I blame the French. If only Bill had renamed Garamond to something less French sounding, "George" maybe, or "W", then you *know* it would be the standard font.
It's the simple tactic of putting putting petty international rivalries over self-interest, over simple aesthetic need, that we see time and time again from this government.
I'm sick it, sick of it I say.
Oh god, Times New Roman... I just... I can't...
ARRRRRGGGGHHHH!
(slurping sounds of a man being sucked inot an evil vortex...)
People have to *read* these documents! Subjecting them to the ugliness, the aesthetic horror, that is Times New Roman, is either depravity or at the very least, an incidence of putting pennies before dollars. What will the medical costs be of subjecting the world to Times New Roman simply to save a few cents in producing government documents?
This is an outrage, I tell you! Think of the children!
Times New Roman instead Garamond? What were those aesthetically clueless dingbats thinking?
That's it. I've completely lost faith in our government, and political processes in general. If they can't ascertain Garamond's clear superiority to TNR, well, they'll just have to impeached, that's all.
And sent for serious rehabilitation. And re-training, with those methods used for de-programming cult victims.
I mean, seriously, TNR over Garamond? I ask you...
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Yeah, they removed the A records for www.sco.com, but the records for sco.com are still there with the same address.
"Beowulf, of course, was performed live in front of an audience for what - 200 years?"
I think you mean "recited" not "performed". It may seem like nit-picking, but I'll bet a lot of people here aren't as familiar with the bardic tradition, and actually thought you meant people performing it as if it were a play.
"...try to imagine what it would do to the tension of the story if Aragorn HADN'T fallen off the cliff. I couldn't follow this-- maybe some film buff could explain?"
It's not that hard to understand, but the reasoning gives away that the warg battle itself wasn't necessary.
Basically, they're saying, you have the Rohan people attacked on the way to Helms Deep by Wargs. If the Rohirrim just go out, meet the Wargs & Orcs, and kill them all, then the scene feels like unneccessary exposition. They go out, kill Wargs & Orcs, and continue on their way. It becomes something that could come out since it doesn't advance the story in any way, whereas if you have someone die, or if the characters *think* someone has died, then their later reactions prior to the battle will have more narrative tension and character.
But when you think about it that way, it just tells you, the whole Warg-rider battle wasn't needed at all, except for the fact that just watching people trudge to Helm's Deep would have been kind of boring.
"[Elrond] didn't think Isildur (or men in general) was to blame..."
Yeah, well, he *should* have. If I were Elrond, I'd be pissed at men too, after that piece of half-assedness. So, I think they got that change right, even if it wasn't in the book. Elrond's old, he's tired, and for god's sake, we could have taken care of this ring thing three *thousand* years ago if it weren't for that recalcitrant twit, Isildur.
Yeah, but you know, that crown Aragorn was wearing at the end looked really stupid. If I knew I had to put on a crown that looked that dumb and heavy, I'd fell a little angsty about it too.
They should have given him one of those circlets that the elves wore. Much more sylish.
"The dead turn up to win the battle at Minas Tirith... This should have made for a hugely cinematic moment, but instead we got light humour (Aragon, Gimli, Legolas jumping on to the dock and making a comment about 'plenty of orcs for everyone.')"
Yeah, that one bothered me too. I mean, what was the point of even fucking fighting??? Just the let the dead guys take of it.
Seriously, why risk your life when a bunch of green dead guys are swarming over everything like a cartoon advertisement for a bathroom cleaner killing germs?
Then we get the whole scene that starts with Aragorn shouting "Legolas!" and pointing at the oliphaunt for Legolas to take down. Again, I ask you, what kind battlefield management skill is this? He's got a whole field full of dead green guys who can take down the oliphaunt without any risk, and he sends in a fucking elf? And let's face, Legolas ain't exactly the most butch elf around.
Man, if I were that elf, I'd have a serious talk with my battlefield commander after an asshat move like that. You know, something along the lines of:
Legolas: What the FUCK were thinking!!! I could have DIED out there!!! I could be fucking oliphaunt toe-jam!!!
You're not far wrong. "I made a promise," would have been a good line for Sam to use, but perhaps it would have been best while he was crying, after Frodo left. Then we would have felt even more strongly how beaten Sam was by Frodo's rejection of him, how rejected he felt.
Furthemore, it's not strictly out of character for Sam to place Frodo's judgement over his own, to feel doubt, to wonder if maybe Mr. Frodo is right and the ring is getting to Sam. So, to have Sam say "I made a promise" *before* heading downhill would have dramatized that self-conflict very effectively. Pity Jackson, et. al. didn't think of it.
And then the turn-around when he discovers the lembas Gollum threw over the cliff would have made more sense as a confirmation to Sam that he wasn't losing his marbles, which would provide further motivation to his decision to turn-around and follow Frodo.
No, that's Middle English, Late Middle English in fact. Ye True Olde English is not at all understandable today. It's more like a variant of German, Frisian is probably the closest modern analogue, but even that is heavily influenced by Modern German.
