Let's face it, The Simpsons is not what it used to be and I can not see it going anywhere but down in the future. You just can't keep thinking up episode ideas forever. Groening should let the show die on a mid-high note, I mean, it has had a pretty long innings after all.
What I would love to see is a present day alternative to The Simpsons - new town, new characters, new voice actors (that would be willing to work for a 'paltry' salary per episode) As an extra project for Groening, Futurama was/is abosultely great, it's a shame it was a bit too hardcore for the mainstream audience. A new animated show could feature a similar family or maybe focus around something else, like a group of work colleagues or room mates. Retain the trademark animation styles - yellow skin et al - and you have a clean slate to work with. Obviously, it might take a while for people to warm to it, but The Simpsons was not exactly a multi million dollar franchise overnight.
Any budding writers got any ideas for 'The Next Simpsons'?
Homer: You're thinking of all the other years. This year's shows
are classic. There's "The Laughter Family" -- that's
animated. Networks like animation 'cause they don't have to
pay the actors squat!
Ned: [voice slightly off] Plus, they can replace them, and no one
can tell the diddley-ifference!
American slashdotters mock the Canadian currency for its weakness against the US dollar. I mock the Americans for the weakness of the US dollar against the pound. Therefore I am getting one back for the Canadians.
When I picture that in mind I find it quite funny. I can imagine the stage dark and the crowd all hushed, with Gollum staring into his palm, singing 'Why oh why did this ring find meeeeeeeeeeee' in a deep operatic voice (ie non Gollum-esque).
Now I'm no musical afficionado, having only been to one London musical - We Will Rock You - but there's a certain magic (no pun intended) I experienced that can not be acheived through film (that's not to say films are inferior, it's more of an apples and oranges comparison). With a big budget like that, I'm sure the stage props, effects and costumes will be fantastic and will portray the LOTR trilogy through yet another medium. Sure, the purists might complain that Bombadil's left foot was uncharacteristically two inches too far to the right, but for the fans that actually see natural light, then they'll be in for a treat.
I see what you're saying but I do think that the name has played an important part in Google's success (not the most important part, however). When you think of Google you can imagine that simple logo of blue, red, yellow and green letters that greet you when you arrive. 'Google' rolls off the tongue a lot easier than pretty much every other search engine, hence the reason it's become a popular verb.
"Just Yahoo it" - is hard to say quickly and coherently, and it doesn't flow that much
"Just Alta-Vista it" - this is obvious, too many syllables, and you can't really shorten it to either Alta or Vista
"Just Lycos it" - the S at the end flows straight into the 'it' and can therefore become confusing unless you have an annoying gap to separate the two words.
Hoover and Kleenex are unique, instantly identifiable names that aren't a pain to say. I wonder if these companies would have even touched the level of respective marketshare they've had if their product names were 'bad'.
Forget mapping it, actually play in it! That complex is just screaming out to be used as a paintball/laser tag arena. Imagine the orange warning lights spinning around and a computerised female voice 'Thirty seconds till missile launch' over the sound system.
Hell, with the strength of the pound against the dollar even I might buy it! $3,950,000 that's like, what, 2 grand of my money? (just getting one back for the Canadians)
That's weird, I was only just thinking how people only seem to click on and read funny comments while at the same time drinking carbonated beverages. Perhaps there needs to be some research into this 'phenomenon'?
But in the case of long films like the LOTR trilogy that are definately going to be shown at pretty much every theater, does 10 extra minutes make them lose that much? I don't think so, infact I think a carefully placed intermission might make the theaters more money when showing these epics because of the extra throughput of refreshment buyers. I hate finishing my popcorn just as the 2 hours of trailers/adverts are finishing but once that film is showing I am not going to be leaving my seat at all. If a short break presented itself, then hey, I might just fancy popping out for a large IceBlast (that stuff is heroin in ice cold, fizzy form). They would need to show 20 ROTK's to lose out on one ROTK screening. If the screen is full capacity, expect 40-50 people leaving at intermission to spend 5-10 bucks on refreshments. It soon adds up.
Oh yeah and I can finally take a piss! *uncrosses legs*
The parent is right. They are two completely different mediums for Pete's sake! One is black ink on paper, devoid of sound and lucrative fast food endorsements. The other provides aural stimulation as well as millions of colours of visual 'food' for the brain. Peter Jackson's movie trilogy is just one of 6 billion interpretations of the books (I know not everyone on the planet has read the books but for argument's sake...). Ever notice how when you are reading a book you imagine scenes in a spatial sense in your mind? Some things are more vivid and exciting to you than others, and these will differ from everyone elses. The nitpicks in the article point out elements that Jackson has changed/omitted but it was up to him and his team to do it, and I and many others think he did it very well. Oh, and the guy only had a three and a half hour canvas at a pop.
