I have noticed a severe problem in the timing of your post. You say that it is the 42nd post while in fact it is among to first 10 posts to this story. There is only one explanation, and we are not amused.
It is quite clearly this kind of senseless mucking about in the space time continuim that has caused so many problems in the universe today (and yesterday and tomorrow). We at the Campaign for Real Time will not stand for this blatant disregard for historical preservation, by which we mean actually preserving history itself and not only its relics.
You sir may expect a call for our lawyers. I certainly hope you had the foresight during your forrays into the past to deposit a few cents in a high interest bank account because you will need that money.
I personally would be very disappointed if it WERE completely like the book. If there is anything that is consistant about the evolution of the Hitchhiker's Guide Trilogy, it is its inconsistancy from one version to the next.
I would be very disappointed if the movie failed to achieve the level of inconsistancy that we have all come to expect.
Before it came out there was a lot of hype but from the people I know who've seen it the movie wasn't very good.
I saw the move about a week and a half ago at the Shinagawa Prince Cinema, which is actually a pretty nice theater. I'm sad to say that Howl's Moving Castle was probably the worst Miyazaki Hayao movie I have ever seen (and I have seen a lot of them). That is a long way from saying it is a bad movie (it isn't), but it really doesn't stand up to any of his others.
The scenery was breathtaking, the animation was very nice, the characters were well drawn, and the voice acting was quite good (Kimura Takuya did a very excellent job as Howl). It is Miyazaki's execution of the story where the movie falls down.
Before seeing the movie, I read the book written by Dianna Wynne Jones, and I thought it was good. It also seemed like just the sort of story that Miyazaki could make into a good movie.
Unfortunately, it seems like some things may have been lost in the translation and also Miyazaki tried to put in a message about the horrors of war which didn't really match the original story and its themes at all. A lot of things were changed from the book or added to the story with almost no rhyme or reason. It kind of seemed that Miyazaki wasn't quite sure what he wanted to do with this movie and it kind of has a thrown together feeling to it (well, as much as something as carefully planned as an animated movie can have that feeling).
A few years ago when I saw Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi) about a month after I arrived in Japan, I was left the feeling of seeing something quite amazing. After seeing Howl's Moving Castle, the feeling was pretty much, "meh...so I saw it."
Not a bad movie, and good on a lot of standards, but definitely near the bottom of the Miyazaki Hayao movies.
so far, most of the dubs have been very good. The only exception, in my opinion, was Castle in the Sky, which had a pretty poor dub.
I'm guessing that either a.) you haven't seen My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari No Totoro) or 2.) you don't understand Japanese, because that was one of the worst dubs of any anime that I have ever seen.
The quality of the English voice-acting was terrible, and the things they were saying were nowhere near the original Japanese dialogue. I guess I can understand a little bit because a lot of things in that movie are VERY difficult to translate to English and a lot of things don't make much sense if you don't know anything about Japanese culture.
Don't get me wrong. I loved the movie. Totoro is one of my favorites. Howl's Moving Castle, on the other hand, was IMHO the worst Miyazaki Hayao movie ever made. It wasn't a bad movie at all, but his other movies are just so excellent and it doesn't even compare (saw it in the theater in Shinagawa last week).
I mean how many minutes will it be before a mod is available? Probably well under an hour when the right person gets the upgrade and loses a substattial part[sic] of their library!
Spelling errors aside, you do realize that this only affects songs purchased from Real, right? Please show me any user technically oriented enough to mod the firmware of an iPod that also based a substantial amount of his/her music library off of stuff purchased from Real.
Hell...I'd be impressed if you could show me a non-technical user that even knows that Real is trying to sell music in a similar way to Apple...
Actually, you should watch Episode II one more time. The second time is not nearly as traumatic as the first time because now you expect the terrible acting, the shallow characters, and the weak story and can tune them out a bit and watch the eye candy.
The first time I saw Episode II (in the theatres), I wanted a lobotomy. But the second time, since I knew to expect and therefore ignore Hayden Christianson(sp?)'s terrible acting, I was actually able to somewhat enjoy the movie (much in the same way I occasionally enjoy mindless action flicks...)
For those Marathon fans who don't want to keep around a lot of old equipment, head over to source.bungie.org and download Aleph One, which is the updated Marathon engine. It should work just fine with your Marathon 2 and Infinity files. Then you can go here and get all of your Marathon 1 goodness for Aleph One.
