This is a list of archived entries published in August 2009.
From an aesthetic and conceptual standpoint, I liked a lot of things about District 9. Director Neil Blomkamp has already proven to be a master of the use of adding special effects (such as aliens) to documentary-style footage to heighten their realism–the grainy, shaky camera work hides a multitude of CGI sins while anchoring the [...]
Here’s something that’s been bugging me lately.
One issue that concerns me is man-made climate change. I have my own thoughts on its existence, but I’m not here to debate that right now.
Rather, what I’m curious about is why, exactly, those who aren’t convinced man-made climate change is happening are so goddamned ginned up about it? [...]