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awa64 has been playing video games as long as he's been capable of forming complete sentences. Growing up, he played every genre and on every platform he could get his hands on. After getting a degree in Industrial Design, despite playing too many video games when he was supposed to be working or studying, he's developed a particular affinity for examining video game hardware and software from the viewpoint of a designer crafting an experiencethough he still enjoys playing them, too.
He also has a tendency to overuse em dashes.
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In Defense of the Analog stick
on 10.30.2011
As a designer, for everything you're trying to allow a player to control, you need an input. From there, it's just a choice of how much fidelity of control you want each input to have. We've come up with more and more choices over the years for creating inputs for digital devices, starting with buttons and joysticks as carry-overs from physical machines, eventually adding things like D-Pads, mice, trackballs, analog triggers, racing wheels, motion controls, touchscreens, voice controls and motion tracking. Today, we even have people like
experimenting with direct brain control,
experimenting with eyeball-tracking, and
making a unique device called the Novint Falcon.
They can all work. They can all work well. It's all down to a matter of how much control a game developer wants the player to have over a particular type of input.
There are amazingly fun games that can be controlled with exactly one digital button, like
These types of games often turn the player's
of input fidelity into the central skill and fun of the game.
As the intended interactions become more complex, so do a game's controls. You might think of a game like the original Super Mario Bros. as incredibly simple, but days upon days of work went into getting those controls perfectly right. It has no fewer than eight different types of inputgo left, go right, down, pause, shoot fireball, run, jump and BIG jump.
A lot of thought went into how those controls were distributed, too, and much of the fun of Mario comes from how the control scheme makes certain types of interactions artificially difficult. Why not just make Mario run at full speed based on the arrow keys, or assign "shoot fireball" to the select key instead of the same key as the "run" key? Because it's more fun to have to balance your combat abilities balanced to constrain your mobility. Conversely, we have the "Up" key on the keypad unused, when it would make perfect logical sense for the "jump" command, but because we want jumping to be something Mario can do easily and at any time it gets its own button separate from the other movement controls so you can do both at once. We also have "jump" and "big jump" on the same key, because of the human instinct toward the force and/or duration of an input influencing the resultant output.
Nintendo didn't know that when they were first making Mario. They tried and experimented with those different combinations, until they arrived at the modern 2D Mario control scheme. Every game developer has to experiment with these things, to arrive at a control scheme that works for their game.
As games have increased their fidelityas we've moved away from abstract concepts and two-dimensional interactions to three-dimensional worlds acting as escapist fantasiesgamers have come to expect more complex interactions in their games. Some games try to model this via a menu system. That detailed modeling is what got us pen-and-paper games like Dungeons and Dragons, a game people absolutely love, but one that requires patience and imagination on the part of the players to produce immersion. Many early computer games attempted to automate some of the more tedious parts of those pen and paper RPGs, resulting in turn-based and then eventually real-time games. The move toward real-time forced them to abstract, hide, or take care of more and more systems on the player's behalf, though. It's the balance any modern game developer has to strike with their control schemes: how much control do we give a player?
Some developers have tried to give gamers every possible control as a unique input. That resulted in the unwieldly behemoth commonly known as
Steel Battalion.
Other, less crazy developers moved toward context-sensitive control schemes, allowing a single button to do one of many complex interactions based on the player's position in the world, or even taking control of the character and automatically performing an action required to maintain immersion without the player's input. Today, more than ever, developers have to struggle to figure out exactly what inputs are necessary for gamers to interact with their games and have fun in the process.
One of the biggest struggles is figuring out camera controls. Camera will always be a struggle to figure out when controlling something in a 3D space viewed through a fixed 2D plane. Even the fabled Star Trek Holodeck won't fix that, unless your idea of a fun time is to run around following whatever it is you're supposed to be paying attention to and being limited by your own physical capabilities when playing a game.
Joysticks have been used since before we even had video games, and have grown to be the fundamental input device of modern video game controls. That's no coincidencemore than any other control device we've invented so far, they replicate the full fidelity of anything with a two-axis range of motion while offering feedback of the input's limitations. That feedback is what makes the entire system not dissimilar to the motion of the human head. That's why the joystick has become the go-to camera controlit emulates the human head while working within the confines of viewing the action of a fixed 2D plane.
Over the past console generation, we've been sold the idea that motion controls are supposed to be intuitive. And they are, to an extentyou get pretty much instantly how a given control is supposed to work. No matter how intuitive motion controls are supposed to be, though, they're terrible at providing feedback when you've reached the limits of a given input, and that feedback is critical when you want to have a control system that feels tight and responsive. Nobody likes camera controls that feel loose and unresponsive, and there's a reason why every attempt to use motion controls for camera controls has been critically panned.
That's not to say that motion controls don't have their uses. They're the modern version of those old one-button controls where the limitations were the player's skillthough this time, it's the player's physical coordination that determines the limitations. Hell, I regularly pull up a version of that same Cave game on my phone that uses tilt controls rather than a single button to control the motion.
Back in the first paragraph, I mentioned a device called the
Novint Falcon
. Novint advertises the Falcon as an incredibly immersive device, offering an incredible range of control and a high degree of feedback. I'll admit, the feedback it offers is impressive, but the range of control it offers makes it a member of a particular class of devicea 3D Joystick
So where do touchscreens fit into all this? They're in a weird position, to be sure. They can emulate pretty much any type of input, other than motion control, in whatever configuration a developer choosesat the sacrifice of haptic feedback for those controls. In that sense, the 3DS circle pad is unnecessary (you can already use the touchscreen as a virtual second joystick) but one can easily understand why a gamer using the device on a long-term basis might prefer it.
