tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post431381991933879025..comments2023-04-22T12:32:24.799-07:00Comments on The House of Substance: NerdvanaSubstance McGravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-88249133913594864602012-11-12T21:09:32.000-08:002012-11-12T21:09:32.000-08:00Well with Bond and friends, there is this constant...Well with Bond and friends, there is this constant background threat of the incompetent government of the day revoking their kill-whomever-i-want privileges. Plus MI6 doesn't have mind control (or do they...). And they are nominally not self-appointed guardians of society - although I concede the difference is negligible. As is the difference between whatever mystic mumbo-jumbo credo the Jedi go by and "for Queen and country".<br /><br />Hmmmmm. OTOH, Judi Dench's M drinks bourbon so whatever faults and anti-social behaviour the Bond franchise enables gets a pass.Dragon-King Wangchuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661002686346571531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-1344452207721097922012-11-12T17:16:35.714-08:002012-11-12T17:16:35.714-08:00Still a really broad swath of heroes there. The n...Still a really broad swath of heroes there. The new James Bond movie is doing well.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-8948203222220447972012-11-12T17:10:19.273-08:002012-11-12T17:10:19.273-08:00I don't have any problems with the occasional ...I don't have any problems with the occasional Heroes Exemption. Han Shot First for IPU's sake!<br /><br />My issue is with the romantic glorification of a secret and totally unaccountable cabal of religious extremists. Paternalistic religious extremists who have the self-appointed primary responsibility of maintaining law and order throughout society. I'm not comfortable with that.Dragon-King Wangchuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661002686346571531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-50988059999305996002012-11-12T11:03:34.980-08:002012-11-12T11:03:34.980-08:00But the style of most of the good guys of legend a...But the style of most of the good guys of legend and myth is some cheat to a triumph because they're virtuous. The hero is ordinarily a manifestation of a power fantasy and it's good to be suspicious of them.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-16471011750055540052012-11-12T10:42:35.064-08:002012-11-12T10:42:35.064-08:00I"m one of the ones raised with a strong Star...I"m one of the ones raised with a strong Star Wars background but have rejected it in my adulthood.<br /><br />I hate the Jedi. A small group of ultra elite people who by virtue of birthright have massive power over others. Able to force people into do things against their will without their even being aware of it. Don't worry about any abuse of power because they follow a very strict, religious code of ethics. And those are the good guys. No thank you.Dragon-King Wangchuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661002686346571531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-4826673701509216652012-11-10T16:24:03.926-08:002012-11-10T16:24:03.926-08:00I'm a "Star Wars" agnostic- the firs...I'm a "Star Wars" agnostic- the first movie was really entertaining, the second was great, the third had its moments but was pretty "meh", and the prequels were crap.<br /><br />Seeing the opening of the first one was great, the scene where Darth Vader first appears was terrifying. By the time I was in high school, I'd moved on. I got over the James Bond franchise around then too.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-39478552735120717632012-11-10T15:48:14.947-08:002012-11-10T15:48:14.947-08:00I'm a born again SW virgin. Didn't give as...I'm a born again SW virgin. Didn't give as shit about it when I was 4, don't remember the franchise, don't care to. Nobody will pop my fake cherry. Dr.KennethNoisewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756205027083077404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-2980364033399854702012-11-10T13:17:57.579-08:002012-11-10T13:17:57.579-08:00The idea of just renting a lot of these tools make...The idea of just renting a lot of these tools makes sense for professionals. I think it's pretty smart.<br /><br />Sadly, Edge produces HTML pages and a bunch of .js files, and that's not what I want to play with at the moment.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-65003036905420919422012-11-10T13:11:57.616-08:002012-11-10T13:11:57.616-08:00Couple of years ago now I thought the Photoshop.co...Couple of years ago now I thought the Photoshop.com free web version of the gigantic bitmap editor was pretty awesome, both from a functional standpoint and as one of the most beautiful websites I'd ever seen. Sadly, it depended far too much on client-side processing, and was just unusable. I'm going to have to check out the cloud services...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-81088177283096902452012-11-10T12:23:17.583-08:002012-11-10T12:23:17.583-08:00Agreed. I may have to search it out.
The picture...Agreed. I may have to search it out.<br /><br />The picture there is a good overview, however, and shows what a contextual horror the buildings were, and they didn't even provide the density of the buildings they replaced.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-840307872314460442012-11-10T12:13:26.843-08:002012-11-10T12:13:26.843-08:00It's hard to figure out what's at the link...It's hard to figure out what's at the link, but "it's not that simple" seems to be the message, which is pretty banal, and it doesn't refute what doomed it. I dunno if the film is any good or even mounts an argument, but it sounds interesting to watch.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-65666634594592297892012-11-10T11:50:24.959-08:002012-11-10T11:50:24.959-08:00So what doomed Pruitt-Igoe, if not bad policy, und...So what doomed Pruitt-Igoe, if not bad policy, underfunded and ill-considered design, and lack of maintenance? Gremlins?zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com