I wish I hadn't wasted all my mod points busting down FP trolls, because you've definitely earned a boost. Finding Nemo is one of the best films I've seen in recent years and I still see new things in it every time I watch it (which happens a lot because my two year old also loves it!)
I'm no G-Rated wuss when it comes to film taste either. I'm a big fan of Quentin Tarantino, Sam Raimi, and pre-LOTR Peter Jackson, for example. Nonetheless, Pixar can make the kind of movies they want to make and I wish them success at it because they make truly excellent films.
Where did you manage to see the Japanese version? I've heard of it playing conventions and possibly Japanese community theatres, but never of a general release.
The soundtrack to the original G is heavy on the drums and contrabass wail of the creature. On that question you are undoubtedly correct. I'm very nearly certain, though, that the Ifukube "Frigate March" theme used in all the later pictures does occur as the JDF troops advance to meet the creature.
I have a less-than-official VHS of the unaltered original, so I will check that tonight. If you're really interested in pursuing this (obviously I am a bit of a G nerd and always willing to discuss such things:-)) you can email me alb-at-popes-dot-com (I'm sure this thread will be archived soon) and I will let you know what I discover.
The drums and the symphonic Gojira theme are by Akira Ifukube and are from the original.
Anything you saw less recently than this month in a rep house was the Americanized version (it did tour not too long ago) because this is the first US theatrical release (outside of possibly fan conventions) of the Japanese original.
The Shobijin song in the original Mosura was in Malay.
Is Shanghai also one of those places where the movie is a big party event and people don't think twice about ruckus of other kinds? That could be a more principal difference than your postulated hangover from the cellphone-as-show-of-ostentatious-wealth issue.
Here is the US, I go to a movie to experience the movie, not the noise of the crowd (disclaimers apply for midnight concert films, etc) and cell conversations are just inconsiderate. People having face-to-face conversations in the cinema are also thought rude, and have been long considered such. How does your theory stand up to that?
I applaud your principles, but wonder if they've not blinded you to satire.
A transient copy of the content is made in memory, and it is this niggling detail is at the root of all this fuss over digital media, sharing, et al. Remember, the copyright law had to be ammended to cover computer software precisely because of transient copies and backup media. Under the classical interpretation, running a computer program, which necessarily entails making a copy of the copyrighted work in RAM, violates the law except as permitted under a license.
I see what you're saying and I agree with your basic premise. However, in the eyes of plenty of recent law, I tihnk the original poster is on the money. This is exactly the kind of thing the DMCA might be invoked against. I'd personally like to see it happen because the likely bad outcome for the DVD publishers would be one more bitch slap to that bad law.
Oh, and remind me to never buy a book from you!;-)
As far as I know, I don't recall wiki being a term that was used in '93, so I don't think "rebranding" is all that far from the mark. Pardon my flip use of terms. I'll admit it was mostly abreactional, and you've said what I meant to say much more elegantly.
I don't think so. Wikis are just a rebranding of the same hypertext model used since the birth of the Web. Linking key words or phrases to relevant info has been the convention for any decently written Web document before anyone came up with the idea of a "wiki" per se.
Better question is, when was the last time you played Civilization, Caesar, Gettysburg, or Warcraft on a console?
I haven't played them on any platform, but I get your point. As far as I can tell, the only thing standing between these titles and the consoles is fast persistent storage and networking, both of which are recently/currently being implemented on consoles. As the consoles take on more of the capabilities that were previously exclusive to PCs, what reason is there to believe these games won't become available?
I have a toddler too, so I hear you about limited game time!
For me, I went back to the console a few years ago when I started working at a computer all day because I wanted to kick back in the living room with a snack and a frosty beverage and enjoy casual gaming at the flip of the switch rather than spending yet more time in front of a computer installing and configuring software. My console is integrated into my entertainment center and also serves as my DVD player, so its intrusion is minimal.
At present, I don't have any games on my PC, but if the game was compelling enough, I have no opposition to playing on a PC. I'll have to look into VGA Planets. That sounds like the kind of thing I'd enjoy. Have you checked out NationStates?
Are there any modern consoles for which a keyboard and mouse upgrade are not available?
