When great minds come together... You get good things happening...
Friday, December 22, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Haaaaaaaa!
A great director, an amazing cast, a confortable budget and an excellent starting material (I'm told I've only read Les Racines Du Mal by Dantec, that's his preceding novel, but I thought it was already exceptionnal)...
All account to make me say that the movie adaptation of Maurice Dantec's Babylon Babies (entitled Babylon AD) might be a definitive SciFi experience...
(Source FilmDeCulte (french))
(Source: CineEuropa (english))
All account to make me say that the movie adaptation of Maurice Dantec's Babylon Babies (entitled Babylon AD) might be a definitive SciFi experience...
(Source FilmDeCulte (french))
(Source: CineEuropa (english))
The end of a world... But not really.
...and the power of media...
This is old news, but I finally got round to read those articles I had tagged last week.
So last week, the Belgian nationnal television has interrupted all programs and broadcasted a documentary announcing that Begium existed no more, as Flanders had been voted independant.
This was a very elaborate hoax, using a number of familiar TV and political faces who gave false interviews to make people believe it was real. Obviously a lot of people were really upset.
The documentary was also describing consequences of splitting the country in 2, which was based on actual (and serious) studies on the subject. So it was no stupidity either.
I think this is genius.
You never really think about something unless it's actually happening to you. Or at least when you think this is hapenning. This way, the doc had the full attention of an entire country! All that on a scare...
The original article from Le Monde.
This is old news, but I finally got round to read those articles I had tagged last week.
So last week, the Belgian nationnal television has interrupted all programs and broadcasted a documentary announcing that Begium existed no more, as Flanders had been voted independant.
This was a very elaborate hoax, using a number of familiar TV and political faces who gave false interviews to make people believe it was real. Obviously a lot of people were really upset.
The documentary was also describing consequences of splitting the country in 2, which was based on actual (and serious) studies on the subject. So it was no stupidity either.
I think this is genius.
You never really think about something unless it's actually happening to you. Or at least when you think this is hapenning. This way, the doc had the full attention of an entire country! All that on a scare...
The original article from Le Monde.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Surplus.
--I may post a translation of this later--
Apres de tres chaudes recommandations, j'ai finalement pris le temps de regarder le documentaire "Surplus, terrorised into being consumers", qui a ete diffuse sur Arte dans l'annee.
C'est en gros un docu sur les effets nefastes de la societe de consommation.
Je dois admettre que je suis un peu mitige quant au resultat.
C'est tourne un peu comme un spot de pub. Ou un clip. Y a 5 ou 6 segments avec un theme particulier, qui se synchronisent petit a petit sur de la musique.
Donc le message est simpliste (volontairement j'imagine) et se repete encore et encore.
C'est une bonne idee, mais le 1er probleme que j'ai eu a ce niveau c'est qu'un clip de 50 minutes (meme si c'est 5clips de 10), c'est loooooong.
Et vu que ca se repete, bah en 2minutes j'avais tendance a me dire "bon bah voila ca va j'ai choppe le truc, on peut passer a autre chose". L'Ile Aux Fleurs, en 12 minutes, possedait il me semble un message qui avait un impact bien plus grand.
Pour resumer grossierement, le 1er segment se penche sur les emeutes pendant le sommet du G8 a Seattle, avec les theses de ceux qui disent que pour regler le probleme de surconsommation qu'on a en ce moment, il faut tout casser et revenir a l'age de pierre.
Le 2e prend la forme d'un TV achat, promettant une espece de simule de bonheur a travers la consommation.
Le 3e s'interesse a une fabrique de poupees gonflables que j'imagine "de luxe", avec le type qui fait la visite qui a l'air bien blase ou honteux je sais pas trop.
On part ensuite a Cuba, sur fond d'un discour de Fidel Castro (qui d'ailleurs ouvre le docu), ou l'ideologie socialiste est utilisee, c'est a dire que tout est rationne et qu'il y a pas de marque, donc pas de pub. En parallele de ca, on peut voir une cubaine qui temoigne que quand elle a reussi a voyager, elle a ete totalement subjuguee par l'abondance qui regne en occident.
Un parallele troublant s'etablit ensuite entre Fidel Castro et le patron de Microsoft (qu'on voit totalement excite pendant un meeting de la boite).
Pour finir on revient sur la theorie des "age de pierre", le retour a la nature, l'homme etait pur a l'origine, etc.
Tout ca nous est servi tel quel, clippe, sans voix off. Le jugement final est notre.
Alors que penser de tout ca?
Puisque c'est moi qui ecrit je vais donner mon avis. ;)
J'ai personnellement du mal a cerner les intentions de l'auteur, qui fait la part belle aux theories de retour a la nature et de ce fait, je ne sais pas vraiment si c'est a prendre au 2nd degre ou au 1er. D'un autre cote je vois difficilement comment on pourrait prendre cette these autrement que d'un point de vue philosophique. L'idee me parait ridicule.
Ce qui est troublant, c'est que le type qui l'a formule semble y croire pas mal. Perso, je trouve sa theorie comme koi l'homme primitif etait pur et avait une vie plus epanouissante ubuesque. Les derniers plans du docu sont d'ailleurs a ce titre assez droles (et la involontairement par contre).
L'homme evolue depuis des millenaires, alors que la societe de consommation en tant que telle n'existe que depuis au plus 50ans, avec l'apparition de la TV et des moyens de grande diffusion.
Redevenir primitifs, ne fera que recommencer le cycle. On reviendrait inlassablement au meme point...
De meme il soutient que les actions violentes pour casser les objets de consommation ont plus d'impact que des manifs pacifistes, car les manifs ne sont que symboliques alors que la violence interpelle les gens.
La encore je me dois de souligner mon desaccord. La violence est tout aussi symbolique que le pacifisme. Casser des objets de consommation, c'est un pur symbole. Comme bruler un drapeau.
Le probleme ici, c'est pas les grosses corporations en elle-meme. Le probleme c'est l'Homme.
Il y a une guerre a faire, c'est sur. Mais c'est une guerre psychologique. C'est une guerre contre nous-meme.
Le probleme de la societe de consommation pour ses membres, c'est qu'elle tend a les "debiliser". On devient des zombies consommateurs. Mais on entre dans ce cas la uniquement si on laisse la TV (et les medias en general) prendre le pas sur l'education.
Je pense que pour atteindre les gens, il faut leur parler de maniere a ce qu'ils comprennent. Le but c'est de communiquer, d'eduquer. L'aggression n'entraine que l'aggression et ne provoque que la rupture du dialogue. Donc c'est antiproductif.
Mais bon ca reste mon avis, meme si c'est une de mes convictions les plus intimes.
Dire que les gens ne reagissent qu'a la violence, c'est prendre les gens pour des cons, c'est leur faire faire un choix par la peur. C'est s'abaisser au meme niveau que ceux qu'on veut combattre.
Est-il preferable d'etre terrorise a consommer ou d'etre terrorise a ne pas le faire? Dans les 2 cas, l'epanouissement n'est pas possible. Personne ne s'epanouit dans la peur.
La seule alternative donnee dans le docu a notre societe c'est Cuba. Alors OK, y a pas de pub la bas. Mais bon ca reste quand meme une dictature qui elimine tout opposant.
On aurait le choix qu'entre 2 dictatures?? Le choix entre etre exploite financierement et etre zombifie ideologiquement? C'est un peu n'importe koi!
Quand on a faim on est aussi un zombie qui cherche de la nourriture.
Pour moi l'epanouissement, c'est lire, discuter, apprendre...
Internet ne peut pas remplacer les rapports direct entre hommes. Mais il les facilite d'une certaine maniere!
La technologie est un outil. Elle ameliore notre confort, de maniere a ce qu'on ait l'esprit libre pour faire d'autres choses.
La seule personne cubaine, montree en plus de Fidel Castro, meme si elle a pas l'air malheureuse, montre une fascination reelle pour la societe de consommation!
L'ironie est enorme ici: nous remettons en cause notre systeme (a raison), mais d'un autre cote la seule chose que veulent les gens qui n'en font pas partie, c'est justement d'en faire partie!!! C'est evidemment un aveuglement lie a l'unique vision de l'abondance de nos pays "developpes". Et c'est normal!
Il y a clairement un enorme probleme de partage des richesses... 2% de la population qui possedent 50% des richesse... C'est vite vu.
De ce point de vue, c'est les mentalites qu'il faut changer.
Pour moi la societe ideale, c'est pas une societe qui te force a consommer un seul truc mais une societe ou chaque individu est eduque et a en sa possession les informations necessaires pour faire un choix reflechit et qui serait donc raisonnable et juste.
Tout bruler ne sert a rien, quand on peut l'adapter.
Alors y a un tas de trucs a changer, certes, il faut preserver notre environnement, il faut partager nos richesses equitablement... Mais la responsabilite ici, c'est pas tout laisser tomber. Le travail reside justement dans l'adaptation, dans le changement des mentalites.
Donc je pense que ce docu rate totalement son sujet. Le "terrorise a consomme" n'est d'ailleurs meme pas traite.
Un autre monde est possible, ca c'est sur, mais pour moi il n'en discute meme pas...
Je pense que le gros probleme pour moi ici est que je n'ai rien appris de nouveau.
Et aussi que si t'es a priori pas d'accord avec le propos, ca te convaincra pas du contraire, du fait du simplisme de l'argumentaire. Tu peux pas imaginer convaincre un "esclave du capital" de virer tout son petit confort...
Donc si ca s'adresse qu'a des convertis, quel est l'interet au fond?
Apres de tres chaudes recommandations, j'ai finalement pris le temps de regarder le documentaire "Surplus, terrorised into being consumers", qui a ete diffuse sur Arte dans l'annee.
C'est en gros un docu sur les effets nefastes de la societe de consommation.
Je dois admettre que je suis un peu mitige quant au resultat.
C'est tourne un peu comme un spot de pub. Ou un clip. Y a 5 ou 6 segments avec un theme particulier, qui se synchronisent petit a petit sur de la musique.
Donc le message est simpliste (volontairement j'imagine) et se repete encore et encore.
C'est une bonne idee, mais le 1er probleme que j'ai eu a ce niveau c'est qu'un clip de 50 minutes (meme si c'est 5clips de 10), c'est loooooong.
Et vu que ca se repete, bah en 2minutes j'avais tendance a me dire "bon bah voila ca va j'ai choppe le truc, on peut passer a autre chose". L'Ile Aux Fleurs, en 12 minutes, possedait il me semble un message qui avait un impact bien plus grand.
Pour resumer grossierement, le 1er segment se penche sur les emeutes pendant le sommet du G8 a Seattle, avec les theses de ceux qui disent que pour regler le probleme de surconsommation qu'on a en ce moment, il faut tout casser et revenir a l'age de pierre.
Le 2e prend la forme d'un TV achat, promettant une espece de simule de bonheur a travers la consommation.
Le 3e s'interesse a une fabrique de poupees gonflables que j'imagine "de luxe", avec le type qui fait la visite qui a l'air bien blase ou honteux je sais pas trop.
On part ensuite a Cuba, sur fond d'un discour de Fidel Castro (qui d'ailleurs ouvre le docu), ou l'ideologie socialiste est utilisee, c'est a dire que tout est rationne et qu'il y a pas de marque, donc pas de pub. En parallele de ca, on peut voir une cubaine qui temoigne que quand elle a reussi a voyager, elle a ete totalement subjuguee par l'abondance qui regne en occident.
