Thursday, July 31, 2003
Computer History Museum
Today I went to the Computer History Museum. It was very cool. They only give tours of the museum 3 times a week. I'm lucky enough to work with one of the volunteers of the museum, so I got a great tour. I'll give an account as to what the museum is like tomorrow. Right now it's late, and I want to go to bed!
Link
Today I went to the Computer History Museum. It was very cool. They only give tours of the museum 3 times a week. I'm lucky enough to work with one of the volunteers of the museum, so I got a great tour. I'll give an account as to what the museum is like tomorrow. Right now it's late, and I want to go to bed!
Link
Barefoot Gen
What am I reading now? I picked a copy of the Manga "Barefoot Gen Vol.1" It's a great autobiographical story of Keiji Nakazawa, who was only seven years old when we dropped the Atomic Bomb on his home town of Hiroshima. So far it's a fascinating first hand account of what life was like at the time. According to the back of the book, 4 movies have been made biased on the comic (one of them was animated). I've wanted to read this graphic novel for quite some time. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested. I'm planning on picking up Volumes 2 & 3 when I'm done. My copy comes with an introduction by Art Spilgmen, he says it was the comic that inspired him to do Mauz.
What am I reading now? I picked a copy of the Manga "Barefoot Gen Vol.1" It's a great autobiographical story of Keiji Nakazawa, who was only seven years old when we dropped the Atomic Bomb on his home town of Hiroshima. So far it's a fascinating first hand account of what life was like at the time. According to the back of the book, 4 movies have been made biased on the comic (one of them was animated). I've wanted to read this graphic novel for quite some time. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested. I'm planning on picking up Volumes 2 & 3 when I'm done. My copy comes with an introduction by Art Spilgmen, he says it was the comic that inspired him to do Mauz.
Have You Been Subpoenaed by the RIAA? -- blog it!
I hope something comes of this. Wasted-Bits is offering bloging space to people who have been turned over to the riaa. I for one am curious to see how this bit of history turns out.
Link
I hope something comes of this. Wasted-Bits is offering bloging space to people who have been turned over to the riaa. I for one am curious to see how this bit of history turns out.
Link
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
QOTD
Health Care Insurance: As a Democrat, I can't afford the new
Republican health care insurance. Instead, I bought stock in health
care companies. I figure with the Republicans in charge the stock will
soar and I can use the profits to pay the doctors. I may be poor, but
I'm not stupid. (Bill Williams)
Health Care Insurance: As a Democrat, I can't afford the new
Republican health care insurance. Instead, I bought stock in health
care companies. I figure with the Republicans in charge the stock will
soar and I can use the profits to pay the doctors. I may be poor, but
I'm not stupid. (Bill Williams)
Monday, July 28, 2003
Happy Birthday
Today's my Dad's Birthday. Happy Birthday Old Man:)
Today's my Dad's Birthday. Happy Birthday Old Man:)
Pixal Music Video
This is one of the best, if not one of the smallest music videos I've seen. Hat's off to the guys who made this:
Move Your Feet
It Requires Quicktime
This is one of the best, if not one of the smallest music videos I've seen. Hat's off to the guys who made this:
Move Your Feet
It Requires Quicktime
I recently took the Personality Disorder Test. Apparently I'm a bit of a weirdo, but I'm assuming you all knew that. Here are my results:
| Disorder | Rating |
| Paranoid: | High |
| Schizoid: | Low |
| Schizotypal: | Very High |
| Antisocial: | Low |
| Borderline: | Moderate |
| Histrionic: | Moderate |
| Narcissistic: | High |
| Avoidant: | High |
| Dependent: | High |
| Obsessive-Compulsive: | High |
-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! -- | |
Friday, July 25, 2003
Graffiti Blog
Today I came across this great weblog about Graffiti. It has some great images. I know I'll be looking at it quite often.
Link
Today I came across this great weblog about Graffiti. It has some great images. I know I'll be looking at it quite often.
Link
Sick Again
It looks like I'm sick again. It was just a few weeks ago that I got over a flue. Now I have a soar throat and I'm sniffley. This sucks. I thought this was what flue shots were supposed to prevent!
The worst part about it is I'm going to have to go in to work tomorrow to make up on some lost time. Work is starting to get really interesting. We've hired a lot of really talented people recently. They all have great experience. I hope I can learn a lot from them!
