Filmshooting

I am prejudiced against films that focus on the lives of the super-rich.

Why?

This sounds really good - like a cross between a picaresque story and a sweeping social realist piece. Have you seen Zhang Yimou's "To Live"? It follows a Chinese man from the 1930s until the Cultural Revolution. Really fantastic stuff. The character arc in this sort of reminds me of "...

The classic nonsense argument for denial and self-justification. Don't install lightswitches these cost more then they deliver. Keep the light on. Etcetc. Do you smoke? Note the word "may" in my earlier post. It's not feasible for everyone to turn off the computer frequently. I put it to ...

why use words precisely when sloppy usage is perfectly acceptable in most circles. I fail to see how my usage was anything other than precise. It correlates exactly with a given dictionary definition, since you seem to like those... My argument is that you're portraying very minor inconveniences (i...

[yawn] I don't think anyone is saying that the actors should be raped or beaten with whips until they almost black out. Of course you can get someone to cry with a tear stick or onions. It seems to me that the discussion moved into the other elements surrounding 'real' crying, as Tim pointed out, wh...

Why not the Mazdaspeed3 instead of the WRX? Seemed to offer better handling and better value being about $3000 less with more options. Actually, I have to side with Chris here... the newer, special editions of the WRX are brutally fast, (relatively) cheap, and handle really well. That said, I've gi...

But if Wyler had to stoop to that level to get her to cry, then the talent of one of them is seriously in question, IHMO. Not necessarily... 'crying' as an objective does not always have equal valence. Perhaps she could have simply cried but he needed the other components of a good performance. Tar...

And if you aren't using your computer, then turning it off to prevent wear is just common sense, if you are concerned about wear. But there is no way to rationalize that using your computer more often than not will lead to increased life expectancy of the hardware. I'm not sure what you're trying t...

It probably is for quite a few specific humans tho... but then every point in history is I guess? Undoubtably. And it's awful for them, I'm sure... but Paris Hilton has 'low points' in her life as well, and as anyone can guess those are nowhere near the true extremes of the human condition. It's al...

Libec is a trusted name in the tripod world. It also has a true fluid cinema head. No disrespect intended, but 'fluid-action' is not the same as a true fluid head. Bogen also markets a lot of their heads as 'fluid' when they aren't actually using the same principle/design as a true fluid head like ...

I'm not sure how much more simple this can be. Not that simple, considering that you should account for other factors such as lost productivity, etc. Even though a Prius clearly gets better gas mileage than a Peterbilt, using a fleet of Priuses to haul merchandise to various Wal-Marts may be less e...

I don't have time to read the whole thing now (finals soon) but I will say that I am generally familiar with the HDR findings. Please don't take my earlier post to mean that I am claiming there are no inequalities or problems in the world. Quite the opposite. I'm merely advocating a wider view of hi...

An 8.8 lb maximum weight may be suitable for video or super 8 but my Kinor with the 400' mag and zoom weighs over 12 lbs... It's very hard to finda combination of light/portable and solid enough. If it's important footage you should carry a proper tripod and head. I second the recommendations for an...

There's no excuse for leaving your computer idling overnight.

Downloading stuff...

...yeah, well less than 20% of American's hold passports. That means 80% of the population has never left the country To be fair, a birth certificate and photo ID will suffice for Mexico and Canada. Although it is appalling that most Americans have never left the country, and a surprising number ha...