It seems that instead of focusing on producing real "art in story telling", Hollywood had decided to take the "easy road" of special effects, sex, gore and big names. Now, don't get me wrong, I appreciate fx/sex/gore/big names as much as any movie goer, but, at it's heart, I want a story. These other things are great to have and add benefit to the experience, but, I want a story.
Many of the really good movies lately have come from the animation studios. They have to have a good story, good characters, etc, otherwise, it's just a nicely rendered nothing.
The DoD machines I worked on were standard PCs with removable hard drives, in locked rooms without network access. The doors required a passcode and logged entry and exit. When a part had to be replaced, I was monitored while I worked on the machine. When I was done, I had to answer a series of questions like:
"What did you replace the [part]?" - "Because [part] was broken. Testing including replacing suspected bad [part] with new [part] and determining if things worked corrertly"
"Does new contain any listening or broadcasting devices?" - "No"
And the like. Every possible part of the machine was covered with the break-seal sticker that had to be logged when broken and replaced by yet another person. Interestingly enough the mouse had break-seal stickers as well...
"Does this mouse contain any listening or broadcasting devices?" - "All mice are engendered by their creator with ears (listening devices) and a mouth (broadcasting device). I am unaware if now or at any time if this mouse has been a member of communist party."
(Not sure if that comment ever made it into the log or not but the interviewer and I thought it funny.)
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This is very true in many ways. One of the things that really sold me on Netflix was all the Kurosawa I couldn't easily get elsewhere.
Hopefully, this is a turning of the tide. I have my doubts, but, I also have my hopes.
It seems that instead of focusing on producing real "art in story telling", Hollywood had decided to take the "easy road" of special effects, sex, gore and big names. Now, don't get me wrong, I appreciate fx/sex/gore/big names as much as any movie goer, but, at it's heart, I want a story. These other things are great to have and add benefit to the experience, but, I want a story.
Many of the really good movies lately have come from the animation studios. They have to have a good story, good characters, etc, otherwise, it's just a nicely rendered nothing.
The DoD machines I worked on were standard PCs with removable hard drives, in locked rooms without network access. The doors required a passcode and logged entry and exit. When a part had to be replaced, I was monitored while I worked on the machine. When I was done, I had to answer a series of questions like:
"What did you replace the [part]?" - "Because [part] was broken. Testing including replacing suspected bad [part] with new [part] and determining if things worked corrertly"
"Does new contain any listening or broadcasting devices?" - "No"
And the like. Every possible part of the machine was covered with the break-seal sticker that had to be logged when broken and replaced by yet another person. Interestingly enough the mouse had break-seal stickers as well...
"Does this mouse contain any listening or broadcasting devices?" - "All mice are engendered by their creator with ears (listening devices) and a mouth (broadcasting device). I am unaware if now or at any time if this mouse has been a member of communist party."
(Not sure if that comment ever made it into the log or not but the interviewer and I thought it funny.)