Broken Kode

No Caprica

2008-11-30T00:13:48-08:00

No Caprica on the horizon, maybe - Why oh why did the frakkin' Sci Fi channel have to get a hold of the BSG universe. A more respectable network like HBO would have aired and promoted this show correctly.

utorrent

2008-11-26T23:49:12-08:00

utorrent for mac - Is finally out of the dark and into the beta. I've been waiting a while for this, as transmission has a very unhelpful bug in that it hogs all the modem's bandwidth completely whether it's using it or not.

s3Slider

2008-11-26T23:46:25-08:00

s3Slider - A jQuery plugin for a very subtle but effective animated slideshow.

Kickback Exhibition

2008-11-25T12:59:20-08:00

Kickback Exhibition - Art from David Lloyd (you know of V for Vendetta fame)

Astro Boy trailer

2008-11-25T12:28:28-08:00

Astro Boy Trailer at Moviefone - Love the music, love the little laugh, hate the fact that we've got to wait till October of next year to watch this movie, seriously?

Northlanders Flickr set

2008-11-22T08:55:26-08:00

Northlanders Flickr set - Just finished reading the first volume of Northlanders by Brian Wood. Definitely worth checking out.

Dell Mini now in Red

2008-11-21T10:36:49-08:00

Dell Mini 9 and 12 now released in cherry red, pretty pink and designs by Tristan Eaton Designs - It's taken a while but the red one is finally here.

New Wallace & Gromit

2008-11-17T23:35:24-08:00

New Wallace & Gromit - Coming out on Christmas day apparently.

Star Trek Trailer in High Def

2008-11-17T15:04:52-08:00

Star Trek Trailer - Now in glorious quicktime.

DC Comics February 2009 Solicitations

2008-11-17T15:01:23-08:00

DC Comics February 2009 Solicitations are up - Loads of good stuff. Notably the end of 100 Bullets, Batman Heart of Hush storyline is collected (heard great things about this storyline) and Neil Gaiman's Batman storyline is here as well.

The Killers on the MTV Music Awards

2008-11-17T14:47:49-08:00

The Killers on the MTV Music Awards - They should forget doing a video clip, they couldn't top this off even if they tried.

Audrey Kawasaki

2008-11-17T12:50:03-08:00

Awesome work from Audrey Kawasaki - I especially like the colour palette that she chooses for her work.

Together

2008-11-16T04:41:07-08:00

Together - Interesting little note and file compiling application. Particularly like the web as pdf feature.

Star Trek Trailer

2008-11-16T03:42:22-08:00

New Star Trek trailer - I will say this again, I be shouldn't excited about this, but damn does that look good. (via Joen)

Up Trailer

2008-11-16T02:01:07-08:00

Up trailer is erm up - This one definitely looks like it's going to be one of the Pixar classics (of which Cars, A Bug's Life and Ratatoullie are not part of that exclusive group).

Quantum of Solace - Mini Review

2008-11-15T13:31:22-08:00

Just came back from seeing the latest instalment of Bond. The truth is that I actually really enjoyed this movie, for all the reasons that I think a lot of people didn't enjoy the movie. For me there was only one 'bollocks' Bond movie moment (the parachute scene) that made me groan a bit and then the rest of it was just pretty hard hitting action. There is a lot to like in this movie if you're interested in some Bond character development (so he's not just a womanising, gin drinking, gadget using, one-liner throwing, 2-D character. What we get here is something more refined, something slightly more believable (as much as that is possible in a Bond movie). There are elements in the story that just don't really stack up for me. Mainly the water dam plotpoint seemed far too weak a motivation for the ultimate 'villains'. The scene in Austria was incredibly clever and I thought the execution of that scene was very well done.

Final word, product placement wasn't as annoying as it is in most other Bond movies. Usually it's painfully obvious, whereas in this case although there was product placement, it wasn't as bad as all the good guys drive a BMW and all the bad guys drive a Mercedes.

★ ★ ★ ½ out of ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Alan Moore

2008-11-15T08:03:07-08:00

Yesterday I went to the V&A and saw the talk/interview with Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie. I'm not the only one that considers this man a complete genius at what he does and it was an amazing hour. They mainly discussed 'Lost Girls', which you would do, as they've been working on this for nearly 16 years so it's definitely something that they are proud of and want to reach as wide an audience as possible.

From the moment I saw Alan standing in the doorway I had this completely dumbstruck face, with this huge smile on my face it actually hurt an hour later. The first thing I noticed was just how tall the man is and then obviously just how much hair he had collected on his face over the years. There was nothing new there however as I've seen photos of the main many many times before, however what did completely surprise me was his accent. This incredibly thick accent came out and I was initially taken aback. That initial shock was quickly overtaken by awe again as he started discussing Lost Girls and the process and his marriage to Melinda.

I've read countless interviews with Alan Moore, however this was incredible special as he infused humour with his views on everything from pornography to the arts to politics and everything inbetween.

Obviously there was the question regarding the Watchmen trailer, which while was dismissed instantly by the interviewer (who did a very good job I thought) was actually answered by Alan. He did explain that he could never like anything that the creators of the movie were going to do, regardless of who they were. So that's a good sign that it's not a personal attack on Zack Snyder but at the same time I did feel a bit sad about how he saw the eventual movie. The people behind the Watchmen movie aren't doing it because they want to rape the material, but rather because of the love that they have for the source material, which Zack has shown he is capable of treating with a great deal of respect.

Alan did discuss his upcoming book with Steve Moore which is a Dummy's guide to magic which sounded like good fun but that seems to be a few years away from completion. Nothing was discussed regarding the upcoming 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' with Kevin O'Neill but I'm sure they'll heavily promote that in the future no doubt.

I do wish I'd asked a question regarding his 'retirement' from comics and how I hope apart from the upcoming League book that he's got other books in the pipeline but unfortunately it seems that his output will be somewhat limited, which while is unfortunate, means I can spend more time completing the holes in my Moore collection, of which there are many.

Latest Watchmen Trailer

2008-11-14T16:37:37-08:00

Latest Watchmen Trailer - No new footage, but at least there is some more dialogue in there. Music by the Muse.

Gaiman on Coraline

2008-11-14T16:35:11-08:00

Gaiman discusses the worlds of Coraline - Great little interview with Neil Gaiman on the upcoming stop-motion 3D movie by Henry Selick.

Wisdom

2008-11-12T12:00:04-08:00

Six years ago I went to my dentist in Athens, where she told me that I was probably going to be needing to take my wisdom teeth out. Now obviously this scared the shit out of me, so I promised her that I would definitely come back and we'd get it done. I'm pretty sure she got the message after a couple of years had passed and I'd not turned up.

Went to the surgeon today and guy was very nice, showed me my full face scan, which was pretty cool actually, because by and large my teeth are pretty straight, although I think some of the need a little bit more care. The only fuckers that are completely squiff are the wisdom teeth. These nasty things are actually growing at 90 degrees to my other teeth. What the fuck are those teeth doing? Seriously?

The thing is that you ask anyone who's actually had the procedure and no one has anything good to say about it. Not a word. It's all serious horror stories.y.

Six years of grace is a good run I guess, now it's time to bring on the pain.