It looks like I'm sick again. It was just a few weeks ago that I got over a flue. Now I have a soar throat and I'm sniffley. This sucks. I thought this was what flue shots were supposed to prevent!
The worst part about it is I'm going to have to go in to work tomorrow to make up on some lost time. Work is starting to get really interesting. We've hired a lot of really talented people recently. They all have great experience. I hope I can learn a lot from them!
Thursday, July 24, 2003
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Artichoke
While we were gone, one of our artichokes bloomed:
While we were gone, one of our artichokes bloomed:
Back From The Comic-Con
Well, we’re back from the Comic-Con. It was a blast! This was easily the biggest Comic-Con yet. I’ve been going to this convention for nine years now, and in the past two years the convention has doubled in size. Both in attendance and presentation. It was really quite impressive. Allison and I usually like to go Thursday and Friday so we can avoid the crowd. But not this year. The crowd was in full force from day one. The other thing that I was impressed with was the fact that a lot more people knew about it then usual. Every year I tell people I’m going to the con, and every year I’ve been used to going through the laborious task of describing what the hell it is. “Yes it’s a comic book convention, no I’m not into comic books (well not main stream at least), why am I going? Because there’s a lot more stuff there then just comic books, and it’s fun. No I don’t think I’ll meet Stan Lee, yes I have met him there before…”
This year not only did a lot of people know what it was, but I actually came across a lot of articles about it in different publications about it. I don’t know what’s been going on in the past year, but hats off to who ever’s running their PR team. They’ve come a long way in 9 years!
The best thing I saw there was the presentation for a film called “Mirror Mask”. I didn’t know anything about this film before going. But now I know, I’m sure I’ll be first in line to see this movie. Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean wrote the script and Dave McKean directed it. Neil and Dave have worked together before on a Graphic Novels called “The Sandman”. It’s a low budget Dark Crystal like movie, and if it has Neil’s sense of story and Dave’s sense of visual then I think you’ll be hearing a lot about it when it comes out. They just finished princaple fillming and they're going to spend the next six months doing all the FXs. then I'm sure it'll make the Cans and all the other film turnies. If it’s anything like Dave’s previous short films, I expect it to be a very surreal work of art.
Unfortunately our camera was low on batteries when we brought it, so a lot of the photos didn't turn out very good. But here are some of the photos that did turn out. If you look at the top of the page there's a tiny arrow pointing to more photos, or you can just click on the first photo and click on the arrows to take you to the next one, etc. I'm sorry it's all dark and hard to read. I had Photoshop Automate it for me so it's kinda ugly.
Well, we’re back from the Comic-Con. It was a blast! This was easily the biggest Comic-Con yet. I’ve been going to this convention for nine years now, and in the past two years the convention has doubled in size. Both in attendance and presentation. It was really quite impressive. Allison and I usually like to go Thursday and Friday so we can avoid the crowd. But not this year. The crowd was in full force from day one. The other thing that I was impressed with was the fact that a lot more people knew about it then usual. Every year I tell people I’m going to the con, and every year I’ve been used to going through the laborious task of describing what the hell it is. “Yes it’s a comic book convention, no I’m not into comic books (well not main stream at least), why am I going? Because there’s a lot more stuff there then just comic books, and it’s fun. No I don’t think I’ll meet Stan Lee, yes I have met him there before…”
This year not only did a lot of people know what it was, but I actually came across a lot of articles about it in different publications about it. I don’t know what’s been going on in the past year, but hats off to who ever’s running their PR team. They’ve come a long way in 9 years!
The best thing I saw there was the presentation for a film called “Mirror Mask”. I didn’t know anything about this film before going. But now I know, I’m sure I’ll be first in line to see this movie. Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean wrote the script and Dave McKean directed it. Neil and Dave have worked together before on a Graphic Novels called “The Sandman”. It’s a low budget Dark Crystal like movie, and if it has Neil’s sense of story and Dave’s sense of visual then I think you’ll be hearing a lot about it when it comes out. They just finished princaple fillming and they're going to spend the next six months doing all the FXs. then I'm sure it'll make the Cans and all the other film turnies. If it’s anything like Dave’s previous short films, I expect it to be a very surreal work of art.
