Pezler the Polychromatic Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 13 hours ago, TGP said: Pray tell what did it link to? True story? Huh, what? 12 hours ago, Green Eyed Monsty said: Maybe yes, maybe no. The Lumiere Brothers in France contributed a great deal to early film technology, and Cinema as an art form. Of course, I do acknowledge Edison was responsible for the first "entertainment" film to have a plot [and it had a train!] "The Great Train Robbery". GEM The movie camera was only a secondary reason why Edison made Hollywood come into being. He started up his movie studios in New Jersey and he tried stifling all competition, he alternated between suing his competitors and sending goons to wreck their equipment. His competitors were fed up and moved to the west coast to make it far more difficult for Edison to send lawyers after them. As far as I'm aware this is true, though I'd have to look into the details. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monsty Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 20 minutes ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said: The movie camera was only a secondary reason why Edison made Hollywood come into being. He started up his movie studios in New Jersey and he tried stifling all competition, he alternated between suing his competitors and sending goons to wreck their equipment. His competitors were fed up and moved to the west coast to make it far more difficult for Edison to send lawyers after them. As far as I'm aware this is true, though I'd have to look into the details. That's one part of the story. The other was the number of days of clear sky in Southern California making it possible to produce more product in a given amount of time. In addition, the early movie makers quickly discovered the variety of scenery available in relatively close proximity to what became Hollywood made a wider variety of story lines possible for a given budget. Within two hours driving time it was possible to go from seashore to Alpine Mountain Forest or Meadow or a variety of desert and grassland settings. Land was relatively cheap then so the early studios built in close proximity to each other and Hollywood was born, followed closely by Burbank and Culver City as studio locations. GEM 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Somebody just posted this on ENWorld... So if you're near Indianapolis on May 27th... Donuts and Dragons Craft Fair... 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Arkady Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 We're all just part of an instance of Sim Cosmos. Too bad our player's kinda bad at it. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kristof65 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 (edited) Morning. Holiday in Alberta today (All of Canada?), so I'm the only one working. Been slow so far (though I probably just cursed myself by saying that). Spent the weekend with my mother in law and her new boyfriend when they came out to see us. This was the first time we had met him. He's a nice guy - into model trains and scriptwriting, so at least with the trains we had something in common. He wanted my help developing a board game. He seems to think that designing a game around one of his script ideas may help him sell it. Only he has no idea that creating and selling a game is at least as hard as selling a script, and that publishing a game successful enough to catch a movie producers eye is probably going to be darn near impossible. I humored him by pointing to some games he could emulate - hopefully I've done my part now. Edited May 22 by kristof65 edited to fix unintended word choice 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pezler the Polychromatic Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 1 hour ago, kristof65 said: Morning. Holiday in Alberta today (All of Canada?), so I'm the only one working. Been slow so far (though I probably just cursed myself by saying that). Spent the weekend with my mother in law and her new boyfriend when they came out to see us. This was the first time we had met him. He's a nice guy - into model trains and scriptwriting, so at least with the trains we had something in common. He wanted my help developing a board game. He seems to think that designing a game around one of his script ideas may help him sell it. Only he has no idea that creating and selling a game is at least as hard as selling a script, and that publishing a game successful enough to catch a movie producers eye is probably going to be darn near impossible. I humored him by pointing to some games he could emulate - hopefully I've done my part now. Indeed, it is Victoria Day in Canada. Once again, our holidays happen before the U.S.. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Green Eyed Monsty Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 9 minutes ago, Corsair said: The stipulation needs to be added this was the first speeding ticket given to the operator of a Motor Vehicle. Tickets for speeding had been going on for decades in most major cities, including the only speeding ticket ever citing a sitting US President, when Ulysses S. Grant was ticketed by a District of Columbia policeman. Grant was known as a carriage driver who liked to go fast, and like a lot of speeders, it eventually caught up with him. GEM 4 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 1 hour ago, Pezler the Polychromatic said: Indeed, it is Victoria Day in Canada. Once again, our holidays happen before the U.S.. apparently our customers in British Columbia didn't get the memo, as that is where all of my Canadian service calls have been from today. And none of them were emergencies, either - just routine things like "I'm missing a settlement email" and "can you look at this fleet transaction?" 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Beyond the Kit with Rhonda Bender! #083. Start screen up at 1:42 PM. https://www.twitch.tv/reaperminiatures 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted May 22 Author Moderator Share Posted May 22 Most of the tickets I gave out while working with the DOD police while in the Navy were to pilots. They just couldn't get it through their heads that they weren't in an F-14 anymore. 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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