Craaaazy stuff, hmm? First frozen Snickers then warmed-up Mars Bars! What next, chocolate in our peanut butter? Peanut butter in our chocolate? Mad! We've all gone mad!
Can someone please give examples of when a book converted to a movie was anywhere near as good as the book? Some are satisfactory conversions... but I have never had one instance where a good book became a better movie...
I could probably name several without even breaking a sweat. Howzabout...
The Godfather
Apocalypse Now (based on Heart of Darkness)
Herbie Goes Bananas (based on Herbie Hancock: Tortured Genius)
Pi (which apparently was based not even on a book but on an actual number)
Jenna Does Everyone (great viewing, boring reading)
The Passion of The Christ (the book is okay, but kind of preachy)
Sure, learn all that stuff if you want to, but today, I wouldn't try to make a living off it. Pay is low. Respect is low (in the geek world).
I've done a lot of this kind of stuff over the years: multimedia development, design, web development, flash animation, a lot of php/mysql stuff, even asp. Though it can be a lot of fun, the market just doesn't need as many people to do it as there are that want to do it.
Having tried to rain on your parade, here's the "musts".
HTML and a rapid HTML development environment. i.e. Dreamweaver
PHP/MySQL
Graphics - probably Photoshop, but you can get by with other things if it's not your focus
javascript
If you are interested, Flash, but mostly it's a waste in the real / business world (with a few artsy exceptions)
Learn your server technologies, both IIS and Apache.
I, for one, am pleased as punch that our young people look up to a hard-working role model like Britney. Did you know that she did the singing on all her albums? She's cute as a button and twice as smart.
I actually used to work for a lab that did a lot of work for the coroner's office, metro, Parole & Probation, etc. in Las Vegas. A few of my coworkers became CSI's. The main thing that cracks me up is how nice, shiny, and new the labs are on TV (and how good-looking the agents are).
Most of the people that I know in the field are kind of homely and not nearly so bright (sorry, Brad & Dori).
Stern: Yeah, and I want to say hi to the commissioner and a friend of mine told me the commissioner said he was going to be on the show....
The commissioner has fined me millions of dollars for things I have said and consistently avoids me and avoids me and I wonder how long he will stay on the phone with me.
Owens: Go ahead and ask your questions.
Stern: Hi, Michael, how are you?
Powell: Hi, Howard, how are you?
Stern: Does it make you nervous to talk to me?
Powell: It does not....
Stern: All right, so well, I've got about ten zillion questions for you because you honestly are an enigma to me.
The first question being: How did you get your job? It is apparent to most of us in broadcasting that your father got you your job. And you kind of sit there:
You're the judge, you're the arbiter, you're the one who tells us what we can and can't say on the air and yet I really don't think you're qualified to be the head of the commission. Do you deny that your father got you this job?
Powell: Well, I would deny it exceedingly. You can look at my resume if you want, Howard. I'm not ashamed of it and I think it justifies my existence. I was chief of staff of the antitrust division, I'm an attorney, I was a clerk on the court of the United States I was a private attorney I have the same credentials that virtually anyone who sits in my position does and I think it's a little unfair that just because I happen to have a famous father and other public officials don't that you make the assumption that is the basis on which I sit in my position.
Owens: Caller already asked this question so move on....
Stern: So out of all the people that sit on the commission, you were moved to the head of the class. I don't buy your explanation but OK.
You know, the thing that amazes me about you is, you continually fine me but you're afraid to go to court with me and I'll explain myself if you give me a second:
Fine after fine came and we tried to go to court with you to find out about obscenity and what your line was and whether our show was indecent, which I don't think it is. And you do something really sneaky behind the scenes. You continue to block Viacom from buying new stations until we pay those fines.
You are afraid to go court. You are afraid to get a ruling time and time again.
When will you allow this to go to court and stop practicing your form of racketeering that you do by making stations pay up or you hold up their license renewal?
Powell: First of all, that's flatly false.
Stern: It's not false. It's true.
Powell: I'm afraid it is. There's no reason why Viacom or any other company who feels that they have been wrongly fined can't sue us in court. We have no basis whatsoever to prevent them from going to court.
