Comments for Mike Fullerton's blog http://blog.mikefullerton.com photography. wisecracks. life. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:41:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on On the opening day of San Fermin (an old poem I wrote) by Mike Fullerton http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikefullertoncomments/~3/XvduDxw_jy8/ Mike Fullerton Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:41:01 +0000 http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2010/02/08/on-the-opening-day-of-san-fermin-an-old-poem-i-wrote/#comment-3224 btw, this is essentially a true story. http://www.sanfermin.com/index.php/en/la-fiesta/otros-ritos/la-fuente-de-navarreria btw, this is essentially a true story.

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]]> http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2010/02/08/on-the-opening-day-of-san-fermin-an-old-poem-i-wrote/comment-page-1/#comment-3224 Comment on Thoughts on District 9 by Mike Fullerton http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikefullertoncomments/~3/ZO4JwkspJ4o/ Mike Fullerton Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:23:44 +0000 http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2009/08/30/thoughts-on-district-9/#comment-3214 Hi Chan, Thanks for the comment. However, I don't agree with you. I don't think the movie was racist. In fact this is a very surprising point of view simply because one of the main themes of the movie is about how evil prejudice and ignorance is. I think you may have missed one of the main points of the movie by a very large margin. Also, all movies borrow from each other. All fiction borrows from other fiction. If you judge your movies on THAT then you're going never enjoy another work of fiction ever again. This is simply not a criteria for judging the movie, or any work of fiction. The fact is that it told a good story. And told it well. With regards to the setting being in South Africa, I really don't think that really was an integral part of the movie. It could have really taken place anywhere in the world. From my point of view, South Africa's role in the movie is largely irrelevant. It could have be in Rio, Hong Kong, Cairo, or NYC. And the comment about the World cup seems a simply bizarre. IMHO, with all due respect, I think the movie challenge you, and you didn't like what it brought up for you. It touched a nerve. Fine. I don't live in South Africa, and have never been there, so I get why this may be the case. I'm not telling you to react differently to it. You're entitled to your feelings about it, but to sit there and say that it was racist and unoriginal, and say it was a bad movie based on that, really destroys the credibility of what you're saying. Seriously. You didn't like it. Fine - say that. That I respect. Hi Chan,
Thanks for the comment. However, I don’t agree with you.

I don’t think the movie was racist. In fact this is a very surprising point of view simply because one of the main themes of the movie is about how evil prejudice and ignorance is. I think you may have missed one of the main points of the movie by a very large margin.

Also, all movies borrow from each other. All fiction borrows from other fiction. If you judge your movies on THAT then you’re going never enjoy another work of fiction ever again. This is simply not a criteria for judging the movie, or any work of fiction. The fact is that it told a good story. And told it well.

With regards to the setting being in South Africa, I really don’t think that really was an integral part of the movie. It could have really taken place anywhere in the world. From my point of view, South Africa’s role in the movie is largely irrelevant. It could have be in Rio, Hong Kong, Cairo, or NYC. And the comment about the World cup seems a simply bizarre.

IMHO, with all due respect, I think the movie challenge you, and you didn’t like what it brought up for you. It touched a nerve. Fine. I don’t live in South Africa, and have never been there, so I get why this may be the case. I’m not telling you to react differently to it. You’re entitled to your feelings about it, but to sit there and say that it was racist and unoriginal, and say it was a bad movie based on that, really destroys the credibility of what you’re saying. Seriously.

You didn’t like it. Fine – say that. That I respect.

]]> http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2009/08/30/thoughts-on-district-9/comment-page-1/#comment-3214 Comment on Thoughts on District 9 by Chan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikefullertoncomments/~3/iEHksdEiZ1Y/ Chan Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:30:18 +0000 http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2009/08/30/thoughts-on-district-9/#comment-3213 I thought the movie was one of the worst I'd seen this year. Not only was it completely unoriginal, it was also racist, and, in the context of post-apartheid South Africa, nothing more than pro-white propaganda. All the movie does is reinforce the existing stereotypes of the role Nigerians play in South African society, and the idea of a white Afrikaner saviour - much like the the settlers who thought they would "save the indigenous people". Within the current socio-political climate in South Africa, I find it quite telling that Blomkamp has not one strong black character or hero in his movie. One day people will sit back, look at this movie objectively, and ask themselves why the hype machine is working over-time on Distric 9. Could it be because we'll be hosting the World Cup next year and they're trying to get the world excited about all things South African? I honestly can't understand why any self-respecting movie fan would think this movie is good. When I stopped thinking about how bad District 9 was, I reminded of all the movies it borrowed from: The Fly, Transformers, RoboCop, The Terminator. I thought the movie was one of the worst I’d seen this year. Not only was it completely unoriginal, it was also racist, and, in the context of post-apartheid South Africa, nothing more than pro-white propaganda. All the movie does is reinforce the existing stereotypes of the role Nigerians play in South African society, and the idea of a white Afrikaner saviour – much like the the settlers who thought they would “save the indigenous people”. Within the current socio-political climate in South Africa, I find it quite telling that Blomkamp has not one strong black character or hero in his movie.

