[quote=Violetlvr]Eugene Levy should do some more movies![/quote]

[quote=Powdered Water]I'm not watching anymore movies until all the lead actor's are missing a finger. Just like me...[/quote]

[quote=matt72582][quote=Sedai]Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson under fire for portraying an amputee in the film "Skyscraper", when in real life, he actually has both legs. In other news, all future renditions of Moby Dick have been put on indefinite hold, as casting companies struggle to find insane boat captains with a wooden leg and a death wish to fill the roll of Ahab. It also seems the Superman sequel will not happen, as several actors were crushed to death when they were asked to stop a moving train to prove that they were actually Superman.[/quote]

LMAO[/quote]

[quote=doubledenim][font=century gothic]Anybody else consistently lie to themselves about alcohol?

"Oh this little cut isn't so bad... Just dab a lil' isopropyl on there. I'm tuff..."

[right][i]Neighbors proceed to call the cops to respond to the scene of "what sounds like" a murder.[/i][/right][/font][/quote]

[quote=doubledenim][font=century gothic]I can be hippocritical at times.

"[i]Come on purple, get your head in tha game! Those pellets not gonna gobble themselves!"[/i][/font][/quote]

[quote=doubledenim][quote=Yoda]You can cast things to your TV with a small device, yes, with a tablet or a phone.

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[font=century gothic]Sweet. Now as soon as I can keyboard type on my phone...[/font][/quote]

[quote=ynwtf]fancy pants.[/quote]

[quote=Camo]Hard to disagree it's hypocritical someone that has just taken a role from a disabled person saying disabled people should get more roles is hypocritical.[/quote]

[quote=Camo][quote=Sedai]Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson under fire for portraying an amputee in the film "Skyscraper", when in real life, he actually has both legs. In other news, all future renditions of Moby Dick have been put on indefinite hold, as casting companies struggle to find insane boat captains with a wooden leg and a death wish to fill the roll of Ahab. It also seems the Superman sequel will not happen, as several actors were crushed to death when they were asked to stop a moving train to prove that they were actually Superman.[/quote]

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was branded hypocritical for calling for more disabled actors on-screen while also taking on the lead role of Will Sawyer - an FBI agent with a prosthetic leg - in his new film Skyscraper.

As a former WWE icon and one of the most most bankable stars in Hollywood at present, Johnson's pledge of support for the Ruderman Family Foundation, a campaign group supporting disabled actors, might appear the ideal endorsement.

According to the foundation's own research, 20% of the US population have a disability, yet feature in only 2% of on-screen television roles, and of these, 95% are played by non-disabled actors.

"I certainly encourage the entire [entertainment] industry to take steps forward to audition and cast actors with disabilities to play characters with and without disabilities," Johnson said in a short video.

"Disability is an essential piece of diversity, and our characters and actors should definitely 100% reflect this."

For comedian, actor and disability advocate Maysoon Zayid his reflections were "absurd", as he had "literally just finished taking a role from a disabled person".

Disabled actors are often rejected on the grounds they lack acting experience but, she says, are not given the opportunities to address this.

The phenomenon of able-bodied actors 'stealing' roles - or "cripping up" as Zayid calls it - is insulting in itself, but the way Johnson then had "the gall to talk about discrimination as if he wasn't part of the problem," only added insult to injury.

For Zayid, Skyscraper represents a huge missed opportunity to create an authentic disabled action hero and counter this narrative.

She dismisses claims that such a move would result in box office failure.

"Surround a disabled lead with stars and you can get the box office bang that you want.

"Make The Rock the secondary lead - there's your solution."

She adds: "I love The Rock, I was so sad to see him doing something so offensive."

But, Zayid says, change relies on actors like Johnson "realising how damaging it is" and "look at visibly disabled roles in the same way that they do race or gender".

"Otherwise, we are never going to get the high-level opportunities," she says.[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]You can cast things to your TV with a small device, yes, with a tablet or a phone.

I use the Chromecast, and I like it a lot. You won't be able to cast Amazon Prime Videos with it, but you can use about everything else. Same problem but reversed for the Fire stick: you can't cast Google Play, but all the other stuff.[/quote]

[quote=doubledenim][quote=Stirchley][quote=doubledenim][font=century gothic]Is it possible to use a mobile phone as a streaming device.

i.e. Use a data plan to stream Netflix, etc. to a t.v. in lieu of using an isp?[/font][/quote]

I know I cannot do this with my iPad. I wish I could. To stream to my tv I need another gidgit between my iPad & TV. Apple TV, e.g.[/quote]

[font=century gothic]Yeah, I'm thinkin' a "slingbox" or some sort of dongle device.

I would rather just pay more for mobile and cut out the broadband.

...Then again, I prefer to MoFo it on the laptop. Change is good tho, right?[/font][/quote]