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03 July 2009
James Cameron's Avatar
I watched the entire series of Avatar: The Last Air Bender this past week.
I'm pretty amazed at how fully developed the world seemed. It really felt like the creators had the series mapped out before starting. There were course-correction during the run, but that's understandable. I particularly like how they portrayed the Zyko character during Book 1. Starting that character with the background being slowly revealed was a good choice. I mean, you knew that something was up with his scar, but they didn't explicitly explain it until much later.
I understand that the show is made for kids, but some of the character's motivation/action seem imensely dumb. Example: The Dai Li (Earth Kingdom Cultural Guards) 's betrayal made no sense at all. I can't see any justification where they would join Fire Kingdom. Yeah, I get that they weren't loyal to the King, but to the Cultural Minister who was trying to overthrow the government. Siding with the enemy and then letting them take over... ugh.
Throughout the series (especially book 3), they constantly remind us of Sozen's Comet... but the heroes' constant dicking around really crushed the sense of urgency. A more productive use of the time would be to (maybe) destroy the fire kingdom's airships? Speaking of which, they could all have been so easily destroyed by Angggg... and if they did that, then Sozen's Comet would have been wasted. All of the fire/earth/water/wind bending could have been put in much better use. I mean, when water can be used to cut down a huge metal girder (as seen in the battle at the wall of Ba Sing Se), the water tribes should have sent a single water bender commando to destroy the entire navy. The person could just be hiding deep underwater, using water to maneuver, and then start cutting up the bottom of the ships.
By the way, I'm not so sure that a 12 (112) year old boy and a 14 year old girl should be able to comprehend love like that. Underaged sex. Ew.
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I'm pretty amazed at how fully developed the world seemed. It really felt like the creators had the series mapped out before starting. There were course-correction during the run, but that's understandable. I particularly like how they portrayed the Zyko character during Book 1. Starting that character with the background being slowly revealed was a good choice. I mean, you knew that something was up with his scar, but they didn't explicitly explain it until much later.
I understand that the show is made for kids, but some of the character's motivation/action seem imensely dumb. Example: The Dai Li (Earth Kingdom Cultural Guards) 's betrayal made no sense at all. I can't see any justification where they would join Fire Kingdom. Yeah, I get that they weren't loyal to the King, but to the Cultural Minister who was trying to overthrow the government. Siding with the enemy and then letting them take over... ugh.
Throughout the series (especially book 3), they constantly remind us of Sozen's Comet... but the heroes' constant dicking around really crushed the sense of urgency. A more productive use of the time would be to (maybe) destroy the fire kingdom's airships? Speaking of which, they could all have been so easily destroyed by Angggg... and if they did that, then Sozen's Comet would have been wasted. All of the fire/earth/water/wind bending could have been put in much better use. I mean, when water can be used to cut down a huge metal girder (as seen in the battle at the wall of Ba Sing Se), the water tribes should have sent a single water bender commando to destroy the entire navy. The person could just be hiding deep underwater, using water to maneuver, and then start cutting up the bottom of the ships.
By the way, I'm not so sure that a 12 (112) year old boy and a 14 year old girl should be able to comprehend love like that. Underaged sex. Ew.
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26 June 2009
Ants don't need milk. They're dying now.
Six Feet Under
The show is five seasons long and is basically a snapshot of the lives of a family that owns a funeral home.
Pretty interesting stuff.
As you can imagine, they have to deal with death daily, but it starts to take a toll on their psyche after a while.
I watched the five seasons over a week and, while interesting, it isn't really the best thing ever.
If there's one message in the show, its that everybody dies. No exceptions. Spend your time here well.
People make terrible decisions in their lives, and end up living unhappy lives because they become stuck in it.
The show kinda says that if you're going to have prolonged unhappiness, you should probably do something about it.
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The show is five seasons long and is basically a snapshot of the lives of a family that owns a funeral home.
Pretty interesting stuff.
As you can imagine, they have to deal with death daily, but it starts to take a toll on their psyche after a while.
I watched the five seasons over a week and, while interesting, it isn't really the best thing ever.
If there's one message in the show, its that everybody dies. No exceptions. Spend your time here well.
People make terrible decisions in their lives, and end up living unhappy lives because they become stuck in it.
The show kinda says that if you're going to have prolonged unhappiness, you should probably do something about it.
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08 June 2009
Everything is a Conspiracy
We all joke about crazy people and their paranoia sometimes. 9/11 is one of those things.
In this case, he believes that there's an active person somewhere out there dedicating their life to making his life miserable. Every little instance of something on the computer going wrong can be attributed to this person 'hacking' into the computer.
"Why did the computer shut down by iteself?"
"The spyware scanner says that this registry has been changed."
and so on.
Of course, a novice user of the internet will probably get infected with spyware/virus eventually, but to attribute that to a malicious person out there is a little far gone. It's come to the point where the person would refuse to do anything on the Internet.
Person also asked me if there was something I'd like to say... because he thinks I've been compromised by the hacker as well. That the hacker has somehow coerced me to perpetuate the lie. Yeah.
