en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/265345 Comments by Christopher Schnese http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/flashforward-abcs-new-time-paradox/#IDComment37397958 The way I see it, the only real option they have is to hold to the "you can't change the future" method or "in tying to change the future you actually caused it". As you mentioned, if they changed the future then they can't have that flash forward. Then again, depending on your concept of time travel, the argument could be made (albeit VERY poorly) that the rules for seeing the future and the rules for changing the past are completely different. By this I mean it could be argued that you can't change the past because it's already happened. While the future can be changed because the "vision" is really just one possible outcome of the future. Personally, I believe that if one can travel backwards in time, then that proves the existence of a continual timeline. Which means that people ahead on that timeline could travel back to the first persons point. So... the only way I think the time paradox can be reconciled is if the main character becomes aware of this. Then begins to leave clues for himself in the future so that they can be given back to himself in the present. There is the slightest hint of this when he puts the photographer's photo of the burnt doll on the board. Since he used the clue of the photo to figure out they should investigate the doll factor, then he need to put it on the board so he'll have it in the future to be able to let himself know in the past. The film Time Crimes portrayed this concept very well. You have to make sure that everything happens in the exact same manner. If they main character understands this and begins to leave clues for his future self, then I might be able to go a little easier on the show. Tue, 6 Oct 2009 01:57:28 +0000 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/flashforward-abcs-new-time-paradox/#IDComment37397958 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/flashforward-abcs-new-time-paradox/#IDComment37240340 Obviously the average person, being boring and mundane like we all are, wouldn't be waiting for the pointless event that they had flashed forward to, but you're right. Anyone who had experienced an event such as... oh I don't know, being gunned down while staring at a board of mysteries you couldn't solve, might try and avoid staring at said board. Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:06:40 +0000 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/flashforward-abcs-new-time-paradox/#IDComment37240340 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/flashforward-abcs-new-time-paradox/#IDComment35908892 Yeah, we could probably go on forever about the absurdity of the plot. I guess I could kind of buy the fact that the government might be concerned that "someone cause this", but I'm pretty sure that scientists would be the first ones investigating. Not any agency. You know, unless the FBI reopened the X-Files... I think the worst thing about the show is that most people didn't even have a vision of anything bad. Maybe there is some greater conspiracy, but no one in the general population should or would be able to figure that out. It may be a scary / religious experience to some people, but it's not like everybody had a Heroes-style vision where the world blew up or anything like that... Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:11:49 +0000 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/flashforward-abcs-new-time-paradox/#IDComment35908892 http://www.nopointreally.com/?p=377#IDComment35536120 Re: Re: Re: 3) Because people generally do something for a reason. Something has to interest someone to pay attention to it. For someone who cares so little about Apple Products, you paid surprisingly good attention to his phone. Re: Re: Re: 5) The quicker comment was about learning the OS not the literal speed of moving through the software... Re: Re: Re: 6) My bad on the continuity comment. I forgot there is no real point to this blog ;) Re: The Rest: That's the problem with you Nathaniel. You believe without any real reason to. You for an opinion and believe it without attempting to justify it. Do you know how many times I've called you out at the office about a "Fact" you were stating and you replied "I could pull it up and show you right now"? And do you know how many of those times you've actually pulled it up instead of following it up with "I'm not gonna do it right now, I'm busy working". I know I'm opinionated. I know I "have to be right". But I'd rather be wrong than have someone make a "factual" statement they can't back up. I call you out because I'm giving you the opportunity to justify your opinion to me. Not because I like getting on your ass. (believe it or not, I don't). I don't have to believe you, I just have to be satisfied that your reason to believe is something more than just "because". Jake hates the Mac and OS X. I know that. And I know why he does. Not because he's a Dell rep and has grown up on PC's. Bet because the type of user he is doesn't allow for him to use a Mac. He is fine with a shitty OS as long as he feels he's completely in control of it. On top of that, he actually recognizes that there is a difference between the Mac and the PC. he's just taking a stance on one end. If you really believe that the two are the same, stop using Vista. Or better yet, uninstall OS X from your Mac and simply use your MacBook Pro as a Vista Machine. I challenge you to try that. