Smarty Party in Hardy

[ehowton]

Recently I posted concerning the building of ubunutu server 8.10 Intrepid and the joys and failure of apt-get as it concerned Gallery 2. I was finally able to correct the rebuilding of the thumbnails by cranking the amount of memory PHP is allowed to use to 64MB (though it didn't touch nearly half of that) and I finally fixed all the PHP smarty issues and can now gloriously present to you, once again, my fully-functional gallery:

http://darkvoyager.homeunix.com/gallery2

I have about two years worth of updates to perform now...

I upgraded little girls computer from an AMD 1.1GHz to an Intel 1.6GHz P4 and increased her memory (she's the only one running Windows in the house). Since all the cases were identical, it was effortless. drax0r and I sure love our Antec cases. I added all the extra optical drives to the old case (minus only a power supply and 2100 memory) as a gift for onthetrails who wanted a play box for installing different operating systems on.





I also got Joomla working at work today - that also was much more arduous than it would first appear. While apt-get is certainly easier in the short-term, compiling everything yourself is usually more stable. Until you update, of course. I was thrilled to see that vmware's 'auto configuration' of kernel libraries is working, which made the transition to 8.10 nearly a dream. Intrepid was the easiest ubuntu upgrade yet!

And...I've seen a LOT of movies this past week. Now that the year is at a close, let's take a vote!

[Poll #1322632]

Comments

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

I, um, had to vote for two, because one I actually liked the most, but I have a great big wet spot for the actor who plays the title character in another, and thus I watched it quite a few times (*shifty eyes*). Purely for informational purposes, you understand, not for anything involving depraved lust, oh no.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

As did I. I *really* enjoyed Tropic Thunder.

[lehah.livejournal.com]

Those who pick The Dark Knight may leave their self-respect at the door.

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

Those who pick The Dark Knight may leave their self-respect at the door wipe up the brains dribbling from their ears.

Fixed that for you. Don't say I'm never helpful.

[lehah.livejournal.com]

There was that Martin Lawrence movie called Blue Streak, that had the world's stupidest tagline ever. With a little editing, it fits TDK perfectly.

"HES A KNIGHT THATS NOT. BELIEVE THAT!"

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Or Martin Lawrence in Black Knight:

"He's About To Get Medieval On You"

[lehah.livejournal.com]

How about Big Mama's House?

"This DARK KNIGHT is going undercover... and he's concealing more than a weapon."

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

Even the poster would look better with that tagline on:



Mmm, yes. Much better.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

[ex-crowy.livejournal.com]

That made me heartily chuckle.

I've not seen "The Dark Knight," though I will at some point, I am sure. I am not a big fan of the Batman franchise, but I liked the first couple just fine.

Another way to rile up Jessica is to mention Michael Keaton is not attractive.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I'm Batman.

[lehah.livejournal.com]

...Oh my god, you just made my week

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

I aim to please.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Agreed. (http://ehowton.livejournal.com/235828.html)

[bsdcat.livejournal.com]

I call bullshit. It's a great movie.

[lehah.livejournal.com]

Its what a friend of mine calls "smart for stupids".

[bsdcat.livejournal.com]

There are plenty of movies on the list up there that aren't smart - Indiana Jones comes to mind - but they're in the running. Why is that?

For that matter, why are you so happy to point out that an action movie based on a comic book isn't smart? For an action movie - again, compare Indiana Jones - it is hell of smart, which helps to make it a great movie.

I mean, praise the movies you like, crap on the movies you don't like, whatever. But when you start bragging about how smart you are for liking or not liking a particular movie, expect to get called on it by someone smarter than you. :-)

[melancthe.livejournal.com]

For that matter, why are you so happy to point out that an action movie based on a comic book isn't smart?

Films based on comic books don't have to be smart, they can just be fun. However, TDK has been hyped, especially by the fans, as being a thinking person's movie, not just your standard action flick; it's been hyped as transcending mere comic books and action films. Which brings up the issue in question: if people want to call it a smart film, they must expect to be called on why they think that. My main issue with TDK was that it was filled with the sort of pretentious waffle and simplistic moral dilemmas that you'd expect a first-year philosophy student to come up with, but that was passed off as something profound. It's the latter part that irked me the most about it: that it was dressed up in pseudo-intellectual trappings. As much as I disliked the latest Indiana Jones movie, at least it didn't pretend to be anything more.

I like plenty of stupid films. Hell, I practically revel in them! But it's only when I'm REALLY unsober that I claim that they're anything more than what they are, and it seems that way too many TDK fans were sober when they gushed about the film's, er, intellectual challenges. :)

[bsdcat.livejournal.com]

...simplistic moral dilemmas that you'd expect a first-year philosophy student...

See? Comic book.

[lehah.livejournal.com]

You wrote this post on 12/30.

Ive yet to see someone appear thats smarter than me in the time between then and now.

You, sir, are a liar.

[bsdcat.livejournal.com]

...and you are a fool who throws words like 'liar' around too loosely when all you're trying to suggest is that you're smarter than me. But I guess when you're accusing someone of being a liar, it's better to insinuate a falsehood rather than come right out and say it.

Idiot.

[wardlejew.livejournal.com]

Is that "smart for stupids" or "too smart for stupids"? One word changes a lot. Please take no offense. I'm not calling you stupid, but that word play was "too" tempting. bsdcat is right on though. You don't have to like it, but don't call somebody stupid for picking up on things you missed. I haven't seen Quantum of Solace yet, or a couple of the others listed, but what makes the other movies better/worse?

I thought TDK was thought provoking. I didn't think it was the best action movie of the year. See my comments on ehowton's previous TDK entry (http://ehowton.livejournal.com/235828.html), which I did not get a reply on(I was a little late posting.)

[scareypete.livejournal.com]

I vote for Max Payne.

I never played the video game so I had no preconceived bias... Plus as far as a night out at the movies, it was perfect. Pop corn sucked though.

Yes Man is a close second because of Zooey Daschnel and constant hilarity.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Excellent. Two I haven't seen, but I expect I'll at least see Yes Man for the reasons you mentions. Although...you might just find yourself in the middle of another Zooey bidding war (http://ehowton.livejournal.com/233311.html?thread=6534751#t6534751) for bringing her up here, FYI.

[scareypete.livejournal.com]

Oh I am fully aware of what Might happen by mentioning Zooey in your blog.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I just re-watched that clip you posted (http://ehowton.livejournal.com/235828.html?thread=6611764#t6611764) last time. Dude, I was laughing out loud. Its still funny.

[irulan-amy.livejournal.com]

You know, I just saw Iron Man on that list. It probably wins for me over WALL-E.

I almost picked Twilight just because of Rob Pattinson. It is the only one of those movies I have seen twice.

Because of Rob Pattinson.


Which one is your fav?

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Tropic Thunder. I've seen Twilight twice now as well. But NOT because of Rob Patttinson.

[irulan-amy.livejournal.com]

Well pretty boy aside, it is a very enjoyable movie and I really like the score. Especially Bella's Lullaby.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Check your email.

[unixwolf.livejournal.com]

Your Gallery is *almost* back.. I see broken pics under the arlington data center... At least "MR. WONDERFUL FACILITIES GUY" is still there!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Yeah, I spoke to soon. Still tracking all that down. Going through each errant picture in the database line by line. Ugh. "MR. WONDERFUL FACILITIES GUY" (http://darkvoyager.homeunix.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9207&g2_serialNumber=4) brightens my day though!