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<title><![CDATA[Smallville 7.10 Persona (2007, TV) - 6/10]]></title>
<link>http://misterslimm.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/smallville-710-persona-2007-tv-610/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mister Slimm</dc:creator>
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Smallville 7.10 Persona (2007)
Grant Gabriel confronts Lionel with the truth about his origin]]></description>
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<p><strong>Smallville 7.10 Persona</strong><strong> (2007)</strong></p>
<p>Grant Gabriel confronts Lionel with the truth about his origins. Meanwhile, Metropolis is beginning to pile up with dead homeless dudes and Lana figures it must be Brainiac (presumably because Earth no longer has serial killers). Phantom Clark (he escaped from the Martian) realises that turning to stone when exposed to sunlight may give his true identity away and a slowly regenerating Brainiac / Milton Fine lets him know of a, previously unheard of, Krpytonian living on Earth named Dax-Ur who might be able to help. But help whom and with what?</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>Though Chloe makes a snide remark about 'Earth being Krpyton's top tourist destination' after yet another Krpytonian is randomly dropped into the story (that's the third new Krpytonian on Earth in just ten episodes this season), it's highly unsatisfactory and makes for a weak backbone to the episode. However, the writers do provide some excellent character development for Clark and Lana and make a super-hero / super-villain stand-off genuinely unpredictable and it is this scene (and a follow-up scene to close the episode) that drags the rating from four to six stars. Lex also seems to have taken his final step into irredeemability. I'm also gonna make a list of all the colours of Kryptonite we haven't had yet so I'm prepared. Magenta Krpytonite that makes Clark constipated. Beige Krpytonite that makes his hair rubbish. Right, I'm ready now.</p>
<p>This Smallville episode contains mild swear words and unpleasant scenes, extreme violence, graphic gun violence and sexuality, mild nudity.
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<title><![CDATA[Om du ser det här från ditt bussfönster vet du att du är på landet]]></title>
<link>http://originaltalkback.wordpress.com/?p=82</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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En lite speciell grej med att vara bussförare är att ibland får man köra linjer som man inte ha]]></description>
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<p>En lite speciell grej med att vara bussförare är att ibland får man köra linjer som man inte har fått någon utbildning på. Linje 610 hade jag inte direkt behövt någon utbildning på; den hade jag (nästan) kunnat köra med förbundna ögon, eftersom jag är uppvuxen på den (bildligt talat, förstås).</p>
<p>Men inte linje 637. Det tar 2½ timme att köra den från Tekniska Högskolan rakt upp i Mumindalen (känns det som). Linjen går <em>förbi</em> Norrtälje, <em>förbi</em> Grisslehamn och till slut ut på Singö, vilket gör att man går (kör) från flerfilig motorväg till den väg som syns på bilden ovan - knappt 270 centimeter bred utan några större möjligheter att mötas.</p>
<p>Som tur är så var innehöll linjen inte så många korsningar att svänga i, utan det mesta var relativt logiskt rakt fram eller tydligt skyltat, så jag tror ingen på bussen fattade att jag aldrig har satt min fot i närheten av den här linjen förut.</p>
<p>Samtidigt känner man sig så jäkla duktig när man klarar att köra såna här linjer utan att vara utbildad för det, och jag får säga att jag är <em>most certainly</em> The Man. Bara så att ni vet.</p>
<p><a href="http://originaltalkback.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/rutor2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-78" src="http://originaltalkback.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/rutor2.jpg" alt="" width="28" height="10" /></a>Det bor ett fågelpar hos oss. Ja, alltså, inte inne hos oss, utan de bor så att säga i 5E ("vårt" hus innehåller officiellt lägenheterna 5A, 5B, 5C och 5D), strax ovanför hängrännan ovanför vår altan. Och det är inga supersmarta fåglar, heller, för att flaxa runt på bordet och på soffan och tigga mat hos några som har två fågelsugna katter, det kan knappast betecknas som smart.</p>
<p>Men de lever i alla fall fortfarande, fåglarna. Vi får se hur länge...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[I Am Legend (2007, Movie) - 6/10]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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I Am Legend (2007)
Robert Neville is Manhattan&#8217;s sole survivor from a viral pandemic th]]></description>
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<p><strong>I Am Legend</strong><strong> (2007)</strong></p>
<p>Robert Neville is Manhattan's sole survivor from a viral pandemic that has killed, judging from the lack of response from his daily radio broadcast, everyone on Earth. He spends his time attempting to continue his research looking for a cure, with only a dog for company, and with the threat of violent death from infected survivors who weren't killed by the virus.</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>Nearly good apocalyptic horror which keeps undermining the striven-for verisimilitude with too many digitally-spoiled shots (that odd green-screen feel and some useless day-for-night lighting) and some moments that make you groan just enough to spoil things (a scanner that decides life and death reporting false positives and no-one riots over it, a crashing helicopter that goes up instead of down, people being able to move a three-ton car several feet by running into it, magic-appearing survivors, faster-than-a-speeding bullet, explosive-proof and headache-resistant Alpha Male baddie). Though it's not really scary or unsettling, and the title makes <em>no</em> sense, <em>I Am Legend</em> does work overall thanks to Will Smith and director Francis Lawrence largely paces things well.</p>
<p>This movie contains scary scenes, gun violence, extreme melee violence, unpleasant scenes.
