Someone made a box that takes a picture every ten seconds and then mails it at the post office. They took the photos and then put it together as a movie. Check it out at http://www.timknowles.co.uk
[Link courtesy of Neatorama]
June 2007 Archives
I finally took the plunge and did a sailing certification class so I could rent my own boat for the fall sailing trips. I got back from the class on Friday. It all went pretty smooth except the last docking procedure was a little ugly due to some very high winds. I can't wait to go sailing in the fall. Maybe I can convince some friends to make a trip up to Bayfield later this summer.
A few weeks ago I was alerted to the fact that I was using the phrase " the Lion's Share" far too often. When asked about what the cliche might mean I was at a loss. It turns out that it comes from Aesop's Fables. Thanks to google I got a quick explanation. Turns out the Lion's Share is 75% and speaks too the Lion's sense of entitlement.
The Lion went once a-hunting along with the Fox, the Jackal, and the Wolf. They hunted and they hunted 'til at last they surprised a Stag, and soon took its life. Then came the question how the spoil should be divided. "Quarter me this Stag," roared the Lion; so the other animals skinned it and cut it into four parts. Then the Lion took his stand in front of the carcass and pronounced judgment: The first quarter is for me in my capacity as King of Beasts; the second is mine as arbiter; another share comes to me for my part in the chase; and as for the fourth quarter, well, as for that, I should like to see which of you will dare to lay a paw upon it."
"Humph," grumbled the Fox as he walked away with his tail between his legs; but he spoke in a low growl ."You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil."
[The Lion's Share]
Where were you last Thursday night?
If you weren't at the Riverview Theater to see the local screening of Raiders you missed out on something pretty cool.
A couple of years ago I read a few news items about a couple of kids who made a scene for scene version of Raiders of the Lost Ark . They were 12 when they started and they finished at age 19. [Read more at Harry's Reviews, Wired and MPR] I immediately wanted to see the movie, but figured it would never get released as it would be impossible to clear the rights given that it was a derived work from a major studio. Fast forward to last week when I get an IM from some guy who said it was playing at the Riverview Theater and did I want to check it out. You bet I did, it had been years since I had seen the original news story.
The file was $10 a head, $8 if you came in costume. One guy showed up with a quite convincing Jones get-up and cracked a whip over the audience to start the show. I decided against the costume myself.
When the movie started with it's crappy distorted color and some obviously very young kids walking through a forest I was a little worried it was going to be awful. It didn't take much time for the production values to fade away. I spent the rest of the movie completely blown away at how faithful these kids were to the original movie and how they had copied the entire movie in an obsessive way that reflected a kind of love of the original movie bordering on a sick compulsion. It was a thing of beauty.
I don't know how these kids survived the filming. The fire scenes were painful to watch as a parent wondering how the kids didn't manage to burn their house down.
The movie was fun. It didn't add a lot to the original classic other than the fact that when the Harrison Ford lines are said by a teenager you realize exactly how stupendously ridiculous they actually are.
They only show the film for charity events as a way to keep from butting heads with the studio lawyers. If you have a chance to see this film jump at it.