Stern: You're lying. I've lived through your fines, Michael. And Mel Karmazin came to me one day and said, Howard, we're gonna have to pay up some sort of cockamame (sp?) bunch of fines that we don't we're wrong because we can't get our paperwork done. We are finding it increasingly difficult to boy radio stations. I know you're not telling the truth. And I question why you are selected to be one who is the FCC commissioner....
I'm going to Sirius satellite radio....
Owens: That's the question I was going to ask. Now he's going to go to satellite. One of the things that I read is that there are people who said cable TV, satellite radio, that ought to fall under the aegis of the FCC that content there...
Stern: Nobody's saying that... That's not going to happen. Michael knows that. This is the guise of the public airwaves. Michael's a Republican He knows that the marketplace....
Owens: By the way, weren't you appointed by Clinton?... No, no, no, no, he was appointed head of the FCC by George W. Bush.
Powell: Howard, the only thing I would ask is that if we're going to b
Slashdot Mirror
"You can click, but you can't hide"?
This is a wonderful illustration of the creative genius of the entertainment industry. I have a few more suggestions along the same lines.
"Guys don't make passes at girls who click torrents."
"You can lead a horse to water, but you better not click that torrent!"
"Click on a torrent, break your mama's back."
"What would Jesus Do? Not click on torrents, you betcha!"
"I wouldn't click on a torrent if it were the last torrent on earth."
Craaaazy stuff, hmm?
First frozen Snickers then warmed-up Mars Bars! What next, chocolate in our peanut butter? Peanut butter in our chocolate? Mad! We've all gone mad!
I blame Wonka.
I always assumed it would be called XIBox.
Can someone please give examples of when a book converted to a movie was anywhere near as good as the book? Some are satisfactory conversions... but I have never had one instance where a good book became a better movie...
I could probably name several without even breaking a sweat.
Howzabout...
The Godfather
Apocalypse Now (based on Heart of Darkness)
Herbie Goes Bananas (based on Herbie Hancock: Tortured Genius)
Pi (which apparently was based not even on a book but on an actual number)
Jenna Does Everyone (great viewing, boring reading)
The Passion of The Christ (the book is okay, but kind of preachy)
What's two colors, two sexes, and shouldn't have little children play with it?
To make a lame reply to my own post, when I say HTML, I mean to say HTML / CSS / XHTML , etc.
Sure, learn all that stuff if you want to, but today, I wouldn't try to make a living off it. Pay is low. Respect is low (in the geek world).
I've done a lot of this kind of stuff over the years: multimedia development, design, web development, flash animation, a lot of php/mysql stuff, even asp. Though it can be a lot of fun, the market just doesn't need as many people to do it as there are that want to do it.
Having tried to rain on your parade, here's the "musts".
HTML and a rapid HTML development environment. i.e. Dreamweaver
PHP/MySQL
Graphics - probably Photoshop, but you can get by with other things if it's not your focus
javascript
If you are interested, Flash, but mostly it's a waste in the real / business world (with a few artsy exceptions)
Learn your server technologies, both IIS and Apache.
I believe in miracles.
Since you came along.
You sexy thing, you.
I, for one, am pleased as punch that our young people look up to a hard-working role model like Britney. Did you know that she did the singing on all her albums? She's cute as a button and twice as smart.
I actually used to work for a lab that did a lot of work for the coroner's office, metro, Parole & Probation, etc. in Las Vegas. A few of my coworkers became CSI's. The main thing that cracks me up is how nice, shiny, and new the labs are on TV (and how good-looking the agents are).
Most of the people that I know in the field are kind of homely and not nearly so bright (sorry, Brad & Dori).
I'm pretty sure there already is a cartoon - a cell animation one, not 3d.
Even worse, the neighbours are starting to complain about the smoke from my kiln drifting across into their garden.
Just tell them not to worry, it's awl write.
Stern: Ronn, hi.
Owens: Is this who I think it is?
Stern: Yeah, and I want to say hi to the commissioner and a friend of mine told me the commissioner said he was going to be on the show....
The commissioner has fined me millions of dollars for things I have said and consistently avoids me and avoids me and I wonder how long he will stay on the phone with me.
Owens: Go ahead and ask your questions.
