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January 21, 2011
Am I an idiot?
the original, as published here in March, 2010
Since I saw this picture this afternoon in my reader (via Sewing Craftgossip) I have been feeling slightly upset and miserable. Really: I couldn't believe my eyes. I was yelling at my screen. Did my Quick Fix Grocery Bag become an Eco-chic Shopping Bag without me knowing? I'm not sure what to think of this. Should I give this the benefit of doubt and just consider it a coincidence or are there too many similarities for this to be even possible and has someone at Good Housekeeping who was short of ideas and looking against a deadline simply copied my idea?
This particular tutorial is one I am really proud of. The idea is genuinely mine - it happened while I was putting away grapes we had earlier that day and I saw the bag they came in lying on the counter - a plastic bag with cuts. This particular tutorial has been a big hit in the craft community ever since it was published and it still is, with referrals and links showing up everywhere. This particular tutorial made it even to Design*Sponge. And now, apparently, to Good Housekeeping too, only did they forget to credit or put up a proper link!
It makes me wonder if I'm an idiot and incredible naive by posting tutorials and pictures of things I made just like that, for free, accessible to everyone, everywhere, assuming - or, as of now, hoping - everyone will stick to the rules when it comes to copyright and intellectual property rights. It also makes me wonder whether I should continue doing so the way I do. You see, there goes a lot of time and effort in everything I make, in every tutorial I write. I know, that's a personal choice - no one ever forced or even asked me to do so.
So far, I kept my blog deliberately commercial-free, add-free, sponsor-free - there's no financial gain or whatsoever for me in this entire blogging business - that's a choice too. My reward is in your comments, your encouragements, seeing a traffic increase or a steady increase in the number of followers and subscribers, a referral here and there...
All of this was a choice.
But maybe the wrong one...
So I'm asking you, am I an idiot or should I be happy it happened just this once - that I know of...
Comments are closed now - Good Housekeeping has acknowledged its mistake and credits and a link to the original post have been added.
Thank you for your comments, e-mails and support!
xo, P.
73 comments:
- maventheavenger aka jamie said...
Wow. There's no denying it-someone copied your idea, but it may be several times removed. Maybe they copied someone else who copied you who forgot the credit. I'd send an email right away to the magazine, without accusation, but asking for credit or restitution. They do use advertisers and make money off their posts.
- January 21, 2011 at 4:01 PM
- Giulia said...
Oh, I'm sorry!!!
- January 21, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Lillie said...
nope you aren't an idiot. you're the smartie who thought of the bag in the first place. sharing is caring. keep doing what you do, i'll go give good housekeeping my two cents of internet vigilante justice and hopefully others will follow. it isn't unusual for big folks like that to steal from hard working respectable bloggers. their time will come. <3
- January 21, 2011 at 4:15 PM
- Monika said...
No you are not an idiot. You are clearly very talented and people are into your style. The person who takes credit for your work will never have the satisfaction going back to that moment when you dreamt up that idea and have that 'a ha!' moment. That they cannot steal. We live in a world where anything you put out there online is up for grabs. There are theives in cyberspace just as there are everywhere. Don't let it dampen your creativity or stop you from sharing with those people who admire your work and give you positive feedback. Create and share inspite of theives, be flattered. Don't be upset. Being upset does nothing for creativity. Life is just too short!
- January 21, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- CraftyCripple said...
I agree with maventheavenger and think that Good Housekeeping may not know that they have been offered a tutorial that is a copy of yours. I sometimes think that these design thefts and copyright infringements that come about are because a designer submits an idea as their own to the big company and gets paid for it because the big company assumes that they are getting what they paid for, an original idea.
They need to know that a particular designer is not an original thinker.
I hope that you don't stop producing your blog the way you do. It is beautiful and inspiring. Please don't let this incident destroy your pleasure in creating and being part of our online crafting community. I know it leaves a sour taste in your mouth to have this happen, but you are appreciated and if you disappeared you would be missed.
- January 21, 2011 at 4:18 PM
- meisje van vervlogen dagen said...
Wat ontzettend vervelend! Het geeft een rotgevoel, maar blijf herinneren waarom je het in de eerste plaats fijn vond om de tutorial te maken. Je inzet wordt door een heleboel lezers gewaardeerd! Stuur Good Housekeeping een vette nota!
- January 21, 2011 at 4:19 PM
- Deidre said...
ugh... they copied and it's crap! I just had someone copy one of my tutorials to a T! I had taken a simple idea and expounded on it to make it more functional. That part of the tutorial was ripped off by someone big in the blogging community. Ticked me off too! I didn't say anything, but it still bothers me. You should definitely complain! We're talking good housekeeping here for God's sake! Bogus!
- January 21, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- la.daridari said...
sharing ideas on web is always risky, but is also like a need for a creative person.
The question you should make to yourself is:" is it more important for me to trust in honest people to build a creative community with or to protect my ideas?"
On the internet protecting is very difficult... personally, I hope that people who share ideas is as respectful with mine as I am with theirs.
And I hope also I'll continue to share your fabulous ideas....
- January 21, 2011 at 4:37 PM
This angered me -- When I was an academic, I counted on people to cite my work correctly. I made very little money, but I was happy to publish. In turn, I would obsess endlessly about proper citation when I used other people's ideas.
I don't think you are being unreasonable. For what it's worth, I left a comment on GHK's site shaming their editorial staff for their intellectual theft. It's "under moderation" (review), so I doubt it will ever see the light if day.
Thank you for your wonderful blog--I enjoy it every morning with my coffee.
- January 21, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- Lillie said...
did you email them and ask for credit? try and see what they say and let us know?
- January 21, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- Little Treasures said...
I would contact Good Housekeeping and give them a piece of my mouth / mind if I were you! However, everything posted on the internet can and is copied so where do we draw a line?
It also happened to me a couple of times and when I saw "my" tutes I said "You cannot beat my imagination I will always be ahead of you" - that is enough to calm myself and carry on. The other solution is that I drop posting ideas altogether.
Unimaginative copycats are all around - you just brace yourself, clench your teeth (you are allowed to swear a bit) punch the air with your fists and carry on.
The ones who follow you know your talents and recognize your creations.
- January 21, 2011 at 4:46 PM
I commented on their tutorial a link to yours
- January 21, 2011 at 4:50 PM
- zilamonster said...
First, you are by no means an idiot.
You are a generous person and generous people are often taken advantage of.
You have to decide how much you are willing to be taken advantage of; you have to decide how much you are willing to give with no expectation of gratitude, credit, or even basic decency. You have to acknowledge that the lowest common denominator is alive and well in our society.
All that doom and gloom stated, the lowest common denominator makes up a really, really small fraction of society. The majority of people are lovely.
Is it worth being objectified and capitalized by the few skeeves in our society in order to bring light and happiness and fuel for creativity to everyone else?
I think you are wonderful.
- January 21, 2011 at 4:54 PM
- Emily {WhipperBerry} said...
Oh my goodness! I know exactly how you feel. I feel so happy when I genuinely think of a new idea. I would be crushed if this happened to me! That stinks, and I am so sorry!
- January 21, 2011 at 5:11 PM
NO I would be Pissed if i were you!! Sorry you have to go through this. Talk to Trish Preston at Two Peas in a Pod.
- January 21, 2011 at 5:14 PM
- Diana Gutiérrez Toledano said...
This questions was one of my first ones when I decided to start my blog.
In my case, illustrations are really easy to grab, print and sell, forgetting who put work, time and effort into them. But this is something I have to live with if I want to share my work with people... And that's not being an idiot, it's just taking a risk that is worth taking.
Keep sharing... but like other people said, ask for the proper credit!
- January 21, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- Ammie said...
Unfortunately, you have every reason to be upset. I have heard of this kind of plagiarism happening at mega craft sites before. I'm sorry! I do think that your designs are popular enough that many people will spot the copy, and I hope they will turn to your work and website instead.
Thanks for all you do for us, sharing free tutorials and patterns. I love your blog, and your bags are always an inspiration to me.
- January 21, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- Jayna Rae said...
I so understand your anger, but then also your wonderment at if it is possible for two people to have the same idea. Just last week my husband was working on some T-shirt art for a band. He had an great idea, but before he began to sketch he decided to research ALL of the bands previous tour shirts. Someone had already made the band a shirt that was near to identical to what he was thinking. Phew! He adverted that. Sometimes great ideas happen twice, sometimes they are stolen by evil corporate thieves. I wonder if this might be the evil corporate thieves case. I'm leaning toward yes.
- January 21, 2011 at 5:32 PM
- adornedunicorn said...
Contact Good Housekeeping. Give them the chance to do the right thing, and if they don't, then be mad!
- January 21, 2011 at 5:35 PM
- ~Heather said...
Whatever the you decide to do, whatever the outcome might be, I do hope you are still able to share your gorgeous photos, ideas and voice to the blogosphere. It would be a dull place without your lovely site (which, I confess, I check out about everyday).
Best of luck, however you decide to proceed.
- January 21, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- jlynn said...
This is really too bad-- it shouldn't have to stunt the sharing of creative ideas for free online! However, I would be just as angry as you. I feel for you. Know that many people appreciate your posts!!!
