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lookyz Casual Observer
Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 94 Location: Manhattan's Shadow
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Wasn't there something about Bree seeing the world from a whole new perspective when she was 4 after a fight with her parents? Something about an eyepatch? |
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Lola Lonely Fan
Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 133
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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What a great excuse to re-watch "The Parallax View." One of the great paranoid conspiracy films of the '70s. |
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tigerlilylynn Moderator
Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 891 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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lookyz wrote: | Wasn't there something about Bree seeing the world from a whole new perspective when she was 4 after a fight with her parents? Something about an eyepatch? |
Yup she had a lazy eye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZN-Wye4rDE _________________ Better than a high school reunion!! |
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girlAnachronism Enthusiastic Fan
Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 483
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Hooray! Forgive me as I SQUEE!!!
and you may now get back to your general rejoicing.
/me runs off searching for her Tachyon dartboard... |
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bethy Devoted Fan
Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Posts: 858 Location: Follow the yellow brick road...
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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YAY!!!!!! A term I know...well, I only know it because my husband is an amateur astronomer and I tag along to his club meetings and star parties. What can I say? We're geeks.
For the non-scientific types...a really good example of parallax can be done right were you're sitting now, and you've probably done it many times in your life.
Look across the room and focus on an object in front of you. Your monitor will do. Now, close just one eye. While opening that one eye, close the other at the same time...all the while focusing on the object. It moved! It changed! Or did it?
The object didn't change at all, it just appeared to do so because you shifted the way you look at it. Or you didn't have "both eyes open".
It seems that it's time for a perspective shift, or we're going to get to see OpAPHID from somebody else's point of view.
Another really good way of understanding it is to think of some books or movies you may have experienced where the same story is seen through different characters in different sections rather than an omniscient viewpoint. |
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SapereAudeo Thor's Hammer
Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 1042
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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This story arc also fits in well with the OpAphid video where the perspective changed so that we were looking at the inside of the eye instead of the outside.
/loves new Arcs! |
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tiltingwindward Devoted Fan
Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 549 Location: The Land of Nefarious Purposes
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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If you'll all pardon me for one moment...
[insert mad scream of joy here]
...you may now return to your regularly scheduled tilting. _________________ "A step in the right direction? It only turns out to be so if you're willing to step much further."
-Samuel R. Delany |
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Jewelybug Enthusiastic Fan
Joined: 04 Nov 2006 Posts: 279 Location: On my way to Florida
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:14 am Post subject: |
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I am so excited for the new ARC! by the way Minty... that picture of daniel scares me _________________ I miss you op |
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JustAnotherLonelyGirl. P. Monkey's Agent
Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 2094 Location: Boston
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ "Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof."
-- V For Vendetta <3 |
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HoorayForMeImMakingOut Enthusiastic Fan
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 252 Location: Orlando, FL
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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woot! _________________ Who is it tonight, Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?
Tag, you're it. |
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Patti Suspiciously Absent
Joined: 07 Feb 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Kitchener, ON
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:31 am Post subject: Me |
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Hi! I'm new, but an interesting thing I noticed...
I have a mac, and using the dictionary feature on my mac, the definition for parallax is:
the effect whereby the position or direction of an object appears to differ when viewed from different positions, e.g. from the viewfinder or lens of a camera
Don't know how interesting that is to everyone else, but I thought I'd share. |
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tigerlilylynn Moderator
Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 891 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:25 am Post subject: |
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Parallax is also a very cool comic character.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_%28comics%29
The story was retconned but originally one of the lanterns went psycho and turned evil. The retcon was a retelling where the parallax parasite took over Hal and made him be evil. Semi-on topic I feel. _________________ Better than a high school reunion!! |
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Killthesmiley The Order of Denderah
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 4732 Location: Halifax NS Canada
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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tigerlilylynn wrote: | Parallax is also a very cool comic character.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax_%28comics%29
The story was retconned but originally one of the lanterns went psycho and turned evil. The retcon was a retelling where the parallax parasite took over Hal and made him be evil. Semi-on topic I feel. |
well thats interesting...especially with all the Y-Man information. _________________ kelly
YOU: Who does that KTS think she is? Total bitch!
ME: I think I'm you, only better.
~Kelly, KMurr, and Kellylen <3~ |
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HoorayForMeImMakingOut Enthusiastic Fan
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 252 Location: Orlando, FL
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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I like the new set-up, it's easier to find stuff! _________________ Who is it tonight, Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?
Tag, you're it. |
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nobackspacebutton The Order of Denderah
Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 5301 Location: High Heels and Stockings
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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I love this setup..it makes things sooo much easier.
Like OpAphid For N00bs. _________________ What ever happened to that girl BA?
BA Tells Lies.
Some things are secret for a reason.
There are people whose lives are dedicated to keeping them that way. |
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