December 30th 2005
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Film/TV, Gaming, Internet, Life, Misc., News
Just a quick note, up until I was in year 8, I thought that ‘Untitled’ actually said ‘United’. Anyway, moving on from that ignorant note, here’s another: celebrity Big Brother starts on January 5th. And, Darren Brown has another great experiment on Wednesday, 9pm, on Channel 4 - don’t miss it.
I don’t know what else to talk about. All the fuss surrounding Digg has gone, Evolution has started a new round, the new school term starts on Tuesday. Everybody I’ve spoken too has had a good Christmas, and so did I. Stuart and Barry are annoying me with their Scottish accents and their insanely loud voices!
For some reason, the unique hits to my blog has doubled. Thankfully, it’s not quite at a DoS attack level, but I’m greatful for the people who do read it.
I’ve been playing Age of Empires III lately and it’s amazing. You can really see that they’ve put the time and effort in with the graphics, the new (G)UI and the options. I’m open for any battle invitations; just e-mail me. Through all the gaming, I’ve managed to finish my English essay at one word below the limit (2,000 words), so all I have to do now is go through my Spanish and my Technology! Woohoo! Ahh feck.
I hate the Scottish.
I must now say goodbye. I’ve no net news to report other than the fact there seems to be a new Neowin design that will be implemented sooner or later.
November 9th 2005
Film/TV, Internet, Life
If you’ve watched some TV over the past week, you may have seen an advert for the new LCD TV from Sony; Bravia.
Now, I absolutely love the advert and how it was made. You can view the advert here and you can see how it was made here. Quicktime required. I believe it’s one of the best adverts so far.
October 16th 2005
Film/TV
Now, after watching the 3 hours of Little Britian, my sides really do hurt. Although I’d seen much of them, watching them again and watching new episodes was brilliant and I can’t wait for the third series to air. Okay, now on to the main feature.
I was weary about ‘Sin City’ at first because I don’t really get into comic book movies but this adaptation was truly awesome. Even though it’s all done in a black and white feel, the use of specific colours really works and adds contract to scenes. It uses voiceovers and scene speech that interact with each other to great effect and it adds a personal touch to it. The actors in it were all great except for one which I noticed. The ‘Legally Blonde’ star Reese Witherspoon seemed to overact all her parts and she didn’t seem like the other characters - it seemed like something out of a crap Western. Anyway, the storyline was great, considering it was taken from a comic book, and the mix of computer graphics at certain points with reality made it get back in touch with it’s origins: the comic book. Although it’s classed as an (18) , it shouldn’t really in my opinion. Yes there’s blood, gore, sex, nudity and foul language but I think it should have been a (15) because it isn’t all that bad. Overall this film brings reality and the sub-normal world of a comic book to life with a mix of creative imagery, sound and mixes them together to create a wonderful piece of art with high-class actors that do the film justice.
Oh, I officially, really hate Internet Explorer. Goodday.
October 14th 2005
Film/TV, Life
I started film/DVD reviews in my old blog and have decided to continue this tradition. Tonight, I’m going to be reviewing ‘Sin City’ and also ‘Little Britain - Series 2′. I’ll let you know how it goes.
I got a near-fairly-easy weekend with only some technology coursework to be done. I’m going to also be building something over the weekend that involves balsa wood, aluminium foil and electricity. If you watched a certain TV programme on yesturday, you’ll know what I’m on about.
Have a great weekend.
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