tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post6846949564007822839..comments2023-09-09T08:44:28.458+00:00Comments on film ick: Pinch Punch, First Day Of The MonthBrendonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-4890433657726955822007-11-02T10:51:00.000+00:002007-11-02T10:51:00.000+00:00Spaced is, at heart, about flatsharing. That has ...Spaced is, at heart, about flatsharing. That has massive everyman potential.Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-13006823765986824602007-11-02T10:50:00.000+00:002007-11-02T10:50:00.000+00:00In an era where my sister uses google, the multi-r...In an era where my sister uses google, the multi-region hackability of a DVD player is basically delivered on a plate.<BR/><BR/>Ignorance isn't an excuse. How did people find out about DVD players in the first place?<BR/><BR/>The bullshit corporate stranglehold on region codes is being perpetrated by apathy.<BR/><BR/>So, there's as much excuse to not get a multi-region DVD player as there is to Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-80030130671300100892007-11-02T10:47:00.000+00:002007-11-02T10:47:00.000+00:00The difference between the science in The Matrix a...The difference between the science in The Matrix and in Star Wars is that The Matrix posits real-life scientific explanations and tries to cultivate a real-science real-world context. Star Wars has it's own rules.<BR/><BR/>The issue I was referring to revolves around the humans being used as batteries. And that has everything to do with entropy and it's 'behaviours'.<BR/><BR/>There's no Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-69950738833999239302007-11-02T09:36:00.000+00:002007-11-02T09:36:00.000+00:00If they'd stayed true to the original source mater...If they'd stayed true to the original source material (they pilfered Grant Morrison's seminal The Invisibles for the first film but got caught out) it would have made even less sense but then at least it wouldn't have turned out all shit and stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-56934490771050146612007-11-02T09:06:00.000+00:002007-11-02T09:06:00.000+00:00I was with you right up until you started defnedin...I was with you right up until you started defneding the Charlie's Angels movies, Brendon. They're awful. AWFUL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-3230306286306120962007-11-02T04:43:00.000+00:002007-11-02T04:43:00.000+00:00There will never be as bad a UK to US sitcom adapt...There will never be as bad a UK to US sitcom adaptation as there was with the transformation of FAWLTY TOWERS into AMANDA'S BY THE SEA or whatever they called that Diety-forsaken show with Bea Arthur*. <BR/><BR/>Or at least I hope there will never be another show that bad.<BR/><BR/>*Who, come to think of it, does look a bit like John Cleese in drag.Rich Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883386588727303782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-8748305934839235292007-11-02T04:30:00.000+00:002007-11-02T04:30:00.000+00:00You failed to explain how the average movie watche...You failed to explain how the average movie watcher is supposed to magically hack their DVD player to make it region free.<BR/>Remember, a good portion of VCR owners back in the day never quite figured out how to set the time on their players. "Flashing twelves" wouldn't be able to hack a DVD player (a slightly more involved operation than setting a clock).<BR/><BR/>Entropy tapering while Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01551836497016197115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-43416137558458008612007-11-01T20:22:00.000+00:002007-11-01T20:22:00.000+00:00We could forget the theatrical version of Blade Ru...We could forget the theatrical version of <B>Blade Runner</B> quite easily, but let's not and say this "Because they lived in the cities". Bit like today, really.<BR/><BR/>As for the issue of using a Replicant to hunt a Replicant... why NOT?<BR/><BR/>I agree that the suspension of disbelief is key, but <B>Blade Runner</B> makes a lot more sense than <B>The Matrix</B>, certainly on it's own terms.Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-62146309698352293062007-11-01T19:58:00.000+00:002007-11-01T19:58:00.000+00:00"Please check out the third law of thermodynamics ..."Please check out the third law of thermodynamics before you answer" - how many times have you used this in a debate Brendon? ; )<BR/><BR/>Using the theatrical version of Blade Runner, why didn't the people crammed into the crowded city just get in their cars and drive into the country?<BR/><BR/>In the director's cut, they strongly allude to Deckard being a replicant. If so why use him to hunt Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14526463527659370290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-41418491406030830192007-11-01T19:02:00.000+00:002007-11-01T19:02:00.000+00:00Multi-region players - that is, hackable ones - ar...Multi-region players - that is, hackable ones - are widely available in many, many US chain stores. I've seen them there with my own eyes.<BR/><BR/>And they're cheap, too, if you aren't fussy.Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-41448808327907140002007-11-01T19:01:00.000+00:002007-11-01T19:01:00.000+00:00So why didn't the robot things in The Matrix just ...So why didn't the robot things in <B>The Matrix</B> just kill all of humanity?<BR/><BR/>Please check out the third law of thermodynamics before you answer.<BR/><BR/>And that's just the beginning of where it comes undone.Brendonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309989745145067712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-16556139414305685502007-11-01T17:39:00.000+00:002007-11-01T17:39:00.000+00:00The US Office still has the UK version to thank fo...The US Office still has the UK version to thank for many of its conceits, such as the documentary-style setup (which is considerably more "involved" in many of the jokes than the original) and the character plotlines/general story arc (namely Jim/Tim and Pam/Dawn). Spaced has far weaker similar elements, such as its pop culture parodies, to play off of into the show's backbone the way the US Tyler Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01794588484548780048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247172.post-55181661244600977672007-11-01T17:01:00.000+00:002007-11-01T17:01:00.000+00:00There is an excuse for not owning a multi-region p...There is an excuse for not owning a multi-region player. They're not generally available in the US (I bought mine in Canada). There are models that can be hacked, but the average movie watcher doesn't know how.<BR/><BR/>On another note, perhaps THE MATRIX just doesn't make sense to you. The rest of us understand it just fine.<BR/><BR/>Nice to see the "new" Film Ick is more of the same old doucheyAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01551836497016197115noreply@blogger.com