How can you tell anyone who loves BTTF to not buy one of those hats? If the seller was a pain in the ass, or the hats are cheap crap that disintegrate on your head, I can understand, but if not, you're not the boss of me!!
No joke, I'm a video editor and that hat is actually on my Amazon wish list. And I care not for your opinions of just how ridiculous I would look in it. Those movies are my childhood.
I'd suppose you'd also say no one should ever gift me the original Power Rangers Megazord that I have pined for since I was 6 or whatever?
It's a sizeable monetary investment, but if you're serious about video at all, a Steadicam will almost instantly transform your shaky, crappy home movies into smooth, beautiful, pro-quality shots.
@Segador: If you're serious about video, but still have to scrape coins for the dollar menu, then perhaps you could check out the Poor Man's Steadicam.
I built one myself, took maybe a couple hours. It's not fantastic, mind you, and it takes some work to figure out how to use the counterweight to your advantage. Used properly, however, it's a significant improvement over....nothing.
@OCEntertainment: For sure. A friend of mine build the same thing with plumbing supplies, and it works. It's not the same as an actual Steadicam, but, yeah, it's a big improvement over hand-held.
Also, you can always go with editing software (you know - a legitimate copy) or screenwriting software. It's one of the few times that it isn't impersonal.
And of course, you can always have a family&friends-wide fund to save up for the good stuff. A $1,000 camera sounds like a lot until you have 10 people chipping in to pay for it.
Whoa whoa whoa... hey now Mark, if the original Street Fighter didn't get your heart pumping, making you wonder if maybe, JUST maybe you were watching the greatest movie of all time, then maybe you've just lost touch with humanity.
Ah how nice to see the times haven't changed. Post a picture of a beautiful (in most peoples opinion) woman and people will crawl out from under their respective rocks to say she is too skinny/too fat/real women don't look like that etc.
She's gorgeous, but the overwhelming feeling I get when I watch that video is sadness - that an intelligent, mature, rich, successful woman feels she has walk around in her underwear and pose like a porn star to feel good about herself and promote her career/make even more money. Assuming she enjoys it, of course; if she hates it and it's just about promotion. . . I can't decide whether that's better or worse! Meh, her decision.
@Diziet_Sma: Not dissing Kate Beckinsale, porn stars - or even hapless men - you understand; just shaking my fist at the patriarchy. Hell, we're all part of it. The discussion below re: Megan Fox, bones, asses, etc? Just as depressing as the video.
@Diziet_Sma: I thought about the same thing. But you know, may be she is just being free to flaunt. It's not like it was Playboy. It's Esquire, and she could have been trying to have fun. She IS attractive after all.
I guess, as a woman, I personally can't think of anything less enjoyable than prancing around in my undies and high heels and having to pretend to feel sexy in front of a crew of (probably male) strangers, while writhing around on a (probably) cold and uncomfortable kitchen work surface (?) knowing that thousands of men will be wanking over the result. I would find that extremely unpleasant, demeaning and unerotic. Most actors and actresses say as much when they have to shoot sex scenes. But, you may be right - each to her own.
@Dr. Evil Genius: Top 1,000? Now, I gotta say, this is easier to say than it is to actually apply to real life. If offered, I wonder how many guys (single and/or willing) would turn her down.
@Slyd3z: most Americans (60% of Americans are obese) do not look like what humans are supposed to look like, physiologically speaking. It's very likely that you are basing your opinion on years of exposure to overweight people. If you live in America, of course.
@UnderLoK: case in point. I don't see ribs and pelvic bones here. She looks smooth, in good health, and shapely... instead of chunky, top-heavy, etc.
@Sean Masters: Or, you could have a distorted view of what constitutes a healthy and/or beautiful appearance. Not only that, but also a bad case of being a generalizing, stereotyping halfwit. And if you watched the video, you would see plenty of exposed bones (not unlike what you see on the "Save the Children" ads; but I'm sure they posses an ideal image to you). 60% of Americans are obese? Probably. I wonder what the percentage of pretentious assholes is where you are?
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agreed. this hat would go over well at some of the, shall we say, "chemically charged" parties i enjoy attending.
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I'd suppose you'd also say no one should ever gift me the original Power Rangers Megazord that I have pined for since I was 6 or whatever?
Fie, I say. Fie!
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As much as I love watching and making movies, the hat is still the coolest thing out of the list.
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I built one myself, took maybe a couple hours. It's not fantastic, mind you, and it takes some work to figure out how to use the counterweight to your advantage. Used properly, however, it's a significant improvement over....nothing.
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Also, you can always go with editing software (you know - a legitimate copy) or screenwriting software. It's one of the few times that it isn't impersonal.
And of course, you can always have a family&friends-wide fund to save up for the good stuff. A $1,000 camera sounds like a lot until you have 10 people chipping in to pay for it.
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#tips
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Or advanced technologies.
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Whoa whoa whoa... hey now Mark, if the original Street Fighter didn't get your heart pumping, making you wonder if maybe, JUST maybe you were watching the greatest movie of all time, then maybe you've just lost touch with humanity.
Jean Claude van Damme for the win, for always.
10/07/09
Way to undo all that hard work.
10/07/09
*sigh*
I guess I'll just go back to turning tricks on street corners, that always seems to perk my spirits up.
10/06/09
How is this different from an ebook?
If they can make them "disposable" where do we "dispose" of them? In the river? What a stupid concept.
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ANA PERU
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I guess, as a woman, I personally can't think of anything less enjoyable than prancing around in my undies and high heels and having to pretend to feel sexy in front of a crew of (probably male) strangers, while writhing around on a (probably) cold and uncomfortable kitchen work surface (?) knowing that thousands of men will be wanking over the result. I would find that extremely unpleasant, demeaning and unerotic. Most actors and actresses say as much when they have to shoot sex scenes. But, you may be right - each to her own.
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She wouldn't make my Top 1,000.
Boney chicks FTL for me.
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@UnderLoK: case in point. I don't see ribs and pelvic bones here. She looks smooth, in good health, and shapely... instead of chunky, top-heavy, etc.
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