- January 21, 2011 at 5:42 PM
I saw the entry on CraftGossip as well and immediatly thought of your creation. I was really surprised when i saw that it didn't refer to your site.
I hope it's a small encouragement for you that your design stands out like that and is instantly recognizable. I'm sure there are lots of other blog readers who feel the same way.
Thank you for your good work and for sharing your wonderful ideas.
PS: I agree with the other entries, contact the site and ask to be mentioned as creator.
- January 21, 2011 at 5:45 PM
Left the following comment at their site. See if they post it...
"This is a wonderful idea. In fact, it stands out so much that I recall where I have seen it before: http://pm-betweenthelines.blogspot.com/ .
Would be nice to link. Even if it turns out the same idea was had twice.
all the best!"
- January 21, 2011 at 6:21 PM
- RosaMaría said...
of course you aren't an idiot! I'm so sorry read about it, I think could be a good idea contact to Good Housekeeping and ask about it...
but whatever they say you can be sure that the talented and creativity can't be copied, you work is unique and we are many many people who admire your work and apreciate all that you share with us. Thanks for that choice!
- January 21, 2011 at 6:38 PM
- Bianca said...
I'm so sorry for you! But this can't be the end of your wonderful tutorials. Please!!!
all the best
- January 21, 2011 at 6:47 PM
- CaLynn said...
Heya! Dont call yourself an idiot! Good Housekeeping has quite a handful of writers and some are better than others. This *clearly* looks like a rip off of your design - I would contact them immediately. No question about that! Turn that sour gut feeling into confidence - you made the design so go tell them like it is!
- January 21, 2011 at 6:49 PM
- Liz G said...
This is a crying shame, but please don't let it ruin your enthusiasm and your lovely openhearted tutorials - they are much appreciated! I have commented at both craftgossip and Good Housekeeping giving the link to your original article and saying they should have credited you.
- January 21, 2011 at 7:11 PM
- Emily said...
I saw this yesterday and thought of you too! I agree with the previous commenters- you should contact Good
- January 21, 2011 at 7:34 PM
- Sarah said...
Oh, dear. I saw this, too. I hope it was innocent and not done on purpose, but I know it happens. You deserve the credit 100%.
- January 21, 2011 at 8:15 PM
- cindy said...
i have seen this kind of thing happen online. you should definitely contact good housekeeping about it and give them a chance to do the right thing. unfortunately, there's always a risk when we put our work online and no you are not an idiot!
- January 21, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- Daria said...
I was really shocked to see this a few hours ago, and I'm sorry I'm commenting on your blog for the first time on such occasion (although I regularly follow your work, and with great delight).
As a designer (and maker) I completely understand your disbelief and frustration, anger, even a slight depression and discouragement - I've gone trough that several times, especially on my previous jobs. After I exhaust all the emotions in such a case, I usually end it with "let it rest on their souls" (if stealing or copying can make 'them' happy, they must be pretty miserable, and also, the awareness of stealing or copying must leave a slightly bitter taste in their mouths & minds even when other praise them for my/or your work - it makes them more aware that the work and genius is not theirs, when they're praised).
Oh, wait - I forgot! I do notify them that it's my work they signed. Of course I do. And I think you should do the same. It's something liberating in a way, and leaves you less poisoned with the ugliness of what happened. It leaves you free to focus on your work and enjoy it, instead of thinking about what will happen with your next project if you make it public again. It doesn't leave the bitter taste in your mouth. At least, this does function with me.
And also, I see how great it is to have such a supporting group of friends and followers, ready to defend your wonderful work. Whoever feels like it should leave a note somewhere on the internet pointing out the truth about your work and the stolen project.
I hope you'll feel better soon and that there will be public justice for your work.
- January 21, 2011 at 8:35 PM
I think this might be a great read for you at this time. I can imagine seeing that bag was shocking!
- January 21, 2011 at 8:47 PM
- Silvia said...
You are one of the smartest creative woman I've never seen...and really generous to share your ideas.
Only the best ideas are copied...
- January 21, 2011 at 9:16 PM
- Angel said...
I feel for you! I had a similar experience. I made a scrappy produce bag for sewmamasew and 6 months later I picked up a sewing mag at ac moore and saw the same exact thing. different pics of course, but it was put together the same exact way. Just annoyed me, even if someone else came up with the same. exact. idea. it just seemed awful close for chance. blah on copiers!
- January 21, 2011 at 10:03 PM
- tonya said...
I love your stuff and I remember your post about this bag but I never considered this an "original idea." I have an almost identical bag that my grandma made in the early 80's. It's also made with slits and from an old, white t-shirt (one of my grandpa's old undershirts.) The only difference is hers had thicker, rounded corners at the bottom, because she sewed a seam perpendicular to the side-seam at the bottom. And it isn't nearly as neat as yours! She didn't carry produce home in it, but she did hold apples and oranges in them and hang them from a hook in her pantry. I don't use it to carry produce either(it's threadbare now), but because it reminds me of her I keep it around and keep my plastic bread bags in it. This seems like such an obvious type of idea because the produce bags (grape bags in particular, like you mentioned) ARE already like this that I wouldn't assume Better Homes and Gardens deliberately set out to steal your idea. It's more likely that they didn't know you already posted a tutorial or the editor legitimately thinks she thought of it on her own. As an artist, I have seen countless expressions of similar ideas occur without knowledge of the other, and would think it even more likely when the idea is one that really already partially existed, at least in some form.
As an artist, I also feel it's our responsibility to share what we can and not take things so personally. BH&G isn't selling the pattern, so they're not taking your profits, and you posted it freely to your site. I can maybe see the ruffled feathers because you feel you came up with it, but something so common-sense has most likely been done before. At least I think so since I have one that's nearly 30 years old.
Don't let it get you down. Take satisfaction in doing what you love and sharing. That's what I do.
- January 21, 2011 at 10:49 PM
Oh, Pascale! I am sending you a hug. Clearly, you are generous, kind, and talented, all qualities to cherish. If it helps at all, please know that your warm chats bring joy to many. We love crafting and shopping and sharing family life with you!
- January 21, 2011 at 11:27 PM
- Jaimie said...
No, you are not an idiot, and I'm so sorry this happened. I remember your post about the bag, and I thought it was genius. You should absolutely be contacting Good Housekeeping for, at minimum, credit, and possibly even financial compensation since you know they are earning money from sharing these ideas. Again, I'm so sorry. I've seen this happen to so many creative bloggers in the last year or two.
- January 21, 2011 at 11:54 PM
- Le Bouclard said...
You did it first and better !
Every body here confirms.
- January 22, 2011 at 12:48 AM
- Alisonswhim said...
It's true that this is really your idea. Unfortunately I don't think that there's anything you can do about it. I've seen similar projects all over the net lately and there's no telling where the magazine got the idea from. If it was me, I'd ask my readers to email goodhousekeeping and tell them where they saw it first. In fact, I'll look up the link for you!
- January 22, 2011 at 1:18 AM
- Alisonswhim said...
Here's the email addy to 'Contact the Editor'
I'll send a note to let them know they need to give credit where credit is due. ;)
- January 22, 2011 at 1:24 AM
I also left a comment stating it was a fantastic idea...which it is, I have made a few from your tutorial, and that for a detailed tutorial readers should visit your blog where the tutorial originated. It is waiting moderation.
Only great ideas get copied...
- January 22, 2011 at 1:44 AM
- KJ@letsgoflyakite said...
Pascale, I saw it to in my reader and I was certain it was yours. I was so surprised when I read further.. this original tutorial of yours was what brought me to your blog.. I recall it precisely you wrote about grapes....
- January 22, 2011 at 2:21 AM
- Felicia said...
*sigh* I'm so sorry, your ideas and tutorials rock. It's beyond annoying when this happens, and the perps are both large and small. It's also happening a lot more often, with people reblogging or Pinning without giving proper credit; when a big co. sees something without a proper tag, they most likely won't spend any time looking for the source. A similar thing happened here http://drawglueglittermake.blogspot.com/2011/01/claires-accessories-have-copied-me.html, maybe you can get something useful out of it. Good luck !
- January 22, 2011 at 3:30 AM
- Rie said...
I love your blog and I think if you are not happy with what they have done then you should tell them otherwise they may no idea of what they have done.
Keep us posted...
- January 22, 2011 at 7:42 AM
Argh, it's so wrong, not only that they stole your idea but have in the process led you to reconsider a generous thing you do for your readers (like myself) who look forward to your inspiring and carefully thought out tutorials... I hope they acknowledge you as their source...
- January 22, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Janiece said...
I am sorry that the credit wasn't given to you, but more than likely they have no idea where the idea originated from.
At least you know and your Blogging friends do too.
Maybe the magazine will see this and realise that they need to pay attention about publishing ideas that THEY did not come up with, or say that they do not know who to give the credit to.
I am a new follower to your blog, but I LOVE your ideas.
Please keep sharing them.
- January 22, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- amy said...
You are definitely not an idiot! If I were you, I'd contact Good Housekeeping via email with a polite but to-the-point email letting them know that the design they are using is originally yours and request that they give you credit for it properly.
Sadly this happens to many bloggers, if they don't give credit or take down the project, then it gets trickier. However, most companies will respond once they are notified of the "error".
