Comments on: James Franco: UCLA students protest their graduation speaker

By: GS

GS — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:41:09 +0000

I bet Erin Moore was just thrilled with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner!

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:32:11 +0000

Can I respond to ‘UCLA Student’:
I’m in college right now and I can tell you showing up to class is not the most important thing a person can do to learn, it’s not even something most students do. In all the years I’ve been in school, in the many classes I’ve taken, I can tell you that about 80% of my classes don’t require attendance to pass (and I don’t mean the teacher’s requirement, I mean what you actually get from sitting in lecture). And maybe 50% of students actually come to the majority of classes. The guy has a successful acting career going alongside going to school. But I bet if he was just some random dude, working at say a bank (or some other random place) and he missed just as many classes because of work, you probably wouldn’t give a crap (and it happens). Though from your comments it seems like you were hoping he’d be a in class every day so you could what, stare at him, hope you might get his number? And now your feeling a bit bitter because you lost your chance.

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:16:22 +0000

Well you should so proud Veronica and Allison and all other members of this moronic group. You chased the guy out (as much as that spineless hag Erin would like to deny ‘credit’ for him pulling out) and now you have *snickers* the guitarist from Linkin Park. He’s the same exact age and he’s been out of college for 10 years and done next to nothing with his degree. Ooooo Inspirational. Morons. If you don’t start a group to protest him, then you’ll have proved to me what I knew all along. That this whole protest against James Franco wasn’t one of morals or principle, but just a stupid grudge by a bunch of hoity toity pissants.
And to Veronica, of course you’d think Erin’s a nice girl, your just as big of a jacka** as she is.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:11:38 +0000

I don’t understand what is so wrong with Franco for the commencement speaker. Several of the comments so far say that they can’t even remember who their speaker was…I bet UCLA would have remembered HIM! It IS inspirational, not to mention unusual, for someone who is successful to continue to improve himself. And as their “peer” (even though I think it’s pretentious for Erin Moore to consider herself his peer–what has SHE accomplished?), he is relatable. Who better for a commencement speaker than someone who has the ability to truly identify with the graduating students? That’s what will make him memorable. If Erin is so dead set against Franco, and has such specific ideas about the credentials a speaker should have, she needs to provide a suggestion for another, better candidate. Otherwise, she appears silly, immature, and petty.

By: Spike

Spike — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:34:09 +0000

Serious case of entitlement, especially Erin Moore, who seems to be some deluded princess who thinks she deserves diamond tiaras and a three hour parade for graduating.
No worry, though. In this job market, which is already tighter than Russell Crowe’s jeans, she’ll never, EVER get hired because everyone in Hollywood knows what a contentious, deluded, entitled viper pit whore she is. And karma will bite her in the ass.
Be sure to wave hi to her when she’s your cashier at Target in about 3 years.

By: annoyed

annoyed — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:11:58 +0000

re: Allison O
How exactly do you know that James Franco hasn’t used his clout to support worthwhile causes? How do you know anything about what he has and hasn’t done with his money and his fame? You don’t work for the IRS or his management, so to make such claims, you engage logical fallacy, not worthwhile criticism. Plus, an actor’s choices and roles do a heck of a lot more than you realize to effect change in the world. You underestimate the power of media, and I think James Franco has worked hard to achieve a balance in his career to entertain AND address many different facets of the human condition.
And to “Veronica”,
nice to see that your expensive education hasn’t really taught you anything, like what you should spend your time protesting against. This is a waste of your time and makes UCLA students look like pretentious spoiled brats with nothing better to do. Get a grip already. You have just helped eliminate UCLA as a school where I will be spending my scholarship.

By: sammy

sammy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:55:33 +0000

Oh, this Erin Moore is a loser, just like all the people who joined her stupid Facebook Group. She spent more time doing that and twittering than effecting “change in the structure of society” or working on her thesis to graduate, so she is hardly an authority on who or what makes a good commencement speaker, (and her thesis was on food and sexuality in the bible eh? How fresh and innovative, she must have set the academic world on fire with that one).
She’s just another jealous failure as an actress whom no one wants to cast, even as an ensemble or day player (she actually thinks she can get somewhere with a Juliet monologue HA!) and who needs publicity because her “talent” can’t help her get any jobs. And as for those grads choosing to spread negative energy on what should be a huge stepping stone in their life, instead of doing something useful? I think we will hear nothing from any of them in the future, just like this moron Erin Moore.

By: sammy

sammy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:45:25 +0000

What’s hilarious is that we are supposed to listen to a nobody who devoted more time twittering and tearing down one of the few truly diverse and talented young actors in Hollywood, than trying to live up to the standards she uses to invalidate the choice of James Franco. She has done nothing to “change the structure of society” herself, or even work on an interesting thesis. Her twitter says its on something about food and sexuality in the Bible- so fresh and innovative, I wonder why no one has thought of it before?!) Who is she to decide what constitutes a respectable choice for a speaker? She’s a jealous actress who can’t book any jobs and thinks she can do it with a Juliet monologue. LOSER!!! This is a case of jealousy plain and simple. She did this for publicity and nothing more because her “talent” can’t get her any jobs.

By: Spider

Spider — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:23:53 +0000

FYI: They'll be back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHwpDeu6aS4&feature=related

By: J

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:11:20 +0000

Are you serious? Get over it. What a bunch of pricks these kids are. It’s graduation. You probably haven’t even heard Franco speak, so how can you just dismiss him as uninspirational? Then again, I guess the whole graduation is just for the students’ benefit–you can just go ahead and wallow in your self-absortion. Not like anyone else really cares about UCLA graduation anyway.