For me, it's not so much important that what *I* like is liked by millions of others, but rather that I hope that the films I like draw a huge crowd in order to encourage the creation of more films like it (or in the case of us here in the U.S., not to encourage it's creation but to encourage it's distribution into U.S. theatres).
Other than that, I agree with you, with a slight exception - it's the mindset that if millions of people go see it, then it's good, that creates crap blockbuster movies. A subtle distinction.
I wouldn't worry about that too much just yet. I'm pretty sure that it's gonna play here in Kansas City at or at least near the release date, but damned if I can find a showtime for it yet. I saw elsewhere in these comments that an AMC in PA is going to screen it, and since this city is the home to AMC, if the past is any precedent, then it should show here as well.
This area's been decently lucky as far as Anime goes, as long as you know where to look. When the Cowboy Bepop movie was released in the US, it was shown only at an arthouse, but was put on a big screen there and drew a good crowd. Saw Princess Mononoke at a Cinemark during it's run, and it drew a good crowd as well (a lot better than some of the other films released at the time). Still, it's hard finding listings for any of this even a week in advance, let alone farther, for some reason - especially online. So, there's good reason to hope.
In the UK, they are required to pay an annual licensing fee per TV that they own, the money of which supports the BBC. Fees are higher for color than B&W TV's. You an find some more information here.
Ah, of course... so obvious now. Thing is, I know I've seen that.sig before, and I got it then... suppose that's what I get for posting ona Friday afternoon (my brain really wanted to be anywhere but there...)
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
Just gotta point out something - I can't find "humously" in the couple dictionaries I just checked. So, I'm gonna just assume it's a typo, and you meant humorously (unless I totally missed the point, which isn't unfeasible this afternoon)... may want to change that. Nice sentiment, though.
Of course, if people rate you +1 Funny, then it still won't work...
Articles like this tend to bring this quote to mind:
...and I was just trying to live my bloody life - you know, get from A to B, and do a little shopping - only to find that in fact life is controlled poorly by bits of *bloody*, *bloody* buggery bits of paper. I mean, why can't life just be made a little bit easier for everybody, you know, I mean why do we play bloody taxes? I know, you know, to buy railings to put outside bloody shops so stupid people can't run into the bloody road, but you know, we're not all stupid. We don't all need nursemaiding. I mean, why not have a stupidity tax, just tax the stupid people!
-Absolutely Fabulous
Personally, at this point, I'd like to see someone circumnavigate the Earth in a non-selfpropelled, heavier-than-air craft (in short, sailplane). Is this even plausible?
Yeah, I gotta be the stickler for detail and point out that the Marx Brothers never had a "Teito" (unless that too was a joke, and I completely missed it...)
For the record: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo (and one more, Gummo, who never appeared as such in a film, only a few times in stage performances).
Sorry, one of my favorite comedy groups, had to make the point. Still, not as bad as the time an ex-gf of mine looked up to see a picture of the Marx Bros. in the restaurant we were in, only to remark "Look, it's the Three Stooges..."
I agree with the grandparent post - just because we have no use for that level of information now, doesn't mean that it won't have a use in the future. A couple possible uses (probably total BS, consider them placeholders for uses we haven't conceived yet): holographic representation of the original scene; determination of the exact position of the Sun, or of certain clouds, or some other event; analysis to determine the exact effects of some unforeseen environmental effect (I'm thinking something along the lines of radioactivity present in post-Hiroshima steel, as opposed to pre-nuke).
This brings up a unique point. We are in a unique position where our ability to generate and store information so far outstrips our ability to analyze this data. Do we have an obligation to preserve as much of this information, no matter how seemingly inane? We have no idea now what exactly will be important in the future. How often now do we see some statistic with a footnote stating that "No information is available before X date", simply because those sorts of records weren't kept back then?
Hmm... of course, to discern notable red/blue misalignment, the third color will be misaligned as well, leaving you with three disparate images of seperate color. This leads me to two questions:
1) What exactly would the corresponding glasses look like? 3 lenses?
2) If two images produce a 3-D image, would this lead us to a new visualization of the fourth dimension? Or would our minds merely be confronted by 3 seperate 3-D images (one from each pair of monochromatic images), causing some sort of optic lobe meltdown?