- January 22, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Het doet echt deugd te zien hoeveel mensen je steunen, en vooral hoe ze je creativiteit weten te waarderen, en van je blog houden!
Schrijf gerust naar GoodHouskeeping, het is een correct blad, dat zeker een rechtzetting zal brengen! In ieder geval zal ik het volgen, tot nu toe heb ik dit niet gezien in het blad zelf, mss was het op internet?
Zal alles nog eens grondig bekijken straks via internet! Ik begrijp je woede, doch ik hoop dat je vooral verder doet met je blog, hoeveel mensen kijken er niet naar uit naar je berichtjes, mooie foto's en mooie werkjes dat je brengt!
PS laat je lezers niet in de steek, zij blijven tenminste trouw verder achter je staan!
- January 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM
- Noga said...
I love your blog! Why a bad did of another makes you feel wrong? That is the nature of the web, we don't know who reads our blogs and what kind of use they do with our ideas.They cause themselves bad name. That is enough. Please take it as a complement and keep on. I love your blog! Please don't change!
- January 22, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- Baa-Me Kniits said...
Oh Pascale that is not nice! I remember the tutorial you did and it is fabulous and your pictures are stunning as always. Hopefully it is an oversight on their part and they will print an apology. If not then they will have to live with the bad karma that such actions bring. The good people of this world would not dream of ever behaving in such a way and you are one of them. Definitely not an idiot! Don't let them bring you down and don't change, we all think you are wonderful and so talented. I love your blog :-)
- January 22, 2011 at 12:27 PM
- casserole said...
I am so sorry this happened! And incredibly embarassed that my post at Craft Gossip was a vehicle for this. Please know that it unintention on my part, and that I've udpated the post at Craft Gossip explaining the situation and giving credit to your idea.
- January 22, 2011 at 3:02 PM
- virginia said...
maybe send the designsponge link, which featured your tutorial, to the good housekeeping editor. that will establish a publish date for your tutorial.
yours has a more sophisticated appearance (smile).
- January 22, 2011 at 4:59 PM
i would absolutely call that a rip off. there is no denying it. i would be so angry and hurt. say something!
- January 22, 2011 at 7:18 PM
- Elisa said...
I agree with everyone that said call the magazine and have a chat to them about it. If they come back with a bad attitude then I would 'rally the troops' and have all your followers twitter, email and facebook their disgust at this breach of copyright. I would also contact other blogs such as 'Design Sponge' and let them know what's happened. Hopefully by doing this the magazine will see that you are making it known and will not want a bad reputation. Please don't takeit lying down. You produce a wonderful blog which inspires many and gives you joy. Why let them take that away.
Good Luck
- January 22, 2011 at 11:04 PM
- Ali said...
Contact the magazine - by phone if possible. Be polite, but firm and professional. Know what you want (to be credited, financial compensation, for them to take the post down). I tackled a national magazine who used a photo of mine without permission and got an immediate back down and nice big cheque from them.
Chances are, they will be horribly embarrassed about the whole incident and keen to make it better.
Whatever you do, do not let it put you off doing what you want to do in terms of designing and sharing via your blog. Because that way you loose twice.
I'm sorry this has happened, but you can't change the nature of the beast. Only your response to it.
- January 22, 2011 at 11:44 PM
Am really sorry for what happened its horrible to have someone ripping off your idea, tutorial like this.... its my first time posting and i really love the tutorials you share with us its so inspiring and encouraging. please keep it up and never let anyone put you down fight for your right no matter what.
Sorry again.....
- January 23, 2011 at 6:27 AM
- Aimee said...
oh no.
I love your tutorials and the way you freely share your talents and ideas with us all.
I think this is very sad because you don't blog about your tutorials for advertising or financial profit.
Don't let it get you down- you are SO clever and generous in sharing what you have spent time on creating. Thanks for all your awesome past tutorials- you are one clever lady!
I hope things can be sorted out soon. and that it can be linked back to your original idea and tutorial.
- January 23, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- ArtMind said...
Pascal, I love your blog and your work & I'm so sorry this is happening to you. Generous people seem to attract these kind of things and it is so sad. I hope that you will write the editor and point him/her out to this post so that they can set things straight.
Don't stop doing what you love because there are so many people who you are a true inspiration to.
Try to forget about the bad guys that don't know how to show respect for others creativity...
- January 23, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- Kristi said...
i see they have now given you credit. i hope this doesn't stop you from sharing your creative soul with us. xo.
- January 23, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- eloleo said...
Tja, dat is natuurlijk niet tof. Een idee ergens oppikken en dat verwerken in een eigen ontwerp is één zaak maar een idee gewoon klakkeloos kopieren zonder bronvermelding, dat is een heel andere zaak en dat kan natuurlijk niet! Ik hoop dat je het toch ook een beetje van de positieve kant kunt bekijken, men zou je niet nabootsen als het niet kei-kei-goed was, hè. Kop op en verder doen met wat je al altijd deed: wondermooie tutorials schrijven en een prachtige blog maken.
- January 23, 2011 at 2:33 PM
- Anna said...
well, you're certainly not an idiot. It's a brilliant idea of yours and of course some lame-o had to steal it. I can't imagine what it must feel like, very hurtful I'm sure. Your blog is beautiful, what you make is beautiful, and please don't stop sharing. Hey, and I'm sure you could do well for yourself with some sponsors, etc. But I know it's not for everyone. :)
- January 23, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- jlconn said...
I loved your bag when I first saw it. I especially liked the "changes you had made" to this one: http://www.marthastewart.com/article/good-thing-t-shirt-bag that I had seen a couple of years ago!
You see sometimes great minds do think alike : ) I do not think your version should have been passed around without credit, if in fact that's what happened. I agree you should especially contact Good Housekeeping about the issue.
Have you tried "signing" your photos before you post, so that pics cannot be copied without credit? Of course this cannot prevent the use of your idea without permission.
This act of thievery is certainly not in the spirit of great camaraderie I've seen on the net between bloggers. Sure hope it's not a sign of things to come.
- January 23, 2011 at 6:40 PM
- Kelly said...
I thought I didn't have anything new to add to the conversation, but apparently I do. The bag made here looks nothing like the Martha Stewart one and is far better in my opinion. Also, regardless of whose granpa's shirt has been made into a similar bag in any decade, the Good Housekeeping folks even photographed "their" bag in the must obviously similar setting as the one seen here. And in a way that is not intuitive, I might add. Brimming full of produce or over a shoulder perhaps but the similarities are too many to just be a coincidence.
The first post that I read here was in fact the one with this tutorial, properly linked to by another blog and I have been checking in periodically ever since. I would personally like you to continue posting the same as you always have, because I love this blog. I personally don't mind when a blog has ads, they wouldn't bother me as long as the creativity could continue!
- January 24, 2011 at 1:33 AM
Echoing other commenters: what a rotten thing to do. Very immature, very mean-spirited. I hope you'll find the energy to shake it off (not an easy thing to do..) - hopefully the support of your readers will help, even if it is only a little bit..
Het allerbeste!!
- January 24, 2011 at 2:39 PM
- bicocacolors said...
I don't know if you can do anything about it, but I can only say, no one will copy the mediocre designer or bad ideas!
I know you're a good designer and that is precisely the cause why people copy you!!!
- January 24, 2011 at 4:19 PM
I found your blog several months back, and I must say, I love it! Your style and design is so refreshing in its simplistic yet detailed form and I love that you manage to keep the aesthetic quality of your work feminine without every being gaudy or "fru fru."
It is a shame that a talented artist such as yourself would get an idea stolen or not be credited for your
hard work. I am sure it makes you want to pull back, protect yourself. However, one of the beautiful things about your site is the way you do share with your readers. Most of us are faithful, un-mercenary, and as hand crafters know what it means to do what you do. With talent like yours I am sure it will not be the last time something like this happens. With the way the crafting community a good idea spreads like wildfire and often the originator gets no credit. I wish the system were different. Hopefully, it doesn't happen again. I'm sorry this happened to you, but please don't shut us out completely. We love your work.
- January 24, 2011 at 7:38 PM
- Mrs.Jones said...
Nope, not an idiot, just very talented and full of good ideas, which is why they were stolen! All I can say is think about it as a compliment - doesn't make it feel better however!
As a semi-retired pro-photographer, had similar stuff happen all the time and I know that sick/cross feeling that takes over everything.
Your designs are awesome and your followers know the truth!
Take care Miss!
Beck x
- January 25, 2011 at 3:56 AM
- blue moss said...
pascale...i'm so sorry it took me so long to comment about this. i read your post on a computer that i couldn't comment on.
i have certainly been thinking of you and your fabulous creations. i actually saw the picture in good housekeeping and couldn't believe my eyes! i read that you contacted them and am so glad! i LOVE your blog and your tutorials. you are not an idiot...but you know that...
you are the best!!!
- January 26, 2011 at 3:48 AM
- blue moss said...
oh...and i liked yours so much better than that green they used
- January 26, 2011 at 3:48 AM
I love the blog and I made three of the denim bags! But I must say, as an intellectual property lawyer, this is not a copyright issue.
Copyright law does not protect ideas, procedures or processes, only the expression. Certainly your pictures are protected by copyright, and if Good Housekeeping were to use your exact language or something substantially similar in their tutorial that would be protected. But just like your favorite lasagna recipe, tutorials for crafts are not copyrightable.
