You have to see it for yourself.
Those of you who know me may remember me being very busy a few months back on a couple of site codings I was doing for my buddy Walter at 2 Design. You’ll also remember that I couldn’t talk about them until they went live because of an NDA.
One of them went live today.
http://www.thematrixonline.com/
Walter did the design and Flash work. I did the HTML coding, image optimization and layout. We then handed that over to Ubisoft’s web guys and they fit it in with their back-end coding.
I’m incredibly proud. But wait’ll you see the *other* site. It’s not as “big”, but it uses CSS layout and looks incredible.
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, very similar to the US “Veteran’s Day”. Canadians wear poppies as a symbol of those who have fallen in wars because of the following poem, written by a Canadian WWI soldier shortly before his death.
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch, be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae 1872 - 1918
Please, take a moment to read through it and let the words sink in, and realize what a great sacrifice these people have made, and that what they are asking of us is so simple.
Remember.
Remember why they fought. Remember why they died. Remember how horrible war is, but remember that sometimes there is no other choice.
And take a moment of silence, if you will.
This is (supposedly) a list of the changes to the (supposed) September 2004 DVD release of Star Wars Episodes IV-VI. The list is via a Star Wars Galaxies post so take it with a grain of salt.
News of the DVD release is via Ain’t It Cool News so again, who knows.
Continue reading ‘Speaking of edited DVD releases.’
I’ve finally figured out how the heck Trackback works, and enabled it on this blog and the ones I’ve set up for friends. If you’re one of those people, or a person with a blog I didn’t set up, here’s what Trackback is:
If you see a post on someone’s blog and want to coment on it, but in your own blog, click the “Trackback” link at the bottom to find the Trackback URL for that entry. When you’re editing your blog entry, paste that URL into “list of URLs to ping” and your blog will contact my blog and let it know that you’ve posted something related to my entry. My trackback page will then be updated.
And we can all stay connected in our ubergeek online community. Ain’t life grand?
I liked it a lot. It’s the worst of the trilogy, but I still liked it quite a bit. Apparently I’m in the minority (with the “liking it” part, not the “worst of the trilogy” part).
I’ll try to talk about what I liked/didn’t like without spoiling the movie much, though proceed at your own risk.
Continue reading ‘The Matrix Revolutions - Day After Review’
Well, I’m off to see the final Matrix movie at the Silver City Mission’s 7pm showing. I’ve tried to stay away from trailers and have definitely avoided any possible spoilers.
Unlike quite a few people, I loved Matrix Reloaded. That’s probably because I “got” what the Architect was saying. The movie sparked discussions about reality and choice and programs and all sorts of other deep topics for days. Any movie that makes you think so much and talk about it so much afterward (in a good way) is A-OK in my books.
Here’s hoping Revolutions has some nice closure.
Not just for South Park, but for using South Park to influence Hollywood. Specifically influencing Spielberg and Lucas to release the Indiana Jones movies without “digital enhancement”.
Moviemakers, take note: Stop messing with OUR movies. Ok, upgrade the sound to Digital 5.1. Enhance the color balance. Make it look and sound better, but STOP ADDING THINGS AND CHANGING THE WAY THE MOVIE WORKS.
My first taste of a movie “remix” that didn’t sit well with me was the “Director’s Cut” of Aliens. Aliens is one of my favourite movies, but including the scene where Newt and her family are sent out to investigate the alien ship completely blows the mystery of Newt later on in the movie. Sure, the “autoguns” are cool, but they’re not necessary and I’d much rather have a copy of the DVD that doesn’t include this stuff (I haven’t even checked to see if one exists! If it does, I’ll be grabbing it and giving away my director’s cut, or possibly burning it in effigy).
There are times when the director’s cut is very cool. Bladerunner’s cut is excellent, but it’s a completely different movie from the original release. I miss the hard-boiled detective voiceover and I’d love to have that in my DVD collection.
Then there are the small additions to a movie, like “The Morning Report” song in the new Lion King DVD. It’s awful. Thankfully, Disney got a bit of a clue prior to release and you have the option of watching the movie with the original spoken morning report, in all its Rowan Atkinsony glory.
Here’s hoping Hollywood takes a longer ride on this “clue train” and stops adding on to what are already excellent movies.
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