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- RT @8years: PLEASE retweet, I'm desperate!!!
Hey #Chicago did anyone find my #wallet ? Near #Sheridan or going north on the red line. Call … ->
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- RT @empiremagazine: Simon Pegg co-writing Star Trek 3: http://t.co/vxrgiOlXqq http://t.co/rruhBvlzQY ->
- @MadeFromCorpses Write to him and ask? in reply to MadeFromCorpses ->
- @MadeFromCorpses Hahah omg. I'm excited that my current MP isn't standing again cos I don't even get a generic form letter when I write in reply to MadeFromCorpses ->
- @MadeFromCorpses That already exists in second life. :/ in reply to MadeFromCorpses ->
- @MadeFromCorpses yep. which reminds me I need to write to the greens to see if anyone is standing here in reply to MadeFromCorpses ->
- @MadeFromCorpses WELL it depends if the av is Lolo Ferrari proportions and/or jumping up and down in reply to MadeFromCorpses ->
- @MadeFromCorpses Don't investigate belly physics in SL. in reply to MadeFromCorpses ->
- RT @mrbry: Best. Ladle. Ever. http://t.co/MLgKRbYyMt ->
- RT @liz_buckley: Sometimes I wonder if I spoil the cat, seeing him with his iPad, in his yurt. http://t.co/45ScY3Rloe ->
- @MadeFromCorpses The best thing is the RL thigh gap fixation has translated to avs riding invisible ponies in reply to MadeFromCorpses ->
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- RT @Alawston: Who'd like some free film crit? Depiction of violence in Jean-Luc Godard's early cinema, free download this week http://t.co/… ->
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- @tomscott INCEPTION. A TOM SCOTT WITHIN A TOM SCOTT etc etc in reply to tomscott ->
- @Hello_Tailor Unlikely? He said a few crappy things at the Winter Soldier Apple Store thing I went to in reply to Hello_Tailor ->
- @Hello_Tailor well. It's more that he probably doesn't listen to them if he does… in reply to Hello_Tailor ->
- @ErisLovesMovies Ohh as delightful as the Meet the Filmmakers thing was, he said some disappointing stuff there too in reply to ErisLovesMovies ->
- @ErisLovesMovies WHICH considering the audience was 99% ladies? A bit dumb too in reply to herdivineshadow ->
- @ErisLovesMovies I may have heckled him in the Apple Store when he said whatever in reply to ErisLovesMovies ->
- @ErisLovesMovies THAT'S ME unafraid to heckle from the anonymity of being in a crowd entirely composed of ladiessss in reply to ErisLovesMovies ->
- @ErisLovesMovies YOU KNOW the musketeers thing yesterday was pretty much all ladies and one guy who had a q to ask on behalf of…his sister in reply to ErisLovesMovies ->
- @ErisLovesMovies it was another meet the filmmakers thing but for http://t.co/xyEqq3zvea in reply to ErisLovesMovies ->
- @ErisLovesMovies YOU KNOw I think one of the Russos called him on it too in reply to ErisLovesMovies ->
- @ErisLovesMovies BUT LIKE PORTHOS' ADORABLE LITTLE FACE in reply to ErisLovesMovies ->
- @ErisLovesMovies Haha yeah regardless of what they really think, at least they're aware of their audience in reply to ErisLovesMovies ->
- @ErisLovesMovies well you're not really missing much, they do address the crappy position of ladies at the time a bit but not much in reply to ErisLovesMovies ->
- @Hello_Tailor Sounds like something said to Data maybe by Troi in reply to Hello_Tailor ->
- @Hello_Tailor Orrr HMM some other lady in the Next Gen. Which I should be able to guess cos there are like… 5 to choose from in reply to Hello_Tailor ->
- @andromedaed hairbrush, socks, adaptor, headphones, lady things in reply to andromedaed ->
- @andromedaed address book, waterproof jacket, WARM THINGS TO WEAR, a hat in reply to andromedaed ->
- @andromedaed Haha it was not 9C yesterday. HMM what else? spare keyring for any new keys you'll be getting in reply to andromedaed ->
- @andromedaed a handkerchief. cos you are going on a journey like BILBO BAGGINS in reply to andromedaed ->
- @JamesHunt because they are all Star Wars fans and hate Trek somehow in reply to JamesHunt ->
- @JamesHunt Can it have a scene with Uhura moaning about people thinking she is an ensign? in reply to JamesHunt ->
- @Hello_Tailor powdered pearl is a ingredient in Chinese beauty stuff so… yyes? in reply to Hello_Tailor ->
- @Hello_Tailor oh yeah – it's in chinese medicine so it must be ok to eat. well. "ok" in reply to Hello_Tailor ->
- @andromedaed what about some snacks? in reply to andromedaed ->
- @Hello_Tailor Looking at the other powders, there are a lot of popular east asian herbs and that going into these things in reply to Hello_Tailor ->
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Written by herdivineshadow on 19 January 2015
So, at last year’s London Film Festival, I went to see some experimental short films and Transcalar Investment Vehicles was one of them, but unfortunately the version of the film they had at the festival wasn’t the correct final version. Anyway, the LFF peeps said they’d show the right one at a later date and that there would be free tickets for the people who had turned up for this showing.
The rescheduled showing of Transcalar Investment Vehicles was last week. I… don’t know if the right version of the film conveyed Koob-Sassen’s ideas more effectively than the wrong version but then I guess experimental cinema isn’t something that I’m particularly into or have a lot of experience watching. I’m more of a regular narrative film viewer, I guess. Saying that, I did enjoy the experience and I think that sticking around for the Q & A afterwards was really worthwhile, not least because people who actually “get” this style of film were making interesting comments and asking questions and maybe the discussion part of the evening was more enjoyable than the actual film? It’s hard to tell.
