Made a valid point, Padme went from strong warrior to couchpotato... And slightly whining before the final confrontation. Guess I didn't consider her as much - too much else going on. Wookie skipped, instant evil, far-out robots and spaceships. Will probably need to see it at least one more time to get a grip on it.
Is that good or bad? Good in the sense that there are several levels to the story and entertainent (not just eye-candy). bad in the sense that a movie ought to be a self-contained unit... but there is no way Ep III (and the sixth movie) in a phenomenon like Star Wars could ever be considerd 'self contained' - there is just to much backstory, to many years of thoughts and discussions ... but that implies that it should be approached differently from a lot of movies, almost like taking up the piano; sure you can sit down and start tapping keys, but it will take some time and guidance to start playing a classical work or a good jazz groove.
Btw written on the balcony with the stylus and the MDA. (And posted a bit later out of lazyness - need to test the other device where bluetooth actually works for sharing the internet connection)
0605 - unedited... Do we want the rant? Do I only remember bits and parts because there was too much crammed into it, or because there was a lot of filler?
'slow motion no' link from Mur. Nooo... Good entertainment. (On a side note: one of the best 'voice overs' I've heard is from the Stallone climbing momvie - where he can't hold on and shout nooooooo for several second - and then the Russian v/o goes 'njet', short, flat and to the point.)
Monday, June 27
Tuesday, June 21
geek-out
Warren Ellis writes aboout a rather geeked-out manicure; Silver AJ's Nails - using the binary sequence to spell it out. What next? Well... green on black?
Tuesday, June 14
Gangsta Rap'
AtomFilms have a rather good piece called "Star Wars Gangsta Rap Special Edition" (and yes, I'll try to obsess a little less on SW in the near future as it has been a bit of an OD the last 4-6 weeks in terms of postings)
Friday, June 10
Databank - more than you need?
Star Wars: Databank | By Category is the official source for information on all things (characters, creatures, locations, species, starships, ...) Star Wars.
If it's not there, it hasn't been merchandised
If it's not there, it hasn't been merchandised
Hark, I see my town burning
Vacancy at Bioware; Writer: "Start the story off with a bang! If it doesn't catch our interest with the first character, your submission will likely be discarded."
Now that would have been something... but relocating to Canada isn't top score right now. But it is good to see them ramping up for Dragon Age and the future in general.
Now that would have been something... but relocating to Canada isn't top score right now. But it is good to see them ramping up for Dragon Age and the future in general.
Evils, jedi and attention
Is it disturbing when you find it trivial rather than shocking to see and hear about the atrocities we as humans have comitted against each other? Like the nazi concentration camps - Arbeit Macht Frei - a short flight away, less than a day to get there (and possibly back as well), and some 60 years gone by. Twice my lifespan so far - and perhaps on par with what I can hope to have left.
With so much evil occuring at all times - and so much information available, have we become de-sentized, blocking it out with the latest sports and Idol news and rumors? How much could we really change the world if we put all our effort to it rather than watching televison, playing videogames and surfing mindlessly?
Like Hanna Arendt - the triviality of evil, triggered by the Adolf Eichmann trial. (segment inspired by and based on the initial comments in a SPOR article by Erling Sandmo on the 21st of May)
Jedi beyond
census form with Jedi as religion - 390 000 did it... in the 2001 census in the UK. It wasn't an official option, but due to pre-hype and emails, it obviously hit a nerve with enough of the people filling it in.
"kidult" - 'the career-minded grown-ups who might as well play GTA as host a dinner party' - with Star Wars as one of the main iconic moments. Nice phrase, building on to the basis of the old gen-X discussion - when we don't really have to act resposibly, do we ever turn into "adults" in the way it was used, say, 50 years ago? When you can continue to meet your friends in bars and cafes, spend your time online and gaming - or simply backpacking around every now and then? Is life to easy for us? Or is it simply a new twist on the old "get a haircut and get a job" - rather than having a baby and reading the newspaper, we get a console and visit Rome?
"culture shock" - George Lazenby as James Bond - a young Yoda... things are not always as we would prefer them, or as we think we remember them (but sometimes they were... Han Solo controversy, the dvd edition where he doesn't fire first anymore)
Expectations >> possible result? Can't possibly reach the sky-high demands? But then, it sort of did - even if I had the feeling that there were missing segments waiting for an extended dvd?! Knowing a lot but not too much made it a good experience for me. I was pshyced, but not soaked in the rumors and speculation (knew about the big lightsaber fight, and expected a bit of wookies based on the trailer - but only got two short glimpses I think)
"Revenge of the Sith" - "Return of the Jedi", should have been called "revenge", but it was dropped to give a softer image - whereas the Sith can be nasty. But the question is - for me at least - is what it is Sidious want to avenge!? Unless you know the potential backstory (such as the setting for the KOTOR games - during the Old Republic, when the "present day Sith" are followers rather than a race, as they once were - before the fallen/outcast/... jedi settled on their world).
(nod to Phil Jupitus and his essay in FT weekend 30. april [locked sub online], and of course to mr Lucas)
Who gets attention?
Johan Harstad 630 page novel - review interview in MB by Bendik Wold, and a pure review by Erik Bjerck Hagen (13-19 May issue - yes, I'm catching up with some left-over paper-clippings to clear up the desk) Book called "Buzz Aldrin, where did you end up in all the fuzz"
Perhaps the best people are those we never notice - the once that bow down their heads and get the job done, be it tending to the needy, getting the groceries into the stores or the gasoline up from the ground (or the oil from the ground/seabed to the refinery and the gasoline from there to the pump to be literal)
Starting of the review by calling it "very long novel"... at 600 pages it is a short Clancy or Grisham. Not to mention the various RA Salvatore et al trilogies coming out from Wizards. Which is basically why I hardly bother with any new norwegian literature - especially in hardcover. Paying $80 for a book and finishing it in one evening? Or $15 for a pocket version of a solid (proven) international author?
