tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897204587907592769.post1325052895664266086..comments2024-02-10T06:51:18.063-05:00Comments on Punk Rock Big Year: What kind of birder will you be?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897204587907592769.post-85359429860642509222011-10-13T06:31:50.253-04:002011-10-13T06:31:50.253-04:00Thanks for the compliment Lindsey. I'm trying ...Thanks for the compliment Lindsey. I'm trying to keep positive about the film. All those actors are capable of good stuff. It's the director I worry about. I'm not such a huge fan of his other films but never the less this should be good for birding. Any exposure is good exposure. For me, it's what the real community does in the wake of this Hollywood effort that could make a real dent...<br /><br />I've been a birder since I was really young but never really got in to the heavy listing or extreme ID stuff. This big year I'm doing has been tough but I've met so many wonderful people...<br /><br />I hope you keep following my adventures. There's some interesting stuff to come.<br /><br />Best,<br />Paul RissPaul Risshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08836288855338082991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897204587907592769.post-15641834830079976162011-10-12T19:17:39.799-04:002011-10-12T19:17:39.799-04:00Hey there! I just came across your blog from a com...Hey there! I just came across your blog from a comment you posted on 10000birds.com, very cool! I'm a bit of a pessimist and think the movie will probably make fun of birding to some degree, but I'm going to go see it for myself (plus I'm a Jack Black fan). It's possible that it could turn some twenty-something-year-olds into birders. I never got into birding when I was young. I didn't even know what birding was until college. It took one bird-loving professor with a lab with taxidermied warblers and a mist-netting field trip and I was sold. I'm a 29-year-old woman turned bird nerd, and I'm the kind that has gone intensely into bird ID by sight and sound. :-)Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386243323076528579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897204587907592769.post-76113338532549816022011-10-07T02:59:30.406-04:002011-10-07T02:59:30.406-04:00I absolutely love this book and have been really e...I absolutely love this book and have been really excited about the movie until I saw the first trailer. I really hope they focus on their big year quests and don't make a huge mockery of something we all love so much.<br /><br />You are dead on about igniting interest in the youth. The more people who love birds the more people we have protecting them.Crystal V.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10651654728449459626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897204587907592769.post-41909789711010613372011-10-06T13:52:19.841-04:002011-10-06T13:52:19.841-04:00Thanks Binface. can i call you binface? Hey, I'...Thanks Binface. can i call you binface? Hey, I'm getting tattoos tonight. 3 hour session...Paul Risshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08836288855338082991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897204587907592769.post-14519597861951215212011-10-06T11:41:21.651-04:002011-10-06T11:41:21.651-04:00Hi Paul,
I hope this film will be a positive refl...Hi Paul,<br /><br />I hope this film will be a positive reflection on the birding world, though I fear it won't be. I wonder how much influence Steve had in the content/direction. The fact that it stars some big comedy talents does not bode well for the films direction (IMHO)!<br /><br />I like you comments on birders; we certainly don't need to fit a specific mold (I certainly don't). I agree with your opinion that the only important thing is that they do it for the love of it. Without people interested in birds, we would have no way of protecting them!<br /><br />Hope you manage to add a few new species for the year in the coming weeks!<br /><br />Regards<br />Tristan (Binocularface)Tristan Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259776186188836391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897204587907592769.post-9902171716209805152011-10-05T15:06:19.003-04:002011-10-05T15:06:19.003-04:00I'm glad I'm not alone on that. My hope is...I'm glad I'm not alone on that. My hope is that the director got great stuff. These actors are all capable of good work, it's the director that needs to make it happen...<br /><br />Maybe Steve will let me interview him. I won't hold my breath.Paul Risshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08836288855338082991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1897204587907592769.post-71694620427684544812011-10-05T14:32:14.678-04:002011-10-05T14:32:14.678-04:00I, too, am a bit wary of this film, given the trai...I, too, am a bit wary of this film, given the trailers. It just looks lousy. However, it seems to have already increased the number of birders; Steve Martin has apparently been bitten by the bug.Jason Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078079559796728394noreply@blogger.com