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Re: There is no real audience for Boris Epshteyn's pro-Trump propaganda, so Sinclair forces it on people

chuck tryon — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:51:00 -0000

Ha, I'm working on an article on SBG, and between the two of us, we probably account for 10 percent of his online viewership.

Re: From 'Battlestar' to 'Star Wars': Why There Are So Many Reboots, Remakes, Spinoffs, and Sequels - The Atlantic

chuck tryon — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:01:12 -0000

If you read the whole article, you'll see that they make the point that someone has proclaimed *every* decade since the 1950s as a "Golden Age" of US television. They're actually questioning the very claim that there has been a post-1990s "golden age."

Re: Why Do Republicans Hate the Beatles?

chuck tryon — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 20:44:49 -0000

Didn't read all of the comments, but didn't the Beatles say they were "bigger than Jesus" at one point? That'll cost you some popularity points with Christian conservatives.

Re: Using Video Annotation Tools to Teach Film Analysis

chuck tryon — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:42:41 -0000

That's an excellent idea.

Re: Using Video Annotation Tools to Teach Film Analysis

chuck tryon — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:42:13 -0000

Good suggestions.

Re: Using Video Annotation Tools to Teach Film Analysis

chuck tryon — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:41:58 -0000

It should be made Chrome compatible soon.

Re: Using Video Annotation Tools to Teach Film Analysis

chuck tryon — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 12:41:22 -0000

I'd imagine that IFB would be open to this. There are a number of silent films and even early sound films (including His Girl Friday) that are in the public domain. There may be others that are available through a Creative Commons license (Sita Sings the Blues is one good example) that are more current.

Re: Using Video Annotation Tools to Teach Film Analysis

chuck tryon — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 12:39:48 -0000

I was invited to use it by IFB. They contacted Criterion, I believe, and negotiated rights to post the film.

Re: Using Video Annotation Tools to Teach Film Analysis

chuck tryon — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 09:04:40 -0000

Thanks for this suggestion. This looks like a great tool.

Re: Using Video Annotation Tools to Teach Film Analysis

chuck tryon — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:58:27 -0000

The movie was posted by Social Book, so I didn't do the conversion myself. If anyone from Social Book/Institute for the Future of the Book is reading, they might know.

Re: Using Video Annotation Tools to Teach Film Analysis

chuck tryon — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:56:52 -0000

Students could leave general comments, so that kind of reaction would be available on the tool. But it might also be something that could be done elsewhere--through class discussion or through papers or projects such as video essays.

Re: County board bans ‘Invisible Man’ from school libraries

chuck tryon — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:19:25 -0000

It is complex, but as you imply, that should be valued, not used a means for dismissing something.

Re: County board bans ‘Invisible Man’ from school libraries

chuck tryon — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:18:18 -0000

Saw this through a friend in Iowa. Such a brilliant book. too bad a bunch of people with no qualifications whatsoever are making decisions about how students should be educated.

Re: Chasing Windmills: Outsider Art Fluorishes in North Carolina

chuck tryon — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:12:12 -0000

That's the one! Thanks!

Re: Chasing Windmills: Outsider Art Fluorishes in North Carolina

chuck tryon — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:48:10 -0000

I've been curious for several years about a sculptor who lives in southern Wake county, off Piney Grove Wilbon Rd. The artist make sculptures similar to Simpson's and then erects them in his/her front yard. Pretty interesting stuff, but I've never been able to learn much about the person doing this. Any details would be great....

Re: 'Call Me Maybe' Singer To Skip Boy Scouts Event Over Gay Ban

chuck tryon — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:04:28 -0000

Yep, good for her...

Re: Conn. Lawmaker Stripped Of Post After Lewd Comment To Teen Girl

chuck tryon — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:56:26 -0000

Good riddance.

Re: Netflix, 'House of Cards,' and the Golden Age of Television

chuck tryon — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:13:32 -0000

There is plenty of crap on TV that is cheap and that fills hours of empty broadcast time, but the peaks of TV storytelling approach pretty much any Oscar-nominated film. Downton Abbey and House of Cards stack up well against any number of Hollywood films.

The monthly streaming subscription to Netflix is $7.99 a month, which is less than a single movie ticket (unless you're going to second-run theaters). Yes, you have to have broadband, but most people subscribing to Netflix would pay for that anyway.

Re: Zero Dark Thirty and the New History

chuck tryon — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:48:10 -0000

Fascinating reading here, Nick. I've been fascinated by how much the film immerses us in a very specific world, and I don't think it's accidental that we get very little of the geopolitical issues that surrounded the hunt for OBL.

Re: Recording and Hosting Podcasts Using the Internet Archive

chuck tryon — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:22:35 -0000

Even on a wireless home connection, the IA was super-fast, but you're right, of course. Uploading from home typically takes much longer.

Re: Recording and Hosting Podcasts Using the Internet Archive

chuck tryon — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:36:35 -0000

Yep, I was amazed at how quickly the IA was able to upload content. The idea of making slide-enhanced podcasts is a good one. Maybe I'll experiment with that later this semester.

Re: Recording and Hosting Podcasts Using the Internet Archive

chuck tryon — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:35:20 -0000

Jeff, I agree. This happened to work really well for me, but there are many other alternatives. I've been trying to think of challenges, in part so that I have a plan B if something doesn't work out. I'd imagine that it's having a backup in case I'm no longer able to store content on the IA, but I'm also still learning how to integrate the audio with other aspects of delivering content for an online course.

Re: Recording and Hosting Podcasts Using the Internet Archive

chuck tryon — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:51:59 -0000

I have a different course management system, one that is more closed off. I tried uploading something to iTunes U, but for whatever reason couldn't get it to work. I ended up liking the idea of posting my content to Internet Archive, in part due to the fact that I could put a Creative Commons license on my work (I ended up opting to donate it to the public domain). Usually I link directly to the content in each module, but I considered using WordPress. All good suggestions, thanks!

Re: How Hollywood portrays bloggers. (Scripting News)

chuck tryon — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:44:09 -0000

Meryl may get a nomination, and Nora Ephron may get a screenplay nod, but a "huge number" of Oscars seems highly unlikely.

Re: How Hollywood portrays bloggers. (Scripting News)

chuck tryon — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:42:31 -0000

What about Shattered Glass, the movie about the New Republic journalist Stephen Glass? They may be depicted more as web journalists, but they were essentially bloggers. They may have been depicted as outside the mainstream in terms of dress and style, but they were rigorous, detailed, and honest, just what you'd want in a journalist.

I'm not sure why bloggers have to be depicted as "heroic." Some are great; others are partisan hacks. I'd say it's also a stretch to say that we can make any judgmets about how Hollywood depicts bloggers based on two or three texts.