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SeanPAune.com : Ninja Turtles to No Longer be Mutants or Teenagers

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:42:46 +0000

This may be the topic that forces me to clear out the six hours it takes for us to have a podcast conversation and talk about sci-fi again on your show. Seriously... this is the quote that gets me (emphasis added): "This script is being developed by two very smart writers, ***with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles.***" And then... "Jonathan the director, is a major fan of the whole franchise. HE’S NOT GOING TO LET YOU DOWN." Sean, you and I are probably one of the few people around in our circles who were not only alive during the birth of the TMNT in the _comic_ world, but probably witnessed the subculture phenom it spawned, ntm the mainstream phenom it became. TMNT started out as a joke. A parody. Of several popular books at the time (I don't remember exactly which ones, I'm sure it's in Wikipedia. I remember that Daredevil and Cerebus were a couple of them). Then (this is the part I remember pretty vividly), all these other indie publishers popped up with their own parodies of the parody, with the formula <age adjective> <generic adjective> <profession adjective> <animal noun> for the title. And then - here's the kicker - the creators of the comic sold out what was a somewhat dark story line to be mainstream-ized and made child-friendly. So when I hear "the director is a major fan," color me unimpressed. When the series went mainstream, it lost a great deal of its character (from dark comedy to mainstream child comedy), but retained, at the very least, continuity, canon adherence, and the details that people look for in a series. But if you're not even going to adhere to the canon of the series _and_ you're going to change the storytelling style yet again, what's the point of licensing it in the first place? Just to piss everyone off?

SeanPAune.com : Michael Bay Commits to Transformers 4

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:36:28 +0000

Ah, shut up and eat your awesome. :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTWZhu3BugQ Seriously though, the rumors that it's a reboot just make me want to die. Seriously?

SeanPAune.com : The Dark Knight Rises Teaser Trailer

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:39:41 +0000

I'm actually a little disappointed that this is the conclusion. There's so much story to tell around Batman, and I honestly haven't been measurably disappointed with Nolan's style of telling it.

SeanPAune.com : Magic Trackpad - Not As Stupid as it Seems

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:48:27 +0000

Different strokes. I get forced into using these things usually once per trip as both Dave and John have Macbooks now. I hate all Apple trackpads. Hiding the buttons is inane and annoying.

SeanPAune.com : Apollo 18 Trailer

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:08:33 +0000

I'd watch it if I found it on netflix. I can't stand watching "found footage" style shows in a theatre.

SeanPAune.com : A Look Back At 2010 On SeanPAune.com

Sun, 2 Jan 2011 06:21:26 +0000

Need Moar Sci-fi. I know you have opinions on it. You know you want to. :)

SeanPAune.com : Build Your Own TARDIS

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 07:23:13 +0000

I know a guy in Austin that has some left over phone booths that bear an uncanny resemblence to the Tardis booth. A coat of pain and replacing some of the glass with wood would complete the deal. Want I should connect you to him?

SeanPAune.com : Reflections On The First Season Of The Walking Dead

Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:46:33 +0000

I heard somewhere that they were replacing the whole writing staff - something that the commentors on that blog seemed to welcome. I don't think you're quite in the minority you think you are. Seems like people are hungry for this _type_ of show, but all want this particular one to get better, not worse.

rizzn.com : FastCompany Doesn’t Know the Tech Business

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:11:19 +0000

There's been a lot of exits lately, and many in the hundreds of millions or even billions. So strange that they'd even leave that part of the post in there given the bubble in SV and the boom in Enterprise.

rizzn.com : I Know I Give @parislemon A Lot of Crap…

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:54:48 +0000

It must be nice living in a world shielded from reality. Did you look at the screenshot? There's far more going on in his convoluted setup than 1 or 2 bookmarklets. I mean, seriously. I can understand your level of idiocy if it was hidden away under 2500-3000 words of boring facts and figures. The post *is* the image, and you've still failed to comprehend. I give up. You win by virtue of insurmountable stupidity.

rizzn.com : I Know I Give @parislemon A Lot of Crap…

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:27:03 +0000

Reading my comments would be a good start. When you reply to them repeatedly, missing the point entirely, you do more damage to whatever rebuttals you have than I ever could.

