Nov 12 2008
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Nov 12 2007
30 Days of Night
Dir: David Slade
Writ: Steve Niles, Stuart Beattie, Brian Nelson. Based on the comic by Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith 
- Josh Hartnett … Eben Oleson
- Melissa George … Stella Oleson
- Danny Huston … Marlow (Head Vamp)
- Ben Foster … The Stranger
- Mark Boone Junior … Beau Brower
- Mark Rendall … Jake Oleson
I’ll admit that I was a little disappointed that when IFCO’s rating came up this was only a 16. From the trailers I was hoping for a total blood and gore fest. Still, despite not making the 18s cut there was plenty of violence and a high body count. Not to mention plenty of blood. Blood every where. And then more blood.
Tags: 30 Days of Night, 7 Stars, based on comic, Ben Foster, bloody, Brian Nelson, Danny Huston, David Slade, gore, horror, Josh Hartnett, Mark Boone Junior, Mark Rendall, Melissa George, R16, Steve Nils, Stuart Beattie, vampires, violenceRelated posts
Jul 23 2007
Rome 2.10 De Parte Vostro
Dir: John Maybury
Writ: Bruno Heller
The final episode. I’m going to miss Lamb and Chicken, and even scheming Caesar/Octavian, not to mention bitch-Atia and all the others. And Beeb watchers, let me tell you, Heroeswhile entertaining, is not even half as good as Rome.
Continue Reading » Tags: 9 Stars, Attia, blood, Bruno Heller, Caesar/Octavian, Caesarion, Chicken and Lamb, Cleopatra, De Parte Vostro, death, define good, fights, finale, historical fiction, John Maybury, Kevin McKidd, Lucius Vorenus, Ray Stevenson, Roman Empire, Rome, Rome 2.10, telly, Titus Pullo, violence
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Jul 10 2007
Rome 2.6 Philippi
Dir: Robert Young
Writ: Eoghan Mahony
We start off this episode with Brutus and Cassius riding along with their army. Brutus is in good form, he has been chatting with the men, but Cassius is a tad on the grumpy side, all these mouths to feed. Brutus tells him he has such an unromantic view of the army. They are marching to take on Caesar/Octavian, for the good of the republic[1] Continue Reading »
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Tags: 8 Stars, Atia, Brutus, Caesar/Octavian, Cassius, Chicken and Lamb, Eoghan Mahony, historical fiction, Kevin McKidd, Philippi, Ray Stevenson, Robert Young, Roman Empire, Rome, Rome 2.06, telly, think of the children, violence- - Anyone remember those in the national interest sketches from Bull Island? ↩
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Jul 04 2007
Rome 2.5 Heroes of the Republic
Dir: Alik Sakharov
Writ: Mere Smith
After the excitement of the last episode it seems that Timon has refound religion[1] as this episode begins with him and his brother praying at Temple. I do wonder will this last[2] But there isn’t too much time to think about this as soon we switch attention to Mark Anthony in the woods. With a beard. And a nasty, nasty beard it is too. So nasty we don’t really spend much time watching him gut the deer he’s been hunting. Instead we return to Lamb and Chicken, and the rescued children. Chicken suggests that they maybe shouldn’t return to the life of crime[3] and brutality, seeing as Anthony isn’t around and his orders really don’t stand. Lamb, of course, is steadfast in his duty and says that of course they will take up their old duties, keeping the peace through mafia-esque activities on the Avantine[4] While they discuss this, and meet up with some soldiers who fill in all the details about Caesar, we switch attention to the children in the back of the wagon. They are planning to run away, but must wait until they can make some money.
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Tags: Alik Sakharov, Chicken and Lamb, duty, Heroes of the Republic, historical fiction, Kevin McKidd, loyalty, Lucius Vorenus, Mere Smith, Ray Stevenson, Roman Empire, Rome, Rome 2.05, telly, Timon, Titus Pullo, violence, WarRelated posts
Jun 29 2007
Rome 2.3 These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Things aren’t really going to well for Vorenus, are they? Dreaming about his wife’s suicide/attempt to distract Vorenus from killing her son. Waking up knowing that it is all true. Becoming a “son of hades”[1] Being a general grump, although I suppose thinking that your kids are dead and knowing that you are the reason you wife is dead, not to mention the fact that you should have been protecting Caesar when he was assassinated is bound to put any one in a bad mood. But taking it out on poor Pullo? That’s just not nice.
