District 9__deep with holes, but awesome

so i thought i'd post my comments on district 9 since it's been getting a ton of hype mainly from my friends who i respect they're film opinions, but there's just a few too many holes in the plot that i can't look over, plus this gives a good reason for those friends to actually come on to my blog, heh

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problems i have, in no particular order:

-why isn't Johannesburg covered in other nations' diplomatic bases? i find it very hard to believe that the rest of the world would just let South Africa deal with the first extra terrestrial life ever discovered & not be bothered by other countries. EVERYONE would be all over that, I would fly to south africa to see them

-why isn't the main alien ship riddled with humans? studying, taking samples, trying to get it to work, etc. it's a giant floating alien ship & it's empty, really? i'll go inside.

-how can we understand their language, & they understand ours, but there's no alien diplomat to communicate the situation to the rest of the world?

-why was there only 3 intelligent prawns, but they were able to send a giant spaceship through space & time through the galaxy? why didn't those smart ones get the others to help out in their quest for fuel?

-this goes to most scifi movies when dealing with other planets & aliens, how can they breath our air & withstand our gravity without assistance? blomkamp's short paid attention to their breathing with the robotic suits that the aliens were wearing, why didn't he put those into 9? or at least mention they were having trouble with our planet.

-why are aliens always naked?

-why do they all look the same? same size, same weight, just sightly different colours. even ants have variety in their species, queen, soldier, worker, etc.

SO, since the film is meant to be as realistic as possible, i think these are pretty logical holes that the team could've filled & would've fit within this world. BUT BUT BUT, it was still amazing & you should all go see it. fantastic & real themes. a main character that switches between hero & villain multiple times. bloody incredible CG. the film work was a beautiful blend of vérité & archival footage. & many more things, enough that i want to see it again & i'll definitely buy it. If they just touched on some of these things above, mainly the rest of the world's attention to the prawns, then it would've been an even better movie.

SPLATS

right now, INDUSTTREES at 1234 College in Toronto, is featuring my Splat paintings until mid september. They've been packaged up in mystery envelopes, & they're so reasonably priced that you have no excuse to buy 6. here's a few to wet that mouth of yours

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found this one that i did for me mum for her day of the year a few years back

paints found

found these in the hard drive the other day, they're from a day long ago, within a finished moleskine, i like to paint, me simple writer

18

august 3rd marked my sisters 18th birthday, incredible

flat

i just found THIS & i think it's hilarious, completely unauthorized, but at least the kid put a link to here, so im ok with it, so if you got a DS you know what you have to do


my bro's birthday was months ago & i completely forgot i made this for him




i wish i was on a beach


& not with him

MILK - kid kong

remember a couple months ago when i was saying that i was crazy ass busy, well this is partly why



the fine folks at Headgear called me up for another milk dot, but this time it was in stereoscopic! & because ive been working in the third dimension for the NFB lately i knew how to handle things with 2 eyes. If you wanna see the other two great spots move your mouse HERE & HERE you can also see them all in anaglyph (red/blue) but i can't get them to work very well even with my 4 different pairs of glasses. So my suggestion is to go to a theatre & see Ice Age 3, cuz they're playing before it

flo day

it wasflorian's Geburtstag last week, he had a party at his new place, i made him a card & we took our little Zoé to her first party, she got sooooo wasted


needless to say, babies take over your life, im hoping that i'll get to draw soon, but sleep seems to be more important, oh & all the other things you need to do in a day when you're only limited to a few hours

almost there

sleep is a good thing, & we're not getting it these days, thanks "unnamed baby". luckily the parents are down for these couple weeks, their help is priceless.

i think pamplemousse is the best named fruit

our cats at the top & one of our shelves at the bottom

ugly people & a really good banana bread recipe that i highly recommend you make

BABABY

we had a BABY GIRL on thursday june 25th @ 6am!! woo woo! Such a crazy experience with ups & downs & more ups, now its getting to know each other & her sleep patterns. no drawings of her yet or even her name for that matter, heh, but here's a pic to make your eyes explode with cuteness

coiffure courtesy of the icu brain IV

pride in the digital world, showing the next gen to my parents.

& some more sketches

some of the things around our place

peeps around town

waiting at casa del popolo for the ninja tune night to pick up

right: our place into the hallway
left: another drawing at casa del popolo, sideways

bobba on the left & his victim on the right