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Jan. 15th, 2006 12:11 pmLast week, it took me five attempts before I could find a version of Battlestar Galactica that my computer would play - this week I've tried three four so far without success. I don't understand why there's a problem when I don't ever seem to have the same difficulty with other shows, so I have no idea if it's got something to do with whatever software people are using to compress the original version for seeding. Whatever the reason, it's very annoying.
The chances of me going to see Harry Potter have diminished significantly since my attention span seems to be well below what I'd need to sit through getting on for 3 hours of movie. I'm actually having problems sitting through episodes of tv shows without getting up and wandering off, so movies are right out. However, courtesy of Amazon dvd rental, I'm catching up with all sorts of stuff at the moment, though I still haven't bought any more dvds as a result of it so somehow I doubt I'm their target audience (though I'm giving serious consideration to the Cowboy Bebop boxsets at the moment so they may get me yet...).
Anyway, last night's movie was S.W.A.T. Boy, if I'd paid good money to see this pile of stupid crap in the cinema I'd be pissed. I don't get the whole Colin Farrell thing anyway, since he can barely act (imo, of course) and isn't even exceptional eye-candy. I only put the movie on my list due to the appearance of Josh Charles (who was much hotter... the sight of him in the whole S.W.A.T. outfit, holsters and all, was worth the price of rental for me anyway!).
I guess the most bizarre thing was that they go through the trouble of bringing in the whole tired cliche of the girl-with-a-guy's-name, the Token Woman whose application wouldn't have been considered if she had a proper girly name and who kicks arse (played by whatsername from Lost). Except that we never actually see Token Woman do so - she's supposed to have kicked arse off-screen before we meet her, but after that Token Woman is barely allowed to break a sweat throughout the entirety of the rest of the movie.
In fact, Token Woman doesn't really get to do very much at all, other than to squeeze through a small gap (well, at least she's useful for something!), accompany Our Hero to a bar and be the doting mother of a cute child whose birthday party gets way more airtime than anything else Token Woman does. Oh, and she's the one who gets shot, of course, but in an aesthetically pleasing way that requires a sling and not plastic surgery or major physical therapy.
I kept thinking 'okay, any minute now they're going to make Token Woman kick someone's arse' and it never happens. In fact, really none of them particularly exert themselves (except for Colin Farrell and that's done in a nighttime fight scene where you can't see most of what's going on), leaving me feeling like this movie was a pallid version of what it might have been. I guess after a steady diet of Hong Kong movies, I like to see my protagonists put some effort into what they're doing...
The chances of me going to see Harry Potter have diminished significantly since my attention span seems to be well below what I'd need to sit through getting on for 3 hours of movie. I'm actually having problems sitting through episodes of tv shows without getting up and wandering off, so movies are right out. However, courtesy of Amazon dvd rental, I'm catching up with all sorts of stuff at the moment, though I still haven't bought any more dvds as a result of it so somehow I doubt I'm their target audience (though I'm giving serious consideration to the Cowboy Bebop boxsets at the moment so they may get me yet...).
Anyway, last night's movie was S.W.A.T. Boy, if I'd paid good money to see this pile of stupid crap in the cinema I'd be pissed. I don't get the whole Colin Farrell thing anyway, since he can barely act (imo, of course) and isn't even exceptional eye-candy. I only put the movie on my list due to the appearance of Josh Charles (who was much hotter... the sight of him in the whole S.W.A.T. outfit, holsters and all, was worth the price of rental for me anyway!).
I guess the most bizarre thing was that they go through the trouble of bringing in the whole tired cliche of the girl-with-a-guy's-name, the Token Woman whose application wouldn't have been considered if she had a proper girly name and who kicks arse (played by whatsername from Lost). Except that we never actually see Token Woman do so - she's supposed to have kicked arse off-screen before we meet her, but after that Token Woman is barely allowed to break a sweat throughout the entirety of the rest of the movie.
In fact, Token Woman doesn't really get to do very much at all, other than to squeeze through a small gap (well, at least she's useful for something!), accompany Our Hero to a bar and be the doting mother of a cute child whose birthday party gets way more airtime than anything else Token Woman does. Oh, and she's the one who gets shot, of course, but in an aesthetically pleasing way that requires a sling and not plastic surgery or major physical therapy.
I kept thinking 'okay, any minute now they're going to make Token Woman kick someone's arse' and it never happens. In fact, really none of them particularly exert themselves (except for Colin Farrell and that's done in a nighttime fight scene where you can't see most of what's going on), leaving me feeling like this movie was a pallid version of what it might have been. I guess after a steady diet of Hong Kong movies, I like to see my protagonists put some effort into what they're doing...
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