I haven't seen AI but I have read Cat's Cradle. Obviously ice-nine froze the oceans.
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2 2013-05-18 19:11:19
Re: #37 - Are We Worried About Pixar? (67 replies, posted in Episodes)
What Trey said, it's not the dress or the bow. It's the sudden loss of some internal organs and the 'come hither' eyes.
3 2013-05-09 01:39:57
Re: Ender's Game! (34 replies, posted in Off Topic)
Invid wrote:
I have to assume, as I haven't read them, that the later Ender's Game books retcon out the gay subtext in the first book. One of the boys was definitely portrayed as a bit feminine, and our heroes were fine with that.
Well the sequel, Speaker for the Dead, takes place about 3000 years after Ender's Game so....no. I honestly can't remember much about Ender's Shadow, but I doubt there is any gay retconing there either. OSC actually has a few gay characters in his books as far as I remember, and most of his fictional characters don't reflect his personal (notably Mormon) views. His non-fiction essay writing is where the "some of my friends are gay, but..." stuff is located.
4 2013-05-08 02:39:47
Re: Cool Trailers (262 replies, posted in Off Topic)
Squiggly_P wrote:
The author has said that there's no romance subplot, and that that's the reason it took so long to get made - that the studios kept insisting there be a romance plot (in an adaptation of a book about an 8 year old, which is kinda creepy TBH...) - but even if there's NOT a romance sub-plot, they've got the hugging shot and the fact that they've upped the ages to fourteen - sixteen. Idiot kids who don't follow movie news will see this and assume there's some kind of romance thing going on.
Having read the books, these aren't the things that bug me. Making everyone older is pretty standard for movies (see every high school movie ever). I prefer them to get slightly older kids who can act over 7-8 year olds who can't. And in defence of the hug, it's between Ender and his sister. His strong (platonic) love of his sister is pretty central to his character.
Having Kingsley in Maori-face is a bit weird. And I'm not sure why they're focusing on the adult POV when it should probably be primarily interactions between the kids. I guess to give Ford and Kingsley more trailer time.
5 2013-05-08 00:16:46
Re: Cool Trailers (262 replies, posted in Off Topic)
If you've read the book
Wait...they showed the ending in the trailer? I guess you only know it's the ending if you've read the book, but still...
6 2013-05-04 23:00:44
Re: The Friends in Your Head Present: What Are You Doing, Movie? (165 replies, posted in Episodes)
I can hear an opening "The What are you doing movie? archives", playing both off the website and from the download. It's a short 'intro' but definitely there, and there is a "friendsinyourhead.com" at the end.
7 2013-05-04 00:57:55
Re: The Friends in Your Head Present: What Are You Doing, Movie? (165 replies, posted in Episodes)
Holden wrote:
Do I get a toddler that's currently emptying a box of baby wipes now?
Sorry, the toddler crashed into bed (you didn't want her at that point anyway), but you can have the baby wipes!
And thanks 
8 2013-05-03 00:12:46
Re: The Friends in Your Head Present: What Are You Doing, Movie? (165 replies, posted in Episodes)
Can the forum/forums link forward thing work again?
Pretty please?
With a toddler that's currently emptying a box of baby wipes on top?
9 2013-05-01 00:52:02
Re: What's Going On: Changes to Come (396 replies, posted in Episodes)
*psst* Is it just me or are the twitter and gmail accounts not registered yet?
10 2013-04-25 01:38:11
Re: Cool vids...again. (953 replies, posted in Off Topic)
Saniss wrote:
Holy shit.
I wish it looked like that in real life, but it's just a trick of a 24 Hz pulse filmed at 24p. In real life the water is waving back and forth (still cool), but the frames are only when it's approximately in the same place.
11 2013-04-20 19:31:29
Re: What's Going On: Changes to Come (396 replies, posted in Episodes)
"The Magic Bean Talks" appeals to my slysdexic half. It's probably also still available as a twitter handle, domain, etc.
