<?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.post4497855129867210785..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/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.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>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-453936230343886773</id><published>2009-06-19T14:06:26.274-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-19T14:06:26.274-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Proably no one will see this, weeks after the fact...</title><summary type='text'>Proably no one will see this, weeks after the fact, but I gotta say:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I saw &lt;i&gt;Grave of the Fireflies&lt;/i&gt; last night, following up on Aaron Apps&amp;#39; recommendation here in the comments stream.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I can highly recommend that film too.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I wonder if the Pixar folks have watched it, and, if they have, if they&amp;#39;ve thought about whether they might yoke their</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/453936230343886773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/453936230343886773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1245434786274#c453936230343886773' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 19, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-577364127053662225</id><published>2009-06-02T16:49:59.714-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T16:49:59.714-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven, I&#39;m glad I was able to point you to the fi...</title><summary type='text'>Steven, I&#39;m glad I was able to point you to the film. There should be more like it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In reference to video games... I like Mario and Sonic and such. I grew up playing them, and I still enjoy the likes of them now and again. The new &quot;Mario Galaxy&quot; is amazing from what I have played... there is no singular center of gravity; the little character jumps from tiny planet to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/577364127053662225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/577364127053662225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243975799714#c577364127053662225' title=''/><author><name>Aaron Apps</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11387237324417934642</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/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1272311462"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 02, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4855655752383315211</id><published>2009-06-02T12:11:06.232-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T12:11:06.232-04:00</updated><title type='text'>oh  same LA vid show&#xa;&#xa;just unveiled &#xa;&#xa;&#xa;&#xa;The Beatle...</title><summary type='text'>oh  same LA vid show&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;just unveiled &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Beatles Rock Band interactive/virtual vid Game&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ringo and Paul were there...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hyping their virtual drums and guitars..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what a CROCK!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we can buy this on Citi&lt;br /&gt; credit card&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and the new macine to play the vid on  and a $600 &quot;drum&quot; set  and a $</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/4855655752383315211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/4855655752383315211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243959066232#c4855655752383315211' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 02, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9082684016639983025</id><published>2009-06-02T11:25:19.461-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T11:25:19.461-04:00</updated><title type='text'>pee est:&#xa;&#xa;speaking of Jean Cocteau:&#xa; via the magic...</title><summary type='text'>pee est:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;speaking of Jean Cocteau:&lt;br /&gt; via the magic of Edison&lt;br /&gt;who groped in the dark...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I bet orpheus and blood of a poet are FREE on the net some where..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~lenin/jean_cocteau_boap.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I betcha Gide, and &#39;casso, and Dalhi and mina Loy, and Baron  Ella, and Breton  etc  made films of their&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/9082684016639983025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/9082684016639983025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243956319461#c9082684016639983025' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 02, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4773958090913703017</id><published>2009-06-02T11:15:21.839-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T11:15:21.839-04:00</updated><title type='text'>well  just now on CNN &#xa;microsoft unveiling some in...</title><summary type='text'>well  just now on CNN &lt;br /&gt;microsoft unveiling some interactive crap new super graphics vid game  where this real girl&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;weave,bobs, kicks at the computer screen and the computer (images) react..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think steve jobs introduced thi  or maybe it was Speilberg...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;now that we are saying good-bye to the U.S. Auto Industry  we might say   Sayonara to our </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/4773958090913703017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/4773958090913703017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243955721839#c4773958090913703017' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 02, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6026387771265459981</id><published>2009-06-02T10:23:20.796-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T10:23:20.796-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The best animated stuff I&#39;ve ever seen was shown o...</title><summary type='text'>The best animated stuff I&#39;ve ever seen was shown on a PBS series a few years ago that was moderated by this British actress, Jean Somebody.  The best stuff was made, I thought, in Czechoslovakia and Finland, places like that.  It was terrific, and simple, and ingenious.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But none of that material ever gets made in the U.S.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The word verification below just now is;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/6026387771265459981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/6026387771265459981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243952600796#c6026387771265459981' 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/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 02, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7236392645769427880</id><published>2009-06-02T07:45:25.614-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T07:45:25.614-04:00</updated><title type='text'>related to anime   these game visuals INCREDIBLE&#xa;&#xa;...</title><summary type='text'>related to anime   these game visuals INCREDIBLE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UHAUL might even wanna &quot;get into&quot;  video games&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;like this one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and like this one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I forget which one my son now plays   along with about 6 other players&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh if I was 37 years younger..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;d play these things&lt;br /&gt;and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/7236392645769427880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/7236392645769427880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243943125614#c7236392645769427880' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 02, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8818106895045945746</id><published>2009-06-02T07:11:55.204-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T07:11:55.204-04:00</updated><title type='text'>well&#xa;&#xa;these &quot;kids&quot; doing anime  are INCREDIBLE&#xa;&#xa;ch...</title><summary type='text'>well&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;these &quot;kids&quot; doing anime  are INCREDIBLE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;check out thhe &quot;stuff&quot; here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.japanator.com/?t=releases&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and the poet, John Martone turned me on to Grave of the Gireflie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AND  there is an anime doer   very famous  (also) named John Martone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anime   well isn&#39;t exactly&lt;br /&gt;         a hidden or underground &lt;br /&gt;               </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/8818106895045945746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/8818106895045945746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243941115204#c8818106895045945746' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 02, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-805883350063473866</id><published>2009-06-02T01:06:02.359-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T01:06:02.359-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Aaron Apps, &#xa;&#xa;Thanks so much for suggesting G...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Aaron Apps, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks so much for suggesting &lt;I&gt;Grave of the Fireflies&lt;/I&gt;.  I just did my due diligence self-education (I hadn&#39;t heard about, or had forgotten the movie), and wow I agree, I gotta see it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your suggestion is example 3,463 just this year of why comment boxes are worth reading.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again for sharing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/805883350063473866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/805883350063473866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243919162359#c805883350063473866' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 02, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4669167053715000569</id><published>2009-06-01T22:30:59.295-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T22:30:59.295-04:00</updated><title type='text'>first anime I ever saw  Grave of the Fireflies...&#xa;...</title><summary type='text'>first anime I ever saw  Grave of the Fireflies...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WOW!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then  &lt;br /&gt;Princess Mononoke&lt;br /&gt;and then&lt;br /&gt;  Akira..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;reminds me  sometimes of some Utamaro  or Hokosai  or whoever&lt;br /&gt;put those colors on&lt;br /&gt;  suchly...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and the differences</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/4669167053715000569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/4669167053715000569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243909859295#c4669167053715000569' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6194121827468069214</id><published>2009-06-01T20:52:36.203-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T20:52:36.203-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I’m not a huge Pixar fan (and Disney makes/made tr...</title><summary type='text'>I’m not a huge Pixar fan (and Disney makes/made trash… their animated efforts rarely do little more than re-establish trite male, capitalist, heterosexual Hollywood norms… now, they’re making shit like high school musical… fuck ‘em).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grave of the Fireflies, Ghost in the Shell,  and Akira are my favorite animated efforts. Grave of the Fireflies is by the same studio (‘Ghilbi’ or </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/6194121827468069214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/6194121827468069214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243903956203#c6194121827468069214' title=''/><author><name>Aaron Apps</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11387237324417934642</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/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1272311462"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2866077802265569741</id><published>2009-06-01T14:43:12.719-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T14:43:12.719-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;utterly else&quot;&#xa;&#xa;You gotta avoid this phrase, dr pr...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;utterly else&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You gotta avoid this phrase, dr profundity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like the old Disney movies.  BAMBI, DUMBO, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES, etc.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/2866077802265569741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/2866077802265569741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243881792719#c2866077802265569741' title=''/><author><name>Georgie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7164302208355636759</id><published>2009-06-01T14:35:34.208-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T14:35:34.208-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ps&#xa;&#xa;the old guy looks like a composite ... a cross...</title><summary type='text'>ps&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the old guy looks like a composite ... a cross between&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Magoo, Spencer Tracy AND&lt;br /&gt;Robert Frost&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the kid... The 50 lb overweight Pillsbury Dough Boy! a terrific role-model.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/7164302208355636759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/7164302208355636759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243881334208#c7164302208355636759' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7793496262379348277</id><published>2009-06-01T14:29:34.485-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T14:29:34.485-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Im not agonna comment!&#xa;&#xa;Just last night watched Mi...</title><summary type='text'>Im not agonna comment!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just last night watched Mickey Mouse  (et al) in Jack and the Bean Stalk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was babysittine a couple of 33 year old kids!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they were amazed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they could not believe how early Disney films were produce... one frame  hand painted/drawn at a time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and the brilliant colors...  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;now to show them some</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/7793496262379348277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/7793496262379348277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243880974485#c7793496262379348277' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3577966108377810745</id><published>2009-06-01T14:18:05.728-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T14:18:05.728-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Like Miyazaki, this film pairs a young person, (....</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Like Miyazaki, this film pairs a young person, (...) and like Miyazaki, this film takes a fundamentally surrealist trope.&quot; Seriously, Ron, isn&#39;t this a very simplistic assessment of Miyazaki&#39;s work? Disney&#39;s use of young protagonists and Miyazaki&#39;s are quite different things.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/3577966108377810745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/3577966108377810745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243880285728#c3577966108377810745' title=''/><author><name>françois</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06559138766982217784</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/360749881_43aef0cb9e_b.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1777839896"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-307353977955715980</id><published>2009-06-01T12:36:48.574-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T12:36:48.574-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I appreciate that you stopped short of &quot;giving it ...</title><summary type='text'>I appreciate that you stopped short of &quot;giving it away,&quot; of spoiling the story line. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But isn&#39;t it true that anyone watching the movie can guess with reasonable certainty what happens?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isn&#39;t this, as with almost every Hollywood big-money project, preditable, even dumb, espeically in the story and character and, ultimately, most everything else?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yoked to the profit</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/307353977955715980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/307353977955715980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243874208574#c307353977955715980' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7794534100862243854</id><published>2009-06-01T11:59:50.713-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T11:59:50.713-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What occurs to me now about the new sophistication...</title><summary type='text'>What occurs to me now about the new sophistication of technology, is that we&#39;ve passed beyond the era of &quot;cartoon&quot; into something utterly else.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new computer-aided design and projections of image permit us to make sequences which compete openly with &quot;real&quot; live action cinema.  In other words, the divide between cartoon representation--first declared a legitimate art form by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/7794534100862243854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/7794534100862243854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243871990713#c7794534100862243854' 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/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1579955400927356943</id><published>2009-06-01T10:08:40.392-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T10:08:40.392-04:00</updated><title type='text'>After I saw the movie, I found myself agreeing wit...</title><summary type='text'>After I saw the movie, I found myself agreeing with Manohla Dargis&#39;s assessment. The beginning of the movie was spectacular, but the ending devolved into tedious and predictable action sequences. It seemed like at every moment either the house or one of the characters was on course to plummet off the edge of a cliff or airship but stopped just short, teetering on the edge. I was surprised by how </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/1579955400927356943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/1579955400927356943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243865320392#c1579955400927356943' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</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/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2465105550740546218</id><published>2009-06-01T10:00:47.184-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T10:00:47.184-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I too have never having seen one of these Pixar an...</title><summary type='text'>I too have never having seen one of these Pixar animations--sounds as if I should take Johnny.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/2465105550740546218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/2465105550740546218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243864847184#c2465105550740546218' title=''/><author><name>STEPHEN RATCLIFFE</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412</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/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1996291811"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-419427819034818271</id><published>2009-06-01T09:54:34.696-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T09:54:34.696-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have two young children, ages seven and three, s...</title><summary type='text'>I have two young children, ages seven and three, so I&#39;ve seen all these movies. The ones they really like, we usually end up recording or buying, and then watching a zillion times. The one I&#39;ve recently liked - before UP - was Coraline. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UP really does eclipse them all (it&#39;s very different from Coraline though, not really comparable). I hope the kids end up liking it more than Cars. I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/419427819034818271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4497855129867210785/comments/default/419427819034818271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html?showComment=1243864474696#c419427819034818271' title=''/><author><name>John Gallaher</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02112997671155171626</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3362/3683/320/JGlessCloseWithEffect.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/up-is-finest-american-full-length.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4497855129867210785' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4497855129867210785' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1450736026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 01, 2009"/></entry></feed>