Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS

Originally posted by deathpixie at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS

For those wanting to know more about the recent DDoS attacks, yes, it looks like it was the Russian government trying to shut down the dissidents again.

As I said last time, while it's frustrating not to have access, LJ is a lot more than a social network platform. From the article:

"LiveJournal isn’t just a social network. It’s also a platform for organizing civic action. Dozens of network projects and groups mobilize people to solve specific problems — from defending the rights of political prisoners to saving endangered historic architecture in Moscow."

So while I know many are considering the move over to Dreamwidth and other such sites, supporting LJ is a way we can help support those who use it for more than a writing/roleplaying/social venue.


Also, as a FYI, LJ is giving paid users effected by the outage two weeks of paid time as compensation.

Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS

Originally posted by deathpixie at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS

For those wanting to know more about the recent DDoS attacks, yes, it looks like it was the Russian government trying to shut down the dissidents again.

As I said last time, while it's frustrating not to have access, LJ is a lot more than a social network platform. From the article:

"LiveJournal isn’t just a social network. It’s also a platform for organizing civic action. Dozens of network projects and groups mobilize people to solve specific problems — from defending the rights of political prisoners to saving endangered historic architecture in Moscow."

So while I know many are considering the move over to Dreamwidth and other such sites, supporting LJ is a way we can help support those who use it for more than a writing/roleplaying/social venue.


Also, as a FYI, LJ is giving paid users effected by the outage two weeks of paid time as compensation.

Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS

Originally posted by deathpixie at Signal Boost: Return of the DDoS

For those wanting to know more about the recent DDoS attacks, yes, it looks like it was the Russian government trying to shut down the dissidents again.

As I said last time, while it's frustrating not to have access, LJ is a lot more than a social network platform. From the article:

"LiveJournal isn’t just a social network. It’s also a platform for organizing civic action. Dozens of network projects and groups mobilize people to solve specific problems — from defending the rights of political prisoners to saving endangered historic architecture in Moscow."

So while I know many are considering the move over to Dreamwidth and other such sites, supporting LJ is a way we can help support those who use it for more than a writing/roleplaying/social venue.


Also, as a FYI, LJ is giving paid users effected by the outage two weeks of paid time as compensation.

NYAFF, Part 3

HAUNTERS

A child is born with the ability to control people's minds and goes through the city stealing money to get by. While people have yet to realize his invisible reign over mankind, a well-meaning but hard luck worker who seems to be the only one immune to his powers. One botched robbery suddenly becomes a fight around the city between two people born with uncanny gifts.

With all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster film, Haunters stood out as something I would have seen paired up right against a Michael Bay film. The action is fantastic and frantic and while the acting isn't believable, it never dips into awful (although quite a bit of comic relief is thrown in between the seriousness of the film). Expect Hollywood to remake this film and, if not, then get it on DVD.

THE UNJUST

What I found most fascinating about this film was how it was done by the same guy who created the underrated Dachimawa Lee. Hard and edgy, it centers on a captain of the police squad who never had the connections or privileges to gain the promotions he deserves. His purity to the job is contrasted to his coworkers who have taken drug money and his brother-in-law who takes money from places where he shouldn't. When he is offered the chance to cover up the death of a headlined serial murderer in place of a promotion, he tentatively takes up the action, and begins the crazy spiral upward against a corrupt DA who he unintentionally stirred up.

I didn't expect such a serious film to come out from this director to be honest, but the somber acting, gritty visuals, and the overall plot made this a great tale of morality worth the money I paid in theater. This is not a film that pulls any punches, and the further you go into the film, the more you get this tightened "Tell-Tale Heart" feel to the story the further you go in. Definitely recommend seeing it.

OCEAN HEAVEN

A single father of an autistic adult finds out he has cancer and tries to commit suicide with the boy he loves. Unable to do so, the father tries to find a way to make sure his son will live on without him as he slowly reaches death.

