Formula 1 has finally adopted night racing and it is brilliant… literally. The circuit is integrated into the downtown streets of Singapore, revealing a beautiful skyline in the background.
The lighting was strong enough to rival the sunshine of a daytime race. In fact, all of the bulbs are mounted with the same orientation in order to resemble the directional characteristic of sunshine. As bright as the city streets may be, the racing circuit stands out even more.
The colors and surfaces of the cars is brought out to a great degree by the contrast of the lighting.
Thanks to a couple of accidents and a long safety-car interruption, Fernando Alonso was able to overcome a poor qualifying and come from way back in the field to win the race.
Category: Automotive, Entertainment
Posted by: Chuck @ 3:33 pm on September 28, 2008
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My friend Robb and I went to see M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, “The Happening.” I think this was the most disappointing movie I have seen at a theater in my adult life. Granted, I don’t go out to see many movies these days thanks to Netflix and other entertainment sources, but I felt confident that a movie from Shyamalan would be worth the effort - and the ten bucks. Boy, was I wrong.
I was disappointed for multiple reasons. If you’ve seen the previews, you’ve seen all the interesting parts. There’s a slow, pitiful plot that has those scenes inserted into it. The performance from Wahlberg wasn’t terrible. It wasn’t great, but that didn’t really matter. It wasn’t enough to make up for the empty story.
– Spoiler Alert (although that’s not saying much) –
The way the story goes, the self-mutilative and suicidal behavior of the people is caused by something in the wind… some sort of neurotoxin given off by plants. No one knows why, but there are theories that it could come from nuclear reactors or the government. There’s even a reference to the decrease in the honey-bee population.
A few months after the happening, a scientist is being interviewed and suggests that it was nature sending a warning to the humans. The interviewer points out how odd it was that the event was limited to one portion of the country and that folks might be willing to believe it was such a warning if it had occurred in at least one other location. The movie ends with a scene in Paris in which we see the beginning of another “happening.”
Robb and I just looked at each other and grumbled. Apparently, Shyamalan has become a messenger for the environmental cause. This movie could have been co-written by Al Gore. It’s not as though I don’t care about the planet, but I expected a Hitchcock-esque move complete with an unpredictable twist at the end. The only surprise at the end was that there was no surprise.
I have to say that Shyamalan has lost my respect. I think that many others will join me in doubting his work from this point forward. What a shame.
Category: Entertainment
Posted by: Chuck @ 11:11 pm on June 13, 2008
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