"So if one day you read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and learn that the Tin Woodman was in fact a munchkin whose body parts were gradually chopped off by an enchanted axe and replaced with tin, you may be a bit shocked. But you also ought to put it into the context of history, and understand that Baum really did not mean to be cynical."
The important thing to do is to read the rest of the books. It turns out that The woodsman and a Soldier were both in love with the same woman and suffered the same fate. It also turns out that the hacked off body parts were glued together with magical flesh glue to create a person, who I wont give away much about.
"totally erasing the final and most overt implication that Deckard is perhaps himself a replicant when Ed J Olmos leaves that unicorn origami outside his door?"
I'm pretty sure I remember Deckard finding that in the non directors cut version.
I think the issue isn't entire verses, but single words. The choice of how to translate a single word can lead to entirely different interpretations. A couple examples of words where people seem to disagree due to opinions of how things are translated is the whole Murder/Kill and Witch/Poisoner debate. There are plenty more.
"It SAID I was playing in HD - so I think I can safely assume that NO CRT displays on the market can do HD, unless something's changed in the last oh, year or so, and no one told me."
Huh, there have been CRT HDTV displays for years. Am I missing something in the way you people are using the terminology?
Actually your example of Tom Bombadil is a BAD example. The end of his interaction with the Hobbits is how they get the Elven weapons, one of which is used to help bring down the Witch King of Agmar (did they even say they were special in the movies, I only remember some knives Strider gave them). Another important part of the Bombadil encounter is at the start with Old Man Willow. Apparently Jackson saw this as an important enough part to move it into the Fangorn segment.
IMO he should have been in there. They could have done all his stuff, left in the barrow weights and what not, and the total time spent on it could have been a zippy 10 minutes. Sure they probably would need to cut the singing (most of it) and reduced him talking to them and putting on the ring to a brief moment while they prepared for the journey out when they encounter the barrow weights.
I'm not saying it MUSST BE DONE(my precious), but it could have been done, not been goofy, and added to the film even if it only made it into the extended edition.
As for bladder problems I think realistically it should have been done like the real format of the books. 2 movies per part of the trilogy. If you go and look at them, usually they end of a decent cliff hanger. You know how disappointed I was that the two towers didn't end with Shelob? I was expecting an awesome suspense/action/cliffhanger ending to the film and I got nothing near as good. Maybe though this was something that nothing but the book can do well, in the sense of putting you into the action. The film version just could IMO not quite bring across the total of the fight Sam has with Shelob, followed by his sadness over Frodo's apparent death and his guilt/anger at discovering Frodo was not dead but merely mostly dead. Maybe my imagination just makes better work of the words then a movie script can. Shelob seemed to just be a big hungry spider in the film, while in the books they spend a good deal of time scaring you about/with her before you see her, and then her description is more like a big fleshy black widow or something.
Another problem I think was the films did bad job of showing you how much time everything took to happen. If when they switched people or major scenes they had flashed up the date or something it would have helped (just don't use a modern font and that typing sound).
Darwinia I believe has no CD copy protection. I also think Uplink was published the same way. AFAIK copy protection costs tens to hundreds of thousands (depends on the license) to license so smaller companies who are not flush with cash often skip them so they can actually make money.
The loss of a perfectly functional 48X drive because of the "insert CD" requirement. Will the game companies replace the drive they wore out with unnecessary access? The drive is still good an functional as long as I hold the clamp together. The CD drive industry went over to dry powder magnet in a chrome shell that can be worn down.
It is plenty fucking serious when the legitimate media you buy wont fucking play because of the shittastic copy protection.
I've been bitten by this several times and been unable to return the defective product. I've been told "Buy a CD (or DVD) read only drive" by support. Fuck I just spent $40-$50, no way I'm spending another $25 to $50 because they fucked up.
I think this is the problem. People I know who program for a living used to talk about going out west. I knowing one who did and regrets it (aparently 6 figures is about what a broom closet gores for), from the outside it just does not look worth it.
Far more people would work with companies if they knew that companies would help them reach compliance if they're doing something wrong instead of trying to make an example out of them with public criticism or legal action.
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I think you need to read up on Vishnu/Krishna.
My guess is he didn't have a good mirror.
If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes.
Since you mention Red, about 40 (probably a lot more). This book is a pretty good look at the way something like Red changed over time and telling.
Maybe with the movie, but I cant think how anyone could read the books and not notice the sinister or dark streaks that run throughout.
"So if one day you read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and learn that the Tin Woodman was in fact a munchkin whose body parts were gradually chopped off by an enchanted axe and replaced with tin, you may be a bit shocked. But you also ought to put it into the context of history, and understand that Baum really did not mean to be cynical."
The important thing to do is to read the rest of the books.
It turns out that The woodsman and a Soldier were both in love with the same woman and suffered the same fate. It also turns out that the hacked off body parts were glued together with magical flesh glue to create a person, who I wont give away much about.
