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New York City cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) arrives in Moscow to track down his estranged son, Jack (Jai Courtney) . McClane thinks his son is a criminal, so it comes as a shock when he learns that Jack is actually working undercover to protect Komarov (Sebastian Koch), a Russian government whistleblower. With their own lives on the line, McClane and Jack must overcome their differences in order to get Komarov to safety and thwart a potentially disastrous crime in the Chernobyl region.
Genre: | Action, Thriller |
Length: | 98 min. |
Rating: | R |
Cast: | Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Yulia Snigir, Rasha Bukvic, Cole Hauser, Amaury Nolasco, Sergey Kolesnikov, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Roman Luknár, Péter Takátsy, Pasha D. Lychnikoff, Melissa Tang, Rico Simonini, Catherine Kresge, April Grace |
Directed by: | John Moore |
Produced by: | Alex Young, Wyck Godfrey |
By Michael Phillips
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1 1/2 stars
"A Good Day to Die Hard" isn't just the weakest of the "Die Hard" pictures; it's a lousy action movie on its own terms, even without comparing it to the adored 1988 franchise launch starring Bruce Willis as John McClane, the New York cop who's a carnage magnet for all the terrorists and a supercool symbol of American might, right and muttered wisecrack.
Here, Willis barely gets a piece of his own noisy, zero-attention-span movie, and he suffers the usual indignity of any action hero north of age 55. Ten seconds of his first scene passes before someone calls him "Grandpa."
Traveling to Moscow to retrieve his estranged son, who's in some kind of trouble, McClane soon finds that his boy with the biceps, played by the Australian actor Jai Courtney, is really a CIA spook trying to keep a Russian dissident (Sebastian Koch, from "The Lives of Others") alive long enough to turn over a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry secretive top-secret file, containing evidence against the dastardly defense minister. Sample dialogue: "We need this file." And: "Just give me the file."
The first big car chase attempts to outrun equivalent scenes in both the "Mission: Impossible" and "Bourne" series, and folks, I am here to tell you: It's stupid. It's silly and overscaled enough to toss you straight out of the very movie you're supposed to be enjoying. From there, screenwriter Skip Woods leads the warring factions to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, where new bad things are happening, and ultimately someone falls down, down, down the way Alan Rickman did in the first "Die Hard," but with a difference pointing to the devolution of the series. The slice-him-up gamer-style evisceration capping that fall is a long way from the comparatively classy send-off Rickman received in '88, as he went splat on the pavement, the precise moment of impact left to the imagination.
Director John Moore leaves nothing to the imagination, unimaginatively, and with a misjudged reliance on absurd digital effects. Moore shoots and cuts mayhem like a pluperfect hack: All his previous assignments -- remakes of "The Omen" and "Flight of the Phoenix," the mechanical "Max Payne" -- have taught him little about pacing or mapping out a rangy action sequence. The father/son bickering grinds on, with McClane the elder bemoaning his workaholic tendencies ("I just thought working all the time was a good thing, y'know?" he says at one point, sounding like an absentee father, Hollywood studio executive division).
It's hard to keep a late-20th century franchise going, to be sure, but when you think of how good the recent James Bond films "Casino Royale" and "Skyfall" were, the fifth "Die Hard" looks and feels cynically lazy. The story sets up limp adversaries for our hero, one of whom seethes about the arrogance of the typical American "cowboy," just as Rickman's Hans Gruber (the greatest Bond villain never to appear in a Bond movie) went on, once upon a time, about McClane being "just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupted culture who thinks he's John Wayne? Rambo? Marshall Dillon?"
Fighting words! But Willis looks pretty bored here. McClane has become a dour place-holder edition of his formerly relatable self. I enjoyed one bit -- a slow-motion sight gag involving Willis's final kiss-off to an adversary, surrounded by flames -- but it takes a long time to get there. This movie barely tops 90 minutes minus the end credits, and everybody coming out of the screening the other night couldn't believe it wasn't a lot longer. A lot longer. It felt that way.
MPAA rating: R (for violence and language).
Running time: 1:37.
Cast: Bruce Willis (John McClane); Jai Courtney (John McClane Jr.).
Credits: Directed by John Moore; written by Skip Woods; produced by Alex Young, Michael Fottrell and Peter Veverka. A Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation release.
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Bill Gould
Bill belongs to: Cullercoats Community Centre & Cullercoats RNLI
Bill was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He served in the army in Germany, Sudan and Korea from 1950 to 1955. He came to live in North Shields in 1955, married and moved to Cullercoats in 1957. Bill helps with fundraising for the RNLI and maintains contact with retired RNLI crew.
Bill was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 1 March 2006. The interview took place at Cullercoats Community Centre and lasted 9 minutes and 55 seconds.
Changes at the RNLI
"Well, Im fortunate enough to have come to Cullercoats before everything did change"
Well, Im fortunate enough to have come to Cullercoats before everything did change, when they had a big lifeboat, you know, and it was, used to pull it out by ropes, they pulled the trailer out by ropes and it ran down a ramp and then they put a tractor behind it and pushed it into the sea. Ive seen big changes from them, from the two or three big boats that theyve had, and the equipment the lifeboatmen wear. We used to fire the rockets to call the lifeboatmen - now theyve all got pagers and they can be there in minutes.
Bill has 8 memories in the memorynet:
Bill's memories with a Community theme:
- Getting involved with the RNLI
- Bestsellers
- The Cullercoats Community Centre
- The importance of the RNLI
Bill's other memories:
- Moving to the North East
- Changes at the RNLI
- What does the sea mean to you?
- Cullercoats Bay
This memory has these themes:
Change | Clothing | Equipment | Volunteering
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Intel's next high-end desktop (HEDT) platform, codenamed "Ivy Bridge-E," is slated for Q3-2013, according to the latest platform road-map slide sourced by VR-Zone. According to the leaked slide, launch of Ivy Bridge-E Core i7 processors follows that of Core "Haswell" socket LGA1150 processors (Q2-2013). What's more, the upcoming Ivy Bridge-E chips will be compatible with existing socket LGA2011 motherboards, based on Intel X79 Express chipset. Intel's next-generation Ivy Bridge-E chips are up-scaled versions of today's Core "Ivy Bridge" chips, built on the same 22 nm process, with more processing cores, memory channels, cache, and PCI-Express 3.0 certified system interfaces. It remains to be seen if Intel launches a new chipset to go with the new processor, or retains the X79 chipset with a few minor updates in the form of steppings. The company retained its X58 Express chipset over the first two HEDT processor generations (45 nm Core i7 "Bloomfield" and 32 nm Core i7 "Westmere"). Source: VR-Zone Chinese
And no fucks were given. Haswell will be out by then. The relationship between the midrange and the highend will remain unchanged. I don't understand why Intel keeps putting the best technology in the middle product, or why they maintain a highend product that's perpetually slower than their midrange. This situation ruins it for anyone wanting to do extreme builds. You can't just plop in one super proc anymore and have it all. You have to choose between extreme multi-threaded app performance and everything else. I wish they'd kill this dual consumer platform crap and keep the obscure multi-threaded procs relegated to workstations.
True. They started this trend with the first Core ix processors and it seems to have become a habit now. Although I am not complaining seeing as the price/performance ratio to their mid-range CPUs is very reasonable and makes sense for money-restrained consumers who want some bang for their bucks. I just hope that their extreme models are well worth the wait for people who are already on socket 2011, otherwise Intel's gonna have some pissed off customers.
Shhh! Don't tell them that. I am really liking my i5-2500k, and hope its successor will be just as good in price/performance and have a ton of performance.
