The War Began Today...

Author: jawapro
Date: Fri 03/09/2010 09:46 PM




 

Just got back from the flicks. Darn good movie!

For an Aussie flick - this is pretty awesome. The book is still way better - but that’s to be expected. The characters in the movie actually comment that books are always better than movies - lol.

Now not all the acting is brilliant, and some of the characters aren’t quite right - but it still makes for a great time. Not only is it on my to-buy dvd list, I’m quite tempted to go and see it again at the movies at least once, so that’s pretty high praise.

So if you want my recommendation - go and watch it. Some of the early scenes have a bit of cringe factor with some of the acting, but when it gets rolling, it’s awesome.

There are some things I want to complain about though - so if you haven’t read the books, you can ignore the rest of the post.

Robyn - she’s over-the-top in this. Robyn in the books was Christian, and that was a very important part of who she was - but she wasn’t this stereotyped and over-the-top.

Chris - ok, so it’s been a while since I’ve read this, but this isn’t how I remembered Chris. It’s not completely wrong, but it’s a very different take than the one I remembered imagining while reading the book.

Fi - Fi should be far better looking than Ellie. That’s the first thing that hit me when I saw the posters too. Ellie should not outshine Fi. But maybe that’s just me - my mates thought Fi was pretty hot.
In the movie Fi doesn’t think she’s beautiful - but I don’t remember her having a body image issue in the books. I think it’s time I read them again.

Homer - Homer’s Homer. They did a pretty good job here, although I think he might be a little more.. destructive in the start than he was in the books.

Kevin and Corrie are ok - although I don’t remember the barn conversation from the books.

Ellie’s dog shouldn’t be dead. In the books she was still alive, but only just. Personally I found that far worse.

What else? Ellie wouldn’t have ridden a dirt bike into town with no helmet at the start, and when they’re driving the truck, they would have been ducking more - but they’re small issues.

On the whole it’s a great story - so you should defiantly give it a go. And if you’ve seen it  - what did you think?

 
It’s time to go to war...


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Lego Micro Spirit

Author: jawapro
Date: Thu 02/09/2010 10:59 PM




 

Tomorrow is Richie’s last day at work (end of contract) - so as a farewell gift, I made him a micro Lego Spirit. Not as awesome as the whopping great huge one Aaron made - but a nice little gift I think. This was my first real attempt at scaling something down - and I think it went quite nicely.

Good luck Richie! Hope you find work soon! It’ll be odd not having another Lego fan at work now.




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Tomorrow when the War Began begins tomorrow.

Author: jawapro
Date: Wed 01/09/2010 09:11 PM




 

Have you read Tomorrow When the War Began? If not - you should. If you have, you should probably read it again. It’s fantastic.

John Marsden - easily the equal best Australian author (with Matthew Reilly) in the last 100 years, wrote a fantastic series of books that started with TWTWB. Officially known as the Tomorrow series, most people call it by the first book: Tomorrow When the War Began.

I only read them a few years ago, and I couldn’t put them down.

And starting tomorrow (Thurs) it is opening in cinemas as a movie. Good Australian movies are few and far between - but this one has serious potential, simply because of the story it’s based on.

Will this be the best Australian movie since The Man From Snowy River? Who can tell. But even if the movie sucks, you should read the books just to know what could have been. On the other hand, this may finally be the Australian movie we can be proud of. We’ll see…

So as soon as I can, I’ll be joining Ellie and her friends as they march out of Hell and into war.


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Snow!

Author: jawapro
Date: Sun 29/08/2010 09:08 PM




 

I decided to stay in Devonport this weekend, and went to church at Ulverstone. It’s very similar to our church, so I feel pretty comfortable there.

After church, I met up with Tim, Tom, James, Jason, Wes, Bec, and Ek and headed up to the snow at Lake McKenzie. A few of them had been last weekend, but enjoyed it enough to go back.

 
 
This time it was Tim’s Maverick, Jason’s Patrol, and my Pajero (Oscar). For the first time ever, I went on a trip with Jason, and I didn’t break anything! He did though - he was behind Tim’s car and Tim kicked up a rock and it hit Jason’s windscreen. The windscreen was intact, but seriously compromised with cracks running the full height of it.

At least it wasn’t me this time!!!

The road was slippery - but not challenging. Someone had taken a Hyundi Excel up there - so the 4wds weren’t really necessary.

 

That said - this guy needed some assistance. He’d been forced off the road by and oncoming vehicle and gotten stuck. The Jackaroo tried to pull him out, but it lost traction too - so Tim’s Maverick connected to him and the three-way recovery got underway.

 

When we got to the snow Tim and the others who’d been there before were disappointed as there was far less. But we still had some fun.

 

Sadly the snowboarding didn’t work as well as hoped.

 

As expected - it soon degenerated into a snowball war. (that white dot in the air is a snowball). Sadly I can’t throw for toffee.

 

During the war, Bec and Ek built snowmen. So much for supporting the cause!

 

As will all wars - the arms race soon saw traditional weapons being upgraded with more powerful versions.

I suggested putting a bit of snow on top of my car to see if it would make it back down to Devonport - but as always, Tim decided to take things to the extreme.

 

That’s a lot of snow! Thanks guys...

 

If it wasn’t for the roofracks, I think my roof would be dented.

 

Tim and Tom built snowmen simply to drive into them.

 

After missing the first time, Jim had a second attempt in the Maverick.

 

Wasn’t game to keep the snow up there for long, so we took it off again.

There was still enough snow to have a small snowfight at the Macdonalds carpark in Devonport when we got home again.

A very fun trip -  but still nothing compared to the snow in Europe. Thanks heaps guys - especially to Bec and Ek who were brave enough to come along in Oscar.



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Pointless weekend

Author: jawapro
Date: Tue 24/08/2010 07:27 PM




Well - that achieved a lot...

I was going to go to Strahan this weekend with some of my mates - but they pulled out so I didn't go. Instead I went down to Hobart to see my sister graduate. That bit was successful, but the more important reason was to go and buy a GPS at Anaconda who were having a nice sale - but they'd sold out.

I did buy myself a new couch in Launceston, but I couldn't bring that home because it was raining.

My new coat arrived from ebay. It's fantastic - I love it - but it doesn't fit me. Sadly no matter how much weight I might lose, I don't think my shoulders will get narrower.

I attempted to lodge my taxes for the second time, and yet again it appears I'll owe them money. So much for using a refund to pay for the couch...

Oh yeah - and Australia went stupid in the election and didn't vote in a government.

Almost half of Australians proved they are idiots and voted for Labour. At least they aren't all complete idiots - those guys voted for the Greens.

So now we don't know who will be running the country. Depending how you look at it, you could say it's win-win or lose-lose. If Labour gets in, we'll get the NBN (Fibre to the Node Broadband) which is probably a stupid idea for the country, but that won't stop me from using it. And if Labour loses power, well we'll get a decent government. I'd prefer a decent government to a stupidly expensive NBN, but I'll take what I can get.

What a great weekend.


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