Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

News: Play forum games in an offensive way, like those of the anti-junta resistance!

« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2 3

Author Topic: The Universe just went bloop  (Read 4984 times)

Offline Solnath

  • Solus Victor
  • *
  • Posts: 5920
  • Pamfu desu!
The Universe just went bloop
« on: July 25, 2007, 03:11:18 PM »
And here's the reason why.
Logged
Neutral Evil

Offline Naivetry

  • Regina Magistra de Latina
  • *
  • Posts: 99
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2007, 04:01:30 AM »
Quite right.  Now, if George Lucas could get that off his T-shirt and back into his movies, there might be hope left.
Logged
Visitor from Equilism
--------------------
[11:40pm] Soly: Violence is a poor solution.
--------------------

Offline Allama

  • *
  • Posts: 6878
    • LibraryThing
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2007, 03:39:20 PM »
I think Lucas is incapable of creating anything on a par with Han Solo ever again.
Logged

Offline Solnath

  • Solus Victor
  • *
  • Posts: 5920
  • Pamfu desu!
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2007, 06:36:04 PM »
Logged
Neutral Evil

Offline Trey

  • *
  • Posts: 3957
  • ^ The best film almost no one saw in the 2000s.
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2007, 06:49:01 PM »
Quote from: Allama on July 26, 2007, 03:39:20 PM
I think Lucas is incapable of creating anything on a par with Han Solo ever again.

I don't know about him creating a character on par with Han...I just know he cannot write dialog worth s**t.
Logged
"I believe every single person is extraordinary. The tragedy is that we
have a society where too many people never get to fulfill that
extraordinary potential. My view – the liberal view – is that
government’s job is to help them to do it. Not to tell people how to
live their lives. But to make their choices possible, to release their
potential, no matter who they are. The way to do that is to take power away from those who hoard it. To challenge vested interests. To break down privilege. To clear out the bottlenecks in our society that block opportunity and block progress. And so give everyone a chance to live the life they want." - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Offline Allama

  • *
  • Posts: 6878
    • LibraryThing
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2007, 07:14:02 PM »
Good characters can't be truly expressed without worthy dialog, and as characters only exist in the minds of those who watch them on screen they can only be good when the dialog portrays them properly.
Logged

Offline Trey

  • *
  • Posts: 3957
  • ^ The best film almost no one saw in the 2000s.
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2007, 07:17:05 PM »
What about silent movies?  There were good characters in those.
Logged
"I believe every single person is extraordinary. The tragedy is that we
have a society where too many people never get to fulfill that
extraordinary potential. My view – the liberal view – is that
government’s job is to help them to do it. Not to tell people how to
live their lives. But to make their choices possible, to release their
potential, no matter who they are. The way to do that is to take power away from those who hoard it. To challenge vested interests. To break down privilege. To clear out the bottlenecks in our society that block opportunity and block progress. And so give everyone a chance to live the life they want." - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Offline Allama

  • *
  • Posts: 6878
    • LibraryThing
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2007, 03:43:13 PM »
It's important to note the differences between modern acting and writing and the styles and methods those fields employed in the heyday of silent film.  Back then, actors expressed the feelings and desires of their characters in a very physically dynamic way, in a manner that would be considered far beyond overkill today.  Hamming it up, as it were.  Today's writers are expected to develop these same emotions with more subtlety, as the addition of verbal dialog made it possible to cease the "verbal pantomime" style of "speaking" in movies.
Logged

Offline Solnath

  • Solus Victor
  • *
  • Posts: 5920
  • Pamfu desu!
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2007, 04:46:58 PM »
Desu.
Logged
Neutral Evil

Offline Trey

  • *
  • Posts: 3957
  • ^ The best film almost no one saw in the 2000s.
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2007, 08:35:21 PM »
But there are characters in modern media that rarely talk, and yet they are understood and their emotions are still felt, often better than the chatty characters.  Besides, George could create the character and hire Paul Haggis to write the dialog.  (Isn't dialogue spelled that way and not dialog?)
Logged
"I believe every single person is extraordinary. The tragedy is that we
have a society where too many people never get to fulfill that
extraordinary potential. My view – the liberal view – is that
government’s job is to help them to do it. Not to tell people how to
live their lives. But to make their choices possible, to release their
potential, no matter who they are. The way to do that is to take power away from those who hoard it. To challenge vested interests. To break down privilege. To clear out the bottlenecks in our society that block opportunity and block progress. And so give everyone a chance to live the life they want." - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Offline Solnath

  • Solus Victor
  • *
  • Posts: 5920
  • Pamfu desu!
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2007, 09:18:52 PM »
Tomato, tomatoue.
Logged
Neutral Evil

Offline Trey

  • *
  • Posts: 3957
  • ^ The best film almost no one saw in the 2000s.
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2007, 09:26:38 PM »
*Here we go again.*

Potato, Pothatoe
Logged
"I believe every single person is extraordinary. The tragedy is that we
have a society where too many people never get to fulfill that
extraordinary potential. My view – the liberal view – is that
government’s job is to help them to do it. Not to tell people how to
live their lives. But to make their choices possible, to release their
potential, no matter who they are. The way to do that is to take power away from those who hoard it. To challenge vested interests. To break down privilege. To clear out the bottlenecks in our society that block opportunity and block progress. And so give everyone a chance to live the life they want." - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Offline Solnath

  • Solus Victor
  • *
  • Posts: 5920
  • Pamfu desu!
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2007, 09:38:40 PM »
Bloop.
Logged
Neutral Evil

Offline Trey

  • *
  • Posts: 3957
  • ^ The best film almost no one saw in the 2000s.
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2007, 09:38:58 PM »
bloop, bloop.
Logged
"I believe every single person is extraordinary. The tragedy is that we
have a society where too many people never get to fulfill that
extraordinary potential. My view – the liberal view – is that
government’s job is to help them to do it. Not to tell people how to
live their lives. But to make their choices possible, to release their
potential, no matter who they are. The way to do that is to take power away from those who hoard it. To challenge vested interests. To break down privilege. To clear out the bottlenecks in our society that block opportunity and block progress. And so give everyone a chance to live the life they want." - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Offline Solnath

  • Solus Victor
  • *
  • Posts: 5920
  • Pamfu desu!
Re: The Universe just went bloop
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2007, 09:44:38 PM »
Tiki-tiki-tiki.
Logged
Neutral Evil
Pages: [1] 2 3
« previous next »