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Watchmen's 'Squid' Probem? Zack Synder Opens Up - http://www.newsarama.com/film...
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- Steve Isaacs
I think he's right. Their solution is elegant.
- Hrafn Th. Thórisson
I want the squid!!!
- Steve Isaacs
I will be able to live without the Squid. Not so sure I like the Dr. Manhattan angle, but can see how it makes sense.
- Khyle
I want the squid too :(
- Ari Braginsky
call me churlish, but I find the absence or otherwise of the collosal cosmic squid insignificant in comparison to my annoyance at the fact that refer to Zack 'Synder' throughout the entirety of this interview.
- Dan Light
Watchmen: Who Names The Watchmen? - http://io9.com/5087386...
Wondering why the new trailer for Watchmen seems to include characters calling the superheroes "the Watchmen"?
- Eula
from Bookmarklet
I'm thinking it's one of those things that mortally offends purist wankers such as ourselves but actually makes the whole (complex) storyline that much more intelligible to people who haven't read the graphic novel several dozen times - my wife for example, who loved this trailer, being that it gave her some sense of what Watchmen is about. And, though it isn't used directly by Moore, I think we can infer that it refers to the second generation of costumed adventurers. I'm sure Moore would disagree.
- Dan Light
So they refer to themselves as "Watchmen" it's all good, no big deal.
- Steve Isaacs
New WATCHMEN trailer! [look for the fullscreen option for the full effect] - http://www.daniellight.co.uk/stay-tu...
Eula, Khyle, Andrew and 2 other people liked this
My eldest says to me, "So this is the only comic that ever mattered?"
- RAPatton
There's much more of the storyline here than in the teaser - my wife watched this and felt like she might actually have a clue what the movie was about. Only qualm I had was Manhattan's voice. Very high-pitched. Wasn't expecting that ≠)
- Dan Light
Yea the Doc's voice was somewhat surprising...perhaps to underline someone who was "weaker" being still the same person except that he has special powers...
- Ari Braginsky
My thoughts: 1) Rorschach's voice - way too "husky Batman" - I thought he should be more emotionally disconnected; monotone. 2) Odd that Dr. Manhattan's voice isn't that other-worldly, though I liked Crudup's acting on that line. 3) Phillip Glass and Muse music = perfect for the trailer 4) Overall I love it.
- Steve Isaacs
What movie, even if you don't like it, compels you to watch it whenever it comes on TV?
Mine: XXX. Can't explain it, but I will drop everything just to watch this cheesy flick.
- Steven Perez
Tommy Boy. I do generally like the movie, but even if I'm not in the mood to watch it, I end up sitting down until it is done.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Jaws. Whatever point I join it at, I watch it to a finish.
- Dan Light
The Shawshank Redemption (which I do like; but less and less just because of overexposure)
- James (@willia4)
I always kept seeing that "Trilogy of Terror" with the little Zuni fetish doll that tries to kill the main character.
- JoEllen
Leprechaun in the Hood
- Rodfather
The Fugitive, Crimson Tide, and Hunt for the Red October. I adore all three of those movies and I can always watch them no matter when I happen to come across them.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Clash of the Titans
- Josh Haley
Any James Bond Movie
- Josh Haley
Star Wars 4-6: even though i own the damn things, i still watch. The Last Starfighter: is a must see any time. Shawshank Redemption: espcially the last 40 minutes or so.
- Mister Groonk
from twhirl
I'm embarrassed to say it. Bring It On.
- rachel
Goonies
- Santa CW™
I love AND watch The Devil Wears Prada whenever I come across it.
- Derrick
The Big Lebowski
- Santa CW™
The Birdcage; Best in Show; Moonstruck... but I love them every time.
- Donna Mugavero
Goonies every time.
- Andrew
Wrath of Khan
- Josh Haley
Die Hard, Birdcage, Love & Basketball
- R. Ferguson
Pretty Woman - but i think TBS is about to wear it out.
- R. Ferguson
Yes, me again: Home Alone, Training Day, Devil's Advocate.
- R. Ferguson
I'm with (willia4) Shawshank rocks
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
I've seen A&E Pride & Prejudice episodes randomly on KQED/PBS stations sadly more times than I can count
- anna sauce
Unaccompanied Minors <blush> , Point Break, The Birdcage (horrible remake starring the annoying Robin William, sTank Girk (which I own), Big (and Tom Hanks has been on my shit list since Apollo 13).
- Admiral Anika
oh yes! Goonies!
