Star Wars had just enough plot and acting to keep the movie alive, special effects were always where George's true passion lay. These movies became a vehicle for his exposition of special effects. Look at ESB. He didn't even write the movie, but handed an overall story to a talented writer and a director so he could focus on the special effects.
Sadly, he took more control in ROTJ. And then even more control in EPSI-III. He still focused primarily on the special effects and put in only a couple of sledgehammer blows towards plot and human emotion.
Still too hard for most users. Finding an obscure program from an obscure website when they could've just popped in the Linux install disks and gone to town?
Disclaimer: I'm an OS X user, which is (IMNSHO) still the best choice, especially for the kinds of users we seem to be talking about.
I just found rotten tomatoes and thought that the reviews would be good. They aren't. Look at their sources. Unfortunately there is a lack of reviews for this excellent series. Sorry you didn't like it, too bad for you.:-)
I wonder where do you get these amazing insights from. Not from history, that's for sure.
As an ever studious student of history, I can say that you can find all of these insights there...and more!
Your ad hominum attacks are pointless.
Suicide bombers don't just pop up wanting to explode, they are recruited and brainwashed.
So who does the recruiting? Maybe we should deal with them, the root cause, eh?
What would you want to do, if one of your close family members had been killed in the 9/11 attacks? Now think of all the bombings in Iraq (and resulting from our decades of Middle Eastern meddling); do you really have such difficulty in perceiving their viewpoint?
If someone told me that I'd be taking out Bin Laden and his key supporters with my suicide bomb and that my family would be taken care of after I'm gone, I'd strap it on and I'm a reasonably well-adjusted liberal. What do you think motivates a terrorist?
No, but what does that have to do with the plot of the movie. While I'm sure the plot of the book is better laid out and implemented (as is the case for almost all book->movies); how does that change the fact that the plot of Blade Runner is extremely well-written?
How will the noble citizens know who the terrorists are? It isn't like the terrorists will stand up, look "muslim", say "we are taking over the plane." No, their tactics will be more subtle than they were before.
Look at the war in Iraq. The insurgents change their tactics so often that when new troops arrive their training to deal with new insurgent tactics is outdated by six months or so.
A terrorist could lock himself in the bathroom, and detonate a bomb there. What good are guns if you're dead before you know there is a problem?
A terrorist could be the pilot. Even now they could be (and probably are) slowly infiltrating. They don't care how long it takes, even if it takes a generation to produce someone with a clean background.
A terrorist could be the baggage handler and load a suitcase bomb onto the plane after the security check of the plane has been completed.
Even if, as you assume, the terrorists rise up en masse on the plane and attempt to brute force their way; then Grandma might hit a terrorist with one of those six shots. Where did the other five go? Is the terrorist standing up, not moving, and away from all the other people? Or has he grabbed someone for cover (assuming he was stupid enough to reveal that he is a terrorist before terrorizing)?
I don't think you realize just how smart, how clever the terrorists are. When a group of people make it their mission in life to hurt another group of people and they don't care if they live or die in the process, nothing can stop them.
While it is possible to fight terrorists in the small scale, we can't beat them in the large scale. So other tactics are required. We have to root out the cause of the hatred, and end it.
A stretch of an analogy, but think of it like this. A fire. Firefighters. The firefighters do what they can to keep people from suffering or dying and to protect property from fires. But no matter how dedicated, professional, noble, unwavering, steadfast, and alert the firefighters are; people will die. People won't die in every fire, but they will in many. That is how it is with the terrorists. They are implacable, and they simply don't care. They don't care who they kill, when they kill, or where they kill. They certainly don't care about, or fear, retribution. Sure we can put out the fire after it has started, but many more lives are saved by preventing the fire from starting in the first place. We don't do that by having the firefighters constantly hosing down cities with water.
Five digits is where its at. Registering didn't really get you anything at first except for yet another online name/password to track. So all those four digit guys are just putzes. I registered when it got me something (customization of content).
He was pointing out that what you were asking for (innovative titles that focused on fun instead of graphics) have been delivered by Nintendo for years.
"Wake up, your dream is Nintendo." is basically the message.
Read more real history, less imagined history based off of assumptions.
Read about the Roman Empire and its relationship to Christianity. Read about the rise of Christianity (which indeed it did, but it has certainly not always been in power).
Actually, scratch that, get a general book on the history of religion. You'll be surprised.
In "The Ring" the curse is dispelled by simply making a copy of the cursed video tape.
Then why does Aiden (the kid) ask, "Who do we show it to?" at the end?
Ringu was boring, slow, and when the Man entered the picture he had the answers to all the questions the woman reporter was regulated to the damsel in distress. I'm truly surprised that The Ring was pulled out of such tripe.
Plus the Japanese version had the dumbest way to empty a well...ever.
I just noticed, but I think the DVD only has episodes 1-20 (which are badass but don't have the tie in to the movie). You can watch episodes 21-25 at cartoon network's website. The video compression doesn't handle the fast action very well, but it's still watchable.
