There is also a sadomasochistic thread running through underground fight clubs, said Michael Kimmel, a sociology professor at Stony Brook University in New York.
"Real-life fight clubs are the male version of the girls who cut themselves," he said. "All day long these guys think they're the captains of the universe, technical wizards. They're brilliant but empty.
"They want to feel differently. They want to get hit, they want to feel something real."
So how does it feel to be like one of the girls who cut themselves?
But it's all starting to make sense now, isn't it. The rivalry between Spock and McCoy for Kirk's affections. The older queen bitchiness of McCoy, who feels threatened by the younger Spock. (And now you start wondering about McCoy's nickname, "Bones".)
I think that if you approach the movie with an open mind, you'll be left wondering if Deckard is a replicant or not. And this is a good thing, because it brings you the question, What does it mean to be human?
If you right off the bat accept that Deckard is a replicant, you are looking for the easy convenient answer and ignoring the uncomfortable human capacity for brutality. You're not grappling with the deeper philosophical issues which make this a truly great movie, and not just another scifi film.
But you really lose a very powerful comment on the human condition if Deckard is a replicant. That the human seems to be the coldblooded, unfeeling killer while the androids are the ones that are filled with the desire to live and fully experience the full range that life has to offer is quite the ironic statement, and certainly in keeping with Dick's themes.
Dick, more than any other SF author, repeatedly asked what it meant to be human, what was identity, what was free will (vs. programming, rather than fate), what was true, what was false, what was a doppelganger of the real.
The ambiguity in Bladerunner (DC) is what makes the film true to Phillip K Dick; it is otherwise very different from Dick's handling of the material. It's not so much an adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep as it is Ridley Scott's collaboration with the text and his response to Dick.
I'm fairly expert with Final Cut Pro. I've even taught classes. But I've never bothered to learn iMovie, and never really bothered to sit down and learn it. I've played with it for five minutes at a time, twice.
When my roommate came to me as the resident video expert, wanting to learn iMovie, I had to go out and buy her a book. (She had already exhausted the help system and was obviously more expert in iMovie than I was.)
I don't look down on iMovie in the least. I think it's a cool application that does what it's supposed to extremely well: let non-professionals easily work with video and create fairly polished videos and home movies. I prefer the extremely powerful professional solution, but I don't bag on iMovie. It would have been preposterous to teach my roomie FCP for what she wanted to accomplish in iMovie. Way overkill.
Unfortunately, Apple Bashing is so fashionable, that those who are electronic gadget "experts" feel the need to look down on the simpler solutions for ordinary people. After all, they're the experts, so their choice must be right.
We are in Zappepcs' lawyer's office for the reading of his will. He tragically died when a plane hijacked by proprietary DRM terrorists crashed directly on him. (He didn't die from the impact; instead he was incinerated when the gallons of jet fuel that soaked into his porous wood-like body ignited.)
Lawyer (reading the will): . . . and to my only and beloved son, Zappepcs Jr., I bequeath my entire collection of Brittany Spears CDs, providing he keeps them in the family and doesn't sell them on Googlebay, and that he continues to honor the family name of Zappepcs by fighting the good fight against DRM, now and always.
Zappepcs Jr: Good thing Dad died before these Brittany Spears CDs decomposed and were unplayable! Now let's get out of here. I have to report to work for my 2:30 shearing!
Thank you! I always metamoderate down mods, unless they're to a goatse link. Down moderation is overused/abused. Down mods are the weapon of the inarticulate.
Twitter, you're losing it man. You lost the argument, because you didn't have the facts to back up your ideology. If you can't be a gentleman and admit defeat, then don't compound your problem by lashing out. If you stop digging your own hole you'll stop sinking.
It's obvious that you feel very deeply about Free and Open software. But you're actually hurting your cause more than you are helping it. Think about it. You're damaging the cause of F/OSS, because you're coming off as a real jerk. A big jerk who doesn't know what the hell he is talking about.
Next time, try arguing with the facts, not your feelings. What works for Stephen Colbert doesn't work for you.
No man, that's not it. Good thinking, sounds reasonable, but the inside scoop says that Google Checkout will be an online Assisted Suicide service for the terminally ill.
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Do you really believe that or is it just sarcasm? I have to ask because sometimes others can't tell when I'm being sarcastic.
So how does it feel to be like one of the girls who cut themselves?
But it's all starting to make sense now, isn't it. The rivalry between Spock and McCoy for Kirk's affections. The older queen bitchiness of McCoy, who feels threatened by the younger Spock. (And now you start wondering about McCoy's nickname, "Bones".)
Not to mention the prime rib directive.
Remind me never to play a squirrel character on your reality server, ok?
