That's How It Happened

Memento was a truly original movie, a movie that made it seem like Christopher Nolan had promise. Batman Begins is a major disappointment. The reviews (well 83% of them) were wrong. The first hour is cliched but engaging twaddle: martial arts training in Tibet, art direction that looks like Se7en crossed with Dick Tracy, a very cool car, and Michael Caine doing a passable impression of Michael Caine. I then sat through a further 1hr 20mins of utter garbage. Katie Holmes woodenly limping through her lines, abysmally handled fight scenes, Rutger Hauer and Gary Oldman desperate for more screen time, and Liam Neeson looking more like Yoda than Qui-Gon. Worst of all is the mechanical "big finish", which is breath-taking in its lack of imagination. This film is utter dross, and you should save the price of the cinema ticket, to go buy a book, or some intoxicating drugs. Anything would have been better than this.

I realise I am the last to know about it, but Paris looks hot, in her too-hot-for-TV burger ad.

Ramune is my new favourite soft drink.

Pimp My NOT Ride (via awesome linkblog Robot Wisdom)

Roomba are going all open-source and allowing Third Party Apps. (via Pimp My NOT Ride (see how this blogging thing works now?))