, there are fallen angels sent to Earth to recruit human military specialists and tacticians, and the like. A lot of this stuff is based on Plato's Temius, and the fallen angels have sunglasses to hide the light in their eyes.
Uh, I've never seen The Hidden and quick searches on the internets aren't turning up much in the way of details, but Carpenter had nothing to do with The Hidden and the Wikipedia plot summary for it doesn't *seem* to be related (though it's not extensive enough to be certain). Are you sure you have the correct film?
Actually, I'd rank it far below simple oral storytelling. Am I the only one who can't tell what this "story" is even supposed to be about?
Rank it however you wish, but I was just referring to the fact that, if he is just telling stories, he's really bloody dedicated to it.
So your professor went to a screenwriting workshop and somebody told him about a kooky screenplay and then the author told him that the screenplay was "a masterplan for gods disguised as a screenplay." What is that supposed to mean?
As best as we can figure out, it means that gods are battling and this is a battleplan that has been disguised as a screenplay for some reason we still can't figure out.
Then the professor tells you that there is a guy named Cameron who is actually making this screenplay into a movie and that the Cameron guy is nuts.
Not just "a guy named Cameron", James Cameron. As in, well, read the actual article we're all commenting on. This supposed battleplan is the movie that is the subject of this article.
Do I have that about right?
I think all we have learned from this is: A.) Your professor takes drugs. B.) Hollywood screenwriters are talentless hacks. C.) Chicks in Los Angeles are bubbleheaded bimbos who like to hear themselves talk.
Yeah, that sounds about right in as far as I can tell.
It's too bad you can't hear it from the man himself. That was one of the shorter tellings of it, and I can't rightly do one of the longer tellings justice.
Believe me, I've done some pretty decent study of mythology myself, and don't think any of that was lost on me, but I still thought it was interesting that he seems to absolutely believe this story in today's age (and, by the way, that was the short version of the story).
More importantly, it wasn't entirely offtopic so I thought I'd entertain/. ^__^.
Now, I know the man better than most people know their professors (small university FTW), and he maintains that it's true. Not just when he's telling the story, in which case I'd be siding with you in an instant, but always. Additionally, he tells this just as one of many stories, all of which are supposedly true (and, with the exception of this and one other, probably are). This is far above and beyond simple oral storytelling.
I've actually been trying to increase the fear of the swine flu and telling people that eating swine will get them the flu. I want cheaper bacon, dammit!
So, I've got a crazy professor at my university who has been telling this story for years, and I thought it was kind of hilarious in context of this article. Anyway:
Now, the first thing I have to say is you all are not going to believe this story is true. But I swear, this story is 100% true. It is not an exaggeration in any way. It is true.
At the time, I had been a professor at this college for ten years and was on sabbatical. During this time, I decided to take a film class at the American Film Institute. You see, I used to spend a lot of time with filmmakers and artists, and the like, and I hadn't done that for a while, so I decided to take this film class now that I could devote the time to it.
It was a fantastic class. A lot of big name screenwriters came by. The writer of "Basic Instinct", the writer of "Deadpool", to name some. For the class we all wrote a trunk script, which is a script you carry around to show to studios and producers to try and sell. I wrote a script titled "Panama City," which is not relevant to the story. During the course of the class, I got to have coffee with film students and big name screenwriters, and such. Discussion of a screenplay called "Avatar" came up among screenwriters.
One day, the writer of "Deadpool" and another screenwriter friend of his came in and talked to us and I asked the screenwriter friend about this screenplay, "Avatar", and a hush came over the room. He went on to explain the premise of the screenplay which is this:
In this screenplay, there are pantheons of gods fighting a cosmic war, but because they have no understanding of war, there are fallen angels sent to Earth to recruit human military specialists and tacticians, and the like. A lot of this stuff is based on Plato's Temius, and the fallen angels have sunglasses to hide the light in their eyes.
It was never really explained how the recruitment worked. After this guy was done explaining the plot, the writer of "Deadpool" speaks up and says, "there's something else you should say... Avatar is an actual battleplan." This man said that "Avatar" was a master plan for gods disguised as a screenplay.