Unfortunately our camera was low on batteries when we brought it, so a lot of the photos didn't turn out very good. But here are some of the photos that did turn out. If you look at the top of the page there's a tiny arrow pointing to more photos, or you can just click on the first photo and click on the arrows to take you to the next one, etc. I'm sorry it's all dark and hard to read. I had Photoshop Automate it for me so it's kinda ugly.
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Off To The Comic-Con
Well, I'm off to the San Deigo Comic Con. It's kinda odd that they still call it the Comic-Con seeing as how it's just a Geek-Con. Comic book sales are at the worst that they've ever been in recent years. But this will be the biggest Comic-Con ever. This time it takes up the entire convention center. When I started going it took up less then 1/4th of the center. That's mostly becouse the've opened it up to movies, toys, games, computers, etc. Anything Geeky really. The pannals are realy quite odd. They have informitive pannals like: "How to make a independit film on a very small budget" and the in the next hour, in the very same room they'll have "How To Make A Furry Costume". Very strange.
Sory I'm not going to take the time to spell check this post seeing as how I just wanted to send this before I shut off the computer. Hopefully it's not to aqurardwefvwaradi to read. I realy do need that spell checker. If I can I'll be posting all the weird costumes that I see. With any luck there will be a return of Darth Mall on Donuts!
Well, I'm off to the San Deigo Comic Con. It's kinda odd that they still call it the Comic-Con seeing as how it's just a Geek-Con. Comic book sales are at the worst that they've ever been in recent years. But this will be the biggest Comic-Con ever. This time it takes up the entire convention center. When I started going it took up less then 1/4th of the center. That's mostly becouse the've opened it up to movies, toys, games, computers, etc. Anything Geeky really. The pannals are realy quite odd. They have informitive pannals like: "How to make a independit film on a very small budget" and the in the next hour, in the very same room they'll have "How To Make A Furry Costume". Very strange.
Sory I'm not going to take the time to spell check this post seeing as how I just wanted to send this before I shut off the computer. Hopefully it's not to aqurardwefvwaradi to read. I realy do need that spell checker. If I can I'll be posting all the weird costumes that I see. With any luck there will be a return of Darth Mall on Donuts!
Sunday, July 13, 2003
going to Comic Con
It’s been a full weekend of trying to stay home and not spending any money. The Comic-Con starts on Wednesday, and I want to have as much free flowing currency as possible. I’m still horribly in debt, so it’s not an easy task. But I’ve taken all my loose change to the grocery store, and turned it into larger bills. This as well as other forms of savings I hope will be enough to see me through this year's Con. I’ve stopped looking at fancy electronics designed to make my life more enjoyable/frustrating in an effort to save money. And I have a big pile of stuff to auction off when I get home.
This will be the last Comic-Con that Allison and I go to for a while, so we’re trying to make sure it’s a good one. At some point in our lives we realized that we could be spending the money we spend on Comic-Con on other enriching activities, like going to Tuscany, or Venice, or simply going to Oregon. I have a feeling that what we’ll end up doing is switching every other year. So this year we’ll end up at the Comic-Con and next year we’ll be enriching our lives, etc.
I have a hard time explaining to people at work why I’m going to the Comic-Con. It’s not that I like Comic Books, well, not what people traditionally think of comic books. I don’t like Super Hero stories, but I love the medium. There have been a few authors that have made the medium worthwhile. When I say few, I really mean few. If you were to line up 5 comic book artists, then you took the 5th author, chopped of his little finger, that finger will produce better stories then any one else in the room. That’s the kind of percentage I’m talking about.
But when you do find a good comic book, that comic book is worth its weight in gold! Seriously. I’m mean Allen More, Neil Gamin, Doug Tennapel. These are really good writers. It’s so hard to come across people like these. They’re the reason why I feel compelled to go to the Con! That, and Neil Gamin will be there this year promoting his new movie:)
So it’s off to Comic-Con and next year, if I’ve been good, I’ll be getting a new passport!
It’s been a full weekend of trying to stay home and not spending any money. The Comic-Con starts on Wednesday, and I want to have as much free flowing currency as possible. I’m still horribly in debt, so it’s not an easy task. But I’ve taken all my loose change to the grocery store, and turned it into larger bills. This as well as other forms of savings I hope will be enough to see me through this year's Con. I’ve stopped looking at fancy electronics designed to make my life more enjoyable/frustrating in an effort to save money. And I have a big pile of stuff to auction off when I get home.