rizzn.com : I Know I Give @parislemon A Lot of Crap…

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:14:01 +0000

Again - Did you even look at the screenshot? The bookmarklets aren't available when the bar is hidden in his current configuration. He's effectively put everything two clicks away. Yes, "a reader," I read. But I also know how to engage my brain. The bookmarklet bar puts no additional strain on CPU resources - since it exists in Chrome regardless of whether you use it. So, to summarize (for a third time, since you apparently didn't get it the other times in other threads where I've explained this) - why slow down your entire browsing experience to save a single keypress. If you can't engage your brain (read: if you're stupid), you'd probably be more happy reading MG's posts than my blog. I wouldn't normally end a comment with an insult like that, but you started it ("Do you even read?").

rizzn.com : I Know I Give @parislemon A Lot of Crap…

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:04:26 +0000

And again, <ctr> + <shif> + B can hide or unhide those bookmarks just under the address bar. Look - don't try to defend this. MG said that it was to "save valuable real estate." He clearly shares Jobs' irrational fear of buttons, because this problem can be solved by pushing a button, rather than install a half dozen extensions that load down Chrome in a way that completely defeats the purpose of installing a browser that's quicker than Firefox in the first place.

rizzn.com : The Kinect Effect: My xBox 360 Achievements

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 08:02:43 +0000

Edit: That should be Fable III, not II.

All Facebook : Man Jailed For Posting Lover's Nude Photos On Facebook

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:00:32 +0000

In the US, this generally results in a civil suit, supposing all participants aren't minors.

rizzn.com : How Do I Get My Sister to Sleep With Me [WTF, Google Trending Topics]

Thu, 4 Nov 2010 23:10:03 +0000

I guess. Just a bizarre quirk of Google.

SeanPAune.com : How To Make An Ass Out Of Yourself On The Internet In One Tweet

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:46:14 +0000

List making is easy, Chris. Look, I'll demonstrate: Reasons why Christopher Moore is an Ass 1) He writes comedy vampire books. As if the Twilight books don't make fun of themselves. 2) He picks on bloggers because he views their craft as inferior. This coming from a guy who writes hacky vampire novels is what makes Chris's elitism funny to the rest of the world. 3) Who's Danny? 4) If listmakers are lazy writers, museum curators are lazy artists. 5) He can't admit he's wrong. Of course, good list-writing isn't easy, and it fills a desire for both online publishers and readers. Have you ever heard of this new thing they have called search engines, Chris? You use them to find stuff on the web. The problem with search engines, though, is that many times they're not effective at finding the best resource to solve your problem - only good at finding the resource to solve your problem as written by the webmaster with the best search engine optimization skills. Let's say you're searching for a resource on how to enhance a flagging erection, and instead of finding an unbiased opinion post on where to find a good fluffer, you'll stumble upon a dozen or more sites trying to sell you "h3rble vi4gra!!!11!!eleventy!!" That's where listmakers come in. They, as a regular writer for a popular (or even unpopular) online publication, will understand their audience, and can craft a list of hand selected resources for fixing that hypothetical impotence issue of yours. The author of one of your favorite publications can *instinctively know* that you're probably not looking to get scammed, and can use their research skills to find actual resources to help you keep it up, whether it be medical or otherwise. I dare you to try it - go and research (using standard search tools) for you to keep Little Mister Moore at attention, and tell me it doesn't take you some time *without the aid of a list post.* For that matter, pick just about any more esoteric topic you can think of. How about the best tools for managing your Flickr library? How about the most essential plugins for use in your custom Wordpress installation? How about a side by side comparison of all the publicly available e-readers on the market today? Remember, that information needs to be gathered - by you - without the aid of a list post. Come back and tell me that list-making isn't hard work. Obviously, you can't. Because you didn't stop to think about your words - fairly hilarious for the rest of us, since you're a writer by trade making a big deal of belittling other writers who don't pen "humorous vampire novels."

SeanPAune.com : How Did 'Apple Fanboy' Become An Insult?

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 23:42:46 +0000

Sorry chief, Apple Fanboy will always be an insult. Not saying you are one, but we all know the posterboy of Apple Fanboyism, and for that reason alone, it's an insult term. :-p

rizzn.com : Further Thoughts on Cordoba House

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:01:08 +0000

I wasn't intentionally referencing that, though it's almost a direct quote! My subconscious at work again!

rizzn.com : Why Won’t God Heal Amputees?

Sat, 7 Aug 2010 22:01:18 +0000

I am a theist, so I think I pretty much disproved your initial assertion (that apologists and theists don't make coherent points).

As to what I may or may not owe you or anyone else isn't for you to decide. By what values or who's authority did you determine that I owe you an explanation?

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