tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post5479450986000731057..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Bringing The Typewriter (in the 21st Century) to AustraliaRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-85420978556275374192013-05-11T02:07:00.058+10:002013-05-11T02:07:00.058+10:00I like this line of Richard's the best:
"...I like this line of Richard's the best: <br />"The typewriter is the bicycle of the written communication word. It’s an alternative to the most efficient way to doing things and it’s about enjoying the ride."<br /><br />I think that puts the whole thing very succinctly. <br /><br />As for no representation by naysayers, it clearly has no place in what is clearly an evangelistic film that will be played to audiences who are by default naysayers. (:Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-22272243949287889252013-05-11T00:28:35.668+10:002013-05-11T00:28:35.668+10:00I think Richard is right. The tagline from Gary an...I think Richard is right. The tagline from Gary and Christopher’s poster is: “A film about a machine and the people who love, use, and repair it.” Having Zuckerberg or Gates or Doctorow or anyone else deep in the digital communion talking about the manifold sins of the typewriter would not support the thesis of the film. Let them go make a film about computers and the people who love, use, and repair them.Ryan Adneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00638154287454314617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-10253296579374833352013-05-10T21:08:57.178+10:002013-05-10T21:08:57.178+10:00As the original typing cyclops, I love that design...As the original typing cyclops, I love that design!<br /><br />I was a little irked by the joke "resist the urge to nap" -- why would anyone find typewriters boring? Then I returned to reality and the fact that 99.9% of humans haven't given a second thought to typewriters since 1987.<br /><br />The LA Times review ends by saying that the naysayers should have had some screen time. As if anyone needed to make the point that typewriters aren't the most efficient way to get a lot of jobs done. Of course not! One goal of the Insurgency is to resist the trend to make <i>everything</i> efficient. There is some diversity of opinion in the film, as I recall, regarding the staying power of the insurgency and whether typewriters have a future.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com