Yet another bullet point update

[soc_puppet]

* Regarding my previous post: First, thank you for the hugs! Individual thanks will be coming in a few minutes, but I wanted to post first, so by golly, that's what I'm going to do!

Second, I have no idea if the shitstorm actually cleared up, because I ended up opting for not going to check it out personally, but I haven't heard anything else about it, so I'm assuming that no news = good news. If there are things that still need to be cleared up, I can clear them up more confidently in person at the next staff meeting, I'm fairly certain. Or at least learn whether I need to clear them up, which is about as important, I think.

* Some brave soul out there has taken my love of a capella music and my love of Pokémon and combined them before I could do it, the asshole. I am both deeply impressed and deeply envious.

* I have a new external harddrive! Technically, I got it a couple of weeks ago, but it's still relatively new. It's two terabytes, and I got it for ~$90 USD (on sale, plus ink cartridge recycling refund), and I am currently working on filling it up ♥

To contrast with the lovely technological news, my computer's DVD drive is no longer working. This is annoying, because now there's a helluva lot I can't move from DVDs to the harddrive. Ah, well. Such is life, I suppose.

* The Last Airbender premieres this week on Thursday. Tomorrow I'll be putting up a last-ditch effort to get anyone who still wants to pay to go see it to at least wait until it's been out a week or two; the post itself still has some mental editing and compiling to do. In the mean time (and the post will very likely include this link as well), if you're still on the fence, consider this well-thought-out post on the subject.

Comments

[lightbird777.livejournal.com]

Re The Last Airbender you can always encourage people to buy a ticket for a different movie and then sneak into TLA. That's what I'll be doing if I end up seeing it. And that's a big if. I'm so disgusted with the whole thing I don't even want to see it for free really.

The post you linked to is a wonderful write-up. I'm going to comment over there and post it on my journal as well.

Sorry to hear about your DVD drive.

[violetsquirrel.livejournal.com]

IDK if you saw the review that just went up on racebending but from that it looks like the easiest way to get people not to go is just to explain how goddamn awful it is as a movie. I mean it doesn't do much for teaching people about the race issues but at least they don't get money.

[ytak.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I think I'm going to say what most people, who aren't internet savvy and of a more intelligent mindset, the I don't care about the coloring of the casting. The average moviegoer doesn't care. They want to be entertained. Hollywood knows this. If Hollywood really thought that the average moviegoer cared, they would do more ethnic typecasting. Hollywood wants to deliver what will bring people to the movies to spend their money. Hollywood just wants to make a buck, like any other big company out there (doesn't matter if its Walmart or Exxon).

I actually would like to say more but I need to leave for work in 6 minutes. And I mean -need-.

[soc_puppet]

That plan is now added to my post-to-be ;)

\o/ Yay, more linkage of that post!

Yeah, it sucks :/ I wonder if I shouldn't give thought into just getting a new computer.

[soc_puppet]

I saw it and gleed the fuck out XD And I'm with Mike on the silver lining here: them not listening to us at least means they won't be able to blame an all-minority cast for it tanking.

(Again, not that getting roles for minorities at all would be a bad thing, even for a movie that tanks, just they can't put the blame where it doesn't belong now.)

[soc_puppet]

Having read a couple of reviews by now, I can happily say that people probably won't even be getting that ♥ May they find out how terrible it is ahead of time and re-consider where they want to spend their money.

[ytak.livejournal.com]

Would you be offended if I said I want to see it? Because I do, if for nothing else than the special effects. Another bonus is that it looks like they'll be dropping a lot of the immature Sokka humor. I much prefer him when is isn't so much of a person to be laughed at and Took a Level in Badass (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TookALevelInBadass). Or, it would be more accurate to say that I don't find it funny. I feel bad for him with the excessive amount of stuff that happens to him in the show. Once in a while is funny but I think they did it a little too much.

[soc_puppet]

With all the reviews pouring in right now, I'm actually half-tempted to see it myself, in that train-wreck sort of way. I would like you to consider one or both of the following, though:
1) Don't watch it the first two weekends it's out
2) Pay for a different movie, then sneak into the theater

Also, you shouldn't bother with the 3D version. The movie itself wasn't shot with 3D in mind, so the conversion was really late in the game, and apparently did little to nothing. Going for the glasses is really just a waste of money.

[ytak.livejournal.com]

Meh. I've learned not to go into movies with expectations. If you don't go in with any, you can't be disappointed. :)

I rarely see movies when they first come out. I still haven't seen Toy Story 3 or The Karate Kid. And I've heard Despicable Me is funny/cute.

I'm... scared of 3D versions. I've two 3D Imaxes and walked out with headaches/migraines. And I think they are kind of gimmicky.

[soc_puppet]

That's all I can ask for already taken care of, then :) ♥

I also avoid 3D movies, actually. I mean, aside from it being just plain awkward to wear another pair of glasses on top of the ones I already wear, I've also gotten motion sickness from 2D movies. 3D is not worth the expense as far as I'm concerned, especially when any DVD reproduction of it is just going to be crappy red-and-blue paper glasses.