This is just so perfectly odd, like a half-baked Twilight Zone episode or a Far Side Metamorphosis. I love the completely unnecessary detail of the name and speaking with someone out of frame to comment on the absurdity of it. There's so little to it. Ice cream man be melting.
Just recently my 12-year old niece wanted to try some first-person shooters. We played Halo on the 360 and she struggled with the controls at first, but started getting a little better. It was much harder for her to find the way forward with the level design. She would see the spectacle in a cutscene, but not really be able to take in if something plot-relevant or something leading her to the next checkpoint was said.
We tried the Master Chief edition and she loved the switch to mouse and keyboard for aiming. Struggling against the controls less, she instantly started figuring out how to peak corners and reload behind cover. Following the plotline got a lot easier with subtitles through the explosions. Watching her really made me aware of the progress in level design. On the Pillar of Autumn, first level, you try to move forward and there's an explosion, so you see you need to path around it. Solid. Then, you try to move forward just a little bit later and there's another explosion in front of you, but this time you're supposed to keep going forward through it. She explored every nook and cranny of that space before moving forward. Without a gun, you encounter Covenant, should you turn around and go the other way? Nope, just push through it. We had an easier time with co-op, but it was pretty eye-opening to see all the friction points without years of playing these.
Watching clips of Campaign Evolved, it identifies and adjusts those exact points of friction. They also expand the role of Major Johnson in the 2nd level instead of nameless marines. They rely more on nav points, which makes sense in-universe, though I tend to prefer level design that doesn't require them. It also looks like they cut some of the moments that required back-tracking and that's a good change.
That one in particular is what got me started on this thought. I've been playing the game Grounded and it's really brought me back to that movie and realizing what was so evocative about the premise.
Rick Moranis is also freaking great in it. He somehow manages to come across in the movie as a cartoon character.
Here's my pitch: Let's animate the live action Disney movies. They have these properties to draw from, and instead of making a live-action remake of them like Freaky Friday or Herbie, or a sequel like Hocus Pocus or Mary Poppins Returns, reinvent it as an animated feature.
It takes years to build up trust in a community, making it so much more difficult to have a rapid response in areas that never see infrastrure investment unless there's something worth taking.
The people don't believe the diagnosis of their deceased relatives and want to prepare their dead. With ebola, the body practically dissolves as the virus erodes the connective tissues and multiplies, making infection of the living much more likely.
I remember a legal scholar being asked what the founding fathers would have thought of the current supreme court, and they sidestepped all of the politics and said they would've been flabbergasted by all of the Catholics.
What is so surprising is that they are willing to have less pie for themselves to ensure that they would have more pie if they suddenly became wealthy.
And that would be lower than the current record-holder for Lowest Domestic Box Office, Zyzzyx Road, which brought home $30. It needed to technically have a theatrical run in order to pay the actors below SAG minimum, so it technically did.
The child in the supreme court case that led to this exemption in the US did nothing but school and work.
So he'd said it was him to anybody who would listen, but didn't realize that publishing a book about it was probably a step too far?
This is just so perfectly odd, like a half-baked Twilight Zone episode or a Far Side Metamorphosis. I love the completely unnecessary detail of the name and speaking with someone out of frame to comment on the absurdity of it. There's so little to it. Ice cream man be melting.
He be melting.
I love the little reminders like inconsistent coloring that the fans took Dragon Ball much more seriously than Toriyama did.
Just recently my 12-year old niece wanted to try some first-person shooters. We played Halo on the 360 and she struggled with the controls at first, but started getting a little better. It was much harder for her to find the way forward with the level design. She would see the spectacle in a cutscene, but not really be able to take in if something plot-relevant or something leading her to the next checkpoint was said.
We tried the Master Chief edition and she loved the switch to mouse and keyboard for aiming. Struggling against the controls less, she instantly started figuring out how to peak corners and reload behind cover. Following the plotline got a lot easier with subtitles through the explosions. Watching her really made me aware of the progress in level design. On the Pillar of Autumn, first level, you try to move forward and there's an explosion, so you see you need to path around it. Solid. Then, you try to move forward just a little bit later and there's another explosion in front of you, but this time you're supposed to keep going forward through it. She explored every nook and cranny of that space before moving forward. Without a gun, you encounter Covenant, should you turn around and go the other way? Nope, just push through it. We had an easier time with co-op, but it was pretty eye-opening to see all the friction points without years of playing these.
Watching clips of Campaign Evolved, it identifies and adjusts those exact points of friction. They also expand the role of Major Johnson in the 2nd level instead of nameless marines. They rely more on nav points, which makes sense in-universe, though I tend to prefer level design that doesn't require them. It also looks like they cut some of the moments that required back-tracking and that's a good change.
It was not without criticism in its day...for mentioning sex and approving of class mixing.
I feel like Sony Animation would knock this one outta the park.
I'm not familiar with it, but it looks really interesting. I might have to go seek this one out.
That one in particular is what got me started on this thought. I've been playing the game Grounded and it's really brought me back to that movie and realizing what was so evocative about the premise.
Rick Moranis is also freaking great in it. He somehow manages to come across in the movie as a cartoon character.
Here's my pitch: Let's animate the live action Disney movies. They have these properties to draw from, and instead of making a live-action remake of them like Freaky Friday or Herbie, or a sequel like Hocus Pocus or Mary Poppins Returns, reinvent it as an animated feature.
Some movies I evaluate on a 10.0 scale. Some movies I evaluate on a 5 🍿/ 5 🍿 scale.
It takes years to build up trust in a community, making it so much more difficult to have a rapid response in areas that never see infrastrure investment unless there's something worth taking.
The people don't believe the diagnosis of their deceased relatives and want to prepare their dead. With ebola, the body practically dissolves as the virus erodes the connective tissues and multiplies, making infection of the living much more likely.
I remember a legal scholar being asked what the founding fathers would have thought of the current supreme court, and they sidestepped all of the politics and said they would've been flabbergasted by all of the Catholics.
Actually just wants to ride his bicycle.
I've still got mine!
What is so surprising is that they are willing to have less pie for themselves to ensure that they would have more pie if they suddenly became wealthy.
Perhaps the Uyghurs have an opinion on the matter.
This is one of those movies that really should've stuck to its original name, War Wizards, because without that it just doesn't make as much sense.
And that would be lower than the current record-holder for Lowest Domestic Box Office, Zyzzyx Road, which brought home $30. It needed to technically have a theatrical run in order to pay the actors below SAG minimum, so it technically did.