Week Ending 2nd December, 2001	Page 3 2 1
Stripping For Harry	posted 28 Nov 2001
With Harry Potter opening in Oz tomorrow, I wait with bated breath for scenes of excitement to rival the one that took place at Philadelphia's Riverview multiplex... Kiddies lining up to buy their tickets for a Sunday session were treated to the spectacle of a 20-something woman racing into the foyer, stripping down to her underwear and raving on about "dicks"... One bemused bystander remarked, 'Is this not the trashiest movie theater you have ever seen, or what?'
The Triumphant Return Of Bad Taste TV News !	posted 28 Nov 2001
It looks like America has finally gotten over "the new seriousness" that was meant to accompany its post-WTC trauma... According to LA Times' Steve Lopez, BAD TASTE IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE! Britney Spears and J Lo are back at the top of local news bulletins (where they belong!) and stories about Afghanistan have turned their focus to issues like getting Playboy bunnies up to the frontline to entertain the troops.
Why Is There So Much Sex on Film Cement?	posted 28 Nov 2001
Some of you may have noticed the disproportionately high number of