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In this case, he believes that there's an active person somewhere out there dedicating their life to making his life miserable. Every little instance of something on the computer going wrong can be attributed to this person 'hacking' into the computer.
"Why did the computer shut down by iteself?"
"The spyware scanner says that this registry has been changed."
and so on.
Of course, a novice user of the internet will probably get infected with spyware/virus eventually, but to attribute that to a malicious person out there is a little far gone. It's come to the point where the person would refuse to do anything on the Internet.
Person also asked me if there was something I'd like to say... because he thinks I've been compromised by the hacker as well. That the hacker has somehow coerced me to perpetuate the lie. Yeah.
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06 June 2009
I guess you can say... UP is a downer.
Pixar seems to be able to make no wrong.
First it was Wall-E (Movie of the Millenium)
Now it is UP.
I have to say that the music in the first fifteen minutes of the film, combined with what's happening on the screen, had forced a strong emotional reaction from me. I couldn't stop crying. All the while little kids were screaming and yelling too. It was sweet watching this couple meet and share a dream. It was intensely sad to find that they were unable to fulfill their lifelong dreams due to different circumstances.
;_;
First it was Wall-E (Movie of the Millenium)
Now it is UP.
I have to say that the music in the first fifteen minutes of the film, combined with what's happening on the screen, had forced a strong emotional reaction from me. I couldn't stop crying. All the while little kids were screaming and yelling too. It was sweet watching this couple meet and share a dream. It was intensely sad to find that they were unable to fulfill their lifelong dreams due to different circumstances.
;_;
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29 May 2009
Blame
The life you live is mostly determined by yourself. Nobody was scheming at your birth to make your life miserable.
I believe that most of us are blessed with a life that's not limited by problems of food, money, or shelter.
Thus, you ultimately shape how you became.
No matter how angry you are at what you are, you still don't have the right to treat other people like dirt. It isn't going to help you.
Don't feel sorry for yourself either. You would be stuck in a self-defeating/hating loop as your life becomes more miserable due to your inaction.
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I believe that most of us are blessed with a life that's not limited by problems of food, money, or shelter.
Thus, you ultimately shape how you became.
No matter how angry you are at what you are, you still don't have the right to treat other people like dirt. It isn't going to help you.
Don't feel sorry for yourself either. You would be stuck in a self-defeating/hating loop as your life becomes more miserable due to your inaction.
You still have time to change. 0 comments
25 May 2009
Perfectly Normal
I've been doing a lot of thinking recently and I've come to the conclusion that I don't want to die.
At least not from any illness or decapitation.
Yesterday, I was walking through the mall when I saw a pair of lovely kids running around bumping into things. It was all very cute until they started kicking into the air, and eventually they went up to perfectly normal strangers and started kicking them. The victim turned to them and told them to stop, but they won't. He lifted them up by the arms (hanging) and walked to the parents. I'm sure they had a good conversation, but it didn't feel right for me to listen.
Yesterday, I saw a woman die. She choked on her own vomit and nobody helped her by moving her to the side. Hey dying would have solved a lot of problem for everyone, but she didn't really deserve to die. Would I have done it in Mr. White's shoes? Or I have let her die the same way? Probably not. (You should all watch Breaking Bad.) 0 comments
At least not from any illness or decapitation.
Yesterday, I was walking through the mall when I saw a pair of lovely kids running around bumping into things. It was all very cute until they started kicking into the air, and eventually they went up to perfectly normal strangers and started kicking them. The victim turned to them and told them to stop, but they won't. He lifted them up by the arms (hanging) and walked to the parents. I'm sure they had a good conversation, but it didn't feel right for me to listen.
Yesterday, I saw a woman die. She choked on her own vomit and nobody helped her by moving her to the side. Hey dying would have solved a lot of problem for everyone, but she didn't really deserve to die. Would I have done it in Mr. White's shoes? Or I have let her die the same way? Probably not. (You should all watch Breaking Bad.) 0 comments
09 May 2009
Forsaken Class
This past week ranks pretty low in the scenes of my life.
Surveying class is brutal, especially when they squeeze the equivalent of a 13 week class into two weeks - 12 days (including saturdays).
I get home really tired and I just want to sleep, but there's like 1-2 hours of homework that needs to be done for the following day.
I just can't do this anymore.
Good thing there's only one more week.
Anyway, I'm still trying to get that Mars story up and running, I've got about two segments out of 7 done. I still think I can do it, but I just need to have it stew around in my mind some more.
Working on another thing that's kind of out there. It is interesting, but ideas jump very quickly and far apart.
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Surveying class is brutal, especially when they squeeze the equivalent of a 13 week class into two weeks - 12 days (including saturdays).
I get home really tired and I just want to sleep, but there's like 1-2 hours of homework that needs to be done for the following day.
I just can't do this anymore.
Good thing there's only one more week.
Anyway, I'm still trying to get that Mars story up and running, I've got about two segments out of 7 done. I still think I can do it, but I just need to have it stew around in my mind some more.
Working on another thing that's kind of out there. It is interesting, but ideas jump very quickly and far apart.
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