2,051

(956 replies, posted in Off Topic)

<3

But ow my feels. I had the Steamboat Willie version of THAT scene run through my head, I'm torn between laughter and pain.

2,052

(211 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Does it come in a range of scents?

2,053

(53 replies, posted in Episodes)

Alright, thanks guys. I'll have a dig through that and see if I can process any of it a little better smile

Red: Using older lenses is actually something I've been really curious about for a while now. Just knowing myself, and my own aesthetic preferences, I have a gut feeling that I would probably really like shooting with them as well. But I really don't understand this shit well enough right now, oy, alright, so say I have something like the Helios you mentioned, full manual everything. Is it by the nature of it being full manual that you can throw it on just about anything? Or is it a product of it working in roughly the same way as the canon system that allows you to throw it on there? Put another way, if I tried to adapt an old lens like that down to a m4/3rds, would I be losing  most of the image, or just really limiting my range with it like Sam was talking about with the flange distance?

EDIT: So this is cool. A while back a friend of mine gave me his old russian SLR film camera, it's pretty beat up but I freaking love the images that come off it. (Small gallery). But on a hunch after typing this out I took a look at it, and it actually has a Helios 44M on it. So I might do some research to see if I can adapt that over to the GH2. No clue if it's possible, but I really love this lens and it would be awesome if I could shoot video with it.

2,054

(211 replies, posted in Off Topic)

We've lost Teague everyone. I repeat. We have lost Teague.

2,055

(359 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Alright gotta admit. I'm starting to get pretty pumped up for this thing.

2,056

(53 replies, posted in Episodes)

A bit more of a higher thinking question this time. I've been doing a lot of reading and looking about lenses lately, since that's one area that I'm still very very new to.

And I was just wondering what the shooters here think.

Right now I'll be working with a GH2, which is a micro 4/3rds lens mount. But obviously I'll be moving up to something bigger and better eventually, something that will most likely not have a m4/3rds mount. If I'm building my glass kit, should I buy for the m4/3rds and then use an adapter later, or do I get something else that's a great piece of glass and adapt it down to the m4/3rds?

Mostly I'm just getting confused because I hear all these shooters talking about this and this lens being something that you'll use for the rest of your life, but the lens mount is the mount and that changes just from camera to camera let alone over time.

Or maybe I'm just thinking about this entirely wrong and should just go back to reading.

EDIT: Obviously most of this is completely hypothetical at this point. I won't be getting any lenses of my own for a long time. But I'm just trying to understand the logic of it all. Just thought I'd clarify that.

2,057

(1,649 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Dj, you're related to Grace?

2,058

(956 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Um...3 things...

A) WTF (What the fuck)?!
B) WTF (Why the fuck)?!
C) WTF (Who the fuck cares)?!

2,059

(255 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Trey...sell me on Mary Roach in one sentence. Never heard of her, curious what gets you this excited.

2,060

(53 replies, posted in Episodes)

Sam F wrote:

My brother just got the 504HD head (no legs yet). I'm not a tripod expert, but I think it's very solid. I also have the Davis & Sanford FM18 head, and the 504HD seems to be a nice step up in build quality.

Cool, thanks man.

2,061

(991 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Saniss wrote:

The climax owes much to Smith's amazing acting.

This.

Matt Smith has just been impressing the hell out of me with every episode. And JLC has that amazing Kaylee quality of "I will buy into anything if she believes it". So the 2 of them together are just, wow.

But then again, I do go weak knee'd anytime they start playing with how truly dark and tortured the Doctor is beneath everything. So that probably helped as well.

2,062

(53 replies, posted in Episodes)

I'm about a week or so away from finally being able to get the first bit of my camera gear. I'll be grabbing a panasonic GH2. And so long as I did my math right, I should have enough left over to get some toys.

So I'm thinking of getting this mic kit: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/7 … phone.html

This head: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/6 … _Head.html

These legs: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/6 … ripod.html

and this case: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/6 … d_Bag.html

Any thoughts on the choices would be appreciated smile

I figure this should be enough to get me going until I can get together enough to sink into some pro lights and lighting gear.

2,063

(991 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Owen, you are a mad man. Great episode.

And at the very least, better than fucking Let's Kill Hitler for gods sake.

2,064

(211 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Dave wrote:

I still don't know what a mission patch is - is it the like a merit badge in the Scouts, but for people who pretend to be astronauts?

Here.

2,065

(211 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Teague wrote:

Yes or no questions only, please.

Teague wrote:

Animal, mineral, vegetable, conceptual?


http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0q70E7CY1rzhv5ho1_500.gif

2,066

(1,649 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Haven't even watched it yet...but I'm calling CnD in 3...2....

2,067

(2 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Interesting.

I'm a little disappointed by the lack of any specific examples of works based on Kishōtenketsu, mostly cause this is something that sounds interesting, and I'd like to see in an actual work. Anyone a little more familiar with Asian cinema that could lend a hand?

2,068

(39 replies, posted in Creations)

Ooookay, contest thing.

I was thinking it was some sort of general docu thing.

Got it.

2,069

(39 replies, posted in Creations)

Wow guys, that was impressive as hell. Really nicely done.

Although the filmmaker in my head is screaming out to know the significance of shooting your subjects with that days newspaper. Is it just a proof of the time and place thing?

2,070

(1,649 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day, Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci play a board game.

Wil Wheaton, Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart and Greg Benson play a board game.

I just discovered this series, I am in heaven right now.

2,071

(49 replies, posted in Episodes)

That woman...oh god.

2,072

(49 replies, posted in Episodes)

fireproof78 wrote:

...current cultural obsession (in the United States)

Oh yeah...just the US...


But otherwise, I pretty much agree.

2,073

(49 replies, posted in Episodes)

Sorry, no, I think I confused my point.

My point was that there really isn't that disconnect between people doing this to other people who are volunteers vs people doing to other people who aren't volunteers that Teague kept getting hung up on.

It's just that they (the guys) kept talking about the Hunger Games as a reality show, but it's far closer to Gladiatorial events and I think that's where the confusion was coming in.


EDIT: I removed the offending line from my op.

2,074

(49 replies, posted in Episodes)

Finally got some time to listen to this one.

When you guys were having that whole debate about the Hunger Games being akin to a reality show and the Hunger Games being a comment on the people who watch that sort of thing and Teague was having that whole disconnect of "reality tv show with volunteers" vs. "People drafted into the game to kill each other". I'm really surprised no one brought up (or if they did it was so brief I missed it) the fact that the Hunger Games are basically a literal translation of Gladiatorial Events into this world.

What are essentially slaves are picked out of the crowd, thrown into a ring filled with booby-traps and dangers, (And dictatorial puppet masters that every so often might want to throw a lion or something into the mix just to shake things up) given weapons and told the last one out alive gets to live and gets a reward. While hordes of onlooking citizens watch gleefully and are entertained.

Of course, there are aspects of reality tv show in there as well, but I think that's mostly just a side effect of the upgraded technology of it. If The Romans had TV cameras you can bet your ass they would have shown it across the empire.

IDK, that's just always been my reading of the whole Hunger Games thing, less Survivor more Gladiator.

EDIT: Removed the line confusing my point.

2,075

(211 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Zarban. If any of your interests align with our dear leader, we can no longer associate.

...also artful?! have you ever seen the dude?  There's a reason air farce constantly portrays him as a robot.