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Spoiler Alert / Joseph Dunphy

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Tue, December 22, 2009 - 1:06 AM permalink
originally published at Popcorn / Joseph Dunphy's blog
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movie_picks: The RSS feed for this microblog can be found at -> http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/292751718.rss
Tue, May 3, 2011 - 10:46 PM permalink
movie_picks: I've missed a lot of movies over the years, and intend to catch up, so expect a lot of DVD picks, mixed in with the new movies.
Tue, May 3, 2011 - 10:16 PM permalink
movie_picks: My thanks to Themeleon for the theme I'm starting with. Used "Urban Flight" -> http://www.colourlovers.com/themeleon/twitter
Tue, May 3, 2011 - 10:15 PM permalink
originally published at Twitter / movie_picks
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女坂で夜

@知恩院ライトアップ

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Kiyomizu-dera

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Inari shrine, Ueno Park

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築地本願寺 / Tsukiji Hongan-ji



設計者  伊東忠太 / Chuta Ito

所在地  東京都中央区 / Chuo-ku Tokyo

竣工年  1934年

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Lanterns at night near Gion Kyoto

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Castle Architecture

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Gion street

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Ueno

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Todaiji Nara green, 東大寺

Todaiji (Great Eastern Temple) is one of Japan's most famous temples and a landmark of Nara. Located in Nara Park, in central Nara, Todaiji was constructed in 752 as the head temple of all provincial Buddhist temples of Japan.

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Girls of Bebop

Radical Edward!

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Glasgow Backstreets 4

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originally published at Favorites of SpoilersAlert
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Please read this first!!!

There are two movie review blogs on this profile, a main one and microblog. Do not read the review on the main blog until after you've seen the movie, because many plot details will be revealed on it - hence the name of this site. The reviews on that blog are of the after-the-fact, discussing-what-we-saw sort.

If you're looking for recommendations of movies to see, look for the short reviews microblog on the left hand side of this profile, between the Tribe and Flickr Photostreams.

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Short Reviews / Movie Review Microblog

Based on a kid's show from the early 1970s, which seems to have survived primarily in piles
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Far fetched scenario in which a new ice age arrives in less time than it takes for a carton of
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.. for it has a post to share. I'll add more later. Those wishing to return to a ring one of
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My Main Tribe Gallery

Sun, December 20, 2009 - 8:44 PM permalink
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Main Movie Review Blog / After Reviews

 

Miscellanious ramblings … If you’re looking for an essay that holds together, you’re going to be in the wrong place, today, because I’m in no mood to write one. I’ve just gotten done banging my head into the proverbial wall trying to set up a mirror to this blog on the not always so very

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Mon, February 22, 2010 - 5:28 AM permalink

 

You might have noticed that I seem to have given Flixster the heave-ho. That appearance might not be deceptive – I am seriously considering doing just that, as I write this. That site’s hyperaggressive “viral marketing” practices are no secret, and would seem to have been

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Thu, October 15, 2009 - 6:08 PM permalink
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My Tribe Journal

I'm setting up the feeds on my other blogs, at this moment, and Wordpress' feed widget breaks down when presented with an empty feed, so I'll post something brief.



This tribe will be a place where I got to discuss the discussions I've entered on Tribe. That's not the only reason I'll post here, but it will be among the most common. Not all discussions, just the ones I've enjoyed.
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Wed, May 4, 2011 - 2:56 PM permalink
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My Tribe Journal / Gallery

Sun, December 20, 2009 - 9:50 PM permalink
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Found Video / "Youtube wants you to die"

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Wordpress

This is not my main movie blog. That’s located over on another WordPress system – blog.com – which at present seems like a nice place, but it’s a very small place, and blogs should, ideally, have some connection to the larger virtual world. They should make reference to that larger world, and be heard in [...]
Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:05 AM permalink
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My Tribe Bookmarking Journal / Gallery

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This is a comment blog. I will be watching movies and TV shows - most of the former on DVD, sad to say - and often be posting two reviews for each problem. One is to be read before viewing the program, if you want a recommendation from me about whether or not something is worth seeing, what I liked about it and what I didn't, with no plot elements given away - these reviews are brief and a little vague, by necessity. The other review is to be read only after you've seen the show. In it, I talk about this experience we've shared, and go off on a few rambles.



This side blog will be used to post commentary about some of the blogs and discussions I've found on Blogger, with no promises made that no other subject matter will come up.











Tue, May 3, 2011 - 5:44 PM permalink
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My Flickr Photostream

Thu, October 15, 2009 - 8:44 PM permalink

Spoiler Alert / Joseph Dunphy posted a photo:

Green Smiley

Not so terribly useful, in a utilitarian sense, but sometimes a friendly thing to use.

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Spoiler Alert / Joseph Dunphy posted a photo:

Blank Space

Dull, but useful graphic, allowing one to format text on Flickr.

Thu, October 15, 2009 - 8:36 PM permalink
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My Google Profile Update Blog





My Google profile has no feed, and I'm not going to expect you to keep checking back for infrequent additions to my sites, so I've created this update blog. Whe I create knols, notebooks or other small pages hosted on the Google server, this will be a place where I talk about them, linking to what I've created or added to, lately.