If we were to follow this line of logic, though, then why single out video games? The nightly news usually has as much if not more violence than video games.
I'm all for protecting our children, and yes, the legislature does have responsibility to that end, but it's almost gotten to the point that publishers and such need a law protecting them from consumer's lack of common sense.
(Comment about "never taking out 115 with one blast in a video game, even with the luckiest of 'deemer shots", removed for matters of taste, then included down here, thus defeating the purpose.)
Even better one... my GF and I were out at a Chinese restaurant. Just when the couple at the table next to us was being brought their food, we heard the distinct sound of a cat meowing. Turned out to be the ringtone on that woman's cell phone... We laughed like hell when we realized what it was, but we got real worried for a second there beforehand.
Similarly, these posts saying basically "I've never heard of him so he must suck", or "I don't like him, so he shouldn't be on Slashdot" are taking up space where the rest of us are expecting to find intelligent discussion/questions/commentary.
I agree, that if you don't like the guy's music or whatever, that's fine, but I doubt you're going to make any converts with these posts.
Actually, I think it was 3 or 4 years ago, but not only were they almost bankrupt, they actually were in bankruptcy in the French court system. They got their act together though, and have come completely out of bankruptcy, and I believe have been in the black for a while now.
As far as I know, their main sources of revenue are from consulting, corporate support, some value added like packages of various proprietary closed-source software to their OS, and through their club membership program. I understand that this last one has been a decent boon to their books, moreso than one may think. Of course, I am not an accountant...
You kidding? Twitch gaming is the future, man. I've been working on my twitch skills, and I tell you, my win ration at chess has increased exponentially now that I can get in 20+ moves to my opponents one. Checkmate before they can even pick up their first piece!
Except for the fact that there's assuredly a plethora of +5 Mega Items of Doom, whereas there (should be) only one Boardwalk per game...
Yeah, ok, so that's not such a great rebuttal. Though yours was a decent one, I find it amusing the analogies people come up with to try to describe this sort of thing as they see it.
My take on all of this is that various publishers/developers should just make an official statement of their stance on this up front. Then the consumer can use that as part of their basis on whether or not they want that game. If you disagree with their policy and you feel strong enough about it, then don't play the game; if you only sort of disagree, then you can just suck it up and play it anyways.
Legally speaking, I'm sure any company can cover themselves by stating that they will not regulate such things, and will not be held responsible for in-game loss. That's why they pay their legal departments, anyways. Include a caveat about how they reserve the right to regulate any behaviour that is/would impede in a substantial manner the enjoyment of the game by others, and you're set. I'm sure I'm missing a point or two, but then again, I'm not a lawyer, just some random gamer.
At this point, the "by Reverend Loki" portion of the header has entered into standard practices as a synonym of the "smartass" tag....
And let me just take this moment to state that the alleged typo of changing 'is' into 'it' cannot possibly be an offense, as the spellchecker found no problem with that sentence.
Now hopefully the grammar nazis will now cut me some slack, since I went out of my way to rewrite that last sentence so it did not end with a preposition.
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Other than that, I agree with you, with a slight exception - it's the mindset that if millions of people go see it, then it's good, that creates crap blockbuster movies. A subtle distinction.
This area's been decently lucky as far as Anime goes, as long as you know where to look. When the Cowboy Bepop movie was released in the US, it was shown only at an arthouse, but was put on a big screen there and drew a good crowd. Saw Princess Mononoke at a Cinemark during it's run, and it drew a good crowd as well (a lot better than some of the other films released at the time). Still, it's hard finding listings for any of this even a week in advance, let alone farther, for some reason - especially online. So, there's good reason to hope.
... whereas 25 years ago, we had games like Space Invaders, that had no end. Interesting how these things evolve...
In the UK, they are required to pay an annual licensing fee per TV that they own, the money of which supports the BBC. Fees are higher for color than B&W TV's. You an find some more information here.
At first glance, I thought that title was in reference to Gates visiting Bungie or something...
Ah, of course... so obvious now. Thing is, I know I've seen that .sig before, and I got it then... suppose that's what I get for posting ona Friday afternoon (my brain really wanted to be anywhere but there...)
