I watched Cameron’s Avatar today and it is without a doubt the most visually pleasing film ever to have graced the big screen. The actors filled their roles well but the cigar goes to the visual studios responsible for conceiving the hyper-realistic imagining of Pandora; I guess the effects had to be great, considering every 240th of a second took 50 hours to produce, totalling into that (estimated) budget of $300-500m. It has achieved what special effects are meant to do, to immerse you and to be unintrusive and not emphasise the effects, just as in District 9. Although I’m not too fond of the poorly-implemented concept of 3D viewing, I unfortunately didn’t get to see it in 3D as the technology has improved (so I’ve heard) from the vision destroying red/green glasses of yesteryear. Now they make you wear photophobia inducing spectacles. Nice
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I just upgraded my Wordpress to 2.9, no problems encountered (so far). While I was doing that, I came across the K2 theme. I read the FAQ and was enticed into installing when I discovered it would save some screen real estate. Well, the site has now gone through a facelift so as a result the blog content should be much more accessible.
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