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"Laura R." wrote Sure, but pick a subject that you know well, and watch a movie that is *about* that subject. Well, I can see that. And then there are the ones where you don't need much specialized knowledge to begin snickering, like the movies in which Arnie sets off a bomb in a phone booth and everyone dies but him. If the movie is blatantly dumbed-down and/or "jazzed up", it is annoying. It simply is. It's akin to a pilot watching a movie in which planes perform impossible feats; you can't help but notice the dearth of technical accuracy when it's what you do for a living. As for content, Best Film I've Seen In Years---White Oleander. Michele Pfeiffer played a character who was purely heroic and absolutely villainous at the same time. It took my breath away. I want to see it again. It was visually beautiful, too. Agreed. The only thing that grated on me was the damned wig or dye job or whatever the hell was going on with that girl's hair. Laura -- I am Dyslexia of Borg, Your ass will be laminated. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 |
#392
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equalizer wrote in message news On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:16:13 GMT, Laura R. wrote: circa Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:40:50 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary ) said, I've seen it and was so annoyed by the pseudo-technical horse**** that I immediately flushed it from memory. :-) You know, when I go to the movies I expect horse****-- particularly with regard to techie stuff that does not interest me. Hit the high spots and move on, you know? Sure, but pick a subject that you know well, and watch a movie that is *about* that subject. If the movie is blatantly dumbed-down and/or "jazzed up", it is annoying. It simply is. It's akin to a pilot watching a movie in which planes perform impossible feats; you can't help but notice the dearth of technical accuracy when it's what you do for a living. It's not always annoying. You'd have to have been in a theater full of climb folk when Cliff Hanger first came out to believe just how much a group of strangers connected by a common theme could whoop it up in a public place. I'm surprised to this day that movie didn't become the climber's version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. eq As for content, Best Film I've Seen In Years---White Oleander. Michele Pfeiffer played a character who was purely heroic and absolutely villainous at the same time. It took my breath away. I want to see it again. It was visually beautiful, too. Agreed. The only thing that grated on me was the damned wig or dye job or whatever the hell was going on with that girl's hair. Laura Damn, I was speedreading again and missed this last part of Laura's post. Are you talking about after the gorgeous redhead who played Pfeiffer's daughter died her hair black? Or wigged it? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 |
#393
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equalizer wrote in message news On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:16:13 GMT, Laura R. wrote: circa Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:40:50 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary ) said, I've seen it and was so annoyed by the pseudo-technical horse**** that I immediately flushed it from memory. :-) You know, when I go to the movies I expect horse****-- particularly with regard to techie stuff that does not interest me. Hit the high spots and move on, you know? Sure, but pick a subject that you know well, and watch a movie that is *about* that subject. If the movie is blatantly dumbed-down and/or "jazzed up", it is annoying. It simply is. It's akin to a pilot watching a movie in which planes perform impossible feats; you can't help but notice the dearth of technical accuracy when it's what you do for a living. It's not always annoying. You'd have to have been in a theater full of climb folk when Cliff Hanger first came out to believe just how much a group of strangers connected by a common theme could whoop it up in a public place. I'm surprised to this day that movie didn't become the climber's version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. eq As for content, Best Film I've Seen In Years---White Oleander. Michele Pfeiffer played a character who was purely heroic and absolutely villainous at the same time. It took my breath away. I want to see it again. It was visually beautiful, too. Agreed. The only thing that grated on me was the damned wig or dye job or whatever the hell was going on with that girl's hair. Laura Damn, I was speedreading again and missed this last part of Laura's post. Are you talking about after the gorgeous redhead who played Pfeiffer's daughter died her hair black? Or wigged it? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 |
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"Brandy Alexandre" wrote It's great because it covers the most common or most often used. But when you have to get down to nitt-gritty and obscure rules, you have to have CMoS. Probably true, and probably why I would rather just avoid CMS and have an editor. I hate all that detail-oriented crap. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 |
#395
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"Brandy Alexandre" wrote It's great because it covers the most common or most often used. But when you have to get down to nitt-gritty and obscure rules, you have to have CMoS. Probably true, and probably why I would rather just avoid CMS and have an editor. I hate all that detail-oriented crap. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 |
#396
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"Ryan Robbins" wrote However, one should use passive voice sparingly. No, one should write exactly as one pleases as long as one writes well. There is no other rule that makes any sense. (And if one does not write well no manual is going to help.) It is by far more annoying to me to keep finding ways to avoid the passive voice than it is to hear it used too much. And all the little people who make up these stupid rules are only encouraged by those of you who give them unction. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 |
#397
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"Ryan Robbins" wrote However, one should use passive voice sparingly. No, one should write exactly as one pleases as long as one writes well. There is no other rule that makes any sense. (And if one does not write well no manual is going to help.) It is by far more annoying to me to keep finding ways to avoid the passive voice than it is to hear it used too much. And all the little people who make up these stupid rules are only encouraged by those of you who give them unction. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 |
#398
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"Sherry " wrote in message ... it is perfectly acceptable to use the passive voice. Has been for a few years. Sentence fragments are still no-nos, though. Psssttt.... as is ending a sentence with a preposition. I was trying to be funny. Note the sentence frags too. :P Although there are ways around it, I suppose. I still remember a kid in high school who got around it by ending every sentence with "now." Of course this is the same kid who prounounced hors douvres (SP?) as "horse doovers." There was a kid in my driver's ed class who said "ped-i-strain" for pedestrian. That killed me. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 |
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"Sherry " wrote in message ... it is perfectly acceptable to use the passive voice. Has been for a few years. Sentence fragments are still no-nos, though. Psssttt.... as is ending a sentence with a preposition. I was trying to be funny. Note the sentence frags too. :P Although there are ways around it, I suppose. I still remember a kid in high school who got around it by ending every sentence with "now." Of course this is the same kid who prounounced hors douvres (SP?) as "horse doovers." There was a kid in my driver's ed class who said "ped-i-strain" for pedestrian. That killed me. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 |
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"Mary" wrote in message om... "Ryan Robbins" wrote in message news Perhaps you could enlighten me on this rule of threes thing. I have looked in all of my books and can't find any reference to it. This is very telling. You have way too much time on your hands. Why is it "telling"? |
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