Comments on: Beware the Necco Smoothie http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/ Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:09:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Gordon http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97916 Gordon Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:28:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97916 Well, I think Branagh's <i> Henry V </i> beats the Olivier verson hands down. But they were made in different times for different reasons. Plus, I suppose that a movie based on a play wouldn't count--athough there is that remake of <i> The Women. </i> Well, I think Branagh’s Henry V beats the Olivier verson hands down. But they were made in different times for different reasons. Plus, I suppose that a movie based on a play wouldn’t count–athough there is that remake of The Women.

]]> By: Holmes http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97927 Holmes Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:41:11 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97927 3:10 to Yuma. Also Ocean's 11 I found to be more entertaining. And a remake of "Gone with the Wind" would be worthwhile; the original is completely unwatchable at this point. 3:10 to Yuma.

Also Ocean’s 11 I found to be more entertaining.
And a remake of “Gone with the Wind” would be worthwhile; the original is completely unwatchable at this point.

]]> By: Joan of Argghh! http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97930 Joan of Argghh! Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:58:03 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97930 Monstrous! Oh monstrous! Monstrous! Oh monstrous!

]]> By: kcom http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97931 kcom Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:11:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97931 Yeah, I was going to say "Ocean's Eleven". The old one doesn't hold up very well. I might add, also, "The Thomas Crown Affair". I thought the newer one was more inventive and interesting (and plausible) than the original. Yeah, I was going to say “Ocean’s Eleven”. The old one doesn’t hold up very well.

I might add, also, “The Thomas Crown Affair”. I thought the newer one was more inventive and interesting (and plausible) than the original.

]]> By: dane http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97935 dane Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:36:15 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97935 I would take Steve McQueen over Pierce Brosnon as Crowne any day. I can think of two movies which I thought were just as entertaining (though different) than the originals Cape Fear (based on the novel "The Executioners" by my favorite author - John D. McDonald) Sabrina I would take Steve McQueen over Pierce Brosnon as Crowne any day. I can think of two movies which I thought were just as entertaining (though different) than the originals

Cape Fear (based on the novel “The Executioners” by my favorite author - John D. McDonald)

Sabrina

]]> By: Kevin Baker http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97936 Kevin Baker Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:37:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97936 The only use I ever had for Necco wafers was as particularly challenging targets for my .22 pistol. The only use I ever had for Necco wafers was as particularly challenging targets for my .22 pistol.

]]> By: Pallidbust http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97948 Pallidbust Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:33:44 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97948 It is my understanding from various sources that neo-neocon has a taste bud disorder wherein and whereby tasty treats taste bad and bad crap tastes good. My sources, as you can see, cannot be challenged. PB Executive Vice-President, Necco Inc. It is my understanding from various sources that neo-neocon has a taste bud disorder wherein and whereby tasty treats taste bad and bad crap tastes good. My sources, as you can see, cannot be challenged.

PB
Executive Vice-President, Necco Inc.

]]> By: 2dave http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97953 2dave Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:10:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97953 Alfred Hitchcock considered the 1956 version of The Man Who Knew Too Much to be better than the 1934 version. Alfred Hitchcock considered the 1956 version of The Man Who Knew Too Much to be better than the 1934 version.

]]> By: nolanimrod http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97959 nolanimrod Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:16:41 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97959 Holmes has committed a terminological inexactitude! Holmes has committed a terminological inexactitude!

]]> By: camojack http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97981 camojack Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:11:21 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97981 Thanks for the warning. Thanks for the warning.

]]> By: Ron http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97993 Ron Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:17:03 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97993 The John Huston <i>Maltese Falcon</i> is far better than the 2?-3? versions made before it. I also like <i>His Girl Friday</i> better than <i>The Front Page.</i> The John Huston Maltese Falcon is far better than the 2?-3? versions made before it. I also like His Girl Friday better than The Front Page.

]]> By: Cappy http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97997 Cappy Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:57:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-97997 Sounds disgusting. When do they get their bailout? Sounds disgusting. When do they get their bailout?

]]> By: Nortius Maximus http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98006 Nortius Maximus Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:24:23 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98006 Guh. Thanks the warning, neo. Here's hoping that Necco doesn't fall prey to the NeueCokeKatastrophe impulse, and eliminate "Neccos Classic". Guh. Thanks the warning, neo. Here’s hoping that Necco doesn’t fall prey to the NeueCokeKatastrophe impulse, and eliminate “Neccos Classic”.

]]> By: LabRat http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98013 LabRat Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:35:01 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98013 I like the version of "The In-Laws" with Albert Brooks and Michael Douglas better than the original, too. They got a marvelous comedy chemistry going on and a few underappreciated supporting actors to round the whole thing out. I like the version of “The In-Laws” with Albert Brooks and Michael Douglas better than the original, too. They got a marvelous comedy chemistry going on and a few underappreciated supporting actors to round the whole thing out.

]]> By: John http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98016 John Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:08:38 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98016 The new Battlestar Galactica television series is hands down better than the original in every way. That's the only example I can think of off hand. The new Battlestar Galactica television series is hands down better than the original in every way.

