Damn it it's hard trying to decide which university would be best to go to. Annoyingly the best university out of the ones I've applied to for the course I want go on is the local one, Teesside. And that is still a very valid option. Then there are the three London ones which I've got offers for (and another one to hear back from).
I think the first thing I really need to find out is if I can simply afford to live in London.
Well, it's probably easier to get a part time job in London, so that'll help with the bills.
And welcome back Falanca.! And DoctorCello. Anyone else lurking in the shadows?
Basically, what number five says, study shows that spoilers actually enhance the experience (of films) instead of ruin it.
No. No, they don't. Not always.
If it's a spoiler for something sad (eg. protagonist dies at the end), maybe. If it's an integral plot point, then no.
I'd like to know who these people are that are doing this study and how exactly they ran it, because there are a lot of varying factors that go into how someone reacts to spoilered information.
I've seen videos on Youtube of teenage kids driving through a bookstore parking lot on release night for the book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," and you know, even now as I think about it, it makes me want to take their megaphone and force them to eat it. (fortunately, I saw this video after having read the book.)
I liked that book. I don't need it spoiled to me who dies and when and how. The emotion that comes from the initial shock is part of the experience.
So, I think perhaps these people running said study wanted to prove that spoiling movies is good, so they skewed their questions, spoiled segments, and/or selection of particpants toward giving responses which favored spoilers.
There's a lot of nuances that can affect the outcome of statistical analysis, and I think their results being "unanimously" in favor of spoilers sounds extremely fishy.
I'll give two examples:
1) The Sixth Sense. I had the ending spoiled by Jimmy Kimmel. I decided not to let it ruin my watching the movie, and tried to ignore thinking about what he had said while I watched it. But despite the movie being very good, I never once considered buying it, because the best part made no emotional impact on me.
2) Star Trek IV. I saw this in the theatre, and at the end, the crew is on a shuttle talking about where they're being assigned next. When the reveal there happened in the theatre, EVERYONE in the whole theatre cheered and clapped. Watching the movie today I still remember it, and that was 26 years ago. The surprise made all the difference in the world to everyone around me.
I finally pulled last year's ticket stubs out of my wallet after seeing Oz tonight. Looks like I went to the movies seven times last year and saw six movies:
The Avengers (twice)
Prometheus
The Dark Knight Rises
Skyfall
Wreck-It Ralph
The Hobbit (HFR IMAX 3D)
You should add Django: Unchained to that list of ticket stubs... XD
Too late, that was my list for 2012. My stubs for 2013 include a second viewing of Wreck-It Ralph and now Oz the Great and Powerful. Besides, is it even still showing?
Also, how'd you like Oz?
It was pretty spectacular. The one thing I didn't like was the Wicked Witch's cackle. It totally didn't sound like a sound that actress could produce. Other than that, though, I really enjoyed it.
I'm actually really hoping for a sequel, and a lot things look good for one. Aside from a straight-up new Wizard of Oz, the best idea I've heard so far is a story centered on Oscar that runs parallel to the events of The Wizard of Oz (though that idea concluded with the possibility of
Oscar managing to redeem Theodora
before Dorothy gets her with the bucket of water and that sounds a bit too much like fan fiction).
Too late, that was my list for 2012. My stubs for 2013 include a second viewing of Wreck-It Ralph and now Oz the Great and Powerful. Besides, is it even still showing?
You could always see it on DVD and then I'll send you a ticket stub and you can confuse yourself in future years when you can't remember going to Pasadena to see Django.
It was pretty spectacular. The one thing I didn't like was the Wicked Witch's cackle. It totally didn't sound like a sound that actress could produce. Other than that, though, I really enjoyed it.
I'm actually really hoping for a sequel, and a lot things look good for one. Aside from a straight-up new Wizard of Oz, the best idea I've heard so far is a story centered on Oscar that runs parallel to the events of The Wizard of Oz (though that idea concluded with the possibility of
Oscar managing to redeem Theodora
before Dorothy gets her with the bucket of water and that sounds a bit too much like fan fiction).
My favorite parts of the movie were the tiny references to Wizard of Oz. Like the blonde girl at the beginning, the one he told to go marry the other dude? That was Dorothy's mother.
I don't know what it is about con-men type characters, but I feel like their underused in movies. I enjoyed what they did with Oscar's character there. The only thing that I'd be wary about with a sequel is that he'd be too... good. Part of the appeal in this movie was that he started out kinda shady... good heart, but easily swayed by visions of grandeur.