After that things just got really bizarre! There were all these discussions about "Avatar". "Who has Avatar?" You'd ask people about "Avatar" and they'd ask, "who told you about 'Avatar'?" People got more and more serious about it. You'd ask about "Avatar" they'd yell at you, "what, you want to get killed?!?" One day, I decided I was going to go try and find "Avatar". I walked through the parking lot later and people were hunched over pointing at me...
Well, many years passed by and I never heard a word about "Avatar". Then, about seven or eight years ago, I was having dinner with a good friend of mine, Stephanie Austin. She's a big producer; she produced "Terminator 2," I mean, she's that caliber of producer. Well, "Avatar" comes up in our conversation and it turns out that she knows the story and all about "Avatar." Furthermore, she buys into the "Avatar" theory, sheâ(TM)s in that whole circle. The last thing she says to me about "Avatar" is, "we know who has 'Avatar'â¦Cameron has it."
Now, I know Cameron and he is a really strange guy. I saw a lot of the filming of "T-2", and I talked to Cameron a lot. Let me tell you, Cameron is really loopy, he thinks all of the stuff he makes movies about is true. He once said, "I'm making a film about the truth." According to Austin, Cameron had had "Avatar" for a while, but he, "couldn't find the right actors for it."
Keep in mind, this "Avatar" thing isn't a heaven versus hell kind of thing, there are layers of heavens, like onions. Now, I used to go on avatar hunts with students, and sometimes we wouldn't find them, and sometimes we would. One time, we went to the Martini Bar on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena and we found two female avatars. I swear, their eyes glowed. They looked like they had dropped out of heaven ten minutes ago. We talked to them for a while w
I know I'm picking up on the wrong part of your post, but that is so wrong. The best pasta sauces are definitely not tomato-based, let alone "any good".
Why does it matter? If you are buying games on Steam and wanting to be able to play them after Valve theoretically goes under, you're essentially placing a bet on whether or not Valve keeps their word. You don't have to know they won't keep it, you just have to doubt enough to be uncomfortable with the purchase, which many people are.
You would have a point if it were a new character (though I bet somebody still would have called racism), but they're using an established character from the series, just like they did with RE4.
Yeah, now I can travel on that Greyhound bus next weekend without me having to worry about some idiot smoking and triggering my asthma. This bill may be total crap, but it's good to know that I have to thank Utah for something now.
Note that he said that a low UID means you've been around longer, not that having a high UID necessarily means you haven't been around longer. Of course, there's that guy running around with a bought UID invalidating that, too, but it still pretty much olds.
Oh, don't think I'm disagreeing with you in any way, but the fact is that the original point holds: cameras on every street corner can potentially increase crime rates simply because it means more are known, even if more aren't being committed.
Believe me, I am *very* against the cameras, and it's one reason I plan to never head over to England (and, I guess, Chicago).
It's still against the law. By definition, crime only has to be punishable by law, not actually noticed or punished. So, running a red light/stop sign, jaywalking, copyright infringement, drug use... all crimes (in certain jurisdictions, all of the above should be covered every where in the US, but I'm not the expert on American law by any means), all potentially doable without anyone else noticing.
Yes, but since we're talking about reported crime rates, that simply doesn't work. If I commit a crime and NOBODY notices, it obviously can't be part of the reported crime rate. Thus, the question is whether the crime rate is as reported by the police, or as reported by citizens. I'd assume the former, but I'd also assume a policeless area wouldn't be considered a crime rate of 0, so this doesn't really hold well....
Generally because there is more context to a comment than the other comments in the thread. I have modded the first comment redundant many times, but only when it either served no purpose other than reiterating something from TFS/TFA, or when I've seen the same post, or one nearly identical to it, in several other discussions prior. A few times, when I'm in a foul mood, and the first post, while not even nearly identical to one I've seen before, is just simply not saying anything I haven't heard before, I'll mod it redundant, but I consider that borderline at best. However, in this particular case, the first post doesn't seem to fit under either of my two legitimate criterion, so I don't know what the mods are smoking.
