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How has the Evolution of the Silver Screen affected the theater and movie going experience in the...
I spent some time in the West Indies in the 1980s. Most particularly in Barbados, in my memory, everyone would be described/identified by the color of their skin and or their racial mixture using a complex assortment of terms that even in the relaxed nature of the times made my hair stand on...- MikeKardec
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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How has the Evolution of the Silver Screen affected the theater and movie going experience in the...
A lot of the greats of the "people's studio" years were sportswriters, they brought some of the qualities of 1920s sports journalism to 1930s-'50s Hollywood. Many of the whiniest kids I run into have not been obviously pampered by the generic background of their home. In other words they might...- MikeKardec
- Post #31
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Show us your vehicles
My first car just after a great deal of repair and paint etc. in 1979 ... Like an idiot I caved into selling it about 10 years ago when I felt I would never have the money to fix it to a higher standard again ... mistake, I could do it easily now. I've tried to buy it back but so far, no...- MikeKardec
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- Forum: The Display Case
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How has the Evolution of the Silver Screen affected the theater and movie going experience in the...
Heck, I'm only guessing, and if you say I'm wrong then I probably am. You are at the tip of the sword, or box office or whatever. But from the slight experience that I've had around college campuses there does seem to be a very stressed out, touchy sense to a lot of kids. It's as if they...- MikeKardec
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Last Tycoon - Amazon Pilot
I believe there is a second season of TMITHC, though I don't know how soon it is due. Amazon does things differently than other outlets. I agree with your take on entirely. It's especially hard with an Amazon pilot because they analyze audience reaction over a long period as well as their own...- MikeKardec
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Music and sound shorthand in movies
It's true the music/sound effects have become a trope. One of my first experiences in professional film making (1970s) I got a chance to sit with the post production supervisor to a mini series while they were mixing. We were talking about the choice of sound effects and in this scene there...- MikeKardec
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Last Tycoon - Amazon Pilot
Sumptuously mounted, fairly superficially written and directed ... and like so many movies about movies, not all that tuned into film making or the realities of Hollywood. A few anachronisms. But I've learned not to write off Amazon's stuff to early in the game. I might have said slightly...- MikeKardec
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Decaying Evolution of Education...
There is a limit ... unless you're really in love with a subject. I was ready to go 24/7 but many college students today are definitely NOT there for the classes and their threshold is as limited as a grade school kid. I taught two classes at Colorado College, a place that is very proud of...- MikeKardec
- Post #443
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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How has the Evolution of the Silver Screen affected the theater and movie going experience in the...
My nose is rather large and occasionally I get the feeling that I am suddenly plummeting down it! If you can find it there is a wonderful old short story called "Sub-Lim" by Keith Roberts about a failing animation studio that has an employee who can draw Rorschach-like drawings that can control...- MikeKardec
- Post #19
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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How has the Evolution of the Silver Screen affected the theater and movie going experience in the...
Even without catering to conflict adverse 20 somethings, many films these days are so crammed full of everything it gives you a headache. I like a little something going on but I'm not as demanding as your average studio executive thinks I am.- MikeKardec
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver
It's true although I walk just about anywhere I need to go on a regular basis (market, restaurant, movies,) I enjoy it a good deal more than sitting in traffic. I guess that comes from living in an OLD suburb. When I was young and apartments were plentiful I used to move to be close to work...- MikeKardec
- Post #298
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver
As soon as I wear out the bogus run-flat monstrosities on my daily driver I want to go to a smaller wheel (these days that's not so small though as the breaks have gotten bigger) and more tire. But these newer cars no longer have room for a spare and it's impossible to discover where that space...- MikeKardec
- Post #296
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver
Now that I'm no longer enamored with acceleration for its own sake (I confess to drag racing in my youth) I've discovered that having a car that handles nicely is what gets me going. But my version of handling is not what car magazines and manufacturers want to sell. They imagine all driving...- MikeKardec
- Post #293
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver
Moose = Bad. I've seen cars that hit an elk ... bad enough. Actually one of the sweet things about some of the cars like the Alfa is that they were designed for narrow mountain roads and they are quite fun and allow you to experience that design as performance even at 45 MPH. Of course on the...- MikeKardec
- Post #287
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver
Another thing the Alfa has suggested to me: the future may hold a market of the sort of simple cars many of us grew up with. The thing is just a fun riot, it's really a blast to drive. Not fast on today's scale but it's ... elemental. Constructing a new car with a similar feel and either...- MikeKardec
- Post #283
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver
My "fun car," not my daily driver is a 70s Alfa, so no AC and 1960s aerodynamics, it is wonderful to drive a car where when you roll the window down the wind doesn't beat you to death as it does on a modern car designed in a wind tunnel for driving with the windows up. A previous owner...- MikeKardec
- Post #282
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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How has the Evolution of the Silver Screen affected the theater and movie going experience in the...
On another subject: if I was a filmmaker wanting to try something innovative today I would experiment with beautiful "environmental movies that followed characters through a interesting but low conflict story. Given some of my experiences dealing with contemporary college life I suspect that...- MikeKardec
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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How has the Evolution of the Silver Screen affected the theater and movie going experience in the...
I love the idea of movies as the ultimate haunted house! I believe we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg when it comes to games and involvement in virtual realities. The next step will be to expand the "reality" beyond the limitations of the various interfaces. In the 1980s we went from...- MikeKardec
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Decaying Evolution of Education...
You are right! Actual teaching (especially of undergrads) is FAR from the highest priority and, in reality, sports programs only make a tiny percentage of colleges any money ... they like to keep that a secret, however.- MikeKardec
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
