Bill Clinton's ultimate ego in [Bread And Butter]

Today is the first time I have watched this video of The Newbeats, unfortunately. The funny thing is not only the video itself or their voices and eccentric tones. It's the guy who sings the high key. He has such a comedian Clinton face, or Clinton has his face, even the hairstyle. So next time the waiter wouldn't bother to ask, because everyone knows that Mr. Clinton will definitely order break and butter, toast and jam cuz he likes them. XD (another dry joke told by Chelsea)

The Pipettes & Ben E. King

I finally have a chance to hear all the tracks of The Pipettes' album We Are The Pipettes, wondering if 'Stand By Me' is the sample OT of 'Because It's Not Love (But It's Still A Feeling)'. Honestly I like 'Because It's Not Love' better.

The Pipettes: Because It's Not Love(But It's Still A Feeling)
Ben E. King: Stand By Me

蓝色阳光/Blue Sunshine (1976)

the poster with a caption "Blue Sunshine"


海报很吸引人，冷蓝色调，一个女光头带着神经质的表情置于蓝色圆形前，有带超现实科幻片的感觉。于是期待着类似[银色星球]那样的东西，可惜片子一开始的调调就有严重的B片情结，后来更离谱地用drug来解释blue sunshine，尽管上面这幅画蛮出彩，尽管演员们的眼神都有些超现实的抽搐和诡异，导演似乎更倾向于对某某候选人的讽刺。不知有没有人和Zalman King说过他长得很像Sean Penn，从年龄上说，应该是有没有人和Sean Penn说他很像Zalman King？

If we can breath in water in Saw 5...

Does anyone have the same thought with me? This assumption is of no significance to the plot though. I am thinking that, if the water is something like the breathable fluid in The Abyss (1989), the water cage thing will be no problem in Saw VI (2008). This thought makes the scene like a farce for me (Figure 1). The guy is also making efforts to get used to this accidential liquid breathing (Figure 2). Apparently he has no imagination for what he did at last.


Figure 1

Figure 2

What we got in The Abyss (1989)

this photo is originally from Technovelgy.com

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Poetry

I just watched this one of the (most) underrated films (imdb rate: 6.6/10; accessed on 24/10/2008): The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Garth Jennings, 2005). There is a hilarious scene where the protagonists Arthur and Ford are captured by the Vogons and forced to listen to the Vogon leader Jeltz to read his awful poem. Afterwards, Arthur utters a thoughtful comment on it. Though this answer fails to prevent the Vogons from saying "resistance is useless" or throwing them out of the spaceship, I found that this comment rather applicable and viable to all humane circumstances in poetry. So recite it if you wanna save your life.;P Here is the excerpt from their dialogues:

Guide: "Vogon poetry is widely accepted as the third worst in the universe. The second worst is that of the Azgoths of Kria. During a recitation by their Poet Master, Grunthos the Flatulent, of his poem Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty, four of his audience died of internal hemorrhaging, and the President of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived by gnawing one of his own legs off."

The absolute worst poetry was by Paula Millstone Jennings of Sussex. Luckily, it was destroyed when the Earth was.]

VS.

Vogon: "Either die in the vacuum of space, or tell me what you thought of my poem."

Arthur: "A...a...actually, I rather liked it."

Vogon: "Hmm?"

Ford (whispered): "Yeah. That's good. Run with it."

Vogon: "Hmmm."

Arthur: "Uh, some of the words I didn't understand, but I found the
imagery quite effective."

Vogon: "Continue."

Arthur: "Well, uh, yes, interesting rhythmic deviced, which seemed to counterpoint the underlying metaphor of the humanity..."

Ford(whispered): "Vogonity!"

Arthur: "Vogonity, sorry, vogonity...of the poet's soul."

Vogon: "So what you're saying is, I write poetry because underneath this mean, callous, heartless exterior, I just want to be loved?"

Ford(whisper): "Yes, yes, yes."

Arthur: "Yes, yeah, yes, please."

Another notable issue in this film for me is the scene at which Slartibartfast (played by Bill Nighy) shows Arthur their factory on a flying 'machine'. It immediately reminds me of the one in Tron (1982), though full-rigged by technology.

in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


in Tron