Errr... that's not quite correct. Or rather, it is and we can talk about it in terms of infinitesimals, but that's rather unsatisfying and unnecessary when we can still stick with the reals. I mean, we could start talking about epsilon-delta and neighborhoods and talk about it that way, if we want to be all rigorous, but if we step off the rigor a little, and step away from the infinitesimals, and just consider the limit to be "If the function were to be smooth and continuous at this point and its value were defined, said value would be...". Still not quite 1/0 = infinity, but that's good, since it's distinctly untrue.
I hope you're not using that as an excuse not to watch it! If you're not interested, that's one thing, but there are a lot of interested people that I've had to convince to actually watch it because they're afraid of it getting cancelled. Self-fulfilling prophecy, much? At least it looks like Fox is caring about this one, because they've done a pretty good amount of promotion for this, even if they did put it in the Friday night death slot. Here's to hoping!
It is interesting to note that the original Fallout games both had Bloody Mess as a "trait" (similar to perks except they could only be selected at character creation and you get to choose up to 3 out of maybe a dozen choices). It differed from Fallout 3 in that it was purely the cosmetic effect, not the extra damage that Fallout 3's perk allowed. However, a lot of work was put into making the original Bloody Mess more... if not realistic, then at least sensical, than Fallout 3's, and it included many unique effects (unique to injury types, that is). This trait is/was easily the most popular trait in the games. When asked about it, however, few people say that they select it for the added violence, while many will say that it's interesting because of the creativity involved, seeing all of the different ways the devs made it work.
While I certainly and severely disagree with cliffski on his views on copyright, I would like to note that he is most certainly not a MAFIAA shill, but he is a content creator. Specifically, he makes indie games, mostly of a simulation sort, DRM-free. They're not my cup of tea, but I do suggest you check them out.
You're making the assumption that each window counts as an app, which is patently false. I currently have 10 windows open, but they correspond to 3 different apps. Of course, I'm also running something like another 5 apps in the background, but the point remains.
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Wait, when did 8 become a prime number? Holy crap!
, there are fallen angels sent to Earth to recruit human military specialists and tacticians, and the like. A lot of this stuff is based on Plato's Temius, and the fallen angels have sunglasses to hide the light in their eyes.
Uh, I've never seen The Hidden and quick searches on the internets aren't turning up much in the way of details, but Carpenter had nothing to do with The Hidden and the Wikipedia plot summary for it doesn't *seem* to be related (though it's not extensive enough to be certain). Are you sure you have the correct film?
Actually, I'd rank it far below simple oral storytelling. Am I the only one who can't tell what this "story" is even supposed to be about?
Rank it however you wish, but I was just referring to the fact that, if he is just telling stories, he's really bloody dedicated to it.
So your professor went to a screenwriting workshop and somebody told him about a kooky screenplay and then the author told him that the screenplay was "a masterplan for gods disguised as a screenplay." What is that supposed to mean?
As best as we can figure out, it means that gods are battling and this is a battleplan that has been disguised as a screenplay for some reason we still can't figure out.
Then the professor tells you that there is a guy named Cameron who is actually making this screenplay into a movie and that the Cameron guy is nuts.
Not just "a guy named Cameron", James Cameron. As in, well, read the actual article we're all commenting on. This supposed battleplan is the movie that is the subject of this article.
Do I have that about right?
I think all we have learned from this is: A.) Your professor takes drugs. B.) Hollywood screenwriters are talentless hacks. C.) Chicks in Los Angeles are bubbleheaded bimbos who like to hear themselves talk.
Yeah, that sounds about right in as far as I can tell.
Thank you Captain Pedantic, I was not the one doing the transcription, I just copypastaed it here.
It's too bad you can't hear it from the man himself. That was one of the shorter tellings of it, and I can't rightly do one of the longer tellings justice.
More importantly, it wasn't entirely offtopic so I thought I'd entertain /. ^__^.
