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From what I understand you have to break in the nibs, though. There was a comic strip artist who would use "breaking in new pen tips" as an excuse to just do a pretty picture for that day's comic instead of doing the actual comic.

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I saw Cleanflix a few months ago, the doc about the Utah company which would edit R rated movies for you. An interesting subject, and I kind of agree with the idea:I grew up watching Blues Brothers, MASH, and other stuff edited for TV, but can't, yet, show the same movies to my niece because there are no edited versions. Even if the original director created one (Landis shot non-nude scenes for Animal House, for example, for the TV edit, and Reitman filmed alternate takes for Ghostbusters to get rid of the swearing)

The documentary, though... not good. It relies heavily on interviews with a couple guys, then levels a horrible charge at one of them which has nothing to due with the subject. Either find another talking head to replace him, or don't bring that thing up. You're left with some basic information, and that's about it.

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Since they haven't pre-announced what's getting released when for awhile, the odds of me having the movie is pretty low. Eventually I'll get the disk from Netflix, but often my first listen will be without the movie.

Doctor Submarine wrote:

You know when you get so good at something that you just assume nothing will ever go wrong with it? All Is Lost relies on this pretty heavily.

There was a guy in his 20's who helped with our Boy Scout troop for a couple years. He once told us he rode a motorcycle up until the day he found himself confidently riding down the Thruway with his hands not on the handlebars. He realized being that good, and/or confident, was going to get him killed, so he stopped riding.

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Game theory actually did an episode on Pewdiepie, and how various factors pushed Youtube to promote him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgMqhEMhVV8

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I suddenly pictured a scene where she realizes that message, and lets go... only to realize she's now floating free in space, and the point was more psychological and not literal smile

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Teague wrote:

*raises hand like an idiot*

I did VFX on a Geek and Sundry webseries yet to be released. Am... am I cool?

If you have to ask...

So, you're talking about a new version of King Kong or Mothra vs Godzilla, basically. Human greed brings monster destruction on a city.

We tell the story from Godzilla's point of view.

Godzilla is on an island, just chilling. He has his son, Minilla, with him. One day, Godzilla senses some other monster intruding on his territory so goes off to fry the insolent fuckers. While he's gone, a team of humans show up and capture little Minilla, taking him back with them.

Godzilla is furious. He's never bothered the humans. Never even paid much attention to the little creatures. Now they have his SON? This is war! He sets off to get his kid back.

The humans are truly evil. They try and stop him with things which float, things which fly, all of which throw exploding fire at him. It hurts, but not as much as he hurts them. The weapons used get bigger and bigger. Godzilla begins to slow. He's injured. Seriously. The idea he might not survive crosses his mind. If he can save his son, though. If he can get him back to the sea. Minilla will live. That is all that matters. With another heroic push, Godzilla makes it to the prison where they were holding Minilla. Godzilla rips open the cell.

Minilla is dead. Dissected. As are a baby Rodan and Mothra.

Oh, Humanity is so dead. Godzilla lets out a cry unheard since the dawn of Man. From the far corners of the Earth, the other creatures respond. As the screen fades out, we see a Godzilla, rejuvenated with a Holy Purpose, marching across the countryside towards a city. The cries of other monsters come to us, louder.

It is the end of Humanity.

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And if THIS man says that...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Zardoz_zed.jpg

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Your Monty Pythons and your South Parks travel the same ground.

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Sort of a "Musk and Me"?

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Yes, but not everything people say is true.

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Teague wrote:

The thing I keep coming back to is the inclusion of Musk's Bond car. Why was that included? It seems like the only reason for Oatmeal to include that is to pre-empt any ability for Musk to turn this down. Suppose he did. "Oh, I get it, so he'll buy a movie prop but he won't [insert rest of argument here]." Which... isn't that shitty, on Oatmeal's part? It's kind of blackmail-ish, he's clearly trying to force Musk's hand by pre-shaming him.

Happens all the time. They've been trying to shame the owner of the Washington Redskins for decades. If you're rich and/or famous, get used to it.


