Watched this with M1k3y and his dead-Xbox-owning friend. Big, loud, grainy fun. Showed them Ratchet & Clank and Uncharted as well. Suspect I might have sold a PS3 for Sony, and probably a projector also… I need a new amp with HDMI for lossless audio, and a big, tight subwoofer… THIS… IS… CAKETOWN!
Archive for January, 2008
Back to (ab)normal
Posted in Geekery on January 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
WordPress exploded on the theme I’m using, and naturally the theme author no longer maintains it. Fortunately, my Google-fu is strong. The theme is back up and running – lemme know if anything… odd.. happens. And Vetti, come watch a film with us!
Kingdom of Heaven
Posted in Film on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I finished watching the director’s cut of Kingdom of Heaven on Blu-ray last night. My opinion basically echoes most reviews on the net – Orlando Bloom just isn’t up to the task but he’s not screamingly awful, and Ridley Scott surrounded him with extremely talented actors who made his shortcomings more obvious. I mean… David [...]
Just updated
Posted in General on January 24, 2008 | Comments Off
I need to fix my theme after updating WordPress with the latest security patches. Things should be back to normal soon… ish.
Standard- vs Hi-Def
Posted in Film on January 20, 2008 | Comments Off
A cool little webpage here shows the relative quality difference between a standard DVD and a high definition disc (in this case, HD-DVD). Look at Naomi Watt’s face in particular. I’m noticing in a lot of side-by-side comparison shots (examples here) the high-definition image is so detailed that you notice mistakes in costumes and make-up [...]
The end of the format as we know it
Posted in Film on January 18, 2008 | Comments Off
The sales figures for the first week after Warner announced they were going with Blu-ray exclusively are in… and it’s a bloodbath for HD-DVD.
Corpse Bride
Posted in Film on January 17, 2008 | Comments Off
We watched Corpse Bride tonight on Blu-ray, the first full HD film I’ve watched on the projector. Looked fantastic, a great transfer with wonderful colours; completely different to watching a DVD on a television. Sound-wise it was a basic Dolby Digital 5.1 track, which is all the disc contains. I can’t wait to watch The [...]
And now for something…
Posted in General on January 17, 2008 | Comments Off
…completely LOLSloths.
How does karma do this??
Posted in Music on January 16, 2008 | Comments Off
Just last night I was telling Crumpet that I was feeling bad that I hadn’t bought any new music lately… then this morning I start listening to my leftover SXSW songs and find “Polynesia” by a Canadian band called Mother Mother. If the Pixies could do this well on their next album, I’ll be happy [...]
Inspection!
Posted in General on January 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Tomorrow is inspection day, when the landlady is personally going through the house and won’t fail to notice the shelf I fitted in the loungeroom. I did a good, clean job with only six screws, so it shouldn’t be an issue. The rest of the house is looking pretty decent and Crumpet is home today [...]
