The conspiracy wouldn't work if you think just how many people had to be involved. First, obviously, are the astronauts. Then at least the higher-ups @ NASA, as well as the people in the control center. Then the entire crew who filmed the landing in some warehouse, from the props guys to the cameramen to the directors & producers to the janitors who cleaned up afterwards, and the special effects team. Then at least part of the government has to know.
And then there's the fact that we were competing against the Russians, and they have everything to gain by exposing this hoax, and you better believe they would've done everything to uncover the conspiracy if there was one.
Saving search terms for 36 years?
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Brandt mentioned how all your search terms are saved in google's cookie for 36 years. I primarily use Google Toolbar, and I reguarly do a Clear Search History. Is that good enough to wipe out the searches? I looked at the cookie, and there's nothing indicating my search terms are in there.
Researchers have discovered that the secret to the adhesion lies in millions of tiny hairs called 'setae.' Each hair is the width of two human hairs, and contains about 1000 little pads at the end
Wait... each hair is twice as thick as a human hair, AND each Gecko has MILLIONS of them? Wouldn't a gecko need to be the size of a boar to have that much hair?
Seriously, this is a movie that's not meant to be reviewed. It doesn't try to be an Academy-award winning movie. It doesn't pretend to have complex, rich characters or a captivating, intriguing plot. It doesn't try to give the audience a message or preach a subject. What The Mummy Returns does do and does well is entertain me for a good two hours.
My girlfriend and I saw it last night and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. It was hilariously funny and there's just so much action that I might haveta watch it again just to remember everything.
Oh, and Jon, the movie is meant for people who can turn off their serious mode and for people who can have a laugh.
I highly highly HIGHLY recommend this movie. I've seen the previews of most of the big movies this summer, and while some seem funnier, some seem like they have more action, some seem like they have better special effects (ok, my one knock on The Mummy Returns was the horrendous Scorpion King CGI at the end), I doubt any of them will be as FUN as this one.
I agree with others here... Akira just wasn't that exciting. Sure, animation was top-notch, but so was the CGI in Phantom Menace, and look how that turned out.
There are much better Anime films out there. Among my all-time favorites are Macross: Love Do You Remember (I'm probably in the minority here, but I've watched the final battle I'd say 100 times and still can't get enough of it) and Princess Mononoke (got my DVD reserved!). I remember liking Ghost in the Shell, but I honestly can't say I remember the movie, just the impression that it was good =)
Hmmm, you sound like Lucas is forcing you to watch his movie and forcing you to buy all the merchandise. Last time I checked, it was not against the law to not watch or buy Star Wars.
It's his creation, and he can do with it as he sees fit, regardless of whether we think he's screwing things up or not. In his eyes, he's finally made the movie he's always wanted to make. We should all be so lucky to have our dreams fulfilled as his had.
I can imagine an alternate timeline, Lucas is writing his autobiography, and he goes, "Yeah, sure TPM won Best Picture and Best Screenplay, but it wasn't the movie I wanted to make, it was what the fans wanted."
First, I didn't think it was all that scary until the last five minutes. But the last five minutes were outstanding. However, it was hard for me to enjoy it because:
1) I was physically sick by all the unstable camera motions. My friend afterwards rushed to the bathroom to puke. My other friend was just as nauseous. I spent the last part of the movie just listening, and not really watching.
2) The fighting between the three got really really annoying and really old really fast. They were all acting like stubborn babies. Yes, you can say if I were lost in the forest, I'd do the same, but did we really need to see all the bickering?
3) Plain stupid mistakes. The throwing away of the map. Um, yeah, why didn't he just commit suicide also? Oh, and backup plans? Like informing someone if they didn't return by X days to launch a rescue? How about leaving markers along the way?
Now, if the whole movie had been just like the last five minutes, I would've been happy (and scared). But alas, the rest of the movie ruined it for me.
Incidentally, I was reading some other bulletin boards, and the main argument against those who hated the movie was: "Oh, you just don't have any imagination. You have to imagine what's going on." Um, excuse me, I don't recall on my ticket stub any prerequisites to watching this film. I fancy myself as to having a great sense of imagination, but it's up to the movie to provoke that sense. This movie just didn't do it for me.
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The conspiracy wouldn't work if you think just how many people had to be involved. First, obviously, are the astronauts. Then at least the higher-ups @ NASA, as well as the people in the control center. Then the entire crew who filmed the landing in some warehouse, from the props guys to the cameramen to the directors & producers to the janitors who cleaned up afterwards, and the special effects team. Then at least part of the government has to know.