That said, I believe copyright law is behind the times when it comes to protecting design as an expression of an idea.
Don't be discouraged, some sort of quasi-contract theory could help you recover! And the admiration of your adoring followers is compensation as well!
- January 26, 2011 at 4:25 AM
- Stefanie said...
You are not an idiot. Good Housekeeping clearly ripped your exact design off.
However, at the same time, this is not a new idea. It does appear as if the Good Houskeeping bag is a little too similar for comfort, but I learned to make these in elementary school, which was a while back. Also, the idea was inspired by an existing grape bag. Someone thought of that.
You are not wrong. I am definitely on your side in this case. Unfortunately, there's still a lot of gray area when it comes to ideas.
- January 26, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- cinback said...
I, too, empathize. However, ideas are inspired by different things at different times. As it were, I had a very similar idea for a t-shirt bag before I had even recently discovered your blog. Sometimes people get the same idea.
- January 27, 2011 at 5:02 AM
- Pascale said...
Comments are closed now - Good Housekeeping has acknowledged its mistake and credits and a link to the original post have been added.
Thank you for your comments, e-mails and support!
xo, P.
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I have a little problem on my hands. My cavalier is about 9 months old now. I have been bragging to my friends of how well potty trained he is in my house. He hasn't had an accident in over 3 months, however, I took him to my grandma's house and he urinated on her couch. After he urinated, he jumped down and scratched his feet on the carpet as if he was marking his territory. I was so embarrassed of this that I didn't even tell my grandma, and I went and cleaned it up quickly. Does anyone have any suggestions of how I can correct this problem? I am now scared to take him to anyone else's house. Thank yall.

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NEWBURGH — Jaime Estrada thought someone had punched him. That's what it felt like while awaiting a cab on Route 17K that July night in the Town of Newburgh. Someone had come up from behind and punched him.
NEWBURGH — Jaime Estrada thought someone had punched him. That's what it felt like while awaiting a cab on Route 17K that July night in the Town of Newburgh. Someone had come up from behind and punched him.
Estrada reached back to feel the punch and came up with a handful of blood. When he lifted his shirt, blood squirted out. Estrada, the Newburgh Boxing Club-trained fighter who won a Golden Gloves title in 2011, had been stabbed in the back, abdomen and left arm.
Now he was watching blood squirt from his side. "That's when I started to panic,'' he said.
Estrada, 18, spent the next six days in the hospital with a collapsed lung. A tube was inserted into his chest to drain the blood and fluid out of the lung to help it expand. He missed 1� months of training, but on Friday night at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, Estrada punched back. He beat another former Golden Gloves champ, Jonathan Jimenez, by three-round decision to win the Metropolitan Championship Tournament.
It capped Estrada's 3-0 tourney and return to the ring following his injuries. And it qualified Estrada for the U.S. nationals.
"I feel like it made me not become a better person, but stronger and smarter,'' said Estrada, still fighting at 123 pounds. "I'm wise in what I do. They (doctors) said if I wasn't in good shape, it could have been worse. I learned the hard way. I got a second chance in life. A lot of people don't get that.''
Estrada, a New Windsor resident, is a good kid. He doesn't hang with a bad crowd, doesn't go looking for trouble. But trouble can find you in and around Newburgh. He said he had problems on an earlier occasion with the kid who allegedly stabbed him. It was around midnight when Estrada left a party early to grab a cab to the Newburgh Mall. The new Air Jordans were out and he planned to wait in line for the mall to open.
People asked Estrada if he planned vengeance. But what would that solve?
"I have to move on,'' he said outside the ring on Monday evening. "When things happen, bad or good, it's for the better. I'm not going to take it like, 'Why me?' I'll take it as it happened and I'm done with it. I will be better than I was before.''
Estrada focused instead on returning to the ring better than ever. He worked extra in the gym. He ran more miles, sometimes day and night. Soon he had lost those eight pounds he gained from inactivity. "I knew I had to come back in better shape than I was,'' he said.
"He looked great,'' Newburgh Boxing Club trainer Ray Rivera said. "It tells you what kind of fighter and athlete he is.''
Rivera thinks Estrada will only get better. He's already good enough to turn pro. But Rivera and Estrada want to continue honing his craft. They want to make sure that he's well-positioned with a solid promotional team before taking the plunge. Estrada, a Newburgh Free Academy senior, is exploring colleges that offer boxing scholarships.
Estrada had a rough first half of the year. It began with him defending his Golden Gloves title by losing in the first round of the tournament. He had been hurt by the boxing club closing for seven months before relocating to Broadway in February. Then the stabbing in July. But Estrada saw it all as somewhat of a wake-up call.
"I feel like I was slacking off a little bit,'' he said. "I feel that it reminded me that (boxing) is my ticket out of all of this.''
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This time it has less to do with the sexual misconduct allegations against him and more to do with him pushing for tax breaks for developers.
Antonio Reynoso, who would be running against Lopez for a City Council seat should Lopez officially enter the race, is calling on the state to investigate Lopez's involvement in a housing development deal that took place in 2012.
At the time the former assemblyman was chair of the Housing Committee that sponsored three bills that provided tax incentives to developers.
Lopez also played a large role in deciding which city neighborhoods and projects that would be eligible for the 421-a tax break, which exempts buildings from paying property tax if developers also include affordable housing.
In a letter addressed to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Reynoso called for a full investigation going back to the rezoning of North Brooklyn that took place in 2005.
He alleges that Lopez supported a bill that would allow the developers to begin construction and claim the tax credit without actually providing the affordable housing.
"As my North Brooklyn community has seen rampant gentrification and luxury development in recent years, questions about Vito Lopez's unmet affordable housing promises have grown," said Reynoso. "Our tax dollars should not be lining the pockets of real-estate moguls."


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Shuangfei woodworking manufacturing company is a modernization integrated industry, which has developed many woodworking products in woodworking fields. With over 50 years experiences in the woodworking and metalworking field, we are specially supplying the wide blet sanding machine, edge banding machine, slitter machine, vacuum pressure machine, panel saw, profile wrapping machine and so on. Our factory is located in Gaomi which is one of the main industrial area for the production of woodworking machines in China. We also have own branch company for the overseas sales. In order to provide the supper quality and excellents service, we are continually updating our machine with the latest technology according the prevailing market needs. In the past few years, we have already got the CE and ISO9001 certification, so our quality is well accepted by our foreign clients. We welcome you to visit our factory and cooperate in future


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Had the pleasure of working with NapkinLabs for little over a year to create their platform for group innovation and ideation. It's functionality is vast and versatile, while it's interactions maintain simplicity and straight-forwardness.
Jargon: IA, Wireframes, UI, Aesthetics, Front-end, Strategy.
Worked with the terrific folks at DuckDuck Deal to create their web and iPhone products with supporting illustrations and branding.
Jargon: IA, Wireframes, UI, Aesthetics, Front-end, Strategy, Identity, Illustrations.
Brought on a second time to design the home of Occipital's second application effort 360Pano.
Jargon: IA, Wireframes, UI, Aesthetics, Front-end.
It's about identifying the core of what we're working on, and the interactions that will allow us to successfully fulfill our business and user needs.
Iterating and exploring the interactions with boxes and lines keeps the ideation light and nimble enough to evolve with the process and bring about great results.
Putting clothes on the wire frames. Bringing a tactile and meaningful experience to the interactions. Exploring and effectively integrating the brand's identity into the UI.
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I like the who, why and how of communicating. I like tech, art and psychology. I like processes with a mix of analytical and emotional reasoning. I like all the right things - so, I design.
Living in Boulder, by way of New Jersey, I'm a big fan of snowboarding and biking, though I miss the beach.
That's me!
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Florida Man Falls & Disappears After Massive Sinkhole Opens Under Bedroom Where He's Sleeping!
" A 36-year-old man disappeared Thursday night when a sinkhole opened up under his bedroom in Florida, swallowing him as his brother tried to rescue him, authorities said. Right after the ground started to give way in his home in Brandon, his brother frantically tried to keep him from sinking into the hole, an emergency official said. The first deputy on the scene pulled the victim's brother from the edge of the growing chasm, said Jessica Damico, a spokeswoman for the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. Authorities have been unable to contact the man as the sinkhole expanded. The house was deemed unsafe for rescuers, Damico said. Late Thursday night, the hole was about 100 feet wide and still growing, authorities said. Area homes have been evacuated." - CNN
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BETHESDA, Md. (AP) Erik Compton's runner-up finish in the U.S. Open should be enough to get him into the next major championship.
With one two weeks remaining in British Open qualifying, there will not be enough players to fill the 156-man field at Royal Liverpool. The R&A then turns to an alternate list that is almost certain to accommodate Compton, the two-time heart transplant recipient who is having his best year.
The alternate list is based on next week's world ranking.
With at least 12 spots available, Compton currently is No. 4 on the list and unlikely to fall much further.
Others closing in on spot, based on this week's ranking, are Kevin Stadler, J.B. Holmes, K.J. Choi, Charles Howell III and Brooks Koepka, who tied for fourth at the U.S. Open. Freddie Jacobson currently is at No. 8. The Swede squandered a chance to earn one of four spots available to top finishers Sunday in the Quicken Loans National.
