yeah er the demographics of gaming i think is sort of four fifths to be explained with 'the generations that grew up with this stuff were less likely to stop playing them'
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Sunday, 4 November 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
i think don draper's 'when did music become so important' is a half truth at best (otoh i've never seen that episode so)
i dont know i was about to try and embark on some kind of grand overarching theory of the cultural value of the aspie rube and then i just found myself stuck thinking 'what did a 19th century nerd look like'
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Sunday, 4 November 2012 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
people would avoid him at parties because he'd just spend a hell of a lot of time explaining exactly how irrigation ought to be done or explaining the misattributions in Child ballads
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Sunday, 4 November 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
like okay the habit of responding to things with nerdish intensity and devotion is an outcome of the postwar industrialisation of leisure right? & i dont know if it is just that some things are capable of becoming nerd-plausible from a background in THE MONOCULTURE (music), while others are capable of reaching THE MONOCULTURE from a nerd-plausible background (videogames) , i mean, i don't know whether this is arbitrary or whether it's necessary to come up with an overarching thesis
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Sunday, 4 November 2012 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
or that the overarching thesis as usually articulated ('everyone uses computers now!! and jocks play call of duty!!') totally fails to articulate what the shift actually means -- you mean that now that computers are things that are easy to use and don't require the sort of mindset that enjoys learning about the schools of d&d magic to get the hang of, the set of people that use them displays a weaker correlation with the sort of people who build miniature planes than it used to? well yes
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Sunday, 4 November 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if there are "The Big Store" or "Night in Casablanca" apologists out there.
rollerskate chase setpiece in Big Store is p lol iirc, even if it's more wuxian than Marxian
― sug night (sic), Monday, 5 November 2012 00:27 (eleven years ago) link
(I saw it 19 years ago though so)
― Yorkshire lass born and bred, that's me, said Katriona's hologram. (thomp), Sunday, November 4, 2012 6:14 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
http://i53.tinypic.com/fnxyqe.png
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 5 November 2012 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
new life goal here
― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Monday, 5 November 2012 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
Ease of use is definitely an issue. The first computers were programmed pretty much in assembly, the first PC's were all command-line DOS, then you go on to Windows, Windows 95, it gets simpler and simpler. The content and production of videogames and software likewise has followed an evolution from esoteric, experimental, and idiosyncratic programs written by one or several people to mass-marketed, focus group-tested, Hollywood-style interactive blockbusters by mega corporations. The industry has more or less sold out its capacity for uniqueness in favor of a broader audience, financial success, and cultural ubiquity.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 5 November 2012 05:10 (eleven years ago) link
i wonder if on halloween roberta williams would shave off ken williams' mustache while he was asleep and glue it to her face and then wake him up and go 'booooooo, I'm yooooooo'
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 5 November 2012 07:00 (eleven years ago) link
Never. She'd have to conjure up some far more convoluted mustache transfer method; like one involving a spray bottle, a fence, scotch tape, and a cat*.
*yes I know that was Jane Jensen wot did that, but that detail ruins the joke.
― the max in the high castle (kingfish), Monday, 5 November 2012 07:31 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't know there was a Jane Jensen game designer, so i thought you were talking about the singer/troma actress, and was very confused
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Monday, 5 November 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
RIP big man etc. The video posted beneath the story is worth checking out for a bit of speculation on the future of Star Wars just prior to Return of the Jedi's release.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/producer-rick-mccallum-has-quietly-retired-from-lucasfilm-20121126?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed
― DavidM, Monday, 26 November 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
I can see the meeting now:
IGER: "And what did you bring to Lucasfilm again?"
McCALLUM: "I supported George in all his decisions and never questioned him."
IGER: "Oh good god."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 November 2012 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
Rick McCallum, patriot saint of untalented, idiot yes-men everywhere.
