On the one hand, yes it's a bit of a slow news week. Nothing really has caught my eye that I feel like covering.
On the other hand, this is about the FREAKIN' Green Hornet! And if you feel like nay-saying it, then take a pencil and place it right up against the crevice between your forefinger and middle finger, folding your other fingers back, and placeing your middle finger against a table, and using your free hand, press down quickly.
Otherwise, come look here.
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Thursday, July 17, 2008
You only THOUGHT you wanted to see Batman
Nope, you were wrong. You aren't going to the movies super late tonight, or sometime tomorrow, to watch Batman. I mean, not ONLY to watch Batman. No, you are going because they are releasing the preview for The Watchmen prior to the movie. And I, with the help of the internet, am bringing it to you prior to even that. I know you love me.
Monday, June 30, 2008
In case there was any question
So, did you wonder exactly what George Lucas' thoughts were about the most recent Indiana Jones movie? Think maybe he was just phoning it in? Well... he was. "There was no point to it" he says. Check it out.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Potter movies. COMMENTS WANTED!
Hey everyone, time to break the pattern some.
So, I'm a fan of the Harry Potter books. Good stuff, them. And the movies, while fun, we all know have suffered plot compression, and have had be viewed as stories unto themselves. But some interesting news has developed in regards to making the final movie. It appears they will be splitting it into two movies so they can have the full story in movie form.
So, I want your thoughts! Good idea? Bad idea? Doesn't really matter because the movies suck anyway? I want to know! Also, I won't post any more until I have at least 6 comments. I generally get 6 hits a day, so that should be easy.
I'll start it. Personally, I love the idea. Yeah, I'll have to wait 6 months to get the full thing, but who cares? There will be no need to cringe as you enter, trying to predict what vastly important activity or character they will be cutting, you can enter, relatively certain you will betting the full story. I, for one, am stoked.
So, I'm a fan of the Harry Potter books. Good stuff, them. And the movies, while fun, we all know have suffered plot compression, and have had be viewed as stories unto themselves. But some interesting news has developed in regards to making the final movie. It appears they will be splitting it into two movies so they can have the full story in movie form.
So, I want your thoughts! Good idea? Bad idea? Doesn't really matter because the movies suck anyway? I want to know! Also, I won't post any more until I have at least 6 comments. I generally get 6 hits a day, so that should be easy.
I'll start it. Personally, I love the idea. Yeah, I'll have to wait 6 months to get the full thing, but who cares? There will be no need to cringe as you enter, trying to predict what vastly important activity or character they will be cutting, you can enter, relatively certain you will betting the full story. I, for one, am stoked.
Monday, February 18, 2008
In celestial news this week, it appears that there will be a nice lunar eclipse to view on Wednesday. Really a fun event if there is anyone who has not witnessed one before, and it will be the last time we get to see one until 2010.
La LA la la la laa, la lala la laa. That, for those of you who cannot hear music from words written on a screen, is the theme to that classic childhood cartoon, The Smurfs. Now, regardless of your views on the origin of this cartoon, this preview for the upcoming movie looks promising. I know I'll be lining up to watch. However, the idea was passed around at how funny a live action attempt would be at this. Discussed was how David Cross would make an excellent Gargamel, and how Vin Diesel should be Handy Smurf.
And finally today, in keeping with my past rants about the future, I bring you two different articles concerning artificial intelligence. From the BBC network comes the bold claim that Artificial intelligence should be able to reach human level by 2029. A bold claim indeed. They go so far as to imply that this simulated intellegence will be able to also imitate our emotional intelligence. Just imagine chatting with someone online and not being sure if you are speaking with a person, or a machine...
Which leads me in to the second article brought from Scientific America in which David Levy discusses the, not just possibility, but probability of sex, love and even marriage to robots by mid-century. Intruiging. Reading the article, I find that David follows a wholly pragmatic view of the whole situation. I will grant him that many humans to react positively to any sort of attention, I fear that his love for technology has blinded him to the unpleasentries of humanity. What we would have is entities that have all the capability of a human, being used (and I don't use that word lightly) in any number of ways, simply by minor adjustment to programming. And then the question of robot rights comes up. Are they just machines? They will have the intelligence and emotional capabilities of humans, so do we give them rights like humans? How far do we go? While I applaude science and what it can achieve, I'm afraid that in this little chunk of the future brought closer and closer to us, I will watch with a cynical eye.
Even though I started the last paragraph with "finally", I will have the real finality here. Giant, bowling-ball sized, prehistoric frog with fangs and armor. Beelzebufo... Devil Frog.
La LA la la la laa, la lala la laa. That, for those of you who cannot hear music from words written on a screen, is the theme to that classic childhood cartoon, The Smurfs. Now, regardless of your views on the origin of this cartoon, this preview for the upcoming movie looks promising. I know I'll be lining up to watch. However, the idea was passed around at how funny a live action attempt would be at this. Discussed was how David Cross would make an excellent Gargamel, and how Vin Diesel should be Handy Smurf.
And finally today, in keeping with my past rants about the future, I bring you two different articles concerning artificial intelligence. From the BBC network comes the bold claim that Artificial intelligence should be able to reach human level by 2029. A bold claim indeed. They go so far as to imply that this simulated intellegence will be able to also imitate our emotional intelligence. Just imagine chatting with someone online and not being sure if you are speaking with a person, or a machine...