MY POINT, THOUGH (I have one, I swear), is that in the film there is a financier character, whose scheme is to channel investment made in fossil and nuclear energy industries into some kind of north African solar panel development in the wake of oil tanker and nuclear plant disasters. We meet the financier mostly while he’s explaining what this scheme involves to an American political speechwriter (played awesomely by Chipo Chung who I hadn’t really heard of before seeing this but I really enjoyed her performance*). In the course of the post-film discussion, Koob-Sassen talked about how the financier in this story was a “heroic financier” – something I hadn’t considered at all. I mean, at the moment, when you think about anyone involved in the financial services industry, they are pretty much always coloured as the bad guys – thanks to all the economic problems of the last few years. Then in the course of his discussion with the speechwriter, you kind of get the idea that the stuff he’s talking about is a bit out there and has the potential to be very bad – based on the reaction expressions of the speechwriter (who of course has to spin the topic to her audience in a favourable way later). The financier seems to have a grasp of and solutions for things on a large-scale but at the same time, seems kind of unaware of the effects of his solutions on smaller, person-to-person levels.
If I understood the finance stuff better, maybe I would see how the financier is heroic better too.
ON THE OTHER HAND, it got me thinking about the various hero and villain stories that make up nearly all the superhero films, comics and TV shows that I seem to be watching non-stop at the moment. The thing that often comes up is the idea that the villain is the hero of his own story. From the POV of the villain in the story, he is the hero. MOSTLY it makes me think about Ward from Agents of SHIELD. Ward is a TERRIBLE person. TERRIBLE. Yet he continues to act like nothing he is doing is wrong (he’s been murdering and betraying people ALL OVER THE SHOP).
And then that makes me think about the character of Skye and, totally unrelated to the stuff I’ve been talking about so far, how the character is mixed race (Chinese & White) and how AWESOME this is because I’ve pretty much seen…. no one like me on TV. I suppose Keanu Reeves in 47 Ronin SORT OF counts if you grasp at straws a bit. SKYE. FOREVER AWESOME.
* Looking on IMDB it turns out that she has been in like… all the things ever that I loved. She was Chantho in Doctor Who. She was the voice of the ship, Icarus, in one of my FAVOURITE FILMS EVER – Sunshine.
Mirrored from half girl, half robot.
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Written by herdivineshadow on 19 January 2015
So, at last year’s London Film Festival, I went to see some experimental short films and Transcalar Investment Vehicles was one of them, but unfortunately the version of the film they had at the festival wasn’t the correct final version. Anyway, the LFF peeps said they’d show the right one at a later date and that there would be free tickets for the people who had turned up for this showing.
The rescheduled showing of Transcalar Investment Vehicles was last week. I… don’t know if the right version of the film conveyed Koob-Sassen’s ideas more effectively than the wrong version but then I guess experimental cinema isn’t something that I’m particularly into or have a lot of experience watching. I’m more of a regular narrative film viewer, I guess. Saying that, I did enjoy the experience and I think that sticking around for the Q & A afterwards was really worthwhile, not least because people who actually “get” this style of film were making interesting comments and asking questions and maybe the discussion part of the evening was more enjoyable than the actual film? It’s hard to tell.
MY POINT, THOUGH (I have one, I swear), is that in the film there is a financier character, whose scheme is to channel investment made in fossil and nuclear energy industries into some kind of north African solar panel development in the wake of oil tanker and nuclear plant disasters. We meet the financier mostly while he’s explaining what this scheme involves to an American political speechwriter (played awesomely by Chipo Chung who I hadn’t really heard of before seeing this but I really enjoyed her performance*). In the course of the post-film discussion, Koob-Sassen talked about how the financier in this story was a “heroic financier” – something I hadn’t considered at all. I mean, at the moment, when you think about anyone involved in the financial services industry, they are pretty much always coloured as the bad guys – thanks to all the economic problems of the last few years. Then in the course of his discussion with the speechwriter, you kind of get the idea that the stuff he’s talking about is a bit out there and has the potential to be very bad – based on the reaction expressions of the speechwriter (who of course has to spin the topic to her audience in a favourable way later). The financier seems to have a grasp of and solutions for things on a large-scale but at the same time, seems kind of unaware of the effects of his solutions on smaller, person-to-person levels.
If I understood the finance stuff better, maybe I would see how the financier is heroic better too.
ON THE OTHER HAND, it got me thinking about the various hero and villain stories that make up nearly all the superhero films, comics and TV shows that I seem to be watching non-stop at the moment. The thing that often comes up is the idea that the villain is the hero of his own story. From the POV of the villain in the story, he is the hero. MOSTLY it makes me think about Ward from Agents of SHIELD. Ward is a TERRIBLE person. TERRIBLE. Yet he continues to act like nothing he is doing is wrong (he’s been murdering and betraying people ALL OVER THE SHOP).
And then that makes me think about the character of Skye and, totally unrelated to the stuff I’ve been talking about so far, how the character is mixed race (Chinese & White) and how AWESOME this is because I’ve pretty much seen…. no one like me on TV. I suppose Keanu Reeves in 47 Ronin SORT OF counts if you grasp at straws a bit. SKYE. FOREVER AWESOME.
* Looking on IMDB it turns out that she has been in like… all the things ever that I loved. She was Chantho in Doctor Who. She was the voice of the ship, Icarus, in one of my FAVOURITE FILMS EVER – Sunshine.
Mirrored from half girl, half robot.
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