This is a problem in raw probability. Murphy's Law doesn't deal with that. Murphy's law deals with taking plans you have made and royally screwing them up. Making a bet is not the same as making a plan.
However, in this situation, I can almost guarantee that the first flip would be heads because Murphy is better friends with me than with you, so:-p
wait...that isn't a good thing.:-(
Aside: I don't understand why my original post is being modded "Informative", and why people are taking it seriously. It was a (bad) joke...smile or something.;-)
The Starship Titanic immediately underwent a massive existence failure because some fool tried to use an improbability field and make it infinitely improbable that something would go wrong with the ship.
I hope I'm not alone when I say this, but... what the hell?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams holds all of the answers you need.
On a site like this, I doubt you are completely alone, but I would imagine the majority of/. has read this book.
ummm...they seem to have forgotten a very important side effect of probabilities and Murphy's law (at least that I have noticed in my experiences, and Murphy and I have become rather close):
The more improbable that something will go wrong, the greater the chance that it will go wrong immediately and in a big way.
I mean, come on, don't these people read the Guide? The Starship Titanic immediately underwent a massive existence failure because some fool tried to use an improbability field and make it infinitely improbable that something would go wrong with the ship.
So, as a PSA to all: Do NOT trust low numbers from the Murphy's Law calculator. If you get a low score, then duck and cover.
Well, for my own personal anecdote, Netscape seemed much faster than Mosaic.
When I started browsing the internet in the Hershey Medical Center computer lab back in my high school days (my mother worked there, so I went in and used the computers), I was using Mosaic on Macintosh Quadra 700s and eventually PowerMac 6100s...
Although I can no longer remember the details I do remember Netscape being better than Mosaic, and it was because of speed and perhaps interface IIRC.
Can anyone back me up on this or am I delusional (or both)?
but, Japanese and American XBox games are not cross compatible (Region 2 and Region 1 respectively). If they were, there would be less of a market for those mod-chips.
You are right. They are the same region but different video formats. I can watch UK DVDs on my PowerBook because it doesn't care about video format. But it would not work for my XBox and TV.:(
Anyone know if I will actually be able to get an English version of Halo 2 in Japan that will play on my Japanese XBox? According to the article on Bungie.net, they say the US Version is set for world-wide release and seems to contain all of the languages (in which case, why bother selling single language versions?)...Now, is this US as in region 1 XBoxes? or will I be able to buy this to play on my Region 2 XBox?
Playing Halo 1 in Japanese was bearable, but I'm sure it would be much more Enjoyable if I didn't have to refer to the English Script (that I found on the Halo Story page) everytime someone said something important.
Sure, my Japanese has improved since then, but it certainly isn't enough to get all of the important details.
and IMHO, with the exception of the coloration and the stone paddles, these "new" primates seem to resemble the grey gorillas in Michael Crichton's (sp?) Congo quite well. From the BBC article:
They stand up to two metres tall, the size of gorillas, and like gorillas, they nest on the ground, not in trees.
~snip~
She describes her encounter with them: "Four suddenly came rushing out of the bush towards me," she told New Scientist.
"If this had been a bluff charge, they would have been screaming to intimidate us. These guys were quiet. And they were huge. They were coming in for the kill. I was directly in front of them, and as soon as they saw my face, they stopped and disappeared."
That is not so different from the behavior of the gorillas in Congo...
I wonder why they stopped attacking when they saw her...
Hrmm...is the new species a grey gorilla that carries two stone paddles which it uses to crush its victims skulls? Is it perhaps located near a lost city, named Zinj, that is famous for its boron coated diamonds which have rather useful electrical properties?
If the answers to these questions are yes, then we need to get a gorilla that understands sign language ASAP.
Do I read to much?* At least I never saw the movie.
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It is quite clearly this kind of senseless mucking about in the space time continuim that has caused so many problems in the universe today (and yesterday and tomorrow). We at the Campaign for Real Time will not stand for this blatant disregard for historical preservation, by which we mean actually preserving history itself and not only its relics.
You sir may expect a call for our lawyers. I certainly hope you had the foresight during your forrays into the past to deposit a few cents in a high interest bank account because you will need that money.
Have a nice diurnal anomoly.
And don't panic.