I don't see how a sequel would really have that. Though, if it went through Wizard of Oz from his perspective and then ended up back in Kansas, the back in Kansas part could be pretty interesting. Though, it would also probably end up being pretty sad, given that everyone probably moved on with their lives. That and that he was probably in a coma this entire time.
Is anyone else sick of being ignored by Telltale staff? I got the Storage Device Error message while playing TWD. Now my game doesn't work. I've been to the support forums and I am not the only one with this problem. I have left messages through the forum and Email with no reply what so ever. Telltale sold me a faulty product and refuses to even aknowledge me. This is so irratating because I love this game. Any suggestions? And before someone says this should be on the support forum well I tried that already.
Yeah, this is kinda the wrong place to ask this. Not because it's not the support forum, but because "Whatever's on Your Mind" is full of the older generation of fans, many of whom hang out here because it's comfortable, not because we are actively playing or discussing the games.
Personally, I haven't actually visited a thread dedicated to a game in almost a year.
My favorite parts of the movie were the tiny references to Wizard of Oz. Like the blonde girl at the beginning, the one he told to go marry the other dude? That was Dorothy's mother.
I noticed that, and I thought it was pretty neat. And in some roundabout way, that reminded me, the other thing that really bugged me was that they never once gave the china girl a name.
I don't know what it is about con-men type characters, but I feel like their underused in movies. I enjoyed what they did with Oscar's character there. The only thing that I'd be wary about with a sequel is that he'd be too... good. Part of the appeal in this movie was that he started out kinda shady... good heart, but easily swayed by visions of grandeur.
I don't see how a sequel would really have that. Though, if it went through Wizard of Oz from his perspective and then ended up back in Kansas, the back in Kansas part could be pretty interesting. Though, it would also probably end up being pretty sad, given that everyone probably moved on with their lives. That and that he was probably in a coma this entire time.
True, this is probably the biggest thing that the new movie changed about what comes after. As I recall, in the original story, the wizard wanted to leave Oz. He kept the balloon he arrived in for all those years (where in the new film,
first the balloon defies physics and sinks into a shallow river, then the second balloon gets destroyed
, and as soon as Dorothy melted the witch, he was all set to take her home and leave Oz behind. In the new film, Oscar has far more reason to stay than he does to go back.
Also, it seems to me that Oz the Great and Powerful's version of Glinda is a much more active player than The Wizard of Oz's Glinda. I know that the whole thing was supposed to be sort of a journey of self-discovery for Dorothy, but I have a hard time imagining that the new Glinda would leave Dorothy to face some of the things she did (particularly coming face-to-face with the Wicked Witch multiple times), only stepping in at the poppy field and at the end.
Okay, what the actual hell, Guru. First you refuse to look into Evil Dead/Army of Darkness ever, then you go and watch an Army of Darkness style Oz movie by the director of Evil Dead/Army of Darkness.
True, this is probably the biggest thing that the new movie changed about what comes after. As I recall, in the original story, the wizard wanted to leave Oz. He kept the balloon he arrived in for all those years (where in the new film,
first the balloon defies physics and sinks into a shallow river, then the second balloon gets destroyed
, and as soon as Dorothy melted the witch, he was all set to take her home and leave Oz behind. In the new film, Oscar has far more reason to stay than he does to go back.
Also, it seems to me that Oz the Great and Powerful's version of Glinda is a much more active player than The Wizard of Oz's Glinda. I know that the whole thing was supposed to be sort of a journey of self-discovery for Dorothy, but I have a hard time imagining that the new Glinda would leave Dorothy to face some of the things she did (particularly coming face-to-face with the Wicked Witch multiple times), only stepping in at the poppy field and at the end.
See, I was thinking that he just had the Emerald City people build him a new balloon when Dorothy showed up. Like, he could have gone any time he wanted, but wanted to make sure Oz was fixed up before he left. This would actually go quite nicely with the movie, considering that it was pretty much his fault that the Wicked Witch of the West existed.
And if you consider that in the movie, breaking a witch's power item takes away all their power, you can see that when he's asking Dorothy to bring the broom, his intention isn't to kill her, but to just make it so she can't hurt anyone anymore.
As for Glinda she may not have been helping Dorothy because she was busy fighting the war elsewhere and Dorothy didn't really seem all that interested in participating, just on getting home again. Of course, the way the movies work also point to everything being a dream, so inconsistencies are more or less canon in a weird way.