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Monday, 26 November 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
About 7,390,000 results (0.47 seconds) for rick mccallum it's so dense
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
Well, what about Revenge of the Sith? You say it's the greatest work of art, in any medium, created in the last 30 years. It’s better than... uh, Matthew Barney or Rachel Whiteread or Chris Ware or Peter Doig? Yes, the long finale of Revenge of the Sith has more inherent artistic value, emotional power, and global impact than anything by the artists you name. It's because the art world has flat-lined and become an echo chamber of received opinion and toxic over-praise. It's like the emperor's new clothes—people are too intimidated to admit what they secretly think or what they might think with their blinders off.http://www.vice.com/read/camille-paglia-believes-that-revenge-of-the-sith-is-our-generations-greatest-work-of-art
http://www.vice.com/read/camille-paglia-believes-that-revenge-of-the-sith-is-our-generations-greatest-work-of-art
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
revenge of the sith is great because i dont like the art world
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Thursday, 29 November 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
become an echo chamber of received opinion and toxic over-praise.
dear god, what. amazing that CP still has this power to infuriate me.
― goole, Thursday, 29 November 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
haha Matthew Barney
― wongo hulkington's jade palace late night buffet (silby), Thursday, 29 November 2012 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
Queen Challop
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 29 November 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
A Matthew Barney directed Revenge of the Sith would have been great.
― akm, Thursday, 29 November 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
Amazing thing is that "echo chamber of received opinion and toxic over-praise" describes Lucasfilm in the prequel era way better than it will ever describe "the art world."
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 29 November 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
at the very least we would have gotten a close up of anakin's scarred penis being removed post-lava
each of the three prequels should have been done by a different contemporary artist, it'd be like the Alien series but with somehow even more vaseline and resin.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 29 November 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
each of the three prequels should not have been made
― abanana, Thursday, 29 November 2012 21:04 (eleven years ago) link
The next three movies should be shot-for-shot remakes of the prequels directed by and starring Tyler Perry.
― Come Into My Layer (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 November 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
As Madea.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 29 November 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
As Madea Binks, Jar-Jar's grandmother.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 29 November 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
On a semi-related note, the new Plinkett Review is out. They take pains to show the contrast between 1997 James Cameron and 1997 George Lucas:
http://redlettermedia.com/mr-plinkett-review-titanic/
― "It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Drunk!" (kingfish), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 07:24 (eleven years ago) link
Started watching that last night and realized that since I haven't seen Titanic it just didn't have the same entertainment value. Oddly this did not apply as much to Cop Dog and Baby's Day Out.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
I liked the Avatar review better, mainly cause its a shittier movie but also cause it sends-up how cynically yet brilliantly the Na'vi were designed for maximum neoteny/sexual appeal.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
Oh and if you want to watch Titanic I highly recommend doing it with the Rifftrax commentary -- it's one of the best IMO, up there with the Roadhouse one.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
their Transformers is great, and the Abrams Star Trek riff is hilarious too
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
oh and of course, Twilight rifftrax is all=time
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
Don't forget the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull rifftrax, it is one of my all time faves.
― this will surprise many (Nicole), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
omg yes
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
I fell asleep trying to watch it straight, rifftrax helped immensely with that
here we go nowreally slownearly limpingcause he's old old OLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD7VWVtm97M
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
I have something like affection for this movie just because of how great the rifftrax is. I would never watch it straight, though. I think that's a good rule of thumb for any Shia Leboef movie.
― this will surprise many (Nicole), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
i love how much mike clearly haaaates this movie. it makes me happy
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
xpost otm re shia. I had never seen Transformers and my first viewing was Rifftrax. God bless them.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
Not a crime, but he's now engaged to longtime gf Mellody Hobson.
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Friday, 4 January 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/58946-george-lucas-star-wars-creator-engaged-to-mellody-hobson/1357250860_mellody-hobson-george-lucas-467.jpg"those are no moons..."
― jazbay crostata (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 January 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
basically wtg george
― jazbay crostata (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 January 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
Awesome! Maybe we are entering a post-crimes era of the GL story. Selling off Star Wars, getting married, etc. Let's see some of those abstract personal films now dood.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 5 January 2013 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
maybe he could work on the twin peaks reboot
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 5 January 2013 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
I misread that as 'the twin peaks robot'
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 January 2013 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
that's one of the new CGI characters
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 5 January 2013 00:59 (eleven years ago) link