This past weekend we finally saw “Avatar,” or as I like to call it “Dances with Smurfs.” It was rather light on the story, heavy on the message, and incredibly well done. The eye for detail is what blew me away, especially the visual distortion (presumably due to density) when the two atmospheres mixed. The only thing I thought they might have missed was why so many (presumably) mammals had 6 appendages (4 arms + 2 legs) and breathed through passages near their clavicles, but the Na’vi (sp?) didn’t...
My work just started (a couple of months ago actually) allowing us access to our MSDN subscriptions. This is totally cool. I’ve been begging, borrowing, and stealing all these years to have access to Visual Studio and the other tools. Now, I’ve got them all. It is totally cool. What’s even cooler is that I’m going to be installing them (along with a brandy spanky new Windows 7 installation) on a MacBook or MacBookPro in the coming weeks. How’s that for most excellent
Best. Blacksploitation. Film. Evar