I'm suing all of Slashdot for imposing years of emotional distress on me every April 1st. I'll settle for no less than $1 million and a public flogging of kdawson.
That's another prick I wouldn't want to work with. Kevin Smith had a routine on him that pretty much summed up what it's like to work with Bruce Willis. It was basically along the lines of "I would give Bruce direction and he would either insult me or completely ignore me." Now, depending on your opinion of Kevin Smith, that was either appropriate or rude. But Bruce still doesn't come off as the kind of guy you want to have to work with every day on a stressful shoot.
The producers include the Ron Howard/Brian Grazer team, Steven Spielburg and those Lost guys again.
Wow, that just screams mediocre crap before the first scene even plays.
Same problem with Indiana Jones the action just isn't believable any more- he looks and moves like an old man
Ford seems to be one of those actors who just can't accept his age. And for some reason, everyone is still indulging him (maybe they're still starstruck from his younger days). Personally, he's one of the actors I would least want to ever have to work with. He comes off as an arrogant prick in just about every interview and the people who've worked with him don't ever seem to have many kind words for him (except Lucas and Spielburg, who both started working with him before he became so big). Basically, he's an old-school movie star who does everything HIS way and isn't going to listen to any direction at all, especially someone telling him "You're an old man now, and you look stupid as shit in a fight scene." And this is not the kind of movie he should be in anymore (not sure what in the hell Favreau was thinking).
You need to look at the political math
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Tax Increases + Cuts to programs that people like = Less votes for the Congressman voting on it = A "no" vote.
Basic common sense has nothing to do with this. It's just that no politician wants to be the fall guy who tells the American people that they have to sacrifice anything, that they can't have all these programs, subsidies, wars, etc. and not have to pay for them with higher taxes.
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And the Monster HDMI signal will look especially good if he still has his DVD player set to "4:3".
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No, I mean that past a certain point nobody gives a fuck. What good is a 1,000 megapixel TV unless I'm projecting it onto the superdome?
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I would venture to guess that 80%-90% of the people buying HDTV's are doing it either because their old TV broke and it's the only thing available, or because they heard it was cool from a friend and wanted it for their Superbowl party. Either way, almost no one really understands it or even knows how to get the most out of all that resolution as it is NOW. We're talking people who buy 32" HDTV's and sit 10 feet away from them, thinking they're getting "high definition." We're talking people who hook up DVD (and even blu-ray) players to their HDTV's with composite cables. We're talking people who still have the same SD cable box they've had for years, thinking that the channels "really look better now in HD."
Joe isn't even ready for 1080p. This whole "let's add even MORE resolution" thing is just industry hype. It's Sony and Samsung thinking that if they just keep adding new gimmicks that people will constantly trade up their TV's like they trade up their computers. Joe Sixpack already has a perfectly good HDTV that he isn't even using to its full potential as it is, but they want him to go out and buy a TV with a resolution that he would need a magnifying glass to even appreciate. Welcome to America!
And, more importantly, what's going to happen to my beloved BIG ASS ROCKETS that make lots of noise and look wicked cool at takeoff? You can't very well film home video of a tiny rocket launch and edit it with "Rock Me Like a Hurricane" playing in the background, now can you? NOW CAN YOU?
We use this thing to run a space heater, which in turn heats up the generator and provides even more energy. Bingo, we've got an endless energy supply. String a bunch of these puppies together and goodbye fossil fuels!
Rebbecca Black is no more an "artist" than that pretentious art major who used to live down the hall from you in your college dorm. Pop music has its place. Not everything has to be art. No one will ever compare Michael Bay to Stanley Kubrick, for example. But I'm pretty sure Micheal Bay isn't TRYING to be Kubrick.
I saw them consorting with Lucifer in the fields--with mine own eyes, I did! They was compiling binaries with unreleased source and plotting against FOSS hippies, they was!
The wise person also takes into account the kind of groupthink, grant-whoring, and tenure-whoring that can go along with a trendy movement in academia. The wise person knows that academics are humans and that humans act in their own self-interest. And when the big grant money is in global warming, all the journals will only publish pro-global warming articles, and disagreeing with the consensus means you aren't going to get tenure (or are going to piss off your Ph.D. committee)--well, this can often introduce human bias into any science.
