Is There Such A Thing As A Final Cut? 475
heidi writes "There's an insightful article over at CNN's entertainment section about the tinkering of recent cultural history. Apparently, there is no such thing as a final draft any more, and author Todd Leopold does a great job of showing how this is revisionist history at its, well, oddest. Aside from the many examples he cites, such as the 'new' Capote novel and the changing of Star Wars to show that Greedo shot first, i can think of the 'new' Camus novel that i read a few years ago and the way that The Wizard of Oz had the 'ding dong the witch is dead' song edited out. In an era where our entertainment has come to define us and to fill, however (un)completely, the spiritual void that we inherited from the Boomers, messing with our stories isn't necessarily a positive thing, creative genius aside."
Next into the editing room (Score:3, Funny)
Now that Geoge Takei [imdb.com] has come out [mercurynews.com], there will probably be some revision of Star Trek films [imdb.com] for some Red States, where it's still illegal to be a homosexual starship commander.
"Make it the commander Ronald Reagan."
Wha? (Score:5, Funny)
I recognize all of these words individually, but strung together like this they make absolutely no sense.
(oh, and Han shot first...in bed.)
Mox
Yes, there is a final cut (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, there is! (Score:2, Funny)
In Related News... (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, there almost always is (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I must have missed something (Score:2, Funny)
Hillary Clinton got offended.
Re:I must have missed something (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I must have missed something (Score:3, Funny)
Obligatory Simpson's Quote (Score:5, Funny)
History is 5 nines irrelevant (Score:4, Funny)
Do we ever learn that politicians are liars?
Do we ever learn that war is worthwhile?
Do we ever learn to marry the right person at the right time?
Do we ever learn to stop making video games about blockbuster movies?
To me, change is good. As a society, my fellow citizens are more and more unable to adapt. Look at steel tariffs and help desk outsourcing.
Our best 0.001% of anything never need changes. The rest is dust in the wind. Take an imperfect story, product or relationship and keep redoing it unitil it is perfect for the parties involved. Future generations should do the same.
That's why I hate copyright, patents and government licensing.
oh sure (Score:4, Funny)
Well, MOST of the time (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I must have missed something (Score:5, Funny)
When the MPAA and studio initially refused to comply, the ADLPotMA representative turned the MPAA lawyer into a newt - a change many felt was for the better.
Re:At the risk of a rantfest: IP's the problem (Score:5, Funny)
I knew it had been there, and I even knew I was misremembering it.
Too bad
Re:Pink Floyd (Score:5, Funny)
Re:History is 5 nines irrelevant (Score:5, Funny)
Let's review this post:
The title and hook use a trendy geek term "five nines" to make a sweeping and unsubstantiated generalization.
The post is arranged as a series of bullets, rather than actual ideas. This way placid mods aren't compelled to think about what's being written.
The bullets moan about the condition of society, which 99.999% of people agree with, and suggest that "change is good," which 99.999% of people also agree with. It sounds like a stump speech, but most
And he wraps it up by saying he hates IP, which 99.999% of
None of it actually makes any sense but that doesn't matter to a karma whore!
Re:I must have missed something (Score:2, Funny)
And how could they tell the difference, exactly?
Re:There's an old saying... (Score:3, Funny)
Not anymore, we've revised it. Please throw away your old history books.
We've renamed Commodus too, too many jokes. His new name is Urinalus.
Re:Some works are permanent and forever (Score:2, Funny)
Whoah! Careful there, DV. You start saying things like the the Bible contains metaphors and thematic exercises and you're gonna get a nasty-gram from Pat Robertson. ;-)
Re:My Brain! The goggles, they do nothing!!!!! (Score:1, Funny)
You (eyes glazed over): This is not the scene where Han shoots first.