Comments on: 300 Second Life Press Conference http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:03:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Eva Angelina http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-1165070 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:34:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-1165070 <strong>Eva Angelina...</strong> ... Eva Angelina…

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]]> by: Liam Kanno http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-102158 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:11:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-102158 Cool. I'm so happy that thousands had a chance to experience the Silverscreen sim. Dannyboy Lightfoot and his team over at the Picture Production Company did an amazing job pulling together a major event like this, and I am very pleased they had the confidence in the V3 Group to build the Silverscreen sim and reform it for the Warner Brothers 300 Movie Junket. I think it really shows how useful Second Life can be in terms of distributing environments in a new way to an audience. Cool. I’m so happy that thousands had a chance to experience the Silverscreen sim. Dannyboy Lightfoot and his team over at the Picture Production Company did an amazing job pulling together a major event like this, and I am very pleased they had the confidence in the V3 Group to build the Silverscreen sim and reform it for the Warner Brothers 300 Movie Junket. I think it really shows how useful Second Life can be in terms of distributing environments in a new way to an audience.

]]> by: 300 in Second Life: Bringing something new to the virtual table at NevilleHobson.com http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-92372 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:54:13 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-92372 [...] That seemed pretty clear from the torrent of questions that came thick and fast in open chat almost from the moment the event kicked off. Subsequent posts in online media channels indicate that - from Larry Carroll at MTV.com, for instance, and this one from Heidi McDonald at The Beat&#160;- although not everyone agrees&#160;(DiamondDog DuCasse at The Times Online is one who seems disappointed). [...] […] That seemed pretty clear from the torrent of questions that came thick and fast in open chat almost from the moment the event kicked off. Subsequent posts in online media channels indicate that - from Larry Carroll at MTV.com, for instance, and this one from Heidi McDonald at The Beat - although not everyone agrees (DiamondDog DuCasse at The Times Online is one who seems disappointed). […]

]]> by: Michele R. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-92346 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:56:21 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-92346 How many of females buying tickets, texting, emailing, phoning, and shouting will it take for the press et al to figure out that GERARD BUTLER is the reason 300 is successful? We women have it figured out. It seems Warner Bros. has figured it out as well. It is ALL ABOUT GERRY, guys. Too bad there isn't a gender breakdown on the $70+ million kickass boxoffice of last weekend. Maybe you boys will understand that women will pay a lot of money to see GERRY in anything. Angel, I'm with you. MORE GERRY PLEASE! Thank you Warner Bros. for figuring it out. Cheers; Michele R. How many of females buying tickets, texting, emailing, phoning, and shouting will it take for the press et al to figure out that GERARD BUTLER is the reason 300 is successful? We women have it figured out. It seems Warner Bros. has figured it out as well.
It is ALL ABOUT GERRY, guys.

Too bad there isn’t a gender breakdown on the $70+ million kickass boxoffice of last weekend. Maybe you boys will understand that women will pay a lot of money to see GERRY in anything.

Angel, I’m with you. MORE GERRY PLEASE!
Thank you Warner Bros. for figuring it out.

Cheers;

Michele R.

]]> by: sachi Vixen http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-91290 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:02:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-91290 The custom avatars were made by myself and my Second Life business partner Damen Gorilla, owners of Second Life store adam n eve The custom avatars were made by myself and my Second Life business partner Damen Gorilla, owners of Second Life store adam n eve

]]> by: adam n eve » Blog Archive » This is Sparta!... http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-91289 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:00:29 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-91289 [...] MTV review Times Online review Moviehole review The Beat Second Life Insider [...] […] MTV review Times Online review Moviehole review The Beat Second Life Insider […]

]]> by: Marilyn (Angel) http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-91105 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:59:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-91105 Being a Gerard (Gerry Butler) fan, I went to see 300 at the earliest date and time it showed here in Georgia. What puzzles me, as does so many of Gerry fans, is that the press et al, can't wrap their brains around WHY 300 is such a hit. IT'S GERRY....DUHHHH!!!! I, and many females are not particular about this type of movie....all dark and gloomy, blood and guts, etc. etc...., but we WILL GO SEE GERRY every time this hunk decides to show his CHICK MAGNETIC FACE with TRACTOR BEAM EYES, on a SCREEN...big or small screen. MORE GERRY PLEASE. Thanks, Angel Being a Gerard (Gerry Butler) fan, I went to see 300 at the earliest date and time it showed here in Georgia.

What puzzles me, as does so many of Gerry fans, is that the press et al, can’t wrap their brains around WHY 300 is such a hit. IT’S GERRY….DUHHHH!!!!

I, and many females are not particular about this type of movie….all dark and gloomy, blood and guts, etc. etc…., but we WILL GO SEE GERRY every time this hunk decides to show his CHICK MAGNETIC FACE with TRACTOR BEAM EYES, on a SCREEN…big or small screen.

MORE GERRY PLEASE.

