July 2011
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Documentary 4: Collapse
(This post is a part of a series of documentaries I’ll be reviewing.To follow: Food, Inc. Previous reviews: Transcendent Man, The Cove, and Inside Job. [Note: I decided to review Collapse in place of The 11th Hour, but I’ll be sure to check that one out as well.]) A man aboard the Titanic starts building a lifeboat as he suddenly becomes aware of its gloomy fate. Around him, he encounters...
Jul 16th
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Documentary 3: Inside Job
(This post is a part of a series of documentaries I’ll be reviewing. To follow: To follow: Collapse and Food, Inc. Previous reviews: Transcendent Man and The Cove) Hearing how a bunch of surnames and acronyms caused the world to almost collapse can be puzzling. At times, shocking. But there is worse — seeing a complete lack of repentance on the faces behind them. In any fair justice...
Jul 12th
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Documentary 2: The Cove
(This post is a part of a series of documentaries I’ll be reviewing. To follow:To follow: Inside Job, Collapse, and Food, Inc.) How many reasons do we need before we question ourselves about the ethicality of devouring a particular species? What makes a lucky few — dogs, cats, monkeys — off-limit to our blades and bellies, while others bare the brunt of suffering for the worst of...
Jul 10th
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Documentary 1: Transcendent Man
(This post is a part of a series of documentaries I’ll be reviewing. To follow: The Cove, Inside Job, Collapse, and Food, Inc.) Seldom do technologists gain prominence for their prophesies. Our field, you see, values doing over thinking. You believe we’ll be Tom Cruising over our Minority Report-esque holograms in 2020? Great. Now build it. But Ray Kurzweil is an exception....
Jul 9th
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Documentary Week
After realising that I’m dreadfully behind on my documentaries, I’ve decided that I am going to spend the next five days catching up on all the high praise Sundance-winning, Tomato Meter-breaking documentaries I’ve been hearing so much about for the past few months/years.  The documentaries on my list are: Trascendent Man The Cove Inside Job The 11th Hour Collapse Food...
Jul 7th