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silveradeptSo I decided to hop out of the house and go see The Golden Compass today - caught the last matinee show, so I got in cheep. Having read the source material for the movie, I wondered how things were going to turn out. On non-story related matters, the casting was excellent. There were a lot of voices and faces I recognized, or at least said “Heard that one somewhere before”. If the cast can play off each other in the next two movies, it’ll be excellent. There have been a changes from the book, one in the sequence of events that changes how things relate to each other. As with any adaptation, there were gaps in the narrative, but they were pretty well chosen, and so while I knew that there had been some scene-skipping, it didn’t completely detract from the experience or jump over significant events. If you’re worried about some antireligious sentiment in the movie, it’s not there. The villains of that movie could be just about any sort of generic hierarchy-based villains. Mrs. Coulter gave off more of a vibe of the Junior Anti-Sex League rather than anything else, but we’ll give her two more books’ worth of movies to develop as a character.
The one part I really didn’t like was the decision on how reading the alethiometer was sequenced. It was distracting and not at all effective for me to “dive” into the alethiometer and do an effects sequence, when it would have been just as easy to have the clockwork point as it was supposed to and have Lyra rattle off what it means. So not a perfect movie, but an entertaining one, and one that would be suitable for the family. While there is violence, actual gore is reserved for one segment, and it happens fast enough that you may not process it in time to confirm. And the movie ends on a happy segment, with characters all snuggled up, but staring at the later events to come.
Doctor Football struck again. Not even an army made of steel was able to stop Doctor Football’s troops from capturing more territory in their quest. Having skillfully managed his campaign so far, he has isolated and weakened his upcoming opponents, who have already lost several battles on the field. There is always the chance that one of them will summon their courage and skill and defeat Doctor Football, but with each passing week, his troops seem to grow stronger.
In Colorado, after a man asked to stay the night at a missionary training center and was turned down, he opened fire on the residents there, and then may have gone to a different church some miles away and started shooting there. It’s too bad that the idea of hostels hasn’t really caught on here in the U.S. Something like that might or might not have helped this situation.
When one becomes a presidential candidate, if they decide they want it, the media can have a long memory about other things. Take Mr. Huckabee, for example. In 1992, with the country still reeling from the realization of just how much HIV/AIDS had spread, Mr. Huckabee, in a senate race questionnaire, advocated for the quarantining of the infected, and believed, as many did then, that homosexuality could be a very dangerous transmission vector for HIV/AIDS. Now, fifteen years later, Mr. Huckabee is in favor of increased HIV/AIDS research. He cannot bring himself to support marriage or domestic partner benefits for homosexuals, but he knows more now than he knew then. We can only hope that society continues this trend toward knowledge, rather than regressing into ignorance because the knowledge being gained conflicts with their traditions. Right now, it seems that the popular option is to have a dissenting unit break away from a church that one doesn't agree with. In their favor, the American Episcopalian Church sounds like it wants to have dialogue and to work out the differences. Other organizations may not be so high-minded. Continuing in the knowledge explaining politics vein, the Slacktivist knows why Mitt’s “I’m a Christian, too!” speech doesn’t convince the people it needs to. Bullies don't respect those who suck up to them, he says, and that speech by Mitt was pure suck-up to the evangelical wingnut vote. I think, somehow, that by appealing to that demographic, you’ve lowered yourself several notches on the scale of many voters, Mr. Romney, including the people you’re trying to appeal to. Better strategy next time.
At times, that knowledge will be weird. I can only guess what sort of technological and anatomical knowledge goes into the design, manufacture, and advertising of NuttyBuddy, a groin and gential protection device for male athletes, but I’m sure there’s a lot of it. Yes, you in the back, you may make a joke, if you like, about how things might be better were amateur and professional athletes forced to compete with the danger of their family line ending. I’m not sure I want to know what kind of knowledge went into the design and current advertising for TwoDaLoo, a toilet with seats for two. It’s being marketed as a water conservation device and a way of maintaining a healthy relationship.
Knowledge can also be turned to humour. Fusing scientific principles with cute animals, LOLscience is yet another way of making electrons spin.