How does Ivy-E release ruin that? You look at the relation ship between 1155/1156 against the 2011/1366 sockets the wrong way. It's not mainstream/poor socket versus ENTHUSIAST/rich socket. The bigger sockets were meant primarily for heavy use of multi-threaded applications and the smaller sockets were meant for kicking ass in gaming. A 3770k system seems pretty damn enthusiast to me as will an 8-core 2011 processor EVEN AFTER Haswell comes out. Those that bought a 1366 socket early on were pretty happy when the could plop in a i7-980 processor years later and still hang with the best of them. I have a feeling that the socket 2011 owners will be equally as pleased. Let's not even mention that AMD has nothing even close.
I love being able to upgrade on the same socket like I did with 1366 Let's see if Intel will pull out that 10c/20t CPU that has been spotted some time ago
If they decide to keep using the same internal TIM (3570K/3770K) those Ivy-E of 6 and 8 cores will be a HUGE fail, the temperatures under OC will be terribly high. In the other hand if they decide to go back to the fluxless solder it will just prove they fucked up intentionally with the current Ivy Bridges (1155), obviously a mainstream platform sabotaging the sells of the high end platform doesn't look nice.
The successor to the Core i5 2500K is already here. IIRC it's the Core i5-3570K. Not a massive upgrade though IMO. I have a Core i5 2500K as well as a Core i7 3930K (among others). I don't think these chips / platforms are in need an upgrade any time soon as they are reasonably powerful. Would I like an Ivy Bridge-E upgrade in Q3 2013 and or a Haswell upgrade in Q2 2013,….sure but will it be necessary, cost effective or even yield a sizable performance improvement,…. I doubt it,...but maybe,...
I'm divided. I own something in the 2011 socket family right now. Yes, the "Hexa" core chips are a neutered octo core chip, due to thermal issues. Yes, the performance is great for a SB based processor. The issue is that IB comes out just a little while later, and beats SB at lightly threaded applications hands down. Then we come to find that IB absolutely bakes when you overclock. The problem is that Intel decided to change their manufacturing, for whatever reason I don't know (my theory is cost and decreasing the incursion of midrange CPUs onto the highend market). IB came out as a significantly poorer overclocker, with one very easy to fix flaw. Flash forward from Q4 2011, to Q3 2013. It's nearly been two years, and the "improvement" that Intel makes is to fix the manufacturing flaw, and just scale the chips up correctly. IB-e is a good performer, isn't neutered, and offers SB-e adopters a big upgrade. Intel is doing some shady things to make IB-e relevant, despite openly stating that desktop CPUs are a dying breed. My optimistic side wants this to be paranoia, but Intel has been guilty of...inappropriate...business practices in the past. There is no indication that they didn't intentionally nerf IB once the AMD offering bombed and there was no real pressure to make the next significant step forward...
Do I need to remind everyone that IVB-E was only a die shrink? Manufacturing issues aside, it's practically the same chip on a smaller process that uses less power. Only the skt2011 extreme editions are gimped 8-core CPUs with the two extra cores laser cut. IIRC the 3930k is only 6-cores. I have a skt2011 rig, no 6-core for me though, and I've been incredibly satisfied with my 3820. It's not IVB, but it does have quad-channel memory, it has 40 PCI-E lanes, and the lid is still soldered to the CPU. I can't complain, it's a well performing CPU with more features than you need. Is IVB faster? More or less, but it is. Does it have more features and capabilities as X79/SB-E? That's another story and I'm not convinced that it does. For example, you can't get an Intel CPU with VT-d that can overclock until you get at least a 3820. No k-edition intel chip has VT-d. The 3820 has 10Mb of L3 as opposed to 8Mb. The 3820 has supports quad-channel (or triple, dual, or single depending on your memory placement.) Finally (a sizable deciding factor for me,) SB-E has a flexible bclk. How much it will overclock really depends on the CPU. Dumo got the 3820 running at 166mhz bclk. The best mine wants to do is 135, but honestly, 125x36 gives me a 4.5ghz without even touching the Turbo (in fact I have turbo disabled.) So yeah, there are benefits to going skt2011, it just depends if you want them or not and if you're willing to take a very minor, light threaded performance loss for the platform. I think it's worth it and I bet you that most other skt2011 owners will agree with me. I just hope that IVB-E will have the lid soldered to the chip instead of using a TIM.
It is mostly but it has some architectural improvement hence the 5-6% gain in performance when compared clock for clock and it is the best tick Intel has released (performance/watt especially). Anyway, I could care less about that marginal difference in IPC when my workload is heavily threaded, I can tell that if they made an extreme edition with dual QPI I'd be jumping on a dual socket mobo.
Mine does 171 BCLK and I'm sure it would go higher but the heat was too great. Haven't tried the 250 strap as I doubt it would boot at 250. I'm definitely happy with my LGA2011 rig and can't say I have one bit of buyer's remorse. A little disappointed that they pushed back IVB-E almost a year but that just gives me a reason to push this "little" 3820 further. And yeah, if IVB-E has that crappy TIM under the lid, you can damn well bet that mine(and others I'm sure) will be de-lidded. No sense in spending $500+ on an enthusiast-class chip if you can't overclock the damn thing because of heat...
I have to say, there's a reason for owners liking SB-e, but the price point generally makes it only for those that have serious work to do on a computer. It isn't because of a budget, or performance for single threading, or power consumption. The reason it is enjoyed is highly threaded performance only. I've ran the 2500k, 3570k, and 3930k. None of them are hugely different in real life scenarios, where programs aren't running for days on end to process something. The difference comes in heavier programs. The 3570 can beat the 2500, but only by a small margin (24 hours to encode with 2500k, 23 with a 3570). The 3570 is beaten by the 3930 resoundingly. A 23 hour encode in the 3570 takes a little under 14 with the 3930. As far as the bclk, that's largely about the motherboard. My Gigabyte x79-ud5 is an absolute pile of turds. The board crashes when you hit the 1.25, though it is stable enough on the 1.00 setting. Each new revision of the firmware took away more of the overclocking potential, so stay away fro Gigabyte x79 boards if you intend to do anything more than play with the multipliers for each core. All of this said, it still seems like Intel is pulling the punches on IB. They take nearly two years to update the high end platform, and do so only after their mainstream offering has already moved on to the newest architecture. WTF? Why would you buy the BMW SUV from two years ago, when the BMW roadster from this year is already available? The only people looking at IB-e will be those who bought into SB-e. There will be a small market, which will both make the platform languish and drive the price up. I hate that Intel is doing this, but it makes business sense. The average consumer is willing to deal with less power, as long as the size goes down. We, at this forum, are exceptions to this rule (yeah, it's a cop out, but its true).
Only half true. There will likely be a smattering of new motherboards in the LGA2011 architecture released around the launch of IVB-E, meaning more people have the ability to go LGA2011. People are still building LGA1366 rigs, which should go to show just how well Intel's "enthusiast class" parts age in relation to performance. Hell, an i7 920 with a mild oc will still keep up with if not beat most of the current mainstream offerings. The biggest reason I see that would keep people from building LGA2011 systems is price. A decent board is around $300 and you only have three(now four) processors to choose from, with the cheapest coming in at about $300 and the next choice up is almost double that price.
Ivy Bridge has a much stronger IMC than Sandy Bridge, memory clocks of 1300MHz+ are common. I can imagine Ivy Bridge-E would do the same. I drool at the prospect of quad channel DDR3-2800.


