Jun2005 26

Batman Begins Movie Review

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{mosimage}We finally have our Dark Knight, the one Frank Miller
(legendary comic writer) created in his graphic novels, which
portrayed a darker, more thought provoking Batman than ever before.

In
the Batman lore, Bruce Wayne's parents are killed and then the history
jumps to all of a sudden he's Batman with all the gadgets. Now for the
first time, Memento director Christopher Nolan fills in those gaps.

Rating:

Jun2005 12

Mr & Mrs Smith Movie Review

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{mosimage}Meet John and Jan Smith (Pitt and Jolie) - a married couple bored with their quiet domestic life. What they don't know, however, is that they're both assassins, but their separate lives are about to collide when each finds out their next target is each other.

Unfortunately, this movie was too long, at 120 minutes. They could have shaved a good half an hour off the movie, thereby speeding up the time it took for them to find out about their "secret". Both Pitt and Jolie worked hard (physcially) and they worked well together, however, in the end I just felt like I was mildly entertained.

Rating:
"half

Jun2005 11

Deep Dish @ The Family

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{mosimage}On Saturday night, Pete, Shane, Dale and I ventured into the Valley,
to Brisbane's own little superclub - The Family.

Two of the best DJs in
the world, Deep Dish (Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi) played an awesome four hour set, along with the
Boogie Pimps and other locals in the other rooms.

Jun2005 09

Battlefield 2 Demo / Review

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{mosimage}'Battlefield 2 moves the franchise forward in time to invade the high tech frontlines of modern warfare. Powered by an all-new game engine, Battlefield 2 brings the intensity and excitement of its predecessors, Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield Vietnam, into the modern era with the latest, most technologically advanced vehicles and weapons systems available to man.

In Battlefield 2, players will choose to fight for one of three military superpowers: the United States, China, or the newly formed Middle East Coalition. Armed with the latest modern weaponry, players can take control of any of the game's 30+ vehicles to engage in major conflicts with over 100 players in some of the largest online battles on the PC."

Jun2005 06

Bile Inside - Apple switch to Intel

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{mosimage}At Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference today, CEO Steve Jobs announced plans to deliver Macs using Intel microprocessors by this time next year, and to transition all of its Macs to using Intel microprocessors by the end of 2007.

During his keynote, Jobs revealed that Mac OS X has been "leading a secret double life." Every release of Mac OS X has been built secretly for both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs. For the last 5 years, Mac OS X has been "cross-platform by design." Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller said the company does not plan to let people run Mac OS X on other computer makers' hardware. "We will not allow running Mac OS X on anything other than an Apple Mac."

This opens up a whole can of worms. Are they going to continue to develop OS X for PowerPC and Intel for a period of time ? Does it mean the PowerPC based machine I bought this year is obsolete as soon as the Intel version is available ? I just hope I get to use my Mac for longer than 1.5 years, before I'm looking to either go stale (no updates) or look for another machine.

Here's UserFriendly's latest comic, along with a number of comments from Appletalk users in response to the news "Apple will be no better than alienware. Just a pretty case.", "I'm in shock! I can't believe it's finally happening." and "I've already got an intel box ... I dont need another". "The Intel move could cause confusion for Mac users, hurt the open-source Linux movement, could create some short-term risk with AAPL stock, and may harm the Mac market in the short-term, according to developers and analysts" from MaCNN.

Someone on Slashdot paraphrased Obi-wan ... "I felt something, a disturbance in the network, as if a million mac zealots cried out in horror and were suddenly silenced ". Classic.