Un parallele troublant s'etablit ensuite entre Fidel Castro et le patron de Microsoft (qu'on voit totalement excite pendant un meeting de la boite).
Pour finir on revient sur la theorie des "age de pierre", le retour a la nature, l'homme etait pur a l'origine, etc.
Tout ca nous est servi tel quel, clippe, sans voix off. Le jugement final est notre.
Alors que penser de tout ca?
Puisque c'est moi qui ecrit je vais donner mon avis. ;)
J'ai personnellement du mal a cerner les intentions de l'auteur, qui fait la part belle aux theories de retour a la nature et de ce fait, je ne sais pas vraiment si c'est a prendre au 2nd degre ou au 1er. D'un autre cote je vois difficilement comment on pourrait prendre cette these autrement que d'un point de vue philosophique. L'idee me parait ridicule.
Ce qui est troublant, c'est que le type qui l'a formule semble y croire pas mal. Perso, je trouve sa theorie comme koi l'homme primitif etait pur et avait une vie plus epanouissante ubuesque. Les derniers plans du docu sont d'ailleurs a ce titre assez droles (et la involontairement par contre).
L'homme evolue depuis des millenaires, alors que la societe de consommation en tant que telle n'existe que depuis au plus 50ans, avec l'apparition de la TV et des moyens de grande diffusion.
Redevenir primitifs, ne fera que recommencer le cycle. On reviendrait inlassablement au meme point...
De meme il soutient que les actions violentes pour casser les objets de consommation ont plus d'impact que des manifs pacifistes, car les manifs ne sont que symboliques alors que la violence interpelle les gens.
La encore je me dois de souligner mon desaccord. La violence est tout aussi symbolique que le pacifisme. Casser des objets de consommation, c'est un pur symbole. Comme bruler un drapeau.
Le probleme ici, c'est pas les grosses corporations en elle-meme. Le probleme c'est l'Homme.
Il y a une guerre a faire, c'est sur. Mais c'est une guerre psychologique. C'est une guerre contre nous-meme.
Le probleme de la societe de consommation pour ses membres, c'est qu'elle tend a les "debiliser". On devient des zombies consommateurs. Mais on entre dans ce cas la uniquement si on laisse la TV (et les medias en general) prendre le pas sur l'education.
Je pense que pour atteindre les gens, il faut leur parler de maniere a ce qu'ils comprennent. Le but c'est de communiquer, d'eduquer. L'aggression n'entraine que l'aggression et ne provoque que la rupture du dialogue. Donc c'est antiproductif.
Mais bon ca reste mon avis, meme si c'est une de mes convictions les plus intimes.
Dire que les gens ne reagissent qu'a la violence, c'est prendre les gens pour des cons, c'est leur faire faire un choix par la peur. C'est s'abaisser au meme niveau que ceux qu'on veut combattre.
Est-il preferable d'etre terrorise a consommer ou d'etre terrorise a ne pas le faire? Dans les 2 cas, l'epanouissement n'est pas possible. Personne ne s'epanouit dans la peur.
La seule alternative donnee dans le docu a notre societe c'est Cuba. Alors OK, y a pas de pub la bas. Mais bon ca reste quand meme une dictature qui elimine tout opposant.
On aurait le choix qu'entre 2 dictatures?? Le choix entre etre exploite financierement et etre zombifie ideologiquement? C'est un peu n'importe koi!
Quand on a faim on est aussi un zombie qui cherche de la nourriture.
Pour moi l'epanouissement, c'est lire, discuter, apprendre...
Internet ne peut pas remplacer les rapports direct entre hommes. Mais il les facilite d'une certaine maniere!
La technologie est un outil. Elle ameliore notre confort, de maniere a ce qu'on ait l'esprit libre pour faire d'autres choses.
La seule personne cubaine, montree en plus de Fidel Castro, meme si elle a pas l'air malheureuse, montre une fascination reelle pour la societe de consommation!
L'ironie est enorme ici: nous remettons en cause notre systeme (a raison), mais d'un autre cote la seule chose que veulent les gens qui n'en font pas partie, c'est justement d'en faire partie!!! C'est evidemment un aveuglement lie a l'unique vision de l'abondance de nos pays "developpes". Et c'est normal!
Il y a clairement un enorme probleme de partage des richesses... 2% de la population qui possedent 50% des richesse... C'est vite vu.
De ce point de vue, c'est les mentalites qu'il faut changer.
Pour moi la societe ideale, c'est pas une societe qui te force a consommer un seul truc mais une societe ou chaque individu est eduque et a en sa possession les informations necessaires pour faire un choix reflechit et qui serait donc raisonnable et juste.
Tout bruler ne sert a rien, quand on peut l'adapter.
Alors y a un tas de trucs a changer, certes, il faut preserver notre environnement, il faut partager nos richesses equitablement... Mais la responsabilite ici, c'est pas tout laisser tomber. Le travail reside justement dans l'adaptation, dans le changement des mentalites.
Donc je pense que ce docu rate totalement son sujet. Le "terrorise a consomme" n'est d'ailleurs meme pas traite.
Un autre monde est possible, ca c'est sur, mais pour moi il n'en discute meme pas...
Je pense que le gros probleme pour moi ici est que je n'ai rien appris de nouveau.
Et aussi que si t'es a priori pas d'accord avec le propos, ca te convaincra pas du contraire, du fait du simplisme de l'argumentaire. Tu peux pas imaginer convaincre un "esclave du capital" de virer tout son petit confort...
Donc si ca s'adresse qu'a des convertis, quel est l'interet au fond?
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Writer's block.
It's quite strange, writing.
Since I do some music I have been trying for years to write a song. In a way, I don't know anything about how do it. It's parly about talent. To some people it's easy. Or at least it seems like it is. But there must be some technique to it.
Anyway anytime I've tried to come up with something and tried to write it down, either nothing was coming or it looked so embarassing that I would just destroy the evidence.
When writing in a blog, it's different, but there's a bit of that as well.
What's strange is that when I walk, or run, or when I go to bed, just about to slide into sleep, I always think about lots of things and sometimes I come up with stuff of which I think "that could be a song" or "I could talk about that in my blog".
In my head, it always looks like genius things. And then thet next day, when I try to actually come to try and reproduce this "genius", it always falls flat. I often think that I should get up on the moment, take some pen and paper and write it down, so I won't forget. I mean, if it's that good, I should definitely not let it get away...
The other question is "was it really genius"? My best guess now, is that if I actually tried to write my ideas on the spot, it would be the same result as the next day. Either nothing or crap...
In my head, my thoughts are so nice. How couldn't they? They're all in context. I know myself (I have the prentention to think I know myself pretty well actually). So a thought is always counter balanced by the rest of them. By my experience. By my values. I always know when I'm kidding, or when I'm being ironic, etc.
On paper (out of my mind), a thought is alone. It needs to be supported by other thoughts, carefully chosen. Because if it's being read by someone else, it's going to be interpreted through that person's scope of thoughts and obviously being translated and in a way misunderstood.
Words from the White Stripes come to mind. "cos I think my words could get twisted, so I bend my back over, take a gulp and be funny cos I know there's nothing I can do"
It kinds of sums it up.
On the other hand, society is about sharing this kind of things. So is that a reason to keep my mouth shut? I'd think not...
I misunderstand a lot of things myself. Most things actually. In theory, a misunderstanding should be a 1st step to an explaination... If others are listening.
And there's also not much point in arguing with someone who agrees with you. It's through talking and thinking through opposite reasonnings that one can actually build something for himself. And evolve.
On this blog, I tend to write a lot of things in a kind of a rush and sometimes I reread myself a few days later and think "that's quite crap". I tend to want to correct it. On the other hand, is that quite right? At some point I wrote that down, so I thought it was the correct thing to write. If later on I think it's actually wrong, I have to deal with that. Explain myself. Be more precise on what I wanted to express, because most of the time it's not that I've changed my mind, but that what I express was to "raw"...
In a sense, it's also the fact that when you write something that's going to be read or heard by others, like that with nothing else, it's you who will be accounted for those thoughts. It's yourself who's on the line. It's been written, it's here. I did it. That was me. If I don't like it anymore, still I'm responsible for it. It reflects who I am. It's quite a responsibility... Especially when people are going to judge you even before knowing if they really understood what you wanted to say...
If I don't like what that shows of me, then maybe I just don't like myself. Maybe I should change that then. But even if I like it, then I still have to defend myself against people who disagree...
Both ways, it can a very constructive process. Although it's always going to be painful.
On the other hand, as far as I'm concerned, who reads me? Pretty much no one. So that's OK then. ;)
Anyway I have so much respect for guys that are able to write, especially through music, things that actually talk to a lot of people.
Maybe one day, after many fails, I will be able to do that as well. I can only try. And hope.
That's it I'm done with this text.
I'll read it tomorrow and see if it's really any good... ;)
Since I do some music I have been trying for years to write a song. In a way, I don't know anything about how do it. It's parly about talent. To some people it's easy. Or at least it seems like it is. But there must be some technique to it.
Anyway anytime I've tried to come up with something and tried to write it down, either nothing was coming or it looked so embarassing that I would just destroy the evidence.
When writing in a blog, it's different, but there's a bit of that as well.
What's strange is that when I walk, or run, or when I go to bed, just about to slide into sleep, I always think about lots of things and sometimes I come up with stuff of which I think "that could be a song" or "I could talk about that in my blog".
In my head, it always looks like genius things. And then thet next day, when I try to actually come to try and reproduce this "genius", it always falls flat. I often think that I should get up on the moment, take some pen and paper and write it down, so I won't forget. I mean, if it's that good, I should definitely not let it get away...
The other question is "was it really genius"? My best guess now, is that if I actually tried to write my ideas on the spot, it would be the same result as the next day. Either nothing or crap...
In my head, my thoughts are so nice. How couldn't they? They're all in context. I know myself (I have the prentention to think I know myself pretty well actually). So a thought is always counter balanced by the rest of them. By my experience. By my values. I always know when I'm kidding, or when I'm being ironic, etc.
On paper (out of my mind), a thought is alone. It needs to be supported by other thoughts, carefully chosen. Because if it's being read by someone else, it's going to be interpreted through that person's scope of thoughts and obviously being translated and in a way misunderstood.
Words from the White Stripes come to mind. "cos I think my words could get twisted, so I bend my back over, take a gulp and be funny cos I know there's nothing I can do"
It kinds of sums it up.
On the other hand, society is about sharing this kind of things. So is that a reason to keep my mouth shut? I'd think not...
I misunderstand a lot of things myself. Most things actually. In theory, a misunderstanding should be a 1st step to an explaination... If others are listening.
And there's also not much point in arguing with someone who agrees with you. It's through talking and thinking through opposite reasonnings that one can actually build something for himself. And evolve.
On this blog, I tend to write a lot of things in a kind of a rush and sometimes I reread myself a few days later and think "that's quite crap". I tend to want to correct it. On the other hand, is that quite right? At some point I wrote that down, so I thought it was the correct thing to write. If later on I think it's actually wrong, I have to deal with that. Explain myself. Be more precise on what I wanted to express, because most of the time it's not that I've changed my mind, but that what I express was to "raw"...
In a sense, it's also the fact that when you write something that's going to be read or heard by others, like that with nothing else, it's you who will be accounted for those thoughts. It's yourself who's on the line. It's been written, it's here. I did it. That was me. If I don't like it anymore, still I'm responsible for it. It reflects who I am. It's quite a responsibility... Especially when people are going to judge you even before knowing if they really understood what you wanted to say...
