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Comment on Movie Review: The Muppets by amandalovesmovies

amandalovesmovies — Mon, 28 May 2012 01:51:51 +0000

Such an enjoyable film. Check out my review I did awhile back!

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Game Review: Journey (PS3) « The DepressedPress — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:45:29 +0000

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Comment on Movie Review: The Avengers by charliegriefer

charliegriefer — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:05:58 +0000

Agreed with everything except the opinion of Norton’s Banner. I agree that the Hulk movie wasn’t great, but I do think it was necessary after Ang Lee’s. And I love Norton. I think he was a great Banner. Not that I didn’t like Ruffalo. I do agree with the “wry-but-smoldering sadness” (well put, btw). My one complaint, if you can call it that, about Ruffalo’s Banner is that he seems to be a bit too old. Graying, even. Don’t know why exactly, but the gray hairs bothered me. It made Bruce stand out as seeming significantly older than the rest of the team.

So, hey Joss… if you’re reading this, wash that gray right out of Ruffalo’s hair and we’re good. Thanks.

Comment on Movie Review: Outlander by Howard McCain

Howard McCain — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:33:57 +0000

Thank you, Jim. Also, I think my personal beliefs coincide a 100 percent with yours regarding evolution and science. But as a story teller, especially one who deals in the fantasy genre, your canvas has to be pretty large. Mythology, science, religion and the supernatural become your sand box and you get to have fun thinking “what if…” Or at least it is that way for me. Anyway, keep up the good work and I will continue to check out your site. Best, Howard

Comment on Movie Review: Outlander by kiwidust

kiwidust — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:38:06 +0000

Howard – thanks for commenting! I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to respond and your graciousness when under fire from an anonymous fat-man on the Internet. The devotion and care you have for your work is evident in the film itself and humbling.

The whole concept of humanity being transplanted to Earth is a peeve of mine and I’ll admit I may have set my jaw a bit too much on that point. Being a science geek and evolution supporter it bothers me (but – let’s be clear – pretty much nobody else) when all the evidence for evolution (and human evolution in particular) on earth isn’t given its due.

As much as I loved “Stargate” I always cringed when they brought up “The Ancients” and I much as I loved “Battlestar Galactica” I nearly popped a vessel at the ending. As a final example: one of the biggest complaints I had about “Avatar” was that the Navi didn’t have six-limbs like all the other animals on the planet.

So that’s my kink. I can’t see how it would matter at all to most people but for the minute you’re unfortunately stuck with me.

As for the other points – I am sorry. I’ve re-watched it (which means, if nothing else, “Outlander” has earned another rental fee on Vudu) and have reworked what I got wrong and clarified/changed other points. I also eliminated my complaints about the reveal of the creature – upon second viewing my original comments made no sense.

I’m greatly looking forward to whatever you come up with in the future. As much as I may complain (and I am a complainer) this was the best Sci-Fi movie (and one of the better movies in general) that I’ve seen in some time. Thanks for it.

Comment on Movie Review: Outlander by Howard McCain

Howard McCain — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:21:08 +0000

Hey Jim – Thanks for the mostly positive review. I agree with many of your criticisms, however I feel compelled to correct a few of your comments. a) The story very clearly states how a human came to Earth 1000 years ago. First, the beacon computer tells the hero that Earth is a former seed-colony of theirs that has been abandoned and is therefore in a much more primitive state. Second, the hero tells the king that the monster somehow snuck onto his ship when he returned to his home (ie planet) to gather the body of his wife and child, and in the ensuing fight, caused his ship (ie spaceship) to crash to Earth. b) Regarding the “silly sequence” at the end, you are logically correct, but remember, at this point the movie is “running for curtain” and I just wanted a simple, fast way to end it. So I chose something I felt was more poetic and representative of the basic idea of what happened, than something I would have to show all the logical mechanics of. It may have been the wrong choice, but at least you know why I made it. c) You are also right about the size of the cave system, but we where completely aware of it at the time. I even researched the geology of the region the story took place in and immediately recognized that this element in the story was impossible. (As if the rest of the story was some how more possible? )However the 13 year old boy in me won out, and I just wanted to stuff every cool cave environment I could into that last section. Lastly, just so you know, we had very, very little money to make this movie. Most Hollywood, effects driven movies of this type cost well over 100 million. We had 30 million, very few shooting days and a whole host of huge compromises just to get it done. Although making an Alien/Viking movie may not seem like it, this was really done as a labor of love. Anyway, I am glad it brought you some pleasure for a moment and hopefully I will do even better for you next time. Best, Howard McCain Writer/Director of OUTLANDER.

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Comment on Lotus Notes Tribunal, Exhibit 001-I: “Notes Confirming Things that don’t Need Confirmation” by kiwidust

kiwidust — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:58:07 +0000

Currently I’m running “Release 8.0.2FP1 CCH2″ (because IBM has just as much idea how to do version numbers as they do collaboration clients). While some of the other exhibits may have been on earlier versions (Notes has been torturing us for many years now) this behavior persists in this version.

Comment on Lotus Notes Tribunal, Exhibit 001-I: “Notes Confirming Things that don’t Need Confirmation” by Michael Falstrup

Michael Falstrup — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:32:48 +0000

I’ll ignore the earlier rantings of useless word spitting, that obtains absolutely nothing but stupid arguments.

I have done the same as you did in my calendar and didn’t get any of the results that you did and i’m running version 8.5.3.

Wonder how your client is setup and what version you are running.