It can also be ambitious, as Future Hi lays out what Google can do with all its services, and a chunk of the 700Mhz broadcast spectrum. With high bandwidth plus aggregatable identifiers, one could call, chat, send files, or anything else using just one user id, rather than having to use different programs or websites. Consolidation and then some. It would be easier, certainly, to be yourself.
Knowledge is good for explaining things, as Robert King tries to explain what's at stake regarding residuals and the ongoing WGA strike. All of the issues he raises do deserve discussion in figuring out just how to pay everyone appropriately when media is distributed over the Internet.
Showing a distinct lack of knowledge, a biologist says he was fired from his post at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution because he doesn't believe in evolution. Despite the grant work he was doing required evolutionary aspects to be studied. If one denies evolution to the point that it impacts one’s job, science that deals with evolution may not be the best fit for one’s career.
Corporate lack of nollij involves a Mike Judge movie allowed to sink, but the beverage from that movie that supposedly caused the downfall of man is getting full corporate support. Fox let Office Space sink down, and it’s become a cult classic. The movie in question, Idiocracy, has also fallen by the wayside. The drink, however, is brandable and marketable. Um, priorities, people? ‘S not gonna make much sense if the people haven’t seen the movie. It’s not really a tie-in to the movie, because that had a limited theater release and has already come out on DVD... so what gives?
Be warned, the following link is to Harry Potter fan-fiction. The following fan-fiction is, however, about how the Harry Potter cast reacts to the shipping that goes on in fanfic, and a couple comments on movieworld as well. fan-metafiction, for the win.
I’ve noticed something, in trying to find an appropriate userpic for this post - I don’t have any that really reflect any sort of “serene” mood. There’s plenty of angry, of nobody, of heatless, of wise (whether I think I am, or someone else does), at least one depressed, one that’s bounding with glee and excitement, and the default picture, which is as much normal as anything else. But I don’t have an icon yet that matches the mood of being okay with myself, not working on some self-improvement pattern, or unbalanced by events that happened, and not a dark sentiment. So I command ye, internets, find me such a thing and bring it back, and show me where I can get it, and whose permissions to ask for it.
The one part I really didn’t like was the decision on how reading the alethiometer was sequenced. It was distracting and not at all effective for me to “dive” into the alethiometer and do an effects sequence, when it would have been just as easy to have the clockwork point as it was supposed to and have Lyra rattle off what it means. So not a perfect movie, but an entertaining one, and one that would be suitable for the family. While there is violence, actual gore is reserved for one segment, and it happens fast enough that you may not process it in time to confirm. And the movie ends on a happy segment, with characters all snuggled up, but staring at the later events to come.
Doctor Football struck again. Not even an army made of steel was able to stop Doctor Football’s troops from capturing more territory in their quest. Having skillfully managed his campaign so far, he has isolated and weakened his upcoming opponents, who have already lost several battles on the field. There is always the chance that one of them will summon their courage and skill and defeat Doctor Football, but with each passing week, his troops seem to grow stronger.
In Colorado, after a man asked to stay the night at a missionary training center and was turned down, he opened fire on the residents there, and then may have gone to a different church some miles away and started shooting there. It’s too bad that the idea of hostels hasn’t really caught on here in the U.S. Something like that might or might not have helped this situation.
When one becomes a presidential candidate, if they decide they want it, the media can have a long memory about other things. Take Mr. Huckabee, for example. In 1992, with the country still reeling from the realization of just how much HIV/AIDS had spread, Mr. Huckabee, in a senate race questionnaire, advocated for the quarantining of the infected, and believed, as many did then, that homosexuality could be a very dangerous transmission vector for HIV/AIDS. Now, fifteen years later, Mr. Huckabee is in favor of increased HIV/AIDS research. He cannot bring himself to support marriage or domestic partner benefits for homosexuals, but he knows more now than he knew then. We can only hope that society continues this trend toward knowledge, rather than regressing into ignorance because the knowledge being gained conflicts with their traditions. Right now, it seems that the popular option is to have a dissenting unit break away from a church that one doesn't agree with. In their favor, the American Episcopalian Church sounds like it wants to have dialogue and to work out the differences. Other organizations may not be so high-minded. Continuing in the knowledge explaining politics vein, the Slacktivist knows why Mitt’s “I’m a Christian, too!” speech doesn’t convince the people it needs to. Bullies don't respect those who suck up to them, he says, and that speech by Mitt was pure suck-up to the evangelical wingnut vote. I think, somehow, that by appealing to that demographic, you’ve lowered yourself several notches on the scale of many voters, Mr. Romney, including the people you’re trying to appeal to. Better strategy next time.
