Add to that most of the deaths just didn't make sense. Except for Mad-Eye (and possibly Dobby), basically all the other major deaths were random, they had no purpose in the story and didn't advance the plot in any major way. It's a war. People die.
It's not like we're talking about a cooking show.
I felt that the only death that disappointed me was Molly Weasley killing Bellatrix Lestranges. I always felt that was Neville's right. But, I guess that's how things fall.
Not really a mistake but... how did Griffyndorf's sword got away from the goblins? This one really made me smile.
Dumbledore mentioned that the Sword of Gryffindor could be pulled by any true Gryffindor... Later Bill said that Goblins have funny ideas of ownership. When Neville pulled the sword from the hat, it made me appreciate that JKR worked out the mechanics of it all.
I think JRR and JK deserve to sit at the same table.
Rowling reinvented the epic tale for a modern age. Had JK Rowling had to compete with JRR, things would've been vastly different. No doubt. However, given just the difference of a few decades, JK had a tougher crowd. She brought an epic, multi-book, multi-faceted story to the masses and we took it. This isn't so much as a revival of reading, so much as a revival of writing.
I believe it was JKR who said that she didn't mind being compared to Tolkien, but something along the lines that he had a better setting, and she had better jokes.
(Given that I had never ever read the line "Nuttier than squirrel poo" before...)
I didn't think it was anti-intellectual. Harry, Ron and Hermione had always gotten by in the books not through sheer luck, but through constantly absorbing and applying knowledge; not to mention having the courage to put it to use.
I think Alfonso Cuaron did the best job with Harry Potter. In the opening scenes of Azkaban, where Harry first settles back into his dorm, he's bullshittin' around with the rest of the guys and messing with magical things. We get this sense of friendship and unity from it. Although I think it was in Goblet, we get great scenes where you see, I can't remember if it's Ron or Harry, but they're chatting with Dean and it gives the impression that had they not had bits of wood that were, in essence, unregistered weapons of mass destruction, it'd be just like any other school.
It's controversial because for some, it doesn't fly with relative in take compared to others. My brother weighs something like, 210, or maybe 200. I weight somewhere around 320 or 330.
He consumes far more food in terms of calories AND volume per week and leads a lifestyle that's about as active as mine. Given that, I can't imagine how food consumption on the level of between 2000 to 3000 calories per day can be the problem.
The creation of Microsoft's video formats, or the Flash video format, or Sony's Blue-Ray, or SMS, or Verizon's "Get It Now", or Sony's memory stick, etc, has nothing to do with creating value for the consumer or making an advance in technology. It's all about luring people in to habits that are difficult to break. I don't know. the flash video format seems to me about creating a format anyone can watch, assuming they had a flash player. It's simply an integration of the player into the video data itself, yes, but also in a format that's not platform specific and fairly slim.
I think the UMD, being a format exclusively used by the PSP, is a fine format. Not necessarily better than the DS' game cards, but with more storage, i can't complain.
I'm just not happy with that answer. Yes, I can solder wires to a Xbox 360 controller, but I'd rather not. Plus, the controller itself is incredibly weird, electrically speaking. You can't use Perfect 360 Optical sticks with out some the help of an add on chip. it's weird.
The Xbox360's got USB ports, why can't I just plug any ol' usb device into it?
It's a blatant ripoff of Guitar Freaks with out any non-rock music. I'm sorry, but I grew up thinking that the guitar had more than 4 chords you could play at once.
2 years ago, sony pulled a major gaffe. Big deal. It's not like Sony's saying that audio CDs with rootkits are the way of the future and still trying to sell them.
The Xbox360 also have a shortage of *GOOD* Fighting games. DOA4 sucks. Yes, VF5 is coming out for the 360, but that's exactly 1 game in that genre I care about. Not to mention that Microsoft, unlike Sony, is pretty hardassed about who develops 3rd party addons. So the arcade stick I have for PlayStation? I can't use it on the Xbox360. But I just got a 15 dollar adapter which lets me do just that on the PS3. It wouldn't be so bad if MIcrosoft wasn't pushing XBLA as hard as they are. How can I expect to play SF2' Hyper Fighting with a 360pad?
They're comics. Yes, but the question is, are they worth consuming?
From what I can tell, comics have been in a major slump for decades and newer generations aren't enjoying the mythology. Comics are entirely for the hardcore fanboy/fangirl base. Most American titles you could probably name suck. I'm not saying that outright the Japanese comic industry produces better comics, what I am saying it is a better model for how comics should be produced and written.
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Yeah, but in Book 3, we're faced with a similar situation as with Harry's Cloak.
We never really question why a rat lives over 12 years and still is very very healthy for it's age.
It's not like we're talking about a cooking show.
I felt that the only death that disappointed me was Molly Weasley killing Bellatrix Lestranges. I always felt that was Neville's right. But, I guess that's how things fall.