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
Beetlejuice, the Adams Family, Martian Child, When Harry Met Sally/You've Got Mail, any Robin Williams...even if i've seen them a million times
- Krista K
Agree with all that chose Birdcage, cannot resist this movie.
- Janet
The Fugitive, Crimson Tide, and Hunt for the Red October, Clash of the Titans. probably a few more that I can't think of off the top of my head.
- Roberto Bonini
Overboard & The Shawshank Redemption
- Miriam
Joe Dirt
- Anthony
Trainspotting. I will watch that EVERY time I see it listed. I own it. Addams Family Values. Sean Connery James Bond films. Shallow Grave.
- Nine
@Josh Haley yes, any James Bond movie, even though I have them all on DVD.
- Jon Price
why is Die Hard 2 never on TV!?! it's my favorite (I know, I know), but it's always 1 and mostly 3 on. which I still almost always watch to the end.
- Jon Price
10 Things I Hate About You. Any high school movie really.
- Jon Price
The Matrix
- Aly
Real-Time FriendFeed : This could mean some serious trouble for Twitter.
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McCain campaign clamps down on questions in Alaska - Yahoo! News - http://news.yahoo.com/s...
bill giltner, AJ Kohn, Richard Peat and Robert Scoble liked this
"GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is effectively turning over questions about her record as Alaska's governor to John McCain's political campaign, part of an ambitious Republican strategy to limit any embarrassing disclosures and carefully shape her image for voters in the rest of the country. Republican efforts include dispatching a former top U.S. terrorism prosecutor from New York, Ed O'Callaghan, to assist Palin's personal lawyer working to derail or delay a pending ethics investigation in Alaska. The probe, known as "Troopergate," is examining whether the governor abused her power by trying to remove her former brother-in-law as a state trooper."
- Sean McBride
from Bookmarklet
A former top terrorism prosecutor is going after those who are questioning Palin's abuse of power in Alaska?? Perhaps derailing this investigation is part of the Global War on Terror.
- Sean McBride
amazing that this kind of skullduggery has started already, so blatantly, and they're not even in power yet. the republican ticket for this election is a JOKE. the even bigger joke is that they seem to be holding their own. no wonder Hunter shot himself.
- Dan Light
*shakes head* So, little more than a month ago Palin says she's "cool" with the investigation, welcomes it and has nothing to hide. What exactly has changed?
- AJ Kohn
My fellow Democrats - http://scobleizer.com/2008...
Christian Van Der Henst, Keith - @tsudo, jcunwired and 58 other people liked this
Robert, this piece is right on the mark. Great work. Now hopefully others will take this to heart and put it into action.
- Eric Newman
You missed 1 trillion dollar misguided kbr war and its consequences !
- imran
Well stated, Robert.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from twhirl
imran: good point. That drains resources too that could be used to improve our competitiveness.
- Robert Scoble
Excellent points Robert.
- Jeff P. Henderson
A great post Robert. Speak to people about something they can aspire to, stop treating them like you think they are inbred sheep and jsut maybe Obama can get momentum back.
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
I agree with you on the point of what has to change. But you are saying that Republicans are more liberal than Democrats are, which is stupid. So much of America is more conservative than the Republican Party is showing today. And what the government should do in the next 4 years? Nothing but repeal the idiotic laws and regulations causing so many problems like high health care costs. PS-Religion is not taking over our society/government, look at our social habits and all forms of media.
- Randy
@Robert: Thanks for the thought provoking post.
- imran
Weren't you smitten and totally tricked by the pretty guy who cheated on his wife?
- Douglas Karr
from twhirl
I wish one day KBR subcontracting awards/terms/prices are released/leaked.
- imran
Douglas: yes, I was smitten and totally tricked by John McCain who cheated on his handicapped wife. Thanks for noticing.
- Robert Scoble
The same cultural and intellectual arrogance that Democrats displayed in 2004 is back again in 2008. Point well made to get focused on things that matter before Democrats are left stunned on November 5th wondering what happened, empty threats to move to Canada, buying bumper stickers that say "don't blame me," etc...
- Peter Kim
Haha - awesome Robert! I bow to your snarky rebute. :)
- Douglas Karr
from twhirl
Great post, Robert. I've been seeing the same actions from people around me, and it's sad to see Democrats take the easy way out and give up hope for the future. I feel like the nation is at a turning point and to pass up on this opportunity will just continue to further our slide from one of the greatest nations in the world. We don't want to just be "ok" as a country, we want to be "great" and that's not easy. (Also, don't be so quick to blame religion, we're not happy with the situ either.)