<p>Classified 12A by BBFC. Persons under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult..<br></p>
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<title><![CDATA[As I ride the wave of next gen Cell phones....]]></title>
<link>http://beingbongo.wordpress.com/?p=42</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Its been 6 years since I have owned a cellphone.I remember the days when a nokia 3310 used to sell f]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its been 6 years since I have owned a cellphone.I remember the days when a nokia 3310 used to sell for a premium price of 10k and used to be the holy grail of mobile phones out there...reason? it had an internal antenna...that means you do not have a stick poking in your nose when you answer or make a call trying to <img class="alignright" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2612893759_dc8b4e3e8a.jpg?v=0" alt="" />look hip in a public place.Frankly not many people in my country used to own a cell phone back then and the moment one flashed out one in a public place,you were bound to become an attention magnet.I got my first cell when I was doing my third year in engineering.After a lot of convincing and citing some fancy reasons I finally got one-a Sagem MW3020-a cute little silver colored handfull with its dick sticking out like its cheap-o brothers at that time.The rich kids in my college had Sony Ericssons.Didn't knew or understood too much about cellphones and cellular technology back then but the ads of Sony Ericsson in the television were glossy enough to give a 'middle-class' upbringing the sparkle of desire in the eye.And Sony Ericsson T610 was ruling the roost back then.Compact dimensions and extreme multimedia capabilities including a camera-what else could a mortal ask for ?Numerous times I watched those ads and thought that if I ever make money I am going to get one for myself. But since my pocket and luck both are in a constant cometition of hitting new lows since my birth,I had my dick tied to the MW3020. <!--more-->The fone stayed with me for the next 2 years till I got my first job at <a href="http://beingbongo.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/se_t610_big.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-43" src="http://beingbongo.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/se_t610_big.jpg?w=257" alt="" width="201" height="244" /></a>infosys.But by that time it was showing its signs of age.So my father this time was fortunately so happy with me that he took me to a mobile shop at Majestic in Bangalore the day before my first day at office and got me a new one.Its was a chep-o still , a Motorola (donn remember the exact model) but with a color screen and a camera.....I was spell bound ... a cellphone with a color screen and camera ? Thats what the rich kids have.... I was like that rickety slimy character in Lord of the rings , always looking for an opportunity to blurt out "My precious".But my tryst with "my precious" was short lived.Soon after I was introduced to the Candy Floss Corporate world of Infosys,I used to take occassional strolls in the old city on weekends.Reasons being lack of friends and absolute disinterest in matters which others found interesting.So one such weekend I suddenly happened to see a SE T610 on display and my longing for the new precious overwhelmed me so much that I spent most of my entire months meagre salary in exchanging the motorola with the brand new SE T610.And it stayed with me for quite some time...about a year.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/2613765056_93c78547f5.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="592" height="415" />My Cell Phones after that didn't live with me for long....Had almost all the nokias and the SEs around exchanging my handsets month after the other.To name a few I have owned Nokia 3230,6680 and Finally <img class="alignright" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/2612932053_7228712127.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="168" height="256" />N70 which again lived with me for a short while.Soon I took up a SE M610 which within 6 months was old enough to give way for the monstrocity called HTC Herald which I Still carry today.Speaking of the Herald it has been my old faithful for the past one and a half year.Occassionally I was distracted by some very flashy models but at the end of the day comparing the features as well as the jaw dropping awe factor,the Herald was still a clear winner and will remain so among all other phones of its class till the SE Xperia X1 comes out.But heres the twist, I really do not intend to buy the X1.A simple calculation of economics and the resident excel sheet has been an eye opener howling out to me the absurd amount I have spent together all these years on a device which I use only to call and browse a few sites including the 42K spending for my HTC Herald.This time I am back to basics....no impersonation of CEOs and I don't have a girlfriend to win anymore.But guess I will still require a lot of features of my herald like an ultra high resolution screen , keyboard(must), thinness, Bluetooth, Wifi and the monster battery life all at a price that wonn make me feel like an ass two years down the line.To my knowledge two upcoming handsets fit that bill not taking into consideration the newest N series from Nokia which is not my target in so many ways.One is the Nokia E71(White) and the other being the 3G Iphone.But may be at the end of the day I will still settle for the E71.I still trust the hardware keyboard than any other fancy input mechanisms and hey I said already that I definitely don't want myself to look like an ass in the coming year(s).