The timing of this reissue is funny to me. I recently went back and reread some of the original cyberpunk novels, ie Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson and Neouromancer by William Gibson. Neither novel lost any ot their relevance as far as the internet/computer outlook. The technology is different, but the ideas are the same.
I hated the director's cut of Blade Runner. I thought the original vision with the whole film noir thing was great. Without the voice over that feeling was lost. I hope that the new release will have both versions. People around here can piss and moan about which was better, but I think that the play to film noir was really cool. I have not seen the theater version since it was in the theater, but I do remember it having a big influence on me.
Your arguments are exactly the reason that the "small inventor" needs a good lawyer. Lawyers are experts at dealing with contracts - hell they all took a class in law school called contracts. One of the problems with copyright law is that too many business and non-legal types try to practice law.
The best science safety quote of all times has to be from Ghostbusters:
"Crossing the streams is bad."
"You know, I am little fuzz on the whole good - bad thing."
"Imagine all the atoms in the universe flying apart at the speed of light."
"Okay, thats bad. Important safety tip."
The only real scientist that I have ever seen in a movie is Dr. Arroway in Contact. She is good with numbers - remember the scece where they first hear the prime number code. She also is good with technology. Those are the two critria that my profs in college always said were the hallmarks of a good scientist. The ability to see complex patterns, measure acurately, and adapt tools are really what scientists do.
I hate Hollywood's protrail of scientists in movies. They always make it much to sexy. Really all they are good at is taking good books, comics included, and messing them up. To quote my favorite literary character Holden Caufield, "I hate the movies, don't even get me started." Wonder why there is no movie of that book...
At least when we torture people nobody gets their head chopped off and the video of the incident shown on MSNBC or Fox news(the American equivalent of Al Jazer).
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The timing of this reissue is funny to me. I recently went back and reread some of the original cyberpunk novels, ie Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson and Neouromancer by William Gibson. Neither novel lost any ot their relevance as far as the internet/computer outlook. The technology is different, but the ideas are the same. I hated the director's cut of Blade Runner. I thought the original vision with the whole film noir thing was great. Without the voice over that feeling was lost. I hope that the new release will have both versions. People around here can piss and moan about which was better, but I think that the play to film noir was really cool. I have not seen the theater version since it was in the theater, but I do remember it having a big influence on me.
Your arguments are exactly the reason that the "small inventor" needs a good lawyer. Lawyers are experts at dealing with contracts - hell they all took a class in law school called contracts. One of the problems with copyright law is that too many business and non-legal types try to practice law.
The best science safety quote of all times has to be from Ghostbusters: "Crossing the streams is bad." "You know, I am little fuzz on the whole good - bad thing." "Imagine all the atoms in the universe flying apart at the speed of light." "Okay, thats bad. Important safety tip." The only real scientist that I have ever seen in a movie is Dr. Arroway in Contact. She is good with numbers - remember the scece where they first hear the prime number code. She also is good with technology. Those are the two critria that my profs in college always said were the hallmarks of a good scientist. The ability to see complex patterns, measure acurately, and adapt tools are really what scientists do. I hate Hollywood's protrail of scientists in movies. They always make it much to sexy. Really all they are good at is taking good books, comics included, and messing them up. To quote my favorite literary character Holden Caufield, "I hate the movies, don't even get me started." Wonder why there is no movie of that book...
You get to talk to girls ... wow, I don't know what to say to them unless they are dressed as Counselor Troy at the Star Trek Con.
At least when we torture people nobody gets their head chopped off and the video of the incident shown on MSNBC or Fox news(the American equivalent of Al Jazer).