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Re: Bring On Venom! Sony Moving Forward With Venom Spin-Off!

Tyler Hayes — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:37:18 -0000

As much as I agree that Hollywood seems to be focused on villains right now, there really are still no villain stand-alone movies. Even in Batman, the Joker held a significant amount of focus, but it was always kept in proportion to Batman's story arc, personality, and character development. Having said that, I would LOVE to see a true villain's story told with as much effort as was put forth by Christopher Nolan; then again, as much as I really do love Sam Raimi, he just doesn't have the same kind of focus on his movies as Nolan, taking a much more hokey approach (as we're all aware from his Evil Dead movies' influence on the Spiderman series).

Beyond all that, the Joker is one of the only villains (besides maybe Lex Luthor, who has always deserved a better actor in any Superman movie/show) I can think of in comics that really stands opposite from a major superhero, which is 100% necessary IMO to develop a full, engrossing story. If someone is to play Venom, Topher Grace as great as he is just won't be the right choice. Best option? Probably someone fairly unknown, or at least up-and-coming/out-of-the-spotlight (i.e. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, etc.). As far as character design goes, it seems fairly hard to go wrong with getting Venom right, as long as he's menacing, malicious, and maligned.

I might end up writing a full article on this now! Can't wait for your full editorial...

Re: Your passwords are showing…

Tyler Hayes — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:47:31 -0000

If you're in an environment where you're this concerned about someone sitting down at your computer and stealing your passwords there are a few things to consider:

1. It's probably time to have a discussion with this person who you think will be stealing passwords.
2. If you don't know the person and are just careless enough to leave your computer open, chances are the person who wants to steal your passwords knows a better way and can get around this system (I can think of plenty of apps and methods to steal passwords that are in fact more efficient and faster than this method).

What situation would this be useful in? This is like a prescription drug, it just cures the symptom. In reality, we should be trying to get people less reliant on their computer remembering their passwords and not writing them down on little sticky notes that are posted on their monitors.

Re: Babylon A.D.'s Mathieu Kassovitz Opens Up About Fox Negatively

Tyler Hayes — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:38:14 -0000

FOX has demonstrated itself consistently over the years as the moronic younger sibling of the movie & TV industry. Not only do they increasingly produce worse & worse TV shows that often get canceled within 13 episodes, they cancel even the good ones (Arrested Development, anyone?). It's so sad, to see such a great director the likes of Kassovitz abandon even his own artistic production. More so, it's angering to know that they stepped in & on his production with such reckless abandon. What's the point of hiring someone to paint your house if you constantly grab their brush and do everything for the? And don't even get me started on FOX News...

Re: Inbox Taming for Busy People

Tyler Hayes — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:33:33 -0000

I would recommend checking out Mark Hurst's book Bit Literacy on this same topic as well.

Re: How to Create an Effective Site Map for Your Web Site

Tyler Hayes — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:45:18 -0000

Don't really have a suggestion, I'm more so just curious as to why you're creating a site map this way (if at all). Looking for compliance with Google Sitemaps? Why not XML?

How did you end up with a 527 line spreadsheet?

Re: It's Official – More Live-Action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Tyler Hayes — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:06:03 -0000

I completely agree with #3, the cartoons were extremely dark and violent when they were originally created and I think we as a culture have moved on to a point now where we can appreciate dark films.

Re: Big Game Hunting

Tyler Hayes — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:51 -0000

I think GeekMommy is definitely right about the social media relation to play trend. You look at companies like Flickr, 37signals, Carsonified, Digg, etc. and you see it all over the place. On the other hand, I look at companies like Facebook and Myspace and, to be honest, don't see play at all. Have you ever watched an interview with Mark Zuckerberg? It's like someone sucked the life out of him at Harvard and then told him to start an online revolution, but be careful, you can't emote!

I'm a fresh college graduate so right now I can feel this being a crucial moment in my life where I decide how much work vs. play I do. Personally, I just do play for my work since I love it so much and love experimentation! (I'm a designer). Unfortunately, a lot of students that I graduated with did not have this same philosophy.

On that note, I think play involves a higher amount of self-awareness and confidence than usual. Many people I know lack a significant amount of self-awareness, and considering that public speaking is the #1 fear of this country's citizens, confidence seems to be an issue as well.

Re: Startups: your web site sucks

Tyler Hayes — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:20:37 -0000

What's even funnier after reading this (legitimate) tirade is that sites like Semantifind undoubtedly read this as well and changed their sites accordingly.

Re: Growing New Crops

Tyler Hayes — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:48:11 -0000

One site comes to mind: Hulu.

Beyond that, at least a lot of these big companies you speak of are at least trying now; albeit, mostly by just devouring the companies (e.g. CBS bought last.fm, etc. etc.).

Re: Gatekeepers vs Gatejumpers

Tyler Hayes — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:49:24 -0000

First, I agree with G. Wayne Clayton mostly, except I think Mapquest would be considered the GateJumper of any regular map you'd buy at a gas station and then Google Maps would be the next GateJumper. This brings up another great point: what does it take for a GateJumper to be GateJumped?

