Green Room - Week 11 - Day 10

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

"It's a twist!"

Whenever I watch M. Night Shyamalan movies these days, I hear that line from Robot Chicken, that seemed to mark the line between the time when public opinion turned on him so well.

The twist on "The Happening" of course was that people showed up expecting a good movie and got that instead. ;)

I haven't seen any of his more recent work, but last night we ended up watching Signs, which I hadn't seen in years.
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I remember when it came out, and people were talking about "the alien movie" and how disappointed they were, much like they were with "the monster movie" The Village.

It always struck me as "interesting" how many people would accept the movie's premise on face value, and not realize that it was going to be about something else entirely. (Spoiler: Signs is about faith)

They would set themselves up for disappointment, when all they wanted was a mindless summer blockbuster, and "the twist" would take them by surprise. Again, and again - until most of that group just ended souring on the writer/director all together and stopped going to see his stuff.

He ended up getting himself cast in the role of the guy with "the twist ending".

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What have your work been cast in? What well do you find yourself going back to, that people "expect" from it? How can you shake them up? Do you even want to?

The poll will be up until tomorrow - so remember to get out there and show some love and support! http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/682110.html

Comments

Kindle question

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

On another note -

Who in here has a Kindle?
Which one do you have?
Do you like it?
Why or why not?

TYVM.

Re: Kindle question

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I have a Kindle Fire. I like it for reading more than for games though it is pretty good for those too. I also like it when I go someplace with free Wifi and don't feel like bringing my laptop along, but want a bigger screen than my iPhone to read the internet on. I am so-so on the keyboard and the auto-suggest words, but nothing is perfect.

Re: Kindle question

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Can you post to LJ on it?

Re: Kindle question

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

As long as I have Internet access yes. I left my kindle at work, but I've used it to read and reply to LJ entries before.

Re: Kindle question

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

cool. thanks. :)

Re: Kindle question

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

I have a kindle keyboard. I love it.

Pros:
+ the e-ink screen is super easy to read
+ the controls are nice and intuitive
+ it is super lightweight, and easy to carry around, even with a case
+ the battery life is amazing. I leave the wifi off except when I'm syncing to get new
books or magazines and I charge it once every two weeks.
+ You can charge it from the wall or from your computer, and either method is nice and easy.


Cons:
- It is *only* an e-reader, really. There's an experimental web browser, but it tends to crash things. If you want it to do anything other than read books, you're out of luck
- Magazines look a lot better on my tablet (on which I have the kindle app) and the touch screen controls make more sense for reading magazines, I think. It's easier to skip around in the table of contents, and you can see the artwork as it was meant to be seen.
- Ditto with .pdf files. I've got a bunch of .pdf crochet patterns on my kindle, and they are WAY easier to read on the tablet than the actual e-ink device.

Re: Kindle question

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

Re: Kindle question

[n3m3sis42.livejournal.com]

Ditto to all of this. I kind of want a Kindle Paperwhite really badly, but at the same time I'm scared it won't be as awesome as the super-inexpensive Kindle I already have.