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On the verge of giving up...

From exactly 7 years ago, on July 31st. What was I doing at that time? I think I was an enthusiastic MA student, thinking that I'll be a good teacher and make a difference in the world and all that crap. Today, ZONE has been disbanded, and I've come to realize that daydreaming is hazardous.

恥笑影音使團總幹事袁文輝

Book of Eli

This movie tells the story of a guy who possesses the last bible on earth after the apocalypse. For strange reasons, all the bad guys want to rob him of the bible because they believe that the bible will help conquering the world (something like that).

The movie is OK, but I do feel bad for Eli that he risked so much to protect and came to memorize a King James Bible, which is textually inferior to most other translations of the bible out there. And I love how the movie made a big deal of how Eli recited the entire bible starting from Genesis, while one shot of the movie showed that the last library on earth had a copy of the Tanakh--the Hebrew Bible... Eli could have started from the New Testament, that would have saved him a lot of effort.

Chloe

I was surprised that I actually liked this movie. Though very much predictable, I found it quite engaging throughout till the last scene. The main characters offer solid performances. The young "Chloe" has done equally well as Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson, which came as a surprise. I think I've seen the girl in other movies, but she looks very different in the role of Chloe. All of a sudden, she looks very pretty, sexy, and seductive, extremely convincing in this role and makes the story work. The image of her huge green eyes staring at the camera still lingers in my mind.

The erotic scene between the two female characters shocked me too. I never expected Julianne Moore to appear in such a scene, much less with a much younger actress.

妖獸都市

I read about this anime movie on magazines so many times when I was in elementary school. But never got a chance to watch it (a rated R movie, not suitable for a grade 4 student), and finally did this afternoon while I was preparing for next week's class in the Old Testament. Yes, I often prepare sermons and classes while listening to angry music or watching rated R movies.

It is surprisingly good. I liked it a lot. The drawing isn't exactly stellar, but it has its style that fits the overall mood of the anime. The violence and sex are stunning, both help in drawing the viewer into the story. The plot doesn't really make sense, but the universe that it creates is quite interesting. Worth watching. I can see why it's a classic.

呼籲影音使團承認"挪亞方舟 驚世啟示"是超錯

[Secret Gospel of Mark] 真正筆跡專家意見

Biblical Archaeology Society 做咗件好有趣o既事. 佢地搵咗個真正o既筆跡專家去研究 Secret Gospel of Mark, 睇佢到底係咪 Morton Smith 自己假造出嚟. 詳情唔喺呢度講, 不過呢住專家o既結論係:

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It is my professional opinion that the writers of the questioned document of “Secret
Mark” on the document listed as Q1, Q2 an Q3 and Morton Smith's handwriting on
the documents listed as K1 – K27, are most probably not the same.

Therefore it is highly probable that Morton Smith could not have simulated the
document of “Secret Mark” .
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BAS 對呢單嘢o既簡介:

http://www.bib-arch.org/e-features/secret-mark-handwriting-analysis.asp

專家o既正式報告:

http://www.bib-arch.org/pdf/secret-mark-analysis.pdf

未得閒細心睇. 將來可能會講下我對呢個報告有乜睇法. 不過呢 d 嘢好專業, 只怕我可能睇都睇唔明, 我唔會好似某 d 乜乜使團咁, 唔識扮專家, 乜都扮晒大發現咁.

[REC] 2 影評

Review of "[REC] 2," in Journal of Religion and Film 14/1 (2010) n.p.

最近都冇寫論文, 時間都用晒嚟準備 May 30th 個講道, 搵工, 同埋寫呢個影評. 不過寫影評只不過係貪得意, CV 上面多樣嘢寫下 je, 都唔係好重要, 需要花好多時間o既嘢. 今日見份學刊登咗, 都幾過癮.