</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/2612934511_4825dd3bc5.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="576" height="371" />So riding the wave of the next generation handsets I paused here for a moment just to put things in perspective.For the sake of flashiness and having the hippest handset around I have spent enough amount which if properly invested would have got me some very handsome returns today.I think that this pause was worthwhile and may be having the HTC with me for so long made me realize that you don't need a holy grail to be at the top.The holy grail here will still make and recieve calls and let you surf debonairblog while in transit and the guy next to you will have a cheap-o which will do the same thing with equal panache.The perspective itself is deterrant enough for me to not to invest in the next Holy Grail-Xperia X1. E71 will do just fine for now and the next few years.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A-610: Tout ça pour... ça?]]></title>
<link>http://richard3.wordpress.com/?p=672</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[La naissance de l&#8217;autoroute 610, en Estrie, est pratiquement passée inaperçue, parce que tou]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>La naissance de l'autoroute 610, en Estrie, est pratiquement passée inaperçue, parce que tout ce qui était un tant soit peu gouvernemental, à ce moment précis, était à Laval, en train de faire des pirouettes pour convaincre les gens que le réseau routier québécois était fiable, et que le viaduc de la Concorde, ou à tout le moins le trou béant devant lequel ils se tenaient, puisque le viaduc venait de s'effondrer, ne représentait qu'un événement isolé.</p>
<p>Dans les faits, qu'est-ce que l'A-610, au juste?  Pour ceux qui sont familiers avec les autoroutes de l'Estrie, mais qui ne passent pas souvent dans le coin, pensez au dernier tronçon de l'A-10, qui commençait à la sortie 143, et qui se rendait jusqu'à la route 112, à Fleurimont.  C'est ce tronçon qui fut rebaptisé A-610.  Je ne comprends toujours pas la logique derrière cette manoeuvre du MTQ.  J'ai d'ailleurs écrit au ministère, afin que l'on m'explique, de façon claire, quel sera le réseau autoroutier du futur, selon leurs prévisions.  À part un accusé réception, je n'ai pas eu d'autres nouvelles de cette requête.</p>
<p>Voyons donc voir quelques petits détails de l'A-610.</p>
<p><a href="http://richard3.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/120i.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-673" src="http://richard3.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/120i.jpg" alt="" width="615" height="461" /></a></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#993366;">Voici le panneau indiquant le début de l'A-610, que l'on voit quand on arrive de Drummondville, via l'A-55 sud, dans un endroit situé plus ou moins à mi-chemin entre Bromptonville et le centre-ville de Sherbrooke.  Comme on peut le voir, le changement de logo, sur le panneau, n'est pas des plus réussis.</span></em></p>
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<p><em><span style="color:#993366;">L'A-610 file vers l'est, à travers la chaîne des Appalaches.</span></em></p>
<p><a href="http://richard3.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/129i.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-675" src="http://richard3.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/129i.jpg" alt="" width="615" height="461" /></a></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#993366;">Un autre rapiéçage de panneau plutôt bâclé.  Surtout que celui-ci indique qu'il n'y a plus de services, à la sortie 7, qui fut autrefois la sortie 150 de l'A-10.</span></em></p>
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<p><em><span style="color:#993366;">Une autre preuve du rapiéçage passablement ordinaire des panneaux de l'A-610.  Selon la logique actuellement appliquée par le MTQ, on devrait plutôt voir le logo de l'A-610, suivi du mot "ouest", puis des logos de l'A-10 et de l'A-55, le tout sur une même ligne, puisque c'est là que mène l'A-610.  Mais bon, on s'est contenté de masquer le logo de l'A-10 avec un de l'A-610.</span></em></p>
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<p><em><span style="color:#993366;">Dans l'autre sens, et un peu à contrejour, on voit au loin la séparation des chaussées, à environ un kilomètre à l'est de la sortie 7.  Les trois derniers kilomètres de l'A-610 sont construits en super-2.</span></em></p>
<p><a href="http://richard3.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/135i.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-678" src="http://richard3.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/135i.jpg" alt="" width="615" height="461" /></a></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#993366;">Ici, à deux kilomètres de la sortie 7, on peut voir qu'à quelques exceptions près, le terrain nécessaire à la construction de la deuxième chaussée est bien dégagé.</span></em></p>
<p><a href="http://richard3.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/132i.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-679" src="http://richard3.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/132i.jpg" alt="" width="615" height="461" /></a></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#993366;">C'est la fin de l'A-610.  Elle se termine bêtement, à la hauteur de la route 112, dans l'ancienne ville de Fleurimont, qui fait désormais partie de la ville de Sherbrooke.</span></em></p>