I would be very disappointed if the movie failed to achieve the level of inconsistancy that we have all come to expect.
;)
The scenery was breathtaking, the animation was very nice, the characters were well drawn, and the voice acting was quite good (Kimura Takuya did a very excellent job as Howl). It is Miyazaki's execution of the story where the movie falls down.
Before seeing the movie, I read the book written by Dianna Wynne Jones, and I thought it was good. It also seemed like just the sort of story that Miyazaki could make into a good movie.
Unfortunately, it seems like some things may have been lost in the translation and also Miyazaki tried to put in a message about the horrors of war which didn't really match the original story and its themes at all. A lot of things were changed from the book or added to the story with almost no rhyme or reason. It kind of seemed that Miyazaki wasn't quite sure what he wanted to do with this movie and it kind of has a thrown together feeling to it (well, as much as something as carefully planned as an animated movie can have that feeling).
A few years ago when I saw Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi) about a month after I arrived in Japan, I was left the feeling of seeing something quite amazing. After seeing Howl's Moving Castle, the feeling was pretty much, "meh...so I saw it."
Not a bad movie, and good on a lot of standards, but definitely near the bottom of the Miyazaki Hayao movies.
The quality of the English voice-acting was terrible, and the things they were saying were nowhere near the original Japanese dialogue. I guess I can understand a little bit because a lot of things in that movie are VERY difficult to translate to English and a lot of things don't make much sense if you don't know anything about Japanese culture.
Don't get me wrong. I loved the movie. Totoro is one of my favorites. Howl's Moving Castle, on the other hand, was IMHO the worst Miyazaki Hayao movie ever made. It wasn't a bad movie at all, but his other movies are just so excellent and it doesn't even compare (saw it in the theater in Shinagawa last week).
Hell...I'd be impressed if you could show me a non-technical user that even knows that Real is trying to sell music in a similar way to Apple...
;p
They are all probably playing Halo 2. I think the delay can be forgiven on this particular day...
The Matrix has you, Neo.
;)
The first time I saw Episode II (in the theatres), I wanted a lobotomy. But the second time, since I knew to expect and therefore ignore Hayden Christianson(sp?)'s terrible acting, I was actually able to somewhat enjoy the movie (much in the same way I occasionally enjoy mindless action flicks...)
And why is AOL filing a lawsuit against "Spim"?
cheers. :)
Still as good an excuse as ever. :)
However, in this situation, I can almost guarantee that the first flip would be heads because Murphy is better friends with me than with you, so :-p
wait...that isn't a good thing. :-(
Aside: I don't understand why my original post is being modded "Informative", and why people are taking it seriously. It was a (bad) joke...smile or something. ;-)
On a site like this, I doubt you are completely alone, but I would imagine the majority of /. has read this book.
The more improbable that something will go wrong, the greater the chance that it will go wrong immediately and in a big way.
I mean, come on, don't these people read the Guide? The Starship Titanic immediately underwent a massive existence failure because some fool tried to use an improbability field and make it infinitely improbable that something would go wrong with the ship.
So, as a PSA to all: Do NOT trust low numbers from the Murphy's Law calculator. If you get a low score, then duck and cover.
When I started browsing the internet in the Hershey Medical Center computer lab back in my high school days (my mother worked there, so I went in and used the computers), I was using Mosaic on Macintosh Quadra 700s and eventually PowerMac 6100s...
Although I can no longer remember the details I do remember Netscape being better than Mosaic, and it was because of speed and perhaps interface IIRC.
Can anyone back me up on this or am I delusional (or both)?
but, Japanese and American XBox games are not cross compatible (Region 2 and Region 1 respectively). If they were, there would be less of a market for those mod-chips.
You are right. They are the same region but different video formats. I can watch UK DVDs on my PowerBook because it doesn't care about video format. But it would not work for my XBox and TV. :(
Playing Halo 1 in Japanese was bearable, but I'm sure it would be much more Enjoyable if I didn't have to refer to the English Script (that I found on the Halo Story page) everytime someone said something important.
Sure, my Japanese has improved since then, but it certainly isn't enough to get all of the important details.
I wonder why they stopped attacking when they saw her...
If the answers to these questions are yes, then we need to get a gorilla that understands sign language ASAP.
Do I read to much?* At least I never saw the movie.
*well, not TFA, apparently. ;-)