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:00:58 +0000 http://www.nopointreally.com/?p=377#IDComment35536120 http://www.nopointreally.com/?p=377#IDComment35532390 Re: Re: 1) Well for the guy who constantly get's on people's back for typing it "Christianaudio", you should care. Branding is branding. If you care for a company you work for, you should care for all companies. Re: Re: 2) lol, the operation that has been in place long before Vista is "like Vista". I think you may have that backwards. Every PC person I know (besides you) hates Vista. I don't know a single person who owns a Mac (besides you), who doesn't think OS X is the greatest OS they've ever used. Re: Re: 3) So you know it was the kindle app? Not Stanza or any number of ebook readers for the iPhone? Did he notice you staring at him as he did this? And what made you care about his activities on his phone? Re: Re: 4) Apples business model (under steve jobs) is to wait for a marked to get big, and then obliterate it by making something far better than what has been available. To innovate, rather than participate. Re: Re: 5) Your statement was less about the device and more about the skill and knowledge required to use it. My point is still valid. If you take someone who's never used a smart phone before and gave them your Blackberry and my iPhone. They'd be able to get around my phone far quicker. That's a testament to the design sense and attention to detail of Apple. Re: Re: 6) Your right, you don't have to like them. But you should still pay attention to continuity. Maybe call the post "I hate Apple because they're marketing geniuses"... which is sort of what your post was saying... Re: Last little bit: You're right, it is your blog. You can put whatever opinion you want down. However, if you have public comments on a post and you make statements which you can't truly believe yourself "I see no difference between a Vista machine and an OS X machine", I'm going to call you out on it... Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:38:25 +0000 http://www.nopointreally.com/?p=377#IDComment35532390 http://www.nopointreally.com/?p=377#IDComment35529011 Not trying to be a dick (minus response number 1), but I feel I need to point out a few things to you... 1) It's called the iPhone 3GS (no space) 2) You're full of shit if you say you can't tell the difference between the operation or quality of a mac product. 3) The statement "I noticed he sent at least one text message, checked stocks, and started reading from Kindle for iPhone", contradicts the statement "didn’t take much of a notice other than he was talking while ordering his food". Did you really hover over his shoulder, (being the apple hater that you are) just to see what he was doing? Why do I get the feeling that the things you noticed were really just features you know it has? Sounds like editorial license to me. 4) Where in the world did you come up with the "unwritten rule in the technology industry to only make things easy for the younger kids". I challenge that rule in general, but Apple's rule has always been to make the device the smoothest and most beautiful experience for anyone who touches it (Old or Young). 5) If "the generation of people that cannot seem to find the on switch for a desktop are able to run their lives from a cell phone", how is it that you "don’t notice the 'major difference' in operation or quality of the devices"? 6) Your post and title are heavily anti-Apple, yet your point is that Apple is marketing genius? Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:00:51 +0000 http://www.nopointreally.com/?p=377#IDComment35529011 http://www.thespoilerwarning.com/archives/ep-38-review-the-informant/#IDComment35147766 I'll admit that the quirkiness had a little bit of entertainment value and was maybe a little more funny than I led on, but I think it was more distracting than funny. I think I was just looking a little too forward to the actual story of what happened. Personally I could only take the audience collectively saying "Oh my god" every time Damon admitted he "may not have told the entire truth" before I just wanted to throw up. Maybe if Soderbergh could have knocked 30 minutes or so off the runtime it may have been more palatable. Though I do stand behind my opinion, I don't feel so strongly that it matters if someone thought it was good. I just really disliked it. Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:18:22 +0000 http://www.thespoilerwarning.com/archives/ep-38-review-the-informant/#IDComment35147766 http://www.justbecauseicanblog.com/archives/scribblenauts-write-anything-solve-everything/#IDComment34947460 I've been having a lot of fun with it. Half the time I don't even attempt to complete the level I'm on. I just play around with scribbling in different objects. It's really fun to create one thing and then destroy it with something else. It's also fun to try to solve the puzzle in the most ridiculous, Team America inspired way possible. It would be really cool if you could connect two DSs and do a weird battle mode where you and another person take turns trying to counter each other's attacks. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:29:30 +0000 http://www.justbecauseicanblog.com/archives/scribblenauts-write-anything-solve-everything/#IDComment34947460 http://www.justbecauseicanblog.com/archives/why-do-comics-and-graphic-novels-get-such-a-bad-rap/#IDComment34947110 I have not read it, but I've seen the cover several times and wondered about it. Thanks for the suggestion. I actually just got back from Barnes & Noble where I picked up the 2 volume boxed set! Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:24:42 +0000 http://www.justbecauseicanblog.com/archives/why-do-comics-and-graphic-novels-get-such-a-bad-rap/#IDComment34947110 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/should-all-cg-films-go-3d/#IDComment34386959 I'd love to see that test footage. As I said in my post, "9" was just begging for it to be presented in 3D. How does the Legend Films process compare to what PIXAR is doing with Toy Story 1 & 2? From what John Lasseter told the Wall Street Journal their process from the Original source was able to be cranked out super fast ("...We've always been making 3D films, we've just been looking at them with one eye closed..."). It's sounds like Legend Films does a more hands on, manual conversion. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:09:19 +0000 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/should-all-cg-films-go-3d/#IDComment34386959 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/my-concern-about-the-3d-in-avatar/#IDComment32698378 One would hope, but I have a feeling it is going to be the way the final one would look too. It's not completely terrible and it isn't going to ruin the film for me, but this is supposed to be the best possible example of both 3D and CGI. If they're going to hold it as setting the new standard, it's only fair that I judge it by the same standards. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:39:53 +0000 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/my-concern-about-the-3d-in-avatar/#IDComment32698378 http://www.justbecauseicanblog.com/archives/how-to-tell-a-roommate-they-reek/#IDComment28731298 Yeah, that sucks. I'm almost happy someone else has to deal with it too, but mostly just sorry. When people live in their own filth/stench, that's fine. So long as it's completely self contained. When they don't even notice it and it's directly effecting other people, that's beyond tolerable. Lucky for me, my roommate has gotten a lot better recently. And I now have the master bedroom with my own bathroom, so I don't have to worry about sharing with him anymore. I wish you luck and hope your situation improves. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:24:35 +0000 http://www.justbecauseicanblog.com/archives/how-to-tell-a-roommate-they-reek/#IDComment28731298 http://www.thespoilerwarning.com/archives/ep-26-review-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen/#IDComment25856529 I know, but no explanation to why they're captured. They're never used as leverage, and Shia has no idea that they've been taken until they appeared. So even though you see the attack happen, there is no element of the story that explains the motivation for their capture and why the Decepticons basically let them go once they make it to Egypt.... It's just poor writing... (or poor editing that makes the writers look bad) Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:31:11 +0000 http://www.thespoilerwarning.com/archives/ep-26-review-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen/#IDComment25856529 http://www.thespoilerwarning.com/archives/ep-21-review-terminator-salvation/#IDComment22269772 That was the idea of the other endings. He didn't survive the puncture. They just put his skin over Marcus (which would have obviously required it's own suspension of disbelief. What we saw on screen was their attempt to circumvent the ending that had been leaked and had people upset. Also, I wasn't trying to defend the science itself, I was just simply pointing out that in either case (Conner or Marcus) they never really implied that either of their hearts were actually damaged. Marcus' heart is behind a robotic chest and Conner's heart was not directly hit by the rod. (At least that's they way I took it) Obviously, I understand and agree that it is ridiculous... Mon, 25 May 2009 21:32:08 +0000 http://www.thespoilerwarning.com/archives/ep-21-review-terminator-salvation/#IDComment22269772 http://www.thespoilerwarning.com/archives/ep-20-review-angels-demons/#IDComment21775499 haha, well I stand corrected. I guess if they have a crazy temperature / oxygen controlled bunker underneath the Vatican, then their helicopter would have a little feature like that. Mon, 18 May 2009 19:06:12 +0000 http://www.thespoilerwarning.com/archives/ep-20-review-angels-demons/#IDComment21775499 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/how-an-audience-ruined-my-film-experience/#IDComment20099069 haha, I can see how that could make things... less than enjoyable. But in theory, you could have moved to another seat and (provided there wasn't another couple in that area) changed the experience. In my case, it was the theater as a whole, not small groups of people, that screwed up the experience. It also wasn't them being annoying, obscene, or disruptive. It was then just not getting the film and projecting that out like some strange "point-missed" hive mind. There was no seat in that theater I could have moved to that would have made the experience any better. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:33:35 +0000 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/how-an-audience-ruined-my-film-experience/#IDComment20099069 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/how-an-audience-ruined-my-film-experience/#IDComment20054199 Yeah, I could tell with some of the parents there that Obsessed was probably not the worst film they were taking their kids to... Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:20:46 +0000 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/how-an-audience-ruined-my-film-experience/#IDComment20054199 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/how-an-audience-ruined-my-film-experience/#IDComment20054150 It's so weird how sometimes the audience experience can make the film just that much better, but other times it just kills it. When I saw Coraline (and even Monsters vs Aliens), the reaction of the kids amazement made it just that much more cool because I could feel their awe at what they were seeing. This just sucked! Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:19:00 +0000 http://www.reelperspectives.com/archives/how-an-audience-ruined-my-film-experience/#IDComment20054150 http://www.thespoilerwarning.com/archives/ep-16-review-crank-high-voltage/#IDComment19328041 Well, you're definitely right with the "...less organized, everyone is tired and laughing at themselves..." part. I just hope that everyone else agrees with the "...but very, very entertaining." part. You never really know how people are going to take each episode, but you hope they keep coming back. I'm glad you enjoyed it though. If you liked Evil Dead, I'm pretty sure you'll like Crank High Voltage. It's pretty out there. As I said in the episode (and as the quote I posted to Facebook says), it's pretty much shoot em up on steroids. I'm sure you were already planning on it, but if you do see it you'll have to leave us another comment and let us know your reaction. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:20:52 +0000 http://www.thespoilerwarning.com/archives/ep-16-review-crank-high-voltage/#IDComment19328041 http://www.justbecauseicanblog.com/archives/the-problem-with-multi-tiered-queue-based-rental-systems/#IDComment18753791 Oh I wish it were hypothetical. Unfortunately: 1) This post was an actual account of what happened 2) I just had to send back my second round of discs 3) When I downgraded the account the email confirmation said they'd auto-upgrade the account if I had too many disks out when my account re-billed Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:10:28 +0000 http://www.justbecauseicanblog.com/archives/the-problem-with-multi-tiered-queue-based-rental-systems/#IDComment18753791