After an earlier attempt wasn’t that successful I’ve tried again to upgrade Wordpress, this time from 2.3.3 to 2.9.2.

The catalyst for this was me wanting a new layout (one with a larger font) and these don’t really work with the old Wordpress versions anymore.

I just hope that the performance of the scripts is OK…

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Deutsche Version | January (Part 2)

February, 13th

Superman Returns

Director: Bryan Singer

Brandon Routh   …    Clark Kent / Superman
Kate Bosworth   …    Lois Lane
Kevin Spacey   …    Lex Luthor
James Marsden   …    Richard White
Parker Posey   …    Kitty Kowalski
Frank Langella   …    Perry White
Sam Huntington   …    Jimmy Olsen
Kal Penn    …    Stanford

Synopsis: Nobody has seen or heard from Superman in five years. In the meantime Lois Lane has become a mommy and she’s written the Pulitzer-winning article “Why the World Doesn’t Need Superman”. But now Clark is back from what is left of Krypton and he’s needed right now again: Lex Luthor has stolen Kryptionian crystals from the Fortress and wants to build a new continent – at the expense of that small island called North America.

My Opinion: It took me some time to really get used to that movie. Mainly because I was mad at Bryan Singer for abandoning the X-Men project which resulted in The Last Stand. But now with a few years distance, I like this movie.
Some elements are still very comic-like, like Lex’s behaviour at some points of the story but that is fully outweighed by the moments he’s truly evil.
I also like Brandon Routh’s portrayal of Clark/Superman. While Christopher Reeve’s Clark was a bit of a douchebag that I didn’t like very much, they chose to do it differently here. He’s just a nobody who lingers in the background and isn’t noticed by anybody but Jimmy. Lois couldn’t care less about him in any way – which makes it believable that she doesn’t see Superman in him. For me that works.
Speaking of realism (;) ): The one scene I didn’t buy was when Superman lifted that island out into space while he still had a piece of Kryptonite stuck in his side and was exposed to the other K in the island. If Lex can beat him up just because he’s around it, he should have never been able to lift that weight. So much for in-universe consistency…

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Few years ago I’ve written myself my own Amazon Price Observer. Today I translated the project to English.

Check it out: Amazon Price Observer

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My idea for a proper “King of the Lab” flag:

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How it began.

One Month Later.

11/06/2009:

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It’s September 10th and Christmas has begun in the local supermarket…

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Some guys have put real effort in re-cutting trailers of movies in order to give them a whole new meaning (If something like this happens in a TV show, it’s called a Retcon).

It’s very funny, especially if you know the actual movies:

Not a retcon, but driving the point home:

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Tags: 2012 · Back to the Future · Blue Velvet · Good Will Hunting · Mrs. Doubtfire · Shining
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