Interesting Links for 01-01-2018

[andrewducker]

Deja View: Batman Returns, The World's Greatest Christmas Movie

(tags: batman christmas )

The Valhalla solar/pumped hydro project

(tags: solarpower viaDanielDWilliam storage hydroelectric )

Why it's so hard to reason with Brexiters

(tags: uk Europe argument )

The Force Belongs To Us: THE LAST JEDI’s Beautiful Refocusing of Star Wars

(tags: StarWars )

Towards a bra-free Instagram experience

(tags: advertising bodies )

China Shuts Down Its Legal Ivory Trade

(tags: elephants China GoodNews )

Finnish deer have florescent horns that look amazing

(tags: Finland deer light )

Comments

[momentsmusicaux]

> To sum them up, I think J.J. has always been a talented filmmaker with an incredible casting eye, quite adept at imbuing a given moment with energy and emotion, but it’s always just that: a moment. There’s never a larger context. [...] And it’s not that the “answers” are bad, it’s just that they were never set up to be meaningfully answered in the first place. That’s the mystery box. That’s literally the design. He doesn’t think it matters what’s inside as long as he makes you think it’s important.

Yes, this exactly sums up why I find JJ Abrams really bloody annoying.

[andrewducker]

Yup! Same here. I don't mind questions, but I want the bloody answers to them.

[movingfinger]

The reindeer solution is both ingenious and beautiful!

[zotz]

Most articles say the paint is reflective rather than fluorescent, althugh I can't immediately find one that goes into details.

This article, though, says it didn't work so they're trying something else.