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<p><em><span style="color:#993366;">Vous aimez les autoroutes aux fins toutes bêtes?  À Sherbrooke, vous serez bien servis.  Encore plus bête que celle de l'A-610, voici la fin de l'A-410, au boulevard de l'Université.  Comme vous le voyez, on a construit une jolie courbe, plutôt accentuée, puis on a fait une belle pente, pas très longue, au bout de laquelle on a installé un feu de circulation.  Tout ce qu'il faut pour se casser la gueule!  On dit depuis des années que l'A-410 sera prolongée vers Lennoxville, mais il semble que les travaux pourraient débuter en 2009, pour une ouverture possible en 2013.  Reste à voir si cet échéancier tiendra le coup.</span></em></p>
<p>J'avoue que je n'ai pas écrit beaucoup de billets depuis une dizaine de jours.  À part le temps que je passe à répondre à vos commentaires (en passant, merci beaucoup à ceux qui m'écrivent, et ne vous gênez surtout pas!), j'ai procédé à quelques achats, dernièrement, dont un nouvel ordinateur, qui me fait royalement chier depuis une semaine, ainsi qu'un projet de "blogue-mobile", que je vais récupérer ce lundi, et qui prend les airs d'une vieille Jeep Cherokee Chief, de couleur bleue.  Je vous tiendrai au courant des derniers développements dans les deux cas.</p>
<p>D'ici-là, suite à une question de Sam, je tenterai de savoir où se termine la route 155.  Je vous montrerai aussi des travaux sur l'A-20, en Montérégie, sur l'A-10, dans les Cantons-de-l'Est, ainsi que d'autres bouts de routes intéressants, dont un lien inter-rives, où l'on roule sur rien de moins qu'un barrage d'Hydro-Québec!  Alors n'allez pas trop loin, car les prochains jours risquent d'être captivants pour les amateurs de routes.</p>
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<p><strong>Doctor Who 30.10 Midnight</strong><strong> (2008)</strong></p>
<p>"Taking a big space truck with a bunch of strangers across a diamond planet called 'Midnight'? What could possibly go wrong?"</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>Like a lot of the Russell T. Davies Who scripts this has some good ideas and strong scenes but doesn't quite come together as a coherent whole. The episode is certainly a bit unsettling but not terribly convincing. The bonding scenes in the early part are fairly useless and the characters are largely uninteresting clichés. Nevertheless, the repeating voice is spooky and well delivered by Lesley Sharp and it's nice to see that the Doctor has no answers at the end of the show for a change.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Kingdom (2007, Movie) - 6/10]]></title>
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Kingdom, The (2007)
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<p>After a terrorist attack on a Western habitat in Saudi Arabia is swiftly followed by the detonation of a huge bomb on the rescue operation, Saudi Arabia tell America that they do not want any more Americans in the country for the time being, including the FBI. The FBI know that the first couple of days are critical in finding important clues and FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury, who would normally be in charge of such an investigation and who lost a good friend in the attack, is forced to do whatever it takes to get permission to get involved.</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>Unsatisfactory action thriller that, despite a unique and fascinating setting, never grips until some decent action in the last third and that, unfortunately, makes this formerly serious thriller into another movie where Americans get the case solved in a few days by shooting people. Jamie Foxx and Ashraf Barhoum are both very good but there is some eye-catching over-acting from Jennifer Garner (leading one to wonder whether, sadly, her star quality has gone for good). The camera-work is twitchy and slightly nauseous rather than immersive (for example, when our heroes arrive in Saudi Arabia, a camel is unrecognisable until a character tells you what it was).</p>
<p>This movie contains sexual swear words and graphic gun violence, gory and unpleasant scenes, graphic knife violence, extreme hand-to-hand violence.
<p>Classified 15 by BBFC. Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over.<br></p>
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<p><strong>Descrição:</strong> Essa é a versao completa do Windows Blinds, feito pela Stardock, o qual que, com ele, você pode mudar totalmente os gráficos/skin do Seu Windows! Deixando-o muito mais bonito ;D</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Incredible Hulk (2008) - 6/10]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Bruce Banner has been living under the radar (in Brazil) trying to keep his Hulk side in check while working on a cure. He has been receiving assistance from anonymous internet acquaintance Mr. Blue but a trip home to retrieve data from the original gamma radiation project means coming face-to-face with his past and a present he must leave behind for their own safety.</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>Enjoyable monster mash movie with a number of decent action scenes and an unexpectedly impressive Tim Roth tree splat but, ultimately, there's no depth behind the super-pummeling. Contemporary movie makers still haven't twigged that CGI monster battles are largely worthless as drama and that leaves the college campus mid-point action scene as the best Hulk scene thanks to the Hulk and Betty interaction (though her horror at the Hulk taking out Tim Roth is swiftly ignored). Prior to that, director Louis Leterrier delivers a very nice shadowy Hulk sequence in a bottle factory, the much wanted cameos for Stan Lee, Lou Ferrigno ("You the man!") and the <em>Lonely Man</em> theme tune.</p>
<p>This movie contains mild swear words and extreme violence against humans, extreme fantasy violence, extremely unpleasant scenes and sexuality.