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Mastro's Ocean Club - Las Vegas
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Our third trip to this Mastro's...each time it gets better and better. These guys know how to do it whether it is Vegas, LA, Scotsdale, or Chicago, they run a 1st class restaurant!
The Waitress was gave us undivided attention and did all the little things that matter for a fine dining experience. They changed the color of our napkins in accordance with the clothes we had on, crumbed the table after every course, adjusted our sides order not only make them more suitable for 2 people vs 4 they reduced the cost accordingly. Checked on us just the right amount of times. Put up with a 3 wine sample request and while my steak was undercooked and had to be sent back the manager came over and immediately informed us the steak would be comped and to save room for dessert. The food was fantastic and the service was better. I will recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a cool ambiance and great service in Vegas.
Our meal and waiter were outstanding. The only complaint we had was the wait of 1/2 hour past our scheduled table time. We were told we could have a drink at one of the tables in the bar or at the bar. Unfortunately all the tables and stools at the bar were full and the aisles were crowded. (That either points to a hot spot or poor layout design). The food was excellent. Highly recommend the Lobster Gnocchi as an appetizer. I had the coated Haddock with mushrooms which also was great. My wife had a filet which also was well done. Dress code in the place was everything from dressed to the nines to jeans and a collared shirt.
Good stuff. We were impressed. Steak... Butter cake... Drinks worth the price... Recommended.
Now that Mastro's is part of the Landry's chain of restaurant, one wonders if there would be a degradation in the quality of food. Fortunately, the food is great, and the service equally as good. The one knock on the restaurant is that you don't get "Landry rewards" credit for dining here. If you're plowing $1000 or more, it sure seems like you should be able to get credit.
The interior ambience was wonderful. The service was professional,friendly and timely. My entree choice of Chilean Sea Bass was perfectly prepared.
We Love MASTRO'S! My wife and I have been there about 9 times! Excellent food / excellent service / BEST - OF - THE - BEST. We continue to love the atmosphere of the restaurant. WE LOVE IT!!
It was our second trip to Mastro's, our experience equally as delightful as the first. This time, there were 4 of us. Unique menu offerings were knowledgeably described by our server (she could list ingredients without leaving the table to consult the chef.) Presentation and preparation were spot-on. We were given a comfortable amount of lingering time between courses. I tasted several of the dishes we ordered (7, including aps and entrees.) The overall theme here seems to be that main ingredients are meant to be showcased, rather than a backdrop for added food-concoctions. Spicing is handled delicately, sauces sparingly, garnishes refined and edible. Drinks were always replenished. I appreciate these things in fine dining. We will return.
We love dining at Mastro's as the view around Crystals is great and the food and service is always very good. This was my Birthday meal and honestly, the steaks were not as great as they usually are, but we are forgiving as we will definitely come back.
We have eaten here numerous times and the experience has always been superb. The Alaskan king crab legs are excellent. The martinis are really good and big. Overall it's always a wonderful time , we always look forward to eating at maestros.
This was my 5th trip to a Mastro's, the main course was very good. The steaks are excellent! Our server forgot our appetizer, totally. He did apologize but kind of joked about it and try to make it funny, that I didn't appreciate. I would have think he might have offered an adjustment of a free dessert but nothing, still it was my only bad experience in my 5 trips.
This was our second time dining here. They have very attentive staff, the food & drinks were perfect, & met the manager Daniel who was so sweet to us! Overall another wonderful dining experience! This is becoming one of my favorite restaurants in the city!
I specifically wrote on my note for reservation that I was out there to celebrate my girlfriends bday and her first time ever being in Las Vegas. The hostess and waiter never once mentioned or asked about us celebrating her bday. I am not sure if open table did not send that information. Low end chain restaurant are even more friendlier with people's bday. If the disconnect is between Open Table Shame on Open Table, but if its with Mastro's I expected more for such a nice restaurant.
Great menu, we had loads of appetizers as we had a late lunch and skipped the entrees. The crab starter was fabulous. Everything was perfect and the portions are enormous even for sharing. Entrees a little expensive. Atmosphere in the treehouse was really fun. Surprise your guest , enjoy!
The service was top notch and the food was beyond expectations.
Excellent food with excellent service.!! Will definitely come back again.
I go every time I'm in Vegas. I think it is the best of the Mastro's locations. Bar and birds nest are great designs. Fantastic ambiance. Staff knocks it out and the food is always delicious. I've always had the fish, but my buddies get the steaks and seem to really like them.
This place was recommend for a great Steak and Seafood. Our server Pauly (Winkler, got to get a last name for next visit, maybe more than one Paul), was on point. The portion size was perfect for the price point. The nice touch, management stopped in to check on our dinner, the support staff was there before we knew we needed them. A Big Thanks to the staff for making our last dinner in Las Vegas over the top special!!
Mastros is one of our favorite restaurants no matter what city we are in. I am especially fond of their dungeness crab cocktail and seabass. My husband as well as friends have commented that the steaks served at Mastros is the best they've ever eaten. Family size side dishes are also something to look forward to when dining at Mastros!
If you like ribeye steaks - I would recommend the Tomahawk ribeye at Mastro's. The steak is outstanding! Mastro's is probably one of the best steak houses in the united states, but it is not cheap either!
We arrived 45 minutes early and promptly got taken to a bar table when we asked if we could go to the bar. We then waited about 15 minutes instead of 45 to get seated. They also seated us in the area we requested as we walked in. At the bar table, I ordered a Maker's Mark and cola and that was generously poured to my content. The wait staff was on it as we'll. very accommodating and seemed to sincerely want to make our dining experience enjoyable.
Although you need to bring "All the Money" to Mastros, it is well worth it. We visited the one in Las Vegas and ate in the Tree House with a window seat. The lamb was cooked exactly as I requested and the presentation of all other dishes at our table was perfect. I usually do not eat desert but we ordered the Butter Cream Cake. You must have this when you visit. Absolutely the best desert I have ever tasted and it is huge so the whole table can share and there will still be left overs. So, Food Network, if you are listening, go to Mastros and put this on your "the best thing I ever ate" show. Do not show the recipe to your cardiologist. He'll probably slap you.
Second time going to Mastro's. First time I remember being better so I don't think I ordered the right steak. It was still really good - 4 star good but just not a 5 + star of my first trip. I had the bone in KC Strip, my wife had the Lamb, with the Maguro Lime sushi roll to start and the small plate of onion rings and brussel sprouts. I'll skip the onion rings next time. Good but not the best onion rings I've ever had. It could be better if: We made the reservation many weeks in advance, I wish they gave us a better table. And the restaurant was hot / warm - I don't know if the AC was broken but it got really uncomfortable when the sizzling 400 degree plates were brought to us! Also, VERY expensive restaurant. Even for Vegas.
The service was exceptional. The food was very tasty. The side dishes are great for sharing. Will definitely go back.
We had a wonderful experience. Paul is fantastic. We enjoyed talking with him and his outstanding service.
Brought one of my colleagues here for dinner, and wasn't disappointed. Food quality is top notch, service is attentive without being intrusive, and the location is ideal if you want to wander the strip afterward. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for a fine dining option outside the bustling casinos but not too far from the action.
We have gone here before and have never been disappointed. The food is superb and the service is excellent. The restaurant does nice little touches especially when they know that there is a special occasion involved. We brought our eight year old granddaughter here for the first time in order to experience a fine dining restaurant. The staff was very attentive and treated her with great charm and respect. They also comped her for dessert. An excellent way to end a perfect evening.