And if you consider that in the movie, breaking a witch's power item takes away all their power, you can see that when he's asking Dorothy to bring the broom, his intention isn't to kill her, but to just make it so she can't hurt anyone anymore.
Except that I interpreted the broom thing more like Glinda's bubbles. It's not really tied to her power, it's just for show. She certainly didn't need it to start with, even after the transformation. I don't think we ever really saw what her actual power item was.
Yeah, this is kinda the wrong place to ask this. Not because it's not the support forum, but because "Whatever's on Your Mind" is full of the older generation of fans, many of whom hang out here because it's comfortable, not because we are actively playing or discussing the games.
Personally, I haven't actually visited a thread dedicated to a game in almost a year.
Yeah, I for one haven't played any TTG since Sam&Max S3, and I only got that because of some offer to do with Monkey Island. This forum is like an old pair of shoes. It no longer really fits, but I've grown so used to it I can't bring myself to part company with it.
In this analogy, my fellow forumites are the squishy insole that make the shoe so much better. You also all smell of mouldy old cheese.
See, I was thinking that he just had the Emerald City people build him a new balloon when Dorothy showed up.
Didn't the balloon in the original film say "Omaha State Fair" or something on it? If it was a rebuild, they did well in keeping with the original style.
There were a couple of things that bugged me about The Great and Powerful Oz. The whole
Theodora has a massive crush on Oz
thing didn't ring true for me at all, which was kind of a lynchpin. Like...
"Damn, I was totally into that guy I knew for a whole day! TEARS OF ACID!!"
Also, I love how Glinda's people are forbidden to kill, but apparently
sending all those flying monkeys to "eternal sleep" in the poppy fields is a-ok. Good job on the semantics there, Glinda.
There were a couple of things that bugged me about The Great and Powerful Oz. The whole
Theodora has a massive crush on Oz
thing didn't ring true for me at all, which was kind of a lynchpin. Like...
"Damn, I was totally into that guy I knew for a whole day! TEARS OF ACID!!"
I saw it more as
this was the first person that she had ever loved and who she ever thought loved her back. And then, she "finds out" that he said all the same things to her sister... and also Glinda, who she's been brain-washed to hate. I felt that her reaction was more a response to feeling utterly betrayed by the first person (other than her sister) she'd ever thought she could trust. And her tears weren't acid. They were water, but remember, water melts her. This also lends a bit to my idea, because she's never had any cause to cry before now. It's her very first time someone has broken her heart, and it doesn't only hurt internally but externally as well.
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Thank God, now you can get the hell out of here! Nah, just trollin’.
Well, it's probably easier to get a part time job in London, so that'll help with the bills.
And welcome back Falanca.! And DoctorCello. Anyone else lurking in the shadows?
Will you be in San Francisco on April 6th?
Basically, what number five says, study shows that spoilers actually enhance the experience (of films) instead of ruin it.
Wait ... is this disappointment I sense in your post?
I was just trying to stop newcomers from getting the idea that they ought to look up that thread in search of fap materials.
They should look up my threads for that.
If it's a spoiler for something sad (eg. protagonist dies at the end), maybe. If it's an integral plot point, then no.
I'd like to know who these people are that are doing this study and how exactly they ran it, because there are a lot of varying factors that go into how someone reacts to spoilered information.
I've seen videos on Youtube of teenage kids driving through a bookstore parking lot on release night for the book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," and you know, even now as I think about it, it makes me want to take their megaphone and force them to eat it. (fortunately, I saw this video after having read the book.)
I liked that book. I don't need it spoiled to me who dies and when and how. The emotion that comes from the initial shock is part of the experience.
So, I think perhaps these people running said study wanted to prove that spoiling movies is good, so they skewed their questions, spoiled segments, and/or selection of particpants toward giving responses which favored spoilers.
There's a lot of nuances that can affect the outcome of statistical analysis, and I think their results being "unanimously" in favor of spoilers sounds extremely fishy.
I'll give two examples:
1) The Sixth Sense. I had the ending spoiled by Jimmy Kimmel. I decided not to let it ruin my watching the movie, and tried to ignore thinking about what he had said while I watched it. But despite the movie being very good, I never once considered buying it, because the best part made no emotional impact on me.
2) Star Trek IV. I saw this in the theatre, and at the end, the crew is on a shuttle talking about where they're being assigned next. When the reveal there happened in the theatre, EVERYONE in the whole theatre cheered and clapped. Watching the movie today I still remember it, and that was 26 years ago. The surprise made all the difference in the world to everyone around me.
