Caught Oblivion last week with a few friends and I was the only one to like it. They actually thought I was trolling them. It tells the story of one of the few remaining drone repairmen assigned to Earth, its surface devastated after decades of war with the alien Scavs. Jack, played by Tom Cruise, discovers a crashed spacecraft with contents that bring into question everything he knows about the war. The best thing about it? The visuals and sound. It won’t be remembered as a great sci-fi but it’s a good one.
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Street art seen at Grand Canal Dock this week.
I’ve mentioned The Hot Sprockets before as we’ve met and interviewed them at Spirit of Folk plus been to a few other rockin’ gigs. Their new single, Soul Brother, has a brilliantly funny video which is embedded above. Volume up and full screen it. Like the sound? I’d highly recommend catching them live in Whelans on the 20th. €10 tickets available here.
Fascinating series of images by Ron Miller on io9 showing what planets would look like if they were as close to us as the Moon is. (h/t broadsheet.ie)
I came across the trailer above via @blogography‘s blog and it blew me away.
BRIDEGROOM is a documentary directed by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that tells the emotional journey of Shane and Tom, two young men in a loving and committed relationship — a relationship that was cut tragically short by a misstep off the side of a roof. The story of what happened after this accidental death– of how people without the legal protections of marriage can find themselves completely shut out and ostracised– is poignant, enraging and opens a window onto the issue of marriage equality like no speech or lecture ever will.
Marriage equality is something I strongly believe in. The idea that marriage will be “undermined” or “threatened” by affording the same right to all citizens is absolutely ludicrous. I’m a liberal because I don’t feel the need to control other peoples lives.
“It’s not a gay thing. It’s not a straight thing. It’s a human thing.”
Here’s the original video that started it all: