John Carter is not a Pixar film (although it is being directed by someone from Pixar). 1906 is live action, so while it's technically a Pixar film (I think), I don't know if regular Joes would consider it Pixar.
I was about to say pretty much exactly the same thing. It's incontrovertible that Hunchback was a great film. The characterization of Frollo alone justifies such an assertion. I have a soft spot for Mulan and Tarzan, but I recognize that from Hunchback, it's all downhill with varying grades of unimprovement between films. Although I did hear that Bolt was good (RT gives it an 88% fresh, which is very good, but I know how very little Slashdot respects the opinions of critics--the RT community (only fans) also gave Bolt 88% freshness). I just didn't see it because of Disney's recent poor track record and I took this as evidence that Disney thinks "3D == good."
And I only bring up Bolt because Bolt is in Disney's "canon" of Animated Classics (Snow White, Pinocchio,..., Beauty and the Best, Aladdin, Lion King,...). So it "counts."
Shrek 3. Seriously? That movie will probably bring in over $1 billion in its lifetime, if it hasn't already.
It's pretty damn close. Assuming that the studio spent double the budget (budget for creation plus an equal amount for advertising, which is, IMHO, a worst-case scenario for costs), Shrek the Third grossed $800M worldwide and we subtract 2*$60M from that. Shrek 3 has made (just in theaters! That's not including DVDs, merchandising, etc.) $680M!
That's a misrecollection. I read an interview back with either Ralph Eggleston or John Lasseter back when Toy Story 2 was announced that Pixar was not happy. They didn't want to make sequels, but because of their contract with Disney, Disney had the right to make sequels to Pixar films without Pixar's involvement. Disney was in prep to make Toy Story 2, but Pixar agreed to make Toy Story 2 so Disney wouldn't run it into the ground. Despite being effectively "forced" to make TS2 to avoid having any part of their franchise/good will destroyed and not wanting to make the film, they tried their best to make a great film. IMHO, they succeeded.
I wonder if the same thing has happened here. I hope the artistic success happens again.
Beyond that, the article is wrong. While the next two films are sequels (Toy Story 3 (I saw a teaser for this at Up!) (June 2010) and Cars 2 (I'm a bit worried (merely as a fan of Pixar and the advancement of animation in the US) about Cars 2) (June 2011)), the third film is The Bear and the Bow (Dec 2011). Then the fourth is Newt (June 2012). After that comes Monsters, Inc. 2. It's still so much in production that they haven't even announced a tentative release date. The article literally guesses that it will come out 2012, but it does so with so little knowledge of Pixar. I mean, the author doesn't even know about two upcoming Pixar films that already have release dates!
I'd expect MI2 to come out in 2013.
But as far as the sequel issue, Toy Story 2 was pretty damn good. I suspect MI2 will be good, TS3 will be excellent, and I'm hoping Cars 2 is decent. Cars was enjoyable, but I fully recognize that it was not as well-received by theatergoers or critics.
Not to mention Leopard was/is only $129. This means that even if you're not willing to concede that Snow Leopard is more than a service pack that ought to be free, Leopard+Snow Leopard (which only a blind Apple hater would argue is merely a service pack) is still less than the cost of Windows. Oh, and it comes with iLife, some of which I find to be well worth the cost of the OS.
3) Perhaps they took out the express slot because not enough of their customers wanted it. I have a MacBook Pro and never saw the use for it.
I'm going to have to agree with you here. I have a MBP. One day, in a fit of "I want to spend geek moneys," I searched for things I could buy that belong in the express slot. I couldn't find a single thing that belongs there that I'd like. TV Capture Cards (recording and encoding TV as a self-made PVR is more of a hassle than just getting it elsewhere (plus why would I try to do this on a laptop?)) and wifi (built in on the MBP as on most laptops currently). Neither is really a good use.
You'll effectively be forced. Small-shop Apple devs (who make very interesting products) have this terrible problem of writing a new piece of software that only runs on the very latest OS X version. I've had Tiger since I bought my MBP over two years ago. In that time, I've had to do without a few programs I really wanted because they only run in Leopard. If I could have afforded it, I would have made the switch. But until a couple weeks ago, I was a poor grad student. Now I'm a poor unemployed until August. In September, I'll finally have a paycheck, and I'm buying Snow Leopard ASAP so I can finally use some of the software I've had to put up with not having.
