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Film & Humor & Intellectual Property 30 May 2006 12:13 pm
Another example …
… of something that will get someone in trouble with the copyright police, but for no good reason. This is an inventive, and very funny mashup of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, called "Star Lords." (Link for broadband only, sorry.)
technorati tags: starwars, lordoftherings, mashup, film
Current Affairs & Environment & Film & Science 25 May 2006 10:38 am
Go see this movie
Yesterday, the movie An Inconvenient Truth was released. Unless you live in LA or NY, it won’t come to a theatre near you until June. I’m definitely going to see it, and I think everyone should, even though many people will think of this as preaching to the converted. You can see the trailer (don’t click on this link unless you have broadband.)
NPR reviewed the film, both in terms of science and art. I have a quibble with the review, but basically it was fair. Rotten Tomatoes is a good place to see a compilation of reviews - most of them are positive.
Al Gore has been an advocate of the environment for a very long time. Although a lot of people are wondering why he didn’t have more influence while he was VP - I think that they are forgetting that, on the whole, the Clinton administration had a very good environmental record, and that Al Gore was not a Dick Cheney (because Bill Clinton was not a George W. Bush.)
Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing it, even though, as all of you know, I already know what it will say.
technorati tags: algore, globalclimate, environment