As of Monday, 121 players who intend to compete July 17-20 at Royal Liverpool are exempt or have qualified. There are 12 spots available Tuesday at four British links in local final qualifying. Eleven spots have been set aside for leading players in the next two PGA Tour and European Tour events.
That would put the field at 144 players.
The Open changed its international qualifying this year, eliminating the 36-hole qualifiers in Europe and America and offering spots to top players in tour events.
Even so, that doesn't appear to be the reason for the shortfall.
Several players have qualified in more than one category. Some examples:
- Martin Kaymer was exempt as top 50 in the world and from winning The Players Championship and U.S. Open this year, and the PGA Championship in 2010.
- The winners of the BMW PGA Championship on the Europe Tour and The Players Championship on the PGA Tour are exempt for three years. All were already eligible - Luke Donald, Matteo Manassero and Rory McIlroy in Europe, and Kaymer, Tiger Woods and Matt Kuchar on the PGA Tour.
- John Senden and George Coetzee each earned spots from International Final Qualifying in Africa and Australia in the start of the year. Both later became exempt in other category (top 50 for Senden, top 20 in the Race to Dubai for Coetzee).
- Matthew Fitzpatrick was exempt in two spots as the U.S. Amateur champion and the No. 1 player in the world amateur ranking. He gave up those spots by turning pro.
This will be the second straight year The Open takes at least 10 players from the alternate list.
And sometimes, it works the other way around. Two years ago, The Open essentially was overbooked because more players were exempt than officials anticipated. There were 160 players eligible at one point in 2012 until four players eventually withdrew for various reasons.
Even if they had not, Britain has enough daylight in the summer that the R&A simply would have added another tee time.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 9th Dec 2013 22:43 UTC
Two changes supposedly coming to the next version of Windows, according to veteran Paul Thurrott:
Metro apps running in windows on the desktop. As you can today with third-party utilities such as ModernMix, the next version of Windows will let users optionally run Metro apps in floating windows on the desktop.
Start menu. After bringing back the Start button in Windows 8.1, Microsoft will take the next logical step in the next Windows version and make the Start menu available as an option. It's possible this will appear only on those product versions that support the desktop.
This would be Microsoft admitting they got Windows 8 all wrong.
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Cantabile Font Family by Harold's Fonts
About: Cantabile began as a "modern," Bodoni, or Didot style. I removed serifs and added balls along the lines of a sort of upright, swash italic. I was thinking Postmodern, but it's more fun than that, vaguely musical. Hence the name, which has four syllables and is an Italian musical term for "singingly." Each regular font includes caps, lower case, numbers, punctuation, and international characters. The alternates fonts have certain special characters which replace ordinary characters as indicated above.
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Description: This beautifully crafted storage box is designed by Pia Wallén who specializes in the development of a variety of 100% wool felt products that are innovative and high quality.
Their products reflect today's culture and appeal to the modern lifestyle using the principles of functionality, simplicity and humor as the basis for this contemporary interpretation of Scandinavian craft tradition. This felt box is perfect for storing slippers,magazines and accessories without compromising on style. Go below the fold to enter!
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Prayer for Exams
God our Father, as I begin this time of exams, I feel
some anxiety and frustration. Help me to stay focused.
Give me a clear mind to perform to the best of my ability.
Help me to study with dedication and vigor. Grant
me silence so that I may process the knowledge I have
obtained. Let me sleep peacefully at night, so that I am
refreshed and renewed for my upcoming exams.
Be with me, Lord, during this time. Undoubtedly,
there will be moments when I want to quit and give
up. Please sustain me, Lord. Guide me during times of
trouble. Help me to realize that I have done my best
possible work. Let me be satisfied with the work I have
done, but also help me to see areas that I may improve
upon academically in the future. Amen.


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Immunotherapy Study for Surgically Resected Pancreatic Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01072981
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : February 22, 2010
Last Update Posted : September 21, 2016
|Tracking Information
|First Submitted Date ICMJE
|February 18, 2010
|First Posted Date ICMJE
|February 22, 2010
|Last Update Posted Date
|September 21, 2016
|Study Start Date ICMJE
|April 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|May 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|The primary objective is to assess overall survival [ Time Frame: Approximately 41 months and 48 months ]
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|The primary objective is to assess overall survival [ Time Frame: When 222 events occur & when 333 events occur ]
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01072981 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|The secondary objective is to assess disease free survival and to conduct correlative scientific studies of subject samples to determine the mechanism of any observed anti-tumor effect. [ Time Frame: Approximately 41 months and 48 months ]
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|The secondary objective is to assess disease free survival and to conduct correlative scientific studies of subject samples to determine the mechanism of any observed anti-tumor effect. [ Time Frame: 222 events occur & when 333 events occur ]
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Immunotherapy Study for Surgically Resected Pancreatic Cancer
|Official Title ICMJE
|A Phase III Study of Chemotherapy and Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Algenpantucel-L (HyperAcute®-Pancreas) Immunotherapy in Subjects With Surgically Resected Pancreatic Cancer
|Brief Summary
|The purpose of this study is to assess overall survival after treatment with a regimen of adjuvant therapy (Gemcitabine alone or with 5-FU chemoradiation) with or without HyperAcute®-Pancreas (algenpantucel-L) immunotherapy in subjects who have undergone surgical resection.
|Detailed Description
Unfortunately, despite the best clinical efforts and breakthroughs in biotechnology, most patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer continue to die from the rapid progression of their disease. The primary reason for this is that the disease is typically without symptoms until significant local and/or distant spread has occurred and is often beyond the chance for cure at the time of the diagnosis. The lack of any treatment to significantly increase long term survival rates is reflected by the poor outcomes associated with this disease, specifically time to disease progression and overall survival.
These disappointing facts typically shape discussions of treatment options for patients with this disease. However, another important part of the body is now being looked at as a target for therapy against this disease -- the immune system. Scientists have clearly shown that pancreatic tumor cells produce a number of defective proteins, or express normal proteins in highly uncharacteristic ways, as part of this cancer. In some cancers, these abnormalities can cause an immune response to the cancer cells much in the way one responds to infected tissue. In progressive cancers however, the immune system fails to identify or respond to these abnormalities and the cancer cells are not attacked or destroyed for reasons not yet fully understood. This clinical trial proposes a new way to stimulate the immune system to recognize the abnormal components found in pancreatic cancer cells and to stimulate an immune response that destroys or blocks the growth of the cancer.
This new method of treatment helps the immune system of pancreatic cancer patients to "identify" the cancerous tissue so that it can be eliminated from the body. As an example, most people are aware that patients with certain diseases may require an organ transplant to replace a damaged kidney or heart. After receiving their transplant these patients receive special drugs because they are at great danger of having an immune response that destroys or "rejects" the transplanted organ. This "rejection" occurs when their immune system responds to differences between the cells of the transplanted organ and their own immune system by attacking the foreign tissue in the same way as it would attack infected tissue. When the differences between foreign tissues and the patient's body are even larger, perhaps like differences between organs from pigs and the immune system cells of humans, the rejection is very rapid, highly destructive and the immunity it generates is long lasting. This is called hyperacute rejection and the medicine used to immunize patients in this protocol tries to harness this response to teach a patient's immune system to fight their pancreatic cancer just as the body would learn to reject a transplanted organ from an animal.
To do this, the investigators have placed a mouse gene into human pancreatic cancer cells so that the immune system will easily recognize them as foreign, stimulating the patient immune system to attack the vaccine cells just as they would any other animal cells. As part of the process of destroying the immunotherapy cells, the patient immune system is stimulated to identify as many differences from normal human as possible. This extra stimulation is thought to encourage immune responses against the pancreatic cancer in the patient based on shared abnormalities of pancreatic cancer vaccine cells and the patient's pancreatic cancer cells.
In this experimental therapy, patients are given injections of an immunotherapy consisting of two types of cancer cells that the investigators have modified to make them more easily recognized and attacked by the immune system. The investigators propose to test this new treatment in patients with pancreatic cancer who have undergone tumor removal surgery but remain at extremely high risk of disease progression to demonstrate that treatment with the immunotherapy increases the time until the tumor recurs or increases overall survival when given in combination with the current standard of care therapy for this disease.
For more information, please see our study specific website: www.pancreaticcancer-clinicaltrials.com
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|Study Phase
|Phase 3
|Study Design ICMJE
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Pancreatic Cancer
|Intervention ICMJE
|Study Arms
|Publications *
|Hardacre JM, Mulcahy M, Small W, Talamonti M, Obel J, Krishnamurthi S, Rocha-Lima CS, Safran H, Lenz HJ, Chiorean EG. Addition of algenpantucel-L immunotherapy to standard adjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer: a phase 2 study. J Gastrointest Surg. 2013 Jan;17(1):94-100; discussion p. 100-1. doi: 10.1007/s11605-012-2064-6. Epub 2012 Nov 15.
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
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|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Actual Enrollment ICMJE
|Original Estimated Enrollment ICMJE
|Same as current
|Actual Study Completion Date
|May 2016
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|May 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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|United States
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|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product
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|Responsible Party
|NewLink Genetics Corporation
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|NewLink Genetics Corporation
|Collaborators ICMJE
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|NewLink Genetics Corporation
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|September 2016
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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake looked basically the same for most of the last three seasons. Sure, there was a player or two that came or went, but the core group that brought the team an MLS Cup in 2009 and also advanced to the 2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League finals was still the nucleus striving for MLS success. But with serious salary cap issues approaching, RSL knew some changes were going to have to be made at the end of the season.
