Sure, if you could find a KwikStop to sell you 50 million tickets. And, even then, you would need to find a way to stop 49 million other people from buying one too.
Considering how much the population has grown since the 19th century (thanks in no small part to petrochemicals, electricity, and other technological improvements), it would seem that not ALL of us could live.
If we could do that in the U.S., you can bet our scores would be a LOT higher too. Just look at the spread in the average city between the good schools and Gangbanger High. Anytime you provide a way for a school to consciously limit its enrollment, that school is going to do a lot better than one that has to take in everyone.
Actually, the joke is "Lotteries: A tax on the stupid." And that's because even a moron with a primary school education can appreciate what "1 in 50 million" means. It isn't that idiots play lotteries because they don't understand the odds. They play them because they have a quasi-religious faith that IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS TIME, NO MATTER THE ODDS--or, alternatively, because they're simply gambling addicts.
Like I said, if people realize it's a gimmick and start abandoning the 3D versions in favor of the 2D versions in droves, that could end it. But I don't see that happening so far.
The reason the studios are pushing so hard on 3D is because there is a lot of money in it. They can charge a lot more for a 3D ticket. And once the overhead on the equipment is paid (the projector for the theater, the cameras for the production, the trivial costs of some cheap plastic glasses), all that extra money is almost pure profit. The reason that Nolan is able to resist their push is because he's already established himself with the franchise. If they were appointing a newbie to do it, you can bet they would be TELLING him to do Batman in 3D.
3D has always a been dubious contribution to the art. For every James Cameron who likes to see what he can do with it, there are dozens of filmmakers who have it foisted on them by the studio (many of them after-the-fact). And while the big boys can resist, I doubt the pressure will let up anytime soon. As long as there is money to be made, the studios will ride this train. The only thing that will stop it would be if audiences starting to forgo the overpriced 3D versions for the 2D versions in droves, or if some kind of studio/theater price war started on 3D tickets (making it difficult for the studios to rape us so easily).
Is this a fad that probably SHOULD pass? Maybe. Is it being overused now? Definitely. Is it going anywhere, as long as the studios can reap big money off of it? Almost certainly not.
I can still remember sitting in a theater in 1983 and hearing the sold-out audience in a huge (by today's standards) theater go absolutely batshit when Vader threw the Emperor down that shaft. We cheered so loudly that they heard it way out in the mall next to the theater. These days, with big movies playing on so many screens in relatively small theaters, you just don't see huge crowds like that much anymore (and this wasn't even some midnight showing, mind you, this was a daytime show). I think even if the prequels had been better, they still wouldn't have been able to match that. These days it's hard to get the same kind of experience--with tiny theaters, dozens of multiple screens, and home video.
Kennedy has always attempted to be a fair mediator between the left and right impulses on the Court. But he really blew it on this one. His attempt at moderation in this case has taken an already out-of-control problem and made it much worse. This ruling will ensure that individual citizens are forevermore completely and totally drowned out in our government by corporate interests and their puppet foundations/non-profits. It was almost that way *already*, but now the big interests won't even have to *try* to hide their bribery. And, thanks to this, nothing short of a Constitutional amendment will ever stop corporate control of the government now (and good luck getting a 2/3's majority in a Congress owned by those corporations). Thanks Anthony!
If Flight of the Conchords taught me nothing else, it's that New Zealand is the happening place to be (it's like Scotland, only further) and a great place to film The Hobbit. It's an excellent location for more walking.
I live in a state where it's perfectly legal to sell someone an AK-47 at a gun show without even checking their ID, but they scream bloody murder if someone buys a used CD through Amazon and doesn't pay state sales tax.
Somewhere in America right now there are two college students. One is trying to recruit for the Young Republicans in the art department. The other is trying to recruit for the Young Democrats in the business school. both are wondering why their results have so far been disappointing.
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It's not bravery if Oracle shitcanned them first (or never paid them to begin with).
Sure, if you could find a KwikStop to sell you 50 million tickets. And, even then, you would need to find a way to stop 49 million other people from buying one too.
Yeah, but could you have lived like that for months (or even years), without any outside assistance?
Considering how much the population has grown since the 19th century (thanks in no small part to petrochemicals, electricity, and other technological improvements), it would seem that not ALL of us could live.
