It's not that simple. There's no guarantee that he can continue to make successful films. If you look at the career of any "great" director (except for a few luminaries), you will find hit, flop, flop, hit, hit, flop, flop, hit, etc. Even if they made what is considered a classic film, it may have lost money or not been very successful at the box office.
So yes, continuing to work with Peter Jackson is still a big risk. Case in point: King Kong.
Which pulled in 550 million from the theatrical release alone, with a production budget of 207 million. Not LOTR numbers, but not a failure either.
I'd say these days we're far more in danger of becoming a society where superstition (read religion) trumps science. Look at the percentage of americancs who believe the earth is 6000 years ago and evolution is a plot by the 'secular humanists' to destroy Christianity.
Good lord! If you contend that MP3s sound like remotely like the original, you've got to be hard of hearing.
MP3 is ok as an efficient compression scheme, but as a high fidelity experience, it is sadly lacking.
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It's not that simple. There's no guarantee that he can continue to make successful films. If you look at the career of any "great" director (except for a few luminaries), you will find hit, flop, flop, hit, hit, flop, flop, hit, etc. Even if they made what is considered a classic film, it may have lost money or not been very successful at the box office.
So yes, continuing to work with Peter Jackson is still a big risk. Case in point: King Kong. Which pulled in 550 million from the theatrical release alone, with a production budget of 207 million. Not LOTR numbers, but not a failure either.
I'd say these days we're far more in danger of becoming a society where superstition (read religion) trumps science. Look at the percentage of americancs who believe the earth is 6000 years ago and evolution is a plot by the 'secular humanists' to destroy Christianity.
Unfortunately for your argument, he had the environment as an issue long before he lost (for certain values of lost) the election.
Considering the hardware limitations, and particularly the memory contraints, it ran surprisingly well.
Good lord! If you contend that MP3s sound like remotely like the original, you've got to be hard of hearing. MP3 is ok as an efficient compression scheme, but as a high fidelity experience, it is sadly lacking.
I loved my UCSD card. That was really quite a cool system for its time.
Learn some history. Apple did buy it, and they did change it substantially.