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redxavier wrote:I don't think there's actually any disagreement that you owe something, but the question could be 'what do you owe'? Just throwing this idea out there, I'm not saying I know the answer or if there even is one.
And there's the rub. Greg was asked many times how this was actually going to work or who is going to pay actors etc and he declined to answer despite being asked again and again. Instead he just keeps saying the same lines over and over again, if he said he doesn't know how to answer that would be fine but he just keeps replying with the same shit (count how many times he has said the word 'government'). This has been frustrating for some and even making some think he's trolling. When this is said he just says 'I'm not trolling, you are' which, again is not only frustrating but a bit childish. You can almost imagine him sniggering every time he presses 'submit reply'.
I'm not saying what he is saying is wrong just that it doesn't make any sense. It has got to the stage where other people are trying to explain it for Greg rather than Greg doing it himself. If he can't, why doesn't he just say and leave it? He does keep coming back you know, he could end it by stop saying ridiculous comments without being able to back them up or at least admitting as much.
Dorkman wrote:Jimmy B wrote:The Island was powered by, essentially, electromagnetic energy underground. This energy, when utilised properly could send people off the Island. and also travel in time. The gears were built to control this and the polar bears were bred on the island to push the gears. There was a fuck up with the energy when Locke left and that is when the time slipping happened.
Which again, mostly makes sense ("sense," anyway) in terms of an alien ship, and none in terms of
SPOILER
Showthe whole thing being purgatory.
Ah, but-
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Show It wasn't all purgatory, though. Everything that we saw happen actually did happen. People saw the last episode which is Jack crossing over and wrongly assumed everyone was dying at the same time. The first shot of the entire show is Jack opening his eye and the last shot of the series is him in roughly the same position closing his eye. A lot of pole took this to mean he was dying after just coming off the plane, which is wrong. There is a couple of lines that explains what is happening at the end that people tend to miss or ignore
And, yeah, reading the synopsis for most sci-fi shows you are not familiar with can make the show sound ridiculous. And I'm sure Trey is on the same page as me- when Lost ws good, it was pretty damn good. I am going to stop explaining Lost to people who don't care. Thank you for your time 
It must be easier for Game Of Thrones, though, having the books to work from. Most TV shows don't plan anything too far in advance because ideas change all the time. There were many ideas that the makers of Lost had that they had to change for certain reasons such as their child actor growing up 'too fast', actors not wanting to commit to moving to Hawaii etc. In fact, they had a long term plan for one particular character, Mr Eko, who first appeared in season 2. He was to be part of the whole good vs evil nonsense in the final season but the actor wanted to leave and they killed him off in season 3.
And for the record, the finale of Lost made perfect sense to me and works as a finale for that show. It was the rest of the last season that was a bit shit. The show has some excellent moments and excellent episodes of drama and action. The finales for seasons 3 and 4 are amazing in my opinion with great twists and turns and 'wtf' moments. It was just ruined by season six.
Heh. I know they made shit up as they went. I know you don't care, Mike, but-
The Island was powered by, essentially, electromagnetic energy underground. This energy, when utilised properly could send people off the Island. and also travel in time. The gears were built to control this and the polar bears were bred on the island to push the gears. There was a fuck up with the energy when Locke left and that is when the time slipping happened. That is explained on the show (again, making it up as they went along) and I'm not explaining it very well. But I tried
I'm not saying they didn't answer things, there are a couple of things unresolved that pisses me off but that I have a feeling that video is made by folk who are just annoyed the show didn't go the way they wanted.
Dorkman wrote:
You think so? I never watched it, but I did watch a YouTube compilation of unanswered questions after the finale. An unmapped island, animals that don't belong there, hatches that lead to ancient machinery, smoke monsters, and time-slipping? That's a crashed alien ship leaking quantum phlebotinum if I ever heard of one.
The polar bears on the island, the smoke monster and the time slipping were all answered. This is what we were saying earlier about that video not being correct.
I'm not sure what the 'hatches that lead to ancient machinery' means. 
Dave wrote:Ok, shows over. You're all going to bed now. This has become endless, cyclical bullshit. It's like listening to drunk geeks arguing shit at a party.
Wait, what?
And it's 7.40am here.
TheGreg wrote:Writing a book certainly doesn't cost any more, making an album not much more for sure. Making a film costs a bit more than putting on a play, although I'm not convinced it's a lot more, regardless, that's not the point. Any industry has to figure out a way to make its product viable in the environment it finds itself, not the one it would like to be in.
No, dude, you are (purposely?) missing the point. Everything costs more now, everything. Back in Shakey's day, they didn't have to pay as much rent, there were no phone bills, no television, no cell phone bills, no cars, no health insurance, no life insurance, no house insurace, no vet bills, no music albums/downloads, no cinemas, no supermarkets...... do you get what I am saying? They didn't have all that shit to pay for and worry bout.
People who make films, books, music need to make money from them, they have to in order to bloody live. This is what you seem to be skipping over when you read everyone's posts. And I am not 100% sure that you are not taking the piss.....
TheGreg wrote:Shakespeare wrote for money, but he didn't rely on copyright and sales of copies. His works were pretty freely copied and reproduced, and yet, somehow, he made a living.
Pretty sure times have changed since then....things cost money more now and shit.
