The Old Hack

Elliot saved quite a few lives by interposing himself between the traffic and the explosive fireball. I call that acquitting himself well.

They so weren't heretical! It was everybody else who were heretical! So there!

Absolutely, but if I admitted to that, I wouldn't sound like a contrary old grump who is constantly complaining about how much better everything used to be, even nostalgia.

They just don't make them like that anymore. Denmark made a go at it but all we got was a silly movie about a dinosaur tail tip that had been frozen since time immemorial which, when thawed, turned into a man in a rubber dinosaur suit bent on stomping a papier-mâché model of Copenhagen flat.

It is actually the lesser-known Pharaonic Library of Rutintutin which is hidden somewhere in the sands of the desert. It actually started out just as a quiet place for said Pharaoh to sit and relax while reading but then he got into the habit of just leaving his scrolls and steles there for later and soon they accumulated at a rapid rate. Eventually the Pharaoh decided that moving all that stuff back was just way too much of a bother, made the most of it and had a library constructed there.

It is worth mentioning that CGI isn't just CGI. One reason the Jurassic Park dinosaurs had such a huge impact apart from the time was the quality of the CGI used. They had attempted to include detail levels like the play of light on scales, the direction of incoming light, the shadows cast not only by the whole figure but also which parts of the figure itself lay in shadow and so forth. This obviously increased expense and time requirements significantly. Now compare this to CGI where it is just a random creature blob bungling through the movie. It may look nice, sure, but if the programmers did not take the above details into account, it won't look natural and your brain will balk at being fooled. Add in the Hollywood mentality of "Oh, we'll just do it with CGI, everybody loves that," and you have a bunch of cheaply animated computer cartoons instead of actual movies.

I very much agree. I will say that I have on occasion seen remakes bring a different viewpoint to the table, which in and of itself makes them worthwhile, I feel. Just as an example: The original "To Be or Not To Be" from 1942 remains an unsurpassed masterpiece, but I still enjoyed the Mel Brooks version from 1983. The Brooks version very much justified its own existence but it could not possibly replace the original.

To be fair, his father started it.

There once was a man named Oedipus Rex you may have heard about his odd complex his name appears in Freud's index because... he loved his mother.

Christiansborg, the site of our Parliament, lies about a hundred feet from one of our main thoroughfares and still seems to be only tenuously in contact with reality at all.

It is barely -- barely -- possible that it might also have had something to do with World War One, the catastrophically botched Treaty of Versailles, the failed communist revolution in Germany and its far right wing reaction in the form of the rise of independent right wing militias (many of which Hitler absorbed into the later SA), the horrific years of financial instability during the 1921-1923 hyperinflation, the assassination of several key political figures, the continual erosion of Germany's government and Constitution, the Wall Street Crash in 1929 and the constant abortive attempts by other right wing figures to achieve dictatorship during 1930 to 1933. Plus a few dozen other unimportant details like horrible unemployment, decreasing faith in the government, the German Army's secret preparations towards rearmament throughout the 20s till Hitler came to power (whereupon the man discarded secrecy, making it appear as if he had magically pulled an entirely new army out of his rectal orifice), and the overconfident conviction of Germany's right wing leaders that Hitler could be controlled after being appointed Chancellor. But that is just the opinion of a few dozen historians who have studied the topic all their lives. They are probably mistaken and everything proceeded from just that one movie.

My friends. Behold the glory of... PRE-CAMBRIAN PARK.

I'm sorry, but I don't think Chuck Norris will win this one. Chad Boseman will.

Maybe stele trail? Or Rosetta Stone trail?

Big talk from the Pharaoh who had almost 600.000 stone blocks hauled and precisely fitted into a pyramid. And didn't even allow his workers to get stoned.

Curse you, C++ users! You have escaped the wrath of Windows 1500 BCE for now, but one day we shall have our revenge!

ROFL. Thank you. That one just saved my day. XD

May 4, 1945 The Nazi forces in Denmark surrender late in the evening. Households all over the country burst into celebration at the news. Blackout curtains are torn from windows and candles put on display. The display of candles to celebrate our freedom becomes traditional on this evening for many years to come.

Besides, it's not that easy being green.

Ahem.

But not a dollar short, I hope!

I'd first check to see what my drink had been spiked with, then try to find out who did it.

Moo.

On an only mildly related note: if you play a rogue in World of Warcraft, do not attempt to pickpocket faction leaders. They do not seem to appreciate it. At least Lady Sylvanas, Banshee Queen of the Undead, did not find it amusing.