One Day More... Misc Stuff

[kybearfuzz]

Whew! One more day and the hectic life of late will slide back into the norm for a while. I can't wait for that to happen. I am so looking forward to tomorrow night.

On a sad note, there is a better than average chance that fritzsea will not be coming. Due to his coworker's uncoordinated kid flying over his bicycle handle bars and breaking a bone, he has to cover teaching her class today and may not be able to get a flight to Cincinnati. I don't sound bitter, do I? Still, there is a chance he may be here, but he's flying standby which is iffy at best. Fingers crossed for you, Fritz :)

As I was getting caffeinated this morning, I came across this story on Yahoo News about how flight attendants are boycotting Jodie Foster's new flick Flightplan, which got rave reviews from yours truly. Don't read the story if you haven't seen the flick because there are spoilers inside. However, the flight attendants are pissed because they say the movie shows the attendants as being rude and unhelpful. I beg to differ, I thought that they behaved as you would expect in the movie's storyline and tense situation. And to play devil's advocate, I have been on flights where the attendants have been absolute bitches. It's rare, I admit, but they do exist.

This poses an interesting quandry. Have most people lost the ability to laugh at themselves? To the point where we boycott movies because we don't like how people in our profession are portrayed? Seems silly to me for them to worry about stereotyping an entire work industry so generally just because of the characterization in one movie.

Comments

[cincycub.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a shock. I will be keeping my fingers crossed as well!

And OMG, if all IT people boycotted movies that misrepresented our trade and the Internet in general, we'd never see any movies!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

What? You mean you can't upload a custom made computer virus into an alien starship to save mankind in three minutes? Or that you are all not evil beings intent on changing people identities and hacking into government databases? I'm shocked :)

[cincycub.livejournal.com]

Ah, so you saw the BSG finale too... hahaha...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_decibel_/]

actually, I think the upload of alien viruses thingy was from "Independence Day"...

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'm sure it was used in several movies :)

[susobear.livejournal.com]

Pffffff... it's just a movie. Not an accurate portrait of anything. It's the means of keeping people entertained for 2 hours and making them buy popcorn, the movie's soundtrack, and watch the trailers of new movies to come.

If I was to be angry each time my profession (computer guy/geek/whatever) is badly portrayed, I would have such a big hole in my stomach due to ulcer that i could perfectly be called DoughnutMan!

I go, I say "this is more or less accurate", I try to enjoy the film, and then I go out.

Of course there are computercrazy people trying to take over the world (hell, I am one of those!), but in general we are harmless and we do react well to cuddling :o)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL.. well, you can't generalize any profession really.. on some days I can be very surly myself :)

[stereobare.livejournal.com]

Hmm??? fritzsea?, and the world gets smaller.... Did not know he is a LJ user. He lives across town from me....

Wonder if Flightplan would be a in flight movie at some point?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_decibel_/]

I heart the fritzsea.

He makes me giggle.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

He is a sweet guy, isn't he? :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_decibel_/]

oh, I hope that Fritz can get out here.. it's going to be so much fun and also, it'll be faboo to see him!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I know.. I hope he can make it :)

[artsycub.livejournal.com]

*gasp!* He didn't tell me he may not make it. :( That wouldn't be good.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Well, it was a last minute thing.. he was pretty disappointed too :(