Review of Code 46 (2003) by Senh D — 29 Nov 2004

[b]MOVIES[/b].

City of God - Holy moly! Imagine a Disney film where kids are dealing and taking drugs, joining gangs, and blowing each other up during gang wars and confrontations with the police. Damn. And by kids, I mean ones in the 10-15 year range. Crazy. All of this took place in Rio de Janiero (which is in Brazil, right?) in the 60's thru the mid-80's. At first, I thought some of the stuff in the movie was probably overly exaggerated and dramatized. But after I watched the documentary in the DVD, I was like, "Holy crap, that shit's for real." Ironic that this was distributed by Disney.

Napolean Dynamite - A funny movie about a very nerdy dude, his family, and his nerdy friends. Some of the stuff is funnier when you think about it than when you're actually watching it. It's kinda tender and sweet. The title sequence is pretty cool, too.

Code 46 - Hmm...took me three tries to actually understand what was going on. This is one of those films you definitely have to pay attention to and not watch while you're web surfing or doing something else. What it essentially seem like it's about is futuristic incest. Pretty much. It gets more complicated because of cloning. If any two people have a 25%, 50%, or 100% base dna match, then they can't have sexual intercourse and have children. If that happens, then it's a violation of code 46. One of the couple's memory of the other will be erased and the woman's fetus destroyed. The lead character, who's happily married with a kid, falls in love with another woman during a business trip. That woman happens to be a clone of his mom (pretty much), and they just can't control their sexual urges despite knowing that they have a 50% dna match. There are some interesting ideas about viruses and stuff, but it seems like something like this is much better as a book than a movie.

Garfield, the Movie - Why?

[b]MORE COMCAST INCOMPETENCE[/b].

A couple weeks ago, my NBA League Pass stopped working. I called up customer service. The person didn't sound like she knew what she was doing. After telling me to do the usual stuff like turning the power off and making sure everything's connected correctly, she did some stuff that ended up giving me no cable at all. So I told her to undo what she just did so I can at least watch TV. She did. She then told me she'll try cancelling my current NBA League Pass account, and signing me up for another one. I told her the last time they did that, I was charged twice for it. She said she'll make sure that that wouldn't happen this time. I said ok. Still no NBA League pass. She told me she'll send over a technician. I said ok just because I didn't want her to do any more dammage. She just doesn't sound like she knew what she was doing.

I called them up again to get another customer service rep. This time, the woman actually sounded like she knew stuff. I told her what happened. She told to give her a minute. Then, voila, my NBA League Pass worked again. Great. I thanked her.

Just last week, I got my bill from Comcast. I was charged twice for NBA League Pass. Damn that first customer service rep! Overall, the service have been a lot better for the last couple months despite this.

[b]KINGS VS. T-WOLVES[/b].

Everything was going ok until the damn shot clock stopped working with like 2 minutes left. The Kings had just made a run to get within 2 points of the T-Wolves. Momentum was on their side, and the crowd was going nuts. Then the shot clock stopped working, and they couldn't fix it. It took a while for both teams to settle on having the officials call out the last 10 seconds of each possession. Unfortunately, whatever momentum was built up before this had dissipated. The Wolves went on an eleven point run. Game over. Sucks. Damn Eddie Griffin too. He was definitely a surprised attack. He's a new addition to the T-wolves. He hardly missed any shots. He's a 7 footer who can shoot 3-pointers, but doesn't have a friend to claim his weed when he's caught with it. He should have stayed in drug rehab. Damn him! Damn the shot clock! Still, the Kings had a nice run. 7 straight wins is nothing to complain about. Now, it's time for another win streak.