Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:33:08 -0500, Warp wrote:

> >   Speaking of which, when was the last time you saw a movie which had
> > something *genuinely* original, something which hadn't been put into any
> > form of storytelling before (and self-pretentious incomprehensible cheap
> > art films don't count because that's not storytelling, it's randomness)?

> It doesn't count because you don't understand it?

  No, it doesn't count because it's not storytelling, but randomness.

  I could make a random number generator create an image full of noise
and claim "this is a completely original image, never seen before". That
might be technically true, but it isn't saying much.

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                                                          - Warp

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