That said, I don't mind nitpicks on movies at all in a fun sense, and the writers of the article do verge a bit too much on the whiny purist side (well, at least the guy admits it)
Think my Windows box will be upset when it knows how much I hate it?"
I think it might well be! As revenge it could possible start deleting random files, crash just before you capture the flag in that clan game and keep resetting preferences to default.
Hmm I guess the mouth breathing moderators couldn't understand the clever pun in this post or he gets an automatic -1 mod because he's AC. Either way that troll mod is bullshit. It's alright Mr Anonymous Coward, there are some people that understand you...
There are plenty of CS 1.5 (pre steam) servers out there for the taking. Speaking as someone who has refused to download the bloatware AKA Steam I can tell you that you can still play Counter Strike without touching Steam.
I guess EA will have to take their Nazi tactics to another platform. Boo hoo. Xbox Live is the bext format for any online console - standardised interface, closed network, uniform accessories (headset anyone?).
Sony knows this, Nintendo knows this, everyone knows this. The only people who refuse to acknowledge this are the {z/j}ealous fanboys. So EA are too proud to have another company handle their online operations and are taking their overrated sports franchises for the unclued masses elsewhere... what a darn shame.
This is quite a Gouda invention. Infact I think it's Brielliant! A laser would be much Feta than a cheese wire. It Provolone won't be used outside of a large scale industrial setting though.
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Let's face it, The Simpsons is not what it used to be and I can not see it going anywhere but down in the future. You just can't keep thinking up episode ideas forever. Groening should let the show die on a mid-high note, I mean, it has had a pretty long innings after all.
What I would love to see is a present day alternative to The Simpsons - new town, new characters, new voice actors (that would be willing to work for a 'paltry' salary per episode) As an extra project for Groening, Futurama was/is abosultely great, it's a shame it was a bit too hardcore for the mainstream audience. A new animated show could feature a similar family or maybe focus around something else, like a group of work colleagues or room mates. Retain the trademark animation styles - yellow skin et al - and you have a clean slate to work with. Obviously, it might take a while for people to warm to it, but The Simpsons was not exactly a multi million dollar franchise overnight.
Any budding writers got any ideas for 'The Next Simpsons'?
Homer: You're thinking of all the other years. This year's shows are classic. There's "The Laughter Family" -- that's animated. Networks like animation 'cause they don't have to pay the actors squat!
Ned: [voice slightly off] Plus, they can replace them, and no one can tell the diddley-ifference!
American slashdotters mock the Canadian currency for its weakness against the US dollar. I mock the Americans for the weakness of the US dollar against the pound. Therefore I am getting one back for the Canadians.
When I picture that in mind I find it quite funny. I can imagine the stage dark and the crowd all hushed, with Gollum staring into his palm, singing 'Why oh why did this ring find meeeeeeeeeeee' in a deep operatic voice (ie non Gollum-esque).
Now I'm no musical afficionado, having only been to one London musical - We Will Rock You - but there's a certain magic (no pun intended) I experienced that can not be acheived through film (that's not to say films are inferior, it's more of an apples and oranges comparison). With a big budget like that, I'm sure the stage props, effects and costumes will be fantastic and will portray the LOTR trilogy through yet another medium. Sure, the purists might complain that Bombadil's left foot was uncharacteristically two inches too far to the right, but for the fans that actually see natural light, then they'll be in for a treat.
What's next, a ten part HBO miniseries?
I see what you're saying but I do think that the name has played an important part in Google's success (not the most important part, however). When you think of Google you can imagine that simple logo of blue, red, yellow and green letters that greet you when you arrive. 'Google' rolls off the tongue a lot easier than pretty much every other search engine, hence the reason it's become a popular verb.
"Just Yahoo it" - is hard to say quickly and coherently, and it doesn't flow that much
"Just Alta-Vista it" - this is obvious, too many syllables, and you can't really shorten it to either Alta or Vista
"Just Lycos it" - the S at the end flows straight into the 'it' and can therefore become confusing unless you have an annoying gap to separate the two words.
Hoover and Kleenex are unique, instantly identifiable names that aren't a pain to say. I wonder if these companies would have even touched the level of respective marketshare they've had if their product names were 'bad'.