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Tags: Chicken and Lamb, Cicero, historical fiction, Kevin McKidd, Lucius Vorenus, Ray Stevenson, Roman Empire, Rome, Rome 2.03, son of hades, telly, These being the words of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Titus Pullo, violence- last episode. I didnt post about it cause I was lazy ↩
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May 20 2007
Contrast
Today I direct you to go read this post, it is from Joss Whedon, but rather than being about any tv or film, as you may have suspected, it is about Dua Khalil.
If you haven’t heard of her then you can go read about her, you can even watch her die. Though I won’t be clicking on that link; reading about her stoning is more than enough.
Women’s inferiority – in fact, their malevolence — is as ingrained in American popular culture as it is anywhere they’re sporting burkhas. I find it in movies, I hear it in the jokes of colleagues, I see it plastered on billboards, and not just the ones for horror movies. Women are weak. Women are manipulative. Women are somehow morally unfinished. (Objectification: another tangential rant avoided.) And the logical extension of this line of thinking is that women are, at the very least, expendable. [...] Womb Envy. Biology: women are generally smaller and weaker than men. But they’re also much tougher. Put simply, men are strong enough to overpower a woman and propagate. Women are tough enough to have and nurture children, with or without the aid of a man. Oh, and they’ve also got the equipment to do that, to be part of the life cycle, to create and bond in a way no man ever really will. Somewhere a long time ago a bunch of men got together and said, “If all we do is hunt and gather, let’s make hunting and gathering the awesomest achievement, and let’s make childbirth kinda weak and shameful.â€? It’s a rather silly simplification, but I believe on a mass, unconscious level, it’s entirely true. How else to explain the fact that cultures who would die to eradicate each other have always agreed on one issue? That every popular religion puts restrictions on women’s behavior that are practically untenable? That the act of being a free, attractive, self-assertive woman is punishable by torture and death? In the case of this upcoming torture-porn, fictional. In the case of Dua Khalil, mundanely, unthinkably real. And both available for your viewing pleasure.
I was watching Nat Geo Wild last night, and they had a programme called Why Chimps Kill showing chimpanzees hunting monkeys, launching raids and killing other chimps, and, killing and eating human babies. And was I ever greatful that I live in a country where I don’t have to worry about the effect human encroachment on animal habitat has. We don’t have this problem because 1) All our major predators were killed off hundreds of years ago and 2) there isn’t any animal habitat in Ireland. Not really.
I know, you are wondering how the chimps come into this horrific story about this 17 year old girl who was stoned to death because of religion and patriarchy. Well, they don’t really. The only things they share is that I can watch them, or read about them, and be horrified but thankful that I don’t have to deal with any of that. That I don’t have to think about watching for a predator to come into my house. That distance separates me, protects me, and lets me ignore the horrible things that happen, and instead can write blog entries on how yesterday was Talk Like A Pilot and I missed it.
I don’t mean that in a negative way. Well, I do, in one way,because ignoring problems like this is wrong, but at the same time we can’t live out lives decrying the violence that happens all over the world. We have to live our own lives, we have to have the ability to switch off and ignore them, otherwise we would be paralysed by horror. We all should enjoy the light and the froth that is the silliness of talking like a pirate or a pilot, and enjoy the fun of internet memes. And we should never feel guilty at enjoying life. But we should try to do something, however that little that may be. As Joss says
Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause – there are few unworthy ones. And nudge yourself past the brink of tacit support to action. Once a month, once a year, or just once. If you can’t think of what to do, there is this handy link. Even just learning enough about a subject so you can speak against an opponent eloquently makes you an unusual personage. Start with that. Any one of you would have cried out, would have intervened, had you been in that crowd in Bashiqa. Well thanks to digital technology, you’re all in it now.
and then join in with week 224
- Coastguard ::
- Buddies ::
- Nap ::
- Groan ::
- Sitcom ::
- Reader ::
- Heroes ::
- Amazing ::
- Woman ::
- Don’t! ::
