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Archive for May, 2009
Angels and Demons
May 14th
Went and saw this tonight and it was good, though *spoiler* the fact that they’d cast Ewan McGregor meant he was obviously the bad guy. I mean, Tom hanks was in it (the only role he ever plays is the good guy) and the usual story structure meant Ewan McGregor could only be playing the opposing role. Knowing this also meant I spent the entire film waiting for the plot point of when you officially find he’s el-bad-man-o.
I’m getting really good at ignoring the fact that Tom Hanks is in a film these days. I’ve been sick of seeing him for more than 10 years because he’s always playing the same role. I had to convince Oui to see Angels and Demons with me because my usual film buddy also despises Tom Hanks, just much more so. It’s good to have a friend who also thinks The Green Mile was absolute rubbish too (also a Tom hanks film – coincidence?).
Fringe is F’in Awesome
May 8th
The last few episodes of Fringe have felt like they were building to something and this weeks episode was no different, yet more so. I am now fully invested in Fringe, which is good because I needed something to replace Heroes (I liked that Sylar didn’t waste anytime killing Nathan and enjoyed his death throes though).
I have a question about Agent Dunham’s universe shifting thingy though. Is she shifting and replacing the Agent Dunham in that universe or is she shifting and creating a new version of Agent Dunham in that universe? If she is replacing, what happens with the Agent Dunham from that universe? Does she shift to our universe? What if the Agent Dunham from the other universe is the one making the shifts happen and not the one in our universe?
So many questions! I really like that there is so much happening in Fringe, but one tiny niggle I have with this weeks episode was that when Walter was explaining that the head of Massive Dynamics couldn’t possibly be behind ZFT why didn’t anyone mention the only and obvious alternative, ie that it is Walter. I mean, are they stupid or not Vulcan?
Seriously though, with an ending like we had this week, who in their right mind would not want to tune in next week?
Lost Theory Time
May 8th
So I didn’t post about last weeks episode because I thought it was a little anti-climactic, and this weeks episode didn’t tell us much that we didn’t already know (and I’ve had more than enough of love triangles thanks), but while I was having a shower getting ready to watch Star Trek last night a Lost theory popped into my head.
What if Locke is not the leader of the others?
What if Richard Alpert told Locke he was their leader only because Locke himself told Richard the very same thing in the past, but in Locke’s future? It’s a self fulfilling prophecy! The thing is, even if he isn’t their leader nothing is going to dissuade Richard Alpert of the fact because we know in the future when Locke first meets him and he tells Locke he’s their leader Richard is 100% convinced it’s a fact (even though he’s probably not entirely convinced right now).
Whaddaya think?
Star Trek
May 8th
I have a bit of a backlog of posts because of reasons that would probably take a post or two to explain, but suffice to say I saw the new Star Trek film and it was good, but a little too jokey. My biggest gripe, among a few of them, is that the story basically negates everything that has come before it.
I’ve seen story reboots before, but the basics have always remained the same. Batman always met with the joker, Superman always battled Lex Luther, etc. Not in this case though, everything that was is no longer necessarily the case (you’ll have to watch it to understand). A prime example is that any conflict involving Vulcans or Romulans ain’t happening anymore.
The acting was pretty good, though I honestly could have gone without one of the original cast showing their face. Isn’t it time they were put out to pasture? He sure looks like it’s time.
The Joys of Hell in the 3rd Person
May 4th
I have to admit that watching someone else experience hell that I’ve been through puts a smile on my face. Knowing that it’s not just me who gets stressed, angry and frustrated is such a good feeling.
The particular instance of hell I’m referring to today is a new staff member preparing to submit documents to the Labour Department in Thailand to get a work permit. The process itself isn’t actually that complicated but the MD likes to get his wife to ‘do’ it to save money. By my emphasis of ‘do’ you should guess that she doesn’t actually do anything other than turning up occasionally and running around like a chook with its head cut off. All the work, other than actually going to the Labour Department, is done by our staff and even then she doesn’t always do that.
Curse Client ‘Premium’
May 2nd
Let’s look at a timeline of my Curse Client use.
- Previously using Wowmatrix and loved it.
- Curse begins to block Wowmatrix under the premise of excess bandwidth usage.
- I grudgingly switch to the Curse Client and find that it works exactly like Wowmatrix.
- Fast forward a few weeks and overnight the functionality I’ve become used to in the Curse Client is now ‘premium’ (ie paid).
Curse client sucks and they’re dirty scum for forcing us to switch to their client and then trying to charge us for functionality we were previously getting for free. They should have found a way to work with the Wowmatrix guys.
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