I've listened to the commentary tracks on the first three seasons of the DVD's, and it sounds like people keep trying to inch Zap's hemline up a bit at a time. Luckily for us all, Matt Groening and David Cohen have taken a pretty firm stand on the issue. That otufit is already as Zaptastic as it should ever be.
By the way, I love that line. It's funny and dead on. Except he'd probably be willing to traumitize 'the ladies'...
The only problem with the Hopi notions of history is the same one that I have with the Australian Aboriginal notions. Both say they are the original race of human beings from which all others descended. Well, literally they both say they were created in the spot on earth where they have dwelled historically.
The 'created' thing is the problem I have with these. There is and can be no more evidecne for this 'creation' than there is for Biblical creation. There is scientific evidence that contradicts the theories of original creation, but since it's politically incorrect to contradict native wisdom, they are usually downplayed.
Perhaps the Hopi are the original inhabitants of North America, but they got there from somewhere else. I also find it unlikely that they would choose to settle in the area that is now the desert southwest when the rest of North and South america was free of other humans to interefere with their choice of places to settle. While in the past the areas that are now deserts were somewhat more temeprate, they were never as nice a place to live as many others in the span of human history. So it seems to me the only rational reason any huamn tribe would choose to settle such a place would be population pressure (or other pressures exerted on them by other humans).
But I'm always filling to hear evidence - I firmly believe in the scientific method, and am willing to overthrow any theory in which I currently believe if I can be shown objective proof that other theories are better.
I feel kind of ambivielent about this. I mean, I believe Sony has the right to control their intellectual property. The development of the basic engine and graphics that run the game is all theirs.
But on the other hand, like any other work of art like a book, or movie, or song (or whatever...obviously 'art' here is a very relative phrase), once the artists puts it out into the public, it's kind of stupid not to expect some members of the auidence to take things from it and run with them. Speculative Fiction writers have been doing this to each other since the down of SF. And it's only made the fields stronger over all.
It's very hard to advance if we aren't allowed to stand on the shoulders of the giants around us. This is just another of the far-too-many examples of this kind of thing that are prevelent in the world today.
Then again, I've recently been meme-infected by Cory Doctorow, so maybe I'm not an unbiased person any longer...
I missed out on Manic mansion - although I'm thinking now I should see if I can dig it up somewhere - But I thought 'Sam and Max" was one of the funniest things I'd ever seen for many years.
We need more absurdist cartoon humor in video games today!
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I've listened to the commentary tracks on the first three seasons of the DVD's, and it sounds like people keep trying to inch Zap's hemline up a bit at a time. Luckily for us all, Matt Groening and David Cohen have taken a pretty firm stand on the issue. That otufit is already as Zaptastic as it should ever be. By the way, I love that line. It's funny and dead on. Except he'd probably be willing to traumitize 'the ladies'...
The only problem with the Hopi notions of history is the same one that I have with the Australian Aboriginal notions. Both say they are the original race of human beings from which all others descended. Well, literally they both say they were created in the spot on earth where they have dwelled historically. The 'created' thing is the problem I have with these. There is and can be no more evidecne for this 'creation' than there is for Biblical creation. There is scientific evidence that contradicts the theories of original creation, but since it's politically incorrect to contradict native wisdom, they are usually downplayed. Perhaps the Hopi are the original inhabitants of North America, but they got there from somewhere else. I also find it unlikely that they would choose to settle in the area that is now the desert southwest when the rest of North and South america was free of other humans to interefere with their choice of places to settle. While in the past the areas that are now deserts were somewhat more temeprate, they were never as nice a place to live as many others in the span of human history. So it seems to me the only rational reason any huamn tribe would choose to settle such a place would be population pressure (or other pressures exerted on them by other humans). But I'm always filling to hear evidence - I firmly believe in the scientific method, and am willing to overthrow any theory in which I currently believe if I can be shown objective proof that other theories are better.
I feel kind of ambivielent about this. I mean, I believe Sony has the right to control their intellectual property. The development of the basic engine and graphics that run the game is all theirs. But on the other hand, like any other work of art like a book, or movie, or song (or whatever...obviously 'art' here is a very relative phrase), once the artists puts it out into the public, it's kind of stupid not to expect some members of the auidence to take things from it and run with them. Speculative Fiction writers have been doing this to each other since the down of SF. And it's only made the fields stronger over all. It's very hard to advance if we aren't allowed to stand on the shoulders of the giants around us. This is just another of the far-too-many examples of this kind of thing that are prevelent in the world today. Then again, I've recently been meme-infected by Cory Doctorow, so maybe I'm not an unbiased person any longer...
I missed out on Manic mansion - although I'm thinking now I should see if I can dig it up somewhere - But I thought 'Sam and Max" was one of the funniest things I'd ever seen for many years. We need more absurdist cartoon humor in video games today!