For Great Justice http://www.forgreatjustice.ca Random musings Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:49:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 I fail at blogging! http://www.forgreatjustice.ca/2012/03/i-fail-at-blogging/ http://www.forgreatjustice.ca/2012/03/i-fail-at-blogging/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:49:53 +0000 nfg http://forgreatjustice.blogs.kodekoan.com/?p=565 So I last posted in… October?

Stuff to blog since then:

  • Montreal
  • Movie reviews (Tintin, Margin Call, Moneyball)
  • Gottacon
  • Becoming a Burnabarian

For shame, self!

]]> http://www.forgreatjustice.ca/2012/03/i-fail-at-blogging/feed/ 0 Librarians in the Branch Library of Babel http://www.forgreatjustice.ca/2011/10/librarians-in-the-branch-library-of-babel/ http://www.forgreatjustice.ca/2011/10/librarians-in-the-branch-library-of-babel/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:21:02 +0000 nfg http://forgreatjustice.blogs.kodekoan.com/?p=556 Continue reading →]]> Because it must be shared: Librarians in the Branch Library of Babel, by Shaenon K. Garrity. I’ve never read Moby Dick, but I don’t think it’s strictly required to enjoy the story.

(Because the “Related Posts” plugin didn’t pick it up, let it be known that Miss Garrity rocks my socks. Artie!)

]]> http://www.forgreatjustice.ca/2011/10/librarians-in-the-branch-library-of-babel/feed/ 1 The Three Musketeers (2011) http://www.forgreatjustice.ca/2011/10/the-three-musketeers-2011/ http://www.forgreatjustice.ca/2011/10/the-three-musketeers-2011/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:07:14 +0000 nfg http://forgreatjustice.blogs.kodekoan.com/?p=549 Continue reading →]]> Today work took everyone to the theatre to watch the new version of The Three Musketeers. I really enjoyed it! It wasn’t great — 2D characters, random accents — but I was entertained pretty much the entire way through. Awesome locales (Venis! Paris!), sword fights, crazy steampunk weaponry and gadgets… what else do you need? And it doesn’t help that I’m a sucker for Milla Jovovich…

Also: I think I figured out why 3D generally sucks. Before the film was a trailer for the 3D-converted Star Wars movies. If you think about it, there are two different 3D effects: images that appear in front of the screen, and images that appear deep within the screen. The Star Wars clips did the former, which totally makes sense — because you can’t reveal any additional background (without digitally inserting new background, anyway), popping out is the only way you can go. But the Three Musketeers was filmed in 3D, and most of the elements were deep in the frame. And that’s actually pretty easy to watch, relatively subtle, and it makes long shots look incredibly awesome.

Anyway, 3D is no longer a dirty word. “Upconverted” is. Boo, George Lucas!

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And besides, this is a catchy song.

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