Quit complaining until you watch the shorts. The crew has gone on record as saying that they are conciously looking to create a Band of Brothers feel to the series. And, frankly, once they're all compiled we'll be getting well over an hour of material...
You forgot the oft-forgotten Ewoks series, too. It premiered alongside Droids. They both sucked royally, but Droids at least gave us a few cool toys...
All things considered, I'm really looking forward to Clone Wars as this will be the first piece of canonical (blessed by Lucas as "true") visual material that Lucas did not have a hand in. Perhaps that bodes well for the future...
The animated series of Clone Wars shorts appearing soon on the Cartoon Network will also be released on DVD, possibly before the end of this year.
This year, or end of 2004? Since the second half of the animated series won't come out on Cartoon Network till March, 2004, I'm assuming that's a typo...
Actually, in the Pepsi deal, Pepsi is buying the music from Apple, just as a consumer would. Apple is going to treat that exactly how they treat any other purchase from the iTMS. I suspect Apple will do the same thing with Mickey D's, otherwise Apple takes the loss, and that's not what they're looking to do...
In Spring, 2004, there you are. You just picked up a case of Pepsi this past weekend and are eating at Mickey D's for lunch a couple of days that week...
Now you suddenly have six or seven of the iTunes giveaways. You go, check it out and find a few songs you want off, let's say, OutKast's new album. Then you go and check Amazon or Best Buy and think "Hey! With these freebies, I can get this album for 1/2 off what I would spend at the store!"
Then you're hooked.
The iTunes store is addictive - let me tell you. I've been very controlled on there and I've bought over $60 worth of music since it was unveiled for the Mac. I know others who have spent over $500 on music from there.
So, yes, you get people to pay for music by giving them a freebie. Who doesn't do that? You get the new Gillette razor in the mail, you get samples at the super market, your dealer gives you a free nickel bag...;)
My point is that CPU cycles can't be equated to the speed of a probe, rate or no rate. Thus, the technological advances in computing do matter when it comes to something, like a computer crunching numbers, where there is no physical space to cross.
However, to catch up with and surpass Voyager in an amount of time that we would be able to observe, we would have to do more than just throw in upgraded computer tech - we would have to give it extra thrust (ever see Chicken Run?) in order to increase said rate.
Well, I've seen it, I like it, but I need to mull it over.
I did find another parallel:
"Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop." Alice in Wonderland
"Everything that has a beginning has an end." The Oracle, The Matrix Revolutions
It is a retelling of the Alice books, but it may even go into more of Lewis Carroll's writing, not just those two books...this will take some thought...
I would argue that we've been there for a while, but there is an issue of relativity at play here.
A computer doesn't need to travel anywhere to prove it is faster than its predecessor in its function. Thus, you could have started some sort of equation on a Macintosh Quadra in 1993 that is now finishing up, but the same equation was solved by a Power Mac G4 running from 1999-2002. But the G4 had no distance to make up, it merely had to be equipped with a faster processor.
So, when it comes to physical distances, the technological changes have to be massive to play a game of catch-up. But, with some sort of nuclear-powered engines, we could catch up, I'm sure. But that adds to the cost, danger and risk on Earth, etc. However, I suspect it is a possibility at this point...
Well, Voyager caught up with Pioneer and took the lead. I'm sure that, at some point, we'll toss out another probe and it'll catch up with Voyager in 2019 or so...
IMHO: It will be a century, at least, before a manned vessel catches up with Voyager, though.
You used the wrong spelling of the word in the context of the sentence, but you did spell the word correctly. That's not a spelling error. It's a grammatical error.
And I absolutely adore how you're skirting around the fact that I keep addressing the issue you brought up about the parent...it's almost endearing...but not.
I hated Reloaded for the first two weeks after seeing it. I thought the series had lost its way. Then I came to a realization:
The philosphy is a red herring. It only serves to throw people off of the fact that (I think) this is a re-telling of the Alice books. For example:
- a chessboard is a matrix and there are a ton of chessboard images throughout the movies;
- the Twins are Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum;
- the Merovingian's table at the restaurant is the Mad Hatter's tea party;
- Neo may very well have been asleep this entire time (I don't know the end and don't want to until midnight tonight) and dreaming everything (Morpheus is the god of sleep and dreams), just like Alice.
Of course, I'm seeing some nods to other literary works, but I may be reading too much into it.
I'm really looking forward to tonight. I suggest you scrap your advisor's suggestions (they are, after all, just advice and not orders) and see the movie. Then try to treat all three movies as one large work and attack it the way you would Byatt's Possession or Drabble's The Waterfall. I suspect you may be surprised with what you find.
Of course, we may find out that I'm completely off my rocker and that these are just bad SF-action flicks...which, arguably, there is a place for in this world, too. It's a very limited space, but there is room...
