Fight Club is one of my favorite movies. Not one of my friends believed me when I said it would be good and I had to see it the first time myself. All my worries about it just being an excuse for violence and blowing things up were completely unfounded... those things were just in the previews to get people into the theater. Anyways, I have since got almost every one of my friends to see it, and everytime one of them says, "I've never seen that movie" I get together a group of us (including a roll call on anyone who hasn't seen it) and we watch it. I saw it three times in the theater in all, and I've probably watched it ten times on video even though I don't own it (I get someone else to pay the rental or I borrow it).
I almost know some of the dialogue and narrative as well as that from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail (title may be incorrect, but you guys know what I'm talking about). The scary thing is one of my friends who I introduced to the movie has now seen it more than me, and he talks about it more than I care to think about... He even wrote an essay for a philosophy-type class that compared the views in it to Plato's Republic. I haven't read it yet, but I'm sure it's good... he knows both the movie and the book like the back of his hand.
Anyways, this post adds absolutely no value whatsoever, except maybe for Katz to see one man's opinion. Oh, and if you haven't guessed, I'm one of those young males in question, but the rather intellectual younger generational types that I hang out with have yet to not like the movie, including women.
On the flip side, one of my friend's parents (very devout catholics... old belief people, not the new "we're cool" catholic beliefs, and don't start on me here, I don't really give a damn about religion or catholicism) grounded her for 2 weeks (note that she is 18 years old, which kinda qualifies her as an adult... sigh) because they started watching the movie with her, and then were upset that it "promoted rebellion against authority".
Then, before I went to watch the movie for the second time in the theaters, my Mom pulls some power trip saying how terrible the movie was and how much it promoted violence. I couldn't really explain it to her because she won't really open her eyes ever, but the important part is that she got this opinion not on her own, but directly from Rosie O'Donnell.
Anyways, I'm guessing my point is that my generation seems to like the movie (and maybe other intellectuals), while our parents, the boomers, seem to hate it. Then again, I don't exactly have the most data in the world for it.
But whatever, make your own opinions, that is the important part.
News Flash: The new "Dying Duckling" life insurance group to issue insurance to those with 5-20 year life spans at higher premiums than the other corporations that denied them.
Of course, if the hardware behind DVD's was as easy to make as software is, we could just have everyone download the specs for one and build it themselves. Open-source is definitely a software-related enterprise, and I don't think the smaller DVD player making companies have the money to do research on a new technology that may not succeed against huge corporations. Do you think many people will buy something from Brand X that isn't cheap because of all the research dollars that went into designing it when they can buy a "cheap" really cool looking Sony DVD player that they can watch movies on that they rent from Blockbuster? I work retail and I can tell you they won't. No one buys anything until it gets into the mainstream. Of course, a better way might be around, and it might have more features, and it might not be so evilly corporate... but then again, how many people own Windows? Slashdotters might be able to get together and make a new DVD-type technology that we can make players for and pirate movies offa DVD's onto really cool small compressed digital chips for media, but I don't think it'll ever catch on. Get Sony or Panasonic to make a new DVD tech. against all their media providers (Motion Picture people), and then you can get your idea going. These Apex guys are doing enough by breaking the stupid corporate rule. Your idea would be wonderful for an idelistic world, but I seriously doubt it's going to happen any time soon.
And if someone has some little info tidbit about some guy who made his own DVD-like format that is much better than DVD and is selling like mad in Argentina, then more power to ya... but I won't be impressed until it's in Service Merchandise and branded by Toshiba. And if it is in Serv. Merch and branded by Toshiba, then I'll step down.... and feel really bad.
That's my two cents anyways, and I'll be getting off this soap box now. Darn thing keeps creeping up under me.
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I almost know some of the dialogue and narrative as well as that from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail (title may be incorrect, but you guys know what I'm talking about). The scary thing is one of my friends who I introduced to the movie has now seen it more than me, and he talks about it more than I care to think about... He even wrote an essay for a philosophy-type class that compared the views in it to Plato's Republic. I haven't read it yet, but I'm sure it's good... he knows both the movie and the book like the back of his hand.
Anyways, this post adds absolutely no value whatsoever, except maybe for Katz to see one man's opinion. Oh, and if you haven't guessed, I'm one of those young males in question, but the rather intellectual younger generational types that I hang out with have yet to not like the movie, including women.
On the flip side, one of my friend's parents (very devout catholics... old belief people, not the new "we're cool" catholic beliefs, and don't start on me here, I don't really give a damn about religion or catholicism) grounded her for 2 weeks (note that she is 18 years old, which kinda qualifies her as an adult... sigh) because they started watching the movie with her, and then were upset that it "promoted rebellion against authority".
Then, before I went to watch the movie for the second time in the theaters, my Mom pulls some power trip saying how terrible the movie was and how much it promoted violence. I couldn't really explain it to her because she won't really open her eyes ever, but the important part is that she got this opinion not on her own, but directly from Rosie O'Donnell.
Anyways, I'm guessing my point is that my generation seems to like the movie (and maybe other intellectuals), while our parents, the boomers, seem to hate it. Then again, I don't exactly have the most data in the world for it.
But whatever, make your own opinions, that is the important part.
IT's made out of people! eww.
...and the world has reached a new low.
Who's ready for a revolution?
Of course, if the hardware behind DVD's was as easy to make as software is, we could just have everyone download the specs for one and build it themselves. Open-source is definitely a software-related enterprise, and I don't think the smaller DVD player making companies have the money to do research on a new technology that may not succeed against huge corporations. Do you think many people will buy something from Brand X that isn't cheap because of all the research dollars that went into designing it when they can buy a "cheap" really cool looking Sony DVD player that they can watch movies on that they rent from Blockbuster? I work retail and I can tell you they won't. No one buys anything until it gets into the mainstream. Of course, a better way might be around, and it might have more features, and it might not be so evilly corporate... but then again, how many people own Windows? Slashdotters might be able to get together and make a new DVD-type technology that we can make players for and pirate movies offa DVD's onto really cool small compressed digital chips for media, but I don't think it'll ever catch on. Get Sony or Panasonic to make a new DVD tech. against all their media providers (Motion Picture people), and then you can get your idea going. These Apex guys are doing enough by breaking the stupid corporate rule. Your idea would be wonderful for an idelistic world, but I seriously doubt it's going to happen any time soon.
And if someone has some little info tidbit about some guy who made his own DVD-like format that is much better than DVD and is selling like mad in Argentina, then more power to ya... but I won't be impressed until it's in Service Merchandise and branded by Toshiba. And if it is in Serv. Merch and branded by Toshiba, then I'll step down.... and feel really bad.
That's my two cents anyways, and I'll be getting off this soap box now. Darn thing keeps creeping up under me.
Hey, at least now the anonymous cowards on slashdot won't be able to hide as much. Taco could suffix coward with their name and address.
Sweeeeeeet. Hmmm, snail-mail flames?