Another fabulous dining experience at Mastro's. The service was not as crisp as the last, by Elizabeth, but overall, it was still great. Shrimp cocktail was wonderful. Oysters Rockerfeller not so. Oily and lacked flavor. The scallop entree was fantastic and so was the rack of lamb. Creamed spinach was also very well done. The best was the bread and the warm butter cake with vanilla ice cream and fresh whipping cream. Outstanding! One miss was the hovering of bus boys at a side station which we were seated next to. At least 4-5 of them just standing there and hovering with nothing to do. A follow up phone call the next day was a pleasant surprise. Nice touch. Classy.
3rd time at Mastros in Las Vegas and it has been flawless each time. Previous visit I have had stgeaks and they were some of the best I've ever had and last night enjoyed Halibut Oreganata(on special) this time, which was fantastic. Tender moist and super flavorful. My dining partner had the Swordfish grilled and also had nothing but good things to say. Service was exceptional. You will not be disappointed at Mastro's
I have dined here many times and I'm always pleased with the food and service (Lionel) is my favorite server!! The restaurant is truly unique and beautiful. Nice Bar area. The Seafood is outstanding!! Every visit to Las Vegas includes one night here.
I have eaten at Mastro's in several cities, always a great experience. Vegas was no exception. The food was great and our waiter, Mike, was incredible. he made some suggestions on items we had never tried before, he really knew the menu! the Lobster mashed potatoes were incredible, and from Idaho we know Potatoes:)
Ordered the 12 oz filet. It was perfectly cooked, med well. Really flavorful and well seasoned. Sides we got were the Gorgonzola Mac/cheese (my fave), garlic mash, sautéed spinach. For dessert warm butter cake. They get the meal right every time!! Mastro's is my favorite steak house , with Fogo de Chao a close second place.
I rarely write a review, but take rating a restaurant seriously. So, seriously, this Las Vegas location Mastro's strives for excellence and it really is excellent. We had a wonderful Anniversary evening and our waiter, Paul, was a delight. The food was amazing, wine selection overwhelming (they have everything), and the tables spacious in an elegant setting. Can't even think of anything they can do better. A must do at City Center at the strip. But, don't all rush there at once... leave a reservation time open for us :) Thanks Mastro's!
The dinner was very good overall but I do think its a little overpriced!
My husband and I sample a few appetizers + drinks. It was fantastic and the portions were ample! We were very happy with the martinis and a fantastic wine cellar - wow! A definite do over!
Been to Mastro's Ocean Club several times now and it is always consistently great. Wonderful seafood selection, and for those not into seafood the filet mignon is excellent. Salads are outstanding as well. Waitstaff very attentive. Cant' wait to go back and visit again.
Yup, 5-Stars is a pretty easy score on this one. We've some friends that are regulars that have been trying to get us to go to Mastro's, Thousand Oaks for years. On this trip to Las Vegas we finally relented, instead of hitting a "celebrity chef" establishment. Starting with the escargot, we knew it was gonna be a good night. The wife & I split every course and there was still enough for a doggy bag, which we, sadly, did not take as there was no 'fridge in our hotel room.
The Sea bass was like butter, terrific cuts of Tuna.
For food quality it is number 1. Value and Service this is Las Vegas best restaurant. Try it once and you will go back. Best waiters Sam and Lionel
I love pretty much everything about this restaurant. The menu is expansive with something for everyone, the service is friendly and top notch, and the architecture is just so unique. If there's one thing I want you to take from this review, it's request a table in the Tree House. Makes all the difference. Oh, and get the butter cake for dessert.
In a place where restaurant service is generally lacking (Las Vegas), Mastro's hits the ball out of the park! This is top notch service (white & black napkin service, hot hand towel service between courses, sides served to your dish at the table, etc.). Notables not to miss: the crab cocktail - TRUST ME. OMG...already shelled WHOLE pieces of crab - and so many!!! escargot, bone-in prime ribeye. were fine. The lobster mashed potatoes were good and we are both glad we got them, but they were not worth $36, nor was there 1.5 pounds of lobster, as advertised. The cocktails are awesome - do not be scared by the $15-20 prices, you get about 2.5 martini glasses full, since they leave the cocktail shaker with (a lot) more in there.
I would recommend this restaurant to visitors as well as locals. Hostess was stiff and robotic, but everyone else did well.
We came after a show at the Aria. We had Sooner wait on us. Lovely and very attentive! We had the 8oz. waygu steak! Only wish we didn't share it!! It was probably one of the very best steaks we've ever had! Tender, juicy and full of flavor. Yummy Ended our meal with "Butter Cake" and a mountain of whipped cream on the side! Heavenly Great evening of dining!
went for our 15th anniversary with a group of friends, 7 total. Lots of filets ordered, all perfect and delish. Red snapper review was a little dry. twin lobster tails, delish. small and medium oysters on the halfshell - so yummy!!!!!!! sides: asparagus, creamed spinach, loaded baked potato, gorgonzola mac n cheese, garlic mashed pots - all delish! mixed drinks, yum! Butter cake - a must! OMG!
Enjoying the weekend with friends at the Rodeo should certainly include an evening at Mastro's Ocean Club. There were six of us, four of which had never dined at Mastro's. We celebrated a birthday, enjoyed fantastic food and my friends were simply amazed at the generous-sized dishes. I laughed as they initially thought they could split between two-NOT! We each shared our entrees with one another and the ooh's and ahh's just kept coming. A most memorable dinner celebration with good friends. We were just so stuffed by the end of the evening none of us had room for the signature butter cake. I think next time, we need to start with the butter cake and work our way to the entrees.
Good food, servings tend to be very generous. Plan on sharing apps, salads, maybe even the entree in some cases.
Start off with one of their dry ice martini's, the seafood tower is decadent. I have been there many times and never had anything but an outstanding meal. If you have room for dessert they are all incredibly delicious and portions very shareable.
This restsurant is truly the best I've ever experienced. Great food. Great service. Can't wait to go back.
Understand Mastro's is coming to the DC area and we can't wait! A delightful, albeit pricy, evening with every menu item top notch. Be sure to try the smoked salmon, which my wife loved. Even if you feel full, splurge on the butter cake!
A wonderful experience all around despite the fact that the reservation time came and went but we hardly noticed until the hostess told us! We had arrived early and went to sit at the bar where we had a great time just chatting and watching the restaurant and the people. The food was incredible and everything came out perfect. Highly recommended!


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Round 3 Recap: HP Byron Nelson Championship
In the third round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship from TPC Four Seasons, Keegan Bradley shot a 2-under 68 and holds a 1-stroke lead.
IRVING, Texas -- Following a third-round 66, Sang-Moon Bae reflected on his play in the HP Byron Nelson Championship with Fred Albers from SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio.
By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM
IRVING, Texas -- Tom Gillis' approach to Sunday's final round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship?
Be as boring as possible.
The 44-year-old Gillis, seeking his first PGA TOUR win, will start the day just two shots off the lead held by Keegan Bradley. He's an unlikely contender this week, having missed the cut in his five previous starts and failing to post a top-20 finish in 11 starts.
But he's in solo third now and will go with the same gameplan on Sunday that has carried him for the first three rounds at TPC Four Seasons Resort.
"Just like I have all week, I've tried to make it as boring as I can, hit it in the center of the green and even if it's 25-, 30-feet, have a roll at it and go from there," Gillis said.
"Just make it very, very boring would be my way of going about it tomorrow."
Gillis was anything but boring on the 18th hole Saturday when he blasted out of a greenside bunker and into the cup for an unlikely birdie. When Bradley made bogey on the hole, Gillis climbed to within two shots of the lead at 11 under.