The issue the circle pad brings to light with Nintendo isn't a matter of control scheme laziness, but rather falling into the same trap SEGA did back in the Genesis era that led to their downward spiralan excess of addon devices for their systems, which have historically never been particularly successful when intended to be used for more than one game, rather than focusing on exploring the core hardware's abilities to their fullest extent (which is what Nintendo did and led them to some of their greatest successes).
As long as game developers want to use an input with a two-axis range of motion and minimal skill requirement on the user's part, the analog stick will be the go-to input device. It has been since the earliest video games, and no innovation in controller design has ever truly managed to supplant it. That's not a failing on the part of the hardware design industry, but a testament to the success of a well-tested design that's been in use since before the invention of the microchip. You may as well ask why nobody's managed to replace the wheel yet.
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Israel snubs UN human rights review
Published on Jan 29, 2013 11:22 PM
GENEVA (AFP) - Israel on Tuesday boycotted a special United Nations Human Rights Council review of its rights situation, becoming the first country ever to snub such a session.
"I see that the delegation of Israel is not in the room," council president Remigiusz Henczel told the delegates at the United Nations in Geneva.
The Jewish state is not a member of the council but like all 193 UN countries it is required to undergo Universal Periodic Reviews (UPR) of its human rights situation.
Its absence on Tuesday however came as no surprise.
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Heaven Or Hell? A Track-By-Track Review of Royce Da 5'9" and Eminem's 'Hell: The Sequel'
The Song: "Living Proof"
Royce's Best Line: "I'ma get rich or I'ma die trying/That's why it's either kill or be killed, so call me suicide homicide Ryan"
Eminem's Best Line: "That'll be the day I say I ain't poop/Shit, the day that I don't straight shoot, I'll drop out of my anti-women hate group"
Bad or Evil? BAD! LMFAO at Eminem's line. The first of two bonus tracks on the Hell Deluxe Edition is just as good as anything on the album thanks to another strong production effort from Mr. Porter that compliments both Em and Royce's style well. They don't say anything too crazy here but it's still living proof that these are two of the best rappers doing it.


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California Democratic Party finalizes list of Endorsed Candidates
At the July Executive Board meeting of the California Democratic Party, the officially endorsed candidates running for state offices were finalized.
For San Bernardino County Voters, here are the candidates who will appear on our ballots.
Follow this link to the CDP for a complete list of officially endorsed candidates and measures.
Note that the Mountain Bears Democrats will make endorsements for County & Local races in August and September…so check back soon.


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In the world of genre film, it's usually kill or be killed. As we descend upon Austin, TX and the world famous Alamo Drafthouse for another year of coverage at the United States' largest genre film festival, we once again choose to kill.
Follow along with Neil Miller (@rejects), Scott Beggs (@scottmbeggs) and Rob Hunter (@fakerobhunter) as they chronicle their journey into darkness and emerge covered in blood or some other, slightly less savory goo.
'The Tribe' Turns the Silence Up to Eleven
Fantastic Fest By Rob Hunter on September 27, 2014 | Be the First To CommentA young man arrives at a new boarding school, but his attempts to fit in are thwarted by the criminal element ingrained in his classmates. A brief initiation brawl leads to his inclusion into the family and soon he's stealing, scamming and mugging alongside his new friends. It's not long before he's promoted to the role of pimp and guardian to two female students who bump and grind for cash at truck stops, but when he falls for one of the girls his job grows a bit trickier, leading to an unavoidably violent conflict with his partners in crime. The story at the center of the new Ukrainian film, The Tribe, is as basic as they come, and the characters fare no better as they lack depth, show no growth and fail to make an emotional connection with viewers. The film is also a slog at times as the director's penchant for long takes results in dull stretches of repetitive, inessential action. Oh, and all of the characters are deaf, they communicate through sign language, there's no spoken dialogue and there are no subtitles. This conceit — and let's be honest, it is a conceit — forces viewers to look beyond the expected dialogue to comprehend behaviors and lives that at their core are very human. Even with its numerous issues though, the film remains a must-watch for movie lovers and anyone who appreciates filmmakers who take bold steps in uncharted directions to tell stories in unconventional ways.
'The Editor' Is the Canadian Giallo Comedy You Didn't Know You Wanted
Fantastic Fest By Rob Hunter on September 23, 2014 | Be the First To CommentRey Ciso (Adam Brooks) was once the most celebrated film editor in the world, but ever since a lapse in judgement while working on the longest film ever made left him four fingers short he's been relegated to cutting trashy genre movies for no-talent hacks. When cast members on his latest project start turning up dead the cop investigating the crimes, Det. Peter Porfiry (Matthew Kennedy), immediately sets his sights on Rey forcing the editor into a race against time to identify the real culprit before it's too late. His efforts are complicated by several factors including the possibility that he may be the murderer after all. The list of suspects is as long as Dario Argento's Giallo is terrible and includes Rey's wife Josephine (Paz de la Huerta), an actor named Cal (Conor Sweeney) who's benefiting from the newly available roles, Rey's eager new assistant (Samantha Hill) and the head of a nearby asylum played by Udo Kier. To be fair Dr. Casini is a very small role, but anytime Kier's in a movie it's only common sense to consider him a suspect. Astron-6 is a Canadian collective of genre filmmakers who lean toward the ridiculous, and the results are not for everybody. They're not even for most people. Hell, judging by their budgets and audience numbers they're barely for anyone, and that's a damn shame because The Editor is not only their best film yet but also one of the best comedic horror films to dirty up the screen in years. It's […]
Poster Paradise: I Got Unexpectedly Day Drunk at MondoCon 2014
Fantastic Fest By Neil Miller on September 23, 2014 | Be the First To CommentIf you're putting on a film festival in Austin, Texas, you can't just be a film festival. In order to capture the attention of the tech-friendly, music-loving, attention deficit-inflicted audiences of Central Texas' cultural oasis, you have to be more than a one-trick pony. Take, for example, South by Southwest. It's film, music and interactive conferences that could all exist on a large scale by themselves. Even Austin Film Festival, the most specifically named of all yearly events, is known for being both a film festival and a screenwriting conference. This is something Fantastic Fest has known for a while. Beginning as simply a great genre film festival, the Alamo Drafthouse's signature yearly event has slowly but surely expanded to meet the needs of a diverse audience. A few years back they launched Fantastic Arcade, an excellent diversion for filmgoers and a must-see for fans of the independent gaming arena. This year, Fantastic Fest expanded even further, spinning off Drafthouse's popular boutique art division to create MondoCon: a celebration of art direction, movie posters and cult favorites. And while it may be the third leg of Fantastic Fest's ever-growing empire, it certainly held its own. It also got us drunk.
