The Canyon

WARNING - If you don't want to know how the movie ends - DON'T READ THIS. I'm going to discuss it!

Ok, so tonight I watched The Canyon. Check out the trailer below.

So, I wasn't sure about this movie, as most of the reviews I've read about it said it was crap! But, I do tend to enjoy films that everyone else thinks are shit, lol, so I figured I'd give it a try. By half way through I was really enjoying it, and wondering why the hell it got slagged of so much. It's a good movie, if you like this type of survival genre ( which I do ). And Eion Bailey, the lead male role, was uber cute in it, which was a pleasant bonus!

And then we reached the end, and voila! The reason everyone thinks the movie sucks! The ending was such a massive let down. I don't know what they were trying to achieve, but whatever it was - FAIL! You see, in a 'survival' movie, one of two things must happen. Either everyone dies and there is no survival, lol. Or, they make it out, against all the odds. They may be a man or two down, but they heroically make it out.

However, if it is a couple, whose relationship you've been encouraged to invest in throughout the movie, you either want them both to die, tragically, in each others arms, or, they BOTH make it out alive. You DO NOT want to see the girl, kill the guy, ( because she suddenly decides to stop fighting the wolves she's been fighting for the last half hour and just give up ), only to be rescued a minute later, by a bunch of amateurs who don't even attempt to revive the poor bastard! Which, after thinking he was dead, would have been a nice last minute twist, and saved this film from being really frigging depressing.

Because that's what I came away thinking. 'God, that was depressing'. Which is a shame, because just 5 minutes earlier I'd been really impressed with the movie. But once a film is saddled with a crap ending, then it really can't be saved. No matter how good the rest of it is, anyone who watches it will just remember that it was a crap ending! And that's pretty much what I will remember about this film :(

Other than the fact that Eion Bailey was cute, of course.

Some Fans Make Me Mad!

So, the title of this post is self explanatory. And today, they made me SO mad I'm posting about it to vent. The cause for my anger is the video below, specifically, at around 3:50.



So, you've watched it, right? I mean, WTF! How dare those girls grab Bill like that! Ok, sure, sometimes a fan will hold onto their hand a bit too long, or someone will tug on their clothes. But these girls grabbed hold of him and frigging yanked him, HARD! I would bet money that he had a nasty bruise after that. And what was the point of it anyway? What could they possibly have achieved by doing that? It was just totally unnecessary. Poor Bill.

I hate how some people seem to think that they can do whatever they like to celebrities. Like they are objects you can grab and shove and pull about. It infuriates me. For fuck sake people, HAVE SOME RESPECT.

/rant

Cat Face

These vids never, ever fail to amuse me, so I thought I'd post some. I'll only post them one at a time though, so watch this space for more!

Note to reader - if you have have no sense of humour, I wouldn't bother watching, lol. If you have - read, laugh and leave a comment! :)

Tokio Hotel Radio

So, if you're reading this, you will already have noticed, or at least heard, the neat little radio gadget, over there --------->

Yup, Tokio Hotel radio. SO cool :) You can get your own HERE then just adjust the size in the code to fit wherever you want to put it.

And hey presto - you have Tokio Hotel radio. Love it :)

So, just a short post for now, but I'll be updating soon with my pics and vids from Berlin and the MTV EMA!

Dogs Unleashed!

For those of you who have asked about the dogs at work
( dalmation and animal rescue centre / pet cemetary ), here is a short video of just a few of them. We couldn't let them all out as a camera crew were there, lol. But imagine this number and add about 25, and that'll give you a clearer picture of what a 'normal day' is like! Enjoy!

The Tokio Hotel

Ok, I've neglected my blog a bit lately, and I'm gonna put that right over the next few days. And of course, I'll be posting about Athens and the show - which was SO AWESOME!

But just a quick one tonight, about the cool new online game The Tokio Hotel. My mum played it while I was in Greece, LOL! She really enjoyed it and finished the first level, even claiming a Tom 'completed' banner for herself at the end! :) I'm gonna have a shot at it tommorrow ( and blackmail clues out of my mum, lol ).

Use this link to play the game yourself!

COfC Presents... The Tokio Hotel

Lobsters

So, today someone put a leaflet through our door about a new restaurant on the island - specialising in fresh lobster. I know there are plenty of lobster restaurants already on the island, but I guess it just prompted me to write this. I hate people's attitude towards lobsters, as though they aren't even worth considering. If I talk to you about the welfare of a dog or a pig, no one will have a problem understand my concern. If I talk to you about a lobster, I wonder how many people will feel the same level of understanding.

Very few people realise that lobsters are fascinating little creatures. Here's a few facts about them, that you might not have known.

* Lobsters have complex nervous systems which allow them to feel pain.

* Lobsters have a fascinating ability to explore their surroundings, communicate and establish complex social relationships.

* Lobsters, like humans, have long childhoods, and an awkward adolescence. They also carry their young for nine months.

* When you or I are very seriously hurt, our body trys to numb the pain by shutting down. Lobsters don't have that ability and feel everything that is happening to them.

* Lobsters have highly developed senses of smell and taste - they are able to 'smell' chemicals in the water with their antennae, and taste with sensory hairs along their legs.

* If they can avoid capture, lobsters can live for over 100 years, and make long distance seasonal journeys that can cover over 100 miles a year!

* Lobsters that are liberated from a lobster pot, seem to 'learn' from the experinece, and are unlikely to be captured again.

* During killing, the lobsters are often plunged into boiling water, or are gradually heated. For some dishes they are cut up, or even grilled whilst still conscious. Lobster mousse is made by scrapping the flesh from the shell whilse the animal is still alive!

*Although lobsters don't 'scream' when boiled, as it was once believed, they do whip their bodies about furiously, and scrape the cooking pot with their claws, in a desperate attempt to escape. It can take anything from 15 seconds, to 7 minutes for them to die.

I could go on, but I think you get the point. Lobsters are fantastic little creatures - sociable and intelligent - and they suffer a horrible amount of pain and distress when they are killed ( obviously! ). To me, this is clearly unacceptable and barbaric. Why would anyone think that it was okay to make any creature suffer this way? Moral issues aside, lobster is not even good for you to eat! Fish and shellfish often accumulate extremely high levels of toxins in their flesh (as much as 9 million times that of the water in which they live) such as PCB’s, dioxins, mercury, lead, and arsenic, which can cause health problems ranging from kidney damage and impaired mental development to cancer, paralytic shellfish poisoning and even death.

Of course, as always, this is just a tiny, tiny drop in the huge ocean of animal cruelty isues. But I feel that the plight of lobsters is sometimes overlooked, and, although I doubt this post will change anyone's mind about eating them, I really hope it will at least make a couple of people think twice! And if anyone would like the code to put the little chap below on their blog, leave a comment with your email, and I'll send it to you.