Thanks,

Angel

]]> by: Tim O'Neil http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-91088 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:48:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-91088 I've been talking about this <a href="http://whenwillthehurtingstop.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.html#9024945957843587608" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://whenwillthehurtingstop.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.html#8952554950773514320" rel="nofollow">here</a>; not surprisingly, it's not an angle that seems to be getting a lot of attention from the film's backers. Which is NOT to imply that if you like the movie you are necessarily a fascist sympathizer, just that I have yet to see the argument successfully or even seriously rebutted anywhere. The uncritical acceptance of these ideas makes me really uncomfortable with our culture in general. I’ve been talking about this here and here; not surprisingly, it’s not an angle that seems to be getting a lot of attention from the film’s backers. Which is NOT to imply that if you like the movie you are necessarily a fascist sympathizer, just that I have yet to see the argument successfully or even seriously rebutted anywhere. The uncritical acceptance of these ideas makes me really uncomfortable with our culture in general.

]]> by: Natalia http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-89637 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:53:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-89637 Oh dear... I won't get into the supposed politics of "300." I worn out. Ravished. Ravaged. No more... But SIGUR ROS? *thud* I might have to drop my boyfriend for this man after all! We can listen to "Staralfur" and be soulful together. Hardy har har! Oh dear… I won’t get into the supposed politics of “300.” I worn out. Ravished. Ravaged. No more…

But SIGUR ROS? *thud* I might have to drop my boyfriend for this man after all! We can listen to “Staralfur” and be soulful together. Hardy har har!

]]> by: Thomas Gerhardt http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-89561 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:05:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/16/300-second-life-press-conference/#comment-89561 May I ask the round here something about that movie? I have just seen it and prior to watching it myself I was very cautious about the criticisms leveled against the film from the left or the right, or if Xerxes was portrayed as a poof or not. I own the book and thought it was a nice, if vastly overrated short story with little depth of interesting characters, primarily working as a showcase for Miller's hyper-stylised art. In other words: trash. Fun trash, yes, but trash nonetheless. But now that I have watched the film, I noticed something: 300 is the best fascist film since "Triumph of the Will", played on an almost Riefenstahlian canvas. Some of the shots are straight out of her "Olympia" film from 1936. ALL Greeks are in top shape and the shots of them fighting owe a LOT to Riefenstahl's portrayal of the Aryan athletes in her Olympia film, down to the slow-motion and the shots from down below against the sky, all of them are shot in that loving Aryan light, Gerald Butler's performance reminds me a LOT of Hitler's speeches, even with his "This! is! Sparta!" It is a mixture of barking and keeping a very rhythmic speech pattern introduced by Hitler. Take a look at old Hitler speeches. It is very much in line with his speech pattern. The Persians are ALL monsters and black men. (you know, evil-looking black men). And a poof. It's like Todd Browning's "Freaks" on parade. There's a Frankenstein monster, some ghouls with gray faces and apparently black blood, there's a fat monster with its arms chopped off and replaced by scythes, there are amputee whores, both male and female… and Xerxes doesn't know that blue eyeshadow on a man will always look tacky. But the undercurrent of Riefenstahlian imagery is what disturbs me the most. Perhaps, and I will concede this, it is because I am half-German and have been raised in both England and Germany and have studied the rise of fascism in my father's country for years, but this disturbs me.... May I ask the round here something about that movie? I have just seen it and prior to watching it myself I was very cautious about the criticisms leveled against the film from the left or the right, or if Xerxes was portrayed as a poof or not. I own the book and thought it was a nice, if vastly overrated short story with little depth of interesting characters, primarily working as a showcase for Miller’s hyper-stylised art.

In other words: trash. Fun trash, yes, but trash nonetheless.

But now that I have watched the film, I noticed something: 300 is the best fascist film since “Triumph of the Will”, played on an almost Riefenstahlian canvas. Some of the shots are straight out of her “Olympia” film from 1936. ALL Greeks are in top shape and the shots of them fighting owe a LOT to Riefenstahl’s portrayal of the Aryan athletes in her Olympia film, down to the slow-motion and the shots from down below against the sky, all of them are shot in that loving Aryan light,

Gerald Butler’s performance reminds me a LOT of Hitler’s speeches, even with his “This! is! Sparta!” It is a mixture of barking and keeping a very rhythmic speech pattern introduced by Hitler. Take a look at old Hitler speeches. It is very much in line with his speech pattern.

The Persians are ALL monsters and black men. (you know, evil-looking black men). And a poof. It’s like Todd Browning’s “Freaks” on parade. There’s a Frankenstein monster, some ghouls with gray faces and apparently black blood, there’s a fat monster with its arms chopped off and replaced by scythes, there are amputee whores, both male and female… and Xerxes doesn’t know that blue eyeshadow on a man will always look tacky.

But the undercurrent of Riefenstahlian imagery is what disturbs me the most.

Perhaps, and I will concede this, it is because I am half-German and have been raised in both England and Germany and have studied the rise of fascism in my father’s country for years, but this disturbs me….

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