Here's an example of *OLD* English:... He aetwige gecrang ealdres scyldig; ond nu other cwom mihtig man scatha, wold hyre maeg wrecan
Yep, plus Jackson digitally graded every frame of it, with the result that cinematographers, who choose the nominees, probably felt it was more computation than photography.
Yeah, I was kind of surprised Saarsgard didn't get a Supporting Actor nomination, too. Especially since he won the Village Voice Critics Poll by a long shot.
FYI, for those who don't know, the Village Voice is a New York weekly, founded by Norman Mailer back in the 60's. It's one of the largest critic's polls around, and is mostly composed of critics from alternative/indie newpapers and magazines.
Actually, I thought the best performance in RotK was Bernard What's-His-Name, the guy who played Theoden. That scene where the Rohirrim line up pat the edge of the battlefield, and you just know it's gonna be brutal and deadly, and he gives his pre-battle speech...
Damn, I'm getting teary-eyed just thinking about it.
"I find I can save a lot of money if I have the wife bring drinks and snacks into the theater under her skirt or dress."
Maybe I don't want to know, or maybe it's a personal question, given that we're talking about your wife, but, if this stuff is under her skirt, umm, what's holding it up?
It's possible that RotK could win Best Film and Best Director. Best Director seem almost obvious, until you consider that no woman has ever won the Best Director award before. In fact, only two women have previously been nominated, Lina Wertmuller and Jane Campion.
This raise the question of whether women in the Academy will vote for Coppola, to see a woman get the award for once and set a precedent. It's not as if Coppola doesn't deserve it either, she made a delightful and semi-profiund film on a 3 million dollar budget.
Of course, Jackson's achievement with The Lord Of The Rings is amazing and probably the largest single project a director has ever taken on, so he deserves it too.
All I'm saying is don't be too surprised if there's an surprise upset, for Coppola, in these two categories. Coppola has a strong chance, especially since RotK may be considered a "boy" film by female members of the Academy.
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Ha! Dual-boot Windows & Linux, actually.
But that is pretty funny. Nice one.
I blame the French. If only Bill had renamed Garamond to something less French sounding, "George" maybe, or "W", then you *know* it would be the standard font.
It's the simple tactic of putting putting petty international rivalries over self-interest, over simple aesthetic need, that we see time and time again from this government.
I'm sick it, sick of it I say.
Oh god, Times New Roman... I just... I can't...
ARRRRRGGGGHHHH!
(slurping sounds of a man being sucked inot an evil vortex...)
People have to *read* these documents! Subjecting them to the ugliness, the aesthetic horror, that is Times New Roman, is either depravity or at the very least, an incidence of putting pennies before dollars. What will the medical costs be of subjecting the world to Times New Roman simply to save a few cents in producing government documents?
This is an outrage, I tell you! Think of the children!
Times New Roman instead Garamond? What were those aesthetically clueless dingbats thinking?
That's it. I've completely lost faith in our government, and political processes in general. If they can't ascertain Garamond's clear superiority to TNR, well, they'll just have to impeached, that's all.
And sent for serious rehabilitation. And re-training, with those methods used for de-programming cult victims.
I mean, seriously, TNR over Garamond? I ask you...
Yeah, they removed the A records for www.sco.com, but the records for sco.com are still there with the same address.
Oddly, the server is down anyway.
Your referent was vague. It was hard to tell whether "parent" meant the parent of your post, or parent of the post to which you were referring.
I guess there just aren't that many Darl's around, probably something for which we should be grateful.
Thanks. You're right, definite parallels.
"Beowulf, of course, was performed live in front of an audience for what - 200 years?"
I think you mean "recited" not "performed". It may seem like nit-picking, but I'll bet a lot of people here aren't as familiar with the bardic tradition, and actually thought you meant people performing it as if it were a play.
"...try to imagine what it would do to the tension of the story if Aragorn HADN'T fallen off the cliff. I couldn't follow this-- maybe some film buff could explain?"
It's not that hard to understand, but the reasoning gives away that the warg battle itself wasn't necessary.
Basically, they're saying, you have the Rohan people attacked on the way to Helms Deep by Wargs. If the Rohirrim just go out, meet the Wargs & Orcs, and kill them all, then the scene feels like unneccessary exposition. They go out, kill Wargs & Orcs, and continue on their way. It becomes something that could come out since it doesn't advance the story in any way, whereas if you have someone die, or if the characters *think* someone has died, then their later reactions prior to the battle will have more narrative tension and character.
But when you think about it that way, it just tells you, the whole Warg-rider battle wasn't needed at all, except for the fact that just watching people trudge to Helm's Deep would have been kind of boring.
"[Elrond] didn't think Isildur (or men in general) was to blame..."