- Sam Dodge
Or perhaps high tech jobs are leaving for the same reason low tech jobs are leaving...wages are higher here than in other countries. You can improve U.S. education and loosen immigration all you want, but if doing business in China improves your bottom line, companies will hire in China.
- Ontario Emperor
from fftogo
As much as I loved Robert's retort, McCain is not the least bit pretty.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Ontario: the CEOs tell me that it's not just the high wages here (which have gotten a lot lower due to the weak dollar, actually). They tell me they can't bring over here the smartest workers. They can't deal with the high medical costs. They can't deal with the uneducated workforce that's not ready for jobs in science and technology. They can't deal with the infrastructure here (bad transporation systems for moving their workers around, and bad broadband into the home so they are less able to work at home)
- Robert Scoble
@Robert: I always wondered what if our government spent one trillion dollars on a new Global Marshall plan to develop the troubled areas after 2001 as a reaction, just imagine, where economy of the world would be today, remember oil barrel price was at mid 20s at start of war.
- imran
Weren't we told by the Dems a while back that cheating on your wife in the Oval office was just fine and not a cause for concern? McCains history is not an issue for me - the guy is flawed but human. I can accept that about people. I am not a brittle moralist.
- Soulhuntre
just posted this - http://tinyurl.com/yesman - needless to say i think there is a place for concentrating on the shortcomings of the incumbent administration, especially if a candidate is so obviously shaping up to perpetuate them. that said, i will answer Robert's call for something positive, and I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments behind it. important post.
- Dan Light
Great post. I think the key to this election may very well be the economy. In middle America - where the Republicans dominated 4 years ago, people are tired of watching their retirement accounts shrink, as the price of day to day living: gas and groceries continues to rise. If the democrats can come up with a specific plan of attack, this may very well be the point that tips the election.
- Lorraine Ball
Actually, Soulhuntre, I think the Dems said that having a consentual affair with one person wasn't evidence of illegally pressuring someone else to bestow favors.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Obama should propose temporarily lifting the costs for bringing money into the US. They did this after 9/11 and billions were brought back into the country by all sorts of corporations. Those dollars went into Domestic investment and really helped things out. He could win over a lot of business votes with that move.
- Andrew
Soulhuntre - No one said it was fine for anyone to cheat on their wife. Just that it shouldn't be the subject of a congressional investigation and impeachment.
- Andrew
@MiniMage - some did. But many, many more went on and on about how character doesn't matter, only policies matter. They never really understood why folks might care about the core of a persons views. Am I thrilled McCain had an affair? Nope. Am I happy to take that flaw over a personality that lets someone cut a shady deal with a guy like Rezco and hag out will Bill Ayers? You bet.
- Soulhuntre
Coastal elites want to talk about education, science and technology and infrastructure; hillbillies (like Soulhuntre) are fixated on extra-marital affairs. Exhibit A -- America is in major decline as the world's leading economic superpower.
- Sean McBride
Great essay. The main problem -- declining education, declining literacy, declining science and technology, declining generation of intellectual capital vis-a-vis our competitors -- all the other problems flow from those core problems. And the current Republican Party is pandering to a fundamentalist base which seems to hate intellectual activity. We may well be at the end of our run as the world's leading economic superpower.
- Sean McBride
@Andrew Burd - many, many dems here in the NYC area (since that is where I meet the most people) didn't care about it at all. They simply denied that it shoudl be a factor in how they saw the man at all. The impeachment stuff was a whole other deal I was not a big fan of.
- Soulhuntre
Interesting how this started with me asking Democrats to avoid aiming at Republican groins, but now Republicans are aiming at our groins. Damn, can't we do better than this? I guess not.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, listen to the DSC Podcast with Adam Curry. Check out http://drop.io/dailysourcecode You've got a lot to learn.
- bill giltner
Most of the problems you cite stem from cultural anti-intellectuallism. I'm not sure what any government or person can do to make America value intellectualism more - we're simply a nation that's become too complacent in our success, and hasn't been able to think for ourselves to solve a problem in a long, long time. Republicans exploit it, but they didn't create it. And I don't think the Democrats can do anything to change it.
- Eric P
Scoble - love the post. One thing I'd like to ask. Why is that many republicans love to call anyone that is a Democrat a "liberal" or "socialist?" It's like their two year old only this is their new way of calling someone a "poopie head?" I'm always up for healthy debate over the good and bad of both parties but geesh, when the other party can't talk like an adult, it makes it awfully hard to have a productive conversation.
- Aaron Strout
I'd vote for any candidate who built a platform around improving the US based on your 6.5 points. Democrat or Republican, these are all extremely important issues. The Reps have already picked which side they want to be on (http://bit.ly/17CClx). I'd like to see the Dems stake as a strong a position.