Stern: Hi, Michael, how are you?
Powell: Hi, Howard, how are you?
Stern: Does it make you nervous to talk to me?
Powell: It does not....
Stern: All right, so well, I've got about ten zillion questions for you because you honestly are an enigma to me.
The first question being: How did you get your job? It is apparent to most of us in broadcasting that your father got you your job. And you kind of sit there:
You're the judge, you're the arbiter, you're the one who tells us what we can and can't say on the air and yet I really don't think you're qualified to be the head of the commission. Do you deny that your father got you this job?
Powell: Well, I would deny it exceedingly. You can look at my resume if you want, Howard. I'm not ashamed of it and I think it justifies my existence. I was chief of staff of the antitrust division, I'm an attorney, I was a clerk on the court of the United States I was a private attorney I have the same credentials that virtually anyone who sits in my position does and I think it's a little unfair that just because I happen to have a famous father and other public officials don't that you make the assumption that is the basis on which I sit in my position.
Owens: Caller already asked this question so move on....
Stern: So out of all the people that sit on the commission, you were moved to the head of the class. I don't buy your explanation but OK.
You know, the thing that amazes me about you is, you continually fine me but you're afraid to go to court with me and I'll explain myself if you give me a second:
Fine after fine came and we tried to go to court with you to find out about obscenity and what your line was and whether our show was indecent, which I don't think it is. And you do something really sneaky behind the scenes. You continue to block Viacom from buying new stations until we pay those fines.
You are afraid to go court. You are afraid to get a ruling time and time again.
When will you allow this to go to court and stop practicing your form of racketeering that you do by making stations pay up or you hold up their license renewal?
Powell: First of all, that's flatly false.
Stern: It's not false. It's true.
Powell: I'm afraid it is. There's no reason why Viacom or any other company who feels that they have been wrongly fined can't sue us in court. We have no basis whatsoever to prevent them from going to court.
Stern: You're lying. I've lived through your fines, Michael. And Mel Karmazin came to me one day and said, Howard, we're gonna have to pay up some sort of cockamame (sp?) bunch of fines that we don't we're wrong because we can't get our paperwork done. We are finding it increasingly difficult to boy radio stations. I know you're not telling the truth. And I question why you are selected to be one who is the FCC commissioner....
I'm going to Sirius satellite radio....
Owens: That's the question I was going to ask. Now he's going to go to satellite. One of the things that I read is that there are people who said cable TV, satellite radio, that ought to fall under the aegis of the FCC that content there...
Stern: Nobody's saying that... That's not going to happen. Michael knows that. This is the guise of the public airwaves. Michael's a Republican He knows that the marketplace....
Owens: By the way, weren't you appointed by Clinton?... No, no, no, no, he was appointed head of the FCC by George W. Bush.
Powell: Howard, the only thing I would ask is that if we're going to b
Line the floor with multicolored plastic balls, and we have a perfect place to keep our space toddlers.
I like that Will Smith. He raps happy.
Linus Torvalds: "Hey! You've got AOL in my Linux!"
Steve Case: "You've got Linux in my AOL!"
50% of people are more irritating than the average person.
What a coincidence! I have one too. (not for typing)
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Michael Jackson
Brainwashing is one of the greatest joys of parenthood.
Things I've told my five-year-old
"When I was your age, I went to school with a boy that grew up to be the greatest skateboarder ever. Tony Orlando"
[While watching a mariachi band at a Mexican restaurant.] "I could do that if I really wanted to."
"Easter is the day that Jesus rose from the dead. TO FEAST ON THE FLESH OF THE LIVING! I'm just kidding. Don't tell your mom."
"You could grow up to be the first person ever on Mars. Like me. I was the first person to ever go swimming."
"You catch enchiladas by picking them up behind the head and holding them underwater until they don't kick anymore."
abandonware?
People will probably distribute the software more overtly as downloads on websites because, who will stop them?
Oh yeah, the MPAA.
no, blackfemale
The more important question is, will they be friendly?
No, the more important question is, what will they taste like?
We don't need no stinking incentives!
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Average Bored Teenager
Why not read the book before debunking the title?
How else can we judge a book, if not by its cover?
A tax on Wifi? What about Hubby?