<p>Classified 12A by BBFC. Persons under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult..<br></p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Kara returns to Smallville (after a surfing holiday!). Clark hears her crystal (which he had half-inched, then) calling to him in the voice of Lara. Anyways, the crystal tells him to go to the fortress and, when he gets there, the fortress tells him to go away because the crystal was made by Zor-El. Clark ignores Jor-El's warnings and uses the crystal and is delighted to find his mother materialised before his eyes. The unanticipated side-effect of this is, however, Zor-El is also brought back and that can't be good as he is wearing all shiny black.</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>A bit more ambiguity (and perhaps a multi-episode arc) in the Zor-El storyline would have been nice but dressing him in shiny black and silly boots kinda gives the game away. Both Lana and Lex are repositioned slightly in this episode with Lana moved toward good and Lex moved toward bad. Erica Durance is looking tired (probably because she is going through more-or-less the same storyline she did last year). Michael Cassidy's Grant Gabriel gets an agreeably eye-bulging revelation but the fact that he is languishing in guest star land doesn't bode well for his long-term future. Jor-El continues to really irritate me and, I feel, continues to be the biggest mis-step Smallville ever made.</p>
<p>This Smallville episode contains extreme violence, extreme fantasy violence.
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<p>Surprisingly unmiffed that a couple of stunt people have just ridden across Kent Farm, Clark and Lana are rather more surprised when a lightning strike and a meteor rock ends up with Lana gaining all of Clark's powers. While this immediately allows for super-nookie (and the earth does move), Clark knows that the last people who inherited his powers either died or went insane. Lana, however, seems to adjust instantly, as if expecting it, and sets about using her powers, which are beginning to have a short-tempered side-effect, to exact revenge on Lex.</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>There's a huge problem with making a major change in an episode: it has to be changed back before the end. With that said, this episode isn't as bad as it might have been. Especially good is the way Tom Welling shows that Clark listens to everything that's said to him, no matter who says it and it is him who is keeping Smallville on track. The writers have delivered some strong ideas and he makes the most of them. Special mention for some really cool gloop effects.</p>
<p>This Smallville episode contains mild adult dialogue and extreme violence and sensuality, inferred super-sex scene.
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>The Doctor takes Donna to the biggest library in the universe, an entire library planet, but the place isn't just quiet, it's deserted.</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>Following on nicely from the Doctor's 5000AD copy of Agatha Christie's Death in the Clouds at the end of the previous episode, this episode has an unusually strong premise that could genuinely cause real world unease and nightmares: shadows that eat you. This is strong enough to carry us through an uneven story where the characters conspicuously keep standing in the shadows despite repeated warnings not to and extended sequences where neither we nor the characters really know what's going on. The second plotline regarding a woman who clearly knows the Doctor very well but whom he hasn't met yet is also very interesting and highly worthwhile and probably points to a future series. Special mention for the moppet Eve Newton.</p>
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<p>Regie: Roger Donaldson<br />
Drehbuch: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais. Kamera: Michael Coulter. Musik: J. Peter Robinson<br />
Mit: Jason Statham (Terry Leather), Saffron Burrows (Martine Love), Stephen Campbell Moore (Kevin Swain), Richard Lintern (Tim Everett), Peter Bowles (Miles Urquart), Gerard Horan (Roy Given), David Suchet (Lew Vogel), Peter de Jersey (Michael X) u. a.<br />
