Is anyone else sick of trailers giving away key plot developments. To me a perfect trailer is more of a teaser. It should entice you. It should make you want to see the movie. But it shouldn't tell the whole story.
Just my 2 cents (or non-cents *groan*)
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and worst of all, the constant need to explain every minor plot twist three times because Spielberg assumes (correctly?) that his audience is really quite stupid.
Minority Report would be a decent movie if it just wasn't so fucking annoying.
While I was at first inclined to agree with you, your use of the word "fucking" weakens your entire argument. By using an explative the reader assumes that you are unable to make a point without bashing the audience over the head with it. Much like our Mr Spielberg here...
Tarkovsky's original "Solaris" had one of the most beautiful paces I've ever seen in a film. It was slow and it allowed you to take in everything in the film. It created an incredible tension in the film and was largely responsible for the perfect mood that was established.
My question is, will a typical North American audience (who generally seem to enjoy fast-paced, thoughless films) be able to sit through a film with a pace that slow? I think Soderbergh will be forced to step up the pace and potentially damage the story. Don't get me wrong, I respect Soderbergh as a director, I think he's great. But, I hope he has some kind of creative vision that he'll stick with.
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They state specifically that the game will not allow you to fine-tune any real-life hacking skills. This is purely for fun. It is not realistic...
By creating the whole FS around the DB could make the whole thing a lot more consistent. If you know that the FS will be used for DB only, why not choose file management methods that fit. This would enable you to have records as your basic file unit as a built-in structure. Sounds like a great idea to me.
I'm glad to see that some car companies are finally producing cars that aren't wasting fuel. Apparently we're at the lowest average fuel effeciency in over 15 years (due mostly to a growing demand for SUVs). It's about time that more fuel efficient (and nicely designed) cars are coming onto the market.
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Is anyone else sick of trailers giving away key plot developments. To me a perfect trailer is more of a teaser. It should entice you. It should make you want to see the movie. But it shouldn't tell the whole story.
Just my 2 cents (or non-cents *groan*)
and worst of all, the constant need to explain every minor plot twist three times because Spielberg assumes (correctly?) that his audience is really quite stupid.
Minority Report would be a decent movie if it just wasn't so fucking annoying.
While I was at first inclined to agree with you, your use of the word "fucking" weakens your entire argument. By using an explative the reader assumes that you are unable to make a point without bashing the audience over the head with it. Much like our Mr Spielberg here...
Tarkovsky's original "Solaris" had one of the most beautiful paces I've ever seen in a film. It was slow and it allowed you to take in everything in the film. It created an incredible tension in the film and was largely responsible for the perfect mood that was established.
My question is, will a typical North American audience (who generally seem to enjoy fast-paced, thoughless films) be able to sit through a film with a pace that slow? I think Soderbergh will be forced to step up the pace and potentially damage the story. Don't get me wrong, I respect Soderbergh as a director, I think he's great. But, I hope he has some kind of creative vision that he'll stick with.
They state specifically that the game will not allow you to fine-tune any real-life hacking skills. This is purely for fun. It is not realistic...
I think this game looks really cool. But it would be a lot cooler if it were network playable.
Compete with other online hackers to get the job done.
By creating the whole FS around the DB could make the whole thing a lot more consistent. If you know that the FS will be used for DB only, why not choose file management methods that fit. This would enable you to have records as your basic file unit as a built-in structure. Sounds like a great idea to me.
Maybe this will finally help me solve P=NP...
Right now my solution:
P=NP where N=1 just doesn't seem to work...
Can't you just picture Bruce Campbell's first episode as he walks up to Scully and says "Gimme some sugar, baby!"...
I'm glad to see that some car companies are finally producing cars that aren't wasting fuel. Apparently we're at the lowest average fuel effeciency in over 15 years (due mostly to a growing demand for SUVs). It's about time that more fuel efficient (and nicely designed) cars are coming onto the market.