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posted on Aug 21, 2008 by Shanin
This book kept me on the edge of my seat. Richard Preston writes this non-fiction, Hot Zone like a thriller. The book chronicles an outbreak of the Ebola in Washington D.C., Phillipines, and Africa. The book is fasinating in a rubber necking freeway accident kind of way. I was so horrified, but I couldn’t stop reading. I am afraid some day a worldwide outbreak will occur, and when it does I hope it is a fast killing virus. I think everyone should read this book, just keep in mind not to worry about something you can’t control. What will we do if there is a mutation of the virus and it spreads worldwide? Makes you wonder what other virus are out there we don’t know about? I can’t wait to read Preston’s Demon in the Freezer.
posted on Aug 21, 2008 by Shanin
I feel that the book portrayed Vegans and Animal Rights Activist to extreme. There were too many characters in the book that treated animals better than the humans that were closest to them or had minimal human contact. I believe I can say this objectively because I am not a Vegan, Animal Rights Activist, or even a vegetarian. I do know some Vegans, and they aren’t anything like the characters portrayed in the book.
The author did do a good job of building tension in the book between the families, in the marraige, and in the law suit. I couldn’t believe how long it took some of the characters to come to their senses. Overall the book was mildly entertaining.
posted on Aug 20, 2008 by Shanin
I enjoyed this book very much. The author did a great job researching and presenting his material. Menzies believes that evidence points to the Chinese discovering America almost a hundred years before Columbus. His research leads him to claim that in circomnaavigating the globe longitiude and latitude were discovered and colonies were established. He points out the likelyhood that the European explores probably followed Chinese charts. I can’t wait until some awesome director, film writer, or movie type person see the epic movie potential in this true story. The large scale proportions of the mission, the discoveries, the ship wrecks, and the tale goes on. What fabulous history to be able to claim, that went centuries over looked despite the obvious evidence.
posted on Aug 12, 2008 by Shanin
We saw the preview for Mummy in Hancock, Batman, and Wanted. The preview looked like the movie was going to be an action packed with tons of martial art madness. It had Jet Li and the leading female character in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. It looked like a movie we needed to see right away. The movie left me disappointed, ever action scene was in the preview. I didn’t even need to go see the movie. The plot couldn’t of even of survived without the previous Mummies supporting it like a crutch. The action scenes weren’t even put together well. It was a waste of money, not really even worth renting.
posted on Jul 28, 2008 by Josh
Went and saw Batman. It was inevitable. I was in the theaters for all the releases of the Caped Crusader, and there was no way in hell I was going to miss this one on the big screen. So Shanin, my parents, Andrew, and I went to see it on IMAX. Nothing bigger than that, right?
I should probably point out that I’ve never seen a movie on IMAX. At least, not one I can recall. I thought I was prepared for the very large screen size, but I found out that I wasn’t. We were in the second row after the walkway in, so they weren’t the best, but they were far from bad. The previews rolled, and it was easy to tell that the wide screen format (known as “scope” to theater geeks or former projectionists) left several feet of screen unused top and bottom. I figured that the entire movie would be this way, but due to the sheer size of the screen, I was cool with that.