SubscribeJust got back from watching Avatar and was blown away by the special effects. Watching it in 3D really transports you into another world; unfortunately the storyline was only one dimensional. Some aspects of the movie are truly magical in the sense that disbelief is totally suspended. Cinematographic technology has developed rapidly the past decades [...]
The Horizon of Reason
Exploring the boundaries of logic and perception
Tag: film
Zombie Strippers
“Great tits huh? Yes, but what does it mean?”
Last year I watched Zombie Strippers with a few friends and was amused by its extravagant combination of nudity, gore and philosophy. Some might consider this a pretentious B-movie, but that assumes that the philosophical content of this flick are mere sound bites and not a coherent [...]
The truth of Pi
My idea of a great time: smoking sheesha in Egypt, wearing my favourite T-shirt (ThinkGeek.com).
The print on the shirt consists of the first 4,493 digits of the number Pi in the shape of the symbol itself.
The number Pi, not the number 42 as some have proposed, symbolises the ultimate truth of the universe. Let me [...]
Torchwood
The first episode of Torchwood has finally aired on Australia television! This contemporary Doctor Who spin-off is more than just another way to cash in on the popular science fiction series. Torchwood is more violent and daring than the series that spawned it, but underneath the sex and violence the stories deal with philosophical issues, [...]
Red Dwarf and the Meaning of Life
I have been watching episodes of the science fiction series Red Dwarf over the past few weeks. Most episodes are delightfully silly, filled with absurd plots and cheap laughs. The second episode of the fifth season is very different, as it deals with the ultimate question: the meaning if life. Kryten tells the tale of [...]
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