This will be the last Comic-Con that Allison and I go to for a while, so we’re trying to make sure it’s a good one. At some point in our lives we realized that we could be spending the money we spend on Comic-Con on other enriching activities, like going to Tuscany, or Venice, or simply going to Oregon. I have a feeling that what we’ll end up doing is switching every other year. So this year we’ll end up at the Comic-Con and next year we’ll be enriching our lives, etc.
I have a hard time explaining to people at work why I’m going to the Comic-Con. It’s not that I like Comic Books, well, not what people traditionally think of comic books. I don’t like Super Hero stories, but I love the medium. There have been a few authors that have made the medium worthwhile. When I say few, I really mean few. If you were to line up 5 comic book artists, then you took the 5th author, chopped of his little finger, that finger will produce better stories then any one else in the room. That’s the kind of percentage I’m talking about.
But when you do find a good comic book, that comic book is worth its weight in gold! Seriously. I’m mean Allen More, Neil Gamin, Doug Tennapel. These are really good writers. It’s so hard to come across people like these. They’re the reason why I feel compelled to go to the Con! That, and Neil Gamin will be there this year promoting his new movie:)
So it’s off to Comic-Con and next year, if I’ve been good, I’ll be getting a new passport!
peer preasure peer preasure!!!
So I did it. I was invited to join Friendster, and I went ahead and did it. So you can look me up at Ethan Hurd, or e-mail you for an invite. It looks like it could be fun or could be a pain in the ass:)
Friendster
So I did it. I was invited to join Friendster, and I went ahead and did it. So you can look me up at Ethan Hurd, or e-mail you for an invite. It looks like it could be fun or could be a pain in the ass:)
Friendster
Friday, July 11, 2003
Even More Uses for Hotdogs
In responce to my Octodog post I was sent a new websight. I'll just call it More Things To Do with a HotdogMore Things To Do with a Hotdog!
In responce to my Octodog post I was sent a new websight. I'll just call it More Things To Do with a HotdogMore Things To Do with a Hotdog!
Top 5
I've decided to do a compainion blog. It's called: Top 5. It's based upon Nick Hornby's book High Fidelity. It will list the Top 5 things that are important to me at the time that I enter them. Check it out:
Top 5
I've decided to do a compainion blog. It's called: Top 5. It's based upon Nick Hornby's book High Fidelity. It will list the Top 5 things that are important to me at the time that I enter them. Check it out:
Top 5
Thursday, July 10, 2003
the Animation Show
Don Hertzfeld and Mike Judge have gotten together to create: the Animation Show! Don Hertzfeld is the animator who did the short animated film: Rejected. Mike Judge is responsible for Beavis and Butt-head. This is the first time I've heard of an animation festivle run by animators (and two animators who I highly admire to boot)!
So far they have put togheter a great lineup. It has Mt. Head by Koji Yamamura a short film that was robbed of an Oscar last year!! As well as Strange Invaders by Cordell Barker. And the list goes on. Needless to say I anticipate this to be one of the best-animated festivals ever put together. It looks like they're having a Preview Screening on August 15th in LA. Maybe this might be just the kind of thing to do on my 30th birthday:)
But any-hoo watch for this festivle in your town. You won't be dissapointed I'm sure!
Don Hertzfeld and Mike Judge have gotten together to create: the Animation Show! Don Hertzfeld is the animator who did the short animated film: Rejected. Mike Judge is responsible for Beavis and Butt-head. This is the first time I've heard of an animation festivle run by animators (and two animators who I highly admire to boot)!
So far they have put togheter a great lineup. It has Mt. Head by Koji Yamamura a short film that was robbed of an Oscar last year!! As well as Strange Invaders by Cordell Barker. And the list goes on. Needless to say I anticipate this to be one of the best-animated festivals ever put together. It looks like they're having a Preview Screening on August 15th in LA. Maybe this might be just the kind of thing to do on my 30th birthday:)
But any-hoo watch for this festivle in your town. You won't be dissapointed I'm sure!