Just gotta point out something - I can't find "humously" in the couple dictionaries I just checked. So, I'm gonna just assume it's a typo, and you meant humorously (unless I totally missed the point, which isn't unfeasible this afternoon)... may want to change that. Nice sentiment, though.
Of course, if people rate you +1 Funny, then it still won't work...
-Absolutely Fabulous
Oh, wait, you meant a distance measured *horizontally* - er, nevermind.
Personally, at this point, I'd like to see someone circumnavigate the Earth in a non-selfpropelled, heavier-than-air craft (in short, sailplane). Is this even plausible?
For the record: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo (and one more, Gummo, who never appeared as such in a film, only a few times in stage performances).
Sorry, one of my favorite comedy groups, had to make the point. Still, not as bad as the time an ex-gf of mine looked up to see a picture of the Marx Bros. in the restaurant we were in, only to remark "Look, it's the Three Stooges..."
This brings up a unique point. We are in a unique position where our ability to generate and store information so far outstrips our ability to analyze this data. Do we have an obligation to preserve as much of this information, no matter how seemingly inane? We have no idea now what exactly will be important in the future. How often now do we see some statistic with a footnote stating that "No information is available before X date", simply because those sorts of records weren't kept back then?
1) What exactly would the corresponding glasses look like? 3 lenses?
2) If two images produce a 3-D image, would this lead us to a new visualization of the fourth dimension? Or would our minds merely be confronted by 3 seperate 3-D images (one from each pair of monochromatic images), causing some sort of optic lobe meltdown?
I'm all for protecting our children, and yes, the legislature does have responsibility to that end, but it's almost gotten to the point that publishers and such need a law protecting them from consumer's lack of common sense.
(Comment about "never taking out 115 with one blast in a video game, even with the luckiest of 'deemer shots", removed for matters of taste, then included down here, thus defeating the purpose.)
Even better one... my GF and I were out at a Chinese restaurant. Just when the couple at the table next to us was being brought their food, we heard the distinct sound of a cat meowing. Turned out to be the ringtone on that woman's cell phone... We laughed like hell when we realized what it was, but we got real worried for a second there beforehand.
Any other favorite bits of "metacommentary"?
I agree, that if you don't like the guy's music or whatever, that's fine, but I doubt you're going to make any converts with these posts.
Well, gotta admit, Biggie was a damn big guy...
"She kicks high"
Assuming I'm not the only one who remembers this anyways...
As far as I know, their main sources of revenue are from consulting, corporate support, some value added like packages of various proprietary closed-source software to their OS, and through their club membership program. I understand that this last one has been a decent boon to their books, moreso than one may think. Of course, I am not an accountant...
You kidding? Twitch gaming is the future, man. I've been working on my twitch skills, and I tell you, my win ration at chess has increased exponentially now that I can get in 20+ moves to my opponents one. Checkmate before they can even pick up their first piece!
Yeah, ok, so that's not such a great rebuttal. Though yours was a decent one, I find it amusing the analogies people come up with to try to describe this sort of thing as they see it.
My take on all of this is that various publishers/developers should just make an official statement of their stance on this up front. Then the consumer can use that as part of their basis on whether or not they want that game. If you disagree with their policy and you feel strong enough about it, then don't play the game; if you only sort of disagree, then you can just suck it up and play it anyways.
Legally speaking, I'm sure any company can cover themselves by stating that they will not regulate such things, and will not be held responsible for in-game loss. That's why they pay their legal departments, anyways. Include a caveat about how they reserve the right to regulate any behaviour that is/would impede in a substantial manner the enjoyment of the game by others, and you're set. I'm sure I'm missing a point or two, but then again, I'm not a lawyer, just some random gamer.
That's so typically bigotted of you - just because a man has an Italian sounding name like Ameche, you gotta assume he's some sort of "Mafia Don".
And let me just take this moment to state that the alleged typo of changing 'is' into 'it' cannot possibly be an offense, as the spellchecker found no problem with that sentence.
Now hopefully the grammar nazis will now cut me some slack, since I went out of my way to rewrite that last sentence so it did not end with a preposition.
(markup language nazi) So why did you turn off the appropriate tag before the text is was supposed to refer to? (/markup language nazi)
(/smartass)