'The Town That Dreaded Sundown' Isn't Afraid of a Terribly Weak Script
Fantastic Fest By Rob Hunter on September 22, 2014 | Be the First To CommentThe people of Texarkana — two towns with a shared named and a shared border — have known terror before. Sixty-eight years ago a masked killer stalked and murdered five people, wounded a few others and left a community scarred with terror. A dramatized documentary (of sorts) was released in 1976, and now 38 years later the killer has returned. Well, a killer anyway. Teenagers gather at a drive-in theater watching the town's annual screening of the '76 film, but when a young couple cuts out early for some hanky panky they discover a man in a sack cloth mask watching their car from the woods. He attacks leaving Corey (Spencer Treat Clark) dead and Jami (Addison Timlin) traumatized, and soon the town is forced into a new nightmare as the killings continue along a similar path to the ones captured in the film nearly four decades prior. The Town That Dreaded Sundown is titled like a remake, but it's actually a sequel that opens in present day with a voice-over informing viewers that what we're about to see happened in Texarkana one year ago. The characters' awareness of the original film adds a meta element, but at its core the film is little more than a slickly produced slasher. That's not a bad thing on its face, but it would have been a lot better if the script tried to be anything other than a retroactively aware and highly generic rehash of events we've seen before.
'It Follows' Delivers a Cautionary Tale About a Supernatural STD
Fantastic Fest By Rob Hunter on September 20, 2014 | Be the First To CommentGenre fans know the drill. If you have sex, you're going to die. It will usually be at the hands of a machete-wielding madman, but whatever the case you will be dead before the post-coital bliss is rinsed away from your bathing suit area. Relatively recent horror flicks have played around with the concept by allowing their final girl protagonists to do the dirty and still survive, but the tradition remains as some kind of subconscious puritanical judgement. It Follows takes that conceit and gives it a freshly paranoid and frequently terrifying new twist. Jay (Maika Monroe) finds out the hard way after giving it up to her new boyfriend one warm summer night only to wake up in a condemned building tied to a wheelchair. Her boyfriend (well, her ex-boyfriend now probably) begins his explanation with an apology. Having sex is the only way to pass "it" to someone else. What is it exactly? Well, it takes the form of a human, one that can look like a stranger or someone you know and is only visible to you and others who've been infected, and it walks steadily toward you. They're slow but persistent, and if they reach you they bend, batter and break your body until you're dead. The bright side — aside from the hopefully awesome sex you just had — is that you can pass it to someone else by the same means and tell them to follow suit. Sharing doesn't mean you're free and clear though […]
'The Tale of Princess Kaguya' is Studio Ghibli at Its Sweet, Epic Best
Fantastic Fest By Scott Beggs on September 20, 2014 | Be the First To CommentOne of the most impressive things about The Tale of Princess Kaguya is its dual nature as a delicate epic and a powerful slower burn that's never dull. It's like watching a feather turn to stone over two hours before being knocked down by it (and those who know Grave of the Fireflies won't be surprised that Kaguya has that kind of strength). This is a fine followup for Isao Takahata, who brings a half-century of animated storytelling and the tearfully hopeful Fireflies legacy to this ancient folktale. As the cultural ambassador for Japan, it's fitting that Studio Ghibli is the one sharing "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" — the country's oldest surviving narrative — on this scale with the rest of the world. The story features an older man who discovers a tiny princess growing out of a bamboo stalk, who he takes home and raises as his own daughter. He also finds a hefty amount of gold, which allows him and his wife to bring the little bambina to the city to grow up in a mansion as a proper lady. The princess, who spent her earliest days skinning her knees and climbing trees with close friends in the country, rebels at every turn.
'Cub' Earns Merit Badges In Gorgeous Brutality and a Fresh Take on the Familiar
Fantastic Fest By Rob Hunter on September 20, 2014 | Be the First To CommentBoy Scouts, amirite? Always hating on atheists, gays and random sticks they find in the woods. But in Belgium at least they're far from the worst thing hanging out in the forest. Cub follows a gaggle of scouts along on a camping trip meant to engender team-building and survival skills, but the truth behind a local legend threatens to impede the former — by killing off members of the team — while creating a sink or swim scenario with the latter. A feral boy said to live in the woods is rumored to be behind a series of disappearances, but even if he's real he may not be the biggest threat wandering the wild. Sam (Maurice Luijten, who bears a striking resemblance to a young Belgian River Phoenix) joined the scouts with the baggage of a mysterious and violent past trauma, and the constant bullying he suffers at the hands of others does nothing to calm his inner turmoil. He's dismissed after trying to tell the others that he saw a boy in the woods and instead forms a strained and silent relationship with the muddied and masked child. And then they all start earning merit badges in death.