Here is how coach Jason Kreis looked back on the season that was and where RSL is heading.
MLSsoccer.com: How much was the idea that this season was last hurrah at winning a Cup or moving on in CONCACAF discussed this season?
Kreis: I think maybe we talked about it perhaps a bit too much. We may have made it a little bit too public looking back on it. We knew if we didn't succeed on some level – if we didn't win in the playoffs or if we didn't move on in CONCACAF, that we were going to be really under it when it came to the salary cap.
I think maybe it was talked about too much and perhaps put just a little too much pressure – added a little bit more than it should have and maybe the players stressed a little bit about it and that could have had them pressing to try to reach the goals.
MLSsoccer.com: Looking back, when was the moment you realized the potential this group had?
Kreis: I don't know if there was ever an exact moment, but I think it was about the middle of the 2009 season. I was watching them train and even playing during some friendlies that it hit me that we really had the potential. I thought at that time that we were at least onto something, that we were headed in the right direction.
MLSsoccer.com: How hard is it to move on? How hard is it to see players like Will Johnson, Jámison Olave and Fabián Espíndola leave?
Kreis: One thing about having a core group of guys around for a while is you grow close – to really, really care about them – and it is tough to see them go. You care about them as people and not just as soccer players.
MLSsoccer.com: What are the plans for replacing the key guys that have moved on?
Kreis: I think we just have a little bit of retooling to do. We did lose some guys, but we have a strong core that has been together for a while and still have many of them coming back. The good news is we get to keep a lot of the core together still. With those guys returning, now we are looking to find two or three or four guys that can step up and fill a role.
MLSsoccer.com: Which of the younger players are you expecting to step up and take on a bigger role next year?
Kreis: [I expect] every single one of them that has been with us a year or two. They all need to move up. From someone like Enzo Martinez, who now needs to step up and get some minutes with the first team, to Lalo Fernandez, who we expect to see vast improvement from. We need a player like [Sebastian] Velasquez to come and contribute the whole season, not just at the beginning or the end, and we need Luis Gil to make that jump from being a role player to special player. One or two need to step forward and establish themselves as an important part of this team.
MLSsoccer.com: What is the key move left for this club during the offseason?
Kreis: I think obviously we need some forwards. ... We will look at the draft first, there are few that can come in their first year [and contribute]. ... We will try to find the guy with the most potential.
MLSsoccer.com: The salary cap obviously was an issue with the moves made so far. How have you helped yourselves in that regard?
Kreis: I think we need to continue, even respect, what has been successful for us. One of the things I think brought us the success was we continued with a level of consistency. I don't mean consistency with every match, but over a long stretch. Over the past four seasons, we had a consistency that allowed us to get to where we are.
MLSsoccer.com: How key are the players you were able to keep?
Kreis: It is the spine and core of the team, the base of it all. When we had to make a decision, it boiled down to who are the absolute core guys that can hold us together and we can fit in some pieces to keep us at a high level. The guys we kept are so important to what we have done and what we want to do.
MLSsoccer.com: How is the progress going on re-signing Morales?
Kreis: I'm not going to comment on something ongoing like that.
MLSsoccer.com: How much did you grow as a coach this season?
Kreis: Dealing with difficult times and difficult situations was really hard for me. I think I am dealing with them better and better. This season there were just a crazy number of crazy things it seemed from suspensions to national team call-ups to injuries. This year it seemed to be increased, and I think that I am learning still how to deal with things when they come up.


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It's a well-known fact that Spanish players, and by association their La Liga colleagues, are the best in the world when it comes to passing the ball, right?
Thanks to Pep Guardiola, Lionel Messi and his Tiki-Taka team-mates, possession is the latest must-have accessory in football. Kind of like soccer's equivalent of a Mulberry handbag. Or something like that anyway…
But while all and sundry praise Spain's pass masters not everyone is quite so confident that Pep and his former pals are on another planet compared to their peers.
A recent report in Spanish newspaper El Pais revealed that it is in fact the Premier League where you'll find teams most willing to stroke the ball around – while if it is goals you're after then the top tier of English football is the place to be as well.
So with the Premier League stealing La Liga's unofficial crown as the home of total football, GMF decided to investigate to see if Barcelona could at least hold on to their individual crown as Europe's finest possession specialists. All statistics courtesy of WhoScored.com.
5. AC Milan
Struggling to make their considerable weight felt in Serie A and with a manager whose head is comfortably nestled above the parapet, AC Milan find solace in the fact that they play an attractive brand of football.
The Rossoneri have a remarkable 13 players whose pass success rate for this season is over 80%, while Daniele Bonera leads the way with a Barca-esque 92.6%
4. Arsenal
The Gunners have oft been described as "Barca-lite" in the past and it seems as though they're still living up to that tag, 16-and-a-half years on from the start of Arsene Wenger's north London revolution.
Midfield metronome Mikel Arteta keeps things ticking along nicely in the middle of the park, attempting on average 92.6 passes per game, and completing an impressive 85%. If only there was a trophy for that…
3. Manchester United
Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't usually deal in being second best if his glittering 26 years in charge of Manchester United are anything to go by, so lord knows how he'll feel about his side being only third amongst Europe's finest passing teams.
Wily veteran Paul Scholes is still showing the young upstarts how it's done with a brilliant 92.5% pass completion rate. (Not so) young pretender Michael Carrick averages the most passes per game. Whoever said "you don't win anything with kids" must be right…
2. Bayern Munich
Pep Guardiola's arrival at the Allianz Arena next season may help Bayern claim top spot in the passing table, but for now they'll have to make do with second place, - something they have gotten used to after a disastrous campaign last term in which they missed out on the Champions League, the Bundesliga and the German Cup final….the list goes on.
Midfield powerhouse Bastian Schweinsteiger is the driving force behind his side's style, playing on average over 71 passes a game.
1. Barcelona
Of course it is those Catalan conquerors that top the pile – how could they miss out with the likes of Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi popping it round the park for fun?
Xavi is indeed king of the lot and attempts an astonishing 103 passes per game, more than any other player in Europe's top five leagues. The 32-year-old is also the most accurate passer, completing an unnervingly 95% of those he attempts.
So there you have it. While La Liga lags behind the Premier League as a whole, Barcelona are still in a league of their own when it comes to keeping the ball. And passing it. Then passing it some more. Leave your comment about who you think the best passing side in Europe is below!


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Config - access Perl configuration information
use Config;
if ($Config{'cc'} =~ /gcc/) {
print "built by gcc\n";
use Config qw(myconfig config_sh config_vars);
print myconfig();
print config_sh();
config_vars(qw(osname archname));
The Config module contains all the information that was available to the
Configure program at Perl build time (over 900 values).
Shell variables from the config.sh file (written by Configure) are stored in the readonly-variable
%Config, indexed by their names.
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exists function can be used to check if a named variable exists.
- myconfig()
Returns a textual summary of the major perl configuration values. See also
-Vin "Switches" in perlrun.
- config_sh()
Returns the entire perl configuration information in the form of the original config.sh shell variable assignment script.
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Prints to STDOUT the values of the named configuration variable. Each is printed on a separate line in the form:
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use Config;
use strict;
my %sig_num;
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print "SIGALRM is $sig_num{ALRM}\n";
Because this information is not stored within the perl executable itself it is possible (but unlikely) that the information does not relate to the actual perl binary which is being used to access it.
The Config module is installed into the architecture and version specific library directory ($Config{installarchlib}) and it checks the perl version number when loaded.
This module contains a good example of how to use tie to implement a cache and an example of how to make a tied variable readonly to those outside of it.


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"The cipherfunk web site, which made extra packages available to Ubuntu and MEPIS users, was shut down in response to complaints from Ubuntu team members Matthew Garrett and Philipp Kern. It is my understanding they alleged that cipherfunk was not making modified GPLed source code available in a timely fashion. You can read about it the website." "Well, the GNU GPL states as part of Section 3 of the licence that I must provide source code on request for no more than the cost of physically performing the distribution. Given that the host this box is on actually costs me 110.95AUD every 30 days to run, 9.90AUD, as nice as that is - still will cost me over 100AUD to distribute the code at all." Update: As Matthew Garret pointed out in the comments, he wrote his side of the story on his blog.
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Expendables 2, The (US - BD RA)
Gabe hopes they dig up Bronson and Marvin's carcases for the next one...