I think that if you approach the movie with an open mind, you'll be left wondering if Deckard is a replicant or not. And this is a good thing, because it brings you the question, What does it mean to be human?
If you right off the bat accept that Deckard is a replicant, you are looking for the easy convenient answer and ignoring the uncomfortable human capacity for brutality. You're not grappling with the deeper philosophical issues which make this a truly great movie, and not just another scifi film.
But you really lose a very powerful comment on the human condition if Deckard is a replicant. That the human seems to be the coldblooded, unfeeling killer while the androids are the ones that are filled with the desire to live and fully experience the full range that life has to offer is quite the ironic statement, and certainly in keeping with Dick's themes.
Dick, more than any other SF author, repeatedly asked what it meant to be human, what was identity, what was free will (vs. programming, rather than fate), what was true, what was false, what was a doppelganger of the real.
The ambiguity in Bladerunner (DC) is what makes the film true to Phillip K Dick; it is otherwise very different from Dick's handling of the material. It's not so much an adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep as it is Ridley Scott's collaboration with the text and his response to Dick.
I think not knowing the difference between composite video and component ought to make one hand in ones card.
So you rendered the joke pointless. How many dimensions is that, Mr. Smart Guy? =)
Oh, and pun retrospectively intended.
That would be Cal Tech. . . er, Pacific Tech. Interestingly, a good part of it was filmed at nearby Occidental College.
Well, there's conspicuous consumption, but then there's plain old bad taste. Pink Flamingos and Polyester.
Needs a VTEC sticker.
You've made an interesting point.
I'm fairly expert with Final Cut Pro. I've even taught classes. But I've never bothered to learn iMovie, and never really bothered to sit down and learn it. I've played with it for five minutes at a time, twice.
When my roommate came to me as the resident video expert, wanting to learn iMovie, I had to go out and buy her a book. (She had already exhausted the help system and was obviously more expert in iMovie than I was.)
I don't look down on iMovie in the least. I think it's a cool application that does what it's supposed to extremely well: let non-professionals easily work with video and create fairly polished videos and home movies. I prefer the extremely powerful professional solution, but I don't bag on iMovie. It would have been preposterous to teach my roomie FCP for what she wanted to accomplish in iMovie. Way overkill.
Unfortunately, Apple Bashing is so fashionable, that those who are electronic gadget "experts" feel the need to look down on the simpler solutions for ordinary people. After all, they're the experts, so their choice must be right.
Spoken like a man with a nipple ring and nobody to pull on it.
FLASH FORWARD 10 YEARS
We are in Zappepcs' lawyer's office for the reading of his will. He tragically died when a plane hijacked by proprietary DRM terrorists crashed directly on him. (He didn't die from the impact; instead he was incinerated when the gallons of jet fuel that soaked into his porous wood-like body ignited.)
Lawyer (reading the will): . . . and to my only and beloved son, Zappepcs Jr., I bequeath my entire collection of Brittany Spears CDs, providing he keeps them in the family and doesn't sell them on Googlebay, and that he continues to honor the family name of Zappepcs by fighting the good fight against DRM, now and always.
Zappepcs Jr: Good thing Dad died before these Brittany Spears CDs decomposed and were unplayable! Now let's get out of here. I have to report to work for my 2:30 shearing!
Thank you! I always metamoderate down mods, unless they're to a goatse link. Down moderation is overused/abused. Down mods are the weapon of the inarticulate.
Step back, dude. You don't want to get any twitter on your shoes.
Twitter, you're losing it man. You lost the argument, because you didn't have the facts to back up your ideology. If you can't be a gentleman and admit defeat, then don't compound your problem by lashing out. If you stop digging your own hole you'll stop sinking.
It's obvious that you feel very deeply about Free and Open software. But you're actually hurting your cause more than you are helping it. Think about it. You're damaging the cause of F/OSS, because you're coming off as a real jerk. A big jerk who doesn't know what the hell he is talking about.
Next time, try arguing with the facts, not your feelings. What works for Stephen Colbert doesn't work for you.
The docking RPG launcher is sold separately.
googlebookrepository, googlegrassyknoll, and googlemanlicher-carcano.com don't seem to be registered. What are the odds that all three wouldn't be registered?
googlebeans? You think people are going to come up with better ideas than they did for googleflooz?
No man, that's not it. Good thinking, sounds reasonable, but the inside scoop says that Google Checkout will be an online Assisted Suicide service for the terminally ill.
You're implying that a dog could commit fraud, which is impossible. Cats, on the other hand . . . .
All you need to know is that it wasn't an evil mop, and that the domain googlemops.com has not yet been registered.
You gave me an idea for a pick up line for the next time I meet a cute consitutional lawyer.
"Wanna come back to my place later and peacefully asemble?"
Yeah, I know, pick up lines don't work in general.