Troy Sequels Planned

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"Troy"

"Troy" 05/15/2004 02:22 PM

Destroy Troy

Destroy Troy 07/05/2004 05:49 PM

When I wake up I usually find some interesting remains in my mind.  It's as if the brain forgot to flush the cache when I awake.  This morning it was the thought that the word 'destroy' originated from the fall of Troy.  So to destroy is to suffer the same fate as the city of Troy did.

Is this true?  Dictionaries I looked up didn't list Troy as the origin of the word.  Searching Google returns many pages that mention the city of Troy and the word destory together yet none seems to suggest there there might be a closer relationship between the word and the name.

Seems unlikely though.  The concept of destruction has a long history and, while the destruction of Troy took place long time ago, use of the word 'destroy' to mean 'do the same as what was done to Troy' would require a lot of story telling.

A: Destroy that city by nightfall!
B: Do what?
A: Destroy!  Turn it into rubble like Troy.
B: Troy?  What's that?
A: *sigh* You never heard about Troy?  Giant Horse?
B: Uh, no.  Why don't you tell us?

More likely, the word is related to the word 'destruction', removal of structures, but it's fun to play with words anyway.

Troy in 15 (very funny) minutes

Troy in 15 (very funny) minutes 05/20/2004 01:05 AM
After the sixth hour of Troy, the new Arm Pitt Men in Skirts epic, I started to remember just how friggin' big that copy of the Iliad I had was. Big. Big, big book. Loooong movie.

So it's a good thing that this blogger has produced a Troy-in-fifteen-minutes abridgement. You know, I like it as much as the original!

AGAMEMNON: Look, there's no reason for me to slaughter thousands of your men. You pick out your best soldier, and I pick out mine.

KING OF THESSALY: Deal. [turns to his army] SOME GUYYYYY!

THESSALIAN ARMY: SOME! GUY! SOME! GUY! SOME! GUY!

Some Guy breaks through the crowd. His neck resembles an Easter ham and his spear is the size of a telephone pole.

SOME GUY: RAAAAAAAAA!

AGAMEMNON [turning to his army]: ACHILLEEEEEES!

GREEK ARMY: . . .

AGAMEMNON: . . .

Hut of Wanton Nudity, Some Village

BOY: OMG Achilles you're late you gotta get up Achilles OMG!

ACHILLES: Dude, I just nailed twins. Call me in the morning.

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Troy (the movie) in 15 minutes.

Troy (the movie) in 15 minutes. 05/20/2004 01:14 PM
Troy (the movie) in 15 minutes. Just in case you didn't feel like sitting through the whole ten years two hours 43 minutes. via BoingBoing

Bedroom of Helen of Troy Sparta
PARIS: Hey, baby, I brought you a pearl necklace.
HELEN [weepy]: I can’t wear it because I’m sort of already married to that other guy but we’ve been doing the royal nasty for a week already anyway and you’re going to leave tomorrow and WAHHHHH.
PARIS: You could stow away and come with me and start a war that will end up killing 90% of the cast and totally be the downfall of my people and my kingdom!
HELEN: *sniff* I think… that’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever said to me.

"Troy in Fifteen Minutes"

"Troy in Fifteen Minutes" 05/26/2004 04:41 AM

Little to Annoy at Helen of Troy

Little to Annoy at Helen of Troy 07/14/2004 11:27 AM
The beauty company bulks up its bottom line and beats down inventories.

Latest sequels a mixed bag

Latest sequels a mixed bag 01/06/2005 02:43 PM
globetechnology.com Jan 6 2005 6:48PM GMT

No more sequels in DVD hacking case

No more sequels in DVD hacking case 01/05/2004 12:20 PM
CNET Jan 5 2004 10:53AM ET

Sequels: the lifeblood of gaming

Sequels: the lifeblood of gaming 12/19/2004 03:46 PM

From the announcements of the past week, 2005 looks to be yet another year of big sequels/follow-ups and franchise-related releases. More Red Alert may be on the horizon, Battlefield 2 is coming and a host of other part 2s, 3s and maybe even some 4s will hit shelves. But, this is the norm, and in fact, it is what gaming is all about. Once a game developer or publisher finds a game that actually makes a profit, why let it go? And, without all this frenetic franchising, we wouldn’t have Warcraft 3, or Battlefield Vietnam, or Half-Life 2, or Everquest 2, or Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, or…

Troy wins battle at US box office

Troy wins battle at US box office 05/17/2004 10:18 AM
Brad Pitt's epic Troy storms the US box office on its opening weekend to take the number one spot.