Classic Gaming
I wish I could afford to fly out to New York for this. It's the Classic Gaming Expo. It looks like it'll be full of really cool classic gaming type stuff. Who Needs 3-D grapics when you can have 8 bit!
I wish I could afford to fly out to New York for this. It's the Classic Gaming Expo. It looks like it'll be full of really cool classic gaming type stuff. Who Needs 3-D grapics when you can have 8 bit!
Small Regrets
I didn't really mean for this Blog to become a list of websites and oddities. I meant it as more of a public Journal as to what I've been doing lately. But, seeing as how I often come across these odd links and stuff, I can't say it's not very far from what I set out to do.
Soon, I will have a link in the about me section that kinda describes me. I will also be listing a few blogs that I read on a regular basis. Some of them are really well written. I will also be adding a link of TOP 5, biased upon Nick Hornsbe's book High Fidelity I will keep an updated list of my top five whatever:)
And last but not least I will write more about what we've been up to. A quick primer as to what's to come. Our TV died, I finally got our computer back from the shop (after 4 hard drives and 1 CDR later, Luckily I didn't have to pay for those), and what I've been up to on my "down time" at work. As you can see, more excitement to come. Now I'm off to bed.
BTW, Check out This American Life on Saturday. They're doing 30 Stories in 60 Minutes. Cool Stuff!
I didn't really mean for this Blog to become a list of websites and oddities. I meant it as more of a public Journal as to what I've been doing lately. But, seeing as how I often come across these odd links and stuff, I can't say it's not very far from what I set out to do.
Soon, I will have a link in the about me section that kinda describes me. I will also be listing a few blogs that I read on a regular basis. Some of them are really well written. I will also be adding a link of TOP 5, biased upon Nick Hornsbe's book High Fidelity I will keep an updated list of my top five whatever:)
And last but not least I will write more about what we've been up to. A quick primer as to what's to come. Our TV died, I finally got our computer back from the shop (after 4 hard drives and 1 CDR later, Luckily I didn't have to pay for those), and what I've been up to on my "down time" at work. As you can see, more excitement to come. Now I'm off to bed.
BTW, Check out This American Life on Saturday. They're doing 30 Stories in 60 Minutes. Cool Stuff!
Wednesday, July 09, 2003
Human Puppets
Here's an awsome Japinese Video. It stars two human puppets in a Ping-Pong Match. It's really well done. They do a lot of "Time Stop" kind of motion Ala Matrix. Check it out:
Human Puppets
Here's an awsome Japinese Video. It stars two human puppets in a Ping-Pong Match. It's really well done. They do a lot of "Time Stop" kind of motion Ala Matrix. Check it out:
Human Puppets
Shrubbery
Signe Wilknson, is the only woman to win a Pulitzer for her Illustrated Cartoons. Now she's running a new comic strip called Shrubbery. It stars G.W. Bush, but in the comic he's drawn as a bush, littarly. I love the look of it! I know I'll be looking into more of her work! Check it out:
Shrubbery
Signe Wilknson, is the only woman to win a Pulitzer for her Illustrated Cartoons. Now she's running a new comic strip called Shrubbery. It stars G.W. Bush, but in the comic he's drawn as a bush, littarly. I love the look of it! I know I'll be looking into more of her work! Check it out:
Shrubbery
Venomous Egg-Laying Mammal
It looks as though I'm a Duck Billed Platypus.
What Venomous Egg-Laying Mammal Are You?
It looks as though I'm a Duck Billed Platypus.
What Venomous Egg-Laying Mammal Are You?
Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Intresting article about RIAA and Used CDs
I was pritty unawair of the the RIAA untell today. Then on 8BitJoystic.com did an intresting article about used CDs, price fixing and the whole MP3 triding feasco. Like evrything I read on the web, I don't trust all the facts that this article tends to list. But I do think I'll be looking into who th IRAA are and what it is that they do.
Link to article.
8BitJoystick is a pritty intresting Blog by the way. Sometimes they come up with some intresting stuff.
I was pritty unawair of the the RIAA untell today. Then on 8BitJoystic.com did an intresting article about used CDs, price fixing and the whole MP3 triding feasco. Like evrything I read on the web, I don't trust all the facts that this article tends to list. But I do think I'll be looking into who th IRAA are and what it is that they do.
