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Post by Farrar on Mar 22, 2020 17:58:19 GMT -5
I first read the Aeneid in high school, when we read it in Latin class. The doomed romance between Aeneas and Dido made quite an impression--racy stuff for high school.
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Post by Duragizer on Mar 23, 2020 0:55:51 GMT -5
Brooke Shields should've played more villainous roles.
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Post by berkley on Mar 23, 2020 3:38:55 GMT -5
I am more than a bit annoyed that Franco Rossi’s absolutely classic and brilliant adaptations of the Odyssey and the Aeneid (which were done for Italian television in the late 60s-early 70s) are so hard to find today, while decidedly inferior adaptations starring bodybuilders who couldn’t act their way out of a paper bag are on every platform. These texts are an important part of humanity’s heritage, and deserve the very best treatment. That the market treats them with so little respect is enough to make a grown-up cry. There! I said it. And I think the Greeks would be appalled that people thought these were static stories with a singular (monolithic) version and didn't adapt each telling/performance of the stories to the audience receiving it and the people telling it. The Homeric epics were living evolving stories that changed with each telling, but people believe they should be ossified corpses of once brilliant living storytelling. -M Very true, but individual readers/viewers will always respond to each evolution, each new version, in different ways. Some they'll like better than others. What I look for in every new version or treatment of the Odyssey is not only how well it works in itself but what kind of insights it brings to Homer's work. If you're just using it as background to a bad Batman story, I don't think there's much evolving going on there.
The variations on these stories within Greek mythology itself, Homer and everything else, are fascinating and provide much food for thought.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 23, 2020 5:23:40 GMT -5
Brooke Shields should've played more villainous roles. She's still around. Where is this scene from ?
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 23, 2020 11:03:46 GMT -5
^^ Just a guess, but maybe from the Brenda Starr movie?
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Post by Duragizer on Mar 23, 2020 14:16:10 GMT -5
Brooke Shields should've played more villainous roles. She's still around. Where is this scene from ? Still around, but not much of a character actress, and I can't see her making the shift into more versatile roles this late in her career. And the scene's from Freaked:
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 23, 2020 19:49:54 GMT -5
Beware a cat who acts like he is your best friend, while you are drinking a milkshake!
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Post by impulse on Mar 23, 2020 22:05:20 GMT -5
Oh, a new (to me) thread that looks interesting.
While I am not happy with the way we got here, it is good that the doors on the working from home Pandora's box are being blown off their hinges. That is going to give so many people flexibility and hopefully finally shatter the antiquated idea that your ass needs to sitting in a specific chair near the asses of you coworkers in order to be productive. It will save companies a fortune on office space, and it will save people time and money on gas, commuting, wear and tear, and allow more freedom of movement. Being mandated to go into an office if your job duties do not inherently require it is a relic. There, I said it!
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Post by The Captain on Mar 24, 2020 7:46:17 GMT -5
Oh, a new (to me) thread that looks interesting. While I am not happy with the way we got here, it is good that the doors on the working from home Pandora's box are being blown off their hinges. That is going to give so many people flexibility and hopefully finally shatter the antiquated idea that your ass needs to sitting in a specific chair near the asses of you coworkers in order to be productive. It will save companies a fortune on office space, and it will save people time and money on gas, commuting, wear and tear, and allow more freedom of movement. Being mandated to go into an office if your job duties do not inherently require it is a relic. There, I said it! I had a conversation with a colleague of mine on this exact subject yesterday (while both of us were sitting in our respective homes, working remotely as we both usually do). My hope when this is all said and done is that companies stuck in the "present = productive" mindset realize that if they hire the right people, people they can trust to be responsible adult employees, then they can give them more freedom. My boss doesn't care if I cut purchase orders from my office or my couch or if I do it at 7 AM or 4 PM, just as long as the plants have the materials and services they need to operate. It requires good communication and coordination skills to make it work properly. Also, if I work remotely from 6-2, take a nap from 2-3, then work from 3-4, they're getting more time out of me than if I commute 30 minutes to the plant, work 6:30-2:30 there, commute 30 minutes home, then nap from 3 to 4. I'm also more willing to work later if needed because I can still be making dinner while listening on a conference call or waiting for a quote to come in; it gives me back my time instead of sitting around an office waiting, knowing I still have a half-hour commute ahead of me.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 24, 2020 7:52:00 GMT -5
Oh, a new (to me) thread that looks interesting. While I am not happy with the way we got here, it is good that the doors on the working from home Pandora's box are being blown off their hinges. That is going to give so many people flexibility and hopefully finally shatter the antiquated idea that your ass needs to sitting in a specific chair near the asses of you coworkers in order to be productive. It will save companies a fortune on office space, and it will save people time and money on gas, commuting, wear and tear, and allow more freedom of movement. Being mandated to go into an office if your job duties do not inherently require it is a relic. There, I said it! I had a conversation with a colleague of mine on this exact subject yesterday (while both of us were sitting in our respective homes, working remotely as we both usually do). My hope when this is all said and done is that companies stuck in the "present = productive" mindset realize that if they hire the right people, people they can trust to be responsible adult employees, then they can give them more freedom. My boss doesn't care if I cut purchase orders from my office or my couch or if I do it at 7 AM or 4 PM, just as long as the plants have the materials and services they need to operate. It requires good communication and coordination skills to make it work properly. Also, if I work remotely from 6-2, take a nap from 2-3, then work from 3-4, they're getting more time out of me than if I commute 30 minutes to the plant, work 6:30-2:30 there, commute 30 minutes home, then nap from 3 to 4. I'm also more willing to work later if needed because I can still be making dinner while listening on a conference call or waiting for a quote to come in; it gives me back my time instead of sitting around an office waiting, knowing I still have a half-hour commute ahead of me. But this will be another step towards a further isolated society. We already don't talk to each other in restaurants because of cell phones. We are turning into the John Byrne Krypton.
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Post by impulse on Mar 24, 2020 8:53:32 GMT -5
it gives me back my time instead of sitting around an office waiting, knowing I still have a half-hour commute ahead of me. Spot on. This is one of the most valuable benefits that don't get mentioned. It is giving your employees respect and trust, and giving them back time instead of arbitrary waiting. Time sitting in traffic is completely wasted and benefits no one. But this will be another step towards a further isolated society. We already don't talk to each other in restaurants because of cell phones. We are turning into the John Byrne Krypton. Yes and no. If you are 100% remote, sure, but at least at my company most folks go in at least a day or two a week, usually the same day as the all-hands meeting so you still have that social contact. Also, there is a huge difference between going in because I want to or for a meeting versus being mandated arbitrarily because some one said so.
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Post by Duragizer on Mar 25, 2020 19:54:19 GMT -5
Being a teenager sucks. I haven't been a teenager since 30 June 2007, but I'm still paying for it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 25, 2020 19:55:40 GMT -5
I had a fun time as a teenager. Different era, though.
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Post by Confessor on Mar 25, 2020 20:50:14 GMT -5
My teenage years were both extremely difficult and extremely fun. Difficult due to general teenage angst, getting into trouble at school, and bullying, but fun because I had some really great friends, had a lot of laughs, discovered girls in a big way, and first started playing/making music.
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Post by hondobrode on Mar 25, 2020 22:47:52 GMT -5
My teenage years were great.
My son was just saying the same thing the last time we talked.
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