"magnificent, magnificent desoltaion" - Aldrin, a "half mythological, half forgotten name, drifting into and out of consiounsness" It is out there, the big open - the universe and all the other planets, stars and other entities.
Cardigans - the swedish band - Nina Persson "terribly sweet but tough enough to play Black Sabbath covers" [tune in and listen to it?]
1972 - Sun Ra made "space is the place" - and man visited moon for the last time... so far?
...and the sun is softly lighting up the clouds, keeping it nice and light at almost 9 in the evening
[semi-draft, maybe improve and expand during the weekend?]
With so much evil occuring at all times - and so much information available, have we become de-sentized, blocking it out with the latest sports and Idol news and rumors? How much could we really change the world if we put all our effort to it rather than watching televison, playing videogames and surfing mindlessly?
Like Hanna Arendt - the triviality of evil, triggered by the Adolf Eichmann trial. (segment inspired by and based on the initial comments in a SPOR article by Erling Sandmo on the 21st of May)
Jedi beyond
census form with Jedi as religion - 390 000 did it... in the 2001 census in the UK. It wasn't an official option, but due to pre-hype and emails, it obviously hit a nerve with enough of the people filling it in.
"kidult" - 'the career-minded grown-ups who might as well play GTA as host a dinner party' - with Star Wars as one of the main iconic moments. Nice phrase, building on to the basis of the old gen-X discussion - when we don't really have to act resposibly, do we ever turn into "adults" in the way it was used, say, 50 years ago? When you can continue to meet your friends in bars and cafes, spend your time online and gaming - or simply backpacking around every now and then? Is life to easy for us? Or is it simply a new twist on the old "get a haircut and get a job" - rather than having a baby and reading the newspaper, we get a console and visit Rome?
"culture shock" - George Lazenby as James Bond - a young Yoda... things are not always as we would prefer them, or as we think we remember them (but sometimes they were... Han Solo controversy, the dvd edition where he doesn't fire first anymore)
Expectations >> possible result? Can't possibly reach the sky-high demands? But then, it sort of did - even if I had the feeling that there were missing segments waiting for an extended dvd?! Knowing a lot but not too much made it a good experience for me. I was pshyced, but not soaked in the rumors and speculation (knew about the big lightsaber fight, and expected a bit of wookies based on the trailer - but only got two short glimpses I think)
"Revenge of the Sith" - "Return of the Jedi", should have been called "revenge", but it was dropped to give a softer image - whereas the Sith can be nasty. But the question is - for me at least - is what it is Sidious want to avenge!? Unless you know the potential backstory (such as the setting for the KOTOR games - during the Old Republic, when the "present day Sith" are followers rather than a race, as they once were - before the fallen/outcast/... jedi settled on their world).
(nod to Phil Jupitus and his essay in FT weekend 30. april [locked sub online], and of course to mr Lucas)
Who gets attention?
Johan Harstad 630 page novel - review interview in MB by Bendik Wold, and a pure review by Erik Bjerck Hagen (13-19 May issue - yes, I'm catching up with some left-over paper-clippings to clear up the desk) Book called "Buzz Aldrin, where did you end up in all the fuzz"
Perhaps the best people are those we never notice - the once that bow down their heads and get the job done, be it tending to the needy, getting the groceries into the stores or the gasoline up from the ground (or the oil from the ground/seabed to the refinery and the gasoline from there to the pump to be literal)
Starting of the review by calling it "very long novel"... at 600 pages it is a short Clancy or Grisham. Not to mention the various RA Salvatore et al trilogies coming out from Wizards. Which is basically why I hardly bother with any new norwegian literature - especially in hardcover. Paying $80 for a book and finishing it in one evening? Or $15 for a pocket version of a solid (proven) international author?
"magnificent, magnificent desoltaion" - Aldrin, a "half mythological, half forgotten name, drifting into and out of consiounsness" It is out there, the big open - the universe and all the other planets, stars and other entities.
Cardigans - the swedish band - Nina Persson "terribly sweet but tough enough to play Black Sabbath covers" [tune in and listen to it?]
1972 - Sun Ra made "space is the place" - and man visited moon for the last time... so far?
...and the sun is softly lighting up the clouds, keeping it nice and light at almost 9 in the evening
[semi-draft, maybe improve and expand during the weekend?]
Star Wars from another perspective
501st: "The 501st Legion is the world's definitive Imperial costuming organization" - they contributed to the fan-film-phenomenon known as "Revelations" (with intro - or direct, or trailers and stuff) 47 minutes of shockingly high quality film, considering that it is done "on the side" almost as open-source. Close to 100 background artists listed in the credits. Impressive. 280 mb or full dvd quality at 4 gb if you want to test your broadband over the evening.
-the 501st is global as well; "Nordic Garrison has 32 members in it's service"
-the 501st is global as well; "Nordic Garrison has 32 members in it's service"
Tuesday, June 7
rusted hole
rust 29, uploaded by cloois.Really great image - the contrast of the blue sky with the red rust. And some nice detailed droplets in silver if you look closely.
Hopefully this post will also look good on the blog after a couple of iterations on the flickr template
Lighted cross
Lighted cross,uploaded by kitsh.
One of the many neat pictures I've come across on flickr - giving me back some inspiration to both take and edit my own shots.
Monday, June 6
hands - flickr live
I've finally gotten around to setting up a flickr page (after helping my girlfriend when she visited the land down-under last month) - and put up some older images there.
So I guess Picasa and Hello will stay as "nice to have" applicaitons for those quick one-off images.
So I guess Picasa and Hello will stay as "nice to have" applicaitons for those quick one-off images.
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