Dumbledore mentioned that the Sword of Gryffindor could be pulled by any true Gryffindor... Later Bill said that Goblins have funny ideas of ownership. When Neville pulled the sword from the hat, it made me appreciate that JKR worked out the mechanics of it all.
I think JRR and JK deserve to sit at the same table.
Rowling reinvented the epic tale for a modern age. Had JK Rowling had to compete with JRR, things would've been vastly different. No doubt. However, given just the difference of a few decades, JK had a tougher crowd. She brought an epic, multi-book, multi-faceted story to the masses and we took it. This isn't so much as a revival of reading, so much as a revival of writing.
I believe it was JKR who said that she didn't mind being compared to Tolkien, but something along the lines that he had a better setting, and she had better jokes.
(Given that I had never ever read the line "Nuttier than squirrel poo" before...)
I didn't think it was anti-intellectual. Harry, Ron and Hermione had always gotten by in the books not through sheer luck, but through constantly absorbing and applying knowledge; not to mention having the courage to put it to use.
I think Alfonso Cuaron did the best job with Harry Potter. In the opening scenes of Azkaban, where Harry first settles back into his dorm, he's bullshittin' around with the rest of the guys and messing with magical things. We get this sense of friendship and unity from it. Although I think it was in Goblet, we get great scenes where you see, I can't remember if it's Ron or Harry, but they're chatting with Dean and it gives the impression that had they not had bits of wood that were, in essence, unregistered weapons of mass destruction, it'd be just like any other school.
You must hate air. whenever anyone I've met has been deprived of it, they go mad and obsess over getting some.
doesn't RFC1149.5 declare that 4 is sufficiently random?
I read it until I realized that if I keep reading this, it'll ruin it for me when the book actually does come out.
It's controversial because for some, it doesn't fly with relative in take compared to others. My brother weighs something like, 210, or maybe 200. I weight somewhere around 320 or 330.
He consumes far more food in terms of calories AND volume per week and leads a lifestyle that's about as active as mine. Given that, I can't imagine how food consumption on the level of between 2000 to 3000 calories per day can be the problem.
Not just via the internet, via internet you already pay for, but they want you to pay again for!
It's not, but compared to the Xbox, the PS3 and the Wii? All of whom have built-in storage? It's damn near illogical.
My problem with Guitar Hero is that it's nothing BUT American rock music.
I meant, in a song. Most rock has between 3-5 seperate chords any band will play. Period. A guitar is capable of so much more.
It's sad that Guitar Hero continues that sad sad tradition.
Pressing a UMD is probably far far cheaper than even write once SD cards. UMDs can probably be pressed, like most optical media, for pennies.
Neither NIntendo nor Sony have made losses with the system but recouped it with the games. Neither did NEC with the PC Engine/TurboGrafix.
Yes, but with no HDD or memory unit, I hope you don't mind playing through all of Forza 2 in a single shot.
The comments could be viewed in a number of ways.
I think the UMD, being a format exclusively used by the PSP, is a fine format. Not necessarily better than the DS' game cards, but with more storage, i can't complain.
I'm just not happy with that answer. Yes, I can solder wires to a Xbox 360 controller, but I'd rather not. Plus, the controller itself is incredibly weird, electrically speaking. You can't use Perfect 360 Optical sticks with out some the help of an add on chip. it's weird.
The Xbox360's got USB ports, why can't I just plug any ol' usb device into it?
Same with the Wii...
GH2 does suck.
It's a blatant ripoff of Guitar Freaks with out any non-rock music. I'm sorry, but I grew up thinking that the guitar had more than 4 chords you could play at once.
2 years ago, sony pulled a major gaffe. Big deal. It's not like Sony's saying that audio CDs with rootkits are the way of the future and still trying to sell them.
GH2 SUCKS.
Xbox and Xbox360 has no beatmania, no GF/DM, etc.
The Xbox360 also have a shortage of *GOOD* Fighting games. DOA4 sucks. Yes, VF5 is coming out for the 360, but that's exactly 1 game in that genre I care about. Not to mention that Microsoft, unlike Sony, is pretty hardassed about who develops 3rd party addons. So the arcade stick I have for PlayStation? I can't use it on the Xbox360. But I just got a 15 dollar adapter which lets me do just that on the PS3. It wouldn't be so bad if MIcrosoft wasn't pushing XBLA as hard as they are. How can I expect to play SF2' Hyper Fighting with a 360pad?
The NeoGeo's last release was in 2005 in the form of Samurai Spirits Rei Special.
In otherwords, at 500 bucks a console, it stuck around.
They're comics. Yes, but the question is, are they worth consuming?
From what I can tell, comics have been in a major slump for decades and newer generations aren't enjoying the mythology. Comics are entirely for the hardcore fanboy/fangirl base. Most American titles you could probably name suck. I'm not saying that outright the Japanese comic industry produces better comics, what I am saying it is a better model for how comics should be produced and written.