ELS Autoblog

I know this blog is not a confession box, but I find myself involuntarily telling more about myself that I would probably ever tell in face to face conversation. My apologies, but it cannot be helped. My confession is that I have never taken any sort of film analysis class and I haven’t thought about movies beyond whether or not I like them. I love movies but have never paid attention to the details such as we have been doing in class. Hopefully I will get better at this analysis thing as the semester progresses, but until then I shall have to start where I can. The following is my attempt to delve into the mysterious and crafty minds of our friends The Coen Brothers:
Miller’s Crossing—a movie I had not even heard of nonetheless seen before this class. Previously, the only Coen Brothers films I have […]

Original post by kcannon

Pandora versus Last.fm
The two sites have similarities such as the user will name a band that they are a fan of, and in return the site suggests other bands that have a similar sound to the band that the user is already familiar with.  In general, it is a great way to discover new bands that the user is almost guaranteed to enjoy.
Pandora bookmarks bands or songs that the user types in, and plays a song by the band that has the band’s sound.  Then goes through and plays other bands that have a similar sound and the user can decide whether or not they like the song with a thumbs up or down.  Unfortunately, you can’t type in an exact song you wish to hear and you can only skip so many songs in the given amount of time.
Last.fm on the other hand has a client that the user […]

Original post by Amanda

“Computer games don’t affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we’d all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.” -Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
I find this quote far too amusing…. MAGIC!

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Really? ‘Cause who eats yogert in bathrooms anyway?

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Movies versus Literature
Movies being discussed is fairly normal, most everyone watches movies.  As for literature, it is not discussed nearly as often.  Your average person has no problem going and watching a movie, it doesn’t take much effort to watch a movie.  Yet the average person is not as concerned with reading literature, too much effort to read for some.  Reading requires someone to use their imagination, and to think (I know, Oh wow, You HAVE to think?!).  As much as I enjoy a good movie, it does not usually take as much effort to follow the plot.  To watch a movie, you don’t have to imagine how the characters move and speak.  To read, you try to picture how the characters look, move, and speak. Essentially, movies are discussed more than literature because people are lazy. You can watch tons of movies in a day and it’s not too […]

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