If I don't like what that shows of me, then maybe I just don't like myself. Maybe I should change that then. But even if I like it, then I still have to defend myself against people who disagree...
Both ways, it can a very constructive process. Although it's always going to be painful.
On the other hand, as far as I'm concerned, who reads me? Pretty much no one. So that's OK then. ;)
Anyway I have so much respect for guys that are able to write, especially through music, things that actually talk to a lot of people.
Maybe one day, after many fails, I will be able to do that as well. I can only try. And hope.
That's it I'm done with this text.
I'll read it tomorrow and see if it's really any good... ;)
Friday, December 15, 2006
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Citations de BashFr...
Ca faisait longtemps...
Quote n° 4825
from Le super flux RSS BashFR.org
(Aku) l'Institut des Mauvaise Pute Sans Preservatif et Avaleuse
(Caillass) pas mal
(Caillass) atta alors
(Caillass) puitykqdfhzeoaeprazeporpaerjlfjds je t'en prie
(Caillass) -_-
(Aku) Pour l'Union Institutionnelle des Travaux de Yoga et Kamasutra Que Deux Filles ou Hommes Zens Ecolos Osteopathe Amoureux Etudient Pour Raser l'Anarchie et les Zones Economique Principalement Ocuppé par les Radins Pourris Affamés qui Exploitent la Rue, les Juifs, les Libanais, les Français, les Japonais au Devant de la Société
(Aku) prend toi sa ds la gueule tu va pleurer serieu
(Aku) jsui en fac de lettre jte signale
Quote n° 4829
from Le super flux RSS BashFR.org
Lola: Le rire est la seule chose qui différencie l'homme de la bête
Lola: si l'on excepte toutefois la veulerie, la méchanceté, l'avarice, la cruauté mentale.
Lola: Sans oublier l'orgueil, la perfidie, la malhonnêteté, l'alcoolisme, la vulgarité, l'appât du gain et le sens des affaires.
Quote n° 4825
from Le super flux RSS BashFR.org
(Aku) l'Institut des Mauvaise Pute Sans Preservatif et Avaleuse
(Caillass) pas mal
(Caillass) atta alors
(Caillass) puitykqdfhzeoaeprazeporpaerjlfjds je t'en prie
(Caillass) -_-
(Aku) Pour l'Union Institutionnelle des Travaux de Yoga et Kamasutra Que Deux Filles ou Hommes Zens Ecolos Osteopathe Amoureux Etudient Pour Raser l'Anarchie et les Zones Economique Principalement Ocuppé par les Radins Pourris Affamés qui Exploitent la Rue, les Juifs, les Libanais, les Français, les Japonais au Devant de la Société
(Aku) prend toi sa ds la gueule tu va pleurer serieu
(Aku) jsui en fac de lettre jte signale
Quote n° 4829
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Lola: Le rire est la seule chose qui différencie l'homme de la bête
Lola: si l'on excepte toutefois la veulerie, la méchanceté, l'avarice, la cruauté mentale.
Lola: Sans oublier l'orgueil, la perfidie, la malhonnêteté, l'alcoolisme, la vulgarité, l'appât du gain et le sens des affaires.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
En vrac.
Cet article du Monde est tres interessant d'un point de vue dialectique: "facultes affaiblies" veut dire defonce. Ha oui et ils ont trouve une profession a Paris Hilton!!! "Heritiere". lol.
Quelques news du net: Le wiki devient gratuit (mais avec de gros investisseurs derriere), pendant que d'autres se demandent comment monnayer le Web 2.0? (ou plutot comment en profiter plus)...
La psychose continue, on trouve des satanistses en Italie, pendant qu'ici la TV nous ressasse les news des recherches d'un serial killer potentiel dans le sud...
Pour conclure, j'ai entendu aux infos francaises ce matin (c'est sur Le Monde aussi)que Bruxelle allait coller une amende a la France car les reglementations europeennes pour les cultures OGM n'y sont pas respectees!!
Alors la, perso je trouve que c'est la honte. On est sois-disant les chefs de files de l'altermondialisation (enfin c'est ce que j'ai compris d'apres les infos), qui a debute justement en denoncant les OGM et on a rien en place pour controller leur culture??? Surtout que c'est des LOIS europeennes qui ne sont pas appliquees!
Donc nos politiques sont evidemment a mettre en cause, mais y a aussi peut-etre une remise en question a faire sur l'efficacite des actions militantes, si c'est en fait la commission europeenne qui doit mener le "vrai" combat (cad l'application de mesures de protection de l'environnement a un niveau legal)...
M'enfin bon ce que j'en dis...
Quelques news du net: Le wiki devient gratuit (mais avec de gros investisseurs derriere), pendant que d'autres se demandent comment monnayer le Web 2.0? (ou plutot comment en profiter plus)...
La psychose continue, on trouve des satanistses en Italie, pendant qu'ici la TV nous ressasse les news des recherches d'un serial killer potentiel dans le sud...
Pour conclure, j'ai entendu aux infos francaises ce matin (c'est sur Le Monde aussi)que Bruxelle allait coller une amende a la France car les reglementations europeennes pour les cultures OGM n'y sont pas respectees!!
Alors la, perso je trouve que c'est la honte. On est sois-disant les chefs de files de l'altermondialisation (enfin c'est ce que j'ai compris d'apres les infos), qui a debute justement en denoncant les OGM et on a rien en place pour controller leur culture??? Surtout que c'est des LOIS europeennes qui ne sont pas appliquees!
Donc nos politiques sont evidemment a mettre en cause, mais y a aussi peut-etre une remise en question a faire sur l'efficacite des actions militantes, si c'est en fait la commission europeenne qui doit mener le "vrai" combat (cad l'application de mesures de protection de l'environnement a un niveau legal)...
M'enfin bon ce que j'en dis...
Sunday, December 10, 2006
The Host.
I was looking forward to seeing this one. I was so disappointed that it was released around here to only a handful of cinemas and my only way to see it was to catch a late screening in the independent cinema in my neighborhood. Anyway it was worth it!
The plot: scientists pour chemicals in the Han river, creating a mutation that a few years down the line gets to Seoul to find that humans are quite good to eat! In doing so it takes away a young girl whose broken up family will try to get her back.
It's a pure monster movie and proud of it. But somehow it picks all the codes of the genre to use them and also break them. You get the mad scientists, the state's mistakes and misinformation, the people hat gets eaten...
But at the heart of this is also the story of a dysfunctionnal family that comes together in grief and revenge. And the treatment on this is far from simplistic and quite brave, avoiding cliches and keeping a very realistic feel, which gives it a very relevant social message.
The "heroes" here are just normal people, not more intelligent that anybody else (in fact sometimes more stupid than average). The monster doesn't destroy big buildings or helicopters, it's here to feed so it just sticks to chasing people (adults and kids) and attacking caravans...
This creature is by the way a real success, it manages to be original and to mix this strange mixture of repulsion (it's a monstruous fish-frog) and fascination (how it moves!).
The whole movie is also constantly playing on your feelings. Most of the scenes are quite ambivalent: in a very dramatic scene, absurd will slowly creep and change your perspective. Or the opposite, it can start funnily and end horribly... You never know if you have to cry or laugh!
It all adds up to a totally compelling experience.
That's what makes some genre movies exceptionnal: when through the codes they deliver something more. Here's one exceptionnal monster movie!
The plot: scientists pour chemicals in the Han river, creating a mutation that a few years down the line gets to Seoul to find that humans are quite good to eat! In doing so it takes away a young girl whose broken up family will try to get her back.
It's a pure monster movie and proud of it. But somehow it picks all the codes of the genre to use them and also break them. You get the mad scientists, the state's mistakes and misinformation, the people hat gets eaten...
But at the heart of this is also the story of a dysfunctionnal family that comes together in grief and revenge. And the treatment on this is far from simplistic and quite brave, avoiding cliches and keeping a very realistic feel, which gives it a very relevant social message.
The "heroes" here are just normal people, not more intelligent that anybody else (in fact sometimes more stupid than average). The monster doesn't destroy big buildings or helicopters, it's here to feed so it just sticks to chasing people (adults and kids) and attacking caravans...
This creature is by the way a real success, it manages to be original and to mix this strange mixture of repulsion (it's a monstruous fish-frog) and fascination (how it moves!).
The whole movie is also constantly playing on your feelings. Most of the scenes are quite ambivalent: in a very dramatic scene, absurd will slowly creep and change your perspective. Or the opposite, it can start funnily and end horribly... You never know if you have to cry or laugh!
It all adds up to a totally compelling experience.
That's what makes some genre movies exceptionnal: when through the codes they deliver something more. Here's one exceptionnal monster movie!
Light Grenades.
To me, musically speaking, this year will mainly represent the release of a new album from not 1, not 2 but 3 of my favorite bands: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Audioslave & Incubus.
"High expectations" comes to mind. But what does that mean?
It certainly doesn't mean that a new album should be the same as the others. That would be too easy. But on the other hand I usually like to recognise the band that I've come to like and love... Change in continuity...
Anyway at the end of the day the album will be what the band have to propose.In a way, you have to deal with it. Hence this fear of being disappointed.
And because of that, I know it's a bit stupid but I'm always a bit disappointed on a the first listening and have to listen to the album a good 3-4 times to really be able to formulate an opinion. It notably happened for the latest Audioslave, which I can't stop listening to now... (^_^;
Anyway, Light Grenades is the latest output from Incubus, a californian band that is in my opinion totally underrated. That could be because they are not full-on metal heads and that they can deliver in equal measures scorching rap/metal songs and in the next track lay out a textured ballad.
Talk about versatility. To me that's hier strength. They have moods and go for them.
In their history, like many other bands, they have gone from a really hard stuff (the psycho punk funk from S.C.I.E.N.C.E.) to a more complex sound (in A Crow Left Of The Murder -ACLOTM), while still keeping the whole thing groovy and metal-y although maybe getting a bit softer. Who cares? Personnally, I'm here all the way. They are one of those few bands that can go in those soft ballads while still keeping them interesting to me (unlike the Chili Peppers in their Californication era).
This album keeps the trend, pushing their dichotomy a bit further: what was hard in ACLOTM is harder here and the soft is softer. You go from beautiful harmonies to pure punk metal riffs, while the singer Brandon Boyd goes from full rapping to delicate singing, often in the same song.
As with their other albums, they start with their most straightforward catchy songs (A Kiss To Send Us Off, Anna Molly, Light Grenades on the rocking hard side, Dig & Love Hurts for cool things down) and keep the end for experimenting a bit more with atmospheres and rythms. Best thing is they're as good in both fields.
All together it's an excellent album that even if it's not their best in my opinion (my favorites are still Make Yourself and Morning View), is still a worthy addition in an always interesting discography.
"High expectations" comes to mind. But what does that mean?
It certainly doesn't mean that a new album should be the same as the others. That would be too easy. But on the other hand I usually like to recognise the band that I've come to like and love... Change in continuity...
Anyway at the end of the day the album will be what the band have to propose.In a way, you have to deal with it. Hence this fear of being disappointed.
And because of that, I know it's a bit stupid but I'm always a bit disappointed on a the first listening and have to listen to the album a good 3-4 times to really be able to formulate an opinion. It notably happened for the latest Audioslave, which I can't stop listening to now... (^_^;
Anyway, Light Grenades is the latest output from Incubus, a californian band that is in my opinion totally underrated. That could be because they are not full-on metal heads and that they can deliver in equal measures scorching rap/metal songs and in the next track lay out a textured ballad.