To anyone who might be following this thread, watch episodes 24 and 25. Even online (and the compression can't handle how fast the action is) they are all kinds of awesome.
And Christians have always been in power, eh? I respectfully disagree.
Besides, the Jedi weren't ruling the Empire when the Emperor took power in EpsI-III. Maybe the people at large wrested power from the Sith with the possible aide of the Jedi prior to EPI?
WTF...you think the story in Alien is better than Blade Runner's? The story is the only thing in Alien that isn't up to stuff with the rest of the movie. It's just a monster in the crawlspaces haunted house; the only saving grace that Alien provides is a kickass heroine and incredible design.
Blade Runner is filled with subtlety, nuance, and allegory. It is quite simply, one of the most brilliant and thought provoking scifi films ever produced. Watch it for the religious allegory, watch it for the questioning of what life is, watch it for the relationship between man and God, and a million other interpretations.
The cartoons were by Genndy Tartakovsky, the genius behind the excellent Samurai Jack. If you don't like the style, that's fine; but it certainly isn't a clumsy mismash of anime and 70s cartoons as you seem to feel.
Both cartoons (Samurai Jack and the Clone Wars) have, to my eyes, an extremely cool sense of style and technique. The lightsaber battles in the Clone Wars are incredibly better than any in the movies; ditto for...everything else (the use of the force, jedi tactics, space battles, trooper organization, etc. etc. etc.).
For the curious, browse the glowing quick reviews at rotten tomatoes or do a google search for "clone.wars tartakovsky review" and see the almost unanimous praise for the cartoons.
Sure, but just as I get bored with a kaleidoscope easily (even though it looks pretty); I get bored with no plot pretty quickly too.
Of the prequels, only EPIII had a plot. EPS I and II were just filler that it seems like Lucas felt obligated to make. Watching all three of them (as I recently have) it is clear that Lucas really just wanted to make EPIII.
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Star Wars had just enough plot and acting to keep the movie alive, special effects were always where George's true passion lay. These movies became a vehicle for his exposition of special effects. Look at ESB. He didn't even write the movie, but handed an overall story to a talented writer and a director so he could focus on the special effects.
:-)
Sadly, he took more control in ROTJ. And then even more control in EPSI-III. He still focused primarily on the special effects and put in only a couple of sledgehammer blows towards plot and human emotion.
Kick ass tech demos though.
Actually it's much easier than that. Download and install two files from http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html, one for GTK and one for The GIMP, and you're ready.
Still too hard for most users. Finding an obscure program from an obscure website when they could've just popped in the Linux install disks and gone to town?
Disclaimer: I'm an OS X user, which is (IMNSHO) still the best choice, especially for the kinds of users we seem to be talking about.
He said that he killed all of them including "the women, the children".
I just found rotten tomatoes and thought that the reviews would be good. They aren't. Look at their sources. Unfortunately there is a lack of reviews for this excellent series. Sorry you didn't like it, too bad for you. :-)
I wonder where do you get these amazing insights from. Not from history, that's for sure.
As an ever studious student of history, I can say that you can find all of these insights there...and more!
Your ad hominum attacks are pointless.
Suicide bombers don't just pop up wanting to explode, they are recruited and brainwashed.
So who does the recruiting? Maybe we should deal with them, the root cause, eh?
What would you want to do, if one of your close family members had been killed in the 9/11 attacks? Now think of all the bombings in Iraq (and resulting from our decades of Middle Eastern meddling); do you really have such difficulty in perceiving their viewpoint?
If someone told me that I'd be taking out Bin Laden and his key supporters with my suicide bomb and that my family would be taken care of after I'm gone, I'd strap it on and I'm a reasonably well-adjusted liberal. What do you think motivates a terrorist?
My "parents/friends/@other_close_ones" are smarter than that. Plus I have taught them to be wary. Also to read snopes.com.
No, but what does that have to do with the plot of the movie. While I'm sure the plot of the book is better laid out and implemented (as is the case for almost all book->movies); how does that change the fact that the plot of Blade Runner is extremely well-written?
The scene where the alien pops out was written? It was a bunch of reaction shots and phrases.
How about the discussions on the nature of conscience in Blade Runner. If you found Blade Runner's plot to be hard to follow, I am sad.
Counterexample: Alien Hominid.
No, the pilots of the final battle were made up by a battle force sent against the alien homeworld right after Mazor's first victory.
How will the noble citizens know who the terrorists are? It isn't like the terrorists will stand up, look "muslim", say "we are taking over the plane." No, their tactics will be more subtle than they were before.
Look at the war in Iraq. The insurgents change their tactics so often that when new troops arrive their training to deal with new insurgent tactics is outdated by six months or so.
A terrorist could lock himself in the bathroom, and detonate a bomb there. What good are guns if you're dead before you know there is a problem?
A terrorist could be the pilot. Even now they could be (and probably are) slowly infiltrating. They don't care how long it takes, even if it takes a generation to produce someone with a clean background.
A terrorist could be the baggage handler and load a suitcase bomb onto the plane after the security check of the plane has been completed.
