The ads main problems were that the gag wasn't actually well linked to the product. I'm sure people would remember "that ad about facial hair" but have no idea what it was an advert for. Also I didn't like the fast voiceover at the end, trying to get all the information out as quickly as possible in a deadpan monotone. It was like mortage ads that say "your home is at risk if you do not keep up repayments terms and conditions may or may not apply depending on your circumsetc..." or the medical ads that list off all the possible side effects. No-one listens to that bit, so when deadpan monotone fast speaking guy started, I tuned out again.
"so the author tried to imagine what monkeys might sound like if they were able to talk, and came up with a form of pidgin English that resembles what some people imagine cave to sound like."
I thought it sounded like the way the black slaves spoke, "Masta say go dig field, masta say big tall john very dil'gent", which I dunno if he was going for it, Rob being slaveowner kind of slant. Thing is, as much as I don't want to think it, the links between the black slave speak and monkeys has hints of racism. I'd like to think that was unintended, but its still there in the back of my mind.
And closely following Linux snobs as most offputting to new users are linux pimps who use every opportunity , no matter what the question/discussion/situation requires, to pimp whatever this week's pet project is.
HAAHAAHAAHAA I have never heard that before. You, sir, have the comic timing of a genius. You should be on tour to display the talent you have. I'm still laughing, honestly. I am.
I think that saying Star Wars episode 3 is an indie film is like saying Britney is an indie artist. While technically they both are, its not what the person meant...
Technically he did say "British State" N. Ireland isn't part of Great Britain, it's only part of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
Depends on your definition of British State really. But yeah, tear down the union jack and all that.
Always find the political compass to be much more useful, separating the left and right into an economic and a social scale, so that hitler and stalin can occupy the same position on the political scale, but are fairly far apart economically.
If there's only three or four good tracks on an album...then why would you want to buy it again? And seriously, 15quid for a normal CD is almost never the price. All mainstream pop crap is around a tenner, Tecos have all new releases at 9.97, and there's almost always a constant sale on where most stuff is 4 or 5 quid. The max I've paid in HMV or Virgin for an obscure indie CD is about 14quid but then that came with 70minutes of quality music. The only things that are 15quid or more are imports or things that are available elsewhere for much less.
Seriously, if there's only a few good tracks on an album then save yourself some money and don't buy the CD, because if a band can't fill an album of 12 tracks with good material then they don't deserve to exist.
The intellectual property laws are what protect me when I give my code away for free. If the intellectual property laws did not exist, I would not give my code away, as they protect me from someone taking my work and claiming they made it.
Touring however is not their job. Their job is making music.
And touring really is a 24hour a day experience, and again, seeing as this is supposed to be the way small indie bands make their money, they don't usually have very much of a road crew.
To give an example, Explosions in the Sky, who toured Europe for 4 months solid, played their shows every night for those 4 months, gave so much energy in the performance that they would collapse on stage by the end (including the drummer), then after a 5 minute breather were back on stage to dismantle the equipment and pack up...
If that is the only way for a musician to make a living, then something is sick and wrong.
Dreamworks, with the exception of Shrek(1&2), just basically seem to wait to see what Pixar do well, and then copy it, put big names on it, and add a lot of pop culture references.
This is what separates Pixar from Dreamworks...Pixar films are timeless, Dreamworks will date. Badly. 5 years from now, who will get the Sir Justin joke from Shrek 2? Who will get the movie references from the start of it?
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The irony being that its penny arcades formula too 1: Take image 2: Make 2 more identical copies of image and place together in strip 3: ??? 4: Profit.
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I got mine at the end of 1998
I love it...just because it successfully took the piss out of so many bad movies.
"Roadtrip!!!!!....We're here"
The best bits are found by listening to the comments in the background of scenes, and freeze framing it to read all the posters.
"I have better things to with my time than to write comedy."
Thank fuck for that...
The ads main problems were that the gag wasn't actually well linked to the product. I'm sure people would remember "that ad about facial hair" but have no idea what it was an advert for. Also I didn't like the fast voiceover at the end, trying to get all the information out as quickly as possible in a deadpan monotone. It was like mortage ads that say "your home is at risk if you do not keep up repayments terms and conditions may or may not apply depending on your circumsetc..." or the medical ads that list off all the possible side effects. No-one listens to that bit, so when deadpan monotone fast speaking guy started, I tuned out again.