Talk about versatility. To me that's hier strength. They have moods and go for them.
In their history, like many other bands, they have gone from a really hard stuff (the psycho punk funk from S.C.I.E.N.C.E.) to a more complex sound (in A Crow Left Of The Murder -ACLOTM), while still keeping the whole thing groovy and metal-y although maybe getting a bit softer. Who cares? Personnally, I'm here all the way. They are one of those few bands that can go in those soft ballads while still keeping them interesting to me (unlike the Chili Peppers in their Californication era).
This album keeps the trend, pushing their dichotomy a bit further: what was hard in ACLOTM is harder here and the soft is softer. You go from beautiful harmonies to pure punk metal riffs, while the singer Brandon Boyd goes from full rapping to delicate singing, often in the same song.
As with their other albums, they start with their most straightforward catchy songs (A Kiss To Send Us Off, Anna Molly, Light Grenades on the rocking hard side, Dig & Love Hurts for cool things down) and keep the end for experimenting a bit more with atmospheres and rythms. Best thing is they're as good in both fields.
All together it's an excellent album that even if it's not their best in my opinion (my favorites are still Make Yourself and Morning View), is still a worthy addition in an always interesting discography.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Computer mood...
I can so understand the following gif...
And I think anyone who has worked with a computer can as well...
(^_^)
Actually that's a very good opporunity to present a few animated gifs of the sort which I really like, starting with this "Matrix-esque" one:
Next, something that will appeal to all fighting game geeks around...
And, saving the best one for last, this one is nothing else than an animated short...
Thanks to the respectives authors of these...
And I think anyone who has worked with a computer can as well...
(^_^)
Actually that's a very good opporunity to present a few animated gifs of the sort which I really like, starting with this "Matrix-esque" one:
Next, something that will appeal to all fighting game geeks around...
And, saving the best one for last, this one is nothing else than an animated short...
Thanks to the respectives authors of these...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Dissidence.
Il est interessant de constater que devant la censure, meme les pays "libres" mettent la main a la pate. C'est juste normal de toutes facons...
Exemple avec Psyphon, developpe par des canadiens, et qui permet de contourner les mesures de censures sur le net et de surfer de maniere anonyme...
Dans le meme temps, dans le "monde libre", YouTube a des problemes de droits pendant que MySpace voudrait (a raison) se debarasser de certains qui abusent de leurs libertes...
Mise a jour: MySpace va censurer ses blogs.
Ca tourne un peu en rond tout ca...
Exemple avec Psyphon, developpe par des canadiens, et qui permet de contourner les mesures de censures sur le net et de surfer de maniere anonyme...
Dans le meme temps, dans le "monde libre", YouTube a des problemes de droits pendant que MySpace voudrait (a raison) se debarasser de certains qui abusent de leurs libertes...
Mise a jour: MySpace va censurer ses blogs.
Ca tourne un peu en rond tout ca...
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
The Wii's out, so lets's celebrate with a few things.
Obviously a console with such a concept will make a few ennemies.
On the other hand, you can't really say no to its qualities, not to mention that from a scientific approach, it doesn't seem too bad...
And on top of that the possibilities are endless.
Anyway you'll know that in a few years you might be able to recycle it like one of it's sisters...
A fnny video to conclude, try that in reality!
Obviously a console with such a concept will make a few ennemies.
On the other hand, you can't really say no to its qualities, not to mention that from a scientific approach, it doesn't seem too bad...
And on top of that the possibilities are endless.
Anyway you'll know that in a few years you might be able to recycle it like one of it's sisters...
A fnny video to conclude, try that in reality!
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Pan's Labyrinth.
If the brothers Grimm or Andersen had made movies today, it might have been something close to this.
This is not to say that the latest from director Guillermo Del Toro is a copy of the work from those authors. Quite the opposite since this movie is so full of his universe that is a very personnal movie of his.
What I mean is that this is, in essence, a pure fairy tale. And in that it has to be beautiful, but also cruel.
In a way, it's better to know as little as possible when seeing this.
It's about using imagination to escape from the harsh & horrible reality. It's about creating his own monsters to flee from the real ones. How the most rationnal and intelligent mind can become a monster, due to his lack of dreams. And how imagination is the way to saving yourself...
It's a wonderfully crafted story that keeps you on your toes from the beginning to the end. It's a fairy tale, but one that children shouldn't see, as the uncompromising violence of some scenes are not for the faint of the heart. One that keeps you thinking long after it's over. Because, like a fairy tale, behind the story lies something about us, humans.
Cruelly violent, beutifully sad.
This is a masterpiece.
Below is a very interesting article written by Guillermo Del Toro for the magazine Empire.
This is not to say that the latest from director Guillermo Del Toro is a copy of the work from those authors. Quite the opposite since this movie is so full of his universe that is a very personnal movie of his.
What I mean is that this is, in essence, a pure fairy tale. And in that it has to be beautiful, but also cruel.
In a way, it's better to know as little as possible when seeing this.
It's about using imagination to escape from the harsh & horrible reality. It's about creating his own monsters to flee from the real ones. How the most rationnal and intelligent mind can become a monster, due to his lack of dreams. And how imagination is the way to saving yourself...
It's a wonderfully crafted story that keeps you on your toes from the beginning to the end. It's a fairy tale, but one that children shouldn't see, as the uncompromising violence of some scenes are not for the faint of the heart. One that keeps you thinking long after it's over. Because, like a fairy tale, behind the story lies something about us, humans.
Cruelly violent, beutifully sad.
This is a masterpiece.
Below is a very interesting article written by Guillermo Del Toro for the magazine Empire.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Lunar Park.
I thought I'd try the latest Bret Easton Ellis novel.
I was looking for books and although I was looking for kind of light books, to read easily, 1 of the usual quotes on the cover was referring to it as "extremely funny". I actually doubted that very much.
I have read American Psycho from the same author and the 1st adjective I would NOT give to this would certainly be "funny". And from what I know, the rest of Ellis' work is pretty heavy. American Psycho was quite a difficult experience, not to say traumatic.
Thinking of it maybe I just took it the wrong way. I can actually remember watching the movie "C'est arrive pres de chez vous" (Man Bites Dog in it's English version), which uses the same kind of black humour and actually hardly finding anything funny in there. My cousin who was watching with me was laughing his ass off, so it kind of helped me see, but I couldn't really see beyond the shocking side of what was presented to me. But on the 2nd viewing, then 3rd and so on, I got what was funny... Now I love it! ;)
So maybe if I re-read American Psycho, I could see it from a different perspective. But still, feeling nearly physically ill when reading a book (as I did with this one) didn't happened to me on many occasions... It's quite strange, when you think of it, I mean reading a book is already quite cerebral exercise, you have to make sense of all letters and words and sentences, as opposed to watching TV or a movie, where you just get the images straight in your face. So to read something that "tough", is really to put yourself consciously through this pain. It's a lot easier to stop reading than stop watching. You'd have to be a bit masochistic... The drive there was to see how som sense could be made of all this senseless violence and sex and drugs. This emptiness. It's still an experience, what can de made of it? And as painful as I felt it was, I think it was worth it. It's great book. Anyway.
So this "extremely funny" quote I found quite out of place, but I thought it could point at a book a bit more lighter from this acclaimed author. A bit more easier to read.
Well lighter wasn't really the word. Easier to read definitely. My, I was hooked and couldn't take my eyes off it, chapter after chapter.
This is a expertly written story, that tackles a number of themes, mainly fatherhood and father-son relations but also fame, boredom, ego, creation, forgiveness, love... All that wrapped in a sort of tribute to Stephen King (I thought of The Shining on several occasions, I have no doubt this was intended), with a seemingly "normal" word (although it's Ellis' trade mark twisted upper-class world we're talking about here) that slides progressively into horror.
It kind of makes me regret my lack of litterary culture there, because I'm sure I've only scratched all the book's references and metaphors. It especially references a lot to te author's previous books, which I haven't all read (although I have been warned that Ellis should be read in order!!). But then again the point is more to make something for yourself.
It's the kind of book I would like my friends to read and appreciate so we could discuss it. There's a lot there. From a plot point of view, it's a very entertaining puzzle of a book. If you start on the themes here, you'll be there for ages.
I guess that at the point I am in my life a lot of that resonnates quite heavily with what I have on my mind.
It's ultimately quite despaired, as with his other books. Even more so because Ellis is putting himself (or at least a stand out of himself) on the line here. It's a bit like Fargo (the Coen borthers' movie) which tells you at the beginning that all of it is true. You watch with an all different perspective. Here it makes you wonder how much of it true, maybe it makes it more "human". Although in the end, it doesn't really matter... True or not, it's what you make of it that counts.
Ellis is presenting himself as one of his characters, lost in drugs out of boredom, selfish, a loser (although a succesful one). He ends up grasping for redemption, but with no hope of ever getting it.
A way of saying that you actually have to lose everything (with no hope of getting it back, giving it up in a way) in order to really realise what really matters.
All that in a horror novel. Because it's always creepy and it gets really scary. It explores the theme of the author haunted by its creations and the way to exorcise them. How can you get rid of something you actually created yourself...? When you invent lives, can't you get lost between your creations and reality?
And all this clicks into place, making a story underlined with a complex canvas of ideas that manages to be entertaning and deep.
To me this is an important book.
I was looking for books and although I was looking for kind of light books, to read easily, 1 of the usual quotes on the cover was referring to it as "extremely funny". I actually doubted that very much.
I have read American Psycho from the same author and the 1st adjective I would NOT give to this would certainly be "funny". And from what I know, the rest of Ellis' work is pretty heavy. American Psycho was quite a difficult experience, not to say traumatic.
Thinking of it maybe I just took it the wrong way. I can actually remember watching the movie "C'est arrive pres de chez vous" (Man Bites Dog in it's English version), which uses the same kind of black humour and actually hardly finding anything funny in there. My cousin who was watching with me was laughing his ass off, so it kind of helped me see, but I couldn't really see beyond the shocking side of what was presented to me. But on the 2nd viewing, then 3rd and so on, I got what was funny... Now I love it! ;)
So maybe if I re-read American Psycho, I could see it from a different perspective. But still, feeling nearly physically ill when reading a book (as I did with this one) didn't happened to me on many occasions... It's quite strange, when you think of it, I mean reading a book is already quite cerebral exercise, you have to make sense of all letters and words and sentences, as opposed to watching TV or a movie, where you just get the images straight in your face. So to read something that "tough", is really to put yourself consciously through this pain. It's a lot easier to stop reading than stop watching. You'd have to be a bit masochistic... The drive there was to see how som sense could be made of all this senseless violence and sex and drugs. This emptiness. It's still an experience, what can de made of it? And as painful as I felt it was, I think it was worth it. It's great book. Anyway.
So this "extremely funny" quote I found quite out of place, but I thought it could point at a book a bit more lighter from this acclaimed author. A bit more easier to read.
Well lighter wasn't really the word. Easier to read definitely. My, I was hooked and couldn't take my eyes off it, chapter after chapter.
This is a expertly written story, that tackles a number of themes, mainly fatherhood and father-son relations but also fame, boredom, ego, creation, forgiveness, love... All that wrapped in a sort of tribute to Stephen King (I thought of The Shining on several occasions, I have no doubt this was intended), with a seemingly "normal" word (although it's Ellis' trade mark twisted upper-class world we're talking about here) that slides progressively into horror.
