Extraterrestres!

Aquest grup que ve de les illes, o potser hauria de dir "ses illes", és super friki, així que aquí us deixo una petita mostra d'allò que són capaços de fer. A més a més, el tema em mola molt.

True Blood

Well-behaved vampires drink only this.

      I don't agree with The Economist's Johnson blog on the quality (or lack thereof) of True Blood. Or rather, I don't want to agree. Yes, the show is outrageous, freakish and shameless. But, does that make it "silly, sexed-out and schlock"? Not necessarily, not all the time. 

        ANYWAY. I found this piece on the dialect abilities of some of its stars quite enlightening.

The Philadelphia Story

     I find myself feeling a weird yearning for times that happened a generation before I was even born. The Philadelphia Story is about one of those mythical paradises.

     ANYWAY. This is something Tracy Lord (mind, no final s!) (played by Katharine Hepburn) says: The time to make up your mind about people is never. I know it to be true, and hope not to forget it too often.

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

This film had me laughing silly (at points) like no other has for some time. It is fresh, mostly unpretentious, and very 21st century, if that makes any sense. Its female leads are all right, but to me its success rests rather on its males: Michael Cera (Scott), Kieran Culkin (Wallace Wells) and Jason Schwartzman (Gideon Graves). Michael Cera (Arrested Development, Juno) is an ideal choice for the story, such as the film tells it (I don't know the original Brian Lee O'Malley's comic). Scott is for the most part a nerdy adolescent who can kick ass too, and in so doing, he prevails. The story pays unashamed tribute to the comic it is based on in the manner it is told. However, the characters are not without their complexity, with these young people displaying a mixture of unprejudiced wisdom and childish foolishness which I found charming.

A political truth

     One adviser tells President Roslin, in Battlestar Galactica: 'Madam President, in my experience people vote their hopes -not their fears'. 

               And yes, the resemblance with how Lyndon B. Johnson's was sworn in on Kennedy's assassination is fully intended, and it has already been remarked upon countless times.

     That would explain Obama's victory over the Republican narrative of fear. But it was a time of economic bonanza, and people maybe could afford to be hopeful. In times of turmoil, history has shown that voters elect the one who plays to their fears the most. It happened with Thatcher in 1979 after the Winter of Discontent and the 1973 Oil Crisis, and it looks like it is going to happen in Spain.