I feel old just seeing this shit again, and it's STILL going on? Our legal system is a complete joke if it allows this nonsense to continue on forever and ever.
It's very true that games and movies are different mediums, and tell stories very differently.
But I think the bigger portion is that the stories in video games seem more heavily Hollywoodized and made generic and just poorly done in comparison to movies based on, say, books. Look at the Super Mario Bros. movie. Can you even REALLY say that that is based on the games? Most video games movies suffer because they're nothing like the stories in the games...! We see great movies based on books and comic books, and books are furthest from movies of them all in story telling, since a lot of details are left up to the reader to fill in, certain details things can be ignored or selectively provided by the author, and books also can reveal what a character is thinking more easily than other media.
Personally, I think it's because video games, as an art form, have been treated with only derisiveness and skepticism (see Ebert's substance-lacking dismissal of them) and thus quality writers or directors shy away from basing movies on games. Most games that are turned into movies are corrupted monstrosities of what the game's story actually was.
Haha, true enough, but Bioshock wasn't about how Ayn Rand was crazy or such (though she actually was extremely egotistical, and Andrew Ryan is similar in some ways to who she really was) but moreso how any ideology can fail due to the common element: the people.
Look, man, you clearly have some psychological issues to work out, and that's cool with me, just try to keep a calm head.
No, they're not the same on every instance, but where it really matters, they're not that far apart. Look at Obama and Israel right now (since that's a current big issue) to see what a sham Obama really is--business as usual there.
It's true that the correlation does not imply causation. That's starkly obvious. However, even WITH democrats in power there, the supposed civil liberties that liberals supposedly defend just aren't being defended. Of course the Republicans wouldn't be any different--that's the point. They really don't care any more than the other party does.
What does it have to do with Obama? Directly, nothing, but indirectly the people that were attracted to his supposed platform of "change" don't seem to generating much change... Obama included. Is Obama better than McCain/Palin? Probably, but I do not think the differences are anything more than marginal.
How cute. He's bought into Obama's divisive rhetoric, thinks either of us are conservatives, and actually thinks you can become free by doing the king's bidding.
So you don't believe in self-government? Who is the rightful ruler, then? And how is a government protecting people by forcing them under rule they might find oppressive? I can see that under many strains of conservatism and paternalistic liberalism, but...
Besides, a society which allows secession will simply break apart and be eaten piecemeal by one that doesn't.
Secession only occurs if the need or want to secede exists.
I agree, but I really do think that Google's data collection was in error, and they're far less likely to use it for blatant evil than the governments would.
His point, as well as mine, was that they're the same. You instantly leapt to defending the Democrats and assuming he was promoting the Republicans by simply pointing out the obvious.
Of course it can influence the events it is recording, your relative is absolutely correct. The police officer might decide that kicking that person in that teeth after a long day isn't such a good idea after all.
I don't think his point was to promote the Republicans, though if you see things in black and white, as you seemingly do, I can see how you would think that. Rather, I believe his point is that for all the talk Democrats give of freedom and so on, they really aren't doing anything to help. They're just like a competing corporation.
They have free healthcare, though, and a good social safety net, so they could really give a fuck all. Most people just don't care about freedom, they want free things first and foremost.
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I feel old just seeing this shit again, and it's STILL going on? Our legal system is a complete joke if it allows this nonsense to continue on forever and ever.
why not dual boot?
It's very true that games and movies are different mediums, and tell stories very differently.
But I think the bigger portion is that the stories in video games seem more heavily Hollywoodized and made generic and just poorly done in comparison to movies based on, say, books. Look at the Super Mario Bros. movie. Can you even REALLY say that that is based on the games? Most video games movies suffer because they're nothing like the stories in the games...! We see great movies based on books and comic books, and books are furthest from movies of them all in story telling, since a lot of details are left up to the reader to fill in, certain details things can be ignored or selectively provided by the author, and books also can reveal what a character is thinking more easily than other media.
Personally, I think it's because video games, as an art form, have been treated with only derisiveness and skepticism (see Ebert's substance-lacking dismissal of them) and thus quality writers or directors shy away from basing movies on games. Most games that are turned into movies are corrupted monstrosities of what the game's story actually was.
Haha, true enough, but Bioshock wasn't about how Ayn Rand was crazy or such (though she actually was extremely egotistical, and Andrew Ryan is similar in some ways to who she really was) but moreso how any ideology can fail due to the common element: the people.
That's like arguing which shoe sole you'd rather have on the boot that stomps in your face...
So might makes right, then? You must have some odd views about the holocaust...
Look, man, you clearly have some psychological issues to work out, and that's cool with me, just try to keep a calm head.
No, they're not the same on every instance, but where it really matters, they're not that far apart. Look at Obama and Israel right now (since that's a current big issue) to see what a sham Obama really is--business as usual there.
It's true that the correlation does not imply causation. That's starkly obvious. However, even WITH democrats in power there, the supposed civil liberties that liberals supposedly defend just aren't being defended. Of course the Republicans wouldn't be any different--that's the point. They really don't care any more than the other party does.
What does it have to do with Obama? Directly, nothing, but indirectly the people that were attracted to his supposed platform of "change" don't seem to generating much change... Obama included. Is Obama better than McCain/Palin? Probably, but I do not think the differences are anything more than marginal.
No they aren't. In fact, many of them RESTRICT encryption schemes that people can use.
A lot of the information in the media or straight-up said by politicians is bogus as well.
How cute. He's bought into Obama's divisive rhetoric, thinks either of us are conservatives, and actually thinks you can become free by doing the king's bidding.
So you don't believe in self-government? Who is the rightful ruler, then? And how is a government protecting people by forcing them under rule they might find oppressive? I can see that under many strains of conservatism and paternalistic liberalism, but...
Secession only occurs if the need or want to secede exists.
Government is people that aren't me.
The data that google has is useless to it; the data is not useless to the government, however.
I agree, but I really do think that Google's data collection was in error, and they're far less likely to use it for blatant evil than the governments would.
Also, glad to see someone else like Coil.
...so now people's personal data is now in the hands of the relevant governments. I'm not sure this helps the situation.
His point, as well as mine, was that they're the same. You instantly leapt to defending the Democrats and assuming he was promoting the Republicans by simply pointing out the obvious.
By secession? It's only war if the rest of the country decides to murder and kill to keep people in it that want to leave. That's something gangs do.
*waves hand* This is not the CHANGE you're looking for.
It's because each app administrator just Thinks Different.
Of course it can influence the events it is recording, your relative is absolutely correct. The police officer might decide that kicking that person in that teeth after a long day isn't such a good idea after all.
I don't think his point was to promote the Republicans, though if you see things in black and white, as you seemingly do, I can see how you would think that. Rather, I believe his point is that for all the talk Democrats give of freedom and so on, they really aren't doing anything to help. They're just like a competing corporation.
How can you call any cop a good cop when they enforce obviously unjust laws like marijuana laws? They are enablers of the oppression.
God damn it, it's fucking GNU/Religion.
Indeed. It would be a shame to use Zappa's name to endorse using the best stuff in whatever format.
They have free healthcare, though, and a good social safety net, so they could really give a fuck all. Most people just don't care about freedom, they want free things first and foremost.
So devaluing currency is not plundering? It's the same shit, just done indirectly. The same ends are achieved.
You've yet to state how a corporation pillages and plunders. Charging higher prices in lieu of a lack of competition is not pillaging and plundering.