He knows it will be tough to catch Bradley, but perhaps his calm, boring approach will pay off.
"The key tomorrow is to give yourself a lot of opportunities and see if you can probably put a good one on it," he said. "Keegan is playing pretty good, but you got to play 'em all, see how it shakes out."
By Fred Albers, PGATOUR.COM Correspondent
IRVING, Texas -- Keegan Bradley was a perfect 3-for-3 from greenside bunkers but the shot he faced at the 17th hole was, by far, the most difficult at the HP Byron Nelson Championship on Saturday.
Bradley was in the front left bunker, playing to a back hole location, 87 feet away. Bradley walked down into the bunker and repeatedly practiced a very vertical swing. He bent his knees, generated full clubhead speed and splashed the ball out of the bunker. It landed some 10 feet beyond the cup, sat for just a fraction of a second and then, with an audible "whiz," the ball spun down the hill like somebody had pulled the string on a top.
The gallery roared as the ball backed up until halting 3 feet below the cup. Bradley went on to par the hole and later said, "that was a Keegan Bradley shot. (Phil) Mickelson can learn from me now."
Putting: Sang-Moon Bae took just 26 putts in the third round but that total included a miss from 31 inches at the fifth hole. It follows a trend. Bae is ranked 31st in strokes gained-putting, a very respectable total. However, that ranking also includes some puzzling numbers. Bae is 161st in three-putt avoidance and ranks 146th on 3-foot putts. He is also 177th on TOUR from 5 feet. Even more puzzling, Bae leads the TOUR making 82 percent from 8 feet. Very rarely do you find so much inconsistency from someone who ranks so highly in strokes gained-putting.
Par 5s: Bradley carries a one-stroke lead into the final round and he can thank his play on par 5s for that lead. There are only two par 5s on the TPC Four Seasons course. Bradley has played them a total of six times through three rounds and he is 7 under on those holes. He has birdied each of the par 5s each round, with the exception of the seventh hole. Bradley eagled the seventh on Thursday.
Par 3s: The par 3s showed their teeth on Saturday. In the first two rounds, only once had a par 3 been stretched in excess of 200 yards and that came at the second on Friday with the hole placed 214 yards from the tee. PGA TOUR officials used the back tees on Saturday. The second hole played 223 yards, the fifth was 168, the 13th checked in at 183 and the 17th hole measured 203 yards. With swirling winds, club selection was very difficult those par 3s.
Plodder: Jimmy Johnson usually caddies for Steve Stricker but with Sticker's limited schedule, Johnson has worked for Harris English at times this year and is impressed. He watched English play his third round and described the Georgia graduate as "a plodder with fire." What a wonderful description of English who is rapidly gaining the reputation as a "player to watch" on the PGA TOUR. Johnson will caddie for English at next week's Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.
Putting: Tom Gillis is having an average putting year but a great week on the greens. He ranks 101st in strokes gained-putting this season but is much better at TPC Four Seasons. Gillis has had putting rounds of 28-24-23 to lead the tournament and ranks first this week in strokes gained-putting. He is also enjoying a great week of bunker play. Gillis is 6-for-6 out of the sand, including a hole-out from 46 feet for birdie on the 18th.
Fred Albers is a course reporter for SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio. For more information on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio, click here
Keegan Bradley can't seem to figure out the 18th hole at TPC Four Seasons Resort (Pennington/Getty Images)
By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM
IRVING, Texas -- Keegan Bradley maintained the lead on a hot, humid Saturday at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, and will go into Sunday's final round seeking his second title at TPC Four Seasons Resort in three years.
Bradley shot a third-round 2-under 68, putting him at 13 under for the tournament, one shot ahead of Sang-Moon Bae and two up on Tom Gillis.
"One of the most solid rounds of the year considering all that was going on," Bradley said, referencing the windy conditions.
Bradley will be paired with Bae in the final group on Sunday. Tee time is 1:30 p.m. ET.
"One shot behind Keegan," Bae said. "Looking forward to tomorrow."
Bradley, who won here in a playoff against Ryan Palmer in 2011, is looking to become just the third player in tournament history to go wire-to-wire, and the first to do so since Tom Watson in 1980.
But his lead was reduced on Saturday. He had led by three shots on Thursday after shooting a course-record 10-under 60, and kept that three-shot lead after shooting 69 on Friday.
And if the tournament comes down to the 18th hole, Bradley could be in trouble.
For the third consecutive day, Bradley hit an errant tee shot at the 18th, resulting in his third bogey at the hole this week.
In the first two rounds, Bradley avoided water on the left by bailing out to the right. On Saturday, taking a more aggressive line, his ball barely stay out of the water but landed behind a boulder, forcing him to chip back out to the fairway.
"I thought it was in the water," Bradley said. "But another foot to the right and I'm actually almost in the fairway. So it could have gone eiither way."
His third shot landed short of the green, but he nearly holed his fourth shot with his putter.
Bae shot his third consecutive 66 and is at 12 under.
Gillis was bogey-free for 16 holes, stumbled at the 17, but rebounded by holing his bunker shot for birdie at the 18th to shoot 67.
"That'll make dinner taste a little bit better, that's for sure," Gillis said.
Scott Piercy is in solo fourth at 10 under. Gary Woodland, Harris English, John Huh and Charl Schwartzel at tied for fifth at 8 under.
Watch Scott Piercy drain a putt from 45 feet on the 17th hole Saturday.
By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM
IRVING, Texas -- During an eight-hole stretch in Saturday's third round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship, Scott Piercy rolled in two putts from outside 45 feet, and another from outside 30 feet.
Piercy hasn't sank a bunch of long-distance putts this year -- he ranks tied for 94th on the PGA TOUR in average distance of putts made -- but holing those three on Saturday came at an opportune time, since Piercy moved into sniffing distance of Keegan Bradley's lead entering the final round.
Piercy is at 10 under, three shots off the pace, and will play in the next-to-last group with Tom Gillis.
"It's not often you make a couple of long ones," Piercy said. "When the putter starts going you start making the short ones first. It's hard to hit it close at this golf course with this wind and these conditions, so you have to put it on the green and putt well.
"Today my long putts went in."
Piercy entered this week with little momentum. He had missed the cut in four of his five previous starts and had just two rounds in the 60s since he finished third at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
"My ball striking hasn't been at a point to be in contention," Piercy said. "So I think the ball striking is starting to come around, looks like the putter warmed up a little bit and going to play steady golf tomorrow and take my birdies where I can get 'em and eliminate the bad stuff."
Hole | Par | Length of Piercy's putt |
10 | 4 | Made 45 feet, 2 inch putt for birdie |
12 | 4 | Made 30 feet, 3 inch putt for birdie |
17 | 3 | Made 45 feet, 5 inch putt for birdie |
IRVING, Texas -- Tom Gillis holed his bunker shot at the 18th hole in Saturday's third round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship.
That finished off a 3-under 67 for Gillis, who is now at 11 under for the tournament, two shots behind tournament leader Keegan Bradley.
Gillis goes into Sunday's final round seeking his first PGA TOUR win.
IRVING, Texas -- John Huh holed out from 162 yards with his approach shot at the par-4 14th for eagle during Saturday's third round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship.
It's the first eagle at that hole since 2006.
Huh is now 7 under for the tournament through 16 holes.
IRVING, Texas -- Keegan Bradley rolled in a 34-foot birdie putt at the par-4 11th to move to 13 under during Saturday's third round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship.