At times, that knowledge will be weird. I can only guess what sort of technological and anatomical knowledge goes into the design, manufacture, and advertising of NuttyBuddy, a groin and gential protection device for male athletes, but I’m sure there’s a lot of it. Yes, you in the back, you may make a joke, if you like, about how things might be better were amateur and professional athletes forced to compete with the danger of their family line ending. I’m not sure I want to know what kind of knowledge went into the design and current advertising for TwoDaLoo, a toilet with seats for two. It’s being marketed as a water conservation device and a way of maintaining a healthy relationship.
Knowledge can also be turned to humour. Fusing scientific principles with cute animals, LOLscience is yet another way of making electrons spin.
It can also be ambitious, as Future Hi lays out what Google can do with all its services, and a chunk of the 700Mhz broadcast spectrum. With high bandwidth plus aggregatable identifiers, one could call, chat, send files, or anything else using just one user id, rather than having to use different programs or websites. Consolidation and then some. It would be easier, certainly, to be yourself.
Knowledge is good for explaining things, as Robert King tries to explain what's at stake regarding residuals and the ongoing WGA strike. All of the issues he raises do deserve discussion in figuring out just how to pay everyone appropriately when media is distributed over the Internet.
Showing a distinct lack of knowledge, a biologist says he was fired from his post at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution because he doesn't believe in evolution. Despite the grant work he was doing required evolutionary aspects to be studied. If one denies evolution to the point that it impacts one’s job, science that deals with evolution may not be the best fit for one’s career.
Corporate lack of nollij involves a Mike Judge movie allowed to sink, but the beverage from that movie that supposedly caused the downfall of man is getting full corporate support. Fox let Office Space sink down, and it’s become a cult classic. The movie in question, Idiocracy, has also fallen by the wayside. The drink, however, is brandable and marketable. Um, priorities, people? ‘S not gonna make much sense if the people haven’t seen the movie. It’s not really a tie-in to the movie, because that had a limited theater release and has already come out on DVD... so what gives?
Be warned, the following link is to Harry Potter fan-fiction. The following fan-fiction is, however, about how the Harry Potter cast reacts to the shipping that goes on in fanfic, and a couple comments on movieworld as well. fan-metafiction, for the win.
I’ve noticed something, in trying to find an appropriate userpic for this post - I don’t have any that really reflect any sort of “serene” mood. There’s plenty of angry, of nobody, of heatless, of wise (whether I think I am, or someone else does), at least one depressed, one that’s bounding with glee and excitement, and the default picture, which is as much normal as anything else. But I don’t have an icon yet that matches the mood of being okay with myself, not working on some self-improvement pattern, or unbalanced by events that happened, and not a dark sentiment. So I command ye, internets, find me such a thing and bring it back, and show me where I can get it, and whose permissions to ask for it.
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Date: 2007-12-10 04:31 pm (UTC)And surprisingly, for many of the reasons I was hesitant about Nicole Kidman's casting actually work in her favor, once you hear her dialogue and see how she's acting. Now having seen the movie, she made an excellent Mrs. Coulter.
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Date: 2007-12-10 05:29 pm (UTC)I haven't quite finished The Amber Spyglass but I've enjoyed the series, with the first book being my favorite so far.
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Date: 2007-12-10 04:29 pm (UTC)By
Is there anything specific you want that I can track down and make?
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Date: 2007-12-10 05:32 pm (UTC)And that doesn't stop anyone else from finding some things, too.
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Date: 2007-12-10 05:37 pm (UTC)I have at least a dozen photos from my personal collection that may fit the bill... I'll send some over when you get on later tonight, my hosting is currently down.
P.S. If serenity is the word you're going for, the character above isn't it. It means peace in the sense of harmony (as an antonym to war). http://zhongwen.com/d/166/d119.htm is the one you want.
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