It kind of makes me regret my lack of litterary culture there, because I'm sure I've only scratched all the book's references and metaphors. It especially references a lot to te author's previous books, which I haven't all read (although I have been warned that Ellis should be read in order!!). But then again the point is more to make something for yourself.
It's the kind of book I would like my friends to read and appreciate so we could discuss it. There's a lot there. From a plot point of view, it's a very entertaining puzzle of a book. If you start on the themes here, you'll be there for ages.
I guess that at the point I am in my life a lot of that resonnates quite heavily with what I have on my mind.
It's ultimately quite despaired, as with his other books. Even more so because Ellis is putting himself (or at least a stand out of himself) on the line here. It's a bit like Fargo (the Coen borthers' movie) which tells you at the beginning that all of it is true. You watch with an all different perspective. Here it makes you wonder how much of it true, maybe it makes it more "human". Although in the end, it doesn't really matter... True or not, it's what you make of it that counts.
Ellis is presenting himself as one of his characters, lost in drugs out of boredom, selfish, a loser (although a succesful one). He ends up grasping for redemption, but with no hope of ever getting it.
A way of saying that you actually have to lose everything (with no hope of getting it back, giving it up in a way) in order to really realise what really matters.
All that in a horror novel. Because it's always creepy and it gets really scary. It explores the theme of the author haunted by its creations and the way to exorcise them. How can you get rid of something you actually created yourself...? When you invent lives, can't you get lost between your creations and reality?
And all this clicks into place, making a story underlined with a complex canvas of ideas that manages to be entertaning and deep.
To me this is an important book.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Survival tip.
You have to work on a relationship to keep it going...
It's a matter of life & death, as you can see from this educationnal video... :)
It's a matter of life & death, as you can see from this educationnal video... :)
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
On a more serious note...
That's a lot of posts for a day but this video (in French but it has to have been tranlated in other languages since it was originally in spanish) should be seen and thought about...
Nothing really new but it's always a good thing to be reminded of such simple things.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8867512033765032709
And in the mean time, in the US, people are fighting for... Food? Not really.
Such a nice world...
But thankfully some people are working to save it, starting with recycling air. Now you know what to do.
Nothing really new but it's always a good thing to be reminded of such simple things.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8867512033765032709
And in the mean time, in the US, people are fighting for... Food? Not really.
Such a nice world...
But thankfully some people are working to save it, starting with recycling air. Now you know what to do.
Music.
This is genius.
Respect.
Actually it reminds me of this video which a friend sent me a while ago and is also amazing...
And this one isn't bad either...
Respect.
Actually it reminds me of this video which a friend sent me a while ago and is also amazing...
And this one isn't bad either...
1up!
Anyone who has played Mario Bros. has wondered how hitting a brick with your head could make a mushroom grow and give you another life...
Well apparently this would now be possible and you don't even have to bang your head!
Original news from Gametronik
Well apparently this would now be possible and you don't even have to bang your head!
Original news from Gametronik
Casino Royale.
A new James Bond movie is always a small event.
I thought the last one was a bit rubbish and originally I wasn't too thrilled to go see this one but the enormously positive buzz around it finally won me over.
And I have to admit that this is one of the best action movie I've seen in a while.
It manages very succesfully to be a authentic Bond movie (with gadgets, lots of varied & colourful locations, a lot of action, women...) and still manages to break the mould and renew the franchise, thanks to bold choices.
As has been said everywhere, Bond's character is a lot more "on the edge", making up for a grittier and more violent atmosphere.
The plot is entertaining, making room for set pieces that, although being quite over the top, never seem too much of a stretch (unlike the later Brosnans) and refuses any final climax, which is brave.
The cast is excellent, Daniel Craig is perfect for the role, Mad Mikkelsen makes a charismatic villain and Eva Green impersonnate a sensitive & multilayered Bond girl...
So all in all, I'd say that this is a movie that reminded me of the early Sean Connerys (which still stands a my favorite Bond), while adding something new and interesting to the character. So it gives one of the best Bonds ever made...
I'm quite looking forward to seeing what they will do next! :)
I thought the last one was a bit rubbish and originally I wasn't too thrilled to go see this one but the enormously positive buzz around it finally won me over.
And I have to admit that this is one of the best action movie I've seen in a while.
It manages very succesfully to be a authentic Bond movie (with gadgets, lots of varied & colourful locations, a lot of action, women...) and still manages to break the mould and renew the franchise, thanks to bold choices.
As has been said everywhere, Bond's character is a lot more "on the edge", making up for a grittier and more violent atmosphere.
The plot is entertaining, making room for set pieces that, although being quite over the top, never seem too much of a stretch (unlike the later Brosnans) and refuses any final climax, which is brave.
The cast is excellent, Daniel Craig is perfect for the role, Mad Mikkelsen makes a charismatic villain and Eva Green impersonnate a sensitive & multilayered Bond girl...
So all in all, I'd say that this is a movie that reminded me of the early Sean Connerys (which still stands a my favorite Bond), while adding something new and interesting to the character. So it gives one of the best Bonds ever made...
I'm quite looking forward to seeing what they will do next! :)
Isms...
Racism, sexism...
Most people would deny they are racists, but still there are racists everywhere.
Proof with that article from Le Monde (in French), showing statistics saying that if you have a foreign name (that surely shows you're not "really" French), you'll be in trouble looking for a management job...
What a nice society we live in...
Most people would deny they are racists, but still there are racists everywhere.
Proof with that article from Le Monde (in French), showing statistics saying that if you have a foreign name (that surely shows you're not "really" French), you'll be in trouble looking for a management job...
What a nice society we live in...
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Japanese culture...
A Japanese friend sent this video to me.
It's very useful if you plan on going to Japan, to make sure you behave properly... ;)
Very funny.
The original link (marvels of YouTube)...
It's very useful if you plan on going to Japan, to make sure you behave properly... ;)
Very funny.
The original link (marvels of YouTube)...
Friday, November 17, 2006
Geek litterature.
(J-at-chaperon) bool question = (to)?(be):(!be);
Those guys ono BashFr are geniuses...
Can you imagine writing Hamlet in Java? :)
Those guys ono BashFr are geniuses...
Can you imagine writing Hamlet in Java? :)
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
BashFr quotes...
No worthy ones for days and suddently, here they come!!
Quote n° 4669
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(YoupLaBoum) j'ai jamais aimé 15h11
(YoupLaBoum) vivement 15h12
Quote n° 4668
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(Lisa) bon vs rigolez pas sur ma tof hein ^^
(Ferry) t'inquiète : )
(oOSephyOo) meuh non
(wa_za) ba t'es bien ^_^
* BamAWAY is now known as Bam
(Bam) PUTAIN LE THON
* Lisa quit
(Bam) je vous jure c'est la DERNIERE fois que j'en mange pour faire plaisir à ma mère
(Bam) pourquoi elle est partie la nouvelle ?
Quote n° 4666
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(gael) L'osti de corbeau sur une branche effouaré
(gael) Pognait en son bec un cheddar
(gael) L'criss de renard, que l'odeur faisait tripper
(gael) (Lui tint à peu près ce langage)
(gael) "Hé ! Dis, toué le gros mallard !
(gael) C'pô une joke, mais si tu beugles
(gael) Aussi bien que tes plumes nous aveuglent (je brode :p)
(gael) T'es vraiment le best, ça a pas de bon sens"
(gael) Aussitôt pour checker si c'est pô d'la bullshit,
(gael) Il ouvre grand son bec et pitche l'cheddar à terre
(caro) gael est le pro du québécois
Quote n° 4669
from Le super flux RSS BashFR.org
(YoupLaBoum) j'ai jamais aimé 15h11
(YoupLaBoum) vivement 15h12
Quote n° 4668
from Le super flux RSS BashFR.org
(Lisa) bon vs rigolez pas sur ma tof hein ^^
(Ferry) t'inquiète : )
(oOSephyOo) meuh non
(wa_za) ba t'es bien ^_^
* BamAWAY is now known as Bam
(Bam) PUTAIN LE THON
* Lisa quit
(Bam) je vous jure c'est la DERNIERE fois que j'en mange pour faire plaisir à ma mère
(Bam) pourquoi elle est partie la nouvelle ?
Quote n° 4666
from Le super flux RSS BashFR.org
(gael) L'osti de corbeau sur une branche effouaré
(gael) Pognait en son bec un cheddar
(gael) L'criss de renard, que l'odeur faisait tripper
(gael) (Lui tint à peu près ce langage)
(gael) "Hé ! Dis, toué le gros mallard !
(gael) C'pô une joke, mais si tu beugles
(gael) Aussi bien que tes plumes nous aveuglent (je brode :p)
(gael) T'es vraiment le best, ça a pas de bon sens"
(gael) Aussitôt pour checker si c'est pô d'la bullshit,
(gael) Il ouvre grand son bec et pitche l'cheddar à terre
(caro) gael est le pro du québécois
WiFi 2.0
A very interesting article from the BBC wesite about wireles energy transfert!!
Soon we might just loose the plugs...
Soon we might just loose the plugs...
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Monday, November 13, 2006
The Prestige.
I remember very well when I first saw Memento in the cinema... This feeling, at the end, this deep satisfaction to have seen a movie that's entertaining, that was so stimulating for your brain and that was so beautifully executed...
I mean, that's why I go to the cinema. To get this sense of wonder... It's magic.
Well Christopher Nolan is back to work with his brother (as he did for Memento), adapting a script from a Christopher Priest novel (of the same title).
And they took the "magic" part quite litterally as it describes the rivalry between 2 magicians trying to steal each other's secrets.
The problem about writing about this movie is that you can't write about it... You can't tell the story. It would spoil it all.
This is the type of movie that entirely revolves around its plot and characters. No funky camera gimmicks here, mainly handheld camera, everything is done just to keep the audience at character level and set the eerie atmosphere of this Victoian era set story.
But aside from its main plot, with the development of its characters, it also manages to be a lot deeper than just your average rollercoaster (like Memento).
It's about secrets, obsessions, rivalry, love, revenge, tricks... How all this (especially obsession) can destroy a person.
But who's tricking who?
The story is a masterclass in storytelling, making you follow multiple flashbacks and flashforwards without ever being too confusing. It basically works like a magic trick. You're being misled all along, always on your toes, being thrown from one feeling to another towards the different characters, never able to know what to expect, trying to get a trick that you'll only if the director lets you...
It's genius.
Obviously that wouldn't stand if the cast wasn't on par. Well let me reassure you, it is. Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale are simply amazing, delivering very nuanced performances, never all dark or all too clear. The 2nd roles are also examplary (but wo would doubt Michael Caine?).
It definitely feels like this is Christopher Nolan's element. Twisted tales of tortured people. With this kind of quality, he can make as many as he likes!
I mean, that's why I go to the cinema. To get this sense of wonder... It's magic.
Well Christopher Nolan is back to work with his brother (as he did for Memento), adapting a script from a Christopher Priest novel (of the same title).
And they took the "magic" part quite litterally as it describes the rivalry between 2 magicians trying to steal each other's secrets.
The problem about writing about this movie is that you can't write about it... You can't tell the story. It would spoil it all.
This is the type of movie that entirely revolves around its plot and characters. No funky camera gimmicks here, mainly handheld camera, everything is done just to keep the audience at character level and set the eerie atmosphere of this Victoian era set story.