If I was to describe this film in one sentence, I would say it was film about love. This was not only one of Jet Li's few films where he does no martial arts, but it's where he plays a character that seems so unlike what you'd expect. As the father, you can see the frustration he works away from as he tries to get his son to learn and the unending love he gives him along the way. His neighbor, a woman approaching middle age and a shopkeeper, admires his love for his son and tries to find a way into his life to replace the wife he lost. His boss is a hard-nosed man who understands his condition and wants him to retire and scolds him when his son does bad things, but always with a slight tone of regret. It may be too rosy a picture to feel like something you know, but it feels like a community that knows and cares for this man.

Jet Li only took a dollar to do this role and it's easy to understand why. Aside from working in-line with one of his foundations, this film is to Jet Li what "Bridges of Madison County" was to Clint Eastwood. It's so different from what you expect and he's so convincing at it that I loved the film and all the actors in it. This is a definite DVD buy for me.

REIGN OF ASSASSINS

A famous assassin steals part of a body that contains the secret to a greater martial art. Wanting to escape her past, she changes her face and lives on as a humble clothing merchant. Along the way, she marries a well-intentioned goof as her old guild hunts for her and the macguffin while bearing their own doubts over their own continued existence with the guild.

Reign of Assassins strikes me as something a bit more story-oriented than most martial arts films I've seen. It has a bit of that Jackie Chan goofiness to it and a fair amount of backstory behind the villains that humanizes us to them. I can't help but think that the intended audience were family, and I was surprised at the ending's unconventional finish, but I genuinely enjoyed it beginning to end.

One more set of films and then a wrap up!

NYAFF, Part 3

HAUNTERS

A child is born with the ability to control people's minds and goes through the city stealing money to get by. While people have yet to realize his invisible reign over mankind, a well-meaning but hard luck worker who seems to be the only one immune to his powers. One botched robbery suddenly becomes a fight around the city between two people born with uncanny gifts.

With all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster film, Haunters stood out as something I would have seen paired up right against a Michael Bay film. The action is fantastic and frantic and while the acting isn't believable, it never dips into awful (although quite a bit of comic relief is thrown in between the seriousness of the film). Expect Hollywood to remake this film and, if not, then get it on DVD.

THE UNJUST

What I found most fascinating about this film was how it was done by the same guy who created the underrated Dachimawa Lee. Hard and edgy, it centers on a captain of the police squad who never had the connections or privileges to gain the promotions he deserves. His purity to the job is contrasted to his coworkers who have taken drug money and his brother-in-law who takes money from places where he shouldn't. When he is offered the chance to cover up the death of a headlined serial murderer in place of a promotion, he tentatively takes up the action, and begins the crazy spiral upward against a corrupt DA who he unintentionally stirred up.

I didn't expect such a serious film to come out from this director to be honest, but the somber acting, gritty visuals, and the overall plot made this a great tale of morality worth the money I paid in theater. This is not a film that pulls any punches, and the further you go into the film, the more you get this tightened "Tell-Tale Heart" feel to the story the further you go in. Definitely recommend seeing it.

OCEAN HEAVEN

A single father of an autistic adult finds out he has cancer and tries to commit suicide with the boy he loves. Unable to do so, the father tries to find a way to make sure his son will live on without him as he slowly reaches death.

If I was to describe this film in one sentence, I would say it was film about love. This was not only one of Jet Li's few films where he does no martial arts, but it's where he plays a character that seems so unlike what you'd expect. As the father, you can see the frustration he works away from as he tries to get his son to learn and the unending love he gives him along the way. His neighbor, a woman approaching middle age and a shopkeeper, admires his love for his son and tries to find a way into his life to replace the wife he lost. His boss is a hard-nosed man who understands his condition and wants him to retire and scolds him when his son does bad things, but always with a slight tone of regret. It may be too rosy a picture to feel like something you know, but it feels like a community that knows and cares for this man.

Jet Li only took a dollar to do this role and it's easy to understand why. Aside from working in-line with one of his foundations, this film is to Jet Li what "Bridges of Madison County" was to Clint Eastwood. It's so different from what you expect and he's so convincing at it that I loved the film and all the actors in it. This is a definite DVD buy for me.

REIGN OF ASSASSINS

A famous assassin steals part of a body that contains the secret to a greater martial art. Wanting to escape her past, she changes her face and lives on as a humble clothing merchant. Along the way, she marries a well-intentioned goof as her old guild hunts for her and the macguffin while bearing their own doubts over their own continued existence with the guild.