Link to article.
8BitJoystick is a pritty intresting Blog by the way. Sometimes they come up with some intresting stuff.
Monday, July 07, 2003
Saturday, July 05, 2003
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, or better yet Terminator 3: Rise of deus ex machina
They let us out of work early on Thursday. They told us we could leave at 2:00. Allison and I car-pool to work every day. The problem was. I could leave at 2:00, but Allison had a lot of work to do. Mel and Brian had the same problem. Mel had a lot of work, but Brian didn't. Brian and I didn't feel like hanging out waiting for our significant others, so we soon found ourselves looking up movie times on the old internet. That is my excuse for going to this film and I'm sticking to it.
It used to be true that Sequels never made as much money as the first one. Most people believed it was because it was because sequels were never as good as the first one. But I believe it's because people learn from their mistakes. The fact of the matter is, you never get to find out if the sequel is any good until after you've already played to go see it. So if the first one sucks, like product branding, then the sequel won't make any money.
But something interesting happened. Some of the movie industries decided to make sequels that were actually better then the first one. This can be said to be true about Terminator 2, Aliens and Toy Story 2. This added to the fact that all the Star Wars Prequels started making loads of money despite how bad they were lead Hollywood to practice a new form of business. Brand reorganization! Basically the idea of cashing in on titles that people already knew and loved.
That's why for the next few years we're going to see a lot more sequels then new ideas. The problem is, if sequels don't start getting better then we're going to end up back where we started. And sequels will soon stop making more money then their predecessors because of the same "Brand Reorganization" idea.
So my review of T3 is this; did you ever hear of deus ex machina(a god from the machine)? This is an old story telling device used in some Greek plays. Basically it's what happens when an outside force (god) settles problems and the characters don't really do anything but be good/evil. Well, that's what T3 is. But if your looking for a less sophisticated way of describing it, you can just say: it's ass.
They let us out of work early on Thursday. They told us we could leave at 2:00. Allison and I car-pool to work every day. The problem was. I could leave at 2:00, but Allison had a lot of work to do. Mel and Brian had the same problem. Mel had a lot of work, but Brian didn't. Brian and I didn't feel like hanging out waiting for our significant others, so we soon found ourselves looking up movie times on the old internet. That is my excuse for going to this film and I'm sticking to it.
It used to be true that Sequels never made as much money as the first one. Most people believed it was because it was because sequels were never as good as the first one. But I believe it's because people learn from their mistakes. The fact of the matter is, you never get to find out if the sequel is any good until after you've already played to go see it. So if the first one sucks, like product branding, then the sequel won't make any money.
But something interesting happened. Some of the movie industries decided to make sequels that were actually better then the first one. This can be said to be true about Terminator 2, Aliens and Toy Story 2. This added to the fact that all the Star Wars Prequels started making loads of money despite how bad they were lead Hollywood to practice a new form of business. Brand reorganization! Basically the idea of cashing in on titles that people already knew and loved.
That's why for the next few years we're going to see a lot more sequels then new ideas. The problem is, if sequels don't start getting better then we're going to end up back where we started. And sequels will soon stop making more money then their predecessors because of the same "Brand Reorganization" idea.
So my review of T3 is this; did you ever hear of deus ex machina(a god from the machine)? This is an old story telling device used in some Greek plays. Basically it's what happens when an outside force (god) settles problems and the characters don't really do anything but be good/evil. Well, that's what T3 is. But if your looking for a less sophisticated way of describing it, you can just say: it's ass.
Legaly Blond 2 Review
For the fourth of July Allison and I decided to go out to the movies. We ended up going to see Legally Blond 2. Partly because it was playing at a good theater far, far, far from the crowds, and noise usually associated with the forth. And partly because we really enjoyed the first one.
Maybe if they stuck with Robert Luketic (the director of the first film), they might have a good sequel. Because as much of a popcorn flick the fist film was, it at least had a strong sense of story, character, and just having fun with a dumb idea.
In the first film they purposed the idea that looks and brains don't always have to reflect each other. You don't have to look smart to be smart, and you don't have to sacrifices fun flurry things to get buy in a world of law. And mostly, you don't have to sacrifice who you are, in order to gain respectability in the world. All very good ideas and strong ideas for the film that they wanted to tell. The script includes many segments where Elle is given the chance to show her intelligence and debiting skills long before she ends up on the road to becoming a lawyer. That makes the prospect that a Barbie-type character could become a lawyer quite believable.