Granted, this isn't directly Apple's fault. But I can't help wondering what created this microcosm in which devs write software for only the newest version of the OS when there's no real technical reason. Maybe it's Apple-provided libs and dev tools that only create software that runs on the latest version of the OS? In this case, Apple does strongly encourage an upgrade by making your previous-version OS obsolete.
Not to be a wet blanket, but I think you missed a boatload of positive, life-changing experiences by not spending a year or two living in on-campus housing. It fundamentally changed who I was for the better. There's nothing like living in close quarters with 300 intellectually curious people (honors dorm person here) and having so little homework the first year (because it's a lighter load than you self-imposed in high school) that you can catch people at 3am, grab a burger, and debate the merits of invading Iraq the day it's happening, discussing the orthography of simplified and traditional hanzi, and Chopin's influence on modern rock (OK, I'm lying, we weren't cool enough to talk about rock 'n' roll). Living on campus made me a better person by far despite *obligatory reference to bad food*.
Skipping from junior year in high school to freshman in college is one thing because you're developed significantly already. But skipping when you've just lost your front teeth to an age in which your class peers are thinking about boners and periods and sex and dating is a different ball of wax.
It should be illegal for state employees to unionize because it's effectively placing the interests of union members above that of society writ large. Thoughts?
Out of curiosity, why did you join MENSA? I'm eligible, but I've never joined because I thought it was just a bunch of people who want to pretend they're special because they scored high on an intelligence/aptitude test.
What he's said is perfectly rational and doesn't fit in with what you've said.
The kid said it's a waste of time playing video games. Obviously playing games does not help humanity. However, he implies that making movies is. Martial arts (again, an art people can enjoy watching--I sure do) and scuba (enabling study and photography, another art) are similar to making movies.
The distinction is that playing video games is not productive for society. Making them is.
Spoken like a true hater of language. A non-artist. Lacking in love of beauty. I suppose Tolkien is shitty for using the word "elf" when "humanoid with pointy ears and a heightened understanding of nature" is just dandy?
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John Carter is not a Pixar film (although it is being directed by someone from Pixar). 1906 is live action, so while it's technically a Pixar film (I think), I don't know if regular Joes would consider it Pixar.
I was about to say pretty much exactly the same thing. It's incontrovertible that Hunchback was a great film. The characterization of Frollo alone justifies such an assertion. I have a soft spot for Mulan and Tarzan, but I recognize that from Hunchback, it's all downhill with varying grades of unimprovement between films. Although I did hear that Bolt was good (RT gives it an 88% fresh, which is very good, but I know how very little Slashdot respects the opinions of critics--the RT community (only fans) also gave Bolt 88% freshness). I just didn't see it because of Disney's recent poor track record and I took this as evidence that Disney thinks "3D == good."
And I only bring up Bolt because Bolt is in Disney's "canon" of Animated Classics (Snow White, Pinocchio, ..., Beauty and the Best, Aladdin, Lion King, ...). So it "counts."
Their films are so quarky!
It's pretty damn close. Assuming that the studio spent double the budget (budget for creation plus an equal amount for advertising, which is, IMHO, a worst-case scenario for costs), Shrek the Third grossed $800M worldwide and we subtract 2*$60M from that. Shrek 3 has made (just in theaters! That's not including DVDs, merchandising, etc.) $680M!
That's a misrecollection. I read an interview back with either Ralph Eggleston or John Lasseter back when Toy Story 2 was announced that Pixar was not happy. They didn't want to make sequels, but because of their contract with Disney, Disney had the right to make sequels to Pixar films without Pixar's involvement. Disney was in prep to make Toy Story 2, but Pixar agreed to make Toy Story 2 so Disney wouldn't run it into the ground. Despite being effectively "forced" to make TS2 to avoid having any part of their franchise/good will destroyed and not wanting to make the film, they tried their best to make a great film. IMHO, they succeeded.
I wonder if the same thing has happened here. I hope the artistic success happens again.
Beyond that, the article is wrong. While the next two films are sequels (Toy Story 3 (I saw a teaser for this at Up!) (June 2010) and Cars 2 (I'm a bit worried (merely as a fan of Pixar and the advancement of animation in the US) about Cars 2) (June 2011)), the third film is The Bear and the Bow (Dec 2011). Then the fourth is Newt (June 2012). After that comes Monsters, Inc. 2. It's still so much in production that they haven't even announced a tentative release date. The article literally guesses that it will come out 2012, but it does so with so little knowledge of Pixar. I mean, the author doesn't even know about two upcoming Pixar films that already have release dates!