It seems especially shitty to me because The Oatmeal is really, really popular. There was never a chance this wasn't going to become a thing on Musk's desk. It's a sure thing. Whereas if it were, like, us doing this, and it could only get to Musk's desk because it genuinely struck a chord with people and went viral, that'd be a bunch of people asking for eight million bucks. Right now it's just one guy. For his thing. Because "Tesla."

I have to admit, I've never heard of that site before (all popularity is relative these days). To me it read like the kind of thing where the author already heard a "no" of some form, so went public. If you're not going to get the money anyway, might as well use that fact to help drum up support from elsewhere.

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Well, after a successful Kickstarter that tried to get Twilight but instead did a live show of Starship Troopers, Rifftrax is now crowd funding a live show for the 1998 Godzilla. Unlike with Twilight, they've talked to the people so know it's possible. Like last time, there will be no later VOD or DVD release. You really have to like their rewards: for $20, you get the eventual studio recorded riff of the movie... plus a $15 Rifftrax gift certificate to cover the fact you had to buy the movie. A clear indication this is truly about getting the cash upfront needed for this.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ri … theaters-n

It's an article from last July, reacting to Disney news that the new Star Wars would include model work. Basically, models are cheaper and often look more real, but there are lots of limitations.

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Was he sued for ripping himself off?

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It's a good example of a movie without a plot. It has a STORY, but not a real plot. It's a fun contrast to the overtly complicated movies we're getting now.

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I have a general question. I've heard many say, including you guys, that Gravity really has to be seen in 3D for it to work. I didn't, which probably explains my feelings towards the film smile However, unless 3D TV REALLY catches on, from this point forward very few of those watching the movie will see the 3D version. I therefore wonder if it will have any more lasting impact than Avatar did. It's certainly not unwatchable the same way, say, How The West Was Won is (the three strip, curved screen image doesn't convert to flat letterbox well), but does a filmmaker have any obligation to "future proof" their film so it has a life beyond the theater? The answer used to be, "no", as they were competing against TV and home video didn't exist. Now, however...

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Zarban wrote:

I think I'm correct in saying that Ridley Scott was inspired by Giger's art and that he brought Giger on to Alien to help with production design even tho that wasn't Giger's thing. I wish there was more of that in the film industry.

As the recent documentary "Jodorowsky's Dune" shows, Giger was one of the artists tapped for that project. When it fell apart, Scott snapped him up for his movie.

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He seemed right based on the little I've read of the book, but it's very possible the "real" Constantine isn't a character who you'd like. I think most of the fan hype is just excitement that they're actually trying to do the character. That that character might not be interesting to most viewers is never a fanboy concern smile

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BigDamnArtist wrote:

Well I suppose that's the difference between you and me. Typically I would frown on my characters framing a 6 year old girl as a demon. I suppose you would also have her then lead the town in the joyous burning at the stake of the 6 year old demon?

Hey, I grew up loving The Omen, that wonderful story about the 5 year old Anti-Christ. Spare the sacrificial knives, spoil the child...

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BigDamnArtist wrote:

Model toy.

Basically the lead character makes the little model butterfly appear and gives it to a little girl, so it plays off like okay, she probably could have just done some sleight of hand to make it appear and given it to the little girl to make her smile. But then she sprinkles some magic dust over the model and it bursts to life (as a real butterfly) and takes off (That'll be digital). And everyone rejoices!

I'd have the lead character jump back and shout, "What the fuck is that?! She's a demon! Kill her!"

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[watches Fateful Findings clip]

You know, given the title is at the start, I could almost believe there is no movie, just this short film smile The woman wearing a bra in the shower told me, unfortunately, that this was not going to be The Room level bad porn in addition to being a bad movie.

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When it came out, a critic mentioned that Buckaroo Banzai seemed to be trying to be a cult film, at a time when cult films were those movies which had failed yet later found an audience. I do agree with some of that, as much as I love the film. It is trying too hard.

This is the first I've heard of Fateful Findings. I'll have to keep my eye out for it.