Comments on: The Year in Film

By: Oscar Predictions : Urbanagora

Oscar Predictions : Urbanagora — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:41:41 +0000

[...] boring as humanly possible. Anyway, I’ve already given my rundown of what I considered the best in film this year, so I won’t bother rehashing who should and should not have been nominated. But [...]

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:28:50 +0000

Kofi, if you want us to create a log in for you to comment under to keep others from posting in your name we’d be happy to do that for you. Only problem is, the user name would have to be the same comment to comment.

ALso, while we’re doing that it would enable you to also post pieces if you’d like. Let us know if you’re interested.

By: Brian Pierce

Brian Pierce — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:04:18 +0000

Yeah, I thought those other comments were a little cranky even for you.

By: Jilly Moe Bills

Jilly Moe Bills — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:38:46 +0000

I was not being hypocritical at all, Billy. I wasn’t laying claim to coining the name. There is no debate that you assigned the name to my comments as a joke and I merely ran with it. It proved a functional pseudonym, simultaneously providing anonymity while attributing anonymous comments to a specific unknown entity, not at all unlike the “tet” pseudonym. But this utility was always vulnerable to abuse because the name was never reserved in the way other Blogger names are. This had not seemed to be a problem before, but these times they are a-changin’. The recent comments did not hijack any creativity. They hijacked the utility of the name.

Addressing your first point: I will continue to read the Urbanagora and I will continue to post, but I will use a different name.

By: Billy Joe Mills

Billy Joe Mills — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:48:52 +0000

Kofi,

First, it will be sad if you choose to stop commenting under Kofi, but it will be even sadder if you choose to stop commenting altogether.

Second, if I recall correctly, I invented the “Kofi Anon” phrase and you borrowed it from me (which I was/am totally cool with), so it seems like it would be hypocritical and ironic for you to retire on the principle that someone else hijacked your pseudonym.

Billy

By: kofi the this moniker is officially retired

kofi the this moniker is officially retired — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:37:14 +0000

For however long it has been, those who have commented at Urbanagora were kind enough not to hijack my psuedonym. Unfortunately it seems that several recent comments were made by someone other than myself, masquerading as Kofi Anon. I do not know whether this has happened before, but I do not have the time to police every post’s comments for possible impersonators. The easiest solution is to announce that I will no longer be posting as kofi.

A happy and healthy 2009 to all,
kofi

By: Kofi the seriously Brian stop with the damn lists

Kofi the seriously Brian stop with the damn lists — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:56:23 +0000

The title says it so elegantly.

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:37:55 +0000

Billy- have you seen State of Grace with Sean Penn? It’s one of my favorites.

By: JayBandit

JayBandit — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:54:53 +0000

Billy, Cloverfield was awesomely entertaining. They were able to make a movie about a giant alien seem realistic and entertaining, unlike the ridiculous Godzilla movies of years past.

By: Segen

Segen — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:43:09 +0000

I have not seen the movie “The Reader” – but I must must must must must recommend the book to you. Currently, the English translation of “The Reader” by Bernhard Schlink is out of print, but you can probably find it on the internet.

The first time I read this book was in its original German. Then, I was worried I missed something in the translation and read the book in English.

The story of post-WWII German life truly moved me. The story deals with guilt and more importantly, collective guilt.

Oh, I wish I could tell you more about the book, but it would ruin the whole thing for you.

If you are looking for an intensely thoughtful book and non-traditional perspective about post-WWII society in Germany, please read this book. I highly recommend.

Segen