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Comment Avatar: it's so awful (Score 1) 66

He keeps making them, and they're just so bad. I'm surprised the stereotypical white male bad guys don't have black mustaches that they twirl when contemplating evil. Never mind the "noble savage" meme with the silly random spirituality bolted on.
They're about as subtle as a brick to the face, and just as enjoyable.

The guy can make movies. He just chooses to do this weird preachy gobbledygook.

Comment Re:Glad I didn't buy a new one. (Score 1) 80

There's an irony here. The first real pirated media usage and use of DVDs came about because of the lack of streaming options.

Now there are tons of streaming options, and I'm once more seeing people move to DVD/BLu-Ray/physical media and pirated media due to streaming options mutating into privacy sucking money holes.

Comment Re:This is Texas (Score 1) 80

I just checked the chat to find thefirst "but whattabout" post.
I wish people would stop doing this. I agree with Texas' stance on this. I don't agree with their stance on other things. But we're not discussing other things.
At the risk of bringing up Goodwin's law: It's like people pointing out that Hitler liked dogs. That in and of itself is a good thing. My saying I like that stance doesn't mean I support Hitler.

Comment Re:we have to many Ph.D's and when you need to do (Score 2) 62

cooperation generally does not drive people to do better nearly as fast as harnessing a natural human trait- competition. It can cause people to excel when they normally wouldn't have.
Of course, like anything, this can be taken to unhealthy and counterproductive extremes.

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