The bat's back

Ok, before you start yabbering about the fact that it's no surprise that I like dark things, I would put to you that it's the human story that defines Batman. One of revenge, loss and hope mixed with fear and anger. Too negative? Not at all I say.

Anyway, enuff of my bollocks ramblings. I'm excited about the new Batman movie The Dark Knight. I have to admit that initially I wasn't quite sure whether I would be able to watch the movie after the death of Heath Ledger. Working where I work, I spent many days working on stuff related to his death, and having known some of his school mates, I felt the loss more keenly than some, I suppose.

It's true in a way what Stalin infamously said: One death is a tragedy. One million deaths is a statistic. Millions are dying in conflicts, in health epidemics and natural disasters all over the world, but here we are as a consumerish, celebrity-obsessed society dwelling on the death of one Aussie party boy, if the tabloids are to be believed.

But I digress. I was a fan of the first Batman series, but pretty much lost interest after watching the very disappointing Batman Forever. Though I'm a big fan of Christian Bale, I wasn't too sure if reviving the series was going to work. But it did and it really did show that a so-called Hollywoody popcorn comic book series type book can be good if its get a great director (Christopher Nolan) and a talented and dedicated set of actors (Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine etc).

Anyway, here's a quote about why Bale likes playing Batman:

"Dark characters tend to attract more attention because they're more intriguing. We're interested in people who break the rules of civilised society because that side of us is in all of us, that shadow side."

Indeed.

And of course, here's the trailer:



Enjoy the movie ...

Low Morale: Creep by Radiohead and Laith Bahrani

Just because I love this song. Great animation!



Description from the Mediastorm website:
Low Morale: Creep is a music video of Radiohead's 'Creep' song. It took 3 months to create and contains over one million key frames. I know this because I counted them. I counted them because I made the animation and delivered every one of those mewling baby key frames.

Creep was created as an extension to a series of shorts called 'Low Morale' which I began to develop during a well-paid, comfortable yet soul-destroying job as a senior designer in a multimedia agency. The countless days spent in the run down converted office, churning out banal multimedia and animation for faceless, lifeless, clueless blue chips had taken their toll on my soul. Creep became my creative escape tunnel.

The video actually started as a lip-syncing experiment with the central Low Morale character but rapidly grew into a cathartic opus that aimed to reflect my job dissatisfaction and the pain caused by a broken relationship. As I'm sure you'll glean from the video, they were indeed happy days.

Lyrics:
When you were here before,
couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel,
your skin makes me cry

You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You're so very special

But I'm a creep,
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin here?
I don't belong here

I don't care if it hurts,
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul

I want you to notice
when I'm not around
You're so very special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin here?
I don't belong here, ohhhh, ohhhh

She's running out the door...
She's running out
she runs, runs, runs, runs...
runs...

Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so very special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep,
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin here?
I don't belong here

I don't belong here...

Our time is running out

Just thought, since it's all about goodbyes at the moment, here's a song I haven't heard for years!!! Not since I first heard it on, of all places, an Alias fanvid ...

So here's Muse with Our time is running out:

Another goodbye

So here we go - another goodbye again! It's funny about living in Sydney, people seem so transient, just changing cities every few years. Guess it's the nature of the place.

I'm not too sure how to farewell this person, except that I think I'm going to miss him a lot - he was a good colleague, perhaps even a friend? It's hard to say if we were really friends but he really gave me the time of day (as he does with everyone) and lotsa of great career advice and I honestly dunno how I'm gonna get used to not having him about in the office.

It's funny, perhaps I will miss him even more than my ex when he left last year - in a way, he was patient with me in a way other people have not been, and totally as a colleague, nothing more. As another colleague said yesterday about him, what you see is what you get ...

So goodbye, and best of luck - and I might be knocking on your door very soon for a job!

Here's a music video, totally not relevant but it just happened to pop into my head when I was doing up that page for you:



(Charlene - Never Been to Me)

So where do I want to go?

I was just thinking ... I should write down where I want to live for the next decade or so. So I'll just keep adding to the list. Here goes:

Afghanistan

Africa??? Which country?

Pakistan

India

Ireland

United States - New York

Germany??

Middle East??

My travel map

Only 7 per cent?!?!?!? I should get out more ...

Ashes to Ashes

Why am I posting so much all of a sudden? I dunno ... just feel I should put something up, leave me mark on the interweb, though nobody actually reads this blog, and nobody knows who I am ... oh well, anyway ...

Being a big Life on Mars fan that I am, I decided to start watching Ashes to Ashes, and I have to say, Gene Hunt is just a fantastically fun character to watch. Just gold!!

Here's a trailer:



I have to say, I'm enjoying the music as always. For me, the '70s music in Life on Mars is more my sorta music, but there's nothing like '80s music to bring back the good old memories of shoulder pads and too much mascara!!

This video features The Clash with I Fought The Law. Can I say "gold" again??? =)