Entry for January 18, 2006

Well, talk about sour grapes.

www.didntialreadypayforthismovie.com lists a whole load of companies you “should boycott” because they showed adverts for their products….AFTER the movie start time! Oh the horror!

I mean honestly. Does anyone get that irate about these things?

OK, if there’s 30 minutes of adverts before the films starts, yeah I get a little narked, but cinemas have to find a way to make money. Most of them lose money on ticket sales, so expensive food, adverts and trailers are the only way for them to make money.

It all goes back to an opinion piece I read years ago:

“If you leave the room during the advert breaks while watching your favourite TV show, you’re stealing TV.”

Ouch.

And on the way home, I was waiting at a busy bus stop. Four different stops all in a row.

Ever noticed how some busses seem to be the bully boys of the block? Take the 44. It’s a popular bus, so everyone want to get on it. As a result, every other bus had to wait for it to get finished before they could load up and move on.

Battlefield 2 Morons

Urgh!

What idiots!

I’m trying to patch my Battlefield 2 game for the latest updates, and it gives the error:

“You need 3000Mb space on your hard drive to run this patch.”

It’s clearly talking about my C: drive, which is basically Windows plus a bit of spare space. Not only is the patch sitting on a different drive (with 17Gb spare), but so is the game!

Harry Potter and the Unsuitable Scenes For Young Children

Saw the new Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Very good, but I was a bit concerned. In the UK, it’s a 12A certificate, so any child (of any age) can see it if accompanied by an adult. Presumably this is to pander to the kiddies who read Harry Potter.

There were some very young children in the audience, and I didn’t think it was wholly suitable for them, particularly the final scene with Harry, Worm-Tail and You-Know-Who.

Still, if Alec Guiness can cut a man’s entire arm off with a lightsaber and get the film a PG certificate…

Barbie?!?

While watching the adverts before the new Harry Potter (and the Goblet of Fire), I saw an advert that chilled me to the bone.

Girls Aloud are designing outfits for Barbie.

There’s a good Internet acronym that sums up exactly how I felt. WTF?!?

The whole world’s gone mad. Mad, I tell you!

Entry for November 22, 2005, Ammendum

Am I the only one who doesn’t find those Paramount Comedy channel links funny?

It’s not just that they only seem to have four jokes, it’s also that they usually talk over audio gags at the end credits of other shows, indicating beyond all shadow of doubt that they are pre-recorded and computer delivered.

Ironic really. A comedy channel with the least funny links between shows.

Entry for November 22, 2005

When did PC manufacturers stop giving you basic stuff with your new PC?

I’m talking about reall y basic stuff here. Like the operating system installation CD (which I’ve paid for), or the manufacturer’s disk for the ATA hard drive.

Seriously.