Forget mapping it, actually play in it! That complex is just screaming out to be used as a paintball/laser tag arena. Imagine the orange warning lights spinning around and a computerised female voice 'Thirty seconds till missile launch' over the sound system.
Hell, with the strength of the pound against the dollar even I might buy it! $3,950,000 that's like, what, 2 grand of my money? (just getting one back for the Canadians)
Got my Titan Missile Complex but the tall backed leather chair did not swivel and the white cat was already dead when i got there! Avoid!!!!!!
hey, remember linus signed some pretty odd things during LCA:)
Yeah, my wife still refuses to wash her left breast....
No second screen for me, I guess, not matter how cool it would be.
This guy is definately cool! However, on Slashdot the long hair, shorts and sandals combo never goes out of style.
May the fourth be with you!
That's weird, I was only just thinking how people only seem to click on and read funny comments while at the same time drinking carbonated beverages. Perhaps there needs to be some research into this 'phenomenon'?
If you don't know that, I'm note sure you should be on slashdot : )
Well sir, you certainly belong here.
But in the case of long films like the LOTR trilogy that are definately going to be shown at pretty much every theater, does 10 extra minutes make them lose that much? I don't think so, infact I think a carefully placed intermission might make the theaters more money when showing these epics because of the extra throughput of refreshment buyers. I hate finishing my popcorn just as the 2 hours of trailers/adverts are finishing but once that film is showing I am not going to be leaving my seat at all. If a short break presented itself, then hey, I might just fancy popping out for a large IceBlast (that stuff is heroin in ice cold, fizzy form). They would need to show 20 ROTK's to lose out on one ROTK screening. If the screen is full capacity, expect 40-50 people leaving at intermission to spend 5-10 bucks on refreshments. It soon adds up.
Oh yeah and I can finally take a piss! *uncrosses legs*
Who modded this flamebait?
The parent is right. They are two completely different mediums for Pete's sake! One is black ink on paper, devoid of sound and lucrative fast food endorsements. The other provides aural stimulation as well as millions of colours of visual 'food' for the brain. Peter Jackson's movie trilogy is just one of 6 billion interpretations of the books (I know not everyone on the planet has read the books but for argument's sake...). Ever notice how when you are reading a book you imagine scenes in a spatial sense in your mind? Some things are more vivid and exciting to you than others, and these will differ from everyone elses. The nitpicks in the article point out elements that Jackson has changed/omitted but it was up to him and his team to do it, and I and many others think he did it very well. Oh, and the guy only had a three and a half hour canvas at a pop.
That said, I don't mind nitpicks on movies at all in a fun sense, and the writers of the article do verge a bit too much on the whiny purist side (well, at least the guy admits it)
why this won't catch on:
Running Man
The system is fascinated with 1/16ths and 1/32s which gets really hard to work with
Your Geek Pass has been revoked. You have one hour to clear your desk and leave the building. Thank you for your co-operation.
24.13 centimeters
s/possible/possibly. Beer related.
Think my Windows box will be upset when it knows how much I hate it?"
I think it might well be! As revenge it could possible start deleting random files, crash just before you capture the flag in that clan game and keep resetting preferences to default.
Oh, wait...
Hmm I guess the mouth breathing moderators couldn't understand the clever pun in this post or he gets an automatic -1 mod because he's AC. Either way that troll mod is bullshit. It's alright Mr Anonymous Coward, there are some people that understand you...
There are plenty of CS 1.5 (pre steam) servers out there for the taking. Speaking as someone who has refused to download the bloatware AKA Steam I can tell you that you can still play Counter Strike without touching Steam.
I guess EA will have to take their Nazi tactics to another platform. Boo hoo. Xbox Live is the bext format for any online console - standardised interface, closed network, uniform accessories (headset anyone?).
Sony knows this, Nintendo knows this, everyone knows this. The only people who refuse to acknowledge this are the {z/j}ealous fanboys. So EA are too proud to have another company handle their online operations and are taking their overrated sports franchises for the unclued masses elsewhere... what a darn shame.
This is quite a Gouda invention. Infact I think it's Brielliant! A laser would be much Feta than a cheese wire. It Provolone won't be used outside of a large scale industrial setting though.
The idea of a hand-held weapon that can blast apart your molecules is enough to frankly worry me.
Yeah, cause current hand held weaponry only blasts apart your flesh and guts! This laser would just be taking things too far IMHO