Hollywood Going Digital and 3D

teutonic_leech writes "Last weekend the Directors Guild of America hosted its annual Digital Day event, which gives filmmakers a look at revolutionary new movie-making gear. Judging from a Wired article reporting on the gathering, Hollywood's future not only seems to be digital - there are also indications that stereoscopic 3D has caught the attention of filmmakers in and outside tinseltown. One Indie filmmaker even went so far as to build his own homebrew stereolens attachment enabling him to film in 3D."

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Genghis Khan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Genghis Khan Genghis Khan portrait Birth name: Borjigin Temüjin Family name: Borjigin Title: Great Khan of Mongol Empire Birth: 1155/1162/1167 Place of birth: Hentiy, Mongolia Death: August 18, 1227 Dates of reign: 1206 -August 18, 1227 Succeeded by: Ögedei Khan Marriage: Börte Ujin Children: * Borjigin Jochi, son * Borjigin Chagatai, son * Borjigin Ogedei, son * Borjigin Tolui, son For the German pop band, see Dschinghis Khan Genghis Khan (1155/1162/11671-August 18, 1227) (Cyrillic: ), (also spelled as Chingis Khan, Jenghis Khan, etc.), (pronounced /iis xan/, Sound Mongolian pronunciation?), born as Temüjin (), was a Great Khan and military leader who united the Mongol tribes and founded the Mongol Empire (1206-1368). Genghis Khan is widely considered one of the most brilliant military leaders in world history who is also remembered for the legacy of destruction caused by his conquests. In modern Mongolia, he is considered a national hero for his historical role in uniting the Mongol tribes by giving them a common identity. Contents [hide] * 1 Overview * 2 Name and Title * 3 Early life o 3.1 Birth o 3.2 Uniting the tribes and early Mongol Empire * 4 Mongol Empire o 4.1 Politics and economics o 4.2 Military o 4.3 After Genghis Khan * 5 Major campaigns o 5.1 China o 5.2 Central Asia o 5.3 Middle East o 5.4 Europe and Caucasus * 6 Massacres and Destruction * 7 Death and burial * 8 Personality and Policies o 8.1 Character * 9 Family and heirs * 10 Legacy o 10.1 Historical o 10.2 Genghis Khan in Mongolia * 11 See also * 12 Notes * 13 External links * 14 References o 14.1 Primary Sources o 14.2 Further reading [edit] Overview Genghis Khan Born in Mongolia in the 13th century, Temüjin united the Mongol tribes of Central Asia, forging a powerful empire that became the nucleus of what was to become the largest contiguous empire in world history. Though often outnumbered in battles, he used superior military intelligence, endurance, tactics and the mobility of his armies to defeat opponents, rapidly conquering more territory than any other single ruler. After unifying Mongol tribes, he conquered the territories of the Naiman, Merkit, Tatar, and Kerait and led very successful and sometimes brutal campaigns against Western Xia in northern China and the Khwarezmid Empire in western Asia. His conquest, and his strategy of inducing fear by slaughtering the entire populations of resisting cities such as Merv and Herat, led to millions of deaths, and, in the longer term, resulted in large-scale depopulation of the areas of Asia that he conquered [1]. The Mongols under Genghis Khan and his successors ruled most of Eurasia, including Central Asia, North Asia, Eastern Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Central Europe, stretching from Vietnam to successful campaigns in Poland and Hungary. Genghis Khan's successors continued to rule and expand the Mongol Empire he founded after his death, and, even after the unified empire dissolved a century and a half later, separate Khanates existed for centuries afterwards. Genghis Khan's descendants included Kublai Khan, and possibly also Timur and Babur, though it is unlikely that Timur was related. His family ruled the Mongols until the 17th century, when the last Khan of his house was conquered by the Manchu. [edit] Name and Title There are many theories for the origins of Genghis Khan's title; this uncertainty is fueled by the fact that later members of the Mongol Empire associated the name with the Mongol word for strength, "ching", though this does not fit the etymology. One theory places the etymology as stemming from a palatalised version of the Mongolian and Turkish word tenggiz, meaning "ocean," "oceanic" or "wide-spreading". Lake Baikal an

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[iamcf13]

Since 1993, both Grave Of The Fireflies AND Schindler's List should be mandatory viewing by anybody contemplating warfare of any sort.

If these individuals have any sort of 'moral conscience ', they will solve their problems without going to war which will inevitably lead to the events depicted in those two widely acknowledged 'antiwar' cinematic masterpieces.

If they don't care or if no other option is viable then go ahead, and fight it out and suffer the inevitable consequences....