Epic Movie
Plot
Four children, Peter, Lucy, Edward and Susan, all find tickets to an epic adventure but they’re soon trapped by Willy Wonka. Soon Lucy finds a wardrobe and steps into the magical world of Gnarnia and eventually the four orphans are battling to save Edward and stop the white bitch!
Evaluation
I’m not going to even waste my time reviewing this film it’s poor with a capital P. The only thing that makes it epic is the fact it’s epically crap! It was nominated for three awards by Razzie Award
Worst Remake or Rip-Off
Worst Screenplay
Worst Supporting Actress
+ the fact i’ve given it a zero chainsaw rating should tell you something 😉
Sunshine
Plot
50 years into the future, the Sun begins to die, and Earth is dying as a result. A team of astronauts are sent to revive the Sun – but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team are sent to finish the mission as they are Earth’s last hope.
Evaluation
Hmm bit of strange one this. I actually found the film a little confusing as I dont think it set the scene very well at the beginning. I also found it hard to follow and the ever fluctuating volume was annoying. That said I don’t think I was in one of my ‘Film Watching’ modes and thus It may require a re-run. The visuals of the sun were preatty awsome other than that it was the ‘usual’ spaceship sights and sounds.
All throught the film I kept wondering where i’d seen the actore who played Robert Capa before, alas it was Cillian Murphy who played Jim in 28 Days Later.
Resident Evil Extinction
Plot
Years after the Raccoon City disaster, Alice is on her own; aware that she has become a liability and could endanger those around her, she is struggling to survive and bring down the Umbrella Corporation led by the sinister Albert Wesker and head researcher Dr. Isaacs. Meanwhile, traveling through the Nevada Desert and the ruins of Las Vegas, Carlos Olivera, L.J., and new survivors K-Mart, Claire Redfield, and Nurse Betty must fight to survive extinction against hordes of zombies.
Evaluation
As a fan of this movie franchise and the fact that Milla Jovovich is hot I so wanted to like this movie however I felt let down by it. There wasn’t actually that much zombie action in it as they seemed to have been replaced by crows which are probably easier to CGI and don’t require expensive trailers and caviar. Also there isn’t actually much you can do with a dessert wasteland scenario.
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Gigabit LAN is it the way forward? This article is undergoing ongoing editing….
After loosing over 200GB of important data due to a HDD crash i’ve suddenly become overly paranoid in relation to my backups. Thankfully I had some of my photos etc on DVDR’s but that said I did loose a lot of information which i’ll never get back.
Firstly i’ve decided to install a Gigabit Backup Network at home which i’ll now refer to as GBN. First off I have to choose some hardware. Now for ease of integration into my existing network i’ve decided to go for another Linksys switch. Although advertised as a Gigabit switch it must be noted that it DOESN’T support jumbo frames and thus you will not get true gigabit transfer rates.
Linksys GNIC installed into desktop PC 16/02/08
Switch arrived 16/02/08 but was out when postman called so can’t get until monday now RAH!
In order to gain an insight into the peformance gains I will be carrying out the following benchmarking tests.
1GB FTP file transfer PC2PC via X-Over cable
1GB FTP file transfer PC2PC via Linksys 100mb Swith
1GB FTP file transfer PC2PC via Linksys 1000mb Switch
Yes i’m aware that there are more accurate benchmarking tools out there but as FTP will be my primary transfer application I feel this is the best way to see how much gain has been achieved. Each test will be carried out 3 times and the middle result will be used.
Linksys Gigabit Network Adapter Model EG1032-EU
SuperBad
Plot
Seth and Evan are best friends, inseparable, navigating the last weeks of high school. Usually shunned by the popular kids, Seth and Evan luck into an invitation to a party, and spend a long day, with the help of their nerdy friend Fogell, trying to score enough alcohol to lubricate the party and inebriate two girls, Jules and Becca, so they can kick-start their sex lives and go off to college with a summer full of experience and new skills. Their quest is complicated by Fogell’s falling in with two inept cops who both slow and assist the plan.
Evaluation
Amusing film with a somewhat American Pie storyline feel to it. It does have some funny one liners and the cops antics were halarious. Jonah Hill comes out with some very funny girl degrading comments.
Just realised that one of the cops Seth Rogen is also the actor who played Ben Stone in Knocked Up. Also Seth played by Jonah Hill was also in Knocked Up where he played Jonah.
Simpsons Movie
Plot
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town’s water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons family are declared fugitives.
Evaluation
Good family movie with some adult humour intertwined. Don’t expect more than an extended simpsons episode.
Knocked Up
Plot
Guy meets girl, guy shags girl, girl falls pregnant, q mayhem
Evaluation
I actually enjoyed this movie, it’s light humoured and ticks along nicely. I found it refreshing and the storyline was different (for a change).
The only thing that bugged me a bit was the fact that it didn’t have the punch line from the trailer in it buy hey we can’t have everything.
USB 2 GO
While driving around today I felt the need to change the CD. I put one of choice in and guess what? it wouldn’t play as it was scratched. No problem I thought so tried another and that one would only play about 4 tracks. 3rd time lucky I thought but no it just kept skipping. I have loads of CD cases and even more CD’s but never manage to keep one in the other.
This made me think why in this day and age do we still use this medium for music in cars? With usb pen drives why not use it as a suitable alternative? ie
256mb for £4.69
512mb for £6.27
1024mb for £10.52
2048mb for £13.22
4096mb for £19.05
Now 4gb storage for 20 quid can’t be bad and i’m sure you could fit a fair few MP3’s on it.
I will look into a new car stereo with usb compatability.
Off to Tescos now to get some pots! (that’s potatoes by the way).
V+ Tips And Tricks
Control TV Volume Via V+ Remote
As standard the V+ box has it’s own volume control and it can be a bit harsh as there’s a big jump between each step. So the following will explain how to set it up to only use your tv volume. I will use the code 0678 which is for my TV as an example….
HINT: (Turn the volume down on your tv to 0 then set the volume on your V+ box to max. If you don’t and your V+ is set low you’ll need to really crank up your tv volume to hear anything)
Next
In the Home menu press…
9 Help & info
7Help with your remote
Find the TV make you are looking for
Press and hold Vol + and the Mute button for 3 or 4 seconds until the red light in top right of remote flashes
Enter the four digit code ie 0678 you have to do it within 10 seconds
The light will flash and the volume up and down should then work, if not try the next code.
If you hit a major problem enter the code 0683 to reset your remote to factory default.