Comments on: Stardust — A review http://www.dododreams.com/writings/2007/08/12/stardust-%e2%80%94-a-review/ Gone save in your mind Mon, 21 May 2012 03:20:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Dododreams http://www.dododreams.com/writings/2007/08/12/stardust-%e2%80%94-a-review/#comment-1696 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:48:22 +0000 http://www.dododreams.com/writings/2007/08/12/stardust-%e2%80%94-a-review/#comment-1696 No worries, Dad, I just like to jerk your chain a little sometimes because I am a brat. YouTube works just fine, except the fidelity is often not quite as clear as in QuickTime. Personally I think Apple products are rather nifty except for my (likely illogical) obstinate opposition to their monopoly on components and a lot of peripherals, not to mention certain software applications (iTunes can bite me.) It gives them premium pricing, for one thing, which I think lends their products cachet for some people but for me results in "neener neener you dumb poor person" snottiness. After all these years I wish there was more of an egalitarian sensibility to the company (especially since they have — with supreme foresight — infiltrated many pre-college school systems' computer labs.) Having said all that, if I were in a position with, you know, having won the lottery, I'd buy one of the hybrid Mac/PC systems in a heartbeat. They are lovely looking and from what I have read and heard work rather well. No worries, Dad, I just like to jerk your chain a little sometimes because I am a brat. YouTube works just fine, except the fidelity is often not quite as clear as in QuickTime.

Personally I think Apple products are rather nifty except for my (likely illogical) obstinate opposition to their monopoly on components and a lot of peripherals, not to mention certain software applications (iTunes can bite me.) It gives them premium pricing, for one thing, which I think lends their products cachet for some people but for me results in “neener neener you dumb poor person” snottiness. After all these years I wish there was more of an egalitarian sensibility to the company (especially since they have — with supreme foresight — infiltrated many pre-college school systems’ computer labs.)

Having said all that, if I were in a position with, you know, having won the lottery, I’d buy one of the hybrid Mac/PC systems in a heartbeat. They are lovely looking and from what I have read and heard work rather well.

]]> by: OldD http://www.dododreams.com/writings/2007/08/12/stardust-%e2%80%94-a-review/#comment-1695 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:33:43 +0000 http://www.dododreams.com/writings/2007/08/12/stardust-%e2%80%94-a-review/#comment-1695 I just don't like QuickTime as it takes up lots of space on my little hard drive plus, unless I'm really careful when installing it, QuickTime insists on taking over for all of my other picture and movie programs. Thus, I currently do have on one of my backup CD-RW discs a copy of a program named, "QuickTimeFullInstaller.exe" So when I really have to watch a QuickTime movie I copy that onto my "Junk" section of my hard drive, and then install it, making sure that it only plays quicktime movies. Then when the particular movie has been seen, I delete the whole QuickTime bit and simply go back to using the MS MPlayer once again. I'm just not a true believer in Apple products. I just don’t like QuickTime as it takes up lots of space on my little hard drive plus, unless I’m really careful when installing it, QuickTime insists on taking over for all of my other picture and movie programs. Thus, I currently do have on one of my backup CD-RW discs a copy of a program named, “QuickTimeFullInstaller.exe” So when I really have to watch a QuickTime movie I copy that onto my “Junk” section of my hard drive, and then install it, making sure that it only plays quicktime movies. Then when the particular movie has been seen, I delete the whole QuickTime bit and simply go back to using the MS MPlayer once again. I’m just not a true believer in Apple products.

]]> by: Dododreams http://www.dododreams.com/writings/2007/08/12/stardust-%e2%80%94-a-review/#comment-1689 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:22:01 +0000 http://www.dododreams.com/writings/2007/08/12/stardust-%e2%80%94-a-review/#comment-1689 Quoting from a different site: "...movies about eleven-year-old British boys who suddenly discover they can do magic and are members of a society hidden from the ordinary world and are also part of a prophecy about defeating evil just aren't doing well at the box office these days." Quoting from a different site:

“…movies about eleven-year-old British boys who suddenly discover they can do magic and are members of a society hidden from the ordinary world and are also part of a prophecy about defeating evil just aren’t doing well at the box office these days.”

]]> by: Nene http://www.dododreams.com/writings/2007/08/12/stardust-%e2%80%94-a-review/#comment-1686 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:15:05 +0000 http://www.dododreams.com/writings/2007/08/12/stardust-%e2%80%94-a-review/#comment-1686 On The Dark is Rising from wiki: "The planned film diverges from the book on several fundamental points, including the decision to rewrite Will Stanton's character to change him from an eleven-year-old English boy to a fourteen-year-old American boy, significant changes to the mythological structure of the plot, re-setting the story to occur in the present-day, and the addition of a brother of Will's as a potential "Judas" character among them." So they take a story based on mythology, then throw out the mythology? Why bother? Bah. The Spiderwick Chronicles looks cool though, and I think they got the characters well cast in Golden Compass. On The Dark is Rising from wiki: “The planned film diverges from the book on several fundamental points, including the decision to rewrite Will Stanton’s character to change him from an eleven-year-old English boy to a fourteen-year-old American boy, significant changes to the mythological structure of the plot, re-setting the story to occur in the present-day, and the addition of a brother of Will’s as a potential “Judas” character among them.”

So they take a story based on mythology, then throw out the mythology? Why bother? Bah.

The Spiderwick Chronicles looks cool though, and I think they got the characters well cast in Golden Compass.

]]> by: Nene http://www.dododreams.com/writings/2007/08/12/stardust-%e2%80%94-a-review/#comment-1685 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:00:57 +0000 http://www.dododreams.com/writings/2007/08/12/stardust-%e2%80%94-a-review/#comment-1685 After finishing Golden Compass/The Subtle Knife/The Amber Spyglass jr said he could see why fundie Christians might have a problem with it. I liked all 3 books, they get less adventurey in the last 2 but are still good. Thanks for the previews, off to watch. After finishing Golden Compass/The Subtle Knife/The Amber Spyglass jr said he could see why fundie Christians might have a problem with it. I liked all 3 books, they get less adventurey in the last 2 but are still good. Thanks for the previews, off to watch.

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