Disney HAD to make a film that reminded everyone of why they loved Star Wars. After the debacle that was the prequels, they needed to come back to basics.Disney HAD to make a film that reminded everyone of why they loved Star Wars. After the debacle that was the prequels, they needed to come back to basics.
I, as I suspect many others, have also come to this same conclusion.
All the criticisms about overuse of story elements and connections to/ inclusion of, past characters/sets is certainly valid; one or the other would have probably been sufficient to tie the generations together.
But, this first Disney Star Wars film was never about story! What the first SW film after the George Lucas travesty known as episodes I - !!I needed to be was a spectacle that clearly established, for the fans, that Disney could recapture the look and feel, mood and tone, however you want to describe it, of the original trilogy. They have unequivocally done that!
Let's face it... nobody would pick Abrams to tell a story. Abrams is a spectacle guy. Not a story guy!
I anticipate few story elements will be "borrowed" from the original trilogy for any of the episodes to come. Don't expect redemption of the villain, for example.. Do expect that the sets will be reused... they are an integral and essential part of the mood and tone of the franchise...
The guy tagged to write and direct episode VIII( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt25... ), Rian Johnson (Looper), is NOT a spectacle guy he is definitely a "story" guy and while he's no Irwin Kershner, I have considerable hope that episode VIII will be as much better than VII as V was better than IV.
I know that is dangerous, shattered hope kills....
Would assume that everyone has enough money to fund two bank accounts to the the level necessary to keep them solvent in the event of the inaccessibility of one of them... must be nice to have that kind of money available.
"Well, they are trying to prevent people who want us dead from carrying out those threats" AT ANY COST.
And that is the problem... the price they are eager to pay is a cost none of us can afford.
I wish i had a million mod points for you...
"Who really looks at history and thinks this sort of power is safe to leave in the hands of those in power?"
the answer, of course, is no one..
To split a hair... I own my house... "Mister" is a minor title. and there is definitely a deed for my house which effectively makes me a deeded minor titled land holder... so you're OK with me owning "ordinance" ?
For most practical purposes you can think of division (1/x) as "chopping up" the numerator into x number of pieces. in the integer domain, as the size of x shrinks towards zero the "number of pieces" of the resulting "size" required to represent the original whole diminishes.
1/4 = 4 pieces, 1/3 = 3 pieces 1/2 = 2 pieces 1/1 = 1... logically then in the integer domain 1/0 = 0 pieces.
In the real number (float) domain it's obviously more complicated...
1/0.5 = 2 pieces, 1/0.333333333 = 3 pieces 1/0.2 = 5 pieces 1/0.1 = 10... 8o(
But that is for the specific infinite domain where x approaches zero....
If you take the stance that any float y where y = 0 is for all practical purposes an integer and apply the rule consistently, I can't see having an issue with any typical application programming scenario. Where "typical" does not include mathematical operations beyond everyday computation for the average business user.
The "correct" answer depends on the purpose of the question...
What does Elon really want to know ?
1) Do you think outside the box ? - North Pole is the wrong answer.
2) Are you a math geek ? - North Pole is the wrong answer.
3) Are you the sort who recognizes that the lack of a unique answer and protests the fairness of the question? - North Pole is probably still the wrong answer
4) Will you embrace the KISS principle? - North Pole is the RIGHT answer.
The form of the teaser that I originally heard is...
"You're standing on the surface of the Earth. You walk one mile south, one mile west, and one mile north. You end up exactly where you started and you see a bear. What colour is the bear?"
That's only a solution if the job has no requirement for her to be "on-call" outside office hours; being reachable when off the clock seems like the sort of thing that a sales exec is regularly expected to be. So not actually a solution.
Well... at the end of Wrath of Khan I turned to my buddy and said... OK... in the next one I bet they save the whales.... He said NO WAY! If they do... i'll pay for your ticket!... So i saw it for free... it lowers expectations enormously when you aren't paying.
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I, as I suspect many others, have also come to this same conclusion.
