TV / Movies

So yeah, the only way I could have already seen the Heroes season final here in Australia is from watching a downloaded copy. The current episode being aired in Australia is somewhere around episode 16 / 17 which is pretty decent compared to other TV shows, but still pretty bad.

I remember reading some kind of survey done by someone, that I could probably find if I googled but don’t feel like it at the moment… anyway… the survey basically showed that Australian people downloaded the most TV shows. This doesn’t really surprise me considering the crappy TV programming that happens here in Australia.

For starters, we get TV shows weeks after they air in the US. Heck, sometimes we are seasons behind what is showing in the US. Add to that the fact that the TV channels over here have a great habit of shuffling up the episodes, showing part of a season then part of an older season then the rest of the new season or just generally screwing up the flow of the program by not even showing it one week. It really makes it hard to watch a TV show and follow the season through.

Also, forget about discussing the TV show on many of the Internet forums. Chances are the people in the US are heaps ahead of us so they will be talking about stuff we have no idea about and end up ruining the ending anyway.

So yeah, I download TV shows, and I’ll probably continue to do so until the Australian TV channels start doing things right.

This movie caught my eye in the dvd shop and after reading the back of it I decided it might be an interesting watch. Turns out it was. It’s basically a movie about the word ‘FUCK’. A word that has been around for centuries, used in many different ways.

The movie looks at the word from many different angles and provides a pretty decent history of the word while also debunking a lot of urban myths about it.

I find it interesting that a word, made up of 4 separate letters, can have such an effect on people ranging from extreme excitement through to insane violence. It’s funny how we, as human begins, associate certain feelings and emotions to words and phrases.

Personally, I don’t really find particular words offensive. Sure, when used to verbalise a certain emotion, the word may take a certain meaning depending on what I associate with that word. However, it’s more about what the person is trying to express, not the way they express it that I may find offensive.

I found the movie really interesting. Certainly made me think about how humans express themselves and how we associate emotions with words.

I’ve read a lot of comments about how bad and anti-climatic the Heroes season finale was. Personally I thought it was great. I think a lot of people were expecting some kind of uber fight between Peter and Syler, with both of them going at each other using their powers and one of them being defeated in some kind of huge season 1 climax. In reality, Hiro teleports in and stabs Syler, which may seem a but lack-lustre, but really that was all that was needed.

I think a major theme of the show from the start was Hiro’s journey and discovering his ‘destiny’. There was a point when he thought the sword was the key to his powers but in the end he discovers that he is the one who controls them and the sword is just a tool.

I liked how they actually tied up some loose ends. They could of quiet easily taken us to the start of the last fight scene and then thrown up a ‘To Be Continued…’ message, which would of annoyed me to no end. Instead, they followed it through and gave us an ending. I think the major problem were the expectations people had, and they didn’t just watch it to see what happened.

Who knows where the story will go now. It looks like Syler managed to drag himself away and get into the sewers, even though he had that strange eye thing happened and supposedly died. Did Peter really die? or can the healing power he absorbed from Claire actually help him survive, meaning that maybe only Nathan is really dead? What is up with Hiro getting tele-ported back to the future in the middle of some kind of battle between Japanese forces, is he really the hero that he read stories about as a kid?

So many questions left to be answered. Im glad the series ended like it did and I’m looking forward to it returning next year.

Watched the movie ["Grimm Love"](http://imdb.com/title/tt0448400/) on the weekend which is based on the true story of [Armin Meiwes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes), a German man who killed and ate another man after advertising on the Internet. The Wikipedia article linked above details the exact circumstances and is not really for the squeamish.

I find true stories like this both incredibly interesting and also extremely shocking. The human mind is indeed a strange thing and knowing that people are capable of things like this is sends shivers down my spine. I guess the thing that I find most amazing was the fact that someone willingly agreed to be killed and eaten. You obviously can’t class this as ‘normal’ human behaviour, so what made these two people act the way they did?

It’s not really a movie I would recommend everyone to watch. I don’t really classify it as a ‘horror’ movie in the traditional sense. Watching this and knowing in the back of my mind that it actually happened made me more dumbfounded then anything. As the movie unravelled I found myself questioning the motivations of both people involved. Why would people do this?

Overall, an interesting watch. Not something I’m likely to watch again, but it got me thinking and I like that about movies.

I finally got around to watching Wolf Creek ([Official Site](http://www.wolfcreekthemovie.com/), [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_%28film%29), [IMDb](http://imdb.com/title/tt0416315/)) today and it turned out pretty good.

The movie flows pretty well, but there were some sections where I just felt like there was meant to be more but for some reason they cut it out. It seems to end really fast and to be honest I was kind of expecting a bit more. I would have really liked to of seen more with the main male character. He doesn’t seem to do a great deal at all for some reason.

I think watching the ‘making of’ and reading up on all the hype before watching the actual movie affected my opinion as I pretty much knew what was going to happen before it did. Even so, I’m glad I did because in a way it opened my eyes to how low budget the film is and a lot of the thought process behind it.

Still, its a decent Aussie film which was made on a relatively low budget and it turned out decent. I recommend it if you like scary movies.

Went to see the [Borat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borat) movie on the weekend. Politically incorrect, offensive, degrading, racist and possibly morally wrong… it had it all, yet I found myself really enjoying it (Does that say something about my character? ).

Anyway, I guess it wasn’t the actual content that i found the most entertaining. I mean, sure most of the scenes are funny but I found it far more interesting to watch [Sacha Baron Cohen](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0056187/) play the role of Borat, especially in the interview scenarios he does.

I am not sure if the interviews in the movie are ‘real’ or staged, but you get the impression that they are real and the people totally believe that Borat is a real person. This could all be great acting on the behalf of the people involved, but it just felt more than a totally made up (and acted out) movie.