The team signs on for a mission that looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But things go wrong fast and one of their own is killed by a psychotic terrorist for hire. Hell-bent on payback, they cut a swath of destruction through enemy territory and wreak havoc upon their opponents. In the midst of the mayhem, they must also shut down an unexpected threat in the nick of time – prevent five tons of weapons-grade plutonium from falling into the wrong hands. (From Lionsgate's official synopsis)
I admit that I was excited by the prospect of Sylvester Stallone getting 'the gang' together for a big action sweepstakes back when the original Expendables was announced. I didn't have much faith in the 'talents' of folks like Randy Couture and Steve Austin, but a good, old-fashioned 'tough guys on a mission' movie with a full-bodied, call-back cast seemed like a win/win proposition. Then I saw the movie. Stallone and company managed to squelch almost every ounce of cool out of their concept by barely using the more exciting members of the cast for more than a few minutes, tempering the impact of their violence by hedging their bets on a PG-13 rating, and wasting hours of the audience's time on the dull adventures of Stallone and Jason Statham – as if there hadn't been a heavily advertised promise of further action movie royalty. Despite the mismanaged cast and only a handful of tepid action sequences, The Expendables has its fans. These fans that assure me up and down that I just 'don't understand' this film and claim it's the natural extension of the boorish, gory action films of the '80s and early '90s. I have no idea what the these people are talking about, because I've seen literally hundreds, maybe thousands of the A and B-action flicks of the '80s and '90s and outside of some familiar faces, I see very little I recognize as the specific product of a bygone era. The original Expendables (a bit of a misnomer, considering at least three other films share the title) was, in my plenty educated opinion, a nearly categorical failure. This was especially disappointing, because at the time of its release Stallone had just revisited his two most popular franchises and made both a successful retrospective character piece with Rocky Balboa and a successfully bombastic and hyper-gory retrospective action flick with Rambo.
But the idea of The Expendables lived beyond the crushing disappointment of the actual film, leaving even me to look forward to the possibility of a sequel – this time with even more has-been action heroes, including the biggest comeback king of the bunch – Jean-Claude Van Damme. Besides, Stallone himself still has some talent left in him as a director and I had faith that, given the right circumstance, he could make the concept work. Then he went and hired Simon freakin' West to take over as the director of Expendables 2. If Simon West isn't the worst working director of his specific Jerry Bruckheimerian generation, he's certainly in the running. Everything old film critics complain about when they refer to 'music video filmmaking' is an integral part of West's pastiche of empty, detached, and often downright ugly images. His most watchable films – Con Air, The General's Daughter, and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – only work as well as their casts, while When a Stranger Calls and The Mechanic sit easily among the worst post-millennial remakes I've ever seen. Much to my surprise, West doesn't completely botch this particular assignment, despite ripping off Saving Private Ryan at every available turn. He threatens to overcut the action into pieces too small to appreciate, but captures some nice, expensive scale without wasting the audience's time with obtuse shaky-cam. The bulk of the action is also clearly captured in camera, which is a respectful ode to the films he's apparently aping (I still don't see anything particularly '80s-ish in these images). I can state this with certainty, because anytime digital effects are a part of the equation they are so terribly executed there's no question of their artificiality. West's hack colours show when he's not shooting action, where he continues to overcut, coat most scenes in unexplainable smoke, and constantly messes up eye-lines (some of which can apparently be blamed on actors' schedules not adding up).
Expendables 2 does a much better job delivering on its promised giant cast, even if characters constantly disappear and reappear with little to no explanation. It also appears that the carryover cast members recognized their lack of charisma in the first film. The ensemble chemistry is a little more believable this time, too, though I still find defining character elements difficult to find, expect maybe Stallone (regretful), Statham (pussy-whipped), and Lundgren (the wacky born loser). This 'upgrade' is minimal, but enough for my basement-level expectations. Not surprisingly, it's newcomer Jean-Claude Van Damme that sits ahead of everyone else to the point that it sometimes appears that he's the only actor in on the joke. The storytelling requirements here are similar to the requirements made of Joss Whedon on The Avengers – both projects are about gathering the team, making them interact, and supplying them with action set-pieces. Stallone and co-writer Richard Wenk have very little required of them in terms of narrative and are also permitted huge holes in plot and logic. A little more originality or surprise would be welcome, but is, again, not a requirement. All the screenplay (which I'm sure was barely a suggested outline to begin with) really needs to do is keep things moving in a nominally logical matter. I could do without all the stupid soliloquies on war and violence, but words are mostly a side effect of the movement to further cameos and action. The comedy is closer to funny this time too, though the excess of self-referential, overly modest dialogue is both annoying and a bit insulting. This should really be expected, I suppose, since old men tend to repeat jokes until someone acknowledges them. Every disc should've come with a 'we get it, Grandpa' button that makes the 'I'll be back' gags stop.
The action (you know, the other of the two requirements) is more potent this time around and closer to the wall-to-wall stuff we expected from the lacklustre original film. Considering the sheer quantity of martial arts experience in the cast it shouldn't have been too difficult to hash out a little more decent hand-to-hand combat. Apparently, West and Stallone were willing to listen to the voices of experience surrounding them, which leads to some extended stand-out fisticuffs, especially Statham's knife fight with the mini-boss and Stallone & Van Damme's climatic burly brawl. There were horrible rumours that West and Stallone were hedging their bets on a PG-13 rating, which, as stated, was one of the biggest problems with the first film – it felt truncated and safe. Worse was the further rumour that the PG-13 was requested by old fogy Chuck Norris, who was supposedly offended by the script's naughty language. The idea of a supposedly 'no holds barred' action extravaganza being held hostage by a 72-year-old who happened to be the least interesting member of the ensemble was kind of mortifying. Thankfully, the final film is plenty gory. Not Rambo gory, but plenty gory. I do notice an awful lot digital augmentation to the gore, which might lend credence to the original rumours.
There's not a lot about The Expendables 2 that recalls the '80s, outside of the cast and basic concept, but Simon West and cinematographer Shelly Johnson do shoot on good, old-fashioned 35mm film. Well, 35mm film plus a whole lot of digital grading to alter the colour timing (more on that in a second). This 1080p, 2.35:1 transfer is a strong representation of the format through and through, featuring sharp contrast levels, rich colour quality, and plenty of fine grain for added texture. Some viewers might find this image too grainy and object to the way the grain tends to snow-up some of the blacks, but, aside from some weird telecine-looking effects on some of the harsher edges, I mostly like the 'shorthand to gritty' look, even at the risk of some fine detail. The high contrast levels help keep details crisp despite the pervasive grain and darkness, but there is definitely an overall inconsistency to textures (this may be the result of West and Johnson mixing different takes without any regard for continuity). Extreme close-ups and expansive wide-shots fare the best, especially those rare occasions when everything isn't overwhelmed by fog and smoke. The basic colour palette is divided into more or less two categories – Jan u s z Kaminski's trademarked desaturated look and, unfortunately, orange and bloody teal. The desaturated and cooled daylight sequences tend to feature something in the way of natural skin tones, but the majority of the darker sequence's hues fall into that O&T uncanny valley, specifically any sequence shot on the airplane set. In keeping with most O&T-heavy movies, the most common highlight colours are rich reds and deep blues. These are generally solid and consistent without bleeding or blooming issues. I'd just prefer a bit more variety. There's a bit of edge enhancement here and there, but no major blocking effects in the grain.
The Expendables 2 comes fitted with a 11.1 channel DTS Neo:X optimized, DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtrack. It's kind of ironic that a movie so steeped in antiquity would feature an industry first sound format on its initial Blu-ray release. You'd think something more 'new-school,' like The Avengers, would break this particular ground, but there you go. Note that I personally don't even have a 7.1 set up in my rather compact apartment, so I'm not really getting the benefit of the extra channels for this review. I'm pretty sure no one is getting the benefit just yet, actually, and, as I understand, the extra four channels aren't discreet, either. Regardless, this bombastic mix sounds just fine in old-fashioned 5.1. The film's opening action sequence alone is enough to fulfill the duties of this newfangled technology. This sequence features about a dozen different calibres of firearms, each with their own specific sonic firing and impact tones, about a dozen different notarized vehicles (most of which eventually slam into each other), more large-scale explosions than most movies feature over a two-hour runtime, and even some clanging pots and pans via Jet Li's brief hand to hand kitchen massacre. Besides some really bad ADR work, dialogue remains clear and relatively natural, at least as natural as any dialogue spoken by these actors can be (though the volume levels tend to be a bit inconsistent depending on the surrounding noise). Brian Tyler continues moving up the ranks as Lionsgate's go-to composer for hire with this boisterous and nostalgic score. The music is a little too wrapped-up in recalling other scores (I hear quite a bit of Alan Silvestri here, myself, though that might just be the additional use of oldies, ala Predator) to stand alone, but features plenty of modern percussive and electronic elements that don't sound hackneyed, which was definitely an issue for his music when he was first getting started. The music pumps pretty consistently throughout the film without overwhelming key effects, but I'm most impressed by its tendency to slide into the surround channels for little instrumental highlights.
Extras begin with an audio commentary featuring Simon West solo. In a perfect world, West would be surrounded by the cast, but, even in an imperfect world, one would hope Stallone would've joined or replaced him. Stallone's commentaries tend to have downtime, but are rarely boring. West is fine, though. He tends to focus on production design, crediting his crew, and the technical aspects of shooting the film's action scenes, which was apparently his main duty as director. He accepts a lot of credit for the gags in the more complex set-pieces, leading me to think I may have been too harsh on my assessment of his work in the Feature section of this review. There are plenty of interesting little factoids peppered throughout the track that are not available elsewhere on the extras, many pertaining to the logistics of making it appear that these actors were sharing the screen when they were not (apparently, the production was moved to Jet Li for his scenes, not the other way around). At worst, West narrates the on-screen action, but he does tend to do it in an amusingly dismissive fashion. My only real complaint is that West really doesn't discuss Stallone's role on set, because the other extras seem to verify he worked as a secondary director for the non-action scenes. I don't necessarily suspect West is stealing credit, I was just curious.
