bestkeptsecret

Every time I decide to take the plunge into digital comics, I go to Comixology or the DC app and every time I get sticker shock and decide against it.
The prices are too steep and I stick to my age-old method of buying the trade paperbacks (or the DC Absolute Editions, if I really love the books). 

My 12.9" iPad Pro has such a gorgeous screen that I love reading whatever few digital comics I have, but I find the price too steep for me. 

All the gimmicks that were tried to make the comics interactive were really not that great. The panel-to-panel panning and zooming reminded me of the Hulk cartoon from almost 40 years ago - which was exactly like that. 

For casual comic readers like myself, the endless cross-overs and one-shots and "events" just pushed me to re-reading my older comics and just picking up the occasional TPB.

It was simpler times when you could read the adventures of Superman, Superboy and Super Baby without having to worry about how it was even possible, or when the entire series, like Neil Gaiman's Sandman, stood alone and you could follow it without having to worry about picking up issue 13 of  the Atari Force to understand the full story.

/rant.

Park's Vengeance Trilogy is essential world cinema. My favourite film by him though is the very quirky "I'm A Cyborg, But That's Okay".

I stopped watching his movies after being disappointed by Thirst and Stoker, but I'll give this one a watch 

GeorgeBMac said:

goodbyeranch said:

GeorgeBMac said:

$5Million for a design?   $300,000 for a piece of clear glass?

Apple needs to get fully over its design supercedes function obsession.  

It did gain some separation from its obsession with thin and light Macs at the expense of functionality.  But it needs to do the same for its stores.  They are centers for customers to do their research, obtain education, get quality service and, oh yeh, buy products.  But NO customer goes to an Apple store to see the pretty glass front.

Yes, image matters.  But, as Porsche has proven:   "Form [needs to] follow function"

You have an argument when it comes to design/funciton of products. You have less of an argument when it comes to the retail stores. They function to inspire people with the awe of seamless, transparent spaces that seem to be made of light. Another option: throw out the meme of form follows function completelhy. Form follows culture. Porsche has a culture, Apple has a culture, COMPUSA had a culture.

No, the "function" part comes in when stores are so expensive to build (because of extravagant design) that there are not enough to meet the needs of the customers.

The first goal of a retail marketplace should be to meet the needs of the customers.  That's the principle that Apple was built on from its earliest days.  If it can't do that then it doesn't matter how pretty it looks.

As I mentioned:  the functions of an Apple store are to:  educate the customer, provide a base to research products, support the customer and the products, and to sell product.  To do that they need to be available to the customer.   A handful of very expensive stores do not do that.

By the way, if you think Porsche design is chasing after some "culture", you do not understand Porsche. 

In truth, Porsche set such a standard that the "culture" is chasing after Porsche -- just as happened with Apple and its products.

Obviously knows something about the needs of the customer, considering that it runs one of the most profitable chain of stores.
I am not sure what you are trying to say here. 

Meanwhile, over at Acoustic Sounds:

A. I'm looking forward to Season 2.
B. Glenn Close is beginning to look Mrs. Doubtfire.