For those who have not heard of it, Taken stars Liam Neeson. Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace are in it as well, but if you’re thinking of watching the movie for them, know that they’re in a combined total of about 20 minutes.
It’s very much Liam Neeson’s movie.
I’m not going to go into the plot, other than to say that Neeson is some kind of ex-Government operative who is forced to use his training to deal with a Very Bad Situation.
What I am going to say though is that the comparisons between Neeson’s character Bryan and Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne (from The Bourne Identity) are fair.
But I would say an even fairer comparison would be that Bryan is what Bourne and Jack Bauer’s lovechild would turn out like.
If you’re on the fence over whether to see it, know that it gets a double thumbs-up from me. I only hope they can come up with a reason to revisit the character, or get Neeson to do some more action films before he’s too old to be believable. Having really great acting in an action film is not necessary, but can be amazing.
Recently I got a chance to get into the beta for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, the next big MMORPG on the horizon, currently in development at Mythic Entertainment.
For those not familiar with the game it is based in the Warhammer world which is full of the usual fantasy staples of orcs, elves, dwarves, humans and assorted other beasties both sentient and not.
Warhammer Online has been designed around an ongoing struggle between the forces of Order and Destruction, known as “Realm vs Realm” or RvR within the confines of the game. While you will often find yourself fighting the forces of your opposite faction in the general questlines against the AI, there is as much or more fighting against opposition players.
Yes, the “RvR” term is for the most part interchangeable with “PvP”. However it’s not on the same scale you may be familiar with from other games such as World of Warcraft.
For more about the game’s RvR and other details, continue reading after the break…
Not really a lot more to say than the title of this post.
During an interview last night on Triple M Phil Gould was incredibly disrespectful to NRL chief David Gallop, shouting at him and scoffing at Gallop’s responses and constantly interrupting. At one point he went off on a rant for a whole minute.
It’s fascinating, in a way. But mostly very cringeworthy.
Scientists have discovered that clever people tend to live longer than the less clever among us. People with a so-called “smart gene” can expect to live, on average, to around 100 years of age, while those with the less smart variation of the gene can only expect around 85 years on this Earth.
Another scientist has concluded that people with higher IQs tend to more often be atheists than the general population.
Therefore, if you have the “smart gene” you are less likely to believe in God!
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Okay, it’s not actually the “god belief” gene, but I love me some conflation and these two articles were listed as related…
The articles linked for both have more details. The former is a more reliable study than the latter, since the former is a study performed by multiple scientists with a somewhat decently sized sample group.
The latter is one scientist, who is not particularly well regarded due to previous studies that have been less than well received. And the sample size is not great - only looking at some academics and not necessarily getting their true beliefs is no way to run a study.
Sadly, Professor Gordon Lynch’s response is founded more on the “Shhh, don’t upset god-botherers” principle than any scientific merit. I guess we won’t need to test him for the smart gene.
I’ll address the second bit first. I finally got my act together long enough to get my Spore themed website, Spore Daily, up and running the other day.
Spore Daily will primarily be used to post my own creations, along with details of the creation process, any backstory, etc. I will also be posting important news about the game, links to tutorial videos or other video content and also some community challenges, for people to try and create Spore content with certain specifications.
The first couple of news-y posts are already up, though you may want to go to the Introduction post first. Up to you.
mythor.net has also been updated to the latest version of Wordpress and the theme has also received a sprucing up.
Gone is the “Now Reading” library. I still love the idea of the thing, but I just wasn’t using it. It may return at a later date.
Gone, also, are the old comments. Well, they’re technically still there, you just can’t see them anymore. I decided to also migrate the mythor.net comments system over to the “Disqus” commenting system, after implementing it on Spore Daily. I’ll probably write a complete entry on the system later, but for now you can signup for the system here (it’s free to join) or you can just continue posting here on my blog without it.
Why would you want to register? Firstly because you can use that registration across any site that uses the Disqus commenting system - it’s more than just this site and Spore Daily!
Secondly, because it allows you to rate people’s contributions to communities.
Third, and probably most usefully, it will send any replies to comments you make direct to your email, if you want, and you can even reply via email, and it will show up in the appropriate place.
I will probably continue tinkering with mythor.net over the next couple of days, so don’t freak out if anything weird shows up. I probably just broke something!
Yes, Threadless are having another of their extremely popular $10 T-Shirt sales. Get in now before they’re all sold out like the MacGyver shirt I wanted!
Tonight on The Biggest Loser… It’s the Grand Finale!
Sam, Kirsten and Alison battle it out for the grand prize, while all the eliminated contestants scuffle over the crumbs.
The voting in the poll here on the Recap says Sam will win, followed by Alison and with Kirsten bringing up the rear. Are you guys as smart as you all think you are? Huh? Are you?
I have always believed that all citizens are equal and should be treated accordingly. On the other hand, no group of citizens should be given government sanction and support to promote their social and sexual agenda upon the rest of us and especially, on our children.
Considering the fact that the same school system does not want to allow just one Minute of Silence in the classroom for God, this is preposterous. - Hillsborough County School District 6 Commissioner, Brian Blair
(Source: Tampa Bays 10)
No group of citizens should be given government sanction and support to promote their social and sexual agenda, unless they’re Christian and then it should be okay for them to promote their social, sexual and moral agenda on everyone?
I think the “Day of Silence” is a stupid idea and I would not participate, but they’re doing it to promote tolerance and prevent bullying of people of a homosexual persuasion. It’s not a recruitment drive, it’s “The Secret Gay Agenda“. ie; “Leave us alone”.
They’re not asking that you become homosexual, or that you be silent for a minute a day to acknowledge the existence of a God you may or may not believe in, they just don’t want to be harassed.
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