Is it just me?

There is just something about dancing gangsters with axes that I love.


Kung Fu Hustle is definately entertaining but highly stylized type of martial arts movie. Definitely going for humor more than anything else. Directed and co-written by Stephen Chow, the man who gave us Shaolin Soccer.

Amazing...

Amazing, if you look around long enough, you can find anything online.


You also come across a couple of news oddities, first up:

Tim Burton, nuts?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005153052,00.html
"MADCAP movie-maker Tim Burton blew millions on new film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — training squirrels to crack nuts."

Frequent flying miles building up?
http://manhattanusersguide.com/archives_content.php?contentID=040505&category=leisure
"With three of the Big Six airlines in or on the verge of bankruptcy, and the possibility of liquidation looming large, more than 50 million frequent flyer program members face the real possibility of losing trillions of miles worth millions of tickets."

The wave of water hit, when does the wave of donated money hit?
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/06/international/asia/06aceh.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1112806519-x/c/1HC6eLedF+cGv33fHQ
"There is little sign in Aceh of the billions of dollars in donations from governments, aid organizations, civic groups and individual people who reached out to help from around the world."

Might as well double the disaster news links:
Fireproofing key to Twin Towers' collapse
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7236
"Ineffective fireproofing and a shortage of staircases are highlighted in a preliminary federal safety report into the attacks on the World Trade Center, issued by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Tuesday. The study is likely to have a significant effect on the future design of skyscrapers and on building regulations in the US."