Meet 'Redeemer': Chilean Batman, Instrument of God's Wrath
Fantastic Fest By Neil Miller on September 19, 2014 | Be the First To CommentSometime after making the highly entertaining, ass-kicking spy spoof Mandrill, martial artist and budding action star Marko Zaror wasn't sure what to do with his time. He had begun considering going into real fighting — MMA style bouts that could help pay the bills. Then Robert Rodriguez called and asked him to make a memorable appearance in the otherwise unmemorable Machete Kills . It was back to acting and in the end, back to Austin where Kills debuted at Fantastic Fest 2013. It was in this moment, Zaror explains, that he decided that he wanted to come back with another movie. It was later that night, in Austin, over drinks with the two ladies in his life — his girlfriend and his mom — that Redeemer was born. Now here he is, back in Austin. Still kicking ass on the big screen.
'The Zero Theorem' Review: Terry Gilliam's Latest Is All That It Isn't
Fantastic Fest By Adam Charles on September 19, 2014 | Comments (4)Editor's note: This review was originally published on September 30, 2013 as part of our Fantastic Fest 2013 coverage. A bald man, one without hair seemingly anywhere on his body, calmly sits naked in front of his computer screen as he watches what appears to be either a simulation or video of the awesome action of an outer space black hole. It sucks in all of the space circling around it like an endlessly flushing toilet bowl of stars, matter, and time. Our hairless hero is Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz). Qohen is neither the cunning villainous type nor the quick-witted heroic type, and his emotional characteristics are as bald as his head. We're exposed to only a handful of states out of Qohen as we follow with him in his daily routine through a comically crazy and colorful future where he seems as physically discomforted by the assaults of this world as a prisoner released from Shawshank prison after fifty years. The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry to do something; or probably nothing as I understand it. Welcome to Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem.
'ABCs of Death 2′ Spells Entertainment With Style, Wit and a Naked Old Man
Fantastic Fest By Rob Hunter on September 19, 2014 | Be the First To CommentThe idea behind the original ABCs of Death anthology film was a good (and risky) one — 26 directors, each given a letter of the alphabet as inspiration for a short film involving death — but the execution was severely lacking. The actively bad ones far outweighed the good and mediocre combined resulting in a painful slog of a film with minimal highlights. The announcement of a sequel was met with understandable trepidation by many who still can't shake the memories of the first film's overabundance of juvenile humor and unchecked talent, but happily ABCs of Death 2 is an entertaining and frequently engaging collection of ideas and imagery. And it's 100% free of farts. It seems immediately clear that the filmmakers, while still given freedom in regard to their finished shorts, were also given a guiding hand sorely missing from the scattershot first film. There are ideas at play here beyond simple gags or special effects shots, and while most remain contained one-offs, many others use their time to comment on social ills or highlight the art and craft of filmmaking. The shorts still feature some laughs along the way, but it's a recognizably more somber and serious collection than its predecessor.
The 15 Most Fucked Up Things We're Looking Forward to at Fantastic Fest
Fantastic Fest By Neil Miller on September 17, 2014 | Be the First To CommentThis year brings us the 10th edition of Fantastic Fest, the biggest and boldest genre film festival in the United States and the creation of the minds who brought the world the wonderful Alamo Drafthouse theater chain. As longtime FSR readers will note, we've been covering this thing for a number of years. We've seen blood spilt, psyches tortured, evils emerge from the depths and heroes triumph. We've seen the festival's founder dress up like Kim Jong-Un and a number of in-person roundhouse kicks from legendary action stars. Fantastic Fest brings out the best (and creepiest) of genre cinema. Action, suspense, horror and a commitment to the everlasting weird. We're excited to send the team back into that dark environment, where audiences are terrorized, energized and stuffed with delicious fried foods. It's our favorite time of year and we're excited that we get to take all of you along for the ride. So stick with us over the next week as we report on the movies of Fantastic Fest X. First, we take a look at the most fucked up things we expect to see down in Austin this week.
'The Congress' Review: Eye-Popping Animation and a Crazy Heart
Fantastic Fest By Jack Giroux on August 28, 2014 | Be the First To CommentWhen it comes to independent films and major releases, animation is fairly underutilized medium. There are exceptions, but for the most part, it's generally used for kid-centric stories or to paint a lush, if slightly more adult, world. That's why movies like A Scanner Darkly and The Congress are so special. They use animation for drama and to express ideas that go beyond a few pretty shots. Both films shouldn't be compared past that point, but they are both emotional, visual, and mental exercises — rides that you either go along with from the start or don't. If director Ari Folman's The Congress grabs you from its first frame, then expect a rich science-fiction film packed with commentary, ideas, laughs, tears, and beauty. Speaking of beauty, Robin Wright (played conveniently by Robin Wright) has lost it, at least according to some slimy agist studio executive we meet working at Miramount. She's now 44 years old. That usually means for actresses their careers are winding down, but after years of "bad" choices and choosing family over work, Robin isn't the big deal that she once was. The offers aren't coming in, at least not the offers she's interested in — she wouldn't ever dare to take part in a science-fiction film.
Fantastic Fest 2014 Announces a 2nd Wave of Must-See Titles and Intriguing Unknowns
Fantastic Fest By Rob Hunter on August 27, 2014 | Be the First To CommentFantastic Fest may be a festival focused on off-the-radar genre films from here and abroad, but that doesn't mean there's no room for recognizable Hollywood faces. They've just announced their second wave of titles playing this year, and while it's heavy on unfamiliar foreign titles there are a few heavy hitters in there too. One of last year's highlights was the presence of Keanu Reeves who there with his directorial debut, the surprisingly fun Man of Tai Chi, but also took time out to participate in the Fantastic Debates. He's returning again this year, and while he didn't direct John Wick it promises to be a rollicking action flick all the same thanks to Reeves' clear love of the genre and the co-directors vast experience in the stunt game. Jake Gyllenhaal won't be making an appearance, but his fantastically dark-looking new film, Nightcrawler, will be closing the fest. Other known talents include the latest from high-kicker Marko Zaror in Redeemer, Takashi Miike's return to horror with Over Your Dead Body, Astron-6's giallo-inspired thriller The Editor, Sion Sono's hip-hop musical Tokyo Tribe, a documentary about the cinematic glory days of Cannon Films and one of my favorite films from this year's Sundance fest, Eskil Vogt's Blind. Keep reading to see the whole announcement and entire second wave of films playing this year's Fantastic Fest.