Quit lashing out beacuse you made a grammatical (the spelling was correct, my boy, but the useage wasn't) mistake. Spelling mistakes happen, and I can forgive those. Grammatical mistakes are ones that I never forgive. When one can't use the language correctly, then one undercuts their own arugment. Don't rely on the crutch that this is Slashdot thus grammar doesn't count. It does count, it will always count, and that excuse is bullshit (we're adults here - you can spell the entire word out). So, my suggestion to you is to "get serious."
The parent went the wrong way in making his argument, and I agree with you there. However, he has valid points in that the same people who send movies like the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to the top of the charts are the same ones who will CHOOSE not to get the subtexts that run through the Matrix movies.
So, take a chill pill, relax, and quit whining. There's no reason not to discuss this like adults.
You know, you really undercut your argument when you use the wrong spelling of "they're" against an academic...
I'm waiting patiently until 9:45 tonight to make my own decision, and see if the threads I noticed in watching the other two movies over the weekend show up.
My main piece of advice: look for Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking-glass references, especially chess references.
You don't have to be academic to catch a subtext in a film, but you do have to pay attention. I think what the parent is trying to say is that there's more than meets the eye in the movies and that those people who are just expecting "Bullet Time Extreme" and Neo saying "Give me even more guns this time" are going to be completely disappointed. These movies are not action flicks, they just disguise themselves as such. After two weeks of thinking and mulling over Reloaded I realized that there is either genius at play here, or the brothers are purposefully leading us all on a wild goose chase, or both. Either way, I have to give them credit for that. Not a lot of filmmakers are willing to try challenging their audiences or play cat-and-mouse any longer...I respect those who do.
If you choose to use iTunes, use iTunes. If you choose to use Musicmatch, use Musicmatch. Just keep in mind that, if you download from Musicmatch that you won't be able to play WMA files on your iPod.
This doesn't strike me as frontpage material, folks. It's kind of a no-brainer.
...but the way his supports himself is. There is no point where he backs himself up and explains how he thinks OSS is going to end up costing more than Windows.
Sad, sorry little fellow. Glad I didn't go to Princeton...
But, the point is, when do you pull up the MSN search page? When do you say "What was the TV show with Benson playing the butler and Billy Crystal was a gay guy?" and immediately pull up MSN's search page?
Easy answer: you don't.
The only people I ever see pull that page up are the ones who forget to put TLDs in the address bar ("slashdot" as opposed to "slashdot.org") and it comes up by mistake.
Not even newbies use MSN search. My mother, against my better advice, bought an XP machine earlier this year. Since that point, I refuse to give her advice, but she's been using Google, anyhow.
MS has nothing when it comes to a search engine, hence the reason the great beast must again come to feed on yet another Internet company (ahh...how I miss the days of HoTMaiL!).
...I'm getting me a new magazine subscription. I never really wanted Nintendo Power before, but if they're giving something away that I would typically pay $20 for, then it's worth it...
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Threepio translated for them, hence no need for subtitles. I would argue that they were main characters for ROTJ, though...
Quit complaining until you watch the shorts. The crew has gone on record as saying that they are conciously looking to create a Band of Brothers feel to the series. And, frankly, once they're all compiled we'll be getting well over an hour of material...
All things considered, I'm really looking forward to Clone Wars as this will be the first piece of canonical (blessed by Lucas as "true") visual material that Lucas did not have a hand in. Perhaps that bodes well for the future...
This year, or end of 2004? Since the second half of the animated series won't come out on Cartoon Network till March, 2004, I'm assuming that's a typo...
Actually, in the Pepsi deal, Pepsi is buying the music from Apple, just as a consumer would. Apple is going to treat that exactly how they treat any other purchase from the iTMS. I suspect Apple will do the same thing with Mickey D's, otherwise Apple takes the loss, and that's not what they're looking to do...
In Spring, 2004, there you are. You just picked up a case of Pepsi this past weekend and are eating at Mickey D's for lunch a couple of days that week...
Now you suddenly have six or seven of the iTunes giveaways. You go, check it out and find a few songs you want off, let's say, OutKast's new album. Then you go and check Amazon or Best Buy and think "Hey! With these freebies, I can get this album for 1/2 off what I would spend at the store!"
Then you're hooked.
The iTunes store is addictive - let me tell you. I've been very controlled on there and I've bought over $60 worth of music since it was unveiled for the Mac. I know others who have spent over $500 on music from there.
So, yes, you get people to pay for music by giving them a freebie. Who doesn't do that? You get the new Gillette razor in the mail, you get samples at the super market, your dealer gives you a free nickel bag... ;)
The young? I expect to see Bob Dole buying a helluva lot more Mickey D's if Britney's in the Happy Meals...
However, to catch up with and surpass Voyager in an amount of time that we would be able to observe, we would have to do more than just throw in upgraded computer tech - we would have to give it extra thrust (ever see Chicken Run?) in order to increase said rate.
