Delicious LiveJournal Links for 8-25-2008

[andrewducker]

• Why So Posthumous?
  Which sums up my feelings on Heath Ledger and the Oscars
  (tags: funny Batman)
• Meet Leland Chee, the Star Wars Franchise Continuity Cop
  You will never see a more geeky hive of canon and continuity
  (tags: starwars movies geek continuity comics games fandom)
• Mysteries of Doctor Who #16: Is he MORE than just a Time Lord?
  Which is actually more in-depth and backstory-filled than I was expecting
  (tags: drwho)
• Talking To Pirates
  A developer talks to Pirates and outlines the reasons why they don't buy games.
  (tags: piracy videogames drm software games)
• Why cooperation is hard for people with borderline personality disorder
  Best article I've seen on a recent experiment
  (tags: psychology brains science)

Comments

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Clearly last night has taken it's toll because my first thought was "what would a pirate want with a video game?"

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

You really must sit down and explain to me how to get delicious to do this one time.

[trav28.livejournal.com]

I find Star Wars canon and continuity so frustrating as each generation of new media (Force Unleashed or the Zahn novels for example) seem to re-write and contradict what has gone on before. I mean, if there was a secret apprentice between prequels and sequels, why have we not heard of him before?

And don't get me started on Mara Jade (even though I love the character), it all seems a bit tenuous.

I guess Star Trek suffers from something similar but Lucasfilm doesn't really hold true when it comes to canon.

[marrog.livejournal.com]

He was playing a four-colour comic book character. Sure, yes, a scary, twitchy, crazy one, but he was still four colour. He was a collection of a couple of mental and physical ticks and a raspy voice. His performance? Was excellent, no question. But he wasn't exactly playing a part that required much range or sensitivity - the Joker was on one level throughout the whole film, and the level was "I'm twitchy, crazy and unpredictable". Every roleplayer knows (or, to cover my arse "a high proportion of roleplayers would agree") that that's pretty much the easiest character to play.

I'm not saying he wasn't brilliant. He was perfect. I'm just saying the part wasn't rocket science. And it was nowhere near the most impressive performance of his career.