As for "might or might not", just go shopping. FPS titles are being ported (or initially released) to consoles in droves. If there are more for PCs, I'd say that reflects the lower economic barrier to platform entry than any technical superiority.
OK, I'm really not trying to flamebait here, but when was the last time you played a console game? The assumption that consoles only support twitchers and FPSs is seriously flawed. There are plenty of complex strategy titles available for consoles.
Or are you talking about things like Adventure and Zork? I don't think those have been ported to the PS2.;-)
Did you consider that the paralegal could've been the patsy to save face for the elected official ?
Sure, but which is more likely: that a paralegal did the research for the council or that a councilmember took it upon him/herself to research fabrication methods for styrofoam cups? I'm as quick to slam a pol as anyone, but there's no use in slinging mud when it's not their fault, which was my point in the original post.
Again, it's easy to mock the officials, but the part of the story I haven't heard yet is who did check it out? Someone stopped the thing from coming to a vote!
It was an unelected paralegal doing the research who fell for the DHMO joke. Did you consider that along the way, someone (quite possibly an elected official) spotted the bad research and stopped the monkey business?
If you're talking about Gojira ('54), then yes, I'd agree with you, but Gojira has been retooled throughout his career to embody the threat of, or defense against, the threat du jour. Look no further than Gojira vs Hedorah (aka Godzilla vs the Smog Monster) to see an example where the threat is not the bomb, but pollution. Then there are the Ghidorah and first Mechagodzilla films (invading aliens), Godzilla x Biollante (genetic engineering), Godzilla x Gigan (heartless corporations, albeit alien in the story), etc.
In many cases, there was no real environmental or social message, just titanic wrestling matches played for fun and camp, and there's not a thing wrong with that, either!
Speaking not as a mocker, but as a true Godzilla fan (one with a room full of memorobilia and who already owns films 1-26, several in various versions) I have to ask:
Intellectual investment? What the hell are you talking about?;-)
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I wish I hadn't wasted all my mod points busting down FP trolls, because you've definitely earned a boost. Finding Nemo is one of the best films I've seen in recent years and I still see new things in it every time I watch it (which happens a lot because my two year old also loves it!)
I'm no G-Rated wuss when it comes to film taste either. I'm a big fan of Quentin Tarantino, Sam Raimi, and pre-LOTR Peter Jackson, for example. Nonetheless, Pixar can make the kind of movies they want to make and I wish them success at it because they make truly excellent films.
I think you mean vote, not pray!
Where did you manage to see the Japanese version? I've heard of it playing conventions and possibly Japanese community theatres, but never of a general release.
:-)) you can email me alb-at-popes-dot-com (I'm sure this thread will be archived soon) and I will let you know what I discover.
The soundtrack to the original G is heavy on the drums and contrabass wail of the creature. On that question you are undoubtedly correct. I'm very nearly certain, though, that the Ifukube "Frigate March" theme used in all the later pictures does occur as the JDF troops advance to meet the creature.
I have a less-than-official VHS of the unaltered original, so I will check that tonight. If you're really interested in pursuing this (obviously I am a bit of a G nerd and always willing to discuss such things
Huh?
The drums and the symphonic Gojira theme are by Akira Ifukube and are from the original.
Anything you saw less recently than this month in a rep house was the Americanized version (it did tour not too long ago) because this is the first US theatrical release (outside of possibly fan conventions) of the Japanese original.
The Shobijin song in the original Mosura was in Malay.
Well, Godzilla did crack out of an iceberg in King Kong vs Godzilla. Come to think of it, he looked pretty pissed about it...
Too bad your otherwise insightful post will be shouted down because you dared to use the words "intellectual property".
The will to power.
Is Shanghai also one of those places where the movie is a big party event and people don't think twice about ruckus of other kinds? That could be a more principal difference than your postulated hangover from the cellphone-as-show-of-ostentatious-wealth issue.
Here is the US, I go to a movie to experience the movie, not the noise of the crowd (disclaimers apply for midnight concert films, etc) and cell conversations are just inconsiderate. People having face-to-face conversations in the cinema are also thought rude, and have been long considered such. How does your theory stand up to that?
I applaud your principles, but wonder if they've not blinded you to satire.