Now, I know the man better than most people know their professors (small university FTW), and he maintains that it's true. Not just when he's telling the story, in which case I'd be siding with you in an instant, but always. Additionally, he tells this just as one of many stories, all of which are supposedly true (and, with the exception of this and one other, probably are). This is far above and beyond simple oral storytelling.
I've actually been trying to increase the fear of the swine flu and telling people that eating swine will get them the flu. I want cheaper bacon, dammit!
Now, the first thing I have to say is you all are not going to believe this story is true. But I swear, this story is 100% true. It is not an exaggeration in any way. It is true.
At the time, I had been a professor at this college for ten years and was on sabbatical. During this time, I decided to take a film class at the American Film Institute. You see, I used to spend a lot of time with filmmakers and artists, and the like, and I hadn't done that for a while, so I decided to take this film class now that I could devote the time to it.
It was a fantastic class. A lot of big name screenwriters came by. The writer of "Basic Instinct", the writer of "Deadpool", to name some. For the class we all wrote a trunk script, which is a script you carry around to show to studios and producers to try and sell. I wrote a script titled "Panama City," which is not relevant to the story. During the course of the class, I got to have coffee with film students and big name screenwriters, and such. Discussion of a screenplay called "Avatar" came up among screenwriters.
One day, the writer of "Deadpool" and another screenwriter friend of his came in and talked to us and I asked the screenwriter friend about this screenplay, "Avatar", and a hush came over the room. He went on to explain the premise of the screenplay which is this:
In this screenplay, there are pantheons of gods fighting a cosmic war, but because they have no understanding of war, there are fallen angels sent to Earth to recruit human military specialists and tacticians, and the like. A lot of this stuff is based on Plato's Temius, and the fallen angels have sunglasses to hide the light in their eyes.
It was never really explained how the recruitment worked. After this guy was done explaining the plot, the writer of "Deadpool" speaks up and says, "there's something else you should say... Avatar is an actual battleplan." This man said that "Avatar" was a master plan for gods disguised as a screenplay.
After that things just got really bizarre! There were all these discussions about "Avatar". "Who has Avatar?" You'd ask people about "Avatar" and they'd ask, "who told you about 'Avatar'?" People got more and more serious about it. You'd ask about "Avatar" they'd yell at you, "what, you want to get killed?!?" One day, I decided I was going to go try and find "Avatar". I walked through the parking lot later and people were hunched over pointing at me...
Well, many years passed by and I never heard a word about "Avatar". Then, about seven or eight years ago, I was having dinner with a good friend of mine, Stephanie Austin. She's a big producer; she produced "Terminator 2," I mean, she's that caliber of producer. Well, "Avatar" comes up in our conversation and it turns out that she knows the story and all about "Avatar." Furthermore, she buys into the "Avatar" theory, sheâ(TM)s in that whole circle. The last thing she says to me about "Avatar" is, "we know who has 'Avatar'â¦Cameron has it."
Now, I know Cameron and he is a really strange guy. I saw a lot of the filming of "T-2", and I talked to Cameron a lot. Let me tell you, Cameron is really loopy, he thinks all of the stuff he makes movies about is true. He once said, "I'm making a film about the truth." According to Austin, Cameron had had "Avatar" for a while, but he, "couldn't find the right actors for it."
Keep in mind, this "Avatar" thing isn't a heaven versus hell kind of thing, there are layers of heavens, like onions. Now, I used to go on avatar hunts with students, and sometimes we wouldn't find them, and sometimes we would. One time, we went to the Martini Bar on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena and we found two female avatars. I swear, their eyes glowed. They looked like they had dropped out of heaven ten minutes ago. We talked to them for a while w
Tomatoes are the bulk of any good pasta sauce,
I know I'm picking up on the wrong part of your post, but that is so wrong. The best pasta sauces are definitely not tomato-based, let alone "any good".
Why does it matter? If you are buying games on Steam and wanting to be able to play them after Valve theoretically goes under, you're essentially placing a bet on whether or not Valve keeps their word. You don't have to know they won't keep it, you just have to doubt enough to be uncomfortable with the purchase, which many people are.