Harman's JBL Creature, SoundSticks
Sequels

Harman's JBL Creature, SoundSticks
Sequels 01/07/2004 06:14 PM
The company announced a sequel on Tuesday: JBL Creature II, which incorporates the latest Odyssey transducer technology and a proprietary design. Like the original, JBL Creature II's satellite speakers glow from the bottom for an otherworldly appearance. By Brad Cook (MacCentral via MyAppleMenu)

In Video Games, Sequels Are Winners

In Video Games, Sequels Are Winners 09/19/2004 09:09 PM
New York Times Sep 20 2004 0:40AM GMT

Third time charms for game sequels

Third time charms for game sequels 05/21/2004 02:35 PM
CNN May 21 2004 5:48PM GMT

Sequels save blockbuster summer

Sequels save blockbuster summer 09/06/2004 05:40 AM
Sequels to Shrek, Spider-Man and Harry Potter help propel US box office takings to a new summer record.

Audio of Casey at the Bat and two
unauthorized sequels

Audio of Casey at the Bat and two
unauthorized sequels 03/29/2005 03:07 PM
Cory Doctorow: Telltale Weekly, which sells DRM-free audiobooks of public domain works, has just posted a $0.50 version of "Casey at the Bat" and two "sequels" written by a different writer, hearkening to an era when copyright didn't mean that others couldn't fool around with your work.

Ernest L Thayer (writing under the pen name "Phinn") wrote the baseball classic Casey at the Bat: "A Ballad of the Republic, Sung in the Year 1888" for the San Fransisco Examiner. In the century since, the poem has spawned hundreds of sequels, including a handful of updates by sports columnist Grantland Rice.

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Disney sequels could hurt Pixar

Disney sequels could hurt Pixar 05/28/2004 01:54 PM
Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner has confirmed to Jessica Reif Cohen of Merrill Lynch that the studio has several sequels in the works to films that Pixar has created for the company...

HP's Troy Concept PC: Knobs are the New
Dials

HP's Troy Concept PC: Knobs are the New
Dials 06/08/2004 07:31 AM

HP's 'Troy' concept is an attempt to show how modern software and hardware technology could be combined to turn a regular PC into a communications platform. Although it's impossible to tell exactly how useful the secondary interface console at the bottom would be to actual communicating, I'm no hater of buttons and knobs, so if HP decides that it would be more useful to have a separate videoconferencing button on the bottom that's fine by me. I am going to have to take issue with the lack of keyboard, though. That would probably make life a little harder.

HP is "keeping mum about when Troy systems might ship," which is more than likely due to the fact that, if this article is anything to go by, they aren't doing a very good job explaining why we need something like this concept PC in the first place. Still, knobs! (Thanks, (another) Nick!)
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World premiere for epic film Troy

World premiere for epic film Troy 05/09/2004 02:33 PM
Brad Pitt and other stars of the sword-and-sandals film Troy will attend the world premiere of the movie in Berlin on Sunday.

Occupation: Girl - Troy in Fifteen
Minutes

Occupation: Girl - Troy in Fifteen
Minutes 05/20/2004 10:09 PM
this blogger has produced a Troy-in-fifteen-minutes abridgement

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No Money For Anything But Sequels In The
Video Game World

No Money For Anything But Sequels In The
Video Game World 09/20/2004 04:56 AM
Last month, we wrote about how video games were getting so expensive, that almost all of the focus was on sequels and movie tie-ins. Now, the NY Times is running an almost identical article noting that 8 out of the 10 top video games are sequels. Of course, what they forget to note is that many of these are sports titles, where "sequel" isn't entirely accurate, as each game releases an updated version with updated stats and a few additional features each year. Still, the end result is the same as was described in the original article: independent developers working on new types of games can't get any attention from publishers. Lots of blame is thrown around, from the expense of producing the games, to the hiring of "consumer products" people at the publishers, to the end-of-life-cycle for current gaming consoles. Of course, it seems like there are a few simple ways to deal with this issue: first, the console makers need to make it easier for independent developers to create games for their consoles, and, since there seems to be a gap in the market, a smart (or new) publisher should try to make a name for itself publishing independent games. While the article complains that a "Blair Witch" style video game success is almost impossible in the video gaming world, they forget that it's also almost impossible in the movie world as well. Very few indie films become successful, but there are still movie distributors focused on indie films. Perhaps the gaming industry needs the equivalent.

"Please Don't Go Topless, Mother" singer
Troy Hess found!