Try thinking about Hot Buttered Popcorn.
"totally erasing the final and most overt implication that Deckard is perhaps himself a replicant when Ed J Olmos leaves that unicorn origami outside his door?"
I'm pretty sure I remember Deckard finding that in the non directors cut version.
I think the issue isn't entire verses, but single words. The choice of how to translate a single word can lead to entirely different interpretations.
A couple examples of words where people seem to disagree due to opinions of how things are translated is the whole Murder/Kill and Witch/Poisoner debate. There are plenty more.
"It SAID I was playing in HD - so I think I can safely assume that NO CRT displays on the market can do HD, unless something's changed in the last oh, year or so, and no one told me."
Huh, there have been CRT HDTV displays for years. Am I missing something in the way you people are using the terminology?
I'm confused.
CRT=Cathode Ray tube
HDTV=Hi Definition TV
A CRT is a display type, Front/rear Projection or Direct View.LCD and Plasma are it's brothers at the base level of how an image gets to your eyes.
HDTV is something that all display types can be designed to do, there are HDTV CRT as well as Plasma and LCD.
I am not understanding how it can be said that a technology is comparable to a sub feature of the technology?
Actually your example of Tom Bombadil is a BAD example. The end of his interaction with the Hobbits is how they get the Elven weapons, one of which is used to help bring down the Witch King of Agmar (did they even say they were special in the movies, I only remember some knives Strider gave them). Another important part of the Bombadil encounter is at the start with Old Man Willow. Apparently Jackson saw this as an important enough part to move it into the Fangorn segment.
IMO he should have been in there. They could have done all his stuff, left in the barrow weights and what not, and the total time spent on it could have been a zippy 10 minutes. Sure they probably would need to cut the singing (most of it) and reduced him talking to them and putting on the ring to a brief moment while they prepared for the journey out when they encounter the barrow weights.
I'm not saying it MUSST BE DONE(my precious), but it could have been done, not been goofy, and added to the film even if it only made it into the extended edition.
As for bladder problems I think realistically it should have been done like the real format of the books. 2 movies per part of the trilogy. If you go and look at them, usually they end of a decent cliff hanger. You know how disappointed I was that the two towers didn't end with Shelob? I was expecting an awesome suspense/action/cliffhanger ending to the film and I got nothing near as good. Maybe though this was something that nothing but the book can do well, in the sense of putting you into the action. The film version just could IMO not quite bring across the total of the fight Sam has with Shelob, followed by his sadness over Frodo's apparent death and his guilt/anger at discovering Frodo was not dead but merely mostly dead. Maybe my imagination just makes better work of the words then a movie script can. Shelob seemed to just be a big hungry spider in the film, while in the books they spend a good deal of time scaring you about/with her before you see her, and then her description is more like a big fleshy black widow or something.
Another problem I think was the films did bad job of showing you how much time everything took to happen. If when they switched people or major scenes they had flashed up the date or something it would have helped (just don't use a modern font and that typing sound).
For some reason this makes me think of VG Cats.
Darwinia I believe has no CD copy protection. I also think Uplink was published the same way. AFAIK copy protection costs tens to hundreds of thousands (depends on the license) to license so smaller companies who are not flush with cash often skip them so they can actually make money.
The loss of a perfectly functional 48X drive because of the "insert CD" requirement.
Will the game companies replace the drive they wore out with unnecessary access? The drive is still good an functional as long as I hold the clamp together. The CD drive industry went over to dry powder magnet in a chrome shell that can be worn down.
All he wanted was his rug back, it really brought the room together.
It is plenty fucking serious when the legitimate media you buy wont fucking play because of the shittastic copy protection.
I've been bitten by this several times and been unable to return the defective product. I've been told "Buy a CD (or DVD) read only drive" by support. Fuck I just spent $40-$50, no way I'm spending another $25 to $50 because they fucked up.
You have a PSX that didn't eat the laser assembly? Holy shit! We need to get top men to study that thing.
He should have changed his name to Susan, that would have shown them.
We want information. Tell us what you know.
I believe that is called the "No talent ass-clown" syndrome.
That should read "Lone Ranger's" not Long Rangers. God I hate the 11:00 to 20:00 in the office and 20:00 to 8:00 on call schedule.
Not completely behead, it's also bad from for the persons head to comes off. The second has to be skilled enough to not cut all the way through.
;-)
Also what does the Long rangers side kick have to do with ritual suicide?
a Silicon Valley office, and a six-figure income
I think this is the problem. People I know who program for a living used to talk about going out west. I knowing one who did and regrets it (aparently 6 figures is about what a broom closet gores for), from the outside it just does not look worth it.
Far more people would work with companies if they knew that companies would help them reach compliance if they're doing something wrong instead of trying to make an example out of them with public criticism or legal action.
It's a two way street.