If we could do that in the U.S., you can bet our scores would be a LOT higher too. Just look at the spread in the average city between the good schools and Gangbanger High. Anytime you provide a way for a school to consciously limit its enrollment, that school is going to do a lot better than one that has to take in everyone.
Actually, the joke is "Lotteries: A tax on the stupid." And that's because even a moron with a primary school education can appreciate what "1 in 50 million" means. It isn't that idiots play lotteries because they don't understand the odds. They play them because they have a quasi-religious faith that IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS TIME, NO MATTER THE ODDS--or, alternatively, because they're simply gambling addicts.
I would add Jaws 3D to that fine list.
Like I said, if people realize it's a gimmick and start abandoning the 3D versions in favor of the 2D versions in droves, that could end it. But I don't see that happening so far.
The reason the studios are pushing so hard on 3D is because there is a lot of money in it. They can charge a lot more for a 3D ticket. And once the overhead on the equipment is paid (the projector for the theater, the cameras for the production, the trivial costs of some cheap plastic glasses), all that extra money is almost pure profit. The reason that Nolan is able to resist their push is because he's already established himself with the franchise. If they were appointing a newbie to do it, you can bet they would be TELLING him to do Batman in 3D.
3D has always a been dubious contribution to the art. For every James Cameron who likes to see what he can do with it, there are dozens of filmmakers who have it foisted on them by the studio (many of them after-the-fact). And while the big boys can resist, I doubt the pressure will let up anytime soon. As long as there is money to be made, the studios will ride this train. The only thing that will stop it would be if audiences starting to forgo the overpriced 3D versions for the 2D versions in droves, or if some kind of studio/theater price war started on 3D tickets (making it difficult for the studios to rape us so easily).
Is this a fad that probably SHOULD pass? Maybe. Is it being overused now? Definitely. Is it going anywhere, as long as the studios can reap big money off of it? Almost certainly not.
Your post sounds all pompous and faggy to me. Obviously, your shit is all fucked up.
But then where am I going to turn to see Lou Diamond Phillips get the shit beat out of him on a regular basis?
I can still remember sitting in a theater in 1983 and hearing the sold-out audience in a huge (by today's standards) theater go absolutely batshit when Vader threw the Emperor down that shaft. We cheered so loudly that they heard it way out in the mall next to the theater. These days, with big movies playing on so many screens in relatively small theaters, you just don't see huge crowds like that much anymore (and this wasn't even some midnight showing, mind you, this was a daytime show). I think even if the prequels had been better, they still wouldn't have been able to match that. These days it's hard to get the same kind of experience--with tiny theaters, dozens of multiple screens, and home video.
How about the CIA/NSA/FBI invest in a company that further protects the interests of the *U.S. Constitution*?
I could buy David Prowse for a lot less than that.
Must be a college textbook. They'll really rape you on those.
Call me Ishmael, on the new Motorola Droid 2.
Kennedy has always attempted to be a fair mediator between the left and right impulses on the Court. But he really blew it on this one. His attempt at moderation in this case has taken an already out-of-control problem and made it much worse. This ruling will ensure that individual citizens are forevermore completely and totally drowned out in our government by corporate interests and their puppet foundations/non-profits. It was almost that way *already*, but now the big interests won't even have to *try* to hide their bribery. And, thanks to this, nothing short of a Constitutional amendment will ever stop corporate control of the government now (and good luck getting a 2/3's majority in a Congress owned by those corporations). Thanks Anthony!
If Flight of the Conchords taught me nothing else, it's that New Zealand is the happening place to be (it's like Scotland, only further) and a great place to film The Hobbit. It's an excellent location for more walking.
No, but he'll be a librarian. So, getting closer.
I've always said that kids should study more of Jefferson's work.
I live in a state where it's perfectly legal to sell someone an AK-47 at a gun show without even checking their ID, but they scream bloody murder if someone buys a used CD through Amazon and doesn't pay state sales tax.
It was both.
Somewhere in America right now there are two college students. One is trying to recruit for the Young Republicans in the art department. The other is trying to recruit for the Young Democrats in the business school. both are wondering why their results have so far been disappointing.
In Alabama we still subscribe to the One Drop Rule. Surely at least that basic principle is universally accepted, right?
Spoiled kid. In *my* day we didn't have schools!