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R.P. Whalen, the 'Cinephile/Film Historian'

posted 13 years ago by Link6321
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What a loud and obnoxious creep. He was SCREAMING 99.999% of his screen time. What an annoying little douche. He was obnoxiously laughing at certain things, too, like when they brought up "Cannibal Holocaust." He said, "CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. DA-HAHA-HA-AMN! Oh, god. HAHA! That movie's so funny! HAHA! I love that movie. It's so, so evil." Holy tish. Not to be mean but is he retarded or something? Like, genuinely retarded? Seriously, something about this guy just screamed "mentally ill" to me.

[–] Cowman 13 years ago

I honestly had a very difficult time watching/listening to that guy. He is such an arrogant little creep who takes himself way too seriously and fancies himself as some kind of genius whose comments are worth listening to.

He's probably the loud, annoying guy who hangs out at the coffee shop and pontificates loudly in hopes that nearby people will think he is interesting.

[–] hotnoodletuna 13 years ago

Agreed. There were a number of interview subjects in this thing that were just damn irritating. Especially Mark Rosen and this Whalen dude

[–] Necrotard 13 years ago

He's passionate about horror films... Honestly, I related to the guy.

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[–] Cowman 13 years ago

Yeah, but your username is Necrotard.

[–] Necrotard 13 years ago

And I wouldn't be surprised if his online handle was similar. I just don't think all this slamming is fair just because he was excited to talk about a passion of his.

Granted, I do agree to an extent with these posts, simply because I felt that a lot of his excitement could have been trimmed out of the film. We don't need to sit and watch the guy laugh about how much he loves Cannibal Holocaust for 20 seconds. The way he answered the questions probably made such editing difficult though. That, along with the fact that he didn't seem like a real expert of any kind, made him a crappy interview subject.

But still, I don't see why he should be labeled as a retard or an arrogant creep just because he has a lot to say about his passions. I think most of us have subjects that we could excitedly rant like that about.

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[–] Cowman 13 years ago

I was just razzing about the username. I thought it was a delightfully humorous response.

I actually agree with you. I think what makes me instantly dislike him is the fact that he's labeled a "film historian". You need credentials for that. Who knows, he may have had nothing to do with the title he was given onscreen. And plus, the rest of the movie was just so terrible that it made me dislike everything else even more.

If I saw him on the street I wouldn't run him over or anything.

[–] CasseroleWorshipper 13 years ago

Strangely enough I thought Whalen was the most entertaining one out of the bunch, he had definitely drunk way too many Red Bulls before the interview. "Cannibal Holocaust? DAMMMNN!!! What a film!!"
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[–] Illyngophobia 13 years ago

At last people agree. He annoyed me to no end.

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[–] WINKERLANd 13 years ago

I'm watching the film now and he annoys me so bad, I have a passion for horror films that doesnt mean im gonna scream everytime im asked a question. What a *beep* idiot.

I just love film.