tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post7257751880693621823..comments2024-01-23T10:29:57.817-08:00Comments on Jason Watches Movies: Jason goes to Indiefest--day 7puppymeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861361925649066123noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post-84889963743315240132007-02-17T15:16:00.000-08:002007-02-17T15:16:00.000-08:00Good point Jason. It's kind of ironic that we use...Good point Jason. It's kind of ironic that we use the very latest of technology to try to simulate the very simplicity of the past. But I still love watching that stuff in cranked up surround sound and giant picture. Sometimes I buy DVDs just for how I think the experience will be down in my media room.Dadmaniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458986201062260349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post-28272949059203923562007-02-17T10:05:00.000-08:002007-02-17T10:05:00.000-08:00Hey guys. I'll comment on this more later, when I...Hey guys. I'll comment on this more later, when I have more time. I already mentioned how I think the best animated picture nominees this year are the weakest since the category was created. I thought Cars was kinda cute, but I agree there were some at least hypocritical messages in there. Not the least of which was worshipping the past, simpler times and doing so using the most modern technology.puppymeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861361925649066123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post-63056877885213964442007-02-17T08:40:00.000-08:002007-02-17T08:40:00.000-08:00Steve, I would love to chat about your political c...Steve, I would love to chat about your political commentary, but I think that might best be done on my blog. The "Minister of Common Sense."<BR/>baceman007.blogspot.com<BR/>I'll put a new post up. I recently signed an end the war petition myself. The problem is that we now live in a corporate republic so the president simply doesn't care about what we think, and neither do his rich, scumbag, buddies. Some of which are democrats. Anyway, let's continue this on my blog and not clog up the movie blog.<BR/>Also, I think I hated "Cars" because I hate actual cars. When I think about the fact that the twin towers would have had to have been attacked about 14 times to equal the amount of deaths attributed to cars in the US every year, and then I see a movie that makes kids think they're cool it pisses me off. Sure most collisions are avoidable, but even if 1/8 of them are not avoidable it still adds up to the same amount of deaths per year that the terrorist attack almost 6 years ago caused. Car companies are not held to high standards because that costs money and in a corporate republic big corporations don't have to do things like pay taxes and be held to reasonable standards even when lives are on the line.<BR/>My numbers are approx. 42k car deaths in the US a year and taking 1/8 of that, assuming they were not preventable, that gives us around 2.5k to 3k deaths a year. <BR/>Of course there are alternative forms of transportation, like subways, that are not as effected by weather and can run on electricity, possibly even provided from a clean, cleaner, or at least more efficient energy source, but that would but into car company profits and corporations can't have that now can they?baceman007https://www.blogger.com/profile/13732400045037488281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post-10025848806071508942007-02-17T08:28:00.000-08:002007-02-17T08:28:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.baceman007https://www.blogger.com/profile/13732400045037488281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post-15883860255967379982007-02-17T07:32:00.000-08:002007-02-17T07:32:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.baceman007https://www.blogger.com/profile/13732400045037488281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post-1619709899536936342007-02-16T17:41:00.000-08:002007-02-16T17:41:00.000-08:00baceman007...On a related note, I watched Cars rec...baceman007...On a related note, I watched Cars recently on my projector with dolby 5.1ex surround sound cranked up. And I have to disagree with the "pile of Pixar/Disney crap" analysis. Maybe it's the incredible cgi plus great sound, but I kind of liked it. That's not to say it wasn't a trite movie, but checking your brain at the door and just immersing yourself in the experience has it's plusses. Sorry this is not a rant...I think you're supposed to rant on blogs. So, OK here it is: What the hell does our President think he's doing by ignoring the public sentimnent and the November vote. Reminds me of holier than thou people who know what's good for you regardless of how you feel. Ah, that felt better. Now I think I'll go pack for my Maui trip.Dadmaniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458986201062260349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post-74889084005007214882007-02-16T06:48:00.000-08:002007-02-16T06:48:00.000-08:00On a totally unrelated note we watched "Cars" last...On a totally unrelated note we watched "Cars" last night. Wow what a pile of Pixar/Disney crap. As always the CGI is out of this world, but man if it was trying to be a kids movie... Anyway, it seems like it's only purpose is to brainwash kids into thinking cars are cool otherwise it sucked pretty hard. However the "One Man Band" short on the DVD is good. Of course you have to skip through 9 thousand previews to get through it, but it is Disney so you can't get by without some child brainwashing. Excuse me I mean forced child marketing. Yes you can skip them, so that the adults aren't effected by it. Hmmm, I wonder if the 29.97 frame rate exists so subliminal messages can be encoded on the .03 part of the frame. j/k Well good thing I was able to skip those previews and not be subjected to any brainwashing... Anyway, for some odd reason I feel like I need to go buy all of the 20th anniversary Disney merchandise I can now or my life will not be complete. See you later.baceman007https://www.blogger.com/profile/13732400045037488281noreply@blogger.com