"Please Don't Go Topless, Mother" singer
Troy Hess found! 05/19/2004 01:27 AM
The mystery of the boy voice behind cult antiporn anthem "Please Don't go Topless, Mother" has been solved. Troy Hess has a web page. Please don't go blogless, mother! Link, and link to previous BoingBoing post.

Sequels Shine as Video Game Industry
Gathers in LA

Sequels Shine as Video Game Industry
Gathers in LA 05/09/2004 06:30 PM
Boston Globe May 9 2004 11:04PM GMT

Sequels Shine as Video Game Industry
Gathers in LA (Reuters)

Sequels Shine as Video Game Industry
Gathers in LA (Reuters) 05/09/2004 02:17 PM
Reuters - This week, the video game industry will descend on Los Angeles, along with a motley cast of zombies, aliens and the like.

Well, that didn't go as planned.

Well, that didn't go as planned. 03/14/2005 05:02 PM
At 3:30pm I decided to take a 2 hour nap so that I'd be able to get back on a normal sleep schedule this evening. However, I was more tired than I realized. Apparently I managed to completely disable the alarm when it went off and I didn't really wake up until 11:30pm. So I did manage to get 8 hours of sleep in but now I'm quite out of sync. Let's see how much I can get caught up...

Planned outage

Planned outage 03/25/2005 09:07 PM
NewsGator Online will be down for approximately 8 hours starting Saturday, March 26 at 9:00am MST.  We will be implementing a major system upgrade to enhance our service...

For Sharapova, Everything Is Going as
Planned

For Sharapova, Everything Is Going as
Planned 07/05/2004 07:02 PM
Maria Sharapova, the Wimbledon champion, has spent much of her adolescence preparing to become a phenomenon.

Second toll motorway planned

Second toll motorway planned 07/06/2004 03:04 AM
The government is planning to build a new 50-mile M6 toll road linking Birmingham and Manchester, the BBC learns.

Ten-disc 'Matrix' DVD Box Set Planned

Ten-disc 'Matrix' DVD Box Set Planned 07/06/2004 11:55 AM

Bruneis Big Leap Into 3G Era Planned

Bruneis Big Leap Into 3G Era Planned 12/07/2003 09:46 PM
BruDirect Dec 7 2003 7:55PM ET

The MySQL Roadmap nu What's Planned?

The MySQL Roadmap nu What's Planned? 05/21/2004 06:49 PM
MySQL is old news ...or is it? In this fast-paced expose, Blane looks at where MySQL is now, and what's planned in Versions 4.1 and 5 - including the exciting developments of MySQL Cluster and Stored Procedures!

Sun kills two planned chips

Sun kills two planned chips 06/02/2004 08:48 AM
ZDNet Jun 2 2004 1:39PM GMT

Blu-Ray/Standard DVD Hybrids Planned

Blu-Ray/Standard DVD Hybrids Planned 12/25/2004 05:04 PM

News: L.A. Mac Gathering planned for May

News: L.A. Mac Gathering planned for May 04/06/2005 12:32 PM
Mac specialist Deborah Shadovitz has announced the 2nd Annual Regional Macintosh Gathering set to happen in Los Angeles, Calif. May 13-15, 2005. The event will take place at the Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn in North Hollywood.

Report: PSP Selling, But Not as Planned

Report: PSP Selling, But Not as Planned 03/31/2005 02:50 PM
According to at least one analyst, Sonys PlayStation Portable may not be selling as well as the company may have expected. In a survey of 150 retail locations, American Technology Research found that only one-third of the locations had sold out. Of the remaining stores, 15 had less than three units in stock.

New sex offender clinics planned

New sex offender clinics planned 09/08/2004 06:31 PM
The government plans to build several local residential treatment clinics for child sex offenders, the BBC learns.

O'Neill: U.S. Planned Iraq War Pre-9/11
(AP)

O'Neill: U.S. Planned Iraq War Pre-9/11
(AP) 01/10/2004 05:40 PM
AP - Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill contends the United States began laying the groundwork for an invasion of Iraq just days after President Bush took office in January 2001 — more than two years before the start of the U.S.-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein.

Nortel Reporting Update Planned for 6/2

Nortel Reporting Update Planned for 6/2 05/31/2004 06:41 PM
Boston Globe May 31 2004 10:59PM GMT

Newton conference planned for September

Newton conference planned for September 06/03/2004 09:09 AM
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have killed the Newton six years ago, but lovers of the handheld device won't let it go quietly...

WWDC after hours activities planned

WWDC after hours activities planned 04/09/2004 09:16 PM
Apple has posted details about the after hours activities that are planned for this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) being held June 28 - July 2 in San Francisco...
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