13 2013-04-09 00:58:43
Re: THE LORD OF THE RINGS (300 replies, posted in Episodes)
Huh....I saw the Toronto version of the Lord of the Rings musical and it was bad. Really bad. For example the Lothlorien song was Galadriel divaing for 6 minutes about how sad she was that Lothlorien and the Elves were fading away. No singing Legolas or acrobatic elves. No particular relation to the plot or overarching themes otherwise in the musical.
I heard they'd revamped it for London, but hadn't realized they changed songs too. Huge improvement. I hope they didn't change the Balrog. That part was awesome.
14 2013-04-05 01:08:59
Re: The Hunger Games (37 replies, posted in Episodes)
The books indicated that training for the games was expressly forbidden, but that the capital ignored it in the case of the rich districts. District 12 would not get the same leniency, and if Katniss wasn't subtle with her hunting she'd get in trouble too.
15 2013-04-04 00:07:47
Re: The cool photos thread (Bandwidth Warning, Yo!) (698 replies, posted in Off Topic)
I love these costumes and would seriously consider making one for my daughter (or myself) for Halloween. They are classytastic. Click for the rest.
(for those who don't know all the characters, this repost has titles: http://www.geeknative.com/38733/drawing … rheroines/)
16 2013-03-27 23:40:42
Re: The cool photos thread (Bandwidth Warning, Yo!) (698 replies, posted in Off Topic)
17 2013-03-19 00:14:37
Re: Why Do People Love Game Of Thrones? (59 replies, posted in Off Topic)
bullet3 wrote:
Why do people love Game of Thrones?...cause it's fucking awesome:
What's up with the techno soundtracks on the trailers? It makes my brain hurt trying to mash TRON into Game of Thrones...
Otherwise, awesome trailer.
18 2013-03-17 15:04:21
Re: Why Do People Love Game Of Thrones? (59 replies, posted in Off Topic)
What I get out of Game of Thrones is that sometimes you think the story is going one way and you're planing on it and expecting it and you can see it all working out and then it doesn't and I go GRRRRRRRRRRRR(M). But then it goes on and something else happens and it's not what you planned but it's interesting too and it's going to be ok. I think it's a metaphor.
As for the show, I'm with Spork that I watch it mostly to see how they adapt the books.
19 2013-02-22 01:30:59
Re: The cool photos thread (Bandwidth Warning, Yo!) (698 replies, posted in Off Topic)
20 2013-02-13 19:48:12
Re: The cool photos thread (Bandwidth Warning, Yo!) (698 replies, posted in Off Topic)
Click for attribution and context.
21 2013-02-12 21:23:12
Re: Your 5 favorite albums (39 replies, posted in Off Topic)
The typical non-musical-soundtrack* tenants of my CD player:
Temptation, Holly Cole
Hush, Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma
In Your Own Sweet Way, Dave Brubeck
Something Fierce, Marian Call
16mm, Jorane
Most of the videos are live versions instead of studio versions, but they're also mostly jazz so it works.
*I excluded musicals. Otherwise Les Mis, JCS, and a bunch of Sondheim would be up there.
Edit: Hey Ash, Temptation is a CD of Tom Waits covers. You might like it. Or not, since they're done in a totally different style.
22 2013-02-12 01:22:52
Re: The cool photos thread (Bandwidth Warning, Yo!) (698 replies, posted in Off Topic)
Click to embiggen.
23 2013-02-06 17:10:24
Re: Will.i.am is a Terrible Person (19 replies, posted in Off Topic)
For the sake of my sanity and ongoing happiness, I'm just going to forget this exists.
24 2013-02-02 02:42:02
Re: Cool Animated Stuff (44 replies, posted in Off Topic)
Doom doom doom doom-doom doom doom! Doom doom!
25 2013-02-01 21:37:45
Re: Looper (71 replies, posted in Episodes)
I assumed that Seth's memories of his previously awesome 30 year retirement were being changed as he was dismembered, which was freaking him out as much as loosing body parts. If he did manage to get there quickly he figured he had a chance at a decent life? The theory only holds a bit of water. Presumably young Seth did not get a very nice retirement.
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