Science is dependent on human beings to set up fair studies, interpret the resulting data fairly, and present those interpretations honestly. A truly ethical scientist does all these things. But not everyone is ethical when it comes to their own personal interests.
3D isn't consumer driven, it's studio and electronics industry driven. 3D means the studio can charge you several dollars more for your movie ticket (which is why they're converting even movies shot in 2D into 3D). 3D TV's mean consumers will have to upgrade their new whiz-bang HDTV's (which they otherwise might have sat on for years). 3D means money.
Actual consumer demand for 3D has always been tepid at best. But the studios and electronics manufacturers have been pushing it as a new big thing, in hopes they can *create* demand for it on sheer hype.
Celebrations of Nintendo's "win" of this generation's console with the Wii was always short-sighted, I think. Similar stories with the DS and 3DS. Sure, they make money with their hardware, good for them. But most of Sony and MS's revenue comes from actual games, licensing 3rd party titles, online content, etc. And in these areas, Nintendo has fallen WAY behind. Just imagine how much money MS must make each month from Xbox Live subscriptions alone. MS and Sony make money on a sold console for YEARS after the fact. Nintendo makes money on the initial sale of the console, but how much after that? They have always treated 3rd party developers like shit, and their first-party games only come out sporadically.
Now the 3DS is following the same Wii trend of shovelware games too, only no one is buying into the 3D gimmick like they bought into the Wii's motion control gimmick. Nintendo needs to bring their mentality into the 21st century if they want to make it. They need 3rd-party support and decent online gaming, not a price drop.
The evil oil and coal companies don't have to resort to underhanded tactics to fight solar. Their ability to say "We can deliver more power for much cheaper" is enough for them to compete with any solar startup.
Nice to know I'm not the only one who is at least a little skeptical of the global warming research here. Having worked in academia, I have seen, up close and personal, the groupthink and the grant-whoring that all-too-often exerts a powerful influence on such "research."
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No, he's made some decent dramatic films (Witness, The Mosquito Coast, Regarding Henry, etc.). I think he just wants the big paychecks.
Clearly you've got the right angle on this.
I'm suing all of Slashdot for imposing years of emotional distress on me every April 1st. I'll settle for no less than $1 million and a public flogging of kdawson.
Yeah, but it can't truly be perfect unless Michael Bay is directing.
That's another prick I wouldn't want to work with. Kevin Smith had a routine on him that pretty much summed up what it's like to work with Bruce Willis. It was basically along the lines of "I would give Bruce direction and he would either insult me or completely ignore me." Now, depending on your opinion of Kevin Smith, that was either appropriate or rude. But Bruce still doesn't come off as the kind of guy you want to have to work with every day on a stressful shoot.
The producers include the Ron Howard/Brian Grazer team, Steven Spielburg and those Lost guys again.
Wow, that just screams mediocre crap before the first scene even plays.
Same problem with Indiana Jones the action just isn't believable any more- he looks and moves like an old man
Ford seems to be one of those actors who just can't accept his age. And for some reason, everyone is still indulging him (maybe they're still starstruck from his younger days). Personally, he's one of the actors I would least want to ever have to work with. He comes off as an arrogant prick in just about every interview and the people who've worked with him don't ever seem to have many kind words for him (except Lucas and Spielburg, who both started working with him before he became so big). Basically, he's an old-school movie star who does everything HIS way and isn't going to listen to any direction at all, especially someone telling him "You're an old man now, and you look stupid as shit in a fight scene." And this is not the kind of movie he should be in anymore (not sure what in the hell Favreau was thinking).
Two words: edible wrappers.
Tax Increases + Cuts to programs that people like = Less votes for the Congressman voting on it = A "no" vote.
Basic common sense has nothing to do with this. It's just that no politician wants to be the fall guy who tells the American people that they have to sacrifice anything, that they can't have all these programs, subsidies, wars, etc. and not have to pay for them with higher taxes.
And the Monster HDMI signal will look especially good if he still has his DVD player set to "4:3".
No, I mean that past a certain point nobody gives a fuck. What good is a 1,000 megapixel TV unless I'm projecting it onto the superdome?