Even if, as you assume, the terrorists rise up en masse on the plane and attempt to brute force their way; then Grandma might hit a terrorist with one of those six shots. Where did the other five go? Is the terrorist standing up, not moving, and away from all the other people? Or has he grabbed someone for cover (assuming he was stupid enough to reveal that he is a terrorist before terrorizing)?
I don't think you realize just how smart, how clever the terrorists are. When a group of people make it their mission in life to hurt another group of people and they don't care if they live or die in the process, nothing can stop them.
While it is possible to fight terrorists in the small scale, we can't beat them in the large scale. So other tactics are required. We have to root out the cause of the hatred, and end it.
A stretch of an analogy, but think of it like this. A fire. Firefighters. The firefighters do what they can to keep people from suffering or dying and to protect property from fires. But no matter how dedicated, professional, noble, unwavering, steadfast, and alert the firefighters are; people will die. People won't die in every fire, but they will in many. That is how it is with the terrorists. They are implacable, and they simply don't care. They don't care who they kill, when they kill, or where they kill. They certainly don't care about, or fear, retribution. Sure we can put out the fire after it has started, but many more lives are saved by preventing the fire from starting in the first place. We don't do that by having the firefighters constantly hosing down cities with water.
They went surprisingly fast. Especially when you consider the mild but vocal backlash to registration.
And you can play it again on the Atari Collection. Available in 1080i resolution for some insane reason, at least on the XBox version. Seriously!
Be warned though, the games have aged a little more than I remember. Although Yar's Revenge still rules.
Six digits is a low UID now?
Five digits is where its at. Registering didn't really get you anything at first except for yet another online name/password to track. So all those four digit guys are just putzes. I registered when it got me something (customization of content).
Yeah. I'm not jealous.
He was pointing out that what you were asking for (innovative titles that focused on fun instead of graphics) have been delivered by Nintendo for years.
"Wake up, your dream is Nintendo." is basically the message.
Read more real history, less imagined history based off of assumptions.
Read about the Roman Empire and its relationship to Christianity. Read about the rise of Christianity (which indeed it did, but it has certainly not always been in power).
Actually, scratch that, get a general book on the history of religion. You'll be surprised.
In "The Ring" the curse is dispelled by simply making a copy of the cursed video tape.
Then why does Aiden (the kid) ask, "Who do we show it to?" at the end?
Ringu was boring, slow, and when the Man entered the picture he had the answers to all the questions the woman reporter was regulated to the damsel in distress. I'm truly surprised that The Ring was pulled out of such tripe.
Plus the Japanese version had the dumbest way to empty a well...ever.
Hidden FoStar Wars?
I just noticed, but I think the DVD only has episodes 1-20 (which are badass but don't have the tie in to the movie). You can watch episodes 21-25 at cartoon network's website. The video compression doesn't handle the fast action very well, but it's still watchable.
Or there's the torrent solution.
Enjoy!
...troll! Did you even google like I stated? I haven't seen any review that pans these cartoons except for yours.
Re: animation: Are we even talking about the same series? Star Wars: Clone Wars. You can watch episodes 21-25 online.
To anyone who might be following this thread, watch episodes 24 and 25. Even online (and the compression can't handle how fast the action is) they are all kinds of awesome.
And Christians have always been in power, eh? I respectfully disagree.
Besides, the Jedi weren't ruling the Empire when the Emperor took power in EpsI-III. Maybe the people at large wrested power from the Sith with the possible aide of the Jedi prior to EPI?
WTF...you think the story in Alien is better than Blade Runner's? The story is the only thing in Alien that isn't up to stuff with the rest of the movie. It's just a monster in the crawlspaces haunted house; the only saving grace that Alien provides is a kickass heroine and incredible design.
Blade Runner is filled with subtlety, nuance, and allegory. It is quite simply, one of the most brilliant and thought provoking scifi films ever produced. Watch it for the religious allegory, watch it for the questioning of what life is, watch it for the relationship between man and God, and a million other interpretations.
The cartoons were by Genndy Tartakovsky, the genius behind the excellent Samurai Jack. If you don't like the style, that's fine; but it certainly isn't a clumsy mismash of anime and 70s cartoons as you seem to feel.
Both cartoons (Samurai Jack and the Clone Wars) have, to my eyes, an extremely cool sense of style and technique. The lightsaber battles in the Clone Wars are incredibly better than any in the movies; ditto for...everything else (the use of the force, jedi tactics, space battles, trooper organization, etc. etc. etc.).
For the curious, browse the glowing quick reviews at rotten tomatoes or do a google search for "clone.wars tartakovsky review" and see the almost unanimous praise for the cartoons.
Sure, but just as I get bored with a kaleidoscope easily (even though it looks pretty); I get bored with no plot pretty quickly too.
Of the prequels, only EPIII had a plot. EPS I and II were just filler that it seems like Lucas felt obligated to make. Watching all three of them (as I recently have) it is clear that Lucas really just wanted to make EPIII.
With some imagination you will realize that a civilization could also not last for thousands of years.