rafael's Journalrafael's use Perl JournalExtraordinary gentlemen- July 24, 2006 So, I have seen this movie, the league of extraordinary gentlemen. I hated it. No characters, merely puppets. Barely a plot. CGI and action scenes for action's sake. In one word, void.That said, I liked very much all Alan Moore comics I've read -- the Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell. So, tell me that the comic book is worth it and better than the movie. Please :)http://use.perl.org/~rafael/journal/30394?from=rss Propaganda for the people, by the people- July 6, 2006 People are getting good at manipulation of images. Here's two recent examples, thanks to the Internet. First, a video made out of Bush speeches, remixed into a speedy version of Sunday Bloody Sunday. Secondly, a Liberty holding a cross. Both are effective, shocking, memorable. Both work on the same principle: putting "opposites" together -- Bush and a pacifist song, Christianism and a symbol of civil liberties. But both have the same problem. They suppress any possibility of dialogue and...http://use.perl.org/~rafael/journal/30190?from=rss |