Also, I saw The Sixth Sense unspoiled, and I still haven't purchased it.
I never knew The Simpsons was still in fashion! XD
Maybe he meant the wrestling ones? Some folks like big sweaty men. lol
Now that's just too obvious for even the internet.... XD
people looked literally terrified as we walked by with this monstrosity
And that's why everyone was sick the next day. THE END!
I finally pulled last year's ticket stubs out of my wallet after seeing Oz tonight. Looks like I went to the movies seven times last year and saw six movies:
The Avengers (twice)
Prometheus
The Dark Knight Rises
Skyfall
Wreck-It Ralph
The Hobbit (HFR IMAX 3D)
Also, how'd you like Oz?
Too late, that was my list for 2012. My stubs for 2013 include a second viewing of Wreck-It Ralph and now Oz the Great and Powerful. Besides, is it even still showing?
It was pretty spectacular. The one thing I didn't like was the Wicked Witch's cackle. It totally didn't sound like a sound that actress could produce. Other than that, though, I really enjoyed it.
I'm actually really hoping for a sequel, and a lot things look good for one. Aside from a straight-up new Wizard of Oz, the best idea I've heard so far is a story centered on Oscar that runs parallel to the events of The Wizard of Oz (though that idea concluded with the possibility of
EDIT: Wait, never mind, no, I do not want to know. I can endure a lot of porn, but somewhere a man has to draw the line.
You could always see it on DVD and then I'll send you a ticket stub and you can confuse yourself in future years when you can't remember going to Pasadena to see Django.
My favorite parts of the movie were the tiny references to Wizard of Oz. Like the blonde girl at the beginning, the one he told to go marry the other dude? That was Dorothy's mother.
I don't know what it is about con-men type characters, but I feel like their underused in movies. I enjoyed what they did with Oscar's character there. The only thing that I'd be wary about with a sequel is that he'd be too... good. Part of the appeal in this movie was that he started out kinda shady... good heart, but easily swayed by visions of grandeur.
I don't see how a sequel would really have that. Though, if it went through Wizard of Oz from his perspective and then ended up back in Kansas, the back in Kansas part could be pretty interesting. Though, it would also probably end up being pretty sad, given that everyone probably moved on with their lives. That and that he was probably in a coma this entire time.
No.
Personally, I haven't actually visited a thread dedicated to a game in almost a year.
WTF is going on here. Has Telltale announced Monkey Island without me noticing?!
No but the probability of a game with actual gameplay seems to be enough to get some people back. Who knew.
You mean the Inventory sequel, right? The gameplay part still seems to be in limbo for that Wolf thing.
Excuse me while I just
See, I was thinking that he just had the Emerald City people build him a new balloon when Dorothy showed up. Like, he could have gone any time he wanted, but wanted to make sure Oz was fixed up before he left. This would actually go quite nicely with the movie, considering that it was pretty much his fault that the Wicked Witch of the West existed.
And if you consider that in the movie, breaking a witch's power item takes away all their power, you can see that when he's asking Dorothy to bring the broom, his intention isn't to kill her, but to just make it so she can't hurt anyone anymore.
As for Glinda she may not have been helping Dorothy because she was busy fighting the war elsewhere and Dorothy didn't really seem all that interested in participating, just on getting home again. Of course, the way the movies work also point to everything being a dream, so inconsistencies are more or less canon in a weird way.
Except that I interpreted the broom thing more like Glinda's bubbles. It's not really tied to her power, it's just for show. She certainly didn't need it to start with, even after the transformation. I don't think we ever really saw what her actual power item was.
Why limit it to just the newcomers?
Yeah, I for one haven't played any TTG since Sam&Max S3, and I only got that because of some offer to do with Monkey Island. This forum is like an old pair of shoes. It no longer really fits, but I've grown so used to it I can't bring myself to part company with it.
In this analogy, my fellow forumites are the squishy insole that make the shoe so much better. You also all smell of mouldy old cheese.
I'm not sure if Bruce Campbell has a cameo in EVERY Raimi movie, but he certainly does in a lot of them.
Didn't the balloon in the original film say "Omaha State Fair" or something on it? If it was a rebuild, they did well in keeping with the original style.
There were a couple of things that bugged me about The Great and Powerful Oz. The whole
Also, I love how Glinda's people are forbidden to kill, but apparently
I saw it more as