Which leads me in to the second article brought from Scientific America in which David Levy discusses the, not just possibility, but probability of sex, love and even marriage to robots by mid-century. Intruiging. Reading the article, I find that David follows a wholly pragmatic view of the whole situation. I will grant him that many humans to react positively to any sort of attention, I fear that his love for technology has blinded him to the unpleasentries of humanity. What we would have is entities that have all the capability of a human, being used (and I don't use that word lightly) in any number of ways, simply by minor adjustment to programming. And then the question of robot rights comes up. Are they just machines? They will have the intelligence and emotional capabilities of humans, so do we give them rights like humans? How far do we go? While I applaude science and what it can achieve, I'm afraid that in this little chunk of the future brought closer and closer to us, I will watch with a cynical eye.
Even though I started the last paragraph with "finally", I will have the real finality here. Giant, bowling-ball sized, prehistoric frog with fangs and armor. Beelzebufo... Devil Frog.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Catching up
Good Morning Tea Party goers. Thought you had me figured out out with a Monday-Friday schedule with the weekends off. But oh-ho no! I switched things up on you.
Actually, no, I was just lazy the last two days as I took it off work and had to spend some time with my new Xbox 360.
So, to make up for the lack of posts, there will be posts today and tomorrow instead. Look for last weeks Idiot of the week to follow today.
The first thing that I want to talk about has a slant more toward an old flame of mine. The theater. This week in the New York Times there was a review on "The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island." It truly makes me sad that I am not in New York to be able to witness this. This beautiful work of stage incorporates a backdrop of hand-drawn sets projected onto a white screen. I really can't do it justice. Check it out for yourself.
In the realm of performance arts, I'm sure that you have all heard of the unfortunate passage of Heath Ledger. What you may not have heard is the outcome of a movie that he had been working on before his passing. It's called "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus". It appears that three top actors will be paying a tribute to the actor in this movie. It seems that Ledger's character falls through magical mirrors, and they have adapted the movie to have these actor's portray Ledger's character in these different worlds. And they did get quite the talent.
Also, if you like Batman at all, you have to follow this link. Just trust me, go and watch the video. It's gorgeous.
On a more technical note, all hail BitTorrent who has taken another step toward keeping the ability to transmit information freely something we can all have. It appears they have created a new form of encryption that would allow it to bypass the blocks that have recently been placed by Comcast and other ISP's that hinder Torrent.
And finally for today, a bit of a funny. We all remember Calvin's amazing idea to draw eyeballs on ping pong balls to place over your eyes so you can sleep in class? Looks like someone decided they had to perfect his idea.
Actually, no, I was just lazy the last two days as I took it off work and had to spend some time with my new Xbox 360.
So, to make up for the lack of posts, there will be posts today and tomorrow instead. Look for last weeks Idiot of the week to follow today.
The first thing that I want to talk about has a slant more toward an old flame of mine. The theater. This week in the New York Times there was a review on "The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island." It truly makes me sad that I am not in New York to be able to witness this. This beautiful work of stage incorporates a backdrop of hand-drawn sets projected onto a white screen. I really can't do it justice. Check it out for yourself.
In the realm of performance arts, I'm sure that you have all heard of the unfortunate passage of Heath Ledger. What you may not have heard is the outcome of a movie that he had been working on before his passing. It's called "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus". It appears that three top actors will be paying a tribute to the actor in this movie. It seems that Ledger's character falls through magical mirrors, and they have adapted the movie to have these actor's portray Ledger's character in these different worlds. And they did get quite the talent.
Also, if you like Batman at all, you have to follow this link. Just trust me, go and watch the video. It's gorgeous.
On a more technical note, all hail BitTorrent who has taken another step toward keeping the ability to transmit information freely something we can all have. It appears they have created a new form of encryption that would allow it to bypass the blocks that have recently been placed by Comcast and other ISP's that hinder Torrent.
And finally for today, a bit of a funny. We all remember Calvin's amazing idea to draw eyeballs on ping pong balls to place over your eyes so you can sleep in class? Looks like someone decided they had to perfect his idea.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
One step closer
So, I've already referenced it once. I'll do it again.
Because we are one step closer.
I remember this great film from the late '90s called Gattaca. And such a clever name. Especially when held in context of the movie. It was all about DNA. And for those of you who know anything about DNA, there are 4 enzimes that make two pars, each designated by a letter: G, A, T, and C. As you can see, the name of the film employs only those letters.
Today, that name would no longer be possible. As of today, we may be able to write that list as: G, A, T, C, d5SICS, dMMO2. Go read.
I'm curious about reactions to this. Hopeful? Terrified? Already fantasizing about real Catgirl?
I'm already imagining a world where I can fly to work if I feel like it that day... on my own wings. A world where we can finally get rid of that stupid joke.
Because we are one step closer.
I remember this great film from the late '90s called Gattaca. And such a clever name. Especially when held in context of the movie. It was all about DNA. And for those of you who know anything about DNA, there are 4 enzimes that make two pars, each designated by a letter: G, A, T, and C. As you can see, the name of the film employs only those letters.
Today, that name would no longer be possible. As of today, we may be able to write that list as: G, A, T, C, d5SICS, dMMO2. Go read.
I'm curious about reactions to this. Hopeful? Terrified? Already fantasizing about real Catgirl?
I'm already imagining a world where I can fly to work if I feel like it that day... on my own wings. A world where we can finally get rid of that stupid joke.
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