But forget all of this. Because the second film has none these ideas. The character "Elle Woods" (Reese Witherspoon) goes from having this great character arch from the first film that takes her from being party girl, to someone wants to make something out of her life, back To party girl who though a series of unrelated-random acts end up in Washington DC, where she just stands around quoting mantras from her old Sorority while everyone else around here does all the work. There is no new character ark; there is no new conflict. She goes from being a strong-headed woman of the '90s to a clueless dumb blond. She goes full circle.
What would have been more interesting was to bring her character into practicing law instead of politics. You know, have her actually become a layer, the thing that she was studying to be in the first film!!! The forever optimistic Elle Woods then would have to face the prospect that she would have to represent someone she didn't like or who was guilty of the crime that she was protecting them from.
Or maybe if you really want her to go into politics, then to have her actually take a political stance on a topic and then having to explore all the ideas of that political idea and how they effect people in the world. Instead of skirting around the issue in order to not upset anyone!
Do no go see this film unless you like the sensation of a cheese grater being rubbed slowly across your eyeballs.
For the fourth of July Allison and I decided to go out to the movies. We ended up going to see Legally Blond 2. Partly because it was playing at a good theater far, far, far from the crowds, and noise usually associated with the forth. And partly because we really enjoyed the first one.
Maybe if they stuck with Robert Luketic (the director of the first film), they might have a good sequel. Because as much of a popcorn flick the fist film was, it at least had a strong sense of story, character, and just having fun with a dumb idea.
In the first film they purposed the idea that looks and brains don't always have to reflect each other. You don't have to look smart to be smart, and you don't have to sacrifices fun flurry things to get buy in a world of law. And mostly, you don't have to sacrifice who you are, in order to gain respectability in the world. All very good ideas and strong ideas for the film that they wanted to tell. The script includes many segments where Elle is given the chance to show her intelligence and debiting skills long before she ends up on the road to becoming a lawyer. That makes the prospect that a Barbie-type character could become a lawyer quite believable.
But forget all of this. Because the second film has none these ideas. The character "Elle Woods" (Reese Witherspoon) goes from having this great character arch from the first film that takes her from being party girl, to someone wants to make something out of her life, back To party girl who though a series of unrelated-random acts end up in Washington DC, where she just stands around quoting mantras from her old Sorority while everyone else around here does all the work. There is no new character ark; there is no new conflict. She goes from being a strong-headed woman of the '90s to a clueless dumb blond. She goes full circle.
What would have been more interesting was to bring her character into practicing law instead of politics. You know, have her actually become a layer, the thing that she was studying to be in the first film!!! The forever optimistic Elle Woods then would have to face the prospect that she would have to represent someone she didn't like or who was guilty of the crime that she was protecting them from.
Or maybe if you really want her to go into politics, then to have her actually take a political stance on a topic and then having to explore all the ideas of that political idea and how they effect people in the world. Instead of skirting around the issue in order to not upset anyone!
Do no go see this film unless you like the sensation of a cheese grater being rubbed slowly across your eyeballs.
Tuesday, July 01, 2003
Computer Animted FIlms make money.....WRONG, what bout Story???
Here's a very good article about the importance of story in an animated film. The lack of story is what killed 2-D animation, not the fact that it is 2-D. John Hues and John Lasseter are mentioned:
Story? Huh??
Here's a very good article about the importance of story in an animated film. The lack of story is what killed 2-D animation, not the fact that it is 2-D. John Hues and John Lasseter are mentioned:
Just Say NO! To the Music Industry
Just because the music industry hasn't bothered to figure out how to make money on the internet doesn't mean they have the right to sue their fans. This sight has put together an open letter asking the music industry to stop pursuing the music lovers and start pursuing the genuine pirates who mass produce AND SELL fake CDs, DVDs, etc.
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Just because the music industry hasn't bothered to figure out how to make money on the internet doesn't mean they have the right to sue their fans. This sight has put together an open letter asking the music industry to stop pursuing the music lovers and start pursuing the genuine pirates who mass produce AND SELL fake CDs, DVDs, etc.