'Septic Man' Review: The Shit Hits the Man
Fantastic Fest By Michael Treveloni on August 15, 2014 | Be the First To CommentThe Canadian town of Collinwood is suffering a serious sanitation problem. Something has come along and gummed up the works. People are getting sick, evacuations are in order, death looms et cetera…basically, something stinks. In a situation as dire as this, when shit's going down, there's only one trusted name in the game and that is Septic Man. Jack (Jason David Brown) is thee titular septic man, a chap of few words with a rough edged can-do spirit. Earlier in his career he saved the town from suffering through shoddy infrastructure and prevented a whole bunch of crap from happening. If there's a problem with the pipes, he's the man of the hour. Jack is a reluctant fellow though. He has a kid on the way and a wife that just wants him to be home longer than he's away. But they have bills to pay, responsibilities and all that jazz. To put it square, he's no slouch. So it's only fair that when the government comes-a-callin' (Julian Richings channeling a day-walking Max Schreck), dangling their loonies and toonies in his face, he takes a big bite of that government cheddar.
Fantastic Fest 2014 First Wave Includes 'The Babadook,' 'ABCs of Death 2′ and Kevin Smith's 'Tusk'
Fantastic Fest By Rob Hunter on August 5, 2014 | Be the First To CommentThis year marks the 10th anniversary of what might just be the world's best film festival. (I say "might" not because I doubt my own statement, but only because I have yet to attend Spain's Sitges Film Festival…) And while Tim League and his Alamo Drafthouse friends most assuredly have plenty of surprises and celebrations in store for us this year for now we have to settle for a tease of what's to come next month with this first wave announcement of movies and events playing the fest. Two anthology sequels are making their expected appearances here as are a few films we've seen elsewhere including the wonderfully creepy Australian chiller The Babadook, the surprising documentary Kung Fu Elliot and the French gender bender Jacky in the Kingdom of Women. Kevin Smith's Tusk is also playing, but the highlight there promises to be seeing how the antagonism between Smith and movie bloggers plays out with Smith in attendance. (My guess is both sides will be super chummy.) The true magic of Fantastic Fest though is in the obscure and previously unknown foreign titles that they share with us each year, and happily the majority of the titles below are ones I've never heard of before now. Keep reading to see the first wave of titles that will be playing Fantastic Fest 2014.
'Machete Kills' Our Interest in More 'Machete' Movies
Fantastic Fest By Neil Miller on October 11, 2013 | Comments (2)Editor's note: Neil's review of Machete Kills originally ran during this year's Fantastic Fest, but we're re-running it now as the film opens in theatrical release today. It feels like an odd tradition to have. Just about every other year, Fantastic Fest — the beloved pilgrimage of genre film fans to Austin's Alamo Drafthouse — the opening night film is a complete dud. The first and most notable example of this came in 2009 when Gentlemen Broncos opened the festival, much to the confusion and displeasure of the always keen Fantastic Fest crowd. Following opening night, that year's festival went on to produce memorable screenings of Antichrist, Fish Story, Zombieland, Gareth Evans' debut Merantau and many others. It was a great year. The same came two years later when the festival opened with the overwhelmingly unlikable Human Centipede 2, only to yield the debuts of great flicks like You're Next, Extraterrestrial, A Boy and His Samurai and the Oscar nominee Bullhead. It could be deduced, based on recent history, that the quality of the opening night film is inversely proportional to the quality of the rest of the Fantastic Fest line-up. With that in mind, 2013 has opened with Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills. By the logic expressed above, that means 2013 is on pace to be the best Fantastic Fest line-up yet.
'Escape From Tomorrow' Review: Where A Kid Can Be Scarred For Life
Fantastic Fest By Michael Treveloni on October 11, 2013 | Be the First To CommentEditor's note: Michael's review of Escape From Tomorrow originally ran during this year's Fantastic Fest, but we're re-running it now as the film hits VOD and a limited theatrical release. Childhood is a chaotic sprawl of experiences; an eyelid flutter filtered through emotion, strained and catalogued down to core memories. Often times the way things happened aren't the way they wind up interpreted. A wave of time passing can be a sticky mess to wade through, especially if going it alone. The day Jim (Roy Abramsohn) lost his job was the day he became a solitary man, stunted in fantasy and regressing to an age of wonder. Rather than spoil his family's last day of vacation he keeps the news to himself. Herding kids around a theme park while keeping his wife happy is enough of a complication on its own. For Jim, wringing the pleasure out of the day before an inevitable crash comes calling is about all that he has going for him. That is until some young French girls give him a bit of attention on the monorail. For one day he has a new spark, a new reason to smile and a new fantasy to chase.