But aside from its main plot, with the development of its characters, it also manages to be a lot deeper than just your average rollercoaster (like Memento).
It's about secrets, obsessions, rivalry, love, revenge, tricks... How all this (especially obsession) can destroy a person.
But who's tricking who?
The story is a masterclass in storytelling, making you follow multiple flashbacks and flashforwards without ever being too confusing. It basically works like a magic trick. You're being misled all along, always on your toes, being thrown from one feeling to another towards the different characters, never able to know what to expect, trying to get a trick that you'll only if the director lets you...
It's genius.
Obviously that wouldn't stand if the cast wasn't on par. Well let me reassure you, it is. Hugh Jackman & Christian Bale are simply amazing, delivering very nuanced performances, never all dark or all too clear. The 2nd roles are also examplary (but wo would doubt Michael Caine?).
It definitely feels like this is Christopher Nolan's element. Twisted tales of tortured people. With this kind of quality, he can make as many as he likes!
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Spidey 3.
I can't wait for this thing to come out.
Here's a trailer posted at Ain't It Cool News. It's a work in progress with a lot of unfinished effects, but it's still great! And more importantly, what it has over the new official one released last thursday is... A shot of VENOM!!!! (^_^)
Sorry, the video was deleted...
Wait a minute! It's here!!
More seriously:
Here's a trailer posted at Ain't It Cool News. It's a work in progress with a lot of unfinished effects, but it's still great! And more importantly, what it has over the new official one released last thursday is... A shot of VENOM!!!! (^_^)
Sorry, the video was deleted...
Wait a minute! It's here!!
More seriously:
Another rant...
I've been quite pissed of at the medias lately.
In France, there was this hruesome story of that woman who killed 3 of her newly born babies and kept 2 in her fridge (without th father knowing they were event conceived).
Sordid, to say the least.
OK, the girl's completely crazy.
But suddently in the French media there was loads of similar stories. Baby killing women. What happened? Did that 1st story triggered a bunch of crazies to do the same?
Of course not. Crazy people have always existed!
But since it's kind of fashionnable at the moment, here you go, let's cover all the similar stories we find!
Like avian flu. There was this huge psychosis caused by the media about a year and a half ago and now what? Has it disappeared? No. Still there. Still pretty threatening. Bu hey the media don't talk about it. So no problem.
But they still need to keep us afraid, so let's get the baby killers on screen.
Crazy people on the streets! That's a good trick to get people to vote for security (right wing then). Strangely French presidential elections are next year...
I just can't believe how those guys are that irresponsible. Even Le Monde (who's usually pretty objective and also my primary source of info) does it.
On the side, but related, depending how they can present the info, it's amazing how they can manipulate you into thinking things that are WRONG.
Example: I just read an article in Le Monde saying that Elton John said that we should ban all religions. At 1st, reading it, I thought: well it's quite good it's not to him then. That's just a celebrity talking nonsense. How it was presented, his opinion was pretty simplistic and I don't think banning something is ever going to solve anything. It's just another form of oppression and how do people react to oppression? They FIGHT back of course! And what sense does it make to forbid what people think?
Anyway, I checked out the equivalent article on the BBC website, to see what they thought of it. And it turns out that this article goes into more details and that his opinion is not that simplistic (whatever you think of it), well at least the "religion ban" (which is still stupid in my view...) is only part of it and sounds more like a pun (when Le Monde made it look like the main thing he had to say).
But here you go! How just the presentation of the info can just change your feeling towards it... Nothing to mess around with...
Then again on Le Monde, it's a news flash, when on the BBC it's a proper article...
But it's quite a good thing to get reminded sometime how important it is to cross check informations from different sources. Always.
In France, there was this hruesome story of that woman who killed 3 of her newly born babies and kept 2 in her fridge (without th father knowing they were event conceived).
Sordid, to say the least.
OK, the girl's completely crazy.
But suddently in the French media there was loads of similar stories. Baby killing women. What happened? Did that 1st story triggered a bunch of crazies to do the same?
Of course not. Crazy people have always existed!
But since it's kind of fashionnable at the moment, here you go, let's cover all the similar stories we find!
Like avian flu. There was this huge psychosis caused by the media about a year and a half ago and now what? Has it disappeared? No. Still there. Still pretty threatening. Bu hey the media don't talk about it. So no problem.
But they still need to keep us afraid, so let's get the baby killers on screen.
Crazy people on the streets! That's a good trick to get people to vote for security (right wing then). Strangely French presidential elections are next year...
I just can't believe how those guys are that irresponsible. Even Le Monde (who's usually pretty objective and also my primary source of info) does it.
On the side, but related, depending how they can present the info, it's amazing how they can manipulate you into thinking things that are WRONG.
Example: I just read an article in Le Monde saying that Elton John said that we should ban all religions. At 1st, reading it, I thought: well it's quite good it's not to him then. That's just a celebrity talking nonsense. How it was presented, his opinion was pretty simplistic and I don't think banning something is ever going to solve anything. It's just another form of oppression and how do people react to oppression? They FIGHT back of course! And what sense does it make to forbid what people think?
Anyway, I checked out the equivalent article on the BBC website, to see what they thought of it. And it turns out that this article goes into more details and that his opinion is not that simplistic (whatever you think of it), well at least the "religion ban" (which is still stupid in my view...) is only part of it and sounds more like a pun (when Le Monde made it look like the main thing he had to say).
But here you go! How just the presentation of the info can just change your feeling towards it... Nothing to mess around with...
Then again on Le Monde, it's a news flash, when on the BBC it's a proper article...
But it's quite a good thing to get reminded sometime how important it is to cross check informations from different sources. Always.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Hope?
An article from Le Monde (so in French again but it's not my fault if those articles don't show on the BBC website!), about solar energy.
Prices are lower and lower and experts are saying that by 2030, it'll be the most cost efficient energy source...
When you think of it that's how we will get to alternate (and green) energies... By making them cheap!
Let's do that for the cars, hopefully before we finish to change the climate on the planet...
I found a link to something similar in English...
Prices are lower and lower and experts are saying that by 2030, it'll be the most cost efficient energy source...
When you think of it that's how we will get to alternate (and green) energies... By making them cheap!
Let's do that for the cars, hopefully before we finish to change the climate on the planet...
I found a link to something similar in English...
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Philosophie (in French).
Les gars de Nanarlandland ont une approche extremement interessante de la serie B (jusqu'a Z).
Cette explication de texte de Road House, sous le doux titre "Stoïcisme et pensée platonicienne dans Road house", en est un exemple parfaitement edifiant.
Cette explication de texte de Road House, sous le doux titre "Stoïcisme et pensée platonicienne dans Road house", en est un exemple parfaitement edifiant.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
I knew it!!!!
Cyber-demonstration.
Reporters without Borders is organising a "cyber-demo" against censorship on the internet, between today 11am until tomorrow 11am. This is to condemn the states that put cyber-dissidents in prison.
More info here.
Reporters sans Frontieres organisent une cyber-manif entre aujourd'hui 11h et demain 11h pour protester contre la censure sur internet et faire pression sur 13 etats censeurs.
Plus d'info ici
More info here.
Reporters sans Frontieres organisent une cyber-manif entre aujourd'hui 11h et demain 11h pour protester contre la censure sur internet et faire pression sur 13 etats censeurs.
Plus d'info ici
Monday, November 06, 2006
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
I always have a strange & uneasy feeling when I'm going to a movie that's hailed by (almost) everyone as "hilarious". What if I didn't find that funny? What if I didn't have a good time?
Laughter is so instinctive. You can't force it. Worse than that: when people see others laughing at something they don't find funny themselves, they tend to get really annoyed.
This movie is a clear cut: either you get it, or you don't. If you don't, you'll save your time leaving in the 1st 5min. If you do, you'll piss yourself for almost 90 minutes.
Well, luckily, I fall in the latter category! :D
That is a hell of a messed up film!
The guy has no shame and will stop at no offense.
Interestingly, the people he meets are quite up to par especially when it comes to people met in a rodeo or crazy evangelists.
It made me wonder how much of it was "real"? Obviously the character isn't. His chap Azamat isn't either. But all the people he meets seem to be genuine persons (especially seeing their reactions).
From what I have read, here for example, it seems that most of it is!
Which makes the whole thing quite a heroic stunt: he basically gets to stretch everyone's patience to the point he's getting thrown out. Wether you like it or not, you have to give him that. It definitely gets some mojo to sing, in front of a few hundreds Americans, an imaginary Kasakh anthem that says "Kazakhstan greatest country in the world, All other countries are run by little girls" (to the tune of their own anthem)...
On the other side, I will even raise this at the level of, say, a Bowling For Columbine in terms of documentary about the "US & A".
I mean as much as I like Michael Moore's work, it's entertaining, thought provoking but a view to see what he does is he has selected people to talk and make asses of themselves on camera.
That's what Borat does, under the cover of his fictionnal character. He makes people let down their guard.
The aim is different, it's not about proving a particular point, but it's still something about the USA... And our culture in general.
But even without analysing this stands as a magificently tasteless piece of filmmaking and is also gloriously entertaining!
If you want to find out more (beware of spoilers!) you can go here or here (BBC).
Update!
Now that Borat has reached France: articles from Le Monde & Telerama.
And here's an exert from Rolling Stone where Sacha Baron Cohen talks about Borat.
Laughter is so instinctive. You can't force it. Worse than that: when people see others laughing at something they don't find funny themselves, they tend to get really annoyed.
This movie is a clear cut: either you get it, or you don't. If you don't, you'll save your time leaving in the 1st 5min. If you do, you'll piss yourself for almost 90 minutes.
Well, luckily, I fall in the latter category! :D
That is a hell of a messed up film!
The guy has no shame and will stop at no offense.
Interestingly, the people he meets are quite up to par especially when it comes to people met in a rodeo or crazy evangelists.
It made me wonder how much of it was "real"? Obviously the character isn't. His chap Azamat isn't either. But all the people he meets seem to be genuine persons (especially seeing their reactions).
From what I have read, here for example, it seems that most of it is!
Which makes the whole thing quite a heroic stunt: he basically gets to stretch everyone's patience to the point he's getting thrown out. Wether you like it or not, you have to give him that. It definitely gets some mojo to sing, in front of a few hundreds Americans, an imaginary Kasakh anthem that says "Kazakhstan greatest country in the world, All other countries are run by little girls" (to the tune of their own anthem)...
On the other side, I will even raise this at the level of, say, a Bowling For Columbine in terms of documentary about the "US & A".
I mean as much as I like Michael Moore's work, it's entertaining, thought provoking but a view to see what he does is he has selected people to talk and make asses of themselves on camera.
That's what Borat does, under the cover of his fictionnal character. He makes people let down their guard.
The aim is different, it's not about proving a particular point, but it's still something about the USA... And our culture in general.
But even without analysing this stands as a magificently tasteless piece of filmmaking and is also gloriously entertaining!
If you want to find out more (beware of spoilers!) you can go here or here (BBC).
Update!
Now that Borat has reached France: articles from Le Monde & Telerama.
And here's an exert from Rolling Stone where Sacha Baron Cohen talks about Borat.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Muse & western.
This is the new clip of Muse (well not so new I've been told), as posted by Nanarland (Thanks guys! But it's on YouTube anyway).
Don't leave now if you don't like Muse (or just their latest albums), this one is a jem.
It's a parody of post nuke cheesy western and it's great.