I'd expect MI2 to come out in 2013.
But as far as the sequel issue, Toy Story 2 was pretty damn good. I suspect MI2 will be good, TS3 will be excellent, and I'm hoping Cars 2 is decent. Cars was enjoyable, but I fully recognize that it was not as well-received by theatergoers or critics.
Then to rephrase to avoid your idiotic parsing of my question: So 2 out of 100 people in the world are geniuses?
Non sequitur.
Oh wait. You were trolling. Damn.
Spluh!
You'd better get used to it. Hypnotoad is the new Candlejack. If would behoove you toALL GLORY TO THE HYPN
Not to mention Leopard was/is only $129. This means that even if you're not willing to concede that Snow Leopard is more than a service pack that ought to be free, Leopard+Snow Leopard (which only a blind Apple hater would argue is merely a service pack) is still less than the cost of Windows. Oh, and it comes with iLife, some of which I find to be well worth the cost of the OS.
I'm going to have to agree with you here. I have a MBP. One day, in a fit of "I want to spend geek moneys," I searched for things I could buy that belong in the express slot. I couldn't find a single thing that belongs there that I'd like. TV Capture Cards (recording and encoding TV as a self-made PVR is more of a hassle than just getting it elsewhere (plus why would I try to do this on a laptop?)) and wifi (built in on the MBP as on most laptops currently). Neither is really a good use.
You'll effectively be forced. Small-shop Apple devs (who make very interesting products) have this terrible problem of writing a new piece of software that only runs on the very latest OS X version. I've had Tiger since I bought my MBP over two years ago. In that time, I've had to do without a few programs I really wanted because they only run in Leopard. If I could have afforded it, I would have made the switch. But until a couple weeks ago, I was a poor grad student. Now I'm a poor unemployed until August. In September, I'll finally have a paycheck, and I'm buying Snow Leopard ASAP so I can finally use some of the software I've had to put up with not having.
Granted, this isn't directly Apple's fault. But I can't help wondering what created this microcosm in which devs write software for only the newest version of the OS when there's no real technical reason. Maybe it's Apple-provided libs and dev tools that only create software that runs on the latest version of the OS? In this case, Apple does strongly encourage an upgrade by making your previous-version OS obsolete.
Isn't that a fancy way of saying "not Aspergers but I still want to imply it is"?
Not to be a wet blanket, but I think you missed a boatload of positive, life-changing experiences by not spending a year or two living in on-campus housing. It fundamentally changed who I was for the better. There's nothing like living in close quarters with 300 intellectually curious people (honors dorm person here) and having so little homework the first year (because it's a lighter load than you self-imposed in high school) that you can catch people at 3am, grab a burger, and debate the merits of invading Iraq the day it's happening, discussing the orthography of simplified and traditional hanzi, and Chopin's influence on modern rock (OK, I'm lying, we weren't cool enough to talk about rock 'n' roll). Living on campus made me a better person by far despite *obligatory reference to bad food*.
Skipping from junior year in high school to freshman in college is one thing because you're developed significantly already. But skipping when you've just lost your front teeth to an age in which your class peers are thinking about boners and periods and sex and dating is a different ball of wax.
It should be illegal for state employees to unionize because it's effectively placing the interests of union members above that of society writ large. Thoughts?
When the teacher's union is larger than the entire local city population, the local government can't do shit.
Sounds to me like you're pretty fucking stupid (or avaricious) keeping such a dangerous cat around.
Out of curiosity, why did you join MENSA? I'm eligible, but I've never joined because I thought it was just a bunch of people who want to pretend they're special because they scored high on an intelligence/aptitude test.
So out of every 100 people you pass on the street, 2 are geniuses?
What he's said is perfectly rational and doesn't fit in with what you've said.
The kid said it's a waste of time playing video games. Obviously playing games does not help humanity. However, he implies that making movies is. Martial arts (again, an art people can enjoy watching--I sure do) and scuba (enabling study and photography, another art) are similar to making movies.
The distinction is that playing video games is not productive for society. Making them is.
Damn! All those brains to attract the ladies and not a body to use with them.
I would hope at least one person would point out: It's "you're," not "your." I guess your astrophysics degree didn't teach you proper spelling! ;)
Spoken like a true hater of language. A non-artist. Lacking in love of beauty. I suppose Tolkien is shitty for using the word "elf" when "humanoid with pointy ears and a heightened understanding of nature" is just dandy?