So if Disney was thinking about family friendly materials, why did they not simply release 'Castle in the Sky' instead? Sure, we know there is that problem with the original title 'Laputa - Castle in the Sky' and that the word 'Laputa' appears a few times in the film, but this is probably the most family friendly, heart warming of all Miyazaki films that would've, in my opinion, done extremely well in the States... There isn't too much of a cultural gap and the characters can be easily related to by all.
Anyways, I just hope Disney doesn't just hold the rights tightly in their grip and not let others pick up the film for a release, guess the other thing to do will be to write to Disney and complain.
Well, either MS has fixed and released the updated version, or AOL decided to cooperate. Anyways, it's pretty cool that you can use MSN messenger to talk to AOL/AIM users. But still, the MSNM is too basic - no file transfer, no chatrooms. Until these two features are implemented in the MSNM, I don't think I will switch... Now, if only MSNM can get themselves to work with ICQ:)
But remember in the ending what Gates (in the movie) said to Jobs? "You still don't get it do you??" It is not about whether the product is superior or not, it's about how one can manipulate the markets to use their product.... which is something that Gates does so well and that Jobs seemed to have lost his way before but are not getting better at it....
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So if Disney was thinking about family friendly materials, why did they not simply release 'Castle in the Sky' instead? Sure, we know there is that problem with the original title 'Laputa - Castle in the Sky' and that the word 'Laputa' appears a few times in the film, but this is probably the most family friendly, heart warming of all Miyazaki films that would've, in my opinion, done extremely well in the States... There isn't too much of a cultural gap and the characters can be easily related to by all.
Anyways, I just hope Disney doesn't just hold the rights tightly in their grip and not let others pick up the film for a release, guess the other thing to do will be to write to Disney and complain.
Well, either MS has fixed and released the updated version, or AOL decided to cooperate. Anyways, it's pretty cool that you can use MSN messenger to talk to AOL/AIM users. But still, the MSNM is too basic - no file transfer, no chatrooms. Until these two features are implemented in the MSNM, I don't think I will switch... :)
Now, if only MSNM can get themselves to work with ICQ
But remember in the ending what Gates (in the movie) said to Jobs? "You still don't get it do you??" It is not about whether the product is superior or not, it's about how one can manipulate the markets to use their product.... which is something that Gates does so well and that Jobs seemed to have lost his way before but are not getting better at it ....