Since Nothing’s New
November 26th, 2005 by Warren
Figured I’d go ahead and bust the shrink wrap off my little corner of this thing. And since I don’t have any projects ready for launch, I’ll go ahead and put up some exposition. My goal is to use this (semi) regularly to air out things. And who knows it may just aid in breaking the back of something I’ve gotten stuck on. Also the current plans include a couple of comics that I need to get out of my system, but those will come when they come I guess.
So the title of this post is consciously ironic, in that of course this is my first post to this plog, but it does hold a relevance.
Groo was telling me the other day about how researchers have developed a working six bit quantum computer, which means they can almost house a classic Nintendo Entertainment Sytem on an atom. So while there is a possibility that I’ll be able to save the Princess, or find the last key in the left eye of the skull cave, through an electron microscope in my lifetime.
We still live in a world with only twenty basic plots for story telling. Now where as someone a lot smarter than myself might through enough critical thought break the code in order to find one that’s missing. Honestly I’m good with what we’ve already got. In telling a story it’s really the how and not the what that gets peoples interests up. At least it’s what sparks my interest.
Take this example: A rich guy no one likes is seen on his deathbed, a crowd around him. He mutters his last words, but people aren’t sure what he’s on about. A reporter gets interested and researches his life, to figure out the riddle.
Looking at that, it seems it might be hard to come up with two hours of material for a movie. And harder still to have it be a perennial all time favorite film. That is if you don’t take into account the voice of the creator behind the work.
So instead of a three line drab description, we as an audience received this amazing and fulfilling experience of a film. Thanks solely to Orson Welles’ amazing abilities in telling that story. It’s the way he got you to look at this thing, and the way he weaved the elements that made it so great. Not what the elements were.
Wow I guess making references to fifty-four year old movies is probably not the hippest way I could kick my brand new work log. I was twenty years old when this became my favorite Orson Welles performance. Prior to that he was the old guy that did the voice of Unicron. This has totally derailed, I’m going to sign off.
December 2nd, 2005 at 8:30 am
Humorously enough, there’s an article reference on Slashdot today that says that an Austrian university’s lab has created the world’s first quantum byte. Just figured I’d mention it.
December 2nd, 2005 at 11:54 am
Break out the tin foil hats. We’re not far from accidentally inhaling nano death machines. In the future dissidents will be handled quickly and silently.