en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1771916 Comments by sterow http://www.sterow.com/?p=3633#IDComment981576123 Detail Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:38:05 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=3633#IDComment981576123 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2315#IDComment642391141 Pleasantville actually used a purpose built town centre, bizarelly enough constructed in the parking lot at Malibu Creek State Park. For the residential streets they used another familiar set, the residential street at the Warner Bros (formerly Columbia) ranch. Tue, 14 May 2013 23:12:42 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2315#IDComment642391141 http://www.sterow.com/?p=1690#IDComment624826292 Nimai, I finally got my first brief hands-on with the new SimCity yesterday. I don't have time to give it any in-depth play right now, but I hope to spend some time with it in June (after my current teaching commitments are done) and write some further thoughts on it then. Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:43:07 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=1690#IDComment624826292 http://www.sterow.com/?p=3869#IDComment543386021 The supplies I think were just well stowed in the boat, so it didn't strike me as odd that they still had their booklet. I don't necessarily want to get into what happened on the boat because I don't want to get into spoilers; suffice to say that part of the point of the story is the question about how to interpret the events on the boat. With the tiger at the end I think the important point is not whether the tiger lived or died, but rather the fact that the tiger walked away without giving Pi a second thought. I liked that; the film doesn't try to make the tiger something other than a wild animal. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:04:06 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=3869#IDComment543386021 http://www.sterow.com/?p=3869#IDComment526696033 I suppose that is what I was alluding to in referring to the effects as a tool in his palette, and contrasting this with the more traditional aesthetics of Brokeback. It is definitely a deliberate look, and the effect is certainly not realist: you could descrue it variously as hyperreal or dreamlike. However IMO that served the story well. Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:03:18 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=3869#IDComment526696033 http://www.sterow.com/?p=159#IDComment458662943 Interesting. That article talks of minor changes for Cimino's new cut, but doesn't make it very clear which cut they used as their starting point. I'm more interested in the apparent colour-correction: it's been a few years, but the DVD certainly looked hazy. Tue, 9 Oct 2012 00:14:04 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=159#IDComment458662943 http://www.sterow.com/?p=1841#IDComment458659176 Note: I have removed a spam link from the above comment, but left it up because it's just so funny. Whichever person / algorithm decided to use this article to attach their spam to seems to have slightly missed the point. Tue, 9 Oct 2012 00:07:04 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=1841#IDComment458659176 http://www.sterow.com/?p=3454#IDComment411061661 The difficulty with that argument is that the clearly intended use of documents put online by government - that they be downloaded and used by professionals and the wider public - would constitute a technical copyright breach. I believe the use here is consistent with that intended use. Anyone with a legitimate issue and claim with regards to copyright is more than welcome to email me. Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:55:41 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=3454#IDComment411061661 http://www.sterow.com/?p=3366#IDComment375882663 Do tell, good folk at CSQ Town Planning and Blog Spamming Services. Thu, 7 Jun 2012 12:43:48 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=3366#IDComment375882663 http://www.sterow.com/?p=3428#IDComment375039741 I think the difference in geek vs critic reviews can be put down to two things. Firstly, sci-fi nerds will be less impressed by the underlying sci-fi concepts than many critics, since they're pretty old hat within the genre. Secondly, those super familiar with Alien (as opposed to remembering the broad outlines) will spot more of the spots where the films don't really align quite right. (Most notably, if you're not super familiar with Alien, you'll assume that Prometheus sets up the derelict spaceship from that film: yet various things in the film suggest it isn't the same one). I also think it may give too much credit to assume the plot holes will be fixed in a longer cut. I didn't get a sense of things being missing so much as flat out nonsensical based on information we did have. (Its actually a brisk running time by current standards, too, so I don't know why it would be cut to the narrative bone). But I suppose we shall see. Wed, 6 Jun 2012 08:02:22 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=3428#IDComment375039741 http://www.sterow.com/?p=1191#IDComment373535240 I haven't worried about a mobile translation of the site as it becomes another viewing format that I have to keep an eye on to ensure it doesn't break, and because phones typically now do such a good job of depicting standard web pages (particularly for a simple site like a blog). In my own mobile browsing I increasingly find "mobile friendly" sites to be a pain. So I suppose the question would be, why can't your droid phone view a standard blog site? Mon, 4 Jun 2012 04:03:05 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=1191#IDComment373535240 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2729#IDComment218461410 I'm leaving this spam up to name and shame the firm that it points to: some mob named CSQ Town Planning. What kind of outfit markets this way? Tue, 8 Nov 2011 03:44:28 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2729#IDComment218461410 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2604#IDComment165065648 Well there's plenty about who I am and what I've been up to on this site, and my views on Victorian planning have been spelt out and justified at some length here and elsewhere. Who are you? As someone who won't put their name to their comments I'm not sure you can really be on your high horse. Put a name to them or I'll just keep moderating them into oblivion as the troll you are. Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:10:42 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2604#IDComment165065648 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2604#IDComment164495779 The other major omission, IMO, is of anyone from outside the Victorian system. I realise that there are significant logistical issues with an extended Advisory Committee process involving someone from outside the State, but I think it would help for these reviews to include at least one outside perspective. I think the Victorian planning profession has an unfortunate tendency to groupthink: some kind of outside perspective would help to reduce this problem. Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:29:53 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2604#IDComment164495779 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2539#IDComment154910887 Good call - I've added a note in the post. Sun, 22 May 2011 13:48:56 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2539#IDComment154910887 http%3a%2f%2fwww.sterow.com%2f%3fp%3d2404#IDComment126363399 Yes. Fortunately in Australia the whole creationism thing hasn't gotten as far as the US, so here I think you could still use evolution as an example of the scientific argument where the person on the street understands that there isn't actually an argument. I think in the US - or, perhaps, certain parts of the US - the two debates are more closely equivalent. Sun, 6 Feb 2011 22:01:08 +0000 http%3a%2f%2fwww.sterow.com%2f%3fp%3d2404#IDComment126363399 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2421#IDComment125008229 Well I think I acknowledge in my review that Hathaway's film is not a trailbreaking western by any means, and it's demonstrably wrong to say that the Coens had not seen the original. They've talked about it in interviews. As to comparing it to the novel: that would potentially be an interesting exercise, but it would tell you things about the process of adaptation from one medium to another, not changes to film style over time, which was more my interest here. Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:38:48 +0000 http://www.sterow.com/?p=2421#IDComment125008229 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/26/tv-besides-cops-lawyers-and-doctors-what-else-is-there/#IDComment124482829 (directed at Emily's comment, not those directly above BTW) Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:34:33 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/26/tv-besides-cops-lawyers-and-doctors-what-else-is-there/#IDComment124482829 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/26/tv-besides-cops-lawyers-and-doctors-what-else-is-there/#IDComment124482669 (sound of a thousand facepalms) Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:33:10 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/26/tv-besides-cops-lawyers-and-doctors-what-else-is-there/#IDComment124482669 http%3a%2f%2fwww.sterow.com%2f%3fp%3d2404#IDComment122274016 God I wish I'd never mentioned Sarah Palin in this post. My point is simply that politicians should be careful about saying things that potentially spur on crazies and that this is true whether or not there is ever any demonstrable link between any particular statement and any particular known crazy act. To me that is a fairly common sense statement. People should take some responsibility for their rhetoric. Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:13:47 +0000 http%3a%2f%2fwww.sterow.com%2f%3fp%3d2404#IDComment122274016