That’s the only example I can think of off hand.

]]> By: Artfldgr http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98017 Artfldgr Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:13:33 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98017 young marketing people LOVE to do this. they care not about love, social cache, etc... they learned the rules (which is why the marketers have murdered our cafeteria at the hospital), and so they will convince management (after first convincing them that they are great), to make inane changes and combinations and call that 'progressive' another example of cargo cult empty image thinking. they are not combining things becase it wll work, they have no way of determining that since nothing matters to them (except themselves maybe). so what they do is put concepts together and sell through the marketing idea thinking that they can teach us what we will want to drink, eat, etc. i have seen this and keep seeing it all over in various forms where image is more than content. they are right on image, it drew you in. but they are playing a numbers game, attempting to see if the image mash up draws enough to the product that it gets a stable amount of purchasers to maintain enough and make it sellable. its a very different way to target and it sort of works, as its results and mehtods are all known quantities, but it has no substance. the reason it has no substance is that they are so leftist that talent is missing. so you have great products out there, but are nto designed by marketers using formulea to pretend to create substance on demand (mediocre at best and worst),they are generally designed and made by visionairies, and then later warped once we are addicted to them by bloating them till we are disatisfied, and to create a constant turn over. its a false version of a measure of progress in a capitalist system in that things fracture. like sand on a pile as you add more. however, fracturing things as a process, does not progress make. this is why nathans hotdogs are still loved, why entemans, ivory soap, and tons of others. while some born of great ad campaigns, most still exit anda re loved because they truly serve their customers rather than manipulatively serve the company by manipulating the customers. young marketing people LOVE to do this. they care not about love, social cache, etc… they learned the rules (which is why the marketers have murdered our cafeteria at the hospital), and so they will convince management (after first convincing them that they are great), to make inane changes and combinations and call that ‘progressive’

another example of cargo cult empty image thinking. they are not combining things becase it wll work, they have no way of determining that since nothing matters to them (except themselves maybe). so what they do is put concepts together and sell through the marketing idea thinking that they can teach us what we will want to drink, eat, etc.

i have seen this and keep seeing it all over in various forms where image is more than content.

they are right on image, it drew you in. but they are playing a numbers game, attempting to see if the image mash up draws enough to the product that it gets a stable amount of purchasers to maintain enough and make it sellable.

its a very different way to target and it sort of works, as its results and mehtods are all known quantities, but it has no substance. the reason it has no substance is that they are so leftist that talent is missing.

so you have great products out there, but are nto designed by marketers using formulea to pretend to create substance on demand (mediocre at best and worst),they are generally designed and made by visionairies, and then later warped once we are addicted to them by bloating them till we are disatisfied, and to create a constant turn over.

its a false version of a measure of progress in a capitalist system in that things fracture. like sand on a pile as you add more. however, fracturing things as a process, does not progress make.

this is why nathans hotdogs are still loved, why entemans, ivory soap, and tons of others. while some born of great ad campaigns, most still exit anda re loved because they truly serve their customers rather than manipulatively serve the company by manipulating the customers.

]]> By: Deekaman http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98032 Deekaman Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:06:52 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98032 There's a special place in Hell for these people who change a good thing. "New Coke" comes to mind. And it hasn't been the same since. There’s a special place in Hell for these people who change a good thing. “New Coke” comes to mind. And it hasn’t been the same since.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98051 Ymarsakar Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:18:42 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98051 Oh, Neo, I feel sad that you have become a victim of the new "Changes" that will result in a better world for humanity. Oh, Neo, I feel sad that you have become a victim of the new “Changes” that will result in a better world for humanity.

]]> By: lars shalm http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98071 lars shalm Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:27:52 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98071 necco meant whaT? neo con, bon bon necco meant whaT? neo con, bon bon

]]> By: EL Rider http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98082 EL Rider Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:30:44 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98082 Thanks for the heads-up on the new Neccos. Some years back Invention and Technology did a short piece on the Necco factory, the machine that makes the wafers is the longest continuously running machine in America. Thanks for the heads-up on the new Neccos. Some years back Invention and Technology did a short piece on the Necco factory, the machine that makes the wafers is the longest continuously running machine in America.

]]> By: Daniel in Brookline http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98163 Daniel in Brookline Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:58:04 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/01/03/beware-the-necco-smoothie/#comment-98163 The Count of Monte Cristo. The 2002 movie version is admittedly a rewrite, with marked deviations from the Dumas original; nonetheless, it's better than previous filmed versions, and it does justice to the original story. (In my recent paperback edition of CoMC, the 2002 movie is the only one to get a positive review in the Afterword.) The Count of Monte Cristo. The 2002 movie version is admittedly a rewrite, with marked deviations from the Dumas original; nonetheless, it’s better than previous filmed versions, and it does justice to the original story. (In my recent paperback edition of CoMC, the 2002 movie is the only one to get a positive review in the Afterword.)

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