In the last year or so, with a growing baby who is so much fun to be with, going to the movies has been a rare event. So nowadays, I find myself watching a lot of movies on HBO.
That’s how I caught Wanted. It was one of those movies that I wanted to watch on the big screen but never found the time to. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, who also did Nightwatch and Daywatch, Wanted is quite a visual spectacle (and I am including Angelina Jolie in that). A dead-end office worker who turns into a deadly assasin, James McAvoy’s Wesley Gibson realises he can bend bullets like Beckham. It was a fun movie, though I thought James McAvoy’s baby-faced assasin look could have been grunged-up a bit.
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angelina jolie, assasin, comic, james mcavoy, movie, wanted
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batman, comic, game, mortal combat, robocop, superhero
Amazon Japan has limited edition robot toys made from Amazon shipping boxes for sale at ¥1,000 (about S$15). An authorised customization of the original Revoltech Danboard cardboard robots, the Amazon robots, like the originals, also have a button on the left side of the head which lights up the eyes. Unlike the original toy, I am not sure if this box robot’s can be taken off to reveal any hidden identity — maybe it’d reveal a Japanese looking Jeff Bezos?
Ugh.
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amazon, cardboard, comic, japan, manga, robot, shopping, store
So a couple days (or was it weeks) ago, I saw this comic from the ever excellent xkcd and thought it was pretty funny. Today, I find out that YouTube really implemented it!
The audio playback is pretty good (though it unsurprisingly muddles through lorem ipsum text). One can only hope users guilty of idiot comments will suffer unspeakable blows to their self-esteem from this new feature.
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comic, comments, community, sound, user interface, users, video, virus, youtube
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accelerator, comic, grand unified theory, gravity, particle, physics, standard model
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briefing, business, client, comic, meeting, servicing
Iron Man’s a great comic book adaptation but whatever you do, don’t leave until the credits are over — there’s a real nice extra scene.
I’m really holding back from spilling a spoiler here, but one of my tags may give it away.
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comic, extra, iron man, marvel, movie, shield, superhero