- Chris Rogers
Robert - The one problem I had with the post was the lumping legal and illegal immigrants together. America is not mad at legal immigrants. It's the ones who intentional break our laws to get into the country. Come one, come all, but do it legally. Immigration is one of the things that makes our country great.
- eyeonpower
while I agree 95% with your post, just a minor not: Reagan didn't ask German's to tear down the wall, he asked Gorbachev - but in the end, it was us Germans who tore it down with the tacit understanding that Gorbachev would let it happen - I don't think Reagan's speech had a lot of influence over the millions of protesters in Eastern Germany :)
- Frederic
I think it's BOTH AND. I think we should both be talking about the issues dear to us AND pointing out the most newsworthy facts about Palin as President in Waiting because no one in her position has been as woefully prepared. That's not pot shots. That's fact. And too many would forget Keating Five in favor of focusing on the positive. In the end, humor and satire (i.e. wit and intellect) will take down the GOP, not blogging. Tina Fey and Sarah Benincasa, I love you.
- jeneane sessum
On the show The Communicators on CSPAN rtsp://video1.c-span.org/project/de/com091308_mcdowell.rm The FCC speaks to the point of the US not really being 19th in the world for broadband. It's not as bad as people make it to be. Check it out. He speaks to net neutrality as well.
- Lee Bautista
Wow, everyone has very good comments to Robert's great post. Robert, let me just say that while I'm a republican, I would echo your call to arms... While I do not necessarily agree the Democratic candidates are the correct recourse - a change in direction is most assuredly necessary. Unfortunately, the collective 'we' continue our in-fighting to such a degree we miss the important things such as horrendous medical costs and anti-immigrant sentiment (what happened to the great melting pot?).
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
You know what I hate? I hate that Robert felt he had to say "My fellow Democrats" rather than "My fellow Americans". Personally, I don't identify with either party, but I can promise you there are Republicans who care about these issues too and even are on the same side as Robert is on some/most of them. The far right pollutes the Repulican name, just as the far left pollutes the Democrats - but Americans are mostly bunched up around the center - and it's only by working together we'll make real changes.
- Don MacAskill
good post robert. unfortunately, most americans tend to vote with their heart, not with their head. karl rove has a much better sense of what gets votes than the dems, altho i hope that obama can ris above. still, i agree the issues you selected are pretty much the ones i care about too (particularly: education, immigation, infrastructure... healthcare too, but that needs a hell of a lot more work)
- dave mcclure
Robert, as I stated in my previous post, your own candidates admit the are not the right choice for the country.http://twurl.nl/h51657a... last but not least:http://twurl.nl/ezgmeoThis is your own candidates and your party speaking.Hard to beat your own facts.
- Thomas Capote
from twhirl
Other countries always did a good job in many fields, the difference is now Americans are paying attention to that. Big world out there.
- Adriano Gonçalves
+1 Don.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
Really good post. For a moment, I actually thought we'd have a policy debate this election, but we're back to celebrities, moose burgers & lipstick. I'd love to see a push to discuss these issues. (Of course, I also think the Democrats have better answers, but I'd still like to hear the debate anyway.)
- Paul Rodriguez
Education will never change under any Democrat. The Teachers Unions will see to that. Obama has already had to back off from any talk of vouchers, merit pay, and allowing capable people to teach whether or not they have a four-year education degree. Teachers Unions have crippled our educational system for decades and Democrats are the cause of that, not the solution.
- Dawn
Very well said. I immigrated to the US with the impression that this country is home to socially broad minded citizens who lead the world by breaking new frontiers. However the last few years of extreme social conservatism has disappointed me. We as a country seem less tolerent, race is still a major factor in almost everything, education is put down by using such words as "elite" etc. I hope we come out of this social nose dive and once again be world leaders we once were.
- Balakrishnan Satyamurti
Balakrishnan: "last few years of extreme social conservatism"??!! Are you kidding me? There are over 1 MILLION babies being aborted every year in the U.S. Gays and Lesbians are starting to marry. Animal rights are going up. Property rights are going down. Genetic engineering is increasing. What the country is most less tolerant of is religion. Yes, race is still a factor, but we've got...
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- Dawn
I'm sick of people putting down facebook when it's arguably the most impressive & successful social network out there.
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Each to his own I guess. I think it is puerile.
- Brian Sullivan
Facebook is good but, it's annoying. I almost never use it. I just check it once a week or so. TGM had a community there but, none of us really care enough for Facebook to actually make use of it. I'm not too fond of the navigation and the constant app requests are beyond annoying. I'm just not a fan of it myself though I do see how it's a great social network.