Bradley led by two strokes over Tom Gillis through 12 holes.
Gary Woodland's 46-foot putt at No. 4
Graham DeLaet's 23-foot putt at No. 12
Scott Piercy's 30-foot putt at No. 12
By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM
IRVING, Texas -- In his first 12 holes of Saturday's third round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship, Tom Gillis has needed just 13 putts.
Yest, that's a pretty good ratio.
Gillis has one-putted nine greens, and holed out from the fringe at the par-4 eighth for par.
In only two of his first 12 holes has he needed two putts.
Gillis entered the third round leading the field in strokes gained-putting.
A bogey-free 3 under on his round, Gillis is currently at 11 under for the tournament, two shots behind leader Keegan Bradley.


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Reply #60 on:
April 29, 2012, 04:58:59 am »
If it were face book, I'd "Like" that...
There is always waiting around on film and TV shoots, but it's great to have catering as a standard! =) as opposed to Theatre.
Happy to hear about it...
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April 29, 2012, 07:49:03 am »
Oh yes, I knew there'd be lots of waiting around. And I'm not complaining, there's lots to be done and plenty to be set up and checked and tested. It's just very different to theatre where you can't afford to be building sets the day you bump in, or spend 2 hours talking about frame speed instead of getting on with rigging (I'm assuming part of it is that with theatre everything has to be pre-planned in order to get everything done in time for opening, whereas with film you can be more flexible with a schedule and have more details finalised last minute). It's a very different way of doing things... mainly it just weirded me out because I'm a trained techie and being the performer meant I was watching everyone else run around doing stuff. It's not in my nature to just sit around watching everyone else work especially when there's so much to do and so little time to do it in.
Catering is a nice addition, especially since we were all working from about 9am til late (they shot my stuff morning-eve, but were still going when I left at 10pm). Understandably having food/drink available for such a long day is something you'd want to do just cause it helps break up the day and makes everyone less grumpy
Actually it was really awesome to have lots of food and drink. Rehearsal day I had lunch provided, and shoot day lunch/dinner and snacks. I have to say I know how hard film work is just because it's common sense, but I'm far more appreciative now of runners, general crew, etc. While I was busy trying to get a scene right, someone else was making dinner without me realising that's what they were doing. They cleaned up afterwards so the rest of the crew could get on with setting up and shooting... It's some serious dedication to art to do stuff like that, especially when you're not getting paid.
... In terms of theatre, there's less of that done, but in general you're trying to get 10 hours worth of stuff done in 2. I've been given bottles of wine as a thank you, or treated to an occasional meal/snack, but that's been more from people who I've worked with on a profit-share basis. You definitely don't get that sort of comaraderie from pro theatre crews. Unless it's "buy you a beer after the show" kind of thing.
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Reply #62 on:
May 16, 2012, 11:29:40 pm »
Well it's a long time in between...
As you guys know I was thinking of chucking the project in. Basically I just got to a point where I just felt a bit overwhelmed by life circumstances and thought it was best to put everything puppetry off until it resolved. It hasn't, but some other things happened since (some explained above, re: music video).
The other thing was I spent about 2 weeks not doing any puppetry of any kind. Normally if I'm feeling a bit burnt out I'll simply move on to another puppet project, switching back and forth between School of Puppetry or Puppets in Melbourne or two projects for either site. I've been doing that for the past 2 years. Finally I "took a holiday", where I simply watched TV, did a few other jobs - see below - and occasionally kept up with emails. I put everything else on hold. That helped get me out of my head.
The other thing I did was sign up for a freelance website and got myself a couple of paid jobs writing articles. That helped ease my financial worries (seeing as how I've got a puppet sale this month, I knew my income was going to take a dive) as well as giving me something new to do for once. It's kind of nice to write on subjects that I normally wouldn't, and happily got some great feedback from the client. Plus it had the added benefit of making me feel like I can go out and get paid work without necessarily committing myself to some dull temp job in an office which leaves me no time or energy for puppetry pursuits.
I'm trying again to push myself to get through it, though I really do feel as though I need a proper break. I'd love to just do some sewing for a bit instead. However, I'd still like to meet the deadline and try to present something - with any luck to a lot of well-known puppeteers. So I've started building.
Part of the reason why I stopped is sort of a mental block on building the shadow puppet screen. I really didn't have enough money to do what I want - buy some PVC tubing for a frame - and the aluminium framing I have currently sh*ts me no end. In a conversation with Shawn I mentioned doing everything in miniature to make the whole presentation easier on me and make things less frustrated. So I've gone with that idea and am making a screen using leftover materials I have at home.
Surprisingly the screen itself is hardly miniature. Instead of making a huge self-sustaining frame I'm making something that sits on a table-top. However, due to the nature of the flying backdrops, I've needed to make the table-top frame taller than normal. Once the whole thing has been built I'll post some pics/video, but for now...
I had a whole bunch of black foam core pieces leftover from a past show (see the PIM website/blog, look under 'City Head'). I only had small pieces so I've cut the edges into jigsaw shapes so now all the pieces fit together. In the centre will be a piece of clear plastic which will act as my screen. The idea is that the whole frame should be easy to put together and will fit in my car. Initially I thought I'd plan all this out, but I'm kind of just making it up as I go along.
You may be thinking 'how is this a frame?' Well, it's not. Not really... the foam core pieces will act as a hide for the fly/backdrop structure as well as hiding me. The plastic screen will obviously be the area of play. But attached to the back of the foam core will be some of my aluminium frame which will hold up the heavier backdrop pieces. They'll be in a backwards C shape, with the top and bottom of the C sticking out from the back of the foam core to hold up the backdrops and the straight edge of the C attached to the foam core itself (It'll make more sense when I post some pics) Because the foam core is only held together in jigsaw pieces, I will most likely use some velcro or tape to secure it all further.
I have no idea if I'll even get it all made before the summit which is at the beginning of July.
Finally.... thanks to everyone who posted supportive comments. I think in the end pushing through was just making more frustrated and a proper long step away from everything was all that I needed to get back into the right headspace. It just goes to show that holidays were invented for a reason
Lizzies Lair
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Reply #63 on:
May 17, 2012, 02:28:13 am »
Knowing absolutely nothing about shadow puppets, I can't really visualise the screen Na. I look forward to seeing it and understanding the techniques you've used.
I am so pleased to hear you're feeling re-energised/inspired/making progress! There is nothing worse than being stuck in a rut and it's awesome you've managed to shake it! Oh and kudos on the freelance gigs!
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May 17, 2012, 03:07:32 am »
I wouldn't really call it inspired. I'm considering this a 'last hurrah' before taking time off to do other things - aka earn more money. I'm certainly not going to stop doing puppetry, I just need a longer break from it all. After July I'm thinking I'll spend most of it sewing (technically Puppets in Melbourne plans include selling plushies, but at least sewing suits my mood right now) and doing more freelance stuff. I won't be surprised if this time next week I'm feeling crap about it again. Puppetry for me, no matter how passionate I manage to sound about it, was always something I could take or leave... so I go through periods where I don't know why I keep doing it and periods where I'm so inspired I can't sit still.
... Oddly enough the freelance thing was very relaxing. I've technically only had one gig, the person just rehired me for some extra work... I've only applied for about 13 jobs, most of which I've not gotten, but it's great to see so many jobs available where all I need is internet access and a computer. The added income for what amounts to a day or two's work is great, and I don't have to feel guilty for having little on my CV outside of theatre jobs. It just suits me so much more than other things I've tried.
