In the UK, film critic Mark Kermode let a successful campaign to have audiences shout "KERCHING!" at this point when watching the film. More of this kind of thing is required.
Does Mark lead a campaign whenever a movie has characters drinking or using other drugs? Cigarettes are the easy bad to pick. As an ex-smoke, I do admit they are bad and stupid. The attacks on it, though, are disproportionate to the other drugs out there.
Could you take your lips off Google's ass for a second and acknowledge that it shouldn't be the burden of the user to navigate a company's privacy settings just to avoid having their email history revealed to the world?
The user's email history was not exposed. The profile (account name) was.
Why do linux distros not utilize usenet? It would be nice if there were actually linux iso on it so I can actually say that I really do use it to download distros.
I get a better consistant speed on usenet than http or bittorent. More than twice as fast, infact
If you're scheduling an event, you want as many people as you want with you. You don't try to hide it and show up with 20 people. You scream it from the rooftops and end up with a million.
Or you have unions, Opera, and the Huffington Post bus people in...
My phone charges on the bed stand right next to me. I have the phone alarm set at 4:00 AM.
I have the radio alarm clock set at 4:04 AM to blare horrible music at me.
The incentive for me to get up and turn off the radio alarm clock before the horrible music starts playing is greater than my desire for 4 minutes of extra sleep.
I haven't been late since switching to the method.
I think we like to re-write that history to give Straczynski an excuse for the bad writing that plagued season 5 (with the exception of the Centauri War.)
Everything before this I completely disagree with you.
Atlantis and SG-1 were fun and exciting while being reasonably intelligent and very self-aware. Universe is as fun as watching a person slowly age in a nursing home.
If a show is perceived as great by a group of people that see the rest of the networks offerings as "garbage" (and not liked by the people that like the rest of the offerings on the network), then it doesn't, in the end, do as much for a network whose revenue is driven principally by advertising as a show that is somewhat less well-received on its own by which reinforces the rest of the networks lineup
I have read that this was the problem with B5 and Crusade on TNT. It had good ratings but the people that tuned in for these shows changed the channel once they were over and the normal TNT audience changed the channel while these shows were on. It makes it hard for them to sale ads.
But those interesting themes were surrounded by the most boring writing I've ever endured.....And yet the monologue during the fight addressed how a copy of a person isn't the same person, starting from the first diverging experience. A sci-fi theme if I ever heard one. Very mixed feelings about this, hopefully someone will pick up the memes and wrap them in better writing.
This is how I felt about dollhouse. It had very interesting ideas that just never went anywhere. It sounds like Caprica wrestled with the same ideas just as well.
I watched the first season an change episodes of Sanctuary, I really wanted to enjoy it for the same reason you mentioned. The show has so much potential that it just can't seem to reach.
I would argue that the Sarah Connor Chronicles did not have a fixed ending. The movies had already established that the future could be changed and actions from the show undid the events in T3.
The show definitely had a probable ending but there was enough room for hope to keep me glued to my seat every week
caprica didn't work not because BSG alienated its fans but because it was a fundamentally different type of show that seemed to be geared toward a different type of audience.
This is the same problem with Universe. These shows would have worked much better as stand alone shows in a new universe.
You can add a show to an existing universe and then complain that people except a similar style of show. The only reasons to do this are the writers are too lazy to create a new universe (in which case the show is probably doomed) or that they want to leech on to an existing fan base (in which case they should not be surprised when that fan base feels betrayed and leaves.)
If they want to keep the good karma they built, they can advertise it as "from the creators of..." but trying to make it a tie in product while distancing from the original is just cheap.
Can you imagine if Dollhouse was pitched as a prequel to FireFly?
I do this as well. I just watched Eureka because it hit its 4th season and have just received the 1st season of supernatural and will be giving that show a shot.
I went through a 9 season marathon of smallville earlier this year.
Would you apply that to all originations or just cooperations?
Should unions be able to donate money or have protected speech? Should the Tea Party groups be able to do this? Should the huffington post be allowed to donate and bus people to rallies?
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I know what you mean. Forget modern movies - if you want to see a well-made classic, try "Dirty Dancing". Pinnacle of movie making.
You must have missed Step Up 3D.
I don't think we have as many camera's as parts of Europe.
London has 10,000 crime-fighting CCTV cameras which cost £200 million, figures show today.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23412867-tens-of-thousands-of-cctv-cameras-yet-80-of-crime-unsolved.do
I think I prefer surveillance by corporations since I know what their goal is. Government's goals changes every 2 to 4 years in the US.
In the UK, film critic Mark Kermode let a successful campaign to have audiences shout "KERCHING!" at this point when watching the film. More of this kind of thing is required.
Does Mark lead a campaign whenever a movie has characters drinking or using other drugs? Cigarettes are the easy bad to pick. As an ex-smoke, I do admit they are bad and stupid. The attacks on it, though, are disproportionate to the other drugs out there.