And then there's the fact that we were competing against the Russians, and they have everything to gain by exposing this hoax, and you better believe they would've done everything to uncover the conspiracy if there was one.
Brandt mentioned how all your search terms are saved in google's cookie for 36 years. I primarily use Google Toolbar, and I reguarly do a Clear Search History. Is that good enough to wipe out the searches? I looked at the cookie, and there's nothing indicating my search terms are in there.
My bad.
Once again I relied on the Slashdot article for accurate paraphrasing.
SLASHDOT:
Each hair is the width of two human hairs, and contains about 1000 little pads at the end
CNN:
A seta is only about 100 micrometers long -- about the width of two human hairs.
Researchers have discovered that the secret to the adhesion lies in millions of tiny hairs called 'setae.' Each hair is the width of two human hairs, and contains about 1000 little pads at the end
Wait... each hair is twice as thick as a human hair, AND each Gecko has MILLIONS of them? Wouldn't a gecko need to be the size of a boar to have that much hair?
That's one whopping ball of balefire to erase 30 years! I better fish out that terangereal from my pocket.
I believe the Lord of the Rings trilogy has all been filmed already in one long @$$ shoot.
Seriously, this is a movie that's not meant to be reviewed. It doesn't try to be an Academy-award winning movie. It doesn't pretend to have complex, rich characters or a captivating, intriguing plot. It doesn't try to give the audience a message or preach a subject. What The Mummy Returns does do and does well is entertain me for a good two hours.
My girlfriend and I saw it last night and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. It was hilariously funny and there's just so much action that I might haveta watch it again just to remember everything.
Oh, and Jon, the movie is meant for people who can turn off their serious mode and for people who can have a laugh.
I highly highly HIGHLY recommend this movie. I've seen the previews of most of the big movies this summer, and while some seem funnier, some seem like they have more action, some seem like they have better special effects (ok, my one knock on The Mummy Returns was the horrendous Scorpion King CGI at the end), I doubt any of them will be as FUN as this one.
Can't wait for the DVD!
I agree with others here... Akira just wasn't that exciting. Sure, animation was top-notch, but so was the CGI in Phantom Menace, and look how that turned out.
There are much better Anime films out there. Among my all-time favorites are Macross: Love Do You Remember (I'm probably in the minority here, but I've watched the final battle I'd say 100 times and still can't get enough of it) and Princess Mononoke (got my DVD reserved!). I remember liking Ghost in the Shell, but I honestly can't say I remember the movie, just the impression that it was good =)
Hmmm, you sound like Lucas is forcing you to watch his movie and forcing you to buy all the merchandise. Last time I checked, it was not against the law to not watch or buy Star Wars.
It's his creation, and he can do with it as he sees fit, regardless of whether we think he's screwing things up or not. In his eyes, he's finally made the movie he's always wanted to make. We should all be so lucky to have our dreams fulfilled as his had.
I can imagine an alternate timeline, Lucas is writing his autobiography, and he goes, "Yeah, sure TPM won Best Picture and Best Screenplay, but it wasn't the movie I wanted to make, it was what the fans wanted."
*POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
First, I didn't think it was all that scary until the last five minutes. But the last five minutes were outstanding. However, it was hard for me to enjoy it because:
1) I was physically sick by all the unstable camera motions. My friend afterwards rushed to the bathroom to puke. My other friend was just as nauseous. I spent the last part of the movie just listening, and not really watching.
2) The fighting between the three got really really annoying and really old really fast. They were all acting like stubborn babies. Yes, you can say if I were lost in the forest, I'd do the same, but did we really need to see all the bickering?
3) Plain stupid mistakes. The throwing away of the map. Um, yeah, why didn't he just commit suicide also? Oh, and backup plans? Like informing someone if they didn't return by X days to launch a rescue? How about leaving markers along the way?
Now, if the whole movie had been just like the last five minutes, I would've been happy (and scared). But alas, the rest of the movie ruined it for me.
Incidentally, I was reading some other bulletin boards, and the main argument against those who hated the movie was: "Oh, you just don't have any imagination. You have to imagine what's going on." Um, excuse me, I don't recall on my ticket stub any prerequisites to watching this film. I fancy myself as to having a great sense of imagination, but it's up to the movie to provoke that sense. This movie just didn't do it for me.