I would venture to guess that 80%-90% of the people buying HDTV's are doing it either because their old TV broke and it's the only thing available, or because they heard it was cool from a friend and wanted it for their Superbowl party. Either way, almost no one really understands it or even knows how to get the most out of all that resolution as it is NOW. We're talking people who buy 32" HDTV's and sit 10 feet away from them, thinking they're getting "high definition." We're talking people who hook up DVD (and even blu-ray) players to their HDTV's with composite cables. We're talking people who still have the same SD cable box they've had for years, thinking that the channels "really look better now in HD."
Joe isn't even ready for 1080p. This whole "let's add even MORE resolution" thing is just industry hype. It's Sony and Samsung thinking that if they just keep adding new gimmicks that people will constantly trade up their TV's like they trade up their computers. Joe Sixpack already has a perfectly good HDTV that he isn't even using to its full potential as it is, but they want him to go out and buy a TV with a resolution that he would need a magnifying glass to even appreciate. Welcome to America!
Innovators don't answer to laws, man. We break them.
And, more importantly, what's going to happen to my beloved BIG ASS ROCKETS that make lots of noise and look wicked cool at takeoff? You can't very well film home video of a tiny rocket launch and edit it with "Rock Me Like a Hurricane" playing in the background, now can you? NOW CAN YOU?
We use this thing to run a space heater, which in turn heats up the generator and provides even more energy. Bingo, we've got an endless energy supply. String a bunch of these puppies together and goodbye fossil fuels!
You're welcome, world.
Rebbecca Black is no more an "artist" than that pretentious art major who used to live down the hall from you in your college dorm. Pop music has its place. Not everything has to be art. No one will ever compare Michael Bay to Stanley Kubrick, for example. But I'm pretty sure Micheal Bay isn't TRYING to be Kubrick.
I saw them consorting with Lucifer in the fields--with mine own eyes, I did! They was compiling binaries with unreleased source and plotting against FOSS hippies, they was!
The wise person also takes into account the kind of groupthink, grant-whoring, and tenure-whoring that can go along with a trendy movement in academia. The wise person knows that academics are humans and that humans act in their own self-interest. And when the big grant money is in global warming, all the journals will only publish pro-global warming articles, and disagreeing with the consensus means you aren't going to get tenure (or are going to piss off your Ph.D. committee)--well, this can often introduce human bias into any science.
Science is dependent on human beings to set up fair studies, interpret the resulting data fairly, and present those interpretations honestly. A truly ethical scientist does all these things. But not everyone is ethical when it comes to their own personal interests.
This summer, a new hero is going to blow your goddamn doors off...
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was 10x better than anything before or since.
FTFY
phones start having good gaming buttons and analog sticks
And lose the tactile feedback I get from flat glass?!?!? But how will I get fingerprints and smudges all over my screen then?
3D isn't consumer driven, it's studio and electronics industry driven. 3D means the studio can charge you several dollars more for your movie ticket (which is why they're converting even movies shot in 2D into 3D). 3D TV's mean consumers will have to upgrade their new whiz-bang HDTV's (which they otherwise might have sat on for years). 3D means money.
Actual consumer demand for 3D has always been tepid at best. But the studios and electronics manufacturers have been pushing it as a new big thing, in hopes they can *create* demand for it on sheer hype.
Celebrations of Nintendo's "win" of this generation's console with the Wii was always short-sighted, I think. Similar stories with the DS and 3DS. Sure, they make money with their hardware, good for them. But most of Sony and MS's revenue comes from actual games, licensing 3rd party titles, online content, etc. And in these areas, Nintendo has fallen WAY behind. Just imagine how much money MS must make each month from Xbox Live subscriptions alone. MS and Sony make money on a sold console for YEARS after the fact. Nintendo makes money on the initial sale of the console, but how much after that? They have always treated 3rd party developers like shit, and their first-party games only come out sporadically.
Now the 3DS is following the same Wii trend of shovelware games too, only no one is buying into the 3D gimmick like they bought into the Wii's motion control gimmick. Nintendo needs to bring their mentality into the 21st century if they want to make it. They need 3rd-party support and decent online gaming, not a price drop.
The evil oil and coal companies don't have to resort to underhanded tactics to fight solar. Their ability to say "We can deliver more power for much cheaper" is enough for them to compete with any solar startup.
Remakes, Reimaginings, Reboots...who says it EVER has to end?
Nice to know I'm not the only one who is at least a little skeptical of the global warming research here. Having worked in academia, I have seen, up close and personal, the groupthink and the grant-whoring that all-too-often exerts a powerful influence on such "research."