Yeah, well, he *should* have. If I were Elrond, I'd be pissed at men too, after that piece of half-assedness. So, I think they got that change right, even if it wasn't in the book. Elrond's old, he's tired, and for god's sake, we could have taken care of this ring thing three *thousand* years ago if it weren't for that recalcitrant twit, Isildur.
"Aragorn's angst"
Yeah, but you know, that crown Aragorn was wearing at the end looked really stupid. If I knew I had to put on a crown that looked that dumb and heavy, I'd fell a little angsty about it too.
They should have given him one of those circlets that the elves wore. Much more sylish.
"The dead turn up to win the battle at Minas Tirith... This should have made for a hugely cinematic moment, but instead we got light humour (Aragon, Gimli, Legolas jumping on to the dock and making a comment about 'plenty of orcs for everyone.')"
Yeah, that one bothered me too. I mean, what was the point of even fucking fighting??? Just the let the dead guys take of it.
Seriously, why risk your life when a bunch of green dead guys are swarming over everything like a cartoon advertisement for a bathroom cleaner killing germs?
Then we get the whole scene that starts with Aragorn shouting "Legolas!" and pointing at the oliphaunt for Legolas to take down. Again, I ask you, what kind battlefield management skill is this? He's got a whole field full of dead green guys who can take down the oliphaunt without any risk, and he sends in a fucking elf? And let's face, Legolas ain't exactly the most butch elf around.
Man, if I were that elf, I'd have a serious talk with my battlefield commander after an asshat move like that. You know, something along the lines of:
Legolas: What the FUCK were thinking!!! I could have DIED out there!!! I could be fucking oliphaunt toe-jam!!!
You're not far wrong. "I made a promise," would have been a good line for Sam to use, but perhaps it would have been best while he was crying, after Frodo left. Then we would have felt even more strongly how beaten Sam was by Frodo's rejection of him, how rejected he felt.
Furthemore, it's not strictly out of character for Sam to place Frodo's judgement over his own, to feel doubt, to wonder if maybe Mr. Frodo is right and the ring is getting to Sam. So, to have Sam say "I made a promise" *before* heading downhill would have dramatized that self-conflict very effectively. Pity Jackson, et. al. didn't think of it.
And then the turn-around when he discovers the lembas Gollum threw over the cliff would have made more sense as a confirmation to Sam that he wasn't losing his marbles, which would provide further motivation to his decision to turn-around and follow Frodo.
Line numbers for that scene, please.
No, that's Middle English, Late Middle English in fact. Ye True Olde English is not at all understandable today. It's more like a variant of German, Frisian is probably the closest modern analogue, but even that is heavily influenced by Modern German.
Here's an example of *OLD* English:
ealdres scyldig; ond nu other cwom
mihtig man scatha, wold hyre maeg wrecan
etc.
Yep, plus Jackson digitally graded every frame of it, with the result that cinematographers, who choose the nominees, probably felt it was more computation than photography.
Yeah, I was kind of surprised Saarsgard didn't get a Supporting Actor nomination, too. Especially since he won the Village Voice Critics Poll by a long shot.
FYI, for those who don't know, the Village Voice is a New York weekly, founded by Norman Mailer back in the 60's. It's one of the largest critic's polls around, and is mostly composed of critics from alternative/indie newpapers and magazines.
Actually, I thought the best performance in RotK was Bernard What's-His-Name, the guy who played Theoden. That scene where the Rohirrim line up pat the edge of the battlefield, and you just know it's gonna be brutal and deadly, and he gives his pre-battle speech...
Damn, I'm getting teary-eyed just thinking about it.
"I find I can save a lot of money if I have the wife bring drinks and snacks into the theater under her skirt or dress."
Maybe I don't want to know, or maybe it's a personal question, given that we're talking about your wife, but, if this stuff is under her skirt, umm, what's holding it up?
No love interest? What about Maturin?
"With Bill Murray, this is the first time he's actually gotten arround to playing somebody other than Bill Murray."
You obviously didn't see Rushmore. It was a great film, and Murray was wonderul in a supporting actor role.
There's a general consensus that Crowe's award for Gladiator was to make up for not winning anything for L.A. Confidential and The Insider.
It's possible that RotK could win Best Film and Best Director. Best Director seem almost obvious, until you consider that no woman has ever won the Best Director award before. In fact, only two women have previously been nominated, Lina Wertmuller and Jane Campion.
This raise the question of whether women in the Academy will vote for Coppola, to see a woman get the award for once and set a precedent. It's not as if Coppola doesn't deserve it either, she made a delightful and semi-profiund film on a 3 million dollar budget.
Of course, Jackson's achievement with The Lord Of The Rings is amazing and probably the largest single project a director has ever taken on, so he deserves it too.
All I'm saying is don't be too surprised if there's an surprise upset, for Coppola, in these two categories. Coppola has a strong chance, especially since RotK may be considered a "boy" film by female members of the Academy.
Obviously it wasn't written by anyone in the Linux community. There's no source code.