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Well done for not posting on a message board about it then. The guy was basically trolling then you are saying? Fair enough, I can accept that, that's how I read it too. If that's in response to me you are missing my point. I think framing the discussion in such a way is counter-productive...

What is 'it' you refer to? Even as we can agree that this has been broadly the case, what are you going to do about it, who are you going to blame, and how is that going to help? Yes, perhaps. But you are also going to be subject to a whole lot of other conditions as you say, so it's still...

Yeah but Kraftwerk are a blues band dontchaknow.

'Racist' is not the best term to use here, I think we all mostly agree on that. But still. Some small percentage of white people. It's quite possible I'm not white though, that would explain why I haven't been given my Peerage yet. No, it's not absurd. On a day to day, one to one level it is...

Actually, just to go on about this at unnecessary length, I think the sense of being let down might stem at least in part from how the film does a really good job of holding out the promise of delivering on this great cosmic mystery. The end is honest though in that he ends up burnt out from...

'Canoe see something in those bushes?'

It might not have lived up to what people were saying, I didn't know anything about that when I saw it on release, but I don't think that's a fair criticism Rich. The film was about the guy's obsession with mystical stuff and finding patterns in everything, there was no need for the actual maths...

Yeah I had that one.

A mate went through a phase of downloading any sci-fi or action movies he could find and would sometimes pass a DVD of bits on to me. Some of the made-for-cable TV films are really troubling in a how-the-hell-could-anyone-think-this-was-worth-making? way. Quite a few I couldn't sit through -...

Pi? It was done on a very low budget - $60,000 according to the wiki page, that's pretty amazing. I liked it, at the time it coincided with a few things I was interested in which had the effect of adding an extra layer of synchronicity.

Yes, being blatantly silly is a completely different kettle of brown fish, that's just giving the audience what they want without really confronting anything.

I don't know why I'm defending it because I didn't particularly enjoy it as a movie either, but again I think that is the point. It's not supposed to be LOL funny, it's supposed to be uncomfortable. I think it's quite an American form of dry-heave yuks. Maybe you're right and it's just crap. I...

There's a good talk here from Robert Henke (Ableton / Monolake) mostly about how he uses Live in his live sets, not so much about DJing but it all ties in. Worth watching if you have the time. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5496004795361152922

Re - Happiness, I didn't like it myself, but isn't that ^ kind of the point? I hate lots of films and thankfully can't remember most of them or why. As for semi-sacred cows I thought 'Eternal Sunshine' was a load of faux-profound bollocks.

By the way Jaie

Of course, let's just all only talk about how we are personally disadvantaged, that sounds like a great recipe for unity and fighting power. Or is it only black people who have right to complain about anything? It's fucking stupid and offensive. No wonder you get people talking about how the...

Yeah, he is pretty much telling it like it is as far as I can see, except for the excesses. However, just as you say it is important to understand the historical and institutional backdrop to power relationships I would say it is even more crucial at this point to recognise that 'white people'...

I mentioned The Alien Factor on one of the other threads. It does descend into pretty spectacular levels of ineptness - the harsh synth soundtrack is alright though and some of the costumes aren't bad either so I don't know if it really qualifies cos it certainly has its virtues. There's a clip...

Haha, baited! I don't really agree* but I'd like to see her respond to that :) * I agree it was quite crap though.

'The music industry , like most huge industries, is owned by white men.' No, the music industry, like most huge industries, is owned by RICH white men. Being oppressed, ripped off and crapped on is not the preserve of black people or black musicians, although they may be sometimes better...