What’s up with the weather, and other ramblings?

I don’t get it. Today in Durban it was supposed to be a very wet, very cold 20 C max. Paul was even on my case about taking a half day in case it snowed in the Midlands. But while the rest of South Africa is apparently freezing, Durbanites work up to clear skies, bright sunshine and a comfortable warm morning. The weather reports have been very wrong lately. It’s weird having a Winter that is essentially free of lazy, stay-in-you-pyjamas, curl-up-under-a-blanket-and-watch-DVDs days. I was swimming in July, for goodness sakes…

In totally unrelated news, the sequel to Batman Begins has a name: The Dark Knight! And the Joker has been cast. It’s…. Heath Ledger. Um, yeah…
















Am I the only one disappointed by the new Batman franchise? In making things more "realistic", they're stripping the villains of their dramatic, iconic power. The treatment of the Scarecrow was disastrous in Batman Begins. Jonathan Carne became just a sicko who liked to run around with a maggoty sack on his head.

It's going to be a serious challenge for Ledger to escape from the shadow of Jack Nicholson's unforgettable, over-the-top interpretation? “What kind of a world do we live in where a man dressed as a bat steals all my press?”

But who knows? Maybe Ledger will play the Joker more in line with Frank Miller's very disturbing interpretation.



Last night was the second episode of The Amazing Race: Family Edition on South African television. I haven’t decided yet if I like this version (4 family members racing) as much as the standard series formula of having couples travelling around the world. It is my favourite reality show after all, and you do get sensitive about this kind of thing.

I don’t particularly like the fact that little kids are in it- it seriously penalises teams. Plus, there’s so much talking, all the time! The fact that teams consist of 4 people makes me think they’re going to be confined to the US for the whole series, which strips the series a bit of its adventurous side. Trying to organise 5 airplane tickets a pop has some serious logistical problems.

Last night's highlight saw a mother being run over by the amish cart she was pulling when they went downhill, and the vehicle's brakes failed. The woman's children were inside the buddy screaming. It was funny is a twisted sense. The irony was that the family lost their father and husband to being hit by a car.

Oh, and a closing outburst for this post, from a drunk Mel Gibson revealing his true feelings:
"Fucking Jews - the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world"
I’m sure the demand for his movies in the Middle East has just sky-rocketed. Clever ploy, Mel. Now back to rehab...

Comments

Shirley said…
Im not sure I like the new Amazing Race, either. There are too many people and it's just chaos. And Im not a big fan of screaming kids on my favourite shows.

Regarding Mel's antics, words aside, the things I found crazy about the situation was that he has always portrayed himself as the devout Catholic, family man and do-gooder. Yet in one single incident he effectively eradicated an image he spent his whole life portraying. He was in a club or pub usually frequented by the wholesome likes such as Britney going on a piss-up with buxom blondes. Er...
As for the stuff he said-he must have been really fuck drunk AND high considering that in Hollywood, the majority of directors, producers, CEO's and other studio owners and Execs are Jewish. Heck, I think Oren Aviv, the producer behind one of his soon to be released films is even Israeli.
Stacey said…
All I can say is: Christian Bale + Heath Ledger = yum yum :) I don't care how shit the movie may be, it has eye candy DE-LUXE!!!

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