I did find another parallel:
"Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop." Alice in Wonderland
"Everything that has a beginning has an end." The Oracle, The Matrix Revolutions
It is a retelling of the Alice books, but it may even go into more of Lewis Carroll's writing, not just those two books...this will take some thought...
Maybe the answer is that Neo "woke up" from the dream in the first movie, and that the "real world" is something other than retelling Alice's journey.
But, if it is a retelling of Alice, then Neo has to wake up...in some way). I'll know in about six hours.
A computer doesn't need to travel anywhere to prove it is faster than its predecessor in its function. Thus, you could have started some sort of equation on a Macintosh Quadra in 1993 that is now finishing up, but the same equation was solved by a Power Mac G4 running from 1999-2002. But the G4 had no distance to make up, it merely had to be equipped with a faster processor.
So, when it comes to physical distances, the technological changes have to be massive to play a game of catch-up. But, with some sort of nuclear-powered engines, we could catch up, I'm sure. But that adds to the cost, danger and risk on Earth, etc. However, I suspect it is a possibility at this point...
IMHO: It will be a century, at least, before a manned vessel catches up with Voyager, though.
You used the wrong spelling of the word in the context of the sentence, but you did spell the word correctly. That's not a spelling error. It's a grammatical error.
And I absolutely adore how you're skirting around the fact that I keep addressing the issue you brought up about the parent...it's almost endearing...but not.
I hated Reloaded for the first two weeks after seeing it. I thought the series had lost its way. Then I came to a realization:
The philosphy is a red herring. It only serves to throw people off of the fact that (I think) this is a re-telling of the Alice books. For example:
- a chessboard is a matrix and there are a ton of chessboard images throughout the movies;
- the Twins are Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum;
- the Merovingian's table at the restaurant is the Mad Hatter's tea party;
- Neo may very well have been asleep this entire time (I don't know the end and don't want to until midnight tonight) and dreaming everything (Morpheus is the god of sleep and dreams), just like Alice.
Of course, I'm seeing some nods to other literary works, but I may be reading too much into it.
I'm really looking forward to tonight. I suggest you scrap your advisor's suggestions (they are, after all, just advice and not orders) and see the movie. Then try to treat all three movies as one large work and attack it the way you would Byatt's Possession or Drabble's The Waterfall. I suspect you may be surprised with what you find.
Of course, we may find out that I'm completely off my rocker and that these are just bad SF-action flicks...which, arguably, there is a place for in this world, too. It's a very limited space, but there is room...
Wow...see, I made a spelling mistake. Those happen...grammatical ones shouldn't.
The parent went the wrong way in making his argument, and I agree with you there. However, he has valid points in that the same people who send movies like the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to the top of the charts are the same ones who will CHOOSE not to get the subtexts that run through the Matrix movies.
So, take a chill pill, relax, and quit whining. There's no reason not to discuss this like adults.
You know, you really undercut your argument when you use the wrong spelling of "they're" against an academic...
I'm waiting patiently until 9:45 tonight to make my own decision, and see if the threads I noticed in watching the other two movies over the weekend show up.
My main piece of advice: look for Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking-glass references, especially chess references.
You don't have to be academic to catch a subtext in a film, but you do have to pay attention. I think what the parent is trying to say is that there's more than meets the eye in the movies and that those people who are just expecting "Bullet Time Extreme" and Neo saying "Give me even more guns this time" are going to be completely disappointed. These movies are not action flicks, they just disguise themselves as such. After two weeks of thinking and mulling over Reloaded I realized that there is either genius at play here, or the brothers are purposefully leading us all on a wild goose chase, or both. Either way, I have to give them credit for that. Not a lot of filmmakers are willing to try challenging their audiences or play cat-and-mouse any longer...I respect those who do.
This doesn't strike me as frontpage material, folks. It's kind of a no-brainer.
Don't blame Hollywood - the Washowskis pitched it as a trilogy in the first place.
Sad, sorry little fellow. Glad I didn't go to Princeton...
Easy answer: you don't.
The only people I ever see pull that page up are the ones who forget to put TLDs in the address bar ("slashdot" as opposed to "slashdot.org") and it comes up by mistake.
Not even newbies use MSN search. My mother, against my better advice, bought an XP machine earlier this year. Since that point, I refuse to give her advice, but she's been using Google, anyhow.
MS has nothing when it comes to a search engine, hence the reason the great beast must again come to feed on yet another Internet company (ahh...how I miss the days of HoTMaiL!).
Hmmm...
I think your better comparison would have been: "Gopher? Where's Gopher going? Who doesn't use Gopher nowadays?"
...I'm getting me a new magazine subscription. I never really wanted Nintendo Power before, but if they're giving something away that I would typically pay $20 for, then it's worth it...
As for the CDi games...bite your tongue, or else they may release them. :p