Posts by Kyle Matthews
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And you're thinking about what they're thinking and you're thinking something awesome about that, do you really want to go "No, hold on, there's something wrong with the apostrophes on that one. Damnit, this whole thing is just disreputable. A man of my standing shouldn't have to put up with that. Come back when you've learned some decent language, Sonny, and you can take your poorly typed Cure for Cancer with you. Honestly!".
I don't think this is really an issue.
Any decent journal, an article will have gone through the writer, at least one editor, and a couple of blind reviewers.
The correctness of the writing will occur as a side effect of the process, rather than central to it, but it will still occur.
Often for good reason. These journals are often read by international experts in the field, whose first language is not the one the journal publishes in. Unusual spellings etc could create ambiguity, which isn't what they want.
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Has anyone carried out any research on exactly how that's possible?
I've always thought there was a PhD topic in "cultural representations of Germans and Japanese in Commando Comics". Winners of wars not only get to write the history books, but the comics that kids grow up reading.
I wonder what German and Japanese children think of them.
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So why don't we all resolve to give an anonymous gift to someone this year, just to make their day that little bit more magical?
OK, but my girlfriend is going to be pissed if she finds out.
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You don't have crows here, but you have Tuis, which I believe are just fancy crows.
Apart from anything else, the difference in sound is noticeable.
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For the Superbowl Tampa had to overturn it's "no lap dancing" law
One wonders why. Was the law stopping people from having a lap dance, despite the law? Were there people sitting in other parts of America saying to themselves "I was totally going to go to Tampa and spend squillions on Superbowl weekend, but no lap dances, so I'm staying at home with my wife"?
Or was lap dancing the end zone dance of choice for the winning team?
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Like your day Russell it was a world away from the events at Waitangi - but at least part of the point of Waitangi is to engage with the historical roots of the day and recognise the coming together of Maori and Pakeha culture. My Waitangi weekend had none of that, and unfotunately redefining the day as a celebration of modern New Zealand does nothing for the significance behind the day itself.
I agree Gareth.
To me the issues of Waitangi and the history of the past couple of hundred years and their current meaning aren't well-integrated enough in our general society. So Waitangi Day is a time that they should be raised, challenged etc.
If it doesn't happen then, it feels to me like it doesn't happen at all.
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Was great to see that the audience gave Haddin an appropriate boo when he came out to bat. Looking forward to seeing the reception he gets next time he plays in NZ.
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I'm strongly of the opinion that George Romero is tremendously talented, but not so good at bringing his ideas to fruition (I haven't seen Diary yet, and I'm only a fan of his dead series, don't follow the other stuff that he's done).
The 2004 remake of Dawn was far superior to his 1978 version, including in acting (which isn't saying very much).
I'd much rather he continue to spend his time putting ideas to rough scripts, which other people can wrangle into decent movies.
There are few things more enjoyable than a well done zombie splatter movie.
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And then re-shoot the entire movie.
Your ears must be good that they can see things. Have to get me some of them ;)
Maybe if Hollywood started treating actors like people, rather than fragile glass, they'd start to behave more like it.
No doubt it'd be very expensive once they get to Christian Bale type salaries, but if they started doing it with them before they made a million a movie, they might learn.
Actors aren't the only ones with power in movie-making. Lots of actors would give up a body part to do a certain movie or work with a certain director or producer.
And its terminator IV. We're not talking oscar winning emotional acting here. They needed Bale because Arnie got elected, it's not exactly a franchise built on quality acting.
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Not really seeing your point here -- Peter Jackson got paid US$20 million upfront (against 20% of the net rental income) for King Kong which is chump change compared to what's he earned, one way or the other, for the Rings trilogy.
Umm, it was in the next paragraph:
Obviously I come from a different world, but someone wants to pay that much money for a few month's work, they could have their DP prancing around in a tutu for all I care.
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I'm not splitting hairs, I've just heard 'kick his arse' used in that way so many times in workplaces I don't leap to the assumption that someone is going to get thumped.
Oh what tosh. If you listen to the clip again, you can hear movement as he says that. Either Bale has moved in a threatening way, or the other guy has reacted. It certainly wasn't a "I'm going to kick your arse, haha!" line.
You wouldn't hear that 220 second rant in any normal workplace. Any decent employer would be looking up employment law to find if they could skip warnings and just go straight to the firing stage.
The reason he can get away with it is he's a big time movie star, and that's the world he lives in. Which is why it got released publicly, so people could see what a fuckwit he is, and what he gets away with.
All of which is fine, and people will go see his movies or not, but please don't pretend that it's normal behaviour in the workplace. It was unusual even for Hollywood, and it's something he's been known for before.