You would have a point if it were a new character (though I bet somebody still would have called racism), but they're using an established character from the series, just like they did with RE4.
Yeah, now I can travel on that Greyhound bus next weekend without me having to worry about some idiot smoking and triggering my asthma. This bill may be total crap, but it's good to know that I have to thank Utah for something now.
Note that he said that a low UID means you've been around longer, not that having a high UID necessarily means you haven't been around longer. Of course, there's that guy running around with a bought UID invalidating that, too, but it still pretty much olds.
Oh, don't think I'm disagreeing with you in any way, but the fact is that the original point holds: cameras on every street corner can potentially increase crime rates simply because it means more are known, even if more aren't being committed. Believe me, I am *very* against the cameras, and it's one reason I plan to never head over to England (and, I guess, Chicago).
It's still against the law. By definition, crime only has to be punishable by law, not actually noticed or punished. So, running a red light/stop sign, jaywalking, copyright infringement, drug use... all crimes (in certain jurisdictions, all of the above should be covered every where in the US, but I'm not the expert on American law by any means), all potentially doable without anyone else noticing.
Yes, but since we're talking about reported crime rates, that simply doesn't work. If I commit a crime and NOBODY notices, it obviously can't be part of the reported crime rate. Thus, the question is whether the crime rate is as reported by the police, or as reported by citizens. I'd assume the former, but I'd also assume a policeless area wouldn't be considered a crime rate of 0, so this doesn't really hold well....
Generally because there is more context to a comment than the other comments in the thread. I have modded the first comment redundant many times, but only when it either served no purpose other than reiterating something from TFS/TFA, or when I've seen the same post, or one nearly identical to it, in several other discussions prior. A few times, when I'm in a foul mood, and the first post, while not even nearly identical to one I've seen before, is just simply not saying anything I haven't heard before, I'll mod it redundant, but I consider that borderline at best. However, in this particular case, the first post doesn't seem to fit under either of my two legitimate criterion, so I don't know what the mods are smoking.
Also, mod me offtopic for being offtopic as well.
Errr... that's not quite correct. Or rather, it is and we can talk about it in terms of infinitesimals, but that's rather unsatisfying and unnecessary when we can still stick with the reals. I mean, we could start talking about epsilon-delta and neighborhoods and talk about it that way, if we want to be all rigorous, but if we step off the rigor a little, and step away from the infinitesimals, and just consider the limit to be "If the function were to be smooth and continuous at this point and its value were defined, said value would be...". Still not quite 1/0 = infinity, but that's good, since it's distinctly untrue.
I hope you're not using that as an excuse not to watch it! If you're not interested, that's one thing, but there are a lot of interested people that I've had to convince to actually watch it because they're afraid of it getting cancelled. Self-fulfilling prophecy, much? At least it looks like Fox is caring about this one, because they've done a pretty good amount of promotion for this, even if they did put it in the Friday night death slot. Here's to hoping!
It is interesting to note that the original Fallout games both had Bloody Mess as a "trait" (similar to perks except they could only be selected at character creation and you get to choose up to 3 out of maybe a dozen choices). It differed from Fallout 3 in that it was purely the cosmetic effect, not the extra damage that Fallout 3's perk allowed. However, a lot of work was put into making the original Bloody Mess more... if not realistic, then at least sensical, than Fallout 3's, and it included many unique effects (unique to injury types, that is). This trait is/was easily the most popular trait in the games. When asked about it, however, few people say that they select it for the added violence, while many will say that it's interesting because of the creativity involved, seeing all of the different ways the devs made it work.
While I certainly and severely disagree with cliffski on his views on copyright, I would like to note that he is most certainly not a MAFIAA shill, but he is a content creator. Specifically, he makes indie games, mostly of a simulation sort, DRM-free. They're not my cup of tea, but I do suggest you check them out.
Congratulations for correctly identifying the point of his post!
You're making the assumption that each window counts as an app, which is patently false. I currently have 10 windows open, but they correspond to 3 different apps. Of course, I'm also running something like another 5 apps in the background, but the point remains.