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<p><strong>Synopsis:</strong> London, 1971. Der kriminelle Aufstieg des Schwarzen Michael X ist dem Geheimdienst schon länger ein Dorn im Auge, zumal der Mann gerne pikante Paparazzi-Fotos von Prinzessin Margaret einsetzt, um der Justiz zu entschlüpfen. Als ein Bankschließfach als deren Versteck bekannt wird, heuert die Britische Krone über Mittelsmänner eine Gruppe Schmalspurganoven um Terry Leather an, die den Tresorraum ausnehmen soll. Der Coup gelingt, doch unversehens haben die Gauner aufgrund weiterer brisanter Dokumente vor Ort einen Haufen Verfolger an den Hacken. </p>
<p><strong>Kritik:</strong> Dass das britische Königshaus neben ordinären Affären auch in handfeste kriminelle Machenschaften verstrickt war, ist nicht erst seit Jack the Ripper eine weit verbreitete Ansicht. Der Einbruch in der Lloyd’s Bankfiliale an der Baker Street September 1971 ist ein Beispiel aus neuerer Zeit und die auferlegte Sperrfrist bis 2054 für die Offenlegung der Akten Gewähr dafür, dass die sicherlich not amused'e Elizabeth II ein erneutes Aufflammen des Skandals nicht mehr erleben muss.</p>
<p>BANK JOB fußt auf den Ereignissen jenes "Walkie-Talkie Bank Jobs" (wie er im Volksmund genannt wurde) und bedient sich eines Stils, der dem der Filme Guy Ritchies in seinen besten Zeiten (BUBE, DAME, KÖNIG, GRAS; SNATCH – SCHWEINE UND DIAMANTEN) sehr nahe kommt: Schnelle Schnittfolgen, sprunghafte Wechsel der Handlungsorte, zulangender Gebrauch der Filmmusik und eine Darstellung der Londoner Unterwelt, wie sie mit großen Haien, kleinen Fischen, Mitläufern und Halbseidenen bevölkert ist. Die Bilder sind immer um einige Lux zu dunkel gehalten, erscheinen schmutzig, Proll-Atmosphäre allenthalben, und das sanfte Siebziger-Jahre-Flair beschert dem Betrachter ein Gefühl milden Amüsements. </p>
<p>Parallelen zu Guy Ritchie werden aber nicht nur durch die turbulente Handlung besonders zu Beginn des Films deutlich, sondern auch durch die kurz und knackig typisierten Gestalten. Allen voran Jason Statham, der schon in den oben genannten Werken mitgewirkt hat. Als Zugpferd wird er die Freunde des gepflegten Hau-Drauf-Kinos in die Lichtspielhäuser locken. Wer sich allerdings eine Wiederholung seiner Darstellung in TRANSPORTER und CRANK erhofft, der wird über weite Strecken enttäuscht sein. Sein Terry Leather zeigt eher einen Normalverbraucher, der weder durch Physis noch intellektuelle Stärken herausragt. Das ist zunächst gewöhnungsbedürftig, aber sicherlich kein Vorwurf. Ein unbedingter Stilbruch ist indes leider im Schlussdrittel des Films zu verzeichnen, wo sich Regie und Drehbuch nicht hatten verkneifen können, mit Statham im Einzelkampf gegen diverse Widersacher den Action-Star heraushängen zu lassen. </p>
<p>Nicht nur im Charakter der Hauptrolle zeigt BANK JOB eine Ambivalenz, sondern auch in der Grundausrichtung des Films überhaupt. Der vorrangige Eindruck ist der von einer rasanten Gaunerkomödie, die mit einigem Tempo die Puzzleteile zusammensetzt und auf den vorläufigen Höhepunkt = Bankeinbruch zusteuert. In dieser Phase ist oft Grund zum Schmunzeln gegeben, der Dilettantismus der Ganoven weckt Sympathie, Saffron Burrows als femme fatale und Richard Lintern als Bond-Verschnitt spielen schön überdreht. Danach schlägt der Film allerdings eine härtere, zuweilen brutale Gangart an, bei der kaum mehr Komik oder Selbstironie zu erkennen sind. Warum die Abkehr von der Lockerheit nötig war, kann auch der Hinweis auf die realen Hintergründe nicht klären, weil im Dunkeln bleibt, was Fiktion ist und welche Details als Tatsache Eingang gefunden haben. </p>
<p>Vielleicht liegt der Grund in der Person des Regisseurs Roger Donaldson, der gerne mal zwischen Action-Kino und Charakterstudien pendelt (zuletzt drehte er MIT HERZ UND HAND mit Anthony Hopkins). Aber wer "nur" einen kleinen furiosen Gangsterfilm mit Herz für Underdogs sehen will, der ist mit BANK JOB gut bedient.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Poirot is brought in when the Prime Minister is kidnapped the day after a failed assassination attempt in which he was injured. Poirot little grey cells are instantly suspicious of the closeness of the two crimes but his methodical approach isn't impressing the Home Office and Japp starts getting concerned about his pension.</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>The main idea of the plot is fine but the crime is not. After all, the reason to kidnap somebody is to gain a ransom of some kind but with our kidnapped Prime Minister, there is no mention of the purpose of the crime and our kidnappers end up looking fake because of it.</p>
<p>This Poirot, Agatha Christie's episode contains a gory and unpleasant scene.
