| KAK = KKK? |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|09:15 am] |
Kerri-Anne Kennerly found it "unusual" that Michael Jackson's race was listed as black on the death certificate?
Why would that be, Kerri-Anne? |
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| Destino |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|06:51 am] |
The fabled collaboration between Dali and Disney (completed long after their deaths.)
(courtesy of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) city_of_dis )
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| Thank you to Kim Newman |
[Jun. 24th, 2009|12:56 pm] |
who, in the latest (to me) Sight and Sound, sums up the predominant theme of modern horror films (explicitly the torture porn sub-genre but also, to my mind, the malignant plague of zombie films.)
"Other people are shit." |
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| In the words of murasaki_1966 |
[Jun. 19th, 2009|07:18 pm] |
Happy Birthday to that fiend of darkness and all round great bloke,
mrteufel ! |
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| Great Scott! |
[Jun. 17th, 2009|08:06 am] |
There's a story on Nicola Scott in today's SMH!
and it's written by Mark Juddery who is a comics fan - though I wish he (or editorial) didn't need to refer to Gail Simone as a former hairdresser. Unless male writers get the same treatment. Somehow, I doubt it.
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| Peter Costello to bow out of politics |
[Jun. 15th, 2009|02:30 pm] |
Finally!
He'll do anything to increase the unemployment statistics to make Rudd look bad, won't he?
(and we're prevented from having Abbott and Costello as PM/Deputy PM.)
(now we just have to hope Abbott decides to leave as well.)
(or gets struck by lightning) |
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| Because my wife did it- |
[Jun. 15th, 2009|11:55 am] |
(and all the other cool kids.)
The problem with Livejournal is that we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other.
Hence, I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about.
Then post this in your LJ (only if you want to, obviously) and find out what people don’t know about you. |
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| Frigging Internet memes |
[May. 24th, 2009|02:11 pm] |
I tried to avoid it - I noted its existence and moved on - surely there was no "there" there.
But then a IT support friend of mine sent me a link and my resolve broke and I finally checked out - the chk chk BOOM girl (no, I'm not linking to it - those who know what it is will have already seen it.)
Imagine my surprise when I discover - she witnessed shit
And the moral is... just because you see it on the Channel 9 website with the word "Raw" in the corner implying a certain authenticity - doesn't mean it's in any way real.
Looking forward to Media Watch this week... |
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| The Secret Knots |
[May. 20th, 2009|06:47 am] |
Truly excellent webcomic, right down my alley.
Try On Spam - for starters.
(thnx to warren_ellis) |
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| Speed Racer |
[May. 13th, 2009|08:15 am] |
I couldn't call myself a Wachowsky Brothers fan before now. I wasn't a big fan of The Matrix (much preferring Dark City) and avoided the sequels. I didn't mind Bound but thought it wasn't as interesting as people made out (basically being a film noir with a lesbian relationship at it's dark heart) but I have to say that Speed Racer is one of the most interesting films I've seen in ages.
It's not the likeablecast (John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci are great on screen together, and Emile Hirsch is fine as Speed), it's not that the kiddy pandering (the monkey and the younger brother) is not teeth gratingly annoying (though I could imagine others would find it so), it's not the anti-corporate message (so NuHollywood) - it's that I was watching new ways of cinematically depicting narrative and back story unfurling before my very eyes.
Honestly, the Wachowsky Brothers have created a near-perfect amalgam of comics, anime and cinema - it's far more interesting in how it tells the story than something like Sin City (which I disliked.) I think it's actually quite revolutionary and I recommend it to anyone interested in cinematic narrative.
Now, if only they could make a film for adults... |
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