tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post1620281995905578924..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You ShouldJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-69002065107791198902012-07-10T12:52:25.267-05:002012-07-10T12:52:25.267-05:00You see, you needn't apologize for your openin...You see, you needn't apologize for your opening pitch for expanding Smit's role - obviously your readers are eating it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-72412432356506250632012-07-09T13:34:26.817-05:002012-07-09T13:34:26.817-05:00My machete order: using a machete to destroy copi...My machete order: using a machete to destroy copies of Episodes 1-3, then using the machete on anyone who claims that Han shot second. I still say Miguel Prado was the Jimmy Smits character for the job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-22052337600641228212012-07-09T12:55:09.719-05:002012-07-09T12:55:09.719-05:00Oooh, I like this machete order thing.
I figure I...Oooh, I like this machete order thing.<br /><br />I figure I have about 5 years before it's time for my little one (age 1 now) to watch them, so I hope I remember this!Matt Jarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-29255017931867154522012-07-09T12:11:02.466-05:002012-07-09T12:11:02.466-05:00Oh, sorry: machete order is 4-5-2-3-6.
http://st...Oh, sorry: machete order is 4-5-2-3-6. <br /><br />http://static.nomachetejuggling.com/machete_order.htmlJonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-53836865494588903822012-07-09T11:45:12.855-05:002012-07-09T11:45:12.855-05:00Dr. B,
Not quite sure what you mean by "mach...Dr. B,<br /><br />Not quite sure what you mean by "machete order", but the 2-4-5-3-6 plan makes a bunch of sense, and leaves out a lot of the hooey. The knock against Lucas for putting licensing and toys over substance is as old as the Ewoks. I dislike it, I don't like how he's adulterated the SW Universe, but you'd have to have been ignorant (willfully so or not) to not see it coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-16677675477651598812012-07-09T11:42:35.336-05:002012-07-09T11:42:35.336-05:00Jared Bernstein's principal reduction plan for...Jared Bernstein's principal reduction plan for underwater mortgages is fairly radical, and has the potential to damage severely the mortgage-backed securities market, in which I am professionally involved and upon which our mortgage finance system rests. Investor willingness to continue to invest in agency MBS cannot withstand unlimited federal govt interference in mortgage contracts. Already, the government refinancing programs have imposed large losses on MBS investors, and if govt-mandated principal reductions are going to occur whenever there is a bear market in residential real estate, the risk-reward for MBS investors changes rather drastically. That would result in significantly wider yield spreads between agency MBS and Treasuries, raising costs for homebuyers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-36591651546549733522012-07-09T09:37:11.902-05:002012-07-09T09:37:11.902-05:00My general sense is that Episode I should have bee...My general sense is that Episode I should have been a 5-15 minute prelude to taking up the real story. The thing about "machete order" is just how little of Ep I is even remotely relevant to the rest of the series. Jar Jar is just a distraction from the extent to which 90% of the movie is a false start.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-67755768162035006702012-07-09T09:22:28.606-05:002012-07-09T09:22:28.606-05:00I like the idea of expanding Bail Organa's rol...I like the idea of expanding Bail Organa's role. I think that would have helped, slightly. The problem is that significantly improving the prequels begins and ends with constructing a competent script. All else is window-dressing.<br /><br />(And yes, I know the original movies weren't Hamlet, either. But they were FUN. They were cool-- at least, if you were a kid or willing to suspend disbelief. There was just so little about the prequels that was cool, because so few of its words sounded even vaguely like things people might say.)Robert John Burkehttp://www.burkestories.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-87765311482673651362012-07-09T09:04:18.941-05:002012-07-09T09:04:18.941-05:00If you really want to talk about improving Episode...If you really want to talk about improving Episode I with Jimmy Smits, wouldn't it have helped to introduce Jar Jar to Miguel Prado?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-13061871550810759802012-07-09T08:43:41.125-05:002012-07-09T08:43:41.125-05:00Clearly Padme is not bothered by a crazy age gap.....Clearly Padme is not bothered by a crazy age gap...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com