Cry me a river, GodfatherofSoul
Could you take your lips off Google's ass for a second and acknowledge that it shouldn't be the burden of the user to navigate a company's privacy settings just to avoid having their email history revealed to the world?
The user's email history was not exposed. The profile (account name) was.
I thought it was a riddle at first :)
Why do linux distros not utilize usenet? It would be nice if there were actually linux iso on it so I can actually say that I really do use it to download distros.
I get a better consistant speed on usenet than http or bittorent. More than twice as fast, infact
I think the whole reason for this story and others like it is to pave the way for the re-counts we all know the democrats are going to demand.
If you're scheduling an event, you want as many people as you want with you. You don't try to hide it and show up with 20 people. You scream it from the rooftops and end up with a million.
Or you have unions, Opera, and the Huffington Post bus people in...
My phone charges on the bed stand right next to me. I have the phone alarm set at 4:00 AM.
I have the radio alarm clock set at 4:04 AM to blare horrible music at me.
The incentive for me to get up and turn off the radio alarm clock before the horrible music starts playing is greater than my desire for 4 minutes of extra sleep.
I haven't been late since switching to the method.
I think we like to re-write that history to give Straczynski an excuse for the bad writing that plagued season 5 (with the exception of the Centauri War.)
...I like the Eli character.
Everything before this I completely disagree with you.
Atlantis and SG-1 were fun and exciting while being reasonably intelligent and very self-aware. Universe is as fun as watching a person slowly age in a nursing home.
Apparently you never really watched/understood BSG. .
Or he gave up after the first 3 season of BSG...
I am sad to read that but I thank you for the information.
That is good to know. I will make sure to sick with it past the 1st season, then, since I do prefer shows with an arc.
Even shows without an arc can be good if they build off the previous shows instead of resetting every week.
If a show is perceived as great by a group of people that see the rest of the networks offerings as "garbage" (and not liked by the people that like the rest of the offerings on the network), then it doesn't, in the end, do as much for a network whose revenue is driven principally by advertising as a show that is somewhat less well-received on its own by which reinforces the rest of the networks lineup
I have read that this was the problem with B5 and Crusade on TNT. It had good ratings but the people that tuned in for these shows changed the channel once they were over and the normal TNT audience changed the channel while these shows were on. It makes it hard for them to sale ads.
But those interesting themes were surrounded by the most boring writing I've ever endured.....And yet the monologue during the fight addressed how a copy of a person isn't the same person, starting from the first diverging experience. A sci-fi theme if I ever heard one. Very mixed feelings about this, hopefully someone will pick up the memes and wrap them in better writing.
This is how I felt about dollhouse. It had very interesting ideas that just never went anywhere. It sounds like Caprica wrestled with the same ideas just as well.
I watched the first season an change episodes of Sanctuary, I really wanted to enjoy it for the same reason you mentioned. The show has so much potential that it just can't seem to reach.
I would argue that the Sarah Connor Chronicles did not have a fixed ending. The movies had already established that the future could be changed and actions from the show undid the events in T3.
The show definitely had a probable ending but there was enough room for hope to keep me glued to my seat every week
The last half of season 2 was simply incredible.
caprica didn't work not because BSG alienated its fans but because it was a fundamentally different type of show that seemed to be geared toward a different type of audience.
This is the same problem with Universe. These shows would have worked much better as stand alone shows in a new universe.
You can add a show to an existing universe and then complain that people except a similar style of show. The only reasons to do this are the writers are too lazy to create a new universe (in which case the show is probably doomed) or that they want to leech on to an existing fan base (in which case they should not be surprised when that fan base feels betrayed and leaves.)
If they want to keep the good karma they built, they can advertise it as "from the creators of ..." but trying to make it a tie in product while distancing from the original is just cheap.
Can you imagine if Dollhouse was pitched as a prequel to FireFly?
I agree with you that the 1st season and 1/2 was incredible. It is why I stuck through it but it really became almost a chore towards the end.
I didn't bother with Capria for the same reasons the gp mentioned.
Here is an interview where he states it wasn't until the 3rd season they decided on the final 5
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/01/final-fifth-cylon-ellen-tigh-battlestar-galactica-dualla-dee-.html
I do this as well. I just watched Eureka because it hit its 4th season and have just received the 1st season of supernatural and will be giving that show a shot.
I went through a 9 season marathon of smallville earlier this year.
Sooner or later you will have to let go.
At least we had a movie for some closure.
Would you apply that to all originations or just cooperations?
Should unions be able to donate money or have protected speech? Should the Tea Party groups be able to do this? Should the huffington post be allowed to donate and bus people to rallies?
Where do you draw the line?
Is it only me who thinks that there is no way a Supreme Judge could be "naive"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Kagan