Gangster Squad

Kiwiburn can't be put into words, so I won't attempt it. 'Unfortunately, noone can be told, what a Man-Event is like. You have to see it for yourself.'

I've been to the cinema after one week of Kiwiburn, though. Gangsterstory in post-war America? Tommyguns, hats and suits, art deco architecture? Count me in! (I have to watch that movie about Dillinger again, with Johnny Depp). Interesting setting, and the story is vigilante justice, as made popular by comic adaptations these days. It's a really good movie, with unexpected yet believable twists.

Interesting was the trailer-show. I couldn't help but laugh at the humor of movie 34', but what sold it was the amount of familiar faces in it, and they all had good movies in the past. 'Die Hard' had me snicker when the taxi driver asked Bruce Willis of all people wether he was a policeman. Other than that, it'll be what the franchise ever was, which won't be too bad if they don't fuck it up like they did some Bonds ago. 'Hansel and Gretel' looks like the new 'Van Helsing', with semi-medival steampunk weaponry and other stuff too, I guess. During the trailer to 'Zero Dark Thirty' I couldn't stop thinking 'this might be a Hollywood Blockbuster, but it's based on real events, so stop marketing this like Michael Bay's Military Porn'.

When I left the theater, I found that my neighbors left half a bag of popcorn on the floor and spilled half a bag of Maltersers on the seat. I've eaten stuff of more questionable origin the whole week, so I dug in.

On my way out, I saw a poster that made me say 'Holy Shit' aloud. 'The Host', with the letter O being a blue shining circle that matched the girls irises. Then I read 'From Stephanie Meyer' and thought 'That explaines the two boys to either side of the girl, nothing to see here'. But then I read 'Written and directed by Andrew Niccol'. That's what got me. The man's a genius. Gattaca, The Truman Show, S1m0ne, In Time? Now I have to see this. inb4 there will be an old Citroen and the sea involved.

One last thought: I saw the poster for the re-remake of the Wolverine origin story. I'm just thinking aloud here, but what if 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios made a deal to include him in the MarvelVerse? It's business, after all. I mean how cool whould it be if after the credits we see figures in the dark and hear the voices of Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Downey Jr.:

SLJ: So, what do you think?
RDJ: What do I think? That guy has some serious issues.
SLJ: Look who's talking. His issues will be in great company.
FADE TO BLACK

back online

I'm back from the Kiwiburn! I took a single-use camera, so the photos will follow later. But have a look how I go from dirty hippie to corporate sellout:

ps. I found the headquarters of tf2's RED team; google pictures of the massive 'Huntly Power Station'. Also, I'll land in Frankfurt on 15.02. at 16:50. Come by, say hi!

off the grid

i'm about to head off to the kiwiburn festival. no juice, so i store my electronics in auckland. await my return to the grid in a week and a half.

Photo?

Hi, everybody.

Last you heard, I was in Wellington enjoying the Hobbit premiere. What happened next?

Along with Felix and Anne, whom I met there, I travel up the west coast, along the surfer highway, past Auckland and up north once more. Beaches and glowworm caves along the way. On our way back to Opotiki, we stop in Auckland to watch 'the Hobbit' in 48 fps (world premiere meant that the unworthy had to wait another two weeks). In Opotiki, we celebrate Xmas with a BBQ and the new year at the beach. The next week, I work with Felix and the other guys from the hostel at the kiwi orchards for an extra buck. I then join Felix on his cars' last journey to Auckland, where he sells it and then makes his way with Anne to the south island.

I, in turn, make the aquaintance of two german PR-people, who tell me that a job in that profession is impossible to get by on short notice, an internship highly unlikely. But they tell me about a master's degree at Auckland University that combines Biotechnology with Business and Communication. For that, of course, I have to finish my Bachelor's degree first.

The choices that we make...

Photos:

Davon gibt es noch ein Video. Das muss ich irgendwann mal gifen.

Wenn Hundertwasser Wasser lassen muss, entwirft er einen Wasserlasspalast. Den einzigen seiner Art auf dieser Hemisphaere.

Kein Photoshop. Handykamera minderer Qualitaet ist mein Instagram.

Wenn man auf einer Plantage arbeitet, kann man seinen Bart mal Bart sein lassen.