TheGreg wrote:I think the massive benefit of having the entirety of human science, literature and entertainment freely available to all people to do what they want with far outweighs the short term goal of propping up the hollywood studio system. Yes.
I do not thing that this will result in nothing new being made, any more than I think nothing was created before copyright existed. Clearly, Shakespeare did not sit around saying 'I'd love to write plays, but since copyright doesn't exist, I can't'.
Yeah....uh-huh....yup......
TheGreg wrote:Look, the goal of the project is not to preserve the current system with its current funding levels. I'm not really interested in whether the studio system as it is currently conceived can continue in the 21st century any more than I am in whether the buggy whip industry as it was conceived in the 18th century could continue after the invention of the automobile.
It isn't my job to guarantee that any industry that ever made money can continue regardless of technological advances or social progress. I'm sorry - it's just not.
So you are saying it doesn't matter if movies or music or books stopped getting made because there is no money to sustain the industries as long as you get everything for free?
TheGreg wrote:I absolutely think that the benefit to humanity of the whole of literature, science, and entertainment being available for free to everyone in the world is so great that it outweighs the complaints of people who cannot possibly get their heads around a business model based on a scarcity that doesn't exist any more.
We have business models that are not based on scarcity now. We've had them in the past, and we've had them in the future. The benefit to humanity is too great to be held back by a small minded lack of imagination around business models.
But and you haven't actually answered the question- Who is paying for all this? The money that is needed to produce those projects has to come from somewhere. So many people in the film, book or music industries have to be paid, without this, nobody will want to do the work any longer as it won't be beneficial for them financially.
You're not actually providing a solution, Greg, it's like saying 'ah, don't worry about it, it'll be fine' while the plane you're in is plummeting to the ground......
EDIT: Dammit Teague! So, this is how C-Spin, felt
C-Spin wrote:
EDIT - Jimmy pretty much said the exact same thing, and better. Thunder-stealing asshat.
That's me
I'm sorry, but you think everything should be free? Films? Music? Books?
But how does anything get paid for? How do movie studios or whatever get money to continue paying for other projects? If everything is made for free from now on, the money will eventually run out and studios/music companies/ publishers will eventually go bankrupt then nothing can get made.
If I have misunderstood you, I apologise but that is how I read your 'Absolutely I do' response to Spin's 'So do you believe that all media; music, film, television, should be freely available to everybody?'
My reaction to this thread-
I didn't even notice it. 
Was it the criticism towards Steven Moffat?
avatar wrote:Jimmy B wrote:My favourite line of dialogue from the prequels, said with a straight face is this-
Padmé- Hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo; so long ago when there was nothing but our love. No politics, no plotting, no war.
I thank you......
Ow, that's painful. But is it as cringeworthy as this infamous example...
Anakin: I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.
Yeah, I was thinking about that one too but I think Natalie Portman gets extra points for saying 'lake on Naboo' with a straight face and without elongating the 'oo' in a comedic fashion
All the dire-logue in those films are awful.
Yeah, it annoys me that so many people moan that nothing was answered when loads was. Sure some answers weren't, the aforementioned outrigger bit for example, but enough was for me. My problem with the show *SPOILERS** was the fact that season six was so fucking uneven, it was all over the place. Characters were treated badly too, Ilana doing an Arzt, Desmond being forgotten about as was his power, Jin and Sun dying just to have less characters for the finale etc etc. And I felt a lot of the tension was gone too, something I loved about the show was the fact that it could have me on the edge of my seat with it's 'what the fuck?' moments. I very rarely got that in season six apart from the Island being underwater in the opener and Sayid coming back to life. Ooh, there's another one- Sayid used to be a bad ass, one of my faves but he was treated so poorly in the last season they should have kept him dead at the start of it. Mainly because there was no bloody point to it. He did fuck all and then died again. Rubbish. If I ever re-watch Lost again, I'll end it at the season 5 finale, that'll do for me. I'm glad Sawyer made it though, that made me smile. And that last shot of Jack lying on the ground and that bloody dog lying next to him made me tear up....****END OF SPOILERS****
So....yeah......
Just watched Resident Evil: Retribution and it has this wonderful exchange-
Grunt: What are you doing?
Alice: She's alive, I'm going to get her.
Grunt: I didn't lose this many friends so you could just walk away
Alice: I plan on coming back
Grunt: Don't do this. You're more important than she is
Alice: That's where you're wrong
Grunt: This is a mistake
Alice: Get out of my way
Cliché-ridden dire-logue that is performed by two actors who know it's bad writing and don't even bother putting any effort into it. It's quite excruciating to watch. I contribute nothing else to this thread.
Science action figures anyone?
Zarban wrote: Somehow, there are more Chinese and black people in Harry Potter's Scotland than there are in Nolan's Gotham City.
Now, this I agree with. Although, is Harry Potter set in Scotland or was it just partly filmed here? Genuine question, not being funny. I haven't read the books
Allison wrote:You know what show has been surprising me with representation? Elementary on CBS. I am consistently amazed that its New York actually looks like New York.
Blue Bloods is the same, New York is practically a character on that show.
Heh. Good point
So, you'd want a Batman series where his mum is alive rather than them sticking to the source material?
Hardly think that one counts.
My favourite line of dialogue from the prequels, said with a straight face is this-
Padmé- Hold me, like you did by the lake on Naboo; so long ago when there was nothing but our love. No politics, no plotting, no war.
I thank you......
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