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Re: New Star Trek Clip: Bones is afraid to fly!

bbittner — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:38:07 -0000

My gosh. There were some lines that were delivered with an inflection almost identical to DeForest Kelly's inflection. Like Deforest got all hot and bothered about Genesis. Paraphrasing: "But here comes Genesis. Now we can do it in one day."

I'm pretty excited about the movie. That's because, like I've said it before, it's about the characters. As long as they get the characters right, I don't care that much about the plot. so what if it has too much action and is too much like Star Wars. Hell, put the write actors, saying the right things, and reacting the right way, you could put them in Fast and Furious and it would work.

Re: Severus Snape “I Will Survive”

bbittner — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:35:10 -0000

SPOILERS AHEAD

Snape has always been my favorite character in the Harry Potter universe. Especially in Alan Rickman's form. I've always been a sucker for baddies-turned-good, or baddies-possibly-turning-good characters.

And when I read that Harry's son was named "Albus Severus Potter," I got so choked up.

My only disappointment is how he died in Book 7. His death could have been a lot more dramatic, or ironic. He could have done something like Rowling did with Neville. Maybe kill one of Voldemort's key lieutenants before he died.

Re: Is it Ok to Celebrate Christmas, Even If You’re Not a Christian? - ExChristian.Net - Articles

bbittner — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:01:47 -0000

Even when I was Christian, Christmas was ALWAYS about the TOYS!

Re: Saving Star Trek

bbittner — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:01:18 -0000

I don't think adding action to Star Trek would be bad. There was plenty of action in all the series and movies. And action is relative. Today's audiences are more desensitized. To them, the original Star Wars movies must look positively dull when compared to today's action movies. You add the action from the original Star Wars movies to Star Trek, and today's audiences will barely notice it.

Also, I don't agree with the concept that Star Wars equals action and Star Trek equals rational thinking. To me, Star Wars equals the mythic struggle between good and evil, and Star Trek is about CHARACTERS.

I can't say whether I like Star Wars more than Star Trek or not. But I can say that I like the characters in Star Trek better than those in Star Wars. Star Wars characters are stock. They're symbols. The Star Trek characters are real. And "human". (Especially the non-humans).

I love all the characters in all the series and movies. But especially, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Data, Worf, Quark, Odo, and the Doctor in Voyager. (Heck, the Quark-centered episodes were my favorite in the DS9 series.) And one of the reasons I enjoy Star Trek novels, is that I love and know the characters. I can't say the same for Star Wars novels.

So, even though I'm looking forward to this new Star Trek movie, and expect plenty of action, it's the characters that are going to make it for me. And from what I know of the cast, I know it won't disappoint. (Especially Spock!)

And that image of the cast (minus Spock) is awesome. You can tell the makers of this movie are putting substance over style. They all look real. Not perfect-looking movie stars. Character and story will be king.

I can not wait.

Re: If the press will just do their job, all will be OK (Scripting News)

bbittner — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:01:14 -0000

I left a comment on your article on the Huffington Post. I wanted to leave a link to my referring to your article on my blog. But the comment fiter wouldn't let me. So here it is.

http://whatbillthinks.blogspot.com/2008/09/dave...

Re: CNN.com Finally Catches Up on Palin Church Video

bbittner — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:20:43 -0000

Watching the Rachel Maddow show right now (9:20 PM EST) and their finally airing and discussing this video.

Re: Palin’s Religious Views Scare Me

bbittner — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:53:51 -0000

I'm glad my clippings were of some interest to you. And your tweets have been a breath of sane air. I've been troubled about this whole campaign. And I lost some sleep over it last night. I mean to blog my thoughts on it all, but am waiting till after McCain's speech.

Re: Occult Heroes: X-men

bbittner — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:19:03 -0000

You're right, the look is Victorian, but not necessarily steampunk. But, I guess if there was only one aspect of the characters that could be steampunk, it was that McCoy got that way because of a laboratory experiment. But I guess that could also be Victorian Gothic as well.

Re: Occult Heroes: X-men

bbittner — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:22:42 -0000

If so, I guess Hellboy would probably be in that genre, right?

Re: Occult Heroes: X-men

bbittner — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:28:26 -0000

That is pretty freaking sweet. At first glance, it's overall look is steampunk. But upon a closer look, it's all more occult-ish. Is that such a genre? Occult-punk?

By the way, I posted an idea on the deviantART page about another character idea. It's pretty obvious, but here it is anyway...

A clockpunk automaton brought to life by Rasputin, who he simply named "Pitor"

Re: Kevin Smith Digs Star Trek?

bbittner — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:31:34 -0000

Seems pretty obvious to me.

Re: Exploring The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor

bbittner — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:27:00 -0000

I've always liked Brandon. He rarely takes himself too seriously. And there are some moments in "Bedazzled" where he is just hilarious.

Re: Here we go again!

bbittner — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:56:27 -0000

What's the panel subject?

Re: P:SI #189 "No Stairway… Denied!"

bbittner — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:15:07 -0000

Really appreciated your mention of the fact that you publish your stuff (or at least some of it) under CC with the hope that people create works in the world you built. That is one of the hopes I have with my stuff. (In fact, sometimes I think I'd rather have somebody just take my ideas and just run with them. But that's just me being lazy.)

Re: Theater or Renter WALL·E

bbittner — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:36:21 -0000

Saw this last night. Maybe be my favorite Pixar movie yet. Smiled and/or laughed through the whole movie.

Re: Here we go again!

bbittner — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:34:30 -0000

Wow. Cool batch of guests. I'd love to meet George Takei.

Re: MySocial 24x7 - Companion for FriendFeed

bbittner — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:14:52 -0000

When choose to see all of my posts (Me>Everything), the window is blank. But if I select a specific service (Me>Friendfeed), stuff shows up.

Re: Life as a Story

bbittner — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:16:01 -0000

Found a poem today that is relevant to this. Babylon, by Robert Graves

http://www.daypoems.net/poems/2717.html

Re: Life as a Story

bbittner — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:36:10 -0000

What an excellent post. Thank you for taking the time to write it and share it.