tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164371708231751879.post4905364937977847940..comments2012-12-09T01:03:09.144-05:00Comments on Green Panda: Welcome Rob!Green Pandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02480563852626465655noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164371708231751879.post-51445567014234295432007-07-20T15:12:00.000-04:002007-07-20T15:12:00.000-04:00"Doesn't everybody have a blog now? :P"Or blogs. ;..."Doesn't everybody have a blog now? :P"<BR/><BR/>Or blogs. ;)<BR/><BR/>"After looking at his post, I felt like I should've brought some cheese, because he had a lot of whine."<BR/><BR/>I think you're confused about the point I was trying to make (especially given what you say next).<BR/><BR/>"At least programmers get good parts in films now. Where are the operations planning people?!"<BR/><BR/>My criticism wasn't directed at the characters at all; I was discussing unrealistic plot points and settings that didn't fit with the theme of the movie.<BR/><BR/>"Movies aren't completely accurate. As long as the average Joe can follow the story the benchmark has been met."<BR/><BR/>If John McClane suddenly did a wire-fu jump kick to take out the jet by unbalancing it at the end of <I>Life Free</I>, the average Joe would probably find it very lame since it flies in the face of the style of the movie. (The same thing thing happening in a stylized wuxia movie might be fine with the average Joe, though.)<BR/><BR/>It's not just a matter of having an understandable story: it's a matter of having unbroken suspension of disbelief.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14871472296761403965noreply@blogger.com