film: a scanner darkly host: aqm food theme: things to which you are addicted. -The Racap- Despite Kristen's very cute efforts to convince everyone to change to film, the group went with A Scanner Darkly over A Miracle on 34th Street, preventing Movie Night 24 from going Christmas. The group was large, one of the biggest showings we have ever had, welcoming three new guests to the fold. We laughed, we were attacked by an excitable pup, and most importantly, we learned that drugs are bad and everyone is addicted to wine and chocolate. -Reviews- Kristen: despite my attempts to mutiny and show a christmas film we were forced to watch a cartoon with keanu reeves and winona ryder. robert downey junior and woody harrelson made the film bearable. sidenote: i don't understand why people think that a movie will be better or more artsy if the characters are made into cartoons. i like real people. let disney and pixar do cartoons. nemo is excellent. A Scanner Darkly confused me. all i know is drugs are bad. the best part was the end where the writer dedicated the film to people who lost their lives and minds to drugs. it made me sad. the rest of the film was too confusing for me. Dan Linksy: As I wandered back into my waking life, I realized this film left me nothing but dazed and confused. AQM: My mind wondered quite a bit. especially when wrigley, our resident pup, weaseled his way under the coffee table and made a chew toy out of my leg. Mike: Well, I can say that I liked how it looked. I read a review that said it was a faithful adaptation of the book -- and that it was a shame the book was one of Dick's least cinematic. I simply didn't get sucked into the story on the screen. Dayton:drugs make for funny, sad people, and the future of this world is fucked. Mankind only perpetuates their sorry state...The funniest depressing movie I've seen in a while. Susanna: This was a strange movie. I'm not sure if I got it, but Keanu Reeves is hot even in animation. Emily: Emily doesn't review, but my guess is that she didn't like it very much.

A new toy I picked up for my birthday, I have decided that I want to start learning film. Perhaps this will teach me more about photography. In a digital age I am so quick to fire many many shots because I can review them right away. Just playing with this for the past hour and I have only taken 7 shots. It makes you compose your shot better and be a little more picky of what you shoot. This shot was taken with my Fuji S3 pro - 200mm Nikon Macro and SB-28 1/4 power camera right tiggered by Alien bees cyber syncs