Lots of fun.
Funny how now the music is linked to the images, I can definitely see a sort of Ennio Morricone vibe to the track that I hadn't noticed before... That might be because of my lack of culture though. :p
Don't leave now if you don't like Muse (or just their latest albums), this one is a jem.
It's a parody of post nuke cheesy western and it's great.
Lots of fun.
Funny how now the music is linked to the images, I can definitely see a sort of Ennio Morricone vibe to the track that I hadn't noticed before... That might be because of my lack of culture though. :p
Friday, November 03, 2006
Big Brother is watching you...
...in the UK at least.
A report has been filed that the collection of all sorts of data in the UK is beginning to be frightingly common.
That covers not only CCTV (4.2 millions of cameras exist, that's 1 for 14 people!), but also credit cards, mobile phones, club cards... That data is obviously used for "fighting terrorrism", but also for commercial use, in order to define our consuming habits... Nothing private here...
And those surveillance techniques are foreseen to be used more and more in the near future.
How far are we from the thought police, then?
Original article (in French)
An extended article gives a bit more details here.
That could include putting tiny cameras in the street lights at man's height, to photograph anybody that would pass... It's very scary...
I'll try and search an English version on the BBC website...
Here it is!
A report has been filed that the collection of all sorts of data in the UK is beginning to be frightingly common.
That covers not only CCTV (4.2 millions of cameras exist, that's 1 for 14 people!), but also credit cards, mobile phones, club cards... That data is obviously used for "fighting terrorrism", but also for commercial use, in order to define our consuming habits... Nothing private here...
And those surveillance techniques are foreseen to be used more and more in the near future.
How far are we from the thought police, then?
Original article (in French)
An extended article gives a bit more details here.
That could include putting tiny cameras in the street lights at man's height, to photograph anybody that would pass... It's very scary...
I'll try and search an English version on the BBC website...
Here it is!
Thursday, November 02, 2006
V For Vendetta.
I recently bought that movie on DVD so that's always a good opportunity to watch a movie again and therefore drop something about it here.
The fact that November 5th was just last WE is just another incentive...
It has to be the most faithful adaptation of an Alan Moore comic to the big screen. Admittedly, he asked for his name to be removed from the credits, because he wasn't happy with the screenplay. But the fact stays.
The message might be a bit different, because it has been adapted to a "post 9/11" audience, but still you have to recognise the courage requested to put a terrorist as a hero nowadays (even a righteous one).
It's not by far a perfect movie and you could argue of length here and there, you could get annoyed at the heavy dialogues or the "too scholar" direction.
It still remains a beautifully made movie, well acted, bold, emotionally charged and with a message that is universal and vital.
What is the difference between a hero and a terrorrist?
It takes an unflinching will to actually change something in the world, because fear of change is often the strongest. Therefore a free man would someone who doesn't fear.
I don't even need that much to make it stand without shame in my all time favorite movie list...
The fact that November 5th was just last WE is just another incentive...
It has to be the most faithful adaptation of an Alan Moore comic to the big screen. Admittedly, he asked for his name to be removed from the credits, because he wasn't happy with the screenplay. But the fact stays.
The message might be a bit different, because it has been adapted to a "post 9/11" audience, but still you have to recognise the courage requested to put a terrorist as a hero nowadays (even a righteous one).
It's not by far a perfect movie and you could argue of length here and there, you could get annoyed at the heavy dialogues or the "too scholar" direction.
It still remains a beautifully made movie, well acted, bold, emotionally charged and with a message that is universal and vital.
What is the difference between a hero and a terrorrist?
It takes an unflinching will to actually change something in the world, because fear of change is often the strongest. Therefore a free man would someone who doesn't fear.
I don't even need that much to make it stand without shame in my all time favorite movie list...
BashFr quote of the day.
(Snurf) eh tu comptes te déguiser pour la soirée halloween ?
(Vag) oui jme déguise en connard
(Vag) j'aurai besoin de tes lunettes, et de tes fringues
(Snurf) ...
(Snurf) enfoiré va
lol. :D
Rough translation:
(Snurf) Hey do you plan to dress up for halloween ?
(Vag) Yes I'll dress up as an asshole
(Vag) I'll need your clothes and your glasses.
(Snurf) ...
(Snurf) Bastard.
(Vag) oui jme déguise en connard
(Vag) j'aurai besoin de tes lunettes, et de tes fringues
(Snurf) ...
(Snurf) enfoiré va
lol. :D
Rough translation:
(Snurf) Hey do you plan to dress up for halloween ?
(Vag) Yes I'll dress up as an asshole
(Vag) I'll need your clothes and your glasses.
(Snurf) ...
(Snurf) Bastard.
Cinema rant.
I've found out that Spike Lee is planning a sequel to Inside Man...
Well although I'm not all against sequels, that makes me a bit doubtful...
You have some movies that scream for sequels, because they set up characters and a context that can leave place to further developments.
But here, as good as Inside Man is (and believe me, I thoroughly enjoyed this excellent heist movie), where's the space for development?
You have a bunch of guys who set up the perfect bank robbery. Why would they try again?
For Ocean's 11, that's fair enough, the guys are doing it for the challenge. It's not the case in this one...
Well obviously that's assuming that the sequel will be another heist. There's the possibility that the sequel could be completely different, where, say, you would see the guys being chased for what they've done in the 1st one. That could be interesting...
Then again, Spike Lee is not the kind of director you'd expect to make movies "just" for the money... So maybe he's got a good idea.
But at the moment it seems to be part of this seemingly endless flow of Hollywood's sequels...
We'll see.
In the same style (as "rise and fall of independent directors"), the Hughues brothers are going to adapt the series Kung-Fu (the one with David Carradine).
Again I don't really know if I have to be excited at that news... (^_^;
Well although I'm not all against sequels, that makes me a bit doubtful...
You have some movies that scream for sequels, because they set up characters and a context that can leave place to further developments.
But here, as good as Inside Man is (and believe me, I thoroughly enjoyed this excellent heist movie), where's the space for development?
You have a bunch of guys who set up the perfect bank robbery. Why would they try again?
For Ocean's 11, that's fair enough, the guys are doing it for the challenge. It's not the case in this one...
Well obviously that's assuming that the sequel will be another heist. There's the possibility that the sequel could be completely different, where, say, you would see the guys being chased for what they've done in the 1st one. That could be interesting...
Then again, Spike Lee is not the kind of director you'd expect to make movies "just" for the money... So maybe he's got a good idea.
But at the moment it seems to be part of this seemingly endless flow of Hollywood's sequels...
We'll see.
In the same style (as "rise and fall of independent directors"), the Hughues brothers are going to adapt the series Kung-Fu (the one with David Carradine).
Again I don't really know if I have to be excited at that news... (^_^;
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Extremists.
I've read on Empire this month that Fox is planning to create a production compagny called Fox Faith, dedicated to make "Christian movies".
Well as a Christian, I have to say "WTF"????
Those days, what I see is that, out of fear from "the others", people are already withdrawing to their own communities. And we know that it only breeds extremisms... Isn't this kind of thing going to actually make things worse?
What's a "Christian movie" anyway?
Anyone who is making a movie will be putting his own sensibilities into it. So if the person is a Christian, there's every chance that it will transpire in the finished work. What's the point in cataloguing everything?
To me it only seems to be a mean of propaganda for those far right evangelists.
In times where it would actually be important to talk to each other and more importantly understand the other's cultures, I don't thing this is really to the point.
Well as a Christian, I have to say "WTF"????
Those days, what I see is that, out of fear from "the others", people are already withdrawing to their own communities. And we know that it only breeds extremisms... Isn't this kind of thing going to actually make things worse?
What's a "Christian movie" anyway?
Anyone who is making a movie will be putting his own sensibilities into it. So if the person is a Christian, there's every chance that it will transpire in the finished work. What's the point in cataloguing everything?
To me it only seems to be a mean of propaganda for those far right evangelists.
In times where it would actually be important to talk to each other and more importantly understand the other's cultures, I don't thing this is really to the point.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
A monster.
A friend sent me this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PBdVwz7MJ0
Anyone that has played Street Fighter 3 (but here the audience has suddently considerably reduced) knows that a parry is already hard enough to make, but to parry a Super Move... That's not human.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PBdVwz7MJ0
Anyone that has played Street Fighter 3 (but here the audience has suddently considerably reduced) knows that a parry is already hard enough to make, but to parry a Super Move... That's not human.
Animation.
Apparewntly Damon Albarn is planning on making a film with "his" virtual band Gorillaz, in order to conclude the project. So far it's good news, it could be interesting.
But the real amazing news is that he's plannning to do so in collaboration with Terry Gilliam!!!!!!!!!
Now I'm dying to see this.
I read it here (in French). But it was originally from here (in French as well).
News is from the UK magazine Uncut.
Other good news regarding animation, Wes Anderson (Rusmore, Life Aquatic...) is planning a collaboration with Henry Sellick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, but also the animations in Life Aquatic) to adapt Roal Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox.
I'm quite a fan of both of their work, so that sounds yummy! :)
Original news here (in French!).
But the real amazing news is that he's plannning to do so in collaboration with Terry Gilliam!!!!!!!!!
Now I'm dying to see this.
I read it here (in French). But it was originally from here (in French as well).
News is from the UK magazine Uncut.
Other good news regarding animation, Wes Anderson (Rusmore, Life Aquatic...) is planning a collaboration with Henry Sellick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, but also the animations in Life Aquatic) to adapt Roal Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox.
I'm quite a fan of both of their work, so that sounds yummy! :)
Original news here (in French!).
Sout Park goes epic!
A friend of mine got me to watch the South Park episode 10-8, entitled "Make love, not Warcraft".
Well I'm a big South Park fan anyway, but this one is very good and will talk to any geek around, as it's about them. Us then... (^_^;
It sees Stan, Kyle, Cartman & Kenny get sucked into a prophecy that could get them to stop the END OF THE WORLD! (of Warcraft)
Quite to the point, it's partially done with World Of Warcraft's cinematic. Apparently it was done in collaboration with Blizzard. It's always nice to see some big compagnies showing they have humour...
The highlight here is a montage, with the soundtrack singing "Live to WIN!", where you see out 4 heroes get obese and spotty. That's what it takes to kill the one who has no life...
Trey, Matt, I love you guys!
Well I'm a big South Park fan anyway, but this one is very good and will talk to any geek around, as it's about them. Us then... (^_^;
It sees Stan, Kyle, Cartman & Kenny get sucked into a prophecy that could get them to stop the END OF THE WORLD! (of Warcraft)
Quite to the point, it's partially done with World Of Warcraft's cinematic. Apparently it was done in collaboration with Blizzard. It's always nice to see some big compagnies showing they have humour...
The highlight here is a montage, with the soundtrack singing "Live to WIN!", where you see out 4 heroes get obese and spotty. That's what it takes to kill the one who has no life...
Trey, Matt, I love you guys!
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
I obviously had seen this last year when it came out in the cinema. But I just got it on DVD and therefore watched it again...
It's such a great movie!
It works on so many different levels and thinking back actually pretty similarly to Chicken Run: it takes a "film template" (but not to parody it) and adapts it to the context. So Wallace & Gromit get their horror movie in a sense, because the references send all back to those old school monster movies (most notably Frankenstein).
Technically, it's a marvel to think that it's all done in plasticine.
