Comments on: Coming to a Theatre Near You http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:27:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Categorically Not! - Uncertainty (Revisited) | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14587 Categorically Not! - Uncertainty (Revisited) | Cosmic Variance Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:00:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14587 [...] It is important to note that this one is a USC event, and not a Santa Monica event! It is on a Thursday and not a Sunday! You might wonder - why these changes? Ah! I promised to reveal what was going on behind that photo shoot I told you about a long time ago (with K.C., Tara McPherson, and myself - recall the fun we had with that picture?), and now realize that I did not get around to it. [...] […] It is important to note that this one is a USC event, and not a Santa Monica event! It is on a Thursday and not a Sunday! You might wonder - why these changes? Ah! I promised to reveal what was going on behind that photo shoot I told you about a long time ago (with K.C., Tara McPherson, and myself - recall the fun we had with that picture?), and now realize that I did not get around to it. […]

]]> By: Visions and Voices - Asymptotia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14586 Visions and Voices - Asymptotia Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:50:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14586 [...] Well, one of them was selected! When a campus news story was being prepared to announce it, somehow the Annenberg School’s K.C. Cole, the Cinema-Television School’s Tara McPherson (who chaired the selection committee) and myself were chosen to be the poster children of the event. This explains the purpose of the photo shoot, about which I blogged some time ago at this link. We had some fun with it, you might recall. (Official photo they used is to the right; contrast, if you will, with the one I showed back then.) [...] […] Well, one of them was selected! When a campus news story was being prepared to announce it, somehow the Annenberg School’s K.C. Cole, the Cinema-Television School’s Tara McPherson (who chaired the selection committee) and myself were chosen to be the poster children of the event. This explains the purpose of the photo shoot, about which I blogged some time ago at this link. We had some fun with it, you might recall. (Official photo they used is to the right; contrast, if you will, with the one I showed back then.) […]

]]> By: Elliot http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14585 Elliot Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:02:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14585 Clifford Johnson ---- Randy Jackson google the images. Hmmmm..... you be the judge. Clifford Johnson —- Randy Jackson

google the images.

Hmmmm….. you be the judge.

]]> By: Samantha http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14584 Samantha Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:52:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14584 I like the reality show idea (following on from #8, #9 and #11): "American Grad Student" You are the judges of (initially) 1000s of grad students who each week are narrowed down until one of them is proclaimed the one top grad student in America (or just given a doctorate). Every week the students are set a challenge (perform a calculation in full make-up and studio lights in front of an audience?) and you judge their performance. Of course one of you has to be ultra lenient (all of the students are wonderful), one is in the middle and one is just plain mean. I like the reality show idea (following on from #8, #9 and #11): “American Grad Student”

You are the judges of (initially) 1000s of grad students who each week are narrowed down until one of them is proclaimed the one top grad student in America (or just given a doctorate).

Every week the students are set a challenge (perform a calculation in full make-up and studio lights in front of an audience?) and you judge their performance. Of course one of you has to be ultra lenient (all of the students are wonderful), one is in the middle and one is just plain mean.

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14583 Clifford Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:43:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14583 I'll take Strange.... Please! Please...! -cvj I’ll take Strange…. Please! Please…!

-cvj

]]> By: howard http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14582 howard Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:02:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14582 The new show's name is "Quarks" -- main characters are Beauty, Charm, and Strange. I leave it to you to assign faces to the names. The new show’s name is “Quarks” — main characters are
Beauty, Charm, and Strange. I leave it to you to assign faces to the names.

]]> By: Cynthia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14581 Cynthia Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:42:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14581 Spyder, I think I get your drift... A Redesign of "Three's Company" Spyder, I think I get your drift… A Redesign of “Three’s Company”

]]> By: spyder http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14580 spyder Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:14:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14580 This is sitcom material all way, just look at those faces, on the verge of seriously losing it into puddles of giggles. Not "angels" but "three's more than two turf." Build on those odd-coupling shows, wherein a group of physicists try to get along, given that one expresses himself in only the finest queen's english, one speaks southern dialectical american english, and the third is pure canuck or at least upper peninsula north. All living out of place in LALA land, wherein celebrity is more vital to a sense of well being and thus d-branes are assumed to be high fiber breakfast food when overheard in a late night jazz club. This is sitcom material all way, just look at those faces, on the verge of seriously losing it into puddles of giggles. Not “angels” but “three’s more than two turf.” Build on those odd-coupling shows, wherein a group of physicists try to get along, given that one expresses himself in only the finest queen’s english, one speaks southern dialectical american english, and the third is pure canuck or at least upper peninsula north. All living out of place in LALA land, wherein celebrity is more vital to a sense of well being and thus d-branes are assumed to be high fiber breakfast food when overheard in a late night jazz club.

]]> By: Plato http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14579 Plato Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:26:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14579 Music playing in the background.... <b>So, Who You Going to Call!</b> :) Music playing in the background….

So, Who You Going to Call!

:)

]]> By: Spatulated http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14562 Spatulated Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:33:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2006/04/11/coming-to-a-theatre-near-you/#comment-14562 snakes one a plane!!! that is going to be the best movie ever! snakes one a plane!!! that is going to be the best movie ever!

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