As for the screen, even if you knew shadow puppetry I doubt it would make much sense. It is literally a jigsaw puzzle and I'm not even sure how I'm making it even while I'm doing it. I don't even know if it will stand up! I guess just for the moment, imagine a false wall with a small window in the middle of it... And then some braces at the back to keep it up. Or something
PS. I bought my registration for the summit last week. Been meaning to ask you how your plans are going... I'm all excited about seeing some of the Oscar winners. I wish they'd actually release a proper program with dates/times. I really can't tell whether or not there's one workshop/whatever per time slot or more. When I registered there wasn't any program selection process, which is what I expected from past festivals. Even the first of these summits that I attended had several things in each time slot, so I'm not sure how this one is going to work.
(Blah, I'm obviously verbose today.)
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Reply #65 on:
May 18, 2012, 11:01:28 pm »
More updates:
I've gotten a bit stuck on the frame: not design-wise, just I don't have any velcro and need to pick some up. I'm waiting to take a trip to a new arts supply place I've heard about which sells discount offcuts of various materials. They also offer a pick-up service for scrap materials you don't want, so obviously this is a place I *need* to visit sometime soon.
In the meantime I am working on the designs of the puppets. I now know the size of my screen, so I am using my computer to develop scale images for landscape pieces and so on which I can use to help me figure out what everything will look like before I build.
So far I have the below. It's the design for the male puppet, as you can see it's in the same style as my new designs that I've been prototyping (see my logo!). It will have one moving arm, the other is on the same piece as the head. The puppet will be 2/3 the size of the screen, because the screen is very small - 28.5cm. I'm trying to make the puppet as big as possible because the bird will need to be in scale too.
The colour of the body/legs is not decided yet, I just picked something at random for testing purposes.
From here I'm kind of stuck again, as I need to order something for my super-secret effect before designing other things. However, I can design the speck-man, and the bird, so I'll probably be spending some time thinking out how I can make a puppet that is all specks. I'd like to avoid lamination, but that's probably the only way to make it work as the plastic I'm now using doesn't stick to any glues nor itself.
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Reply #66 on:
May 21, 2012, 08:15:48 pm »
I'd love to say there's been more progress made, but alas no. I was all set to go pick up some materials yesterday when I realised this new art supply place is not open on Mondays. I went out to pick up some mail and a few hours later had a f*ing awful cold. I'm now hoping I'll be well enough tomorrow to try again. What's frustrating is that without these items I can't really start building stuff...
... I think I may not meet the deadline... sigh...
Although the good news is that lying in bed sick allows me to think of how to make those exploding speck things. I think I have it worked out, but a prototype will need to be made. Preferrably when I'm not sneezing all over it
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Reply #67 on:
May 24, 2012, 09:07:34 pm »
Hope you are feeling better soon.
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Reply #68 on:
May 24, 2012, 10:11:32 pm »
I am getting a bit better each day, but still not well enough to do much. Hopefully it'll clear up by next week!
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Reply #69 on:
May 27, 2012, 01:36:52 am »
I'm finally feeling good enough to sit still and work on the project. I've just worked out my first piece of landscape, measurements and design. I should be able to post a pic later...
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May 27, 2012, 03:15:08 am »
Hmmm... I have a question for you guys...
I have to give credit for the music and for one other thing that I'm using, and I also want to have a credit for who is doing the performance (you know usual stuff) but I don't know whether to have them before the song or at the end. I know giving the credit for the 'other thing' will partly give away some of the effect before the song even begins (although there will be scenery in view which will also give it away: the nature of doing things miniaturised sadly), but having it at the end also seems silly given the way the visuals end (spinning galaxies, fade to black).
Which way is better?
Lizzies Lair
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Reply #71 on:
May 27, 2012, 03:47:44 am »
I really wish I could help Na but that has gone totally over my head!
For what it's worth, in my mind credits should always roll at the end. To do it first would deter from the performance/concept/your work, but again, I can't actually visualise in any real terms what you're doing and therefore don't know whether my views are of an value at all. I'd be interested to hear what you decide though and why.
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Reply #72 on:
May 27, 2012, 03:58:02 am »
Haha, yeah it's kind of hard giving advice on something that is a secret
Maybe this will clarify:
In order to introduce the piece, I must invite the audience to do something. This is a necessary credit, so it just made sense to me to have
"Show title, performed by..." at the beginning too. It works to introduce the piece, leaving the song itself to run and the final event is that spinning galaxy/black out.
However, as I want to minimalise the amount of the effect that will be seen during credits it may make more sense to have the song credit and 'other' credit at the end (and therefore take the others with them). And remember the audience *will* see some of the effect/landscape because of that must-have credit at the start, and that the 'other' credit will clue people in on the effect anyway (although only a small amount if they're paying attention).
Now the thing that I'll ask the audience to do will *totally* clue them in, which is why I kind of want to keep the credits minimal...
But I really like finishing the song as BO (theatre-speak for black out) rather than rolling credits.
Does that make more sense?
PS. Long time no hear! Hope all is well for you
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Re: Super secret project.... that isn't so super secret now... kind of...
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Quote from: Na on May 27, 2012, 03:58:02 am
Does that make more sense?
Um, no?!! I'm trying to see what you're seeing in your head as you formulate the explanation and yet... no joy! I'm having one of those Homer moments where every time I try to visualise it, the circus music starts and my brain monkeys start absent mindedly preening fleas from one another.
I will re-read this with tomorrow's fresh eyed and well groomed brain monkeys in the hope to better understand it. Sorry dude!
Oh, and things have been hectic in my world but pretty good. I'll PM you for a decent catch up soon.
Re: Super secret project.... that isn't so super secret now... kind of...
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Haha, I thought as much. Trust me, knowing what the effect is makes all the difference
Good to hear you've been busy! Look forward to getting the PM
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A "grand reopening" to mark the addition of new studio, rehearsal and music-lesson space at Guitar Center Columbus on Morse Road took place Thursday, Jan. 10.
This is welcome news for musicians who aren't also weightlifters, according to studio manager Sopheap "Lo" Huot.
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The Columbus store at 4661 Morse Centre Drive is the 31st in the 240-plus nationwide chain to have a Guitar Centers Studio, according to Huot, a West Side resident.
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The concept for including studio and lesson space in the stores was in response to customers who would buy instruments and then say, "Now where do I go to learn to play it?" Huot indicated. The first of the studios opened four or five years ago, he said, as a standalone location, but now they are combined, mostly in the construction of new outlets.
Guitar Center Columbus is one of the new outlets to have the studios added as part of what Huot called a "retrofit."
"We did have a chance to do this a few times, but I think right now we've got the right formula for GC studios," Huot said. "It's an amazing part of the store."
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He has been a Guitar Center employee since 1999.
Huot, a native of central Ohio who first started with Guitar Center when the Columbus store opened in 2002, said his main job as studio manager is to put students and instructors together. A dozen instructors, out of 35 to 40 interviewed after Huot came back on board at the Morse Road location in December, will be paired with students eager to learn how to play their new instruments.
The new space will allow for some new programming, according to Huot, including a two-month "rock show" offering in which a guitar player, a bassist, a drummer, a vocalist and a pianist are teamed up to form a band. At the end of the two months, Guitar Center personnel will book a gig for them.
"I'm really excited about that," Huot said. "I can't wait to do the first one."
He said Guitar Center Columbus will offer "jam nights" the last Friday of every month during the two hours prior to closing. The first hour is reserved for people who become members of Guitar Center Studios to "jam out," according to Huot, while the other hour is open to anyone.


