Language Liberalism Freethought Birds
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
On the DVD of The Island, in the featurette, one of the special effects guys just told us how they were going to replace the expensive physical jet-bike with CG... becauseThat way we don't have to worry about safety, or physics, interfering with the action.Can't say he doesn't admit it.
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I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 12:51 PM, November 19, 2006
Barry Leiba had this to say...
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At 6:55 PM, November 19, 2006
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Did you actually like the movie?
I found the premise to be interesting, and was hopeful... but then when the main characters figured out the real situation within a half hour and the film degenerated into a loud chase-fest, with hummers and guns and great dialogue like, "Go-go-go!" and "Move-move-move!", I decided it was pretty stupid.
Well, for what it was, it wasn't bad. The premise was intriguing - even important - and it's too bad they turned it into a summer action flick. Still, to be honest, any film with Ewan McGregor or Scarlett Johansson, let alone both of them, would have to be really bad for me not to like it.
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