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The Apple
1980 · Film · 88 min
Directed by Menahem Golan
FantasyComedyScience FictionMusic
In a pseudo-futuristic 1994, a square couple enter the corrupt world of the music industry, and subsequently a maze of drugs, sex, and temptation.
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Xanadu is not even really a terrible movie. Terrible movies are worth seeing, at least once, because of how awful they are. I've seen at least three disco movies on roller skates, (roller skates) released at that time. The Apple is certainly terrible; I think it was made to cash in on West Germany film subsidies (the same subsidies that paid for The Neverending Story), even the songs are charmingly terrible. Xanadu has a great soundtrack, but the movie is just boring. Skatetown, U.S.A. is probably terrible, but I'd need to watch it again and I don't want to. :P I haven't seen Roller Boogie.
That said, I would absolutely buy (and wear) a Xanadu jacket if I saw one for a reasonable price.
I have been fascinated with dinosaur paintings as long as i can think of. There is a wonderful book by Taschen on the subject which has a lot more of these illustrations/ Paleoart. The Apple documentary by Jon Faveau is also highly recommended. Are there any institutions trying to accurately vizualize dinosaurs in a scientific manner? Archeologists usually focus on single facts but dont seem to be so interested in lifelike images. VFX Movies on the otherhand sadly don’t care for the facts most of the time. Everytime i go to the local paleo musem i start to think we could do a lot better and the kids would love it too.
It can not happen.
Until you can bring in a visionary dictator like Jobs that everyone channels their energy through, it is impossible to bring Linux to the level of Apple.
"The challenge for us is to figure out how to deliver something which is crisp and clean."
Crisp and clean? That's all it takes to match Apple?
A great movie requires a visionary director. Shuttleworth has does some amazing stuff with Ubuntu, but I think attacking directly at the bow of Apple is a misguided battle.