His response to questions, the questions he asks, the mannerism’s he shows, the way he acts around people. I find it all really interesting that someone could invent and play a character that well.

So yeah, Borat was a funny and interesting movie for me. I’m curious whether the DVD release will include scenes not shown in the movie, as there were quite a few scenes i watched on [google video](http://video.google.com/) and [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/) that were not in the actual movie.

Who would have thought there would be another Rocky movie? I remember watching Rocky when i was a young kid. I cant remember exactly which Rocky it was at the time but since then I’ve watched them all (1 – 5) a few times.

They aren’t the best movies, but they are far from the worst either. A good ol’ underdog story.

I’ve watched the [new trailer](http://www.apple.com/trailers/mgm/rockybalboa/) a few times now. Not sure really how the movie will be. Chances are I’ll watch it though. The funny thing is, everyone already knows what’s going to happen.

Rocky will have to train up to compete in a fight that, it appears, he will have no chance of winning. He will probably get the crap beat out of him but through some miracle of the human spirit he will rise up and become victorious. Sound familiar? yeah, it’s the plot to all the other Rocky movies, but who cares… right?

I guess I hold off buying the DVD box set a while longer. At least until the extended, extra long, re-mastered, feature packed, DVD box set including the new Rocky 6 movie with extended features blah blah blah comes out.

The last episode of Taken was on tv the other night. I wathced the first few episodes then missed a few and picked it up a few weeks ago. Ive got a grip on what the story was so it wasnt like i didnt understand or anything.

Anyway, i really enjoyed it. The story was pretty in depth, covering like 3 generations of familes and is based around the Roswell ufo crash. Had some really cool effects and a good sci-fi storyline.

Im tempted to buy the box set of this when it goes on sale as well. Id like to watch it again knowing how it all turned out. I think its one of those shows where you would pick up a lot more wathcing it more then once.

I bought the box set of Band of Brothers from Big W then past week. I watched part of the series when it was on TV a while back but missed some episodes so when Big W had the entire thing for sale for $30 i thought id grab it.

Been watching it here and there since then, and finally finished the alst episode yesterday. Its as good as i remembered and was good to see the parts i missed when it was on tv.

The box set comes with an extra dvd of special features and interviews with some of the actual guys that were depicted in the series. I havnt watch the extras yet but i think it should be really good. Throughout the series they had small interviews with some of the guys at the start of the episodes where they talked about the events.

I like stuff like that, really drives the point home that they are/were actual people. Its still hard to grasp some of of the stuff depicted in the show though and try to comprehend it actually happening.

Im glad i bought it, its something i could easily watch again.

hrmm, recent movies me and mel have watched…

Shall We Dance – Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. Wasnt a bad flick. Actually had some funny bits in it. Overall i enjoyed it.

The Final Cut – Robin Willaims. Wasnt very impressed with this movie. Seemed to take forever to get anywhere and the ending wasnt that great.

Thought id give this category a run for a change.

Today i went and got out some dvds to watch while i marked. I got Hidalgo, Open Range and Blink Flight.

Hidalgo was about ‘the greatest long distance rider ever’ or so the back of the case says. Some dude and his horse that go in a long distance race across the dessert. Wasnt a bad flick.

Open Range is the new ‘western’ with Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall in it. Typical western style, strangers in town, trouble brews, it all ends in a shootout, the cowboy gets the girl. It wasnt too bad either.

The alst one, Blink Flight, was a true story about 2 guys who where kidnapped during one of the wars and held captive for almost 5 years! yup! 5 years!, it was pretty good as well. I dont know how accurate it is but some of the stuff they went through seems amazing.

All thress flicks were good marking videos, but i dont think id add any to mo collection.

Rented Wild Orchid on dvd this weekend. I dunno how to put it nicely – so here goes.

This movie is complete and utter crap.

Whats it about? – Well for the life of me i couldnt work that out, the blurb thing on the back says something which kinda sounds interesting, but to be honest its not.
I spent the first 30mins trying to figure out the plot, trying to find some kind of storyline to grab hold of – but no. It seemed to jump all over the place, characters would be talking about thinkgs that didnt make sense and were not mentioned elsewhere.

There is this kid in a red t-shirt that appears throughout the movie – and im yet to see a reason for him even being in it, there just doesnt seem to be any kind of plot.

I could go on and on, but its not worth it. DONT RENT THIS MOVIE.

Its a waste of 1 hour and 50 minutes, and youll feel bad for wasting almost 2 hours of your life.

From the worst ever Adam Sandler movie – “Punch Drunk Love” comes:

I want to smash your face with a sledge hammer and suck your soul out

In reference to the strong love Adam Sandlers character feels for a girl he has just met.

Adam Sandler must of lsot a bet and being in this movie was his prize – cause god damn its dodgy… stay away from it people… stay away…

Woohoo! a new category!

*sigh* Reality tv makes me laugh. Watched Average Joe tonight, hrmmm a bunch ‘not average’ geeks trying to get close enough to a chick that they can rub up against her… sheesh.
The quote of the show comes from the indian looking guy when he was talking to her. He said something like “I am amazed at the simplicity of your complexity” and i burst out laughing. *sigh* Where will it ever end…

Oh! and before that was the first episode of “the simple life” with Paris hilton and some other chick. That show cracks me up as well. These two chicks have no idea about ‘normal’ life. Never worked a day in their lives and find it hard to do any kind of manual work. I wonder if they realise that a lot of people are laughing more at them then the actual decent looking people they are staying with. *sigh* Silly spoilt bitches…

But yeah, might have to write down a few of the average joe wooing lines and hit melanie with them, i bet she will be impressed