Fantastic Fest: 'Why Don't You Play in Hell?' Is a Wild, Bloody Love Letter to Film
Fantastic Fest By Luke Mullen on October 1, 2013 | Be the First To CommentWith digital quickly overtaking 35mm film as the dominant acquisition and distribution format for major motion pictures, it's no surprise that filmmakers would be moved to reminisce about the magic of film. Martin Scorsese dipped his foot in both pools with his digitally-shot 3D film Hugo, which showcased the artistry of early film pioneer George Melies. And Holy Motors, from French director Leos Carax, touched on the emotion and communal experience of cinema among a plethora of other themes. So it seems only natural that Sion Sono's latest film, Why Don't You Play in Hell?, unfolds like a love letter to the format with which we all first fell in love. The Fuck Bombers are the best damn cinema club in all of Japan and they are going to make a great movie…one day. Lead by the enthusiastic director Hirata, the Fuck Bombers make their own movies on 8mm. Tanigawa does the best handheld shots while Miki is the best at dolly shots accomplished by wearing roller skates. But the crew finds their final puzzle piece when a fight breaks out near their film shoot one day and they meet Sasaki, who Hirata is sure will be the next great action star. At the same time, a yakuza feud spills into the urban sprawl when members of the Kitagawa clan attack yakuza boss Taizo Muto's family in their home. Unfortuantely for them, Muto's wife Shizue was the only one home and she dispatched her would-be attackers with vengeance. The police […]
The 9 Best Movies of Fantastic Fest 2013 (and Where to Find Them)
Fantastic Fest By Rob Hunter on September 30, 2013 | Comments (1)Another Fantastic Fest is in the books, and once again we're left counting down the days until next year. The fest continues to be the best week of the year for fans of the weird and the wonderful from all around the globe, and this year delivered on both counts. From Indian martial artists to detectives with Down Syndrome, from men reincarnated as flies to a blackly comic look at a school shooting, this year saw dozens of films that entertained, challenged, and amazed. Sure, there was also Machete Kills, but they can't all be winners. Here are 9 that were:
Fantastic Fest: 'Nightbreed – The Cabal Cut' Suggests That Sometimes, Maybe the Studio Does Know Best
Fantastic Fest By Rob Hunter on September 28, 2013 | Comments (3)I watched Clive Barker's Nightbreed three times in theaters in 1990 and several times more after buying it on VHS. (Shut up.) It was a completely different beast from his film debut, Hellraiser, but its creativity, ambition, and roster of all manner of creatures of the night made it a fun and original horror film in a year dominated by genre sequels. Sure it was cheesy and goofy at times in its attempt to tell a love story against a backdrop of serial killers, monsters, rednecks, and rogue priests, but it was also unlike anything we had seen before. But even then, twenty three years ago, there were rumblings in Fangoria magazine and elsewhere about the troubles Barker had dealing with the studio and the cuts he was forced to make, and Barker repeated the tales again and again in interviews that followed over two decades. He requested access to the original film elements on more than one occasion so he could essentially craft his director's cut, but he was denied time and again. There was finally a change in that narrative in the past couple years though when the discovery of VHS tapes featuring raw, work print versions of the film was announced. A man named Russell Cherrington set out to mesh footage from both sources into a definitive cut based on the author's original script, and with Barker's blessing he's now sharing it with the world. My excitement for the finished product, Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut (named for the source novella, "Cabal"), […]
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VR - 2004 Isuzu Ascender - Preventive Maintenance - 9/23/2011my battery was disconnected and the air stopped blowing out of all front vents every other vents work fine also the mode selection is not changing for some selections.
Bird - 1989 Isuzu Pickup - Preventive Maintenance - 9/10/2011The isuzu dealer says bolts are not made anymore, what to do?
9/10/2011 JimmNot sure what is meant by 'need to convert...'. Try to take one of the fuel tank shield bolts to a local hardware store to match up with the correct size and type. The dealership may be referring to the specific fastener availability - through the parts network. I would imagine, however, that the replacement (equivalent) bolts in the correct size thread and length should not be that difficult to locate from another source.
maribel parrilla - 1998 Isuzu Rodeo - Preventive Maintenance - 9/2/2011My car just started to leak water,but its coming from the bottom,meaning its not coming from the radiator directly,nor a hose.Looks like is coming from a screw in the bottom right in front of the oil pan.There are no lights on.and is not overheating.
9/2/2011 BillCould be a leaking water pump or bypass hose.9/2/2011 maribel parrillaThanks,I appreciate you very much,but i see 1 of my hose coming from the radiator,that is leaking oil,but is not dripping is just wet,but when i start the car the water just starts running.
maribel parrilla - 1998 Isuzu Rodeo - Preventive Maintenance - 9/2/2011there are no lights on,it just started leaking yesterday,is leaking from the bottom,my mileage is 202k,it looks like its leaking from a crew infront of the bottom oil pan
terry dais - 1998 Isuzu Rodeo - Preventive Maintenance - 8/10/2011bought brand new alternator .when pull the red cable off it shuts down.need help.
8/10/2011 HouseCallAutoCheck the 100 amp main fuse in the underhood fuse panel. If the heavy wire going to the alternator does not have battery voltage then the main is open.8/11/2011 terry daisit has voltage going to it
Doval Parris - 1996 Isuzu Hombre - Preventive Maintenance - 8/3/2011
lam - 1998 Isuzu Rodeo - Preventive Maintenance - 7/18/2011when putting gas in it do not move
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TREVOR - 2006 Isuzu i-280 - Preventive Maintenance - 6/27/2011I RECENTLY GOT MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED BECAUSE THE OLD ONE WAS BAD. NOW I AM OCCASIONALLY HEARING WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A HEAT SHIELD VIBRATION RATTLE, ONLY WHEN my vehicle heats up to operating temps. it sounds like its coming from the new catalytic converter. ...
6/27/2011 JimmIt may be related to the heat shields or another component with the exhaust system. Try taking one of the muffler shop technicians on a test drive so they might hear the noise / sound you are experiencing.6/27/2011 TREVORi did that, and they cant pin point what it is, they thought it was a heat shield but everything is tight. They say it might be harmonic vibrations because of the new CAT and more exhaust flow...does that sound right?
5/31/2011 yboy82TSB means Technical Service Bulletins. It is an advisory issued by manufacturer for the usage of dealership service department about a recurring problem with a partricular vehicle.
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win - 2000 Isuzu Rodeo - Preventive Maintenance - 5/17/2011The key is stuck in the ignition in my 2000 Issue Rodeo. I am able to start the car engine, but the key only turns far back half way enough to turn the car engine off, but not to release the key from the key hole ignition.
