The Onion redesigns, opens archives
The Onion redesigns, opens archives
“Our Dumb Century” is the funniest thing I’ve ever read - the Onion’s archives are a close second.
The Moxie Cinema is (finally) opening
If you’re anything like me, and you’ve been feeling like your list of accomplishments has started looking a little sparse, and maybe you’ve been wondering when you’re going to finally get around to leaving your mark on the world (and if ’stains’ count as marks), then your day is about to get worse - [...]
Review: Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D
Regardless of how you try to justify it, Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D is a bad movie. Spy Kids 3D (the obvious comparison) was the weakest of that series and yet it still towers over Sharkboy in terms of plot and well… sense of fun. Even worse is that Sharkboy commits that cardinal sin [...]
Pre-order the GTA III Kubrick box set
Pre-order the GTA III Kubrick box set
del.icio.us tags: toys, thanks!
TechCamp Ireland
Irish bloggers have taken the question of “why can’t we have more geek get-togethers like [Bar Camp] in Ireland?” and run with it. TechCamp was born almost overnight.
It’s a really good idea, and it’s really encouraging to see people taking a pro-active stance with regards the things they’d like to see being done. [...]
Broadband Update
Nearly four months after moving in, we’re nearing the end of our broadband saga. Smart sent us our modem and login details. So, I plugged the phone into the wall socket in our bedroom - no dialtone. There’s another wire coming up through the wall in our living room, presenting Cat [...]
Google Maps caught a plane landing in Dublin Airport
Google Maps caught a plane landing in Dublin Airport
But what’s with the four wings? Weird joining artifact?
Product Placement in the Island
Some spoilers included here. But since The Island is Michael Bay’s latest Big Dumb Action Movie, am I really spoiling much?
I don’t see how I could possibly run a blog called “low brow culture” and not like Michael Bay movies. Sure, he’s got all the subtlety of a jackhammer. And sure, his movies are based around explosive set-pieces, but you know what? I don’t care. He packs more visceral flourishes into two hours than most directors have managed in their entire careers. Fair balls to him.
And so, the Island.
I wanted to see this for a while. I mean, what’s not to love? It’s directly lifting pieces from a shedload of movies I love. Logan’s Run, THX-1138, the Matrix… Surely, with a bunch of explosions and car chases, The Island would be better than the sum of its parts.
It is. Barely. But what struck me more than anything else was the amount of product placement in this movie. Now, I’m not the brightest spark in the fire, and most product placement whizzes over my head like a jet plane. But Jesus, Michael. Couldn’t you have toned it down just a little?
Snakes on a plane!
Samuel L. Jackson is one of the heroes of lowbrowculture, for the simple reason that he’s not too proud to take an awful job to pay some bills, or simply because he likes the sound of it.
In the next couple of years, he’s got two movies coming out that have grabbed my attention. [...]
Kiss me like the ocean breese (redux)
Technically, can you call it ’surfing’ when you barely managed to get to your knees? Consequently, can I start calling myself a ’surfer’ now? Please?
Kiss me like the ocean breeze
In just under an hour, I’m leaving Dublin and heading to sunny Sligo for a weekend’s surfing and camping. According to Met Eireann, it’s going to be rainy and windy (42km/h). Perfect for the surfing part of the weekend, not so great for the camping part.
For the rain-delay parts, I’m bringing a [...]
Games are art
Just wanted to throw a little Google-juice in the direction of GamesAreArt.com. Needlessly fussy site design and current lack of content aside, it’s an important site. The games industry has just entered an extremely difficult time, with critics discounting video games as a medium of entertainment, never mind expression, and it’s important [...]
