For his dramatization of Eric Schlosser's tell-all expose of the Fast Food industry, Richard Linklater chose to focus on just two points from the book.
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The meat packing industry is ruthlessly exploitative.
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There is shit in the meat.
Although they're both very important points, they are stretched past breaking point across a two-hour movie. This means, worryingly, that by the fifth time someone on screen has repeated "there's shit in the meat", it's lost all of its emotional impact.
And though there is a token discussion of the morality of the fast-food lifestyle (courtesy of a brief appearance by Ethan Hawke), this thinly-veiled sermon is so naive as to be offensive.
Heavy-handed and overwrought. I wonder if a documentary might have been the better option for this material?
# Thursday Feb 22, 2007
HD version available on Yahoo Movies.
Resident Evil: Mad Max, more like. Still though, it's got Milla Jovovich and zombies - I've got my tickets booked already.
# Wednesday Feb 21, 2007
I've been pretty busy, so I missed this slightly, but that doesn't mean we can't still celebrate!
Monday was the 20th birthday of Apple.com. The domain was registered on the 19th of February 1987 and was the 64th registered dot-com address.
So happy birthday, guys!
# Wednesday Feb 21, 2007
Oscar-nominated local boy done good, Ruairi Robinson recently finished his new short film, The Silent City, and put it online in both HD quality and in shitty Youtube-quality. It's an astonishing achievement considering the amount of quality he managed to eke out of his small budget, including appearances by Cillian Murphy (pictured) and Don Wycherley.
It's a seriously impressive movie and I'd encourage everyone to check it out. You can find all the download details on Ruairi's site. And while you're there, you might as well check out his other short films, the previously-mentioned, Oscar Nominated Fifty Percent Grey (cruelly denied an oscar win by those Pixar bastards) and House on Dame Street.
# Wednesday Feb 21, 2007
Because Sam Adams is muck and needs all the help it can get.
# Friday Feb 16, 2007
Someone was having a bad day in the Love Hearts factory. They also had a couple of 'modern' messages, "TEXT ME" and "EMAIL ME" (not pictured, eaten).
# Wednesday Feb 14, 2007
The animated gifs on this page reaffirm my faith in humanity
# Tuesday Feb 13, 2007
Goodnight sweet crazy, crazy princess.
# Thursday Feb 8, 2007
Miaow. Coming barely a week after Bill Gates went off on one about Mac security? Saucer of milk for Steve Jobs.
# Tuesday Feb 6, 2007
Oh boy, please let this be real...
Although their character models are firmly in the middle of the uncanny valley:
(via Destructoid)
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# Monday Jan 15, 2007
From Lucasfilm.com
In a long-awaited announcement, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg revealed today that the fourth installment of Indiana Jones will begin production in June 2007. Harrison Ford returns in his role as the daring Dr. Jones for the new adventure. The film will be produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., directed by Steven Spielberg and released by Paramount Pictures throughout the world in May 2008.
You have no idea how happy this makes me.
# Tuesday Jan 9, 2007
Number one on my list of annoyances with the Wii. I've gone through 2 sets of batteries playing Zelda alone. This can't come soon enough.
# Tuesday Jan 9, 2007
So let me get this straight... it's shaped like R2D2. It's radio controlled. It's got a DVD Player. It's got a Projector. It's got an iPod dock. It's got a radio. It's got USB inputs. It will play MP4 files. And its remote control is shaped like the Millenium Falcon?
I'm totally hard right now.
(via gizmodo)
# Monday Jan 8, 2007
Great headline for a very, very bizarre story
# Tuesday Dec 19, 2006
Might be useful for anyone still sitting on the fence as to what next-generation games console they're planning to get.
# Thursday Dec 7, 2006
Sweet! I'm going to automate the procedure on my phone so I can send in an application while I'm arguing with the people in the shop. "Hang on a second... wait... that's it, I've got your fucking number, pal."
# Wednesday Dec 6, 2006
'The beam produces what experimenters call the "Goodbye effect," or "prompt and highly motivated escape behavior."' - because the "OH SHIT MY FACE IS MELTING! YOU HEAR ME? MY FUCKING FACE IS MELTING effect" would have been a much tougher sell
# Tuesday Dec 5, 2006
Dude is dropped a double-bombshell. First, he has a half-sister he knew nothing about. Then she turns out to be a porn star he's jerked off about. Then she turns up at thanksgiving dinner. Miramax is optioning this story for a Owen Wilson rom-com.
# Monday Dec 4, 2006
I love mega64.com even more now
# Monday Dec 4, 2006
This is like something from a demented personal ad. "I enjoy long walks on the beach, fine wine, and HAVING A GIANT NINTENDO CONTROLLER ON MY COCK."
I wish I could say it was a joke, but it's not. Buy yours at nesbuckle.com.
# Sunday Dec 3, 2006
Can you spot it?
Link to Gamespot's PlayStation 3 section (in case it's still up there)
# Friday Dec 1, 2006
"Corpse Graffiti" just became my new favourite expression
# Thursday Nov 30, 2006
Useful list of the questions left unanswered by Lost, for those of us who have lost track
# Tuesday Nov 28, 2006
Spotted over on the Dublin Community Blog, details of this year's Christmas events taking place in the city.
Museums? Boring. Nativity with living animals? Opportunity to make my millions on You've Been Framed watching baby jesus being kicked in the head by a donkey.
But movies!
