Blogger's Note: 15,000 Page Views!

Woah....! 5000 page views in a month! Wow....thanks so much you guys! Thanks for showing this little blog love and support so far. I certainly hope that it continues to receive such awesome love and support so that it can flourish and grow and mature.

And....Sorry, I'm not generally so ready to toot my own horn, but.....WE'RE NUMBER ONE! WE'RE NUMBER ONE! My little post about IMAX vs. UltraAVXis now the TOP Googled result!

Since this 15,000 page view landmark only took about a month to reach (from 10,000), the next token of appreciation be at 30,000. Same rules apply. First person to send a comment that they are the first comment on or after 30,000 page views will get a little gift as token of my gratitude.

Thanks again so very very much. And please...keep tuning in....and more importantly...spreading the love! =)~

~Cheers.

Blogger's Note: 10,000 Page Views!

Wait...What...? Wow! We got to 10,000 page views! 10K! Thanks everyone for the support! Quite honestly, I never thought I'd reach this little milestone, and during my little hiatus, I really wasn't sure if I was going to continue. But here we are, at TEN FREAKING THOUSAND! WOOT WOOT! From here on in, the milestones are going to be a little more spread out.

And a bit of ADDED pride? My little post about IMAX vs. UltraAVX is a top 10 item on google's search engine! Woot Woot!

The next token of appreciation will be at 15,000. Same rules apply. First person to send a comment that they are the first comment on or after 15,000 page views will get a little gift as token of my gratitude.

Wow. 15,000. I can hardly imagine. I wonder if I'll reach it before G.I. Joe: Retaliation comes out. HAHA. While a few of you are following this little blog of mine, I really wish I knew who the rest of you were so I could thank you all personally. So please, feel free to comment lots and often! Thanks again!

~Cheers.

Movie: The Hunger Games (2012)

Rating: B-

This movie’s been out a while, and I’ve been meaning to write put my critique out there. But due to extenuating circumstances, I’ve had to wait until now. Based on the book series of the same name, The Hunger Games had the potential of being something as visually powerful and mentally jarring as Lord of the Flies. Instead, they decided to dilute it for the Dora The Explorer demographic. Only problem is, it’s still too troubling for the kiddies, and far too gentle for anyone over the age of 10.



 While I disagree with many that this book / film is an English version of the Japanese book / film, Battle Royale; I do wish that they would have taken a page from the Japanese version. Make it daring, or poetic, or shocking. Instead, in order to placate soccer moms and interest groups, The Hunger Games languishes in mediocrity; Just good enough to be worth watching, but not nearly good enough for it to be memorable.


Jennifer Lawrence gave an admirable performance, and Stanley Tucci is one of my favourite supporting casts. But that's about it. And I suppose I should give credit to the direction of Gary Ross for moving the movie along fluidly because let's not forget, the actual "games" don't start until about the middle of the 140+ min movie. 


On top of that, the side stories just felt entirely too contrived and there were just too many holes in the movie. I mean, aside from the wolves that appeared out of no where for no particular reason, there really was never any real danger to Ms. Lawrence's character.

But judging from the reception of this movie, it looks like the film adaptations for the next two books of this trilogy is just going to be more of the same.


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Critique: Huck Finn. Censored.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a classic by Mark Twain is in the news again. This time, because they've censored out the words "nigger" and "injun", replacing "nigger" with "slave". Huck ranks 5th on the American Library Association's all time most banned books list. What the Huck?!

Mark Twain's writing depicts a time in history. A time when such words were what these people were called. At no point in time is Huck ever derogatory in his usage of the word. But the argument is that it is the word in and of itself that is derogatory and offensive. In many instances, editing out these words simply render passages empty, or diminishing the meaning intended by the author. The "N"-word, is not a synonym for slave! Editing out these words is nothing more than revisionist history. People USED those words back then. As literature giving us a picture into the past, changing the words would simply change the way you view the past. And if it bothers you that much?! Don't read it! Don't stop others from forming a proper literary picture of the past.

Furthermore, editing out these words is a slippery slope. Where do you draw the line? And are you going to completely eliminate these words from the English language? What's next? "Nazi"? "Chink"? Or how about "fuck" and "shit"? Then what? Some people think "stupid" is a pretty hurtful thing to say too. Forget about offending people and say what you mean. Euphemisms are for hypocrites who are too scared to speak their mind. Free your minds people!

"It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers." ~Judy Blume