Sorry, aren't they arch-conservative? Doesn't fit too well then. :)
And 50 isn't a mild summer day, but at this time of year it'd be around average probably. Maybe a little above, but it gets that warm sometimes.
Okay, so it was chilly a few days ago, but just walk quickly and no coat is needed... and it's not like I'm wearing shorts and a tshirt or something of course.
But I do find it funny how southerners wear coats when it drops below seventy or so, it's absurd...
I'm probably overstating the obvious here, but people from different parts of the country react to weather conditions differently.
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Lately, though, our weather down here has been indecisive. It's freezing at the beginning of the day, hot as hell around noon, then freezing again in the afternoon.
Quote:50 degrees isn't cold enough to need a coat. Maybe a windbreaker if it's windy, but an actual coat? Only if you are not at all used to cold weather!
Below 70 constitutes the use of a jacket, below 50 constitutes the use of a heavy coat.
Oh yeah! *high five* Now let's go play games with cool stories like MGS2 and ICO and watch movies with cool stories like 2001 and Citizen Kane and then laugh at ABF because he thinks the presentation of the stories in MP and BG are really good!!
You know what that means! Now I'll do a dance! *does a dance* Seriously, though, 2001 is such an awesome movie. How come they don't make sci-fi movies like that anymore, aside from Contact? Don't people want cool sci-fi movies like that?
Yes it was...is...were...*shakes head* Anyway, sci-fi movies like that are some of the best, not to bash great sci-fi movies with a lighter touch [Star Wars, Star Trek, ect.], but it's sad that so few sci-fi movies are as thought-provoking as those two. Mission to Mars is good movie that's in a similar vein, althought it's quite a bit more literal and not as alegorical.
Contact was allegory? Seemed straight-forward to me...
Mission to Mars was actually pretty painful. I mean, the whole thing was based around a blurry image file.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
george clooney gets your ass back into the ER room and shut the hell up! Your not a space man or a psychologist your filthy piece of shit! Thanks for fucking batman you bastard!
Quote:Contact was allegory? Seemed straight-forward to me...
Uhh...maybe you should go and watch the last 30 minutes again and then explain just exactly what happened. There are a ton of theories, just check out Internet Movie Database.
Quote:Mission to Mars sucked, btw.
I know that's the pervading opinion, but personally I thought it was a good movie.
Quote:If you want to see a scifi movie chalk full o' symbolism, watch THX 1138.
I really need to get that on DVD. George Lucas should make more movies like that after he finishes Star Wars.
Quote:Oh yeah, I need to mention the obvious. 1984.
Quote:Yes. Though you know, there's much more to SW than you think. It's just not all extremely obvious.
If you look closely I'm sure you'll find there's a bit more too it, but it's, on the whole, a story of archetypes, though there's certainly nothing with that.
SW uses fantasy story conventions to tell a surprisingly deep story about nature vs. nurture, redemption, emotion, education (yes, education), and even political commentary.
I love it how people think the Rings movies have such deep messages like "never give up!" but brush off SW as simple eye candy. The Matrix movies are also considered to be deep, but their messages are only convoluted, which people confuse with depth.
Lucas is no fool, and if you cannot or don't wan't to see the meaning behind his movies then the only fool is yourself.
The last two matrix movies were just jargon shit , Neo being a mirror of Jesus give me a fucking break! If I wanted to see martydom Id turn on Passion of the christ.