Comments for Westin Lee https://www.westinlee.com/ Homepage of writer Westin Lee. Tue, 26 Feb 2019 01:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 Comment on Cage Match: The Last of Us versus Bioshock Infinite by WestinLee.com Starting an Author Blog - my first 6 months » WestinLee.com https://www.westinlee.com/2013/06/27/quick-review-the-last-of-us/#comment-622 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:58:12 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=719#comment-622 […] ending of Bioshock Infinite – makes up almost 20% of my all time views. My  #2 post – comparing the female companion characters in Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us – makes up 10%. In classic 80/20 rule fashion, my top 20% of posts make up 70% of my […]

]]> Comment on Elysium and That One Plot Hole by Westin Lee https://www.westinlee.com/2013/08/21/elysium-and-that-one-plot-hole/#comment-588 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:16:38 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=825#comment-588 In reply to George Carlos Williams.

No, it’s not hard to imagine, that’s why everyone bought the world of the movie even though it’s got a huge, glaring plot hole that undermines any attempts at a serious message. If this is a critique of evil rich people, at least have the rich people do what rich people have always done at every point in post-industrialized society: make money by selling things to the masses.

]]> Comment on Elysium and That One Plot Hole by George Carlos Williams https://www.westinlee.com/2013/08/21/elysium-and-that-one-plot-hole/#comment-587 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 06:52:00 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=825#comment-587 Is it that hard to imagine? It’s an obvious analogy to modern society- explaining why sick kids starve and die in the USA and other first-world countries explains why the same happens to 3rd world earth in elysium.

]]> Comment on Some things no one is saying about these huge Kickstarters by What I said is still true for Facebook and Oculus. : WestinLee.com https://www.westinlee.com/2013/04/25/some-thoughts-on-kickstarter/#comment-583 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:43:13 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=520#comment-583 […] Like I said last time, Kickstarter is NOT a new business […]

]]> Comment on Thematic Integrity – A Brief Thesis by Batman: Under the Red Hood and getting it wrong : WestinLee.com https://www.westinlee.com/2013/09/05/thematic-integrity-a-brief-thesis/#comment-582 Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:16:13 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=797#comment-582 […] is another way of saying this that I think, like the idea of ‘thematic integrity’, gives a creator more focus towards making something of quality without being bogged down by […]

]]> Comment on Elysium and That One Plot Hole by Westin Lee https://www.westinlee.com/2013/08/21/elysium-and-that-one-plot-hole/#comment-576 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:24:15 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=825#comment-576 In reply to Brendan.

That’s one of the most interesting assumed explanations I’ve heard…and it also wasn’t acknowledged in the movie.

I think the thing that bums me out most about this oversight in the film is that it plays on cynical bourgeois stereotypes rather than doing the work itself to create something more nuanced.

]]> Comment on Elysium and That One Plot Hole by Brendan https://www.westinlee.com/2013/08/21/elysium-and-that-one-plot-hole/#comment-574 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:37:21 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=825#comment-574 You didn’t list the option that I just casually assumed while watching the movie. I never even considered that it might be a plot hole, since the reason seemed to go without saying. Elysium may be rich, but Earth is where the industry seems to be and that means that Elysium needs an income if they want to continue paying their Earth-bound workers. Drugs, hospitals, the whole medical system is a great way to separate Earthlings from their money; you can’t sell medical treatment to people if you cure them. Spreading around instant-cure pods may sound like a great way to make money, but selling treatments which only relieve symptoms will give you more customer loyalty. I bet someone on Elysium owns the company that makes those pills that Max was taking.

]]> Comment on On Zack Snyder and Man of Steel by fedvasu https://www.westinlee.com/2013/07/11/on-zack-snyder-and-man-of-steel/#comment-573 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:39:33 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=732#comment-573 OH MY GOD, I AM IN YOUR HOUSE ZACK!!

thanks for this balanced article, I am not saying he is currently kubrick or ridley scott, I will say he will next generations ridley scott.

I am Zack Snyder fan, I discover his films after 3-6 months of first viewing.
within 3 times viewing I can say movie is good or bad.

for me
Watchmen 9/10
Man of Steel 8/10
Legend of Guardians Gahoole 8/10
300 7.5/10
Sucker Punch 5/10 (it wasn’t a crapfest but was blah)

not seen Dawn of the dead

]]> Comment on The World’s Simplest Guide to Awesome Travel by James https://www.westinlee.com/2013/06/20/the-simplest-guide-to-travel/#comment-566 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:40:13 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=703#comment-566 Love the map trick

]]> Comment on Elysium and That One Plot Hole by Westin Lee https://www.westinlee.com/2013/08/21/elysium-and-that-one-plot-hole/#comment-558 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:04:02 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=825#comment-558 In reply to Ricardo.

Sure, that’s a thought. There’s too many poors! Build a wall. My book, Wicked City, has a similar idea in it, though the treasured resource is knowledge.

Ah, but your comment doesn’t address the plot hole I was talking about! I found it odd that the riches have access to a apparently amazing and limitless technology they could easily use to make money, and no one explains why they aren’t doing that.

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