<p>Classified PG by BBFC. Parental Guidance.<br></p>
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<p>There's a big-budget comic book action movie shooting in Smallville but the diva star finds herself in need of a superhero when her car accelerates out of control. Clark saves her but when he intercepts a second assassination attempt he is witnessed by the would-be killer and gets himself a new fan who decides that every superhero needs, er, solitude.</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>A cool super-deed to open but it doesn't make sense for the story as Rachel Davenport's character needed to be killed by a gun at the end of the movie (which Clark also saves her from). The remainder of the Clark thread is interesting but I really wanted a quip when he saves Lana (classic Superman line: "You've got me! Who's got you?"). In the other story thread we get the return of Lionel Luthor (good) but note that there is an extraordinarily horrible scene with him escaping a mini bear-trap (bad) in a miserable, what-is-this-doing-here <em>Misery</em> rip-off which is then followed up by a horrifically violent murder (bad). Erica Durance's Lois Lane still doesn't work. Lionel gets a great scene imparting wisdom to Lana and you sense that Lana is determined not to have a happy ending. You know, I miss Martha Kent. Oh, and, yay! Cape! "Every hero needs one."</p>
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<p>Kara decides to fit in by entering the Miss Sweet Corn pageant. Lana returns to visit Clark. Lex makes efforts toward redemption while trying to find Kara.</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>There's enough interesting and good in this episode but Laura Vandervoort's Kara is scripted and performed unconvincingly. However, when Kara stops behaving in a plot-led manner, Laura Vandervoort might prove quite worthwhile. Lana returns to Smallville but the script-writers insist on making her always say important meaningful things which, as she is supposed to be eighteen, make her sound like she is playing at being an adult. The writers have had this problem of not knowing what to do with Lana's character and it led to some truly atrocious story decisions. Let's hope the same doesn't happen again. No idea why it's called Fierce.</p>
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<p>Buch und Regie: Steve Hudson<br />
Produzenten: Sonja Ewers, Benjamina Mirnik, David Collin, Eddie Dick. Kamera: Peter Robertson. Musik: Edmund Butt<br />
Mit: Peter Mullan (Riley), Gary Lewis (Skipper), Martin Compston (Sean), Steven Robertson (Schiffskoch), Angel Li (Su Li), Hark Bohm (Pol) u. a.<br />
96 Minuten	&#160;&#160;&#160;(6 von 10 Punkten)<br />
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<p><strong>Synopsis:</strong>  Schottland, Gegenwart. Goldene Zeiten hat es für die vierköpfige Besatzung des Fischerbootes „Providence“ nie gegeben, doch in letzter Zeit bleiben die großen Fänge ganz aus. Deckmann Riley schlägt Sean, dem Sohn des Skippers, vor, von Ostende aus Zigaretten zu schmuggeln. Statt der Tabakwaren werden es aber 20 Chinesen. Riley und Sean versuchen, die Sache vor dem Skipper geheim zu halten, was ihnen über den Kopf wächst, als wegen vermeintlicher Fischgründe Umwege gefahren werden und nach einem Sturm die Chinesen an Unterkühlung erkranken.</p>
<p><strong>Kritik:</strong> Die Idee zu TRUE NORTH kam Autor und Regisseur Steve Hudson, als im Jahre 1990 vom britischen Zoll ein Container geöffnet und dort 58 an Hitzschlag und Dehydrierung gestorbene Asiaten gefunden wurden. In den folgenden fünf Jahren schrieb Hudson an dem Drehbuch, das die Thematik Menschenschmuggel nach Schottland verlegt und sie mit dem Niedergang des auf Familientradition basierenden Fischfangs verbindet. </p>
<p>Hudson bewegt sich damit ganz auf dem Gebiet des British working class movie und knüpft an Vorbilder wie Mike Leigh und Ken Loach an. Die Nähe zu letzterem drückt sich auch in der Wahl der Akteure Peter Mullan (der kurzfristig für Robert Carlyle einsprang), Gary Lewis und Martin Compston aus, die in wechselnder Besetzung alle bereits unter dessen Regie gespielt haben. So lebt der Film denn auch von seiner atmosphärischen Dichte und einem erstklassischen Ensemble, das in der klaustrophobischen Enge des kleinen Kutters unausweichlich zur Geltung kommt. Gedreht wurde überwiegend an Bord, Wind und Wetter bekamen Akteure und Crew hautnah zu spüren und die Strapazen während der 35 Drehtage im Frühjahr 2006 flossen ungeschönt in die Darstellung ein. An die mit viel Geld und Technik gestalteten Unwetterszenen in Wolfgang Petersens DER STURM kommt der Film zwar nicht heran, aber jene Sequenz, als Riley and Sean um das verloren zu gehen drohende Netz kämpfen, gehört dramaturgisch ohnehin nicht zu den Unverzichtbaren. Der stille Blick in den Kühlraum, der trotz aller Bemühungen nicht voll von gefangenem Fisch werden will, ist umso eindringlicher.</p>
