DrCrowTStarwars

Yeah now my only run in with critics has only been in the form of fan fiction but still not all reviews or PMs I have gotten have been polite, positive, or even nice but I just let those roll off of my back.  I also still try to understand the negative reviews and some of them have been a big help in making me a better writer so I don't see anything wrong with negative reviews and even find them helpful in some cases.  Also I don't hate all of Kevin Smith's films(I kind of like Jay and Silent bob strike back and from what I can tell a lot of people hate that one)so it's not that I am looking for a reason to hate the guy and I really liked Clerks the animated series.  It's just I guess it always strikes me as bad form when someone who is paid millions of dollars to produce something that people have to pay money to see responses negatively to critics.

Even if you don't agree with the critics, you put out art in public and one of the big points of producing art is to give people something to talk about IMO, so I don't see why when you are being paid more for one project then most people make in a life time you can't just let what the critics say roll off your back.  Even if they are rude why not be the bigger man.  If you complain too loudly it sounds like you think you are entitled to people's money and you think they should just shut up and pay to see what you made and that they don't have the right to say afterwords if they thought it was good or not.

If debating the merits of a piece of art is out of line then what is the point of art, if all we can do is pay to see it and then talk about how great it was?  Wouldn't that get dull after a while?

As for his fans maybe it is just something I have been through but my brother and his friends are big Kevin Smith fans so it seems like I can't go two days hearing about him, but that may just be me.

Still I think Hollywood over exposes even the movies I like these days, half the time with all the advanced trailers and marketing that start before the movie even starts shooting I am sick of a new film before it even hits theaters, I think maybe Hollywood would see a better return for their money if they took a less is more approach to marketing.

I find it grating with movies I like so when it comes to movies I don't it really gets on my nerves.

But again maybe this is just my problem and a problem with Hollywood in general and I shouldn't be taking it out on Kevin Smith.

ray_afraid said:

So what? He doesn't go to your homes and force his films on you.
Why should something cease to exist just because it's not your brand of humor or you think the creator is smug?

 Every time I see a bad movie all I can think of is the fact that every year tons of good scripts are rejected to make room for movies like this.  Not to mention that avoiding a bad movie is really hard when Hollywood places a dozen ads for the thing in our faces on ever street corner then days.  Not to mention with Kevin Smith his fans tend to force you to listen to them quote the movies over and over again.  So between pushy marketing and a fan base that will force me to spend the rest of my life watching them reinact the movies I am not allowed to just avoid them so I think I have every right not to want to see any more made.

Everyone has film series or works of a director that they would rather not see continue, Kevin Smith is one of mine.

TheBoost said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

So where does eating a gangster in his own swimming pool fall on the list?

 In the top 20.

#2. 

 Manimal!

The only network Tv hero that makes Jack from 24 look soft on terrorist and crime.

Possessed said:

Why?

 Have you seen his recent movies?

That and he comes off as a jerk who is completely full of himself.

So where does eating a gangster in his own swimming pool fall on the list?

There are some good ones here that I had completely forgotten about.  Hot Shots and Gremlins are two sequels that are as good as the originals in there on way if you ask me.

Sadly I found Airplane 2 to be dull except for Shatner's bit.

Ghostbusters 2 just felt like a depressing retread of the first film that undid the happy ending of that one.  I really don't want my comedies to depress me and that is what the opening of Ghostbusters 2 does every time I watch it so I just avoid it these days.

TV's Frink said:

Thank you for sharing.

 Well you are welcome.

I find that hearing from other people with autism about how they deal with it and that they have the same kind of thoughts that seem crazy to other people really helps.

Two of my shrinks have told me that they think the autism is what is behind my spelling mistakes.  You see I work best with things that have set rules like math and baking, but with spelling my brain tries to spell out the words by the rules I know and the way the words are said out loud.  The trouble is there is no standard set of rules that controls when the spelling of words changes from that pattern in English, so I just get confused no matter how many times I see or type the word.  It's why I have an easier time with Latin then I do with English, Latin is just much more logical in my mind.

