Reason Online Magazine handles many issues involved in the above debate, including "Violent entertainment doesn't neccessarily mean a violent society" here
Check out Reason Mag. And check out this for a breakdown of where Gore and Bush stand on technology issues.
Just a word of caution that the federal government is not the place to reinvent democracy, other than getting out of the way.
The states of the United States used to be called labratories for democracy. Please understand that ideas are just ideas until they are proved valid or better than another idea. Without the ability to compare the results, all we have are good intentions. And good intentions are without substance.
Gore doesn't lie; if you define lie appropriately.
Every time Gore tells a fact or detail, am I the only one who says "Is that really true?" This is not because of some media spin, but because I've listened and learned.
And am I the only one that notices all of the fine print everytime Gore speaks? Because when you look at all of the fine print, Gore is really saying nothing.
This is not the kind of reaction I want to have to a president. And I have this reaction because of who Gore is, not because of how the media portrays Gore.
I loved how they handled an alien language in this movie. Most often, the Psychlos spoke english so we could understand. Sometimes the Psychlos spoke Psychlos to heighten the tension that the uneducated humans felt. Other times the Psychlos spoke english and Psychlos in the same sentence. It was perfect to create the right mood for every scene.
I've seen Gladiator, MI2, Frequency, Shanghai Noon, Ninth Gate, Mission to Mars, Pitch Black, Romeo Must Die, U-571, and Battlefield Earth. Personally, I consider Battlefield Earth the best of 2000 so far.
All of the complaints don't matter. The movie was near perfect.
Does anyone complain about Alice in Wonderland, or Gulliver's Travels because of logic gaps? Battlefield Earth should be viewed in the same way and given the same dramatic license. L Ron Hubbard writes satire. This movie is consistent with L Ron Hubbard's style.
Why was it great? Battlefield Earth is a movie about ideas and situations. The ideas are powerful and the situations are colorful. Each character can represent several archetypes, who together with other characters can represent a complex idea.
Consider...What is man without his current knowledge? This is a powerful question. How long would it take man to rebuild? Would it be possible to rebuild? I can't possibly address this question, but the movie did. This idea is also addressed in Fahrenheit 451 and the Chung Chuo series by David Wingrove.
The movie also addresses environmentalism Remember the chieftain who warned about the angry gods and demons. They were angry because man was destroying nature. So to avoid destruction man had to stop advancing and hide in his hole. The hero of the story said that we can't hide, but must explore and push the bounds on what we know. In other words, the way to handle the environment is technological advancement and not to shy away from the unknown.
The movie handles so many more interesting relationships that I can't list them all.
So in closing, this movie kicks ass. Accept the gaps in logic, and get to the meat.
But you still complain that a man-animal can't learn to fly a modern day jet in a week... The movie is trying to say that man can accomplish amazing things when he tries. You didn't complain about proportion with the phrases "Eat Me" or "Drink Me". Did you?
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Just wondering who was ready to opt out of the government sponsored pyramid scheme called social security?
You shouldn't vote just to vote. You should vote to express on opinion. If you don't have an opinion, then don't vote.
Reason Online Magazine handles many issues involved in the above debate, including "Violent entertainment doesn't neccessarily mean a violent society" here
Check out Reason Mag. And check out this for a breakdown of where Gore and Bush stand on technology issues.
Just a word of caution that the federal government is not the place to reinvent democracy, other than getting out of the way.
The states of the United States used to be called labratories for democracy. Please understand that ideas are just ideas until they are proved valid or better than another idea. Without the ability to compare the results, all we have are good intentions. And good intentions are without substance.
Gore doesn't lie; if you define lie appropriately.
Every time Gore tells a fact or detail, am I the only one who says "Is that really true?" This is not because of some media spin, but because I've listened and learned.
And am I the only one that notices all of the fine print everytime Gore speaks? Because when you look at all of the fine print, Gore is really saying nothing.
This is not the kind of reaction I want to have to a president. And I have this reaction because of who Gore is, not because of how the media portrays Gore.
I loved how they handled an alien language in this movie. Most often, the Psychlos spoke english so we could understand. Sometimes the Psychlos spoke Psychlos to heighten the tension that the uneducated humans felt. Other times the Psychlos spoke english and Psychlos in the same sentence. It was perfect to create the right mood for every scene.
That would be the Mission Earth series that was the decatology. Battlefield Earth was a stand alone book.
I've seen Gladiator, MI2, Frequency, Shanghai Noon, Ninth Gate, Mission to Mars, Pitch Black, Romeo Must Die, U-571, and Battlefield Earth. Personally, I consider Battlefield Earth the best of 2000 so far.
All of the complaints don't matter. The movie was near perfect.
Does anyone complain about Alice in Wonderland, or Gulliver's Travels because of logic gaps? Battlefield Earth should be viewed in the same way and given the same dramatic license. L Ron Hubbard writes satire. This movie is consistent with L Ron Hubbard's style.
Why was it great?
Battlefield Earth is a movie about ideas and situations. The ideas are powerful and the situations are colorful. Each character can represent several archetypes, who together with other characters can represent a complex idea.
Consider...What is man without his current knowledge?
This is a powerful question. How long would it take man to rebuild? Would it be possible to rebuild? I can't possibly address this question, but the movie did. This idea is also addressed in Fahrenheit 451 and the Chung Chuo series by David Wingrove.
The movie also addresses environmentalism Remember the chieftain who warned about the angry gods and demons. They were angry because man was destroying nature. So to avoid destruction man had to stop advancing and hide in his hole. The hero of the story said that we can't hide, but must explore and push the bounds on what we know.
In other words, the way to handle the environment is technological advancement and not to shy away from the unknown.
The movie handles so many more interesting relationships that I can't list them all.
So in closing, this movie kicks ass. Accept the gaps in logic, and get to the meat.
But you still complain that a man-animal can't learn to fly a modern day jet in a week... The movie is trying to say that man can accomplish amazing things when he tries. You didn't complain about proportion with the phrases "Eat Me" or "Drink Me". Did you?