One day people will sit back, look at this movie objectively, and ask themselves why the hype machine is working over-time on Distric 9. Could it be because we’ll be hosting the World Cup next year and they’re trying to get the world excited about all things South African?

I honestly can’t understand why any self-respecting movie fan would think this movie is good.

When I stopped thinking about how bad District 9 was, I reminded of all the movies it borrowed from: The Fly, Transformers, RoboCop, The Terminator.

]]> http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2009/08/30/thoughts-on-district-9/comment-page-1/#comment-3213 Comment on Still working through my pictures from Maui… by Mike Fullerton http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikefullertoncomments/~3/eBcliuPrCw8/ Mike Fullerton Wed, 13 May 2009 21:06:41 +0000 http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2009/01/30/still-working-through-my-pictures-from-maui/#comment-3212 Haw haw. It's funny because it's true. Haw haw. It’s funny because it’s true.

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]]> http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2008/04/19/mac-blogging-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-3210 Comment on WTF is my @#$% machine doing!? How to figure this out. by u http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikefullertoncomments/~3/P6-zIXJDWi4/ u Wed, 13 May 2009 00:06:00 +0000 http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/2007/02/24/WTFIsMyMachineDoingHowToFigureThisOut.aspx#comment-3206 Easiest and quickest and cheapest solution first: try and see if Xubuntu floats your boat. Hardest solution is to fight Vista. The problem is that it's soo fat that not even Microsoft have a complete overview of all the things it does. (They built it too fast for them to keep track) Easiest and quickest and cheapest solution first: try and see if Xubuntu floats your boat.

Hardest solution is to fight Vista. The problem is that it’s soo fat that not even
Microsoft have a complete overview of all the things it does. (They built it too
fast for them to keep track)

]]> http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2007/02/24/wtf-is-my-machine-doing-how-to-figure-this-out/comment-page-1/#comment-3206 Comment on Mac Blogging Tools by Fab Filippini http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikefullertoncomments/~3/1y8-i0HLN00/ Fab Filippini Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:44:29 +0000 http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/2008/04/19/MacBloggingTools.aspx#comment-3162 Mike, I'm dying to know if you've had any problems getting ecto to work with your DasBlog? I've recently moved over to a Mac from Windows (I also swore by LiveWriter), but now I'm hoping to use ecto, but for the life of me I can't get it to post. I keep getting an error about the mt_allow_comments being a string and not an integer. Kind Regards Fab PS Great blog by the way! Mike,
I’m dying to know if you’ve had any problems getting ecto to work with your DasBlog?
I’ve recently moved over to a Mac from Windows (I also swore by LiveWriter), but now I’m hoping to use ecto, but for the life of me I can’t get it to post. I keep getting an error about the mt_allow_comments being a string and not an integer.
Kind Regards
Fab
PS
Great blog by the way!

]]> http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2008/04/19/mac-blogging-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-3162 Comment on Still working through my pictures from Maui… by Reeves Little http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikefullertoncomments/~3/8AxjIS4r2Pg/ Reeves Little Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:49:59 +0000 http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2009/01/30/still-working-through-my-pictures-from-maui/#comment-3077 They should be ready in time for your 25th anniversary. :) They should be ready in time for your 25th anniversary. :)

]]> http://blog.mikefullerton.com/2009/01/30/still-working-through-my-pictures-from-maui/comment-page-1/#comment-3077 Comment on Teddy is a Shinese puppy by Heather http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikefullertoncomments/~3/0BlOLCi573c/ Heather Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:10:18 +0000 http://www.mikefullerton.com/blog/2008/02/20/TeddyIsAShinesePuppy.aspx#comment-3058 I actually just bought a shihtzu/pekingenese mix today. I came home to google some information about her, but I couldn't find a thing like you! The place where I bought her called her a "pekeshu", but googling that comes up with nothing. Mine looks a lot like yours. How big is your dog now? I actually just bought a shihtzu/pekingenese mix today. I came home to google some information about her, but I couldn’t find a thing like you! The place where I bought her called her a “pekeshu”, but googling that comes up with nothing. Mine looks a lot like yours. How big is your dog now?

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