Well I hope this helped and I am glad your daughter is getting help at an early age.

darth_ender said:

Well, I can see that.  On the other hand, I feel like there has kind of been an increase in sensitivity already towards those with difficulties, even just emotional struggles from the thread I already started for instance.  Sure, there will be jerks, but I think others would come to their defense.  I guess there would have to be the understanding that some jerks might bully, but if you want to seek support, you may choose to divulge your struggles.

 Yeah I am careful with what information I give out but I have found I do have an easier time getting along with people when I explain that I am autistic and how my brain works.  At first when I found out about it I spent a few years trying to hide it, but now I don't care who knows.

I don't go out of my way to tell people but if it comes up naturally then I have no problem with telling people.

TV's Frink said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Yeah that is what I need to take meds for and why I can't drive a car.

It's also why I have trouble making myself understood and get really upset some times.

This article really does a good job of outlining what it is like.

As someone who has been told a few times I am "lucky" to be autistic because it makes me really smart and keeps my feelings from getting hurt, I like this article.

 My daughter is an aspie.  She's only seven, so we (and she) haven't had to deal with issues that you have to deal with, but they're coming....

What do the meds do for you?  And what challenges do you have in driving?  Is it sensory, or something else?

 Well glad she is getting help.

One of the things I take meds for is the fact that I just have trouble breaking focus and moving on to the next thing if I don't think i have done it perfectly.  I am also prone to panic attacks and I started having major mood swings when I was around 15.  The driving thing has to do with two things,  one I tend to get tunnel vision and only be able to focus on one thing when doing something like driving a car.  Two and this is related I have a hard time doing more then one thing at a time with my body.  I can just about do two different things at once with my hands and get by playing video games but if I have to use my feet, hands, and pay attention to the road all at once I just can't do it no matter what meds I am on.  I am going on 30 now and I have been trying two to six times a year since i was sixteen to drive a car but every time I try I end up freezing up and unable to control the car.

I really hope your daughter doesn't have to deal with any of these problems.

Take care.

Danfun128 said:

For some of you this may come as a shock, others might have guessed this and will be thinking "I KNEW IT!" when they hear this, and other still might think I'm lying to excuse my more outrageous behavior, but what I am about to say is true.

I also have autism. I have been diagnosed with autism at an early age. I find it very difficult to make friends in real life, am an adult picky eater, get overwhelmed by certain sensory input (certain noises, like one persons voice or people clapping their hands to a song with loud speaker going off, hurt my ears or drive me nuts), get really attached to certain interests and take a strong interest in learning about them, etc. Occasionally, change bothers me as well. If its a change that I know in advance, like school delays or spring break, the change won't bother me. If it happens suddenly, I have trouble handling it.

Like DrCrow, I have trouble communicating at times. By that I don't mean that I can't talk, but I do have trouble explaining myself. Sometimes I feel like this is my biggest weakness. On the other side of the coin, sometimes I can't tell if people are being serious or sarcastic, which may make me easier to fool than other people if I am not knowledgeable about a thing. Ironically, sometimes I worry that in an emergency, I will refuse to do something unless I know why I should do it, like I'm worried that I would make the wrong decision because I never got the chance to think about what I am going to do.

As you have probably guessed, my life has been a struggle. I had to have occupational and physical therapy when I was 6 or 7, and unlike many other kids, never spoke much before then. I was constantly bullied for my behavior, especially in daycare (which to this day I hate with a passion don't like thinking about). Despite all the negative experiences in my life, I have tried to at least have one. As I slowly get mature each year, I hope one day to control angry impulses so I can drive (well that and not always being aware of my surroundings; not even having a permit at my age is embarrassing, admittedly.), along with learning how to be more active in social interaction. For now, I wait.....

edit: Frink, I didn't see your post until after I posted mine. I didn't know you were a father, let alone a father of a child with aspergers. I hope she is doing well.