Reign of Assassins strikes me as something a bit more story-oriented than most martial arts films I've seen. It has a bit of that Jackie Chan goofiness to it and a fair amount of backstory behind the villains that humanizes us to them. I can't help but think that the intended audience were family, and I was surprised at the ending's unconventional finish, but I genuinely enjoyed it beginning to end.

One more set of films and then a wrap up!

NYAFF, Part 3

HAUNTERS

A child is born with the ability to control people's minds and goes through the city stealing money to get by. While people have yet to realize his invisible reign over mankind, a well-meaning but hard luck worker who seems to be the only one immune to his powers. One botched robbery suddenly becomes a fight around the city between two people born with uncanny gifts.

With all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster film, Haunters stood out as something I would have seen paired up right against a Michael Bay film. The action is fantastic and frantic and while the acting isn't believable, it never dips into awful (although quite a bit of comic relief is thrown in between the seriousness of the film). Expect Hollywood to remake this film and, if not, then get it on DVD.

THE UNJUST

What I found most fascinating about this film was how it was done by the same guy who created the underrated Dachimawa Lee. Hard and edgy, it centers on a captain of the police squad who never had the connections or privileges to gain the promotions he deserves. His purity to the job is contrasted to his coworkers who have taken drug money and his brother-in-law who takes money from places where he shouldn't. When he is offered the chance to cover up the death of a headlined serial murderer in place of a promotion, he tentatively takes up the action, and begins the crazy spiral upward against a corrupt DA who he unintentionally stirred up.

I didn't expect such a serious film to come out from this director to be honest, but the somber acting, gritty visuals, and the overall plot made this a great tale of morality worth the money I paid in theater. This is not a film that pulls any punches, and the further you go into the film, the more you get this tightened "Tell-Tale Heart" feel to the story the further you go in. Definitely recommend seeing it.

OCEAN HEAVEN

A single father of an autistic adult finds out he has cancer and tries to commit suicide with the boy he loves. Unable to do so, the father tries to find a way to make sure his son will live on without him as he slowly reaches death.

If I was to describe this film in one sentence, I would say it was film about love. This was not only one of Jet Li's few films where he does no martial arts, but it's where he plays a character that seems so unlike what you'd expect. As the father, you can see the frustration he works away from as he tries to get his son to learn and the unending love he gives him along the way. His neighbor, a woman approaching middle age and a shopkeeper, admires his love for his son and tries to find a way into his life to replace the wife he lost. His boss is a hard-nosed man who understands his condition and wants him to retire and scolds him when his son does bad things, but always with a slight tone of regret. It may be too rosy a picture to feel like something you know, but it feels like a community that knows and cares for this man.

Jet Li only took a dollar to do this role and it's easy to understand why. Aside from working in-line with one of his foundations, this film is to Jet Li what "Bridges of Madison County" was to Clint Eastwood. It's so different from what you expect and he's so convincing at it that I loved the film and all the actors in it. This is a definite DVD buy for me.

REIGN OF ASSASSINS

A famous assassin steals part of a body that contains the secret to a greater martial art. Wanting to escape her past, she changes her face and lives on as a humble clothing merchant. Along the way, she marries a well-intentioned goof as her old guild hunts for her and the macguffin while bearing their own doubts over their own continued existence with the guild.

Reign of Assassins strikes me as something a bit more story-oriented than most martial arts films I've seen. It has a bit of that Jackie Chan goofiness to it and a fair amount of backstory behind the villains that humanizes us to them. I can't help but think that the intended audience were family, and I was surprised at the ending's unconventional finish, but I genuinely enjoyed it beginning to end.

One more set of films and then a wrap up!

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http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm

Winter Bells is the cutest flash game I have ever tried. And it's cute in a fashionable way, not an explode-in-your-face way.

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http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm

Winter Bells is the cutest flash game I have ever tried. And it's cute in a fashionable way, not an explode-in-your-face way.

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http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/g3/bells.htm

Winter Bells is the cutest flash game I have ever tried. And it's cute in a fashionable way, not an explode-in-your-face way.