Posts by andrew llewellyn

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  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    but cracking 3 (or 4, or 5 depending on the "facts") vertebrae is not quite breaking your back.

    Is it not? I must tell the family doctor who treated my sister for 2 cracked vertebrae some years ago. He'll be glad of your expert opinion, I'm sure.

    I think, as Danyl pointed out somewhere, we're now basing our judgement on his public confession.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    Just this.

    Quite right. Now want to work up some good old fashioned outrage? Seen very recently, on the subject:

    "most men in domestic violence cases wouldn't be anywhere near as honest as this."

    "The key question here is whether Veitch, having done something completely wrong, has acted honourably and appropriately toward his victim. "

    The writer considers the answer to be "yes".

    Only click through if you want to end up shouting at your screen.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Southerly: A Trip to Canberra with Alan Bollard,

    Nah, James Cagney

    Will Ferrell!

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  • Radiation: Sci-fi high,

    Luckily, I'm one of those people who doesn't mind spoilers.

    cheers

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  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    What does "it makes you realise where apes come from" mean? How does that even make sense, even to a racist?

    Heh, because he didn't articulate the sentiment so well, doesn't mean we can't comprehend what he was getting at.

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  • Radiation: Sci-fi high,

    poo - bass

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  • Radiation: Sci-fi high,

    I find the mix of music and graphics (especially in the signature sequence near the beginning of each ep), achingly beautiful - a kind of nostalgic yearning.

    I liked the Terminator series - it's smartly written & acted & seamlessly fits in (ignoring T3) with the Terminator canon. But it must be a lowish budget, because the CGI is sometimes obvious, and some of the action scenes (especially what should have been a climactic shootout in the final episode of series 1) disappointing to say the least.

    I'm part way through season 1 of BSG now, and I find it is not just smartly written & acted, but the cinematography & editing are arresting. And I love the music - I nearly turned down the base on our inferior sound system, then turned it up a bit louder :)

    I'm hooked.

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Southerly: A Trip to Canberra with Alan Bollard,

    I don't hear Bollard denying any of this!

    Since Nov 2006 • 2075 posts Report

  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    Plenty of anecdotes out there from guys who spent a night in the cells after being attacked by their female partner.

    Funny you should say that - Ross over in Kiwiblogland, in the tui thread, is suggesting Veitch might have been the assaulted party & wondering why we're not villifying the aggressive woman in the wheelchair.

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  • Hard News: So far from trivial,

    Um... is there any difference at all between the historic & current ussage of the term "lynch mob"?

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