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Talk:1120: Blurring the Line

2012-11-15T07:07:11Z

Rashby: suggested change to transcript

This comic might refer to the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_%28film%29 Adaptation] --[[User:Mambro|Mambro]] ([[User talk:Mambro|talk]]) 10:53, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
:There's a whole host of movies that white hat might be referring to. We can't know just from one theme present in the play, as there's a bajillion possible movies that it could be. Best to leave it unnamed.[[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]] ([[User talk:Davidy22|talk]]) 11:54, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

I don't think he was "passing the conversational ball" so much as it was meant to be a humorous blurring of the line between metaphor and reality (he's the "Michael Jordan" of blurring the line between metaphor and reality and then he has an actual basketball).
Also, what is "masturbatory naval gazing" supposed to mean? If someone could explain that portion, that would be great. [[User:Trek7553|Trek7553]] ([[User talk:Trek7553|talk]]) 14:51, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Referring to the basketball's orange color in the transcript could make a more accurate transcript. The appearance of the colored basketball in the otherwise black and white panels is a very dramatic intrusion of "more reality" into the black and white 2D panel. "More reality" since color is an important property most of us experience in our real lives. A very abstract 2D drawing of people discussing 3D movie depictions of our shared actual reality (i've never considered xkcd to reference Flatland) seems to be playing with levels of abstraction visually, in addition to the self-referential language.[[User:Rashby|Rashby]] ([[User talk:Rashby|talk]]) 07:07, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

"Masturbatory navel gazing" is a contradiction in terms, hence the cursor text.

From Merriam-Webster: Naval-gazing is useless or excessive self-contemplation. One could define a movie about movies in this way. Masturbation is self-love, and a movie about movies could be thought of as a form of self love too. --[[User:Johngardner|Johngardner]] ([[User talk:Johngardner|talk]]) 15:44, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

User talk:Rashby

2012-09-20T08:33:05Z

Rashby:

'''1110 : click and drag''' is marvelous. I enjoyed the comic with no extra exploration. Then with the overt suggestion of actually clicking and dragging, i was led into this great experiential art piece. Thankyou for the explanation/suggestion. I was able to first use it today, from my droid 3. Still smiling at each new discovery. Not cheating, just scrolling, anticipating... i find the crisp, clean style of Randall's drawings an aesthetic pleasure. Zen in line drawings and block silouettes. Text size is at the edge of readability on my droid 3, perhaps i need another rendering set?[[User:Rashby|Rashby]] ([[User talk:Rashby|talk]]) 04:22, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

User:Rashby/Sandbox

2012-09-20T06:25:15Z

Rashby: Created page with "'''1110: click and drag''' wow."

'''1110: click and drag''' wow.

User talk:Rashby

2012-09-20T04:22:06Z

Rashby: 1110: click and drag experience feedback

1110 : click and drag is marvelous. I enjoyed the comic with no extra exploration. With the overt suggestion of actually clicking and dragging, i was led into a great experiential art piece. Thank you to the constructors. I was able to first use it today, from my droid 3. Still smiling at each new discovery. Not cheating, just scrolling, anticipating... i find the crisp, clean style of Randall's drawings an aesthetic pleasure. Zen in line drawings and block silouettes. Text size is at the edge of readability on my droid 3, perhaps i need another rendering set?[[User:Rashby|Rashby]] ([[User talk:Rashby|talk]]) 04:22, 20 September 2012 (UTC)