Comments on: discontinuous innovation and the mysteries of Roger Ebert http://cultureby.com/2005/08/discontinuous_i.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diego http://cultureby.com/2005/08/discontinuous_i.html/comment-page-1#comment-5993 Diego Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:42:37 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=904#comment-5993 This is why I love this blog and your writing. Thank you for reaffirming my love for TLA. It is of enormous significance to me that both you and I find great meaning in this film. By the way, what do you think of Buckaroo Banzai? This is why I love this blog and your writing. Thank you for reaffirming my love for TLA. It is of enormous significance to me that both you and I find great meaning in this film.

By the way, what do you think of Buckaroo Banzai?

]]> By: Quotulatiousness http://cultureby.com/2005/08/discontinuous_i.html/comment-page-1#comment-5994 Quotulatiousness Mon, 08 Aug 2005 00:07:34 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=904#comment-5994 <strong>QotD: Whimsy</strong> Whimsy is an aesthetic category for cultural artifacts that do not quite conform to, but do not fully violate, the rules of contemporary culture. Whimsy is licensed departure. It makes free with cultural conventions in a way we find... QotD: Whimsy

Whimsy is an aesthetic category for cultural artifacts that do not quite conform to, but do not fully violate, the rules of contemporary culture. Whimsy is licensed departure. It makes free with cultural conventions in a way we find…

]]> By: Grant http://cultureby.com/2005/08/discontinuous_i.html/comment-page-1#comment-5992 Grant Wed, 03 Aug 2005 18:27:19 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=904#comment-5992 Juri, thanks, good thinking, and the answer is: 63! Best, Grant Juri, thanks, good thinking, and the answer is: 63! Best, Grant

]]> By: Jüri Saar http://cultureby.com/2005/08/discontinuous_i.html/comment-page-1#comment-5991 Jüri Saar Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:37:40 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=904#comment-5991 "How old is Roger Ebert?" - "Ask Google!" was my first thought (I'm 24) and I was surprised when I saw the answer. Try it! “How old is Roger Ebert?” – “Ask Google!” was my first thought (I’m 24) and I was surprised when I saw the answer. Try it!

]]> By: Grant http://cultureby.com/2005/08/discontinuous_i.html/comment-page-1#comment-5990 Grant Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:08:26 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=904#comment-5990 JohnO, I was wishing it wasn't over. And now I will have to go out and buy the DVD. Thanks, Grant JohnO, I was wishing it wasn’t over. And now I will have to go out and buy the DVD. Thanks, Grant

]]> By: JohnO http://cultureby.com/2005/08/discontinuous_i.html/comment-page-1#comment-5989 JohnO Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:55:03 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=904#comment-5989 I thought the movie was absolutely a gem to watch. Bill Murray was stellar. The off-color remarks and plot movements were exactly like you mentioned: "no surprises...except for that one, and that one, and that one" Granted, I'm not audience to documentaries much (I've been removed from academia, nor do many cross my path), so some of the subtleties are lost on me. Howevever, by the end of the movie I was wishing it wasn't over. A movie that does that to you can't be too bad, can it? I thought the movie was absolutely a gem to watch. Bill Murray was stellar. The off-color remarks and plot movements were exactly like you mentioned:
“no surprises…except for that one, and that one, and that one”

Granted, I’m not audience to documentaries much (I’ve been removed from academia, nor do many cross my path), so some of the subtleties are lost on me. Howevever, by the end of the movie I was wishing it wasn’t over. A movie that does that to you can’t be too bad, can it?

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