5/12/2011 emonallicai know its late to reply, but lets give it a try. when you shift the car to P (parking), keep pressing the brakes don't remove it. turn the car off and turn the key, it should come out. i had the same problem. but it worked for me.
5/17/2011 BobThis happened to me. I called for a tow truck. The driver took a small ball peen hammer and gently rapped the key at the top. He was then able to start the Rodeo, and drive it onto his truck. I had to have the key chamber replaced.
5/3/2011 Spoon SportsThere are 4 screws located under the rubber on the edges of the headlight. These have to be removed in order to get the headlight out.
dumbass - 2000 Isuzu Trooper - Preventive Maintenance - 4/19/2011I can't get the unit out to replace the bulb. I can only see one screw when you open the hood. I've removed it but still can't get the unit to remove. Help me please. Thanks
4/19/2011 RayYou should be able to remove the light if you remove the screw at the upper portion of the light bracket, and then remove the bracket from the fender. Sometimes the owner's manual will have instructions for this procedure.4/19/2011 dumbassJason,
I have tried to pull on the light with my bare hands after I removed the screw to no avail. I didn't try to pry it with anything because I thought it might break something. I didn't see anything in the owners manual about this. Unless I missed it. I will try again. Thanks


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Pronunciation: /kliːn/
Translation of clean in Spanish:
adjective/adjetivo (-er, -est)
- 1 1.1 (not soiled) [face/dressing] limpio are your hands clean? ¿tienes las manos limpias? she wiped the table clean limpió la mesa the dog licked the bone clean el perro lamió el hueso hasta dejarlo limpioExample sentences
- The source print seems to have been quite clean and free of dirt and damage, resulting in likely the best transfer you'll ever see.
- The film is surprisingly clean and free of dirt or scratches, and colors are vibrant and rich.
- There was dirt under the usually clean fingernails.
Example sentences- When I replace the clean cutlery after washing up, there's always some already there to give me clues about where stuff lives.
- They sat on the edge of the low shelf which served as a bench, scrubbed and washed and dressed in clean tunics.
- But once you emerged from the darkness of the cellar with a tub of clean wash and started hanging on the line, this was for all the world to see.
Example sentences1.2 (of habits) [person/animal] limpio- A wastebasket sat next to a stack of clean paper on the floor.
- It absorbs the color from the inks it blends, but is quickly cleaned with a couple of swipes on clean paper.
- He packs plants in cardboard boxes lined with clean paper and occasionally uses icepacks.
Example sentences- By these means, the virtuous mother could mold an unspoiled, respectful, neat, and clean child.
- Our girls are clean and healthy.
- Henry was fastidiously clean by the standards of the time.
Example sentences1.3 (not used) [clothes/towel] limpio use a clean sheet of paper usa una hoja de papel nueva 1.4 (pure, non-polluting) [air/water] limpio, puro; [smell] a limpio; [taste] refrescante clean energy energía (feminine) no contaminante clean fuel combustible (masculine) limpio- The show promises to transport the audience to an era when humour meant good clean fun.
- It was all good clean fun and a day many of the little people will cherish long after their Santa days.
- It's about time we resurrect the good clean fun in computer games because I am really tired of the blood and gore of 21 st-century games.
Example sentences- Despite being labelled as a fast growing city, the average man on the street expects that the city would be clean and free from pollution.
- Sandanski has the lowest annual rainfall in Bulgaria and its air is remarkably clean and pollution-free.
- The water is one degree Celsius, but at least the normally polluted lake is clean enough to swim in today.
Example sentences- The stew was spiked with still-crisp bits of green pepper and onion, and had a clean taste of fresh vegetables.
- The tamilok, its fans swear, has a fresh clean taste that sends shivers of pleasure down one's alimentary canal.
- This simple natural Thai soup offers fresh clean flavours that fuse the taste that is Thai cuisine.
- 2 2.1 (morally) [joke] inocente keep it clean: there will be children around no te pases, que habrá niños clean living vida (feminine) sana 2.2 (fair) [game/player/campaign] limpioExample sentences
- Market economics and the rule of law demand clean government.
- We live in a clinically clean society with rules and regulations.
- However, he still believes that corruption can be curbed by setting up a clean system and strict rules.
Example sentences- 'I strongly reject the implicit suggestion that their party is morally clean,' he said.
- It is by self discipline and clean moral life that man can unveil the divine qualities in his personality.
- We need to be morally upright, like chaste virgins before God, pure and clean.
- 3 (unblemished) [driver's license] donde no constan infracciones the airport has a clean safety record no se han registrado accidentes en el aeropuerto the player with the cleanest disciplinary record el jugador que ha sido sancionado el menor número de veces clean copy (of a book) texto (masculine) or material (masculine) bien presentado to come clean about sth [colloquial/familiar] confesar* algoExample sentences
- With a clean credit record once again, I hope you will be able to arrange a loan.
- I really need a clean credit record because I will be moving house again shortly.
- He had never had an accident before and had previously had a completely clean driving record.
- 4 (well defined) [stroke/features] bien definido, nítido the clean lines of the design la pureza de líneas del diseño a clean break una fractura limpia she made a clean break with the past cortó radicalmente con el pasado she decided to make a clean break and stop seeing him decidió cortar por lo sano y dejar de verloExample sentences
- This urban contemporary collection keeps things in perspective with simple forms, clean lines and subtle shapes.
- Linen looks best in simple shapes, with clean geometric lines.
- The clean lines and the simple shapes are compelling in their quiet beauty and grace.
- 5 [Religion/Religión] [animal/flesh] puroExample sentences
- We need not worry about such things as ceremonial washings and clean and unclean foods.