;-)
A transient copy of the content is made in memory, and it is this niggling detail is at the root of all this fuss over digital media, sharing, et al. Remember, the copyright law had to be ammended to cover computer software precisely because of transient copies and backup media. Under the classical interpretation, running a computer program, which necessarily entails making a copy of the copyrighted work in RAM, violates the law except as permitted under a license.
I see what you're saying and I agree with your basic premise. However, in the eyes of plenty of recent law, I tihnk the original poster is on the money. This is exactly the kind of thing the DMCA might be invoked against. I'd personally like to see it happen because the likely bad outcome for the DVD publishers would be one more bitch slap to that bad law.
Oh, and remind me to never buy a book from you!
Lemme hear "hell yeah!"
As far as I know, I don't recall wiki being a term that was used in '93, so I don't think "rebranding" is all that far from the mark. Pardon my flip use of terms. I'll admit it was mostly abreactional, and you've said what I meant to say much more elegantly.
I don't think so. Wikis are just a rebranding of the same hypertext model used since the birth of the Web. Linking key words or phrases to relevant info has been the convention for any decently written Web document before anyone came up with the idea of a "wiki" per se.
...if people writing Web pages actually used sentences.
I haven't played them on any platform, but I get your point. As far as I can tell, the only thing standing between these titles and the consoles is fast persistent storage and networking, both of which are recently/currently being implemented on consoles. As the consoles take on more of the capabilities that were previously exclusive to PCs, what reason is there to believe these games won't become available?
I have a toddler too, so I hear you about limited game time!
For me, I went back to the console a few years ago when I started working at a computer all day because I wanted to kick back in the living room with a snack and a frosty beverage and enjoy casual gaming at the flip of the switch rather than spending yet more time in front of a computer installing and configuring software. My console is integrated into my entertainment center and also serves as my DVD player, so its intrusion is minimal.
At present, I don't have any games on my PC, but if the game was compelling enough, I have no opposition to playing on a PC. I'll have to look into VGA Planets. That sounds like the kind of thing I'd enjoy. Have you checked out NationStates?
Are there any modern consoles for which a keyboard and mouse upgrade are not available?
As for "might or might not", just go shopping. FPS titles are being ported (or initially released) to consoles in droves. If there are more for PCs, I'd say that reflects the lower economic barrier to platform entry than any technical superiority.
OK, I'm really not trying to flamebait here, but when was the last time you played a console game? The assumption that consoles only support twitchers and FPSs is seriously flawed. There are plenty of complex strategy titles available for consoles.
;-)
Or are you talking about things like Adventure and Zork? I don't think those have been ported to the PS2.
Nah, it was "sailors fighting in the dance hall"...
Fantastically funny. Wonder how many of the /. juvies will get this one...
Sure, but which is more likely: that a paralegal did the research for the council or that a councilmember took it upon him/herself to research fabrication methods for styrofoam cups? I'm as quick to slam a pol as anyone, but there's no use in slinging mud when it's not their fault, which was my point in the original post.
Again, it's easy to mock the officials, but the part of the story I haven't heard yet is who did check it out? Someone stopped the thing from coming to a vote!
It was an unelected paralegal doing the research who fell for the DHMO joke. Did you consider that along the way, someone (quite possibly an elected official) spotted the bad research and stopped the monkey business?
If you're talking about Gojira ('54), then yes, I'd agree with you, but Gojira has been retooled throughout his career to embody the threat of, or defense against, the threat du jour. Look no further than Gojira vs Hedorah (aka Godzilla vs the Smog Monster) to see an example where the threat is not the bomb, but pollution. Then there are the Ghidorah and first Mechagodzilla films (invading aliens), Godzilla x Biollante (genetic engineering), Godzilla x Gigan (heartless corporations, albeit alien in the story), etc.
In many cases, there was no real environmental or social message, just titanic wrestling matches played for fun and camp, and there's not a thing wrong with that, either!
Interesting, considering the fact that many of the films are set in places other than Tokyo! Several of them aren't even in cities, per se.
It was funny, though. Just being a pedant...
Speaking not as a mocker, but as a true Godzilla fan (one with a room full of memorobilia and who already owns films 1-26, several in various versions) I have to ask:
Intellectual investment? What the hell are you talking about?