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Lebanon Calls for Ban of Wonder Woman 2017 Movie

posted by on Wednesday May 31 2017, @10:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the scared-of-a-woman-who-could-kick-their-ass dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Lebanon's economy ministry says it has asked the country's security agency to ban the 2017 Wonder Woman movie because its lead actress, Gal Gadot, is an Israeli.

A senior security official says no formal request has been received yet, and that the ban would require a recommendation from a six-ministry-member committee.

[...] Lebanon is officially at war with Israel and has a decades-old law that boycotts Israeli products and bars Lebanese citizens from traveling or having contacts with Israelis.

Supporters of the boycott took to social media to campaign against the movie.

        @TimesofIsrael Please don't watch the movie wonder woman, boycott.
        The star gal gadot is a pro-IDF Zionist who herself served in the terrorist organization pic.twitter.com/fvWSHRIx2w
        — Tee (@boyzinthehoood) May 29, 2017

        @GalGadot you showing your support just shows you are as evil as the Israel army baby killers # boycott #WonderWoman
        — Zam m (@zam18028526) May 30, 2017

        Israel is sick..and the new Wonder Woman supports it! Boycott Israel! https://t.co/QJ1FCGzfkh
        — Nick Littlejohn💿 (@nickmlittlejohn) April 10, 2016

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday May 31 2017, @03:40PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Wednesday May 31 2017, @03:40PM (#518337) Journal

    I didn't bother with Ghostbusters because it took soooooooooo long to get out the door, and that after trying so hard to get the original people back and failing: i figured they probably said: "meh, lets just kick this thing together with dogs, no burrows, no.... ummmm, okay, lets use women, fine whatever and lets start making money off this cow shit" (like sooo many movies lately).

    Last movie i saw at the theatre was the second Star Trek reboot. Other than that, i look at what they have to see and i just can't be bothered.
    Rather just stay home and watch quality stuff: "The man in the high castle", "Game of Thrones", 99% of "Black Sails".

    Might think about going to the drive-in if there is something good on, though....

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 31 2017, @05:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 31 2017, @05:23PM (#518388)

    I didn't bother with Ghostbusters because it took soooooooooo long to get out the door, and that after trying so hard to get the original people back and failing: i figured they probably said: "meh, lets just kick this thing together with dogs, no burrows, no.... ummmm, okay, lets use women, fine whatever and lets start making money off this cow shit" (like sooo many movies lately).

    They made two big mistakes as far as I saw it that kept me away at least:
    1) Making it a reboot instead of a sequel featuring the daughters of the original Ghostbusters. That probably would have been better received by many of the fans of the original.
    2) Most of those women just aren't that funny, especially the one who specializes in acting like a black stereotype for laughs. Ernie Hudson didn't engage in such buffoonery in the original films, so why does the female version of Winston?