<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post2732392939723444951..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6295609433245843388</id><published>2007-08-07T23:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-07T23:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I found it interesting how at the same time one co...</title><summary type='text'>I found it interesting how at the same time one couldn&#39;t fully follow the action, as you say, one could, at least I could, because the action was so generic that anyone who has seen a lot of action films had a pretty good idea what MUST be going on at any moment. I never felt lost. I really liked the cinematography. I thought it was the best part of the Ultimatum.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/6295609433245843388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/6295609433245843388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html?showComment=1186543020000#c6295609433245843388' title=''/><author><name>John B-R</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01041221232768939991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2732392939723444951' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2732392939723444951' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-574567698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-33620108531267032</id><published>2007-08-07T22:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-07T22:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>sounds like another spectacleonce moreguy de bord ...</title><summary type='text'>sounds like another spectacle&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;once more&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;guy de bord is proven insightful&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;what were the subtle sales pitches?&lt;BR/&gt;any gratuitous sex?&lt;BR/&gt;why would i go?&lt;BR/&gt;10 bucks burning a whole in my pocket?&lt;BR/&gt;do we now hunger for&lt;BR/&gt;sensation overload?&lt;BR/&gt;i prefer hashish and belly dancing</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/33620108531267032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/33620108531267032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html?showComment=1186539360000#c33620108531267032' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2732392939723444951' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2732392939723444951' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1120836458176721666</id><published>2007-08-07T20:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-07T20:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think there&#39;s an interesting paradox at work in ...</title><summary type='text'>I think there&#39;s an interesting paradox at work in the way Ultimatum is filmed as out-of-control confusion. While that&#39;s true, it&#39;s also true that this film is so *generically* representative that I always knew exactly what was going on, even if I couldn&#39;t tell by what was happening on the screen. Out of control confusion, yes, but so contextualized - not confusing at all.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/1120836458176721666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/1120836458176721666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html?showComment=1186533000000#c1120836458176721666' title=''/><author><name>John B-R</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01041221232768939991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2732392939723444951' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2732392939723444951' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-574567698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3122273881718457652</id><published>2007-08-07T11:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-07T11:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>the theatrical preview of Bourne Supremacy was ups...</title><summary type='text'>the theatrical preview of Bourne Supremacy was upsetting my stomach with its camera movement and quick edits so I took my glasses off and looked at the chair in front of me</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/3122273881718457652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/3122273881718457652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html?showComment=1186500660000#c3122273881718457652' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2732392939723444951' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2732392939723444951' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4418804026205747090</id><published>2007-08-07T10:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-07T10:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maybe it should have been made in 3-D.  That way n...</title><summary type='text'>Maybe it should have been made in 3-D.  That way no one would worry about plot at all.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If I remember the earlier one of these Ludlum chapters, it was the same formula:  Central character wakes up not knowing who he is, or why he&#39;s doing what he&#39;s doing.  Is this like the Manchurian Candidate?  I.e., why is everyone trying to kill me? Have I been programmed?  What was I in my former </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/4418804026205747090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/4418804026205747090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html?showComment=1186498200000#c4418804026205747090' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2732392939723444951' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2732392939723444951' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7397519161546134695</id><published>2007-08-07T09:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-07T09:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yup.  Didn&#39;t see Ultimatum, but Supremacy was defi...</title><summary type='text'>Yup.  Didn&#39;t see Ultimatum, but Supremacy was definitely not made for foveal vision...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/7397519161546134695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2732392939723444951/comments/default/7397519161546134695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html?showComment=1186494000000#c7397519161546134695' title=''/><author><name>John Schertzer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04694233349915868913</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/08/other-day-i-was-saying-vis-vis-some.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2732392939723444951' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2732392939723444951' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1383069011"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2007"/></entry></feed>