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Spoilers: [spoiler]His intention was to make the villain run in the exceptionally cold climate for the sole purpose of inflicting an agonizing death by drowning in one's own blood after freezing and bursting the capillaries in the lungs (as was the fate of the girl that had been raped/left for dead). The only reason the villain dies is because he's running and exerting himself in the sub-zero temperatures and freezing his lungs. Renner is not exerting himself and out-of-breath, so there is no problem. The movie pays special attention to this fact and almost always shows Renner's character walking slowly and diligently.The shoes (or lack thereof) have nothing to do with dying; only tortuous frostbite. Right before all this takes place, Renner comments that today, it is "too cold for snow". The weather on that particular day, the higher altitude of being close to as high as the tallest mountain in Wyoming (also commented on by Renner in this scene), along with the distance from any civilization is why they're there. Because these factors make the whole lungs freezing problem worse, and to contrast the villain's cowardice with the "warrior" qualities of the girl who was left for dead, Renner comments that he won't make it 600 feet. [/spoiler]
As others have mentioned, it's like finding out that your dad is a pedophile. RIP Bill Nye The Science Guy.
Person of Interest. It started off with a decent premise and ended up being a show I really enjoyed watching. I can't remember for sure around what episode it started falling apart, but I seem to remember it being about the end of the second season. The writing style changed completely, they started introducing and developing characters out of what seemed to be a desperate attempt to gain a broader audience or something, it started being filled with more and more nonsensical propaganda, and then it all just went downhill.
Thanks, Jim. Posting update logs like this is great, so thanks for keeping us updated! The website seems to be doing well so far, and only gaining momentum.
Ah, I see. Yes, I completely agree, ignorance is no excuse, especially in this sort of context. And although the latter of what you mentioned could very well be more likely (which it probably is), I don't want to assume to know for sure. But yes, you're probably right.
I think I see what point you're trying to make (which yes, is very obvious, and no, not something that has "gone over my head"). However, the format of your reply makes it hard to understand just what you are talking about without assuming all sorts of things. Are you being sarcastic and trying to make a point? Or are you just completely confused? Or or you replying to a different topic? Just say what you are trying to say. People should not wildly assume things; It's foolish and only confuses people.
Thank you for clarifying all that for us, Jim! I, among many others no doubt, am very relieved to know that you are on the right side of this ordeal and I'm glad you've stopped that situation before it can do more damage. Keep up the good work.
I meant on average across most social platforms and popular forums across the web, including many of the IMDB discussions. There hasn't been nearly as much of that nonsense here, which is great. I'm not used to seeing many mature discussions on popular, active forums, so this place is a nice deviation from all the nonsense troll garbage that ruins so many discussions and conversations (so far, anyway).
Oh, it doesn't seem to be bad here, no. That is what is surprising. Most places are overrun with idiots who just post nonsense and argue with everything "because reasons". I'm glad to see that there are actually some real conversations happening around here instead of just the usual illogical nonsense that plagues most social boards and sites.
2006. ;) I will edit my original comment to clarify. I thought about that when I typed it, but then didn't do it anyway, ha.
The Fountain (2006). This is possibly a strange sounding choice to some, especially if they have any idea how many great (and not-so-great) movies I've seen.
I agree with both of you, except the fair use part; This is a textbook case of straight up infringement, regardless of any opinions or intentions. I did overstated it, but only to make sure that the people who see no problem with this kind of thing might start to understand why it's an issue. Does it make me hate Jim? Nah, not at all. But it does make me think Jim should be more careful and perhaps a bit more thoughtful with that kind of thing in the future. I am, however, very glad that at least some people here can have mature conversations. I'm really not used to seeing anything near what could be called sentences in replies.
Everyone should care. This is not a good thing; it's directly stealing work that someone else paid for, had worked on, and uses. That is a huge problem and not something that should ever be done. It is a very obvious infringement of copyrighted promotional material. Even if it wasn't blatantly breaking the law to a point of easy prosecution (which it is), it's just wrong and very unprofessional. This kind of behavior will destroy any good reputation this site has for many serious users. It's not okay to steal other peoples' work and claim it as your own. I really hope it doesn't become a problem, but aside from that, it's a little disheartening to know that Jim (or whoever else is in charge of that) would be resorting to such acts. A lot of bad attention at the beginning of a popular website can stop it dead in it's tracks and I'd like to see this website stay around, as it seems to be one of the best, active IMDB archives around at the moment.
I wouldn't compare this to a traffic grabbing imitation or cheap clone knockoff. Most of the people here really valued the IMDB forums, even if they didn't post there. This project is giving some of those threads and discussions back to the online community, where IMDB has terminated access to such information. This site doesn't come across as a clone or an imitation, merely a backup or mirror of the IMDB message boards, but at this point has become one of the only places to access and discuss this kind of information. The IMDB friendly (clearly knocked off) theme just makes it a more comfortable transition for the users who have spent many hours and days in front of the IMDB message boards.