One suggestion is to go looking for the original "God Loves, Man Kills" X-Men graphic novel. It's from the 1982, and the storyline is fantastic and puts a lot of the more recent stuff to shame. As well, I have heard from friends that the main villian has been reworked to appear in the X2 movie (Stryker).
I believe Marvel has just reprinted the story in normal comic book form as well.
When you see 50-60 year old films still rated in the top 50 you have to concede that they've got some genuine enduring quality, but some of the more recent ones probably won't even be remembered a decade from now.
The other problem is that some movies that were considered "great" 50 years ago, really aren't that good when you look at them today. However, we've been brow-beaten by "critics" and "film historians" into accepting that these films are "masterpieces".
For example: "Citizen Kane" is quite often cited as the best (or one of the best) movies ever made. What made it so great was that it was original in so many ways (filming, plotting, style). In 1941, it WAS the greatest movie ever made (ignoring the Oscars shortsightedness). However, if the same film was made in 2002, it would be considered a good film, but definitely not the greatest. However, it's "greatness" has been passed down through generations of critics and has become almost mythical in its stature: "Sure that's a good movie, but it's no 'Citizen Kane!'"
Hopefully, my Xmas present will arrive today at around 3pm.
My sweetie has been at work (nurse at a senior's home) since 6:30am today. I just hope she gets home safely.
In the end, that is a far better Xmas present than anything anyone can give me.
For the record, twins are much more similar to each other than a clone would be to it's original.
A potential clone would only have the 1/2 the base material to work with, but the egg, womb, environment and time period would be different.
A twin comes from the same egg, the same sperm, the same womb, the same environment and the same time period. It is as close to being a hollywood-sci-fi clone as you can get.
So if you are worried about "duplicates" and "lack of genetic advancement of the species", I think you better run in fear of the Barbie twins instead of Joe Clone.
They didn't try to PATENT the sound. They tried to TRADEMARK the sound of the engine. And you sure as heck can get a trademark on a specific sound (MGM and the lion roar, NBC and the ding-DING-ding chime). However H-D withdrew their trademark request before it was decided.
Go here for more information.
What's unfair? Unlimited means unlimited. If you go to a restaurant that advertises unlimited buffet dinner for a certain price, and you keep going back for seconds, and the manager finally kicks you out, do you defend the manager because they were "losing out unfairly"?
If I remember correctly, a precedent was set in the case Simpson vs. The Frying Dutchman. The court ruled in favour of the plaintiff. As part of the settlement, a Mr. H.J. Simpson was granted unlimited access to the premise's food, but was forced to act as an attraction and eat in front of a glass window.
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What is the craziest merchandising idea that you have (or a company has) come up with, regarding your PA characters? Plush dolls? Pez dispensers?
One suggestion is to go looking for the original "God Loves, Man Kills" X-Men graphic novel. It's from the 1982, and the storyline is fantastic and puts a lot of the more recent stuff to shame. As well, I have heard from friends that the main villian has been reworked to appear in the X2 movie (Stryker).
I believe Marvel has just reprinted the story in normal comic book form as well.
Gabe talks about using a Tablet PC to produce his comics.
For an example of a sketch made on it, go here
It's been quite obvious for years that there has been an increasing trend for larger cup sizes.
I mean, we've gone from Twiggy, to Cindy Crawford to Britney Spears.
Oh, you mean COFFEE cup sizes.
Nevermind.
Here is the article by Roger Ebert about why he isn't a fan of digital projectors.
And to be fair, here is the response from a film maker in British Columbia.
The funny part is that she's "heavily modified" too!
The other problem is that some movies that were considered "great" 50 years ago, really aren't that good when you look at them today. However, we've been brow-beaten by "critics" and "film historians" into accepting that these films are "masterpieces".
For example: "Citizen Kane" is quite often cited as the best (or one of the best) movies ever made. What made it so great was that it was original in so many ways (filming, plotting, style). In 1941, it WAS the greatest movie ever made (ignoring the Oscars shortsightedness). However, if the same film was made in 2002, it would be considered a good film, but definitely not the greatest. However, it's "greatness" has been passed down through generations of critics and has become almost mythical in its stature: "Sure that's a good movie, but it's no 'Citizen Kane!'"
Personally, I enjoy "Citizen Kane" and think it is one of the better movies I've seen (top 20 probably), but I believe that "The Godfather", "The Godfather : Part II" and "Schindler's List" are much better films.
Hopefully, my Xmas present will arrive today at around 3pm.
My sweetie has been at work (nurse at a senior's home) since 6:30am today. I just hope she gets home safely.
In the end, that is a far better Xmas present than anything anyone can give me.
- wear coloured sun glasses
- sparkly dust on my face
- a hat
- shiny, colourful clothes
Yah, that'll keep me from being spotted for sure.Imagine a bookshop not letting you buy their books until you'd completed a literature degree. Do you think people would go to another store?
Actually, the proper analogy would be:
Imagine a bookshop not letting you buy their books until you've figured out how to use the revolving door to get in.
Seems fair to me.
For the record, twins are much more similar to each other than a clone would be to it's original.
A potential clone would only have the 1/2 the base material to work with, but the egg, womb, environment and time period would be different.
A twin comes from the same egg, the same sperm, the same womb, the same environment and the same time period. It is as close to being a hollywood-sci-fi clone as you can get.
So if you are worried about "duplicates" and "lack of genetic advancement of the species", I think you better run in fear of the Barbie twins instead of Joe Clone.
They didn't try to PATENT the sound. They tried to TRADEMARK the sound of the engine. And you sure as heck can get a trademark on a specific sound (MGM and the lion roar, NBC and the ding-DING-ding chime). However H-D withdrew their trademark request before it was decided.
Go here for more information.
What's unfair? Unlimited means unlimited. If you go to a restaurant that advertises unlimited buffet dinner for a certain price, and you keep going back for seconds, and the manager finally kicks you out, do you defend the manager because they were "losing out unfairly"?
If I remember correctly, a precedent was set in the case Simpson vs. The Frying Dutchman. The court ruled in favour of the plaintiff. As part of the settlement, a Mr. H.J. Simpson was granted unlimited access to the premise's food, but was forced to act as an attraction and eat in front of a glass window. Grum