Temple Bar will be doing free movies in the square over Christmas. Totally free, don't even need a ticket, you just turn up. The program includes:
Love Actually – Thursday 7th December, 6pm
It’s a Wonderful Life – Saturday 9th December, 8pm
Miracle on 34th Street – Thursday 14th December, 6pm
The Santa Claus – Saturday 16th December, 8pm
Santa Claus the Movie – Thursday 21st December, 6pm
Scrooged – Saturday 23rd December, 8pm
Now I know where I'm going to be on Saturday 23rd December, 8pm. Anyone else coming along?
# Tuesday Nov 28, 2006
Ever had someone make you laugh when describing their experiences with a tapeworm? Well, there's a first time for everything.
# Friday Nov 24, 2006
I think this headline and this picture are just perfect together:
I mean, Jeez. This is what counts as a 'riot' these days? Boston's really clamped down on rioting after that whole "tea party" incident.
Full article on Boston Globe
# Monday Nov 20, 2006
Gears of War is released tomorrow. For everyone who already owns an Xbox 360: this is it! The one we've been waiting for! The big game that's gonna make us proud. For everyone who is unsure about buying an Xbox 360: this is it! The one that's going to sell the system to you. Because let's face it, if you don't want to immediately rush out and buy an Xbox 360 after playing Gears of War (and if you don't want to immediately rush out and play Gears of War after seeing the awesome, beautiful "Mad World" trailer), well... maybe you're just not an Xbox 360 kind of person.
As for me, I'm going to be frantically running around town tonight, looking for any shops that might have released it early My girlfriend is off out of the house tomorrow night so I'll have the house all to myself to play Gears of War at an eardrum-puncturing volume. Oh boy.
# Thursday Nov 16, 2006
Aweome set of photos where some guy holds tiny soveniers of landmarks in front of the real things.
# Wednesday Nov 15, 2006
"I'm trying to find USA publisher, and I hope I can receive good offer from Hollywood and play my own life and share with my fans, Julia Roberts, Spielberg, David Bowie, or others, this movie."
# Monday Nov 6, 2006
(or: Why [Irish] hip hop sucks in '06)
Questions that crossed my mind when listening to this album:
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What year do these guys think it is?
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What's with the accent? Does he think he's in House of Pain?
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Can this guy actually rap about anything except rapping?
Give me DisFunktional any day.
# Friday Nov 3, 2006
Michael J. Fox appears in an ad for Democratic party. Limbaugh accuses Fox of exaggerating his parkinsons - "He is moving around and shaking, and it is purely an act ... This is really shameless of Michael J Fox,"
# Thursday Oct 26, 2006
Horrorthon starts tonight! So Halloween officially starts for me at 8.30pm this evening. To celebrate this, here's Marilyn Manson's cover of "This is Halloween" (which is making me itch to see The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D.)
# Thursday Oct 26, 2006
I particularly like the one of Shannon - sunbathing with the plane wreckage in the background.
# Wednesday Oct 25, 2006
I have to keep reminding myself that these things aren't CGI
# Wednesday Oct 18, 2006
Slow news day? Still though - this only goes to prove how fucking awesome Bill Murray actually is
# Monday Oct 16, 2006
Whaaaaaaaaaaat? Most insane story ever. My mind is blown already.
# Monday Oct 16, 2006
This is probably the funniest Vice Magazine "Do" ever
# Monday Oct 16, 2006
Dear Santa, you know what to do.
# Friday Oct 13, 2006
They should just rename this "k.Akagami: The Video Game."
via gonintendo.com
# Thursday Oct 12, 2006
The Headless Horseman one is a work of genius
# Wednesday Oct 11, 2006
Picked up my tickets for this year's Horrorthon. I've usually gone to one or two showings each year, but this is the first year I've been interested enough to buy a full festival ticket. Highlights for me are
I've added this year's program to Google Calendar and upcoming.org.
Anyone else going?
# Monday Oct 9, 2006
"12 Vibration Motors"? "Stain Resistant Fabric"? What kind of games are they expecting people to play?
# Friday Sep 29, 2006
Of course, they're talking about The World in Dubai.
(From Alain de Botton's The Perfect Home)
# Thursday Sep 14, 2006
H. pointed me to the awesome Cory Doctorow Visits a Radio Shack. It's completely hilarious and very well written. My favourite bit:
(AWKWARD SILENCE)
CORY DOCTOROW: Google maps 37Signals with Flickr iPod.
EMPLOYEE: What?
CORY DOCTOROW: I didn't say anything. Now, about this cell phone…
The phrase "Google maps 37Signals with Flickr iPod" has been adopted as a convenient shorthand for when I make a simple problem more complicated by adding layer upon layer of technology. Take last night, for example.
"So I'll put our itinerary into my Google Calendar, subscribe to it in my iCal and then synchronize that to my phone with Bluetooth"
"Couldn't you just put it on some paper?"
"Yes, but..."
"Google maps 37Signals with Flickr iPod"
# Wednesday Aug 23, 2006
Hooray! Karma finally kicks in!
# Wednesday Aug 23, 2006
10 bucks says this was done as a marketing gimmick
# Wednesday Aug 23, 2006
Too much ale and pipeweed, heading back to the Shire for some rest
# Tuesday Aug 22, 2006
I heard the graphics on the Playstation 3 are going to be even BETTER than this
# Tuesday Aug 22, 2006
There's times when I regret having a mac. Reading about a windows-only game involving pirates and ninjas fighting zombies and robots is like all of those times at once.
# Saturday Aug 19, 2006
Awesome Kubrick/Miyamoto crossover. I hope this gets printed
# Saturday Aug 12, 2006
