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Month: March 2008

why you shouldn’t link to images on other peoples’ sites without permission

Posted on March 30, 2008March 30, 2008 by Eric, your haikuist

Not only is it rude (I don’t pay much for my hosting, but I do have to pay), but if the target site belongs to some kind of computer-oriented smartass, they might do something like this. before after Yes, yes, I know: she probably doesn’t know any better and I’m a terrible, terrible person. But…

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Garfield Minus Garfield

Posted on March 29, 2008March 30, 2008 by Eric, your haikuist

It’s been a long time since I sent out a random link that you’ve probably already seen (but hey, even if you have, it’s new to me). Garfield Minus Garfield is… well, I’ll just let the site speak for itself: Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the…

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Transformers (2007)

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Eric, your haikuist

A polished turd of a film, designed to appeal to Gen Y nostalgia for a show designed to sell overpriced crap to them as kids. Actually, that’s not really all that much of an offence these days: what really bugs me is that these are not transformers. The original transformers couldn’t just turn into anything…

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Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Posted on March 23, 2008March 23, 2008 by Eric, your haikuist

Remember in Spider-Man 2, when Spider-Man has to stop the runaway train during his fight with Doctor Octopus, and even though you know he’s going to be able to pull it off, you’re thinking “how the hell is he going to pull it off?” and you’re on the edge of your seat and Spidey’s strain…

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In Bruges (2008)

Posted on March 23, 2008March 23, 2008 by Eric, your haikuist

Entertaining little Brit-flick with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two hitmen ordered to cool out and wait instructions in the touristy Belgian town of Bruges. The problem is, In Bruges is not content with being funny and entertaining: it wants to say something about morality and violence, too. And having rewatched No Country for…

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