Coraline's storyline (couldn't resist) is too slow and in the end, has very little meaning. It grabs from so many different existing cliches of a rebel girl who finally sees the light, but is too late and has to accomplish a seemingly impossible goal to save someone they love. Labyrinth? Mirror Mask? Alice in Wonderland? Pan's Labyrinth? The backup characters do not add much either as you see them, you get what what stereotype they represent, and then do not get developed. They are just simply weird.
However, because I went to see this, the trailer for a movie titled '9' was set before me. The soundtrack to the trailer is perfect, much like how The Smashing Pumpkin's The Beginning is The End is The Beginning fit the first Watchmen trailer. Welcome Home by Coheed And Cambria makes the 9 trailer that much more epic.
Go to www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/hd/ for an HD quality trailer.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Unblock Blocked Calls
TrapCallI have not had the chance to use this service yet, but by its looks, it does what it says. The website itself reminds me of GrandCentral, a company Google bought that allows you to select and own a phone number, which then dials your house, your cell, your skype (whatever you branch GrandCentral's number to) for free. There are also programs that can create emails or texts from voicemails you receive. We've come a long way from beepers.
And as a side blerb-
We all see sites nowadays that has an article or something of interest, and right below are hundreds of small icons for either facebook, digg, twitter, so you can spread the word of this article using those social networking sites. So as always, when a trend like that starts getting too big, a new site that combines all of those into a neat package arrives. It's inevitable. For these, its called AddtoAny. I have not even heard of more than half of these sites that this widget has icons and links to, but hey, they exist. Maybe I'll be bored enough to look at each one.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
One of the Best Things I've Seen
And on a related note, ish
A glimpse of hope as a species during dire times. You know when somebody is a genius? When they can explain something with the assumption that their audience does not know anything on the subject.
On a side note- Revamping my gallery so please leave me feedback. I can only get better through experience or criticism.
www.EMChan.com/gallery
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Different Season
Half a year ago, I remember wishing there was snow so I could go snowboarding. Its natural to want what you can't have. With the windchill, the temperature was in the teens yesterday. That only made me miss barbecues, the beach and crab season in Baltimore even more. Summer in the city is a great time, but winter is a good excuse to travel to another person's summer.
