Cons aren't really my thing, but if anyone's interested in getting a group of us to meet up someplace nearby for a drink or something that would be cool.
Hey Fiery Editor,
Wondering if you've made any progress on this. It certainly sounded promising from your description.
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As a nonpracticing, cultural Catholic, I'm under the impression that the official stance of the church actually encourages a reading of the Old Testament allegorically rather than literally; at least, that's what I've learned at my more liberal-leaning religious courses I've taken at a Catholic university.
I'm glad to see Pope Francis reaffirming this, though. Problem with such a large institution, religious or not, is that not everyone's always in the loop about these sorts of things. I imagine there are plenty of Catholics who mistakenly believe in full-on Creationism.
Add me to the list that prefers the look of Hunchback as seen on WOWOW. Something about the BR just seems dull to me, and it's not just the lack of grain. Can't say the same for the DVD, though; the DVD seems like it's riddled with edge enhancement.
Wow, I think Lady & the Tramp might look the worst out of all Disney's reduxes of their older films. Honest to goodness looks like a different film.
^It's the aspect ratio the original trilogy is filmed in. In a situation like this, it's probably better as there's more information on the sides. You don't lose anything on top/bottom if it's been pan-and-scanned for 16:9, which if there's a different aspect ratio, is probably what happened.
RicOlie, if I didn't know you were a "hate the sin, love the sinner" type, I'd actually agree with you. When I was a kid I never understood why people thought it was silly that I liked rainbows -- why not like all the colors together? However I have the sneaking suspicion that you only care because it's a gay issue.
That's pretty silly that someone thought that was a political statement from a kindergardener, though.
The people who think this early renewal is silly obviously haven't been watching the Marvel movies ;) same business model, different medium. While I question its validity on the whole -- kind of cheapens the movies especially, and makes me feel like I'm paying for a part rather than a whole and being suckered -- I'm not complaining if it gives me more Star Wars!
Going to watch the premiere soon and give my (abbreviated) thoughts.
^I was going to suggest this myself. I know they have 122 or so episodes of Blue Water DragonBall... though that stinks even worse than GT can.
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To clarify my comments from the other thread: when I said too warm, I was referring to the shot of the billboard -- not the office. That may be directly related to your wonder if it's too bright, though.
I certainly like the shot from your potential regrade of Tyrell's office, but for me this all seems too warm. The grays seem more likely to be a correct hue than the general blue look of the model shots, but again, it's too yellow. I think, if there is a problem with the BR release, then the correct timing likely lies within a balance of the two.
Well, I mean, the idea is that she's exploring the problem of women in gaming. That's great. Frankly I think there really is a problem. The issue is, she's doing things like Ms. Male for instance. OK, Ms Pac-Man is a female version of her male counterpart. So what? That was Namco/Midway modifying a HACK of that game to fit the Pac-Man license. I think what she means by that is that these are very basic tropes Sarkeesian is exploring and that she could probably be looking at less overt instances of sexism and actually challenging her viewers.
lmao, who would ever advertise the 2600's copy of pac-man as a good arcade port?
darklordoftech said:
ray_afraid said: the galaxy at large believes they never existed.
Han and Motti claim that The Force never existed, but never do they claim that the Jedi never existed.
Most people today don't believe in Zeus, but they don't deny that the Greeks existed.
Petition to add all the HotRod nonsense to this thread.
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Been playing FFVII for the first time seriously. I'm enjoying it; it usually takes a lot for an RPG to sustain my attention and, so far, it's doing its job. Of course, this being 2014, I know most of the plot details -- but there's nothing wrong with being taken along for the ride.
Cloud is a much more dynamic character than all the spin-offs and fans would have you believe. Especially Advent Children. Screw that movie.
Stinky's a fucking institution, man. Banning him would be like banning Frink, only worse.
TheBoost said:
I'm tangentially following the #Gamergate crap on the net right now.
I dont say anything, but I'm going to explode if I don't let off some steam.
The logical fallacy commonly called CHERRY PICKING does <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> mean simply selecting data that proves your point. Saying "I got death threats, look at all these horrible death threats" is NOT cherry picking.
Cherry Picking means to selecting data that proves your point and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">ignoring data, usually a lot of data, that is contradictory.</span> The claim of cherry picking doesn't even make sense rhetorically.
The statement "Threats of violence and rape are the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">only</span> messages on twitter" would be a claim that would be supported by a cherry picking tactic.
Watching these assholes, I'm less upset by them being assholes, and more upset by their abuse of academic language.
The Feminist Frequency lady uses extremely academic style language 90% of the time, but the dudes who try to tear her down try to use it, and it's like a monkey trying to build a rocketship after looking at a drawing of one. There might be certain similarities, but it doesn't fly.
It was a referendum. I like the idea of a direct decision by the people, but I don't consider this a real vote since they had yet to establish any guidelines as to what an independent Scotland really means. That would be like voting to decriminalize medical marijuana on a federal level without setting up a new standard that each state would have to abide by when giving prescriptions.
The real problem is, now that this has been put to a vote, the people that wouldn't have cared before do. And, as a result, the minority has now become a much larger voice -- hence the pretty damn close vote. They're now officially marginalized in a way they weren't before. Should've put it to a real vote and set some damn guidelines as to what independence would mean before this referendum.
That said, obligatory Simpsons jokes.
Also, this
DuracellEnergizer said:
I like TDKR as an alternate universe story about an aged Earth-One Batman who gets a little mean in his later years. As an influence on the mainstream comics or films, though? I can't stand it.
blah blah blah.
You're probably the kind of person who complained about how in The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger's Joker clearly wearing make-up - rather than, say, like in the comics where his skin was bleached by acid. Granted, if you look back a few years here, so was I. But losing all interest because of guns on the batmobile? Yeesh. As was said above, both the '89 film and the Tumbler featured in the Nolan films had them too. Maybe not as front-and-center, but they were there.
I both agree with SilverWook and Duracell. The movie's a product of its times, nobody took critical discussion on these subjects seriously back then - neither in the fifties, nor the seventies (by comparison to today, at least.)
At the same time, I'd question anyone's grasp on reality if they took that movie seriously enough to follow Sandy's ultimate decision.