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[bironic]

I'm glad they posted the Vividcon panels after I'd downgraded from attending to supporting. So many of them sound excellent, I would have been tempted to spend money I shouldn't spend. Especially Cuts Both Ways, Structure, Feedback, Timing, Use of Clips. And Lyrical Interpretation. And Using Vids in Class. And and

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[anoel]

I'll take a lot of notes but I still wish you were coming! Save for next year :)

[bironic]

For sure. I had a pattern of coming every other year but now that's broken. Oops.

Your notes = super thorough and I am looking forward to them!

[browngirl]

GOTG is the rare movie that's better than the trailer: I think the trailers were assembled by a Fanboy of the urky variety, but the movie was cowritten by a woman and directed by someone who seems to remember it's not just White guys who are people. I found it flipping hilarious, after the opening scene (which is necessary backstory but vv sad. Just endure, it gets much better. Wait for the dancing.)

ALSO, you are totally right about the LEGO movie.

[bironic]

Ah, thanks for the opinion and additional detail! Sounds like everyone has seen it already; maybe I'll just pop over one weeknight when nothing's going on and check it out.

[elfy]

The animation in Rango was amaaaaaazing, really.

Have you seen Snowpiercer?

[bironic]

Have not. It sounded interesting at first, but now I'm less sure. Will probably wait until it's available on DVD/streaming. Did you? What did you think?

[elfy]

I saw it in a small cinema here in town and I honestly loved it. And it's that kind of love that grows over time, as I am getting more and more fond of it, even if I didn't have the chance to rewatch it. It is very brutal and in some scenes feels like a theatre play (especially in the beginning). But for some reason, I really, really liked it.
There are people who take it literally, don't bother to see it as the allegory it is and for them, the movie fails. They critisize stupid things, like the impossibility of the train needing one year to surround earth or the meat/food production on the train ... but all I can say is, they didn't get it.
Curiously I just found a really, really, really good tumblr post/article on the movie, who explains the allegory behind it. It spoils the movie *heavily* and I would recommend not reading it until you saw the movie, but it's really worth a read afterward.http://elucipher.tumblr.com/post/91587404065/meta-

[thirdblindmouse]

Anoel takes great notes, and I intend to take notes on all the panels I am not modding. That reminds me, I ought to buy a new notebook before I go.

Guardians of the Galaxy was ok. I think it depends on the environment you see it in and what mood you're in. I wasn't too wowed, but the people I saw it with were laughing the entire time. I got the impression I would have liked it better without the living laugh track, so that the humor could have gradually built up. Chris Pratt was good in his role.

[bironic]

Cool - thanks for the description. I suspect I will share your lukewarm reaction, but am open to being surprised.

Thank you from at least one person if you do take notes. And good luck with the modding and the premiering! If you finished the vid I think you finished, I am so looking forward to watching it.