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Re: Paul Thomas Anderson Admires Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy

Sam — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 11:09:50 -0000

Wow, a blast from the past.
It seems that you are of the opinion that all of those directors did at least one mediocre movie. I might not love every single movie, every single great director did, I might even dislike some (like Vertigo, to name one), but I probably wouldn't discard any of their films since even at their worst, their skill and talent comes across in one way or another. That's what I was talking about.

Re: SoundWorks Collection - The Sound and Music of Oblivion

Sam — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 18:55:25 -0000

Since when are specific sound fx from movies publicly available? Keep dreaming.

Re: Paul Thomas Anderson Admires Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy

Sam — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:49:37 -0000

I disagree. Bad circumstances exist, obviously, yet even on the worst of scenarios, great directors should be able to pull off a decent movie. If what they do is horrible or mediocre, then they probably aren't all that great.

If that were true (that directors, no matter how great, could be easily limited) then directors wouldn't be all that important. Just think about it.
It's obviously the directors who are sometimes interested in pursuing more commercial material, rather than studios being interested in trusting their most valuable properties to "auteur" directors who most often don't have a good track record at the box office.
So if these kind of directors sometimes do more popular stuff, I assume that it is because they genuinely want to.

Re: Paul Thomas Anderson Admires Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy

Sam — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:02:15 -0000

A great director, is a great director always, no matter what the material at hand is. It is their choice whether to do a more commercial film, or a more personal one. They wouldn't be so great if the resulting movie was mediocre, or if they simply did it for the money.

Re: Paul Thomas Anderson Admires Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy

Sam — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:56:53 -0000

Err.. Michel Gondry did The Green Hornet, which I really liked.

Re: Paul Thomas Anderson Admires Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy

Sam — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:40:42 -0000

This article sells the idea that PT Anderson is a fan of Nolan's Batman films, yet you only need to read the actual quote to realize that he simply acknowledged Nolan's achievement of making a movie with substance and have it become a huge commercial success. And how no one has ever offered him to do that. He didn't even said that he likes them (even though it seems to be implied in his words).
I hate that article title manipulation game, trying to make a story out of nothing in order to get hits. I hate myself even more for having fallen for it.

Re: Paul Thomas Anderson Admires Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy

Sam — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:35:41 -0000

At least you watch Louie. Maybe there is some hope for you.

Re: New York Times reviews Papo & Yo - Kill Screen

Sam — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:18:53 -0000

Very intriguing! Also, it is "Papo" not "Papa".

Re: me and the robot deer

Sam — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:40:49 -0000

This is my favorite kind of robot deer head.

Re: Jackson’s Big Decision : A Hobbit Trilogy?

Sam — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:52:51 -0000

I trust Peter Jackson will make the right choice, and if he decides to go for a third movie, it'll be because it's the best way to tell this story.

Re: Love In The Time Of Facebook

Sam — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:49:02 -0000

It's humor, clearly.

Re: Iron Giant by Kevin Tong | Reelizer

Sam — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:45:09 -0000

This is bloody brilliant, mate! I need this on my wall.

Re: Michael Semanick Re-Recording Mixer Presentation

Sam — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:40:49 -0000

I could be wrong but I would swear this video included some awesome clips from The Social Network showing the different stems on various scenes. Did you had to edit that out?

Re: Skywalker Sound Blog: Sound of The Social Network

Sam — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:52:01 -0000

Thanks for the heads up Doug! I hadn't had a chance to see the movie yet so I was relaying mostly on Imdb.

Re: How Your Dragon Sounds

Sam — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:19:55 -0000

No, I don't think it set the bar on what dragons should sound like, but it was one hell of a nice try. And Jurassic Park was a serious live action movie, while this one is a kids-oriented animated film, so you can't really get anything from comparing them.
Creating mind-blowing sounds for the sake of awesomeness is a pointless endeavor if it's not in the service of the story and in this case I think it totally sold the believability of the dragons as living creatures that breathe and think.

Re: Alicia salió por el parabrisas

Sam — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:16:54 -0000

No, no te tenes que hacer un usuario, te podes loguear con Yahoo, con Twitter, con Facebook, y con Open ID (o sea tu cuenta de Blogger, ponele).

Re: Alicia salió por el parabrisas

Sam — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:51:14 -0000

Si, no es de lo mejor para usar en Blogger, pero te puedo responder y tengo más control sobre varias cosas.

Re: Un brindis por el amor y los Morlacs

Sam — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:37:19 -0000

Uh, cierto que destruí Neuquén, fue casi como en el TEG.

Re: Un brindis por el amor y los Morlacs

Sam — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:16:46 -0000

Reitero, los usuarios de Blogger se pueden loguear para comentar usando el boton de OpenID. Donde les pide un URL, tienen que poner la direccion de su blog o el blog en el que participan.

Re: Cuando traduje a Alan

Sam — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:06:46 -0000

Por cierto, paso a explicarles como funciona este nuevo sistema de comentarios que instalé. No hace falta que se registren en DISQUS, se pueden loguear con prácticamente cualquier cuenta que tengan. Si tienen Yahoo clickeen en la de Yahoo, si tienen Facebook clickeen en la de Facebook, si tienen Twitter, etc. Ahora, para comentar con la cuenta de Blogger, tienen que usar el OpenID, les va a pedir que pongan su nick/nombre y un URL, ahi pongan la dirección de su blog (o el blog en el que participan, si es que alguna vez escribieron para alguno). Y listo. Esto fue el truco para comentar en el Diario de Menta y espero que les haya gustado. Chau.

Re: Nostalgiarama: Los Pitufos

Sam — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:33:40 -0000

Para cuando viaje a italia o francia, voy a recordar estos topicos.

Re: Nostalgiarama: Los Pitufos

Sam — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:10:24 -0000

Yo nunca tuve nada de los Pitufos. Mi madre tenia un Papa Pitufo de tela, y eso era todo.

Re: Nostalgiarama: Los Pitufos

Sam — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:53:07 -0000

Creo que es tan evidente que me niego a contestar esta falacia.

Re: Skywalker Ranch Tour (#1)

Sam — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:41:26 -0000

Merci pour votre visite. :)

Re: Skywalker Ranch Tour (#1)

Sam — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:54:50 -0000

I suppose not because none of the locations it mentions are Skywalker Ranch (which is where Skywalker Sound is located).