To which I say,

Touche on the Asian comment.  To be clear, I have no problem with the term Asian, just as calling an asian person Chinese as a default term.

I thought Cloverfield was the best episode of Felicity, ever.

Wow, y'all are making me feel like a dummy for liking Avatar, but there you go.  I like Avatar.

I think this story is perfect for Danny Boyle, actually.  If they ever did a fictional version of Touching the Void, same thing.

No shit, holy shit.

I had read the script a few months back and saw it, as Teague mentioned.   I really enjoyed it.  At it's core, it's about a kid that wants to outthink the social contract in order to join it, and while becoming wildly successful in life, is ultimately stuck in the same place he started. 
There are parts of the film that deal with what happens when you create something with somebody, and the idea grows too fast for one of them to keep up.  It's not a matter of who's right or wrong: any creative pursuit takes a life of its own at some point, and your job is to stay one step ahead of it.  Some folks can't and the relationship with Mark and Eduardo is indicative of this.

I love Sorkin's writing here, Fincher takes a measured hand, and performances are really solid all the way around.

Oh...and even in the little you see of her, Roony Mara is a PERFECT choice for Fincher's Lisbeth Salander.

1)  Pud Pad Noy Worawoot - famous old school Muay Thai instructor
2)  Carter Carter - Editor friend of mine.
3)  Jean-Jacques Machado - my old Jiu Jitsu coach
4)  Eddie Bravo - my current Jiu Jitsu coach
5)  Rich Crunkilton - MMA fighter.

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I'd like to field this one.  

I'll start by saying this sent HUGE shockwaves throughout the editing community.  Editors I know who never met her are grieving this like it was a family member.  My friend Sara Hillner who I worked with on a few shows, idolized her on a few levels.  With that said, if I'm going to be talking about the role of editing, it's importance in the craft, and Sally's position as a giant amongst her peers, I'll hope you indulge in a slight personal anecdote.

I got into editing because I wanted to be a writer.  In college I was convinced I was going to be the next Kevin Smith (oh, young Eddie, how adorable you were) and my writing was going to be my claim to fame.  During a Linear editing class my Junior year we had an assignment where we had to take existing scene elements and cut a scene, using at least one shot from every setup.  I hated it.  It was some Australian film school curriculum my professor somehow got a hold of, and it was beyond lame.  Being the punk I was, I decided to make a trailer for it like it was a Michael Bay movie.  It turned out kinda funny, and my teacher appreciated what i had done, for not really doing the assignment.  It hit me very hard right then, that I had completely rewritten the scene.  There was power in that.

That began my love for editing and it scratched a creative itch that few other things in this industry do.  Editing is the choke point of the creative process. When you hit the editing room, it doesn't matter what you wrote, shot, conceived, or wished for, it matters what you do with whats in front of you.
And that is where someone like Sally truly shined.I've always thought the auteur theory was a bit overhyped.  No film worth watching is one persons creative vision.  But QT is one of those guys (Rodriguez and Soderbergh being others) where its dominated by his own vision.  As QT said himself, "I write the movies myself, but I cut them with Sally."  Meaning, Sally is the one in charge of rewriting, restructuring, and overall reigning in what QT shot, to best tell the story that QT had in his head.  You'd be surprised how an extra 15 frames can literally alter the entire meaning of a scene.  Sally understood that with someone with the unique properties that QT has, 15 frames in either direction per scene can mean quite a lot.

Now, the least tasteful joke I've heard so far is "You mean Quentin Tarantino had an editor?!?!"  Firstly, fuck you.  Secondly, just because you think QT's movies might be a it indulgent, or drag in spots (which is a fair criticism) doesn't mean that Sally didn't have HER voice mixed in with Quentin's the entire time.  No matter who the director is, the Editor is often the biggest collaborator outside of the producer.  They are the ones who are going to be involved with every frame of footage, and Sally knew exactly when to cutaway, when to hang on a shot, which take best carried the emotion, and what rhythm the film NEEDED.  THe crazy part is, 99% of people will never know this.  Editing is called the invisible art for a reason.  If we do our jobs right you will NEVER see it.  Good editing isn't stutter edits, FCP plugins, cutting to a downbeat, or snapping your fingers in a rhythm and cutting according to that.

 It's carrying an emotion consistently throughtout a scene, based on the raw materials the director provides you with, and Sally was one of the best.
It's a damn horrible loss.  And I promise you this, irrespective of what people think of QT's work before, it will never be the same after this.  It wasn't just Sally who died, it was part of QT's sensibility too.

If we're talking single issue1) Sandman #8:  This is where we meet Morpheus sister Death for the first time, and as a stand alone, it remains one of Gaiman's best.  2)  Preacher #9: This is the start of my favorite Preacher arc, called "Till the End of the World," where Jesse recounts his relationship to his grandma, and the tragic story of his parents.  Garth Ennis at his most restrained and delicate, I think.3) Pride of Baghdad: Based on the true story, and told from the perspective of, a Pride of Lion's set free from the Baghdad Zoo after the first bombing we did in 2003, this is why Brian K Vaughn is such a relevant story teller.4) Green Lantern: Rebirth #4:  This should be the textbook example of how to not only navigate, but exploit and weaponize a convoluted backstory and make something far more interesting out of it.  This was Geoff Johns coming out party in many ways.5) Watchmen # 12:  Down to the panel this is Alan Moore at his best.  
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The only problem is, you don't assume every white person is an american until they open their mouth.  You simply say, "Hey, it's a white guy."  But too often when people see someone of Asian descent, they ascribe a nationality without any evidence.  I have seen plenty of my white friends say "Who's the Chinese guy?" to people of Korean or Japanese descent.  It's no huge deal, my wife does it all the time.  But by and large, if you don't know, just refer to them as of Asian descent.  Unless you're in the UK.  Over there they refer to Arab or Persians as "Asians."

From a language perspective, I can tell the difference between the Chinese dialects, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese.  I only (barely) speak one of those languages.  With a little attention to detail you can pick it up.

Yeah, I'll admit to cringing myself when I hear people mistake various Asian cultures.  Between Martial Arts, Buddhism, and having a half chinese brother, I gotta represent.