 I think you just described me to a tea, but I wasn't diagnosed until I was 20, so i went through a good portion of my life having no idea why I was different with most adults just thinking I was a trouble maker who refused to make friends.

I can relate to the sound thing, my dad has a huge collection of heavy metal music and while I can listen to other things loud for some reason when he turns that up too loud I can't focus and and I start having panic attacks.  I have no idea why since I went to a Weird Al concert and was fine and I can watch action movies with the sound turned up. I have no idea why this one thing sets me off.

Also for some reason i just can't stand stories where there is a really sad ending.  It has always tied up my insides and I have no idea why.  I am not just talking about movies or Tv shows where someone dies, that I can take if there is a reason for it but seeing characters end up sad and depressed or seeing things end without closure just really upsets me so I have had to learn to stop watching certain things when that starts to happen.  I used to think this had nothing to do with my Autism but I have talked to other people with it who have the same problem so i think it may have something to do with that as well.  I think it is why I just couldn't let the Mass Effect 3 ending go after everyone else stopped caring.

Well any way it's just great to talk to some people and see an article written by people who really get what it is like to have autism in the real world.

Yeah that is what I need to take meds for and why I can't drive a car.

It's also why I have trouble making myself understood and get really upset some times.

This article really does a good job of outlining what it is like.

As someone who has been told a few times I am "lucky" to be autistic because it makes me really smart and keeps my feelings from getting hurt, I like this article.

As someone who has had run ins with people who think I have a super power because of the way the media portrays people with autism and has a hard time communicating with people I have to say I really like this article.

http://www.cracked.com/article_21962_6-strange-truths-about-life-with-autism.html

As someone who has had run ins with people who think I have a super power because of the way the media portrays people with autism and has a hard time communicating with people I have to say I really like this article.

http://www.cracked.com/article_21962_6-strange-truths-about-life-with-autism.html

Good night, she looks like a member of the human race!

Most people look before they have a bunch of plastic added to their bodies or they colour their hair or put a wig on IMO.

Ryan McAvoy said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

there were a couple of used ones on Ebay but they were pricey and since I no longer have a bank account I can't use paypal 

As I thought you'd be able to find one but without the ability to pay for it...???

DrCrowTStarwars said:

I just can't fix the spacebar and I think it will be dead soon:(

Have you tried popping the spacebar off, clean it up carefully and popping it back on?

TV's Frink said:

Wait, what?

Can I upgrade that to a WTF?!?! for you.

 Yeah but it doesn't seem to want to come off.

I will give it another shot, but I am not hopeful, it's really stuck on there.

Well I have my Windows 7 DvD which is a stand alone copy premium, and my hard drive is not partitioned and I do have my product key.

The google search above has helped. 

I was using the words "clean" and "new" in the searches I did and I guess that was throwing off my results.

Thanks.

I am asking an honest question that isn't smartass in any way because I was just thinking and I can't think of a sequel to a comedy film that I ever really thought was good.

For every other type of film there are sequels that I like but for some strange reason not comedies.

They either feel like complete retreads of the original, or they seem to miss what made the first film so funny and why I love it.

Please not I am talking about direct sequels, not films that happen to have the same cast and director but tell a different story about different characters.  lots of comedy teams seem to be able to team up over and over again and make funny movies, but for some reason when they team up to produce a sequel it always seems to fail.

Maybe I am just missing them but I can't think of any good comedy sequels off of the top of my head.  Are there any out there that I have missed?

Well it looks like the company that made it stopped making keyboards and now just makes power supplies and computer cases so I can't get it from them and there were a couple of used ones on Ebay but they were pricey and since I no longer have a bank account I can't use paypal any more and amazon Marketplace doesn't have a single one of them for sale.

Too bad, I really loved this keyboard but I just can't fix the spacebar and I think it will be dead soon:(

I know this is a stupid question and I have done this before but it was so long ago I completely forget how.