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I'm pretty sure it is fake but I love it anyway
If the 4th monk spec icon exists in wow its a fake, if it doesnt its real. The 4th monk spec would have to be something that represents the crane, Chi-Ji, the color of the icon is sort of correct but the icon itself does not look like a crane (the other icons looks like xuen, niuzao and yulon) so it leads me to believe its fake.
A tinker class AND 1 new spec for every class? Complete bullshit. That'd be way too much work for them to do. Maybe if they did another 1 year gap between 5.4 and the new expac, but they've stated that they want to get expacs out faster. I don't see that happening if they have to essentially create 15 new specs (4 of those being from a completely new class).
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Five Common MMO-C Misconceptions:
1. If I'm burnt out on WoW, the game must be less exciting than it was in BC/Wrath.
2. If Guild Wars 2 can do it, WoW should have done it 4-9 years ago.
3. Anything I don't get free is another way to milk the players for money.
4. "Don't hate me because I disagree" is a good way to shut down dissenting arguments.
5. GC is the root of all WoW's problems. Now that he is gone the game will be perfect again.
Wrong, warlocks also gain new abilities when in metamorphosis. But they do get a buff for everything, but not a buff that changes the abilities dramatically.
Support classes, i like them, i liked them in vanilla but then they were taken away. I played a support in Rift for sometime.
If support classes are made to work well, then they are fun to play.
In vanilla our hybrids had strengths and weaknesses, but the strengths in every area made them whole. Other classes were only good doing one thing in one spec. But hybrids had some strengths from all areas in any of their specs.
I remember the countless paladin pvp videos where half prot half holy paladins own people with 2 hander weapons and sometimes 1h and shield. It worked well enough, they were able to heal up to a point and they did good damage with seals and with good enough weapon.
Shamans had windfury for 2 handers too and fine heals with half resto spec, if they were elemental then healing was even stronger.
Druids had good strengths aswell, bearform for survival and some damage, catform for dps (everyones selfheals werent able to overheal that because barely anyone had selfheals other than other hybrid classes) and they had good healing and overall support. There are plenty of druid videos too from vanilla where all these strengths are seen utilized to beat other classes.
Bringing powerful selfheals for everyone destroyed the possibility in having support classes or specs like back in the day. Their low damage would not be able to hit thro second wind for example. And they arent supposed to be able to hit as hard as pure specs and classes.
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What did the other guy say before me? he said the same thing about demon hunters i think, so i asked him the same question about DKs.
While I hope a fourth spec would be made I have to use logic here and day it's not possible. PVP is already a problem at the moment adding 11 new specs to balance would destroy PVP and blizzard would not do that.
As far as another class goes, that is easily doable. I would have to lean towards demon hunter bc diablo. Don't say they aren't related bc monks appeared in both almost simultaneously. But I would prefer a different class besides another hunter. I guess demon hunter could go melee.
Hopefully we will hear something at blizzcon, maybe something about Titan as well
I don't have high hopes for a Tinker, but you shouldn't be so quick to dismiss the possibility of fourth specs for everyone. It would be the perfect way to complement new character models, and really breathe some new life into what will then be a nigh on ten-year-old game.
I think fourth specs are very realistic.
Compared to what DK's were at launch... Monks are significantly more balanced.
If you're not a fan of the playstyle, that's an entirely different issue. Though I do somewhat agree that WW need another chi-less-button to hit that isn't Jab and T30.
The point is that they're significantly more competent at implementing new classes since WLK.
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Would be overjoyed with an actual caster dps Paladin spec. I never get to spec dps on 2 healer fights. Blood mage would be great too. All fake I'm sure but great ideas.
TBH I would make due if Holy had some more damage output in their spells. Make Holy shock, Judgements, Holy Wrath pack bigger punches and make one of the seals boost white damage considerably by spellpower or INT. I feel like all healers should be normalized to at least be on par with Disc Priests and Mistweavers when DPSing. Even if it's not a pure DPS spec, it would make things like running scenarios a lot easier.
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1. If I'm burnt out on WoW, the game must be less exciting than it was in BC/Wrath.
2. If Guild Wars 2 can do it, WoW should have done it 4-9 years ago.
3. Anything I don't get free is another way to milk the players for money.
4. "Don't hate me because I disagree" is a good way to shut down dissenting arguments.
5. GC is the root of all WoW's problems. Now that he is gone the game will be perfect again.
Next expac Burning legion.......So demon hunters and tinkers could be viable
I mean first time we met wrathion for the legendary quest we can see the greenish fireballs dropping on azeroth.
Now with the last part of legendary ..........
Spoilers inc.....
ever since i played guild wars 2 i kept saying blizzard missed out making engie a profession rather than a class. tinker could be awesome.


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One more time, I took the way to Pakistan with my friends Jorge and Martin. After some trekking days over the Baltoro glacier we arrived in K2 basecamp. The weather was not so hot like other years and there were only a few expeditions at the mountain; so it was great. I'm here again trying to climb this incredible and huge mountain, for sure so special, such a contrast in the mountain world. When I'm looking at K2, I see a mountain so high, so wild but at the same time so simple, so perfect like it's surreal. I know to climb a mountain like this will be hard, difficult and I'll have to suffer a lot. But knowing all this, I feel in calm beeing here and in this time, I don't want to stay in another place. After the big tragedy last year, it was even more a special feeling to be here again. I need to say good-bye to close friends who died here one year ago.
For the first acclimatisation we chose the Spanish-Cesen route. We slept one night on an incredible small balcony, between camp I and camp II. The night was bad, very windy and cold. In the morning, we decided to go down in the middle of a strong storm. After this conditons on the mountain, the basecamp is looking like a five star hotel. The sleeping tent is so big, you have place to turn around in the night, the best cook is preparing the best food for you and going to the toilet is so easy without the necessity of keeeping the rope...
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Back in hotel basecamp we could rest and took power for the next ascent. After some days the weahter window appeard and we could climb up again. In two long days we reached camp III once more. The weather reports announced a short, less wind window; we were ready.
But the good-weather window didn't arrive and I must wait three nights in camp II. One day later, I met Jorge, Martin and some other climbers in camp III. At the 25. of July at one in the night we started for the summit. As we expected, there were a lot of snow, we fought all the dark night. Also a group of eight strong climbers was not enough power against the power of the mountain. Around 7900m we decided to turn back. The snow was to deep, the conditions to dangerous. After the first disappointment, we were happy and contented that nothing happened and everybody was safe back in basecamp. I didn't want to make a second attempt, the conditions in the beginning of august becomes always very bad and the mountain so dangerous with a lot of rockfalls. The work at home was waiting for us and we would spend some days in different mountain villages to give medical help to the people there. Like the years before, it's always a great work with a lot of gratitude and satisfaction.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS - Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin of Melrose was among about two dozen legislators criticizing the rush to bring New York's gun bills to a vote.
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That's basically the message here. If that's not dictatorial, I don't know what is. Hitler would be proud. Mussolini would be proud of what we did here," he said.
McLaughlin was criticized by the Anti-Defamation League, who called the remarks "deeply offensive. He later apologized, saying, he let his "passion overcome" him.
His comments overshadowed the legislators' push to end early morning votes by halting all activity between midnight and 8. And they want to limit the Governor's use of "messages of necessity"--- to what they call "genuine emergencies"---threats to security or natural disasters. Governors use messages of necessity when they want to waive the typical three day waiting period for a bill to be voted on.
Ron Seyb, a professor of government at Skidmore College, says executives have used powers such as messages of necessity for hundreds of years.
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