Famicon!
"so the author tried to imagine what monkeys might sound like if they were able to talk, and came up with a form of pidgin English that resembles what some people imagine cave to sound like."
I thought it sounded like the way the black slaves spoke, "Masta say go dig field, masta say big tall john very dil'gent", which I dunno if he was going for it, Rob being slaveowner kind of slant. Thing is, as much as I don't want to think it, the links between the black slave speak and monkeys has hints of racism. I'd like to think that was unintended, but its still there in the back of my mind.
And closely following Linux snobs as most offputting to new users are linux pimps who use every opportunity , no matter what the question/discussion/situation requires, to pimp whatever this week's pet project is.
HAAHAAHAAHAA
I have never heard that before.
You, sir, have the comic timing of a genius.
You should be on tour to display the talent you have.
I'm still laughing, honestly.
I am.
Its got nothing to do with Catholic/Protestant.
I know many protestants who think we should join the republic.
I think that saying Star Wars episode 3 is an indie film is like saying Britney is an indie artist. While technically they both are, its not what the person meant...
Technically he did say "British State"
N. Ireland isn't part of Great Britain, it's only part of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
Depends on your definition of British State really.
But yeah, tear down the union jack and all that.
As a native english speaker
I've heard skyp (to rhyme with swipe) and sky-pe
completely unambiguous
Always find the political compass to be much more useful, separating the left and right into an economic and a social scale, so that hitler and stalin can occupy the same position on the political scale, but are fairly far apart economically.
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http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/
If there's only three or four good tracks on an album...then why would you want to buy it again? And seriously, 15quid for a normal CD is almost never the price. All mainstream pop crap is around a tenner, Tecos have all new releases at 9.97, and there's almost always a constant sale on where most stuff is 4 or 5 quid. The max I've paid in HMV or Virgin for an obscure indie CD is about 14quid but then that came with 70minutes of quality music. The only things that are 15quid or more are imports or things that are available elsewhere for much less.
Seriously, if there's only a few good tracks on an album then save yourself some money and don't buy the CD, because if a band can't fill an album of 12 tracks with good material then they don't deserve to exist.
Worked so well for monkey island
wow, redundant, bad luck. this is possibly the most insightful thing I've read here in a long time.
The intellectual property laws are what protect me when I give my code away for free. If the intellectual property laws did not exist, I would not give my code away, as they protect me from someone taking my work and claiming they made it.
Touring however is not their job.
Their job is making music.
And touring really is a 24hour a day experience, and again, seeing as this is supposed to be the way small indie bands make their money, they don't usually have very much of a road crew.
To give an example, Explosions in the Sky, who toured Europe for 4 months solid, played their shows every night for those 4 months, gave so much energy in the performance that they would collapse on stage by the end (including the drummer), then after a 5 minute breather were back on stage to dismantle the equipment and pack up...
If that is the only way for a musician to make a living, then something is sick and wrong.
Mogwai, a fairly large and popular alternative band, have often said that they lose money on their tours.
For bands to make enough money to survive by touring,they need to tour constantly, and doing this can be very very draining.
So no, I reject the idea that artists make their money off of tours.
Dreamworks, with the exception of Shrek(1&2), just basically seem to wait to see what Pixar do well, and then copy it, put big names on it, and add a lot of pop culture references.
This is what separates Pixar from Dreamworks...Pixar films are timeless, Dreamworks will date. Badly. 5 years from now, who will get the Sir Justin joke from Shrek 2? Who will get the movie references from the start of it?
The irony being that its penny arcades formula too
1: Take image
2: Make 2 more identical copies of image and place together in strip
3: ???
4: Profit.
Now I see where games.slashdot.org got its colour scheme from. Taco was browsing using a gamecube.
Does your lack of acceptance of someone else's opinion not make you equally narrow-minded?
Can one pass judgement on someone being narrow-minded without becoming narrow-minded themselves?
Hmmm, I need sleep
Yes.
To quote Mark Steel - "Russia isn't communist, Russia is shit"