- Candace
I think Facebook is great, and very useful. The redesign I have some issues with, though.
- Steve Isaacs
from fftogo
I can't think of one other social network that was so well designed & marketed that it has nearly every single friend I have ever known on there.
- Zee.
Trust me, if you had ever single one of your college contacts, friends, and acquaintances connected to you via Facebook, you wouldn't utter one foul word about the service.
- Andy DeSoto
I like Facebook. Before the applications frenzy began, I'd say it was damn near perfect. Even now it's vastly preferable to Myspace, where some pages might induce seizures.
- Stellina
How could I be against something that has easily connected me with so many people with whom I had lost touch. Nothing has done that to date, including Classmates, email, Google, etc. It is fantastic and I guess if I was a snob about real people interacting and communicating, it would bother me, but I don't find real life much different.
- Brad Nickel
half the people that are on my fb I have never met for real ! Its a good connection platform and as SNS go, its one of the best. But after "beacon" a lot of people withdraw. Secondly its just become such a spammer platform too.
- Peter Dawson
@Peter, i find that nearly every popular platform is a spammer platform now...But facebook really does give some great ways to block spammers if you actually go about setting them
- Zee.
except that Facebook is sort of boring most of the time.
- Thomas Hawk
"most of the time" Every second of everyday. But so is myspace.
- Squid
Facebook is great. It is no where near as intresting as FF but that is according to me. My wife, all my friends and even my mum uses it cause it works for them. They are outside the tech-centric bubble we live in...
- Johnny Worthington
word.
- dave mcclure
What is really impressive is the crazy history behind Facebook, how Zuckerberg's personality and determination to be an entrepreneur led him to create a company now valued at $15bn. I highly recommend Inside Facebook by Karel Baloun for those interested in learning about the beginning and what happened behind the scenes. A truly fascinating story.
- Hao Chen
Graffiti Wall is a great app, haven't seen its equal yet. I wish they would develop more features (i have a nice wishlist.)
- sergiooo
i don't think it is a great social networking site, because i don't think it triggers many new relationships - it's mostly used to incubate existing ones. imho, social networking sites should be measured by how well they enable community to form around common interests.
- Dan Light
The price of being the leader is catching it from all sides. Everyone is a critic when you're #1.
- Dave Martin
I like Facebook as well and will continue to use it until I get sick of it or all of my friends move on!
- Joe Dawson
I'm sick of people putting down AOL.
- richrecruiter
The apps are out of control. I'm tired of getting "Pirates and Ninjas" or "Werewolves and Vampires" invites.
- Nathan Allen Pinard
meh
- Capn' One Eye - adrift
meh??? Before I go off on one, how do you mean "meh"? As in what are you referring to?
- Zee.
@Zee What's your favorite FB feature?
- Igor Poltavskiy
@Igor - i'm still adjusting to the new FB layout. But my favorite feature has always been the ability to click on "friends" and see who has updated recently & what they did (i.e.photos, status update, videos, posts etc...)
- Zee.
Auto Block Facebook Apps .. For all your Pirates and Ninja's problems ... get this script ,, you need Greasemonkey first .. http://userscripts.org/scripts...
- johnpiercy
hence why I like friendfeed so much - but I definitely think friendfeed should make a different view so you can actually have a list of friends on one page and see what they have been up to without having to physically visit each users individual page. If you see what i mean...?
- Zee.
If FB removed all the useless Spamtasticle™ "apps" then it would be ok.
- Outsanity
Pretty sure you can block an app outright now. I think you can also ignore all invites from each user separately.
- Alix Whitmire
@Alix yep, ur right
- Zee.
See, maybe it's because i'm fortunate to have travelled a fair bit & met people all over that I think it's absolutely priceless. Because of it, I have managed to reconnect to nearly every single person I have ever wanted to (and a few I didn't want to...and probably a few I shouldn't have too :] )
- Zee.
Watchmen Widget - http://www.daniellight.co.uk/2008...
Steve Lawson liked this
yup - although a true fan would tell you it's called Watchmen, not The Watchmen. and a movie should make you nervous, especially when it's an adaptation of an Alan Moore comic, being that From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and V for Vendetta all sucked ass. But then it's being directed by Zack Snyder, the man behind 300 - arguably the most faithful screen adaptations of any graphic novel. And to your last point, all the greatest films I've ever seen showed me something I've never seen before.
- Dan Light
I actually loved "V" even though it strayed from the graphic novel.
- Steve Isaacs
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