[colloquial/familiar]- 1.1 (completely) I clean forgot about it se me olvidó por completo we're clean out of coffee no tenemos ni pizca de café [colloquial/familiar] they got clean away on a motorcycle se escaparon en una moto sin dejar ni rastro 1.2 (cleanly, fairly) [fight/play] limpio, limpiamente
transitive verb/verbo transitivo
- 1.1 (remove dirt from) [house/windows/carpet] limpiar; [car/floor] lavar, limpiar; [blackboard] borrar, limpiar have you cleaned your teeth? ¿te has lavado los dientes?to clean sth
of sth it must be cleaned of dust and grease hay que quitarle el polvo y la grasato clean sthfrom /off sth he cleaned the splashes off the windows limpió las salpicaduras que había en las ventanas you can clean it off with a sponge lo puedes quitar con una esponja 1.2 (dry clean) limpiar en seco, llevar a la tintorería or (in Spain also/en España también) al tinte 1.3 [fish/chicken] limpiar
intransitive verb/verbo intransitivo
- 1.1 (become clean) this carpet cleans well esta alfombra se limpia fácil or queda muy bien cuando se limpia the stain cleaned off easily la mancha salió sin problemas 1.2 (remove dirt) [substance/device] limpiar
- [colloquial/familiar] (no plural/sin plural) limpieza (feminine) it needs a good clean necesita una buena limpieza just give it a quick clean dale una repasadita [colloquial/familiar]
Phrasal verbs
clean out
verb + object + adverb, verb + adverb + object/verbo + complemento + adverbio, verbo + adverbio + complemento (clean thoroughly) [room/car/stable] vaciar* y limpiar ([ a fondo ]) 1.1verb + object + adverb, verb + adverb + object/verbo + complemento + adverbio, verbo + adverbio + complemento (empty, exhaust) [colloquial/familiar] I'm cleaned out at the moment estoy pelado or (in Southern Cone also/en Cono Sur también) pato [colloquial/familiar] did they steal a lot? — they cleaned him out ¿robaron mucho? — lo desplumaron [colloquial/familiar] that weekend away cleaned me out ese viaje de fin de semana me dejó pelado or (in Southern Cone also/en Cono Sur también) pato [colloquial/familiar] we cleaned them out of booze los dejamos sin bebidas -
clean up
verb + object + adverb, verb + adverb + object/verbo + complemento + adverbio, verbo + adverbio + complemento 1.1 [room/garden] limpiar I'll just clean myself up before they arrive voy a arreglarme or lavarme un poco antes de que lleguen 1.2 (morally) [city/television/politics] limpiar 1.3 [colloquial/familiar] [money/fortune] hacer*, sacar* 1.1verb + adverb/verbo + adverbio 2.1 (make clean) limpiar I'm tired of cleaning up after you estoy harto de limpiar lo que tú ensucias 2.2 (make money) [slang/argot] barrer con todo [colloquial/familiar]
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Got a Kohler Santa Rosa 1-piece delivered yesterday. Set it in place dry, and notice that it looks crooked. It isn't the floor. Sure enough, the bowl is just under 1/4" higher on one side than the other. The tank top is nearly level, so warped more in the middle than overall. What would the expected production tolerance be for such warp? |
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I spoke to Kohler, and they say that their spec is 1/4" slope across the bowl. |
Isn't it your tolerance that's more important than the manufacturing tolerance? I've mentioned before that the big box stores and some internet sites often sell seconds, did you buy this from one of them? The supply houses most often are selling the first quality stuff. Whatever the source, I'd return it and let them know why. |
Toilet purchased from faucetdirect.com = build.com |
Call Fergusons, ask what they think about it. |
- Posted by mike_kaiser (My Page) on Sun, Jun 30, 13 at 23:54
I've purchased "seconds" and reconditioned stuff over the years and in most cases it has been clearly labeled as such. I have an Electrolux vacuum with a "R" melted into the plastic on the bottom of the housing. Back in the days of true "outlet" stores clothing tags would be cut in half or have holes punched in them. Today I think Danner (the boot company) punches holes in the tongue of their boots to signify a second. I find it hard to believe that Kohler could have enough seconds to supply one Home Depot much less the entire chain. Even then, would be gained by trying to pass off second rate merchandise as first quality? Angry customers? A ruined reputation? It makes no sense. Now I would buy that Home Depot might be willing to accept lesser tolerances in a particular line in exchange for favorable pricing. Let's say the normal standard is 1/4" but Home Depots says lets create a line called the Flush-O-King 3125 where we'll accept 5/16" tolerance if we can pay you $5 less per toilet. No company could reasonably product two different quality levels under the same product number. How would anyone tell them apart? The noob on the warehouse floor is issued a UV flashlight and looks for hidden writing on the box? |
- Posted by bus_driver (My Page) on Mon, Jul 1, 13 at 19:58
The whole process of slip casting, drying, firing and glazing is too involved for here. Given all the things involved, 1/4" is doing rather well. |
How does the manufacturer tell what's a second? Easy, that's what the QC inspection is all about. Mike, this has been the case with plumbing fixtures for a long time. Some models of faucets as an example sold by the national chains, some manufacturers would use internal parts of plastic instead of metal. How to tell which from which - where did you buy it? That's easy enough. Don't take my word for it, ask the next plumbing contractor you run into. That's how I learned about it, and later found it to be true. |
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Description: A man operates the polishing machine at Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereoview reads, "No. 11 One of the automatic polishing machines which sa...
Date: 1944 ca.
Description: Dick Hanley, of YANK Army Weekly magazine, snapped this photo of Robert Doyle taking a nap on the L-shaped desk in what appears to be a room used by...
Date: 1941 ca.
Description: Factory worker attaches the front grill to an International model M-5-6 military truck on the assembly line. The trucks were originally sold to the United...
Date: 1983 ca.
Description: Men with rakes and wearing waders work knee-deep in water harvesting cranberries on a flooded marsh.
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