I need to wipe my hard drive and do a completely fresh install of Windows 7 but I can't remember how to do that.

I tried asking microsoft but they will only tell me how to create a partition on my hard drive and install Windows 7 a second time and that is not what I need to do.

To fix this problem it looks like I need a completely fresh install.

Sorry this is such a stupid question and thank you for your help and time.

I have looked all over the web and it doesn't look like anyone makes my keyboard any more:(

That is too bad because it just felt so perfect under my hands, even after hours of typing.  It was the most perfect keyboard I have ever used and the only one that never made my hands feel sore after using it for long periods of time.

Why can't the products I like ever stay on the market?

Like no salt BBQ chips, whatever happened to them?

That show is still on?  it started when I was a kid.

I don't want to see the Simpsons end.  it has reached a point where it may not be as good as it was but it has become a show that I can always count on to make me laugh and it has become such a part of the culture that I will be sad to see it go when it does end.

Well they tried ripping off Twin Peaks once with David Tenant and it died, I think this will go over about as well.

Does anyone think of MNS as anything other then a joke at this point?  How does this guy keep getting work when everything he makes bombs?

http://blip.tv/at4w/at4w-the-star-wars-1-7167952

I MUST OWN THIS AT SOME POINT!

Also is it just me or with a few rewrites and name changes could this story have worked as the story for the prequels.

I am not kidding.

It feels like a lower tech yet somehow a little grander and more conflict version of the Star Wars universe we know, I understand why the characters are fighting and what they are fighting about, and it makes the fall of the Jedi look like something that happened slowly over time instead of over night, and I understand why the people of the galaxy went along with it and trusted the emperor. 

Also I could totally buy Anikan letting the hatred and grief fester within him as the story plays out if one of the first things that happened when we met him was that his little brother was brutally murdered in a completely senseless fashion.  Honestly, I mean the Sith didn't need to kill the kid and that battle didn't need to happen.  If there had not been a war then his little brother would still be alive.  I could see Anikin slowly getting more and more bitter as the war dragged on year after year and as he saw more senseless killing(and maybe a scene where a Jedi lost his cool in the heat of battle and killed some people senselessly)he would slowly decide that what the galaxy needed was order more then freedom to stop the bloodshed and thus he falls to the dark side.

Heck the scene of him killing children would then feel like it belonged in the first movie.  He got involved because a child was murdered in the first movie and then in the third movie after he gets in the Darth Vader suit the first thing he does he murder a bunch of children who are holding up in the Jedi temple.  His tragedy would be complete as he became the very think he hated and it would explain why he thinks he can't be saved in Return of the Jedi. After that the good Luke feels in him tells him what a monster he is so he gives up on trying to fight the darkness in his own soul.

You know what that is it!

In my head cannon that is what happened in the prequels.

Still it does make you wonder.  They say in a few hundred years the human race will be so interbred that current racial differences will not exist, so who knows something like that could happen.

In other news it looks like I am going to have to replace my current keyboard.  It is the most comfortable I have ever used but I have done so much typing on it in the past year that the space bar is almost completely shot and I have tried everything to repair it but nothing has worked.

Too bad:(

DuracellEnergizer said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Wait, she was considered attractive at one point?  I guess I never paid much attention to her because I thought she went straight from looking like a little girl to someone who had done way too many drugs and is in danger of starving to death. 

Shows what I know.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't find teenage girls attractive. I did when I was a teenager, so why wouldn't I now?

That being said, I'm not going to jump in bed with one; even if there weren't statutory rape laws to deal with, few teenage girls have enough taste and intellect to engage me beyond a physical level -- most are idiots, to put it bluntly. 

 Well I did when I was a teenager but once I reached my 20s they just didn't do anything for me.  Also now my little sister is a teenager so that ads another level of creepy to it.

Honestly I never knew MS was supposed to be good looking.  To me she was just that kid from that Disney show who then went nuts, I just assumed everyone else saw her that way as well.