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Month: August 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15

  • Changing my crappy p&s video (shot at high bitrate, but still 4:3 aspect) to 720p video and covering up artifacts with slick effects… #
  • Jen finally took the plunge on the XMBC, her show was all organized so she's in love #
  • NERD ALERT | How does Rimmer (Red Dwarf's Hologram) make noise? He doesn't have a "mobile emitter" like on Voyager, how does he make noise? #
  • Photo: Again this morning? No, not enough raw materials…. these were amazing though http://tumblr.com/xgafbob8t #
  • "This is why you think movies are getting dumber SCHNEIDER: Yeah, I think the problem primarily is that…" http://tumblr.com/xgafc8xtc #
  • scottfriday asked: brilliant addition. brilliant. http://tumblr.com/xgafc91bu #
  • Republicans Demand Two-Month, Taxpayer-Funded Recess After Election – A two month, tax-payer funded vacation,… http://tumblr.com/xgafcec1y #
  • Hmmm, bad start to the day… okay good start for my clients, but bad for me… tons of work done already #
  • Oh, god. What is wrong with this guy? He has no idea what is going on! #
  • @jeffsinger Strangely, it's kind of the opposite. IIRC WinCo is locally owned and operated by the employees… I think in reply to jeffsinger #
  • @jeffsinger Yup, I was correct: The chain has been employee-owned since 1985, when the WinCo Foods Employee Stock Ownership Trust in reply to jeffsinger #
  • Replaced the dead video card, computer booted up no issues, looks like I ended up giving blood to the computer gods without noticing.. #
  • It's a race now between pita bread and water, checz var and sobriety. What will win? Only the shadow knows, l! #

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This is why you think movies are getting dumber

SCHNEIDER: Yeah, I think the problem primarily is that it’s become a global business instead of an American business. Nobody wants to invest a lot of money in something that they can’t sell overseas. A movies comes out and it tanks in the U.S. and it makes a half-a-billion dollars overseas. That was a safety net but, after awhile, the safety net becomes the mantra. They say that if our safety net is overseas then we better make movies that play overseas. So, now you’re trying to make a movie for EVERYBODY in the world. Try sitting down with a blank piece of paper, write “Fade In,” and think of an idea for everybody in the world. That’s why you’re getting the movies you’re getting. People wonder why they’re dumbed down and so hook-driven, it’s because if it’s a story about a naked ghost stewardess, that’s something everybody knows but not everybody knows about stories like a hermit who lives in the corner of town up a hill.

This is why you think movies are getting dumber

SCHNEIDER: Yeah, I think the problem primarily is that it’s become a global business instead of an American business. Nobody wants to invest a lot of money in something that they can’t sell overseas. A movies comes out and it tanks in the U.S. and it makes a half-a-billion dollars overseas. That was a safety net but, after awhile, the safety net becomes the mantra. They say that if our safety net is overseas then we better make movies that play overseas. So, now you’re trying to make a movie for EVERYBODY in the world. Try sitting down with a blank piece of paper, write “Fade In,” and think of an idea for everybody in the world. That’s why you’re getting the movies you’re getting. People wonder why they’re dumbed down and so hook-driven, it’s because if it’s a story about a naked ghost stewardess, that’s something everybody knows but not everybody knows about stories like a hermit who lives in the corner of town up a hill.

http://www.movieretriever.com/blog/768/interview-with-aaron-schneider-director-of-get-low

Again this morning? No, not enough raw materials…. these were amazing though

Again this morning? No, not enough raw materials…. these were amazing though