Beyond that, I don't think ABC/CBS/NBC were replaced by Youtube or Blip.tv. Those two examples, to me, seem to be almost in a league of their own. I would say something like Revision3 is truly the GateJumper to ABC/CBS/NBC.

Re: Gatekeepers vs Gatejumpers

Tyler Hayes — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:14:29 -0000

After reading some more of these now, how do you quantify (not qualify) gatejumping? Is there a certain point when you say, "Yup, that gate has been jumped now." Just because a company like meebo exists doesn't mean it's necessarily any better than standard IMing which is still used much more heavily. Or Rob Jacobs' examples above about schools being jumped by the world, which is hardly true considering people have learned from the world and school at the same time for thousands of years. Virtual classrooms have enabled more as well, but are they really "jumping" the gate per se?

Re: Final Twilight Movie Poster Is Both Mysterious And Expressionless

Tyler Hayes — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:07:03 -0000

More like "Nothing good will come of this movie."

Honestly, I remember seeing a sneak scene of it months back and it looks absolutely atrocious. I love Cedric Diggory but the guy honestly should not be playing this role.

Oh well, I'll keep my mouth shut and hope I'm wrong.

Re: Final Twilight Movie Poster Is Both Mysterious And Expressionless

Tyler Hayes — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:07:03 -0000

More like "Nothing good will come of this movie."

Honestly, I remember seeing a sneak scene of it months back and it looks absolutely atrocious. I love Cedric Diggory but the guy honestly should not be playing this role.

Oh well, I'll keep my mouth shut and hope I'm wrong.

Re: M. Night Shyamalan May Become Unbreakable Again

Tyler Hayes — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:07:06 -0000

First, I remember reading that Unbreakable was supposed to be a trilogy when M. Night first wrote it. So what happened to 2nd and 3rd parts? A lot of the critics were saying that they didn't like the first film because it seemed to be relying on a second film to answer its remaining questions.

Second, I also loved Unbreakable. Just watched it again a few days ago for the first time since it was in theaters, and it still has all the charm I remember.

Third, I would actually recommend Lady in the Water to anybody. While The Happening was absolutely atrocious, I also refused to see Lady in the Water because of all the negative criticism. I waited until a few weeks ago to finally see it (as waiting until your mind is completely objective can definitely help) and I LOVED Lady in the Water.

Can't say I ever think I'll like The Happening though...

Re: M. Night Shyamalan May Become Unbreakable Again

Tyler Hayes — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:07:06 -0000

Second, I also loved Unbreakable. Just watched it again a few days ago for the first time since it was in theaters, and it still has all the charm I remember.

Can't say I ever think I'll like The Happening though...

Re: Don Cheadle Replaces Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2

Tyler Hayes — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:29:31 -0000

Definitely not seeing Iron Man 2 opening week now. How can you get rid of Terrence Howard?! Cheadle is NO War Machine.

Re: Max Payne Review

Tyler Hayes — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:56:22 -0000

Sounds kind of close to the game, but only kind of. Like Uwe Boll kind of. Either way, it sounds like it's about as faithful to the story as I Am Legend was, and considering how much that movie (and it's deplorable ending) ruined the experience for me, I think I'll be waiting for this one's DVD release.

Shame on you Marky Mark.

Re: Max Payne Review

Tyler Hayes — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:56:22 -0000

Shame on you Marky Mark.

Re: I am not an American

Tyler Hayes — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:02:12 -0000

Good thing you're not being satirical at all ;)

I wrote a similar post at my own site, except instead of "I'm not an American" I was essentially contending "I'm not ignorant." Because I AM an American, and it's the people who believe all that crazy shit you wrote about above that aren't American.

http://thetylerhayes.com/20...

Re: Manvotional: The American Boy by Theodore Roosevelt | The Art of Manliness

Tyler Hayes — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:11:49 -0000

Didn't Teddy also have a bear in the white house? Good man, but Andrew Jackson was still more of a man than Teddy, or maybe just a crazy man...

PS - Can you please add Facebook to your Sociable bar?

Re: Social Marketing: Spiraling Out Of Control?

Tyler Hayes — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:24:01 -0000

Speak up!

Re: Magazine Designers Are Very Creative And Unique

Tyler Hayes — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:27:20 -0000

The + sign has one inherent value that the ampersand does not, actually. It implies added value, and is not necessarily just a simple "oh wouldn't this be hip and trendy if we replaced the & with +!!"

Re: Fantastic New International Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer!

Tyler Hayes — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:42:32 -0000

Looks great! Though the little joke at the end kind of ruined it. Simply put, they're really dragging out showing any real content from the film, ARGH!

Re: Ninja Scroll Officially Headed to the Big Screen, Too!

Tyler Hayes — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:19:26 -0000

Don't know anything about Ninja Scroll, but I'm 100% OK with Akira & Ghost in the Shell being made live action.

Re: Manly Advice from Robert E. Lee (Plus a Book Giveaway) | The Art of Manliness

Tyler Hayes — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:53:10 -0000

My favorite maxim: On education: “The education of a man or woman is never completed until they die.” ~ Lee writing to son Custis, 5 December 1860.

It truly cannot be said any better than that, not to mention I wish I had son named Custis!