The story is great, very well paced and you get that unique Wallace & Gromit blend of cuteness, fun, humour... Where else could you have a police man called PC Mackintosh (PC stands for Police Constable)? :)
Great fun, for everyone (in the true term)!
It's such a great movie!
It works on so many different levels and thinking back actually pretty similarly to Chicken Run: it takes a "film template" (but not to parody it) and adapts it to the context. So Wallace & Gromit get their horror movie in a sense, because the references send all back to those old school monster movies (most notably Frankenstein).
Technically, it's a marvel to think that it's all done in plasticine.
The story is great, very well paced and you get that unique Wallace & Gromit blend of cuteness, fun, humour... Where else could you have a police man called PC Mackintosh (PC stands for Police Constable)? :)
Great fun, for everyone (in the true term)!
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Subversive activity...
The other day a friend was telling me how she 1st started to use eMule to download a movie and how it turned out to be actually a porn one (so not what she had hoped for).
I think that story happened at least once to anyone using eMule...
As a way of retaliation I thought it could be a good idea to actually rename an innocent movie or clip with some appropriately chosen (and dirty) name.
So I did it.
Got a clip, renamed it (to something appropriately gruesome) and launched eMule. (^_^)
Within 5min someone was already downloading it... I didn't thought it would work that well!
I think that story happened at least once to anyone using eMule...
As a way of retaliation I thought it could be a good idea to actually rename an innocent movie or clip with some appropriately chosen (and dirty) name.
So I did it.
Got a clip, renamed it (to something appropriately gruesome) and launched eMule. (^_^)
Within 5min someone was already downloading it... I didn't thought it would work that well!
Article de Libe.
This is an article from a French newspaper that my sister has forwarded to me.
It's about how Northern American & European gamers can actually pay chinese people to upgrade their World Of Warcraft characters. All that in very poor "working" conditions & for wages a lot lower than what the "clients" are actually paying...
On one hand it gives work to people over there, on the other the exploitation makes it look quite pathetic. Isn't making your character improve the fun of a game??
Sorry to the English speakers around...
It's about how Northern American & European gamers can actually pay chinese people to upgrade their World Of Warcraft characters. All that in very poor "working" conditions & for wages a lot lower than what the "clients" are actually paying...
On one hand it gives work to people over there, on the other the exploitation makes it look quite pathetic. Isn't making your character improve the fun of a game??
Sorry to the English speakers around...
Friday, October 27, 2006
The BashFr quote of the day...
Qui n'a jamais tente d'initier ses parents a Internet?? :)
*Daniel has joined #testpapa
Cheewie)Voilà, papa, alors n'oublie pas de te connecter à quakenet, pas un autre.
Daniel)D'accord
*BAk0u has joined #testpapa
Cheewie)Heuuu Bakou, où as tu eu ce chan?
Bak0u)info user ^^
Cheewie)Heuu oui, ben tu quitte, s'il te plait,
Daniel)Mais non, présente moi ton amis :)
Cheewie)Non papa, ce n'est pas un amis !
Bak0u)Oh !! Nan !!!! trop bon ^^
Daniel)Quoi donc?
*Latex has joined #testpapa
Latex)Alors, pas trop dûr d'être pere de geek ? ^^
Cheewie)!!
Daniel)Que signifie geek?
Cheewie)Rien !
*Slalow has joined #testpapa
*Bnut has joined #testpapa
Cheewie) !
Slalow)c'est ici, le noob avec son fils?
Cheewie)Papa quitte je t'en supplie !
*Bnut has quit(Client Quit)
Daniel)C'est quoi un noob? et qui sont ces gens?
Bak0u)OMFG ^^
Daniel)Quoi?? Ecrivez français s'il vous plais
Bak0u)Mdr ^^ asv ? :p
*Bakou was kicked by Cheewie (on se retrouvera :@)
*Slalow was kicked by Cheewie (toi aussi !)
*Latex has quit (Client Quit)
Daniel)Je ne comprend vraiment rien, je vais rester sur msn
*Daniel has joined #testpapa
Cheewie)Voilà, papa, alors n'oublie pas de te connecter à quakenet, pas un autre.
Daniel)D'accord
*BAk0u has joined #testpapa
Cheewie)Heuuu Bakou, où as tu eu ce chan?
Bak0u)info user ^^
Cheewie)Heuu oui, ben tu quitte, s'il te plait,
Daniel)Mais non, présente moi ton amis :)
Cheewie)Non papa, ce n'est pas un amis !
Bak0u)Oh !! Nan !!!! trop bon ^^
Daniel)Quoi donc?
*Latex has joined #testpapa
Latex)Alors, pas trop dûr d'être pere de geek ? ^^
Cheewie)!!
Daniel)Que signifie geek?
Cheewie)Rien !
*Slalow has joined #testpapa
*Bnut has joined #testpapa
Cheewie) !
Slalow)c'est ici, le noob avec son fils?
Cheewie)Papa quitte je t'en supplie !
*Bnut has quit(Client Quit)
Daniel)C'est quoi un noob? et qui sont ces gens?
Bak0u)OMFG ^^
Daniel)Quoi?? Ecrivez français s'il vous plais
Bak0u)Mdr ^^ asv ? :p
*Bakou was kicked by Cheewie (on se retrouvera :@)
*Slalow was kicked by Cheewie (toi aussi !)
*Latex has quit (Client Quit)
Daniel)Je ne comprend vraiment rien, je vais rester sur msn
New old bands...
After the Smashing Pumpkins, it's the Pixies' turn to announce that they are working on a new album... !!
Well if it makes them make good music, why not...
Article here
Well if it makes them make good music, why not...
Article here
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Nerd power.
It is lucky that a few hackers are defending us against all the attempts of corporations to set up some protection system that allow them to force you to use their systems.
Latest in date? Apple and their DRM Fairplay.
Thanks DVD Jon!
"La resistance lives on"!
Article here (in French)
Latest in date? Apple and their DRM Fairplay.
Thanks DVD Jon!
"La resistance lives on"!
Article here (in French)
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Geeky joke.
La programmation expliquee aux mecs:
(Wiz) le private, c'est pour les attributs de la classe.
(Wiz) imagine la variable wiz, instance de la classe homme, qui possède un attribut bite.
(Wiz) Sans le private, n'importe qui peut toucher à ma bite
(Wiz) en faisant wiz.bite
(Wiz) mais si dans la classe homme, on déclare "private bite;"
(Wiz) alors personne ne peut faire wiz.bite à part wiz lui-même
C'est beaucoup plus clair comme ca...
English translation:
(Wiz) private, is an attribute of a class.
(Wiz) take a variable called wiz, instance of the man class, which has an attribute dick.
(Wiz) Without private, anybody can touch my dick
(Wiz) with wiz.dick
(Wiz) but if in the man class, "private dick;" is declared
(Wiz) then nobody can do wiz.dick except wiz himself.
Suddenly it all makes sense!!! (^_^;
(from bashfr.org)
(Wiz) le private, c'est pour les attributs de la classe.
(Wiz) imagine la variable wiz, instance de la classe homme, qui possède un attribut bite.
(Wiz) Sans le private, n'importe qui peut toucher à ma bite
(Wiz) en faisant wiz.bite
(Wiz) mais si dans la classe homme, on déclare "private bite;"
(Wiz) alors personne ne peut faire wiz.bite à part wiz lui-même
C'est beaucoup plus clair comme ca...
English translation:
(Wiz) private, is an attribute of a class.
(Wiz) take a variable called wiz, instance of the man class, which has an attribute dick.
(Wiz) Without private, anybody can touch my dick
(Wiz) with wiz.dick
(Wiz) but if in the man class, "private dick;" is declared
(Wiz) then nobody can do wiz.dick except wiz himself.
Suddenly it all makes sense!!! (^_^;
(from bashfr.org)
Monday, October 23, 2006
Citrouilles ecrasees.
Well, that's a surprise...
The Smashing Pumkins seem to have reformed!!
Then again it might be that Corgan and Chamberlain will be the only ones left from the original formation... In which case they might as well call themselves Zwan...
(^_^;
The Smashing Pumkins seem to have reformed!!
Then again it might be that Corgan and Chamberlain will be the only ones left from the original formation... In which case they might as well call themselves Zwan...
(^_^;
District 13 / Banlieue 13
Just to say that I've watched District 13 (Banlieue 13, in original version ;) ) and it's... FUN!
I'd say it's a French equivalent to Ong Bak.
As a work of art it's certainly very poor. You got no plot and the acting is... Well.
But who cares when you got enough action with truly jaw-dropping stunts to keep you entertained for the 90something min of the thing! Who needs a Tony jaa??
Great fun.
I'd say it's a French equivalent to Ong Bak.
As a work of art it's certainly very poor. You got no plot and the acting is... Well.
But who cares when you got enough action with truly jaw-dropping stunts to keep you entertained for the 90something min of the thing! Who needs a Tony jaa??
Great fun.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Children Of Men.
I thought I had missed this one. A movie out for 3 weeks around here isn't that common.
Missing this would have been a shame. The film truly deserves the awards it got here an there.
It's a gripping tale of redemption, set in a not-so-far future. Sci-Fi it isn't. Everything this movie describes resonnates with today's event and make the whole thing scarily believeable.
The movie keeps you on your toes at every scenes, by mixing moments light comedy with moments of intolerable cruelty. You could laugh at one moment but never know if you're not going to cry at the next. Not many films manage to do that right...
Alfonso Cuaron's direction is spot on, keeping a gritty feel, between concrete and dirt. The audience is kept close to the characters, at the heart of the action, with this feeling that in this world gone mad, death could strike at any moment. And it does.
The cast is very good. Clive Owen stands out as the lead, with a very nuanced performance, transforming convincingly the original cynicism of his character into the reckless bravery as he finds himself hoping again. But the rest deserves praises for all those characters, neither good nor bad, just human, desperate, capable of the worst or the best.
All in all, a film that shows how humanity is lost without hope, but that ultimately hope can suddenly reappear inexpedtedly even in the ones that are lost.
Missing this would have been a shame. The film truly deserves the awards it got here an there.
It's a gripping tale of redemption, set in a not-so-far future. Sci-Fi it isn't. Everything this movie describes resonnates with today's event and make the whole thing scarily believeable.
The movie keeps you on your toes at every scenes, by mixing moments light comedy with moments of intolerable cruelty. You could laugh at one moment but never know if you're not going to cry at the next. Not many films manage to do that right...
Alfonso Cuaron's direction is spot on, keeping a gritty feel, between concrete and dirt. The audience is kept close to the characters, at the heart of the action, with this feeling that in this world gone mad, death could strike at any moment. And it does.
The cast is very good. Clive Owen stands out as the lead, with a very nuanced performance, transforming convincingly the original cynicism of his character into the reckless bravery as he finds himself hoping again. But the rest deserves praises for all those characters, neither good nor bad, just human, desperate, capable of the worst or the best.
All in all, a film that shows how humanity is lost without hope, but that ultimately hope can suddenly reappear inexpedtedly even in the ones that are lost.
Hollow man.
It seems some scientists over at Duke university have built an invisibility cloak!!!
Invisible to microwaves, that is... ;)
But they say invisibility to human will be feasible, in the future...
Full article here (in French)
Invisible to microwaves, that is... ;)
But they say invisibility to human will be feasible, in the future...
Full article here (in French)
1st contact.
Hi guys!
This is my 1st post of a hopefully long series...
But I'm just testing right now...
;)
This is my 1st post of a hopefully long series...
But I'm just testing right now...
;)
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