Wanted
07/08/08 11:51 Filed in: Movies
'Wanted'
is by no means a breakthrough piece of storytelling.
Strip away the special effects and the few Hollywood
stars, you're left with one of the 7 basic story plots.
The story takes place in contemporary society and revolves around a secret order of assassins that have for the past 1000 years kept humanity in some sort of balance. The protagonist is the prototypical 'unlikely and reluctant hero' who leads an almost insignificant life then all of a sudden rapidly drawn into this world within a world.
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The story takes place in contemporary society and revolves around a secret order of assassins that have for the past 1000 years kept humanity in some sort of balance. The protagonist is the prototypical 'unlikely and reluctant hero' who leads an almost insignificant life then all of a sudden rapidly drawn into this world within a world.
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Eric Schwartz makes wonderful
14/04/08 14:58 Filed in: Musings
When's the last
time you realy
thought
about art?
What is it about art that touches you so, how does it
go about evoking an emotion, why this piece of art and
not that?
As an artist I will say this; Art and commerce are mutually opposed. Now, you'll make a face and dismiss the preceding statement as sheer nonsense. "Only an artist who doesn't make money would say such a thing", right? Hmm. The truth is as old as our unique ability to imagine, and if you block out all the noise you will hear it.
The posted video will amuse many, but that which drove Eric Schwartz to create it will be understood by few. And the more we intuit the nature of art, our experience moves further away from the generic and ever closer to the unique.
As an artist I will say this; Art and commerce are mutually opposed. Now, you'll make a face and dismiss the preceding statement as sheer nonsense. "Only an artist who doesn't make money would say such a thing", right? Hmm. The truth is as old as our unique ability to imagine, and if you block out all the noise you will hear it.
The posted video will amuse many, but that which drove Eric Schwartz to create it will be understood by few. And the more we intuit the nature of art, our experience moves further away from the generic and ever closer to the unique.
Has Apple Lost Its Styling Nerve?
27/02/08 17:24 Filed in: Musings
This morning I
got out of bed and made my way to the study so that I
could rouse my PowerBook G4 15" Aluminium (Last PPC
Model) from sleep so that I could check out Apple's web
site to see if the rumour sites had it right or wrong.
I often go through this series of events around
critical release dates as I am in Australia and I have
to wait until Wednesday morning to see what Apple has
announced on Tuesday. So this morning, encouraged by
some of the new styling seen on the MacBook Air, I was
expecting an enclosure redesign for the MacBook Pro
series. What I was presented with
was yet another slight 'under the hood'
upgrade, with the addition of multi-touch. Has Apple
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