As long as Lucas has nothing to do with either series (with the exception of licensing the name), they might be worth something. Just get Kevin Smith to direct.
To be honest, I don't use p2p utilities for any reason. However, I would love to distribute my films via p2p, but am afraid The Man (TM) will attempt to come down on me for distributing films over p2p. I don't have the kind of cash needed to defend myself against the faceless monsters behind the MPAA.
Its these threats that's keeping indies like me down.
I am a filmmaker. I am grateful for George Lucas opening the doors for independence in Hollywood. That's all I'm grateful for from George.
Recently, I saw George on PBS saying that he likes the new versions of Star Wars more than the original versions and that's why he released them on DVD. George, what about us fans who like the theatrical versions more than the modified ones?
If I write and direct a film to exist in a specific way, then that's the way you'll watch it for all eternity. It should be ILLEGAL to bastardize films like George has. I can understand "digitally restoring" as a form of cleaning up old prints, but this is just insane.
Guess what, George? If you want to see Star Wars in 3-D, you should have filmed it that way.
Sorry for the rant, but yet another round of "modification" of Star Wars just pisses me off.
For those of you who haven't memorized the infamous Pulp Fiction quote yet, allow me to cut & paste from imdb.com:
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you."
...then what do they do to you after you've commtted suicide?
Do they
* Hold your immediate family accountable (Criminally?)
* Levy fines against the spouse/children?
* Put a lien against the dead guy's property
* Arrest your corpse and beat it until they extract a confession
Actually making the completion of suicide illegal is yet another laughable event in the history of mankind.
As we learned in The Art of War by Sun Tzu, to win the war, make as many allies as possible.
IBM learned early on that if you have the Linux community backing a multi-billion dollar corporate entity like themselves, they stand a helluva good chance toppling that Redmond, Washington company they don't like.
In the game, I have the option of clicking an "Extreme performance" tab that will tax the hell out of my video card (if it can handle it).
Sony's software has a warning that says "...to be used on video cards with a minimum of 512MB video memory..."
I have a Geforce 6800 with 256MB of DDR3 memory and dual 400MHz RAMdacs. This "Extereme performance" option taxes the hell out of the card. I'm getting one frame per second in this mode!
It is really how much memory you have, or should they just add more processing power to the cards? Perhaps a quad RAMdac?
I'll give my $0.02 in this conversation because I may have an answer.
Once the broadcast flag becomes standard, can't the FCC be sued for violating the
Supreme Court order mandating fair use in the Sony Betamax case? It would seem to be a slam-dunk of this argument is used.
SCO Lawyer: Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider: Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk...
Judge: Wait a minute! I'm not going to let you use the Chewbacca defense. This is a carny-like head game from the television show South Park.
SCO Lawyer: But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee--an eight foot tall Wookiee--want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself, what does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! "Look at me, I'm a lawyer defending SCO, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense. If Chewbacca lives on Endor, IBM must have stolen our code we GPL'ed and put on our public FTP site. [pulling a monkey out of his pocket] Here, look at the monkey. Look at the silly monkey! [Judge's head explodes]
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As long as Lucas has nothing to do with either series (with the exception of licensing the name), they might be worth something. Just get Kevin Smith to direct.
At least there's one good thing about switching over to HD soon... Aqua Teen Hunger Force in High Def!
"MultiPass!"
Where's this graphical installer Gentoo was touting? The x86 and x86_64 install ISOs are still command line.
I'm afraid of the automated emails that get sent out saying that it found me distributing movies via a p2p app.
I can barely afford making the movies, let along defending myself (successfully) in court.
THAT's what's keeping me down.
Its these threats that's keeping indies like me down.
Stop the planet... I want off.
Wait... You're still using Windows?
Recently, I saw George on PBS saying that he likes the new versions of Star Wars more than the original versions and that's why he released them on DVD. George, what about us fans who like the theatrical versions more than the modified ones?
If I write and direct a film to exist in a specific way, then that's the way you'll watch it for all eternity. It should be ILLEGAL to bastardize films like George has. I can understand "digitally restoring" as a form of cleaning up old prints, but this is just insane.
Guess what, George? If you want to see Star Wars in 3-D, you should have filmed it that way.
Sorry for the rant, but yet another round of "modification" of Star Wars just pisses me off.
Because FOSS dosen't have the deep pockets that Microsoft has.
Cleveland: The only British I know is that "fag" means cigarette.
Peter: Well, somebody tell this cigarette to shut up.
Okay, a bit offtopic, but still funny as hell.
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you."
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Do they
* Hold your immediate family accountable (Criminally?)
* Levy fines against the spouse/children? * Put a lien against the dead guy's property
* Arrest your corpse and beat it until they extract a confession
Actually making the completion of suicide illegal is yet another laughable event in the history of mankind.
MCI, Verizon, The Bells, Google. Why dosen't that sound right?
How do I make a claim? I should be getting 76 of these checks.
IBM learned early on that if you have the Linux community backing a multi-billion dollar corporate entity like themselves, they stand a helluva good chance toppling that Redmond, Washington company they don't like.
They have my vote.
If I copyright the sound of my fart, will anyone else's recording of a fart be infringement or parody?.
Damn marketing assholes...
In the game, I have the option of clicking an "Extreme performance" tab that will tax the hell out of my video card (if it can handle it).
Sony's software has a warning that says "...to be used on video cards with a minimum of 512MB video memory..."
I have a Geforce 6800 with 256MB of DDR3 memory and dual 400MHz RAMdacs. This "Extereme performance" option taxes the hell out of the card. I'm getting one frame per second in this mode!
It is really how much memory you have, or should they just add more processing power to the cards? Perhaps a quad RAMdac?
Would all this really matter if TV shows DIDN'T suck?
Once the broadcast flag becomes standard, can't the FCC be sued for violating the Supreme Court order mandating fair use in the Sony Betamax case? It would seem to be a slam-dunk of this argument is used.
It finally takes the heat of AD&D. "My Paladin stabs you in the back!"
SCO Lawyer: Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider: Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk...
Judge: Wait a minute! I'm not going to let you use the Chewbacca defense. This is a carny-like head game from the television show South Park.
SCO Lawyer: But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee--an eight foot tall Wookiee--want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself, what does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! "Look at me, I'm a lawyer defending SCO, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense. If Chewbacca lives on Endor, IBM must have stolen our code we GPL'ed and put on our public FTP site. [pulling a monkey out of his pocket] Here, look at the monkey. Look at the silly monkey! [Judge's head explodes]
Think of what they can do with (Dr. Evil pinky laugh) $25 MILLION DOLLARS.