But, this first Disney Star Wars film was never about story! What the first SW film after the George Lucas travesty known as episodes I - !!I needed to be was a spectacle that clearly established, for the fans, that Disney could recapture the look and feel, mood and tone, however you want to describe it, of the original trilogy. They have unequivocally done that!
Let's face it ... nobody would pick Abrams to tell a story. Abrams is a spectacle guy. Not a story guy!
I anticipate few story elements will be "borrowed" from the original trilogy for any of the episodes to come. Don't expect redemption of the villain, for example.. Do expect that the sets will be reused ... they are an integral and essential part of the mood and tone of the franchise ...
The guy tagged to write and direct episode VIII( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt25... ), Rian Johnson (Looper), is NOT a spectacle guy he is definitely a "story" guy and while he's no Irwin Kershner, I have considerable hope that episode VIII will be as much better than VII as V was better than IV.
I know that is dangerous, shattered hope kills ....
You just defined "democracy"
"unless you are very bad, you can carry out a successful doctor career " Frank Burns eats worms.
Would assume that everyone has enough money to fund two bank accounts to the the level necessary to keep them solvent in the event of the inaccessibility of one of them ... must be nice to have that kind of money available.
"Well, they are trying to prevent people who want us dead from carrying out those threats" AT ANY COST. And that is the problem... the price they are eager to pay is a cost none of us can afford.
I wish i had a million mod points for you ...
"Who really looks at history and thinks this sort of power is safe to leave in the hands of those in power?"
the answer, of course, is no one..
To split a hair ... I own my house ... "Mister" is a minor title. and there is definitely a deed for my house which effectively makes me a deeded minor titled land holder... so you're OK with me owning "ordinance" ?
That's great until the bellhop eats a guest ...
I wish i had mod point ... +10
I saw what you did there ... good one.
1/4 = 4 pieces, 1/3 = 3 pieces 1/2 = 2 pieces 1/1 = 1 ... logically then in the integer domain 1/0 = 0 pieces.
In the real number (float) domain it's obviously more complicated ...
1/0.5 = 2 pieces, 1/0.333333333 = 3 pieces 1/0.2 = 5 pieces 1/0.1 = 10 ... 8o(
But that is for the specific infinite domain where x approaches zero ....
If you take the stance that any float y where y = 0 is for all practical purposes an integer and apply the rule consistently, I can't see having an issue with any typical application programming scenario. Where "typical" does not include mathematical operations beyond everyday computation for the average business user.
Possibly the stupidest thing I've heard this year .. and considering the year so far ... that's saying a lot.
Um ... what exactly do you need the battery for ?
special = conductive non-magnetic
What does Elon really want to know ?
1) Do you think outside the box ? - North Pole is the wrong answer.
2) Are you a math geek ? - North Pole is the wrong answer.
3) Are you the sort who recognizes that the lack of a unique answer and protests the fairness of the question? - North Pole is probably still the wrong answer
4) Will you embrace the KISS principle? - North Pole is the RIGHT answer.
The form of the teaser that I originally heard is ...
"You're standing on the surface of the Earth. You walk one mile south, one mile west, and one mile north. You end up exactly where you started and you see a bear. What colour is the bear?"
I thought they were the same person ...
The fucking article does not ... the linked lawsuit does.
ok ... found it.
never mind ... i found it
where does it say that ?
uh ... where exactly does it say that ?
That's only a solution if the job has no requirement for her to be "on-call" outside office hours; being reachable when off the clock seems like the sort of thing that a sales exec is regularly expected to be. So not actually a solution.
Well ... at the end of Wrath of Khan I turned to my buddy and said ... OK ... in the next one I bet they save the whales. ... He said NO WAY! If they do ... i'll pay for your ticket! ... So i saw it for free ... it lowers expectations enormously when you aren't paying.
I wish i had mod points. That is a damned insightful observation. But don't do it again ... you just ruined STIV:TVH for me., !