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Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by cmccabe »

rglovejoy wrote: post #277
cmccabe wrote: post #225

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Well, I did learn not to hide in discarded refrigerators from Punky Brewster. That's funny; another of Mr. Lucas' fine films taught me that you can survive a direct nuclear explosion by hiding in a discarded refrigerator.

It's not so implausible: http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/PSEUDOSC/AtMovieIndyJones4.HTM

The question isn't whether it's plausible or not-- this is Indiana Jones, after all. The question is whether it worked in the movie. The whole scene is bizarrely out of place and is making light of something that most people don't think is really all that funny.

In a similar vein, there's nothing wrong with funny characters necessarily, but there is something wrong with Jar Jar.

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by chc »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #220
chc wrote: post #188

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"People" as in "some number of people somewhere"? Sure. But people in general? I strongly doubt it. Hang out with some "non-technical people" (they will often helpfully describe themselves this way for you) while they use the computer sometime. If they didn't have Google, they might be able to get to Facebook, but that would be pretty much the boundary of the Internet for them.

You don't think one of the top news stories is going to be 'omigod google is down, type yahoo.com at the top'?

I don't think most people read newspapers on a daily (or even monthly) basis, and they're not going to be able to get their news online that day.

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by rapind »

tptacek wrote: post #110
evolve2k wrote: post #106

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I was personally deeply shocked recently, when I sat with my children as they were watching the animated Iron Man series at their grandpas house. This was on Sunday morning TV. The episode was about other 'bad' characters stealing Iron Mans suit. I was alarmed when the dialog turned explicitly to talk of Patents and how evil it was that they were infringing Iron Mans designs. As I continued to watch it dawned on me t…

Two responses. (i) Millions of kids saw that episode and went on to pirate movies and music anyways, because kids don't really derive their ethics from cartoon series, just like you & I aren't secretly animated by "Knowing is Half The Battle" from G.I. Joe. ( http://www.joeheadquarters.com/joeendings.shtml ) (ii) The particular message you're suggesting Iron Man is "propagandizing" is so anodyne that it was the subje…

I totally disagree. I believe that television, cartoon series or not, can affect kid's ethics (and behaviour, etc.) when it comes to little things they may not already have guidance on. You know, commonplace stuff like downloading a pirated video. Messages like this may instill fear and / or soften them up for future arguments.

Is it really that tin foil hat-ish to suggest that Disney has a boat in this race, and might try to exert some influence through their content? Hey, maybe they aren't, but I definitely don't think it's terribly far-fetched to question it.

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by greedo »

sbarre wrote: post #287
greedo wrote: post #126

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I will miss the 20th Century Fox intro and fanfare. That still sends chills down my spine.

Oh wow I never even though about that.. A Star Wars movie without the 20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm pre-roll just won't be the same...

Ah, looks like I was premature. Fox will still own the distro rights to the first six films.

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by jlgreco »

inDigiNeous wrote: post #280
marshallp wrote: post #28

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Hopefully he invests in immortality research. The trend of billionaires dying without even trying to engineer a solution is retarded. He should start with focus ultrasound. It allows to grow/shrink any part of the body and so essentially reach immortality.

Have you heard of Satanism ? Look it up. Has to do with this .. achieving immortality .. and sucking blood (energy) out of other people. Oh yeah, it's real, black magic hasn't gone anywhere. Where do you think the ritual sacrifices would have disappeared ?

Actually, most Satanism has nothing to do with that.

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by code_duck »

chc wrote: post #188
eric_h wrote: post #168

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Nevertheless, you could flip the switch and turn Google off, and people would be able to find things on the internet just fine.

"People" as in "some number of people somewhere"? Sure. But people in general? I strongly doubt it. Hang out with some "non-technical people" (they will often helpfully describe themselves this way for you) while they use the computer sometime. If they didn't have Google, they might be able to get to Facebook, but that would be pretty much the boundary of the Internet for them.

Every browser has a built in search feature, which offers a variety of providers. IE doesn't default to Google.

I'm not sure why people here are acting as if Bing, Yahoo etc. don't exist and don't offer a decent service that would be adequate for the internet to continue functioning without Google.

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by jamesjguthrie »

xvolter wrote: post #285
jamesjguthrie wrote: post #64

Awesome, Episode 7. Think I might watch 5 and 6 again soon.

I think the point is that Disney will be behind the movies now. As a fan, I am more in fear of horrible, time wasting movies, Disney is known for making sequels to just try and make some extra money out of a series. Star Wars is a jackpot for that. While some more honorable fans will not see the movies, most fans will regardless because they have to at least see the new movies otherwise they wouldn't be fans anymore.

I'm hopeful that through Disney the series will get an awesome reboot. Look how good the Marvel Comics movies have been since the Disney acquisition in 2009.

(Iron Man 2, Captain America, The Avengers all awesome)

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by chc »

code_duck wrote: post #296
chc wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"People" as in "some number of people somewhere"? Sure. But people in general? I strongly doubt it. Hang out with some "non-technical people" (they will often helpfully describe themselves this way for you) while they use the computer sometime. If they didn't have Google, they might be able to get to Facebook, but that would be pretty much the boundary of the Internet for them.

Every browser has a built in search feature, which offers a variety of providers. IE doesn't default to Google. I'm not sure why people here are acting as if Bing, Yahoo etc. don't exist and don't offer a decent service that would be adequate for the internet to continue functioning without Google.

We're not acting like that. We're saying it may as well be that way for most people. You and I would be fine if Google disappeared. We'd just switch our auto search to Bing/Duck Duck Go/Blekko and never look back. But most "non-technical" people are dependent on Google, and if they wanted to use Bing, they would have to either search "Bing" on Google and click the link in the results or find a nerd to set it up for them.

Real World Example: Some relative of my girlfriend set up her mom's computer to use Yahoo. But she has since been convinced that Google is better and she should use that. So what does she do? Every time she starts up her web browser, she types "google" into the Yahoo search box, clicks the link to go to the Google homepage, then does her search there.

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by Dylan16807 »

chc wrote: post #292
Dylan16807 wrote: post #220

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You don't think one of the top news stories is going to be 'omigod google is down, type yahoo.com at the top'?

I don't think most people read newspapers on a daily (or even monthly) basis, and they're not going to be able to get their news online that day.

I was thinking TV news, personally.

Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Post by zachinglis »

Hinrik wrote: post #210
MartinCron wrote: post #197

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I was thinking of replaying Grim Fandango and was sad that I couldn't find it on Steam or GOG. Does the original version work well with Modern Windows flavors?

The game works pretty well with ResidualVM ( http://residualvm.org/ ) on modern operating systems.

Yep. I play it on my Mac through Residual.
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