So, if you'd like to follow my pages, follow this blog. I'll be setting up a subscription option using Feedburner, soon.









Tue, May 3, 2011 - 4:05 PM permalink
originally published at Spoiler Alert / Updates
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Last.fm

Might as well jot something down, just to get started.



"Spoiler Alert" is a blog, a site and a few supporting pages (this one included) that I post to about movies and television programs I've watched, with a few other subjects sprinkled in. In the course of writing it, I'll take part in a few discussions. Some of those discussions will be best forgotten, because this in the Internet. Some will be interesting, though, and some of the interesting ones will take place on Last.fm.



I'll be discussing some of those discussions, here. "Along with other topics". But, of course.
Sun, May 1, 2011 - 3:42 PM permalink
originally published at MovieReviews's Last.fm Journal
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Homegroup on Flickr

Spoiler Alert / Joseph Dunphy posted a reply:

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A second copy, for posting in remote locations: Blank Space








Blank Space for Flixster

Mon, November 2, 2009 - 2:09 AM permalink

Spoiler Alert / Joseph Dunphy posted a new topic:

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A useful graphic which I don't want to lose track of, which will be used much in the near future, to format text on Flickr: Blank Space








Blank Space

Mon, November 2, 2009 - 1:28 AM permalink
originally published at Spoiler Alert / Homegroup on Flickr
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My Bookmarking on Flickr

Spoiler Alert / Joseph Dunphy posted a new topic:

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A lot of this, I think, will consist of revisiting the subject matter others have explored - finding my own angles to shoot at the locations they've been at, reviewing the movies they've seen and comparing notes. Probably a few recipes - how many sites will have nabemono

recipes next to pictures of barbecued brisket? This will be one of them, which sort of ties into the whole free association thing, given the frequency with which you'll be seeing Japanese films and Westerns - what a natural pairing - reviewed on my film blog. Science fiction, maybe, but not so much, so there will be no recipes for gagh, though you'll be excited to know that somebody came up with vegan version of that fictitious dish.



None of this will involve taking still shots from movies I haven't made. I've noticed the large number of would-be contacts whose accounts have been deleted. While the posting of stills in movies reviews is a practice with decades of historical preference that would seem to fall well within the bounds of fair use - note that one can't reconstruct the commercial product (the film) from the still, or even get a full sized image of the screen as it would be seen during a viewing of the film form these compressed graphics - I don't want to chance it. Any movies stills you see will be from films I shot, myself. Videos, really, I suppose.















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Wed, May 4, 2011 - 3:42 PM permalink
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My Tribe Bookmarking Journal

It's like Diigo in a can. I link to and discuss content created by others, but only content to be found on Tribe, sharing what I like and showing some of my own work, which has been inspired by what I've seen others do - the Internet, as a learning experience.
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Wed, May 4, 2011 - 3:01 PM permalink
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The gorge rises in my throat when I hear that line. It's bad philosophy, for one thing - if everything...
Thu, May 5, 2011 - 3:24 PM permalink
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IntenseDebate

"And which hopeful one wants to hopefully save it?" Chupadactyl, who is misunderstood because of who his father is, and is hounded to his death by the humans, who don't seem to notice that Mandactyl is picking them off, one by one - even when they're standing right next to the latest victim, as he's being eaten. They continue rallying around Mandactyl, saying things like "he's one of us! sort of!", and attacking the two or three characters who wonder if this is really a good idea, but never think of running away, themselves. "I guess being human doesn't mean much to you, does it", somebody says to one of them. The movie ends with a Mandactyl burping for a full minute, signaling the end of humanity. The cast of the movie then goes on to speak at the United Nations about the impact of racism on the world, and nobody sees anything odd about this ... http://io9.com/#!5173862/the-night-battlestar-gal...
Mon, May 9, 2011 - 2:34 PM permalink
I wish you luck with this, and will probably be glad to sign your petition after I read it, but let me let you in on a little secret. The time to approach a manager, executive or other decision maker about a decision is before the decision is announced, when it is only expected. That way, the exec has a chance to deny that he ever intended doing as you feared, and can back away from a bad decision without losing face. I'd add that the fans, myself included, could have done a much better job of talking up the show, back when such efforts would have made a difference. Something to remember the next time a show comes on, that we'd rather not see cancelled.
Thu, May 5, 2011 - 1:33 AM permalink
originally published at Spoiler Alert's Comments
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I liked it, too, but got the feeling that the editing had been rushed a little. Been a little while since I saw the film, so I'd have a trouble going into specifics, but I found that on looking at one of the deleted scenes from the DVD, that a fair sized chunk of the film was put in a new context, that made it feel more convincing. A three minute addition of deleted material would have made a stronger film, I think.



I'll have to rent this movie out, again.
Wed, May 4, 2011 - 8:50 PM permalink
originally published at Disqus - Latest Comments for films
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Mon, May 2, 2011 - 11:44 AM permalink
originally published at Back to Your Ring / Spoiler Alert
 
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