.. and Fuck Hollywood Too!

(You Lying, Stealing, Hypocritical Pricks)

Is anyone left unsure how strongly I feel about this? I have had enough of the double-standard of remaking, sorry, stealing films from overseas and from previous filmakers, and then taking a zero-tolerance stand against so-called piracy.

The 'Are remakes destroying cinema?' argument is a smokescreen, this is a trade issue.
There is no such thing as 'free trade', it is just Nuevo Protectionism, and Hollywood is yet another example of American financial and cultural imperialism.

Quarantine (Film Review/study of the Hollywood virus)

I put on a dvd called Quarantine - it's a new release horror film, I was not expecting brilliance, as I picked it at random - I've seen a lot of good films by just picking at random (and I've seen a lot of rubbish too).
The opening shot has Jennifer Carpenter (the actor who plays Dexter's sister in the TV series Dexter) standing with a microphone in hand in front of a fire station - she's a news reporter.

chop and flop

Now I have chopped and flopped the handlebars.

my new old bike

I found this 1985 Miyata 310 in a shed where it had been for nearly 15 years, covered in a tarpaulin. I decided to turn it into a fixed or single speed, as I have been getting back in to cycling now that I live in Fitzroy and needed a challenge.