<p>Punkte verbucht TRUE NORTH immer dann, wenn er sich ganz auf die persönliche Ebene der Schiffsleute begibt und ihren Existenzkampf in einem Gewerbe zeigt, das von Überfischung der Weltmeere und zusehender Chancenlosigkeit der Familienbetriebe gegenüber den Fangflotten gekennzeichnet ist. Die traditionelle Verbundenheit zum Beruf, den schon die Vorfahren betrieben haben und sich im einzigen Besitz (dem Schiff) widerspiegelt, ist vergleichbar mit der sprichwörtlichen Treue der Bauern zur Scholle, oder der der Bergleute zur Zeche. Als sich für Sean und Riley durch den illegalen Transport unverhofft die Chance auf einige zusätzliche Euros ergibt, ergreifen sie sie nicht etwa aus kalter Berechnung, sondern aus einer Not heraus, die ihnen bereits viele Entbehrungen abverlangt hat. Über die Konsequenzen für Leib und Gewissen werden sie sich erst auf hoher See bewusst und zahlen einen hohen Preis dafür.</p>
<p>Der Film konzentriert sich überwiegend auf das Denken und Handeln der Crew, und Steve Hudson hätte gut daran getan, die Rolle der Chinesen auf die der unbenannten Flüchtlinge zu beschränken. Stattdessen gestattet er sich eine Nebenhandlung um die 12-jährige Su Li, die sich abseits der Gruppe als blinder Passagier an Bord versteckt und schließlich vom einfach gestrickten Schiffskoch entdeckt wird. Das geht zwar zu Herzen, verleiht der Geschichte aber zeitweise etwas Rührseliges, das nicht mit der Rauheit und Härte an Bord konform geht und vom eigentlichen Sujet ablenkt.  </p>
<p>Bemerkung am Rande: Das benutzte Schiff musste vom langjährigen Eigentümer kurz nach Abschluss des Films für lächerliche 30.000 Euro (Pfund?) verkauft werden und wurde anschließend verschrottet.</p>
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<p><strong>Poirot, Agatha Christie's Special.3 Murder on the Links</strong><strong> (1994)</strong></p>
<p>Poirot is a bit miffed when a voyage of gastronomical discovery to France - arranged by Hastings - turns out to be a stay at a golf course hotel. Poirot is soon recognized and has his little grey cells tickled by a wealthy businessman who wishes him to investigate a possible fraud. The following morning the man, Paul Renauld, turns up in an unfinished grave on the golf course with an unusual knife in his back.</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>Quality murder mystery which keeps throwing up new twists and clues but the viewer is only ever half-a-step behind instead of a full step. That said, while just about everyone in the story seems certain to have committed the deed at one point or another, you certainly won't have guessed the murderer before it is revealed. The by-play between Poirot and Hastings is, as usual, a delight.</p>
<p>This Poirot, Agatha Christie's episode contains violence, unpleasant scenes.
<p>Classified 12 by BBFC. Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over.<br></p>
<p>Available on <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00009P9P4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=screbyslim-21&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=6738&#38;creativeASIN=B00009P9P4">DVD</a><img style="border-style:none !important;margin:0;" height="1" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=screbyslim-21&#38;l=as2&#38;o=2&#38;a=B00009P9P4" width="1" border="0">. </p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 22:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F5S20U/pelsallperiodica" target="_blank">On The Buses - Series 3</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CZNZ/pelsallperiodica" target="_blank">There's Something About Mary</a></p>
<p>Funniest part: CPR on the dog</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 21:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>After ten years of self-imposed isolation and total electronic blackout, a SWORD unit gets a tip off about a secret meeting being held with a principal of Japanese heavy industry giant Daiwa. The meeting is intercepted, apparently successfully, but an illegal android body part featuring technology beyond their imagination means that a covert incursion into Japan will be the only way to discover the truth and extent of what the mysterious nation is planning.</p>
<p><font size="7"><font face="Arial Black">6</font></font><font size="1">/10</font></p>
<p>Visually impressive CG animation in a style that is considerably more successful than the freak shows that American animation under Robert Zemeckis are currently producing. The story also has a number of good ideas and strong action sequences but, like <em>Appleseed</em> before it, has a story that is not kept in clear focus. The visuals and ideas are good enough to carry the movie but when someone marries narrative, character and this animation style together, the results are going to be breathtaking.</p>
<p><P>This movie contains graphic violence against androids, violence.<P>
<p>Classified 12A by BBFC. Persons under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult..<BR></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 18:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BSQR1M/pelsallperiodica" target="_blank"><span class="sans"><span>On The Buses - Series 2</span> </span></a></p>
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