Next up is Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes (21:20, HD), a behind the scenes featurette covering the writing process, improving on the first film's tone, recasting/gathering further cast members, why Stallone didn't officially direct this time around, and putting together the final fight sequence. It includes interviews with Stallone, West, producers Avi Lerner, Les Weldon and Kevin King-Templeton, and cast members Lundgren, Van Damme, Randy Couture, and Terry Crews. Big Guns, Bigger Heroes: The 1980s and the Rise of the Action Film (25:00, HD) covers the social aspects of that very specific brand of action-hero-headed movie that came out of the Reagan era, including interviews with writer/critics John Meroney, Leo Braudy, Susan Jeffords, Chris Carle, First Blood director Ted Kotcheff, Stallone, 48 Hours and Die Hard writer Steven E. De Souza, Commando writer Jeph Loeb, and Ron Reagan (son of the former President). This featurette is a little too short to really cover all the bases and filtered through too rosy of Reagan-loving glasses for my taste, but is a solid primer on the subject. On the Assault: The Real Life Weaponry of Expendables 2 (13:40, HD) covers guns and gun safety, hosted by Randy Couture and the owner of 'The Gun Store' in Las Vegas, Tony Dee. Guns For Hire: The Real Expendables (24:20, HD) briefly covers the ins and outs of real-life mercenaries, including interviews with Trojan Securities International CEO Stephen Mastalerz, Ronin Worldwide Executive Protection owner/operator Wayne S. Cole, Ag Advisors president and CEO Greg Suhajda, and various professional mercs. Not surprisingly, this thinly-veiled recruitment video doesn't make mention of the slippery moral slopes traversed by the industry.
The extras are completed with five deleted/extended scenes (4:40, HD), a gag reel (5:10, HD), trailers for other Lionsgate releases, and Expendables-themed DTS-HD system tests.
The future looks bright for the stars of The Expendables 2. Stallone is joining Jason Momoa for Walter Hill's first R-rated action film in over a decade, Bullet in the Head. Jason Statham is going to reboot Donald E. Westlake's 'Flashfire' again (following Point Blank and Payback) under the title Parker. Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme have an apparently fantastic Universal Soldier sequel on its way to theaters entitled Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning. Arnold Schwarzenegger teamed with one of Korea's most exciting filmmakers, Kim Ji-woon, for The Last Stand. Bruce Willis continues to impress with his acting choices, more than making up for his lacklustre part here by appearing in two of 2012's best – Moonrise Kingdom and Looper. We'll just hope Jet Li has something better than The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate up his sleeve in the future, and, with any luck, Chuck Norris, the absolute most unappealing action hero of all time, will just disappear into the obscure place he belongs. Until then, the fans of this particular mediocrity, which is certainly better than the first Expendables, should be plenty satisfied with this solid Blu-ray release.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
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Russell78 wrote: The first Expendables is rated R, not PG-13.
When I said 'hedging their bets on a PG-13' I meant that they initially shot for both eventualities. Most of the gore was added digitally after the fact when they realized a PG-13 would've been a bad idea. I can't blame you for not realizing that I meant that, though, because it's really not clear the way I wrote it. Sorry 'bout that.
When I said 'hedging their bets on a PG-13' I meant that they initially shot for both eventualities. Most of the gore was added digitally after the fact when they realized a PG-13 would've been a bad idea. I can't blame you for not realizing that I meant that, though, because it's really not clear the way I wrote it. Sorry 'bout that.
The first Expendables is rated R, not PG-13.
I think Van Damme has grown into a very good actor over the years. It took him a long time, but he got there. JCVD was all the proof I needed.
Chuck Norris Films Missing In Action was a really good film,but have you seen Chuck's best film,Code Of Silence?Even The Delta Force was really good.But,Code Of Silence was a huge box office hit,had a great director,and had Chuck's best acting performance in it as well.Nothing,against Van Damme,I like his films,but he's not a great actor either.
This film made me hate 80's action stars.
Lungren is one amazing dude.
Glad to see someone gave Lundgren some credit. Always liked that guy and felt he was very underrated.
Both films are disappointing and mind numbingly stupid. The only things the first one had going for it was Dolph Lundgren, and the part in the beginning when Lundgren blows that guy in half. Mickey Rourke's pretty good too, should have tried to squeeze another monologue out of him for this one too.
Overall the sequel is considerably better and I'm sure I'll go see the inevitable third film hoping that one is close to an actual decent dumb action movie.
Overall the sequel is considerably better and I'm sure I'll go see the inevitable third film hoping that one is close to an actual decent dumb action movie.
LOL ANYWAY....yeh this was a much better film than the first one and more involving. I think they got a better tone overall too and a good villain to boot. It could also be that my expectations were lowered after part 1 so it took me by surprise.
james55011 wrote: Typical Gabe resulting to insults. My reading comprehension is probably better than yours. Your comments don't make you right. You accuse violent movies like this and Rambo of copying Saving Private Ryan and I disagree...But I will wait for your next insult.
I explained that it was aesthetic, I even described the processes and you ignored it, claiming I had said something about gore having anything to do with it, which I never did. So again, either you're going out of your way to be ignorant, or your reading comprehension is lacking.
I explained that it was aesthetic, I even described the processes and you ignored it, claiming I had said something about gore having anything to do with it, which I never did. So again, either you're going out of your way to be ignorant, or your reading comprehension is lacking.
This made me laugh pretty hard, great review. I too hated E1, and annoyed by the feeling that I "didn't get it" either, I went to see E2 (despite Simon West being my most hated director).
Terrible movie; the worst of any 80s action flick is probably still better than this monumental waste of celluloid.
Count me out for E3, no matter how many washed-up actors you manage to cameo in it.
Terrible movie; the worst of any 80s action flick is probably still better than this monumental waste of celluloid.
Count me out for E3, no matter how many washed-up actors you manage to cameo in it.
Typical Gabe resulting to insults. My reading comprehension is probably better than yours. Your comments don't make you right. You accuse violent movies like this and Rambo of copying Saving Private Ryan and I disagree...But I will wait for your next insult.
james55011 wrote: I guess any movie that shows a lot of gore or blood is just trying to copy Saving Private Ryan.
So you're just going to actively ignore my comments and just make up your own answers, then? Or is reading comprehension just not your strong suit?
So you're just going to actively ignore my comments and just make up your own answers, then? Or is reading comprehension just not your strong suit?
I guess any movie that shows a lot of gore or blood is just trying to copy Saving Private Ryan. Also it came out shortly after that it was only a rumor that Chuck Norris was upset about that the language and it was always going to have an R rating. Although I will say I agree with your opinion of Chuck Norisses "acting". I have liked some of his movies but the man cannot act.
Because it did? Stallone used the same high contrast and jitter frame effects, and even went as far as to mimic the camera shake.
Also, I never actually used the word 'rip-off' in my Rambo review. I said something about Stallone being inspired by Spielberg and Ridley Scott's work on Saving Private Ryan.
Also, I never actually used the word 'rip-off' in my Rambo review. I said something about Stallone being inspired by Spielberg and Ridley Scott's work on Saving Private Ryan.
You also said Rambo copied Saving Private Ryan.
The Private Ryan stuff is all in the imagery, not in the content. West was clearly trying to recreate the aesthetic, especially during just about any outdoor sequence.
Never actually picked up on the Saving Private Ryan influences / rip-offs. It's just that so many action films featuring 80s action stars usually feature a sequence with tanks in a rundown Eastern European locale. I think I watch too much Lundgren and Seagal.
Arnie came across as bored in this, as if he only did as a favour. Although his performance is far more committed than Norris. He was terrible. I don't how but he managed to kill the amusement out of a Chuck Norris Fact.
Arnie came across as bored in this, as if he only did as a favour. Although his performance is far more committed than Norris. He was terrible. I don't how but he managed to kill the amusement out of a Chuck Norris Fact.
I think Missing in Action is good despite Norris. You stick any other above average action star in that role and it's a better movie. Unfortunately, it's Norris' empty eyes that everyone else seems to like. I just think the guy is a black hole for charisma and I can't think of a single other action star I find as boring.
This was indeed far better than E1. As for Simon West, The Mechanic I thought was great. great action pieces with a good story, for me better than The Bronson/Winner one. As for Chuck he was a brilliant `action hero` back in the 80`s so i feel your a little harsh there. Rewatch the Missing in Action films and Lone Wolf McQuade. Anyway I look forward to owning the blu-ray come christmas day. i hope!
Very well-written examination. Thanks for posting.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 20th November 2012
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English (Optimized for DTS Neo:X 11.1), Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, Gods of War: Assembling Earth's Mightiest Anti-Heroes, Big Guns, Bigger Heroes: The 1980s and the Rise of the Action Film, On the Assault: The Real Life Weaponry of Expendables 2, Guns For Hire: The Real Expendables, Deleted/Extended Scenes, Gag Reel, Trailers, Digital Copy, UltraViolet Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Simon West
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy and War
Length: 103 minutes
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