technology reaching the point to where it oVVn35 us may be just around the corner... I think that/. readers are amongst the true unrecognized voices of a technological society that is at war with itself.
We as consumers are most concerned with how clear our picture is into the telescreen as we shout our mantra a la the "2 minute hate" (|\||\| broadcast...
It's all too scary for me and I try to forget those evil Aldous Huxley, George Orwell books...
Lies... please make them be lies.
So you mean all those girls don't really want to "hang out" with me? (...rejection embarassment setting in...)
Here I thought I was just a |D|||V||D!!!
I agree... he's too far removed from his audience to really put it together anymore. It happens people get old and they can't do what they could anymore. There are exceptions, but...
I think Star Wars fans are the hardest to please sometimes because we've had the best... (read
Empire Strikes Back'...) and we want that sort of feeling again. We want a good screen play and cutting edge effects too... can we have both please?
A bad screenplay can make anyone look bad, for instance Samuel Jackson. Can't think of a movie off hand that hes been that bad in. Yet his part in Phantom Menace was ridiculous... and I blame it on George... I don't think the actors were in synch cuz the script sucked and the thing took so damn long to make.
Episode 1 was bad, and with the exception of a few good special effects and Natalie Portman (drool)... Darth Maul was great too. Lucas made Yoda look like a moron. Liam Neeson couldn't even die good. (Stoopid shakespearian-theatrical crap).
I can't name one sequel prequel that has ever gotten *better* by the fifth one... ok maybe those "sorority sex kitten" movies... but that's it.
I read in Spin a while back the guy who did "the Professional" and "fifth element" some french dood Luc Beeson was gonna take the reigns.
I'm all for it... pass the chalupa George.
Hehe well said man...
I gave up half-life for just that reason. I saw myself quickly becoming the 25 year old loser I never wanted to be. Katz was *way* off the mark on this one... seems like he just got off from a marathon video game session and used that as inspiration to rationalize that time wasted.
If I spend 8 hours on a computer, I want it to be programming, or making a new web page, or ripping some mp333s, or reading all the information out there about how to make this planet better...
Hand eye coordination yes... but the road to unemployment is paved with useless skills...
and girls don't really care how much hand eye coordination you have.
The road to extinction is paved with wasted time and effort...
On the positive side... Half-Life, TFC, CS, The Quakes, and UT are the best games ever made and like other people said... the *developers* of those games are the geniuses... (geni?)
most kids who play their allotted 49 minutes a day would be much smarter and useful to the world if they stared at some C routines for that time...
though since when do kids care about being useful...
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technology reaching the point to where it oVVn35 us may be just around the corner... I think that /. readers are amongst the true unrecognized voices of a technological society that is at war with itself.
We as consumers are most concerned with how clear our picture is into the telescreen as we shout our mantra a la the "2 minute hate" (|\||\| broadcast...
It's all too scary for me and I try to forget those evil Aldous Huxley, George Orwell books...
Lies... please make them be lies.
So you mean all those girls don't really want to "hang out" with me? (...rejection embarassment setting in...) Here I thought I was just a |D|||V||D!!!
I agree... he's too far removed from his audience to really put it together anymore. It happens people get old and they can't do what they could anymore. There are exceptions, but... I think Star Wars fans are the hardest to please sometimes because we've had the best... (read Empire Strikes Back'...) and we want that sort of feeling again. We want a good screen play and cutting edge effects too... can we have both please? A bad screenplay can make anyone look bad, for instance Samuel Jackson. Can't think of a movie off hand that hes been that bad in. Yet his part in Phantom Menace was ridiculous... and I blame it on George... I don't think the actors were in synch cuz the script sucked and the thing took so damn long to make. Episode 1 was bad, and with the exception of a few good special effects and Natalie Portman (drool)... Darth Maul was great too. Lucas made Yoda look like a moron. Liam Neeson couldn't even die good. (Stoopid shakespearian-theatrical crap). I can't name one sequel prequel that has ever gotten *better* by the fifth one... ok maybe those "sorority sex kitten" movies... but that's it. I read in Spin a while back the guy who did "the Professional" and "fifth element" some french dood Luc Beeson was gonna take the reigns. I'm all for it... pass the chalupa George.
Hehe well said man... I gave up half-life for just that reason. I saw myself quickly becoming the 25 year old loser I never wanted to be. Katz was *way* off the mark on this one... seems like he just got off from a marathon video game session and used that as inspiration to rationalize that time wasted. If I spend 8 hours on a computer, I want it to be programming, or making a new web page, or ripping some mp333s, or reading all the information out there about how to make this planet better... Hand eye coordination yes... but the road to unemployment is paved with useless skills... and girls don't really care how much hand eye coordination you have. The road to extinction is paved with wasted time and effort... On the positive side... Half-Life, TFC, CS, The Quakes, and UT are the best games ever made and like other people said... the *developers* of those games are the geniuses... (geni?) most kids who play their allotted 49 minutes a day would be much smarter and useful to the world if they stared at some C routines for that time... though since when do kids care about being useful...