Posts by giovanni tiso
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Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit, in reply to Russell Brown,
So, without excusing Warner/Jackson's egregious claims at all, it's pretty clear they weren't the only people acting in bad faith.
They seem qualitatively different lies to me - one to save face and claim victory after the fact, the other to push through a law under duress. (A law that incidentally spares Jackson from the ignominy of being taken to court as he was - successfully - by the likes of Mr. Bryson. Result!)
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Southerly: The Dalziel Salon, in reply to David Haywood,
the lovely Ian Dalziel
I've heard of him. He's great.
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All of which activities could well have been completely perfunctory, however. How serious were they about shifting the production? My guess at this point (as it was back then) is not at all. People were bandying Ireland and a studio in the UK around, but do we know if the talk had any substance, and whether anybody was doing any actual "canvassing"? How detailed and serious were these rival bids?
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but I think the evidence is that he was subsequently party to a manipulation of perceptions, as you say
Also known in standard English as being a fucking liar, yes.
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That seems charitable in the context of your initial (I'm paraphrasing, from memory) 'I'm being told the production is as good as gone as things stand' precisely on account of the don't work order. Turns out it wasn't, Jackson was just manipulating perceptions in order to get his business partners what they wanted. Or am I missing something?
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What, nothing on Sir Peter? Nothing at all? Where's ye olde threadde?
I guess the official information act isn't as sexy as WikiLeaks.
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Hard News: Media 2011, in reply to FletcherB,
Gio- Do you think the US could get away with most people not caring, or do you think my whole take on western world opinion is wrong-headed, and they are already in this position? (or other?)
You're right when you say that more people are aware of Assange than of Manning, but that in itself is a demonstration of how well the US have contained the damage of the Iraq cables leak. I also think that it's a lot easier to paint Assange than Manning as a villain, yet they're managing to detain and torture Manning for exposing war crimes without fear of tarnishing their reputation at home or abroad.
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You know Neil I'm absolutely twatcocked if I can see what your point is in any of this?
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Hard News: Media 2011, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
Is this 15 billion just government debt and/or private debt?
It's the government's cash deficit.
Yes... WAY more than that.
To you renditioning and torturing Assange would be WAY worse than arresting and torturing Manning? How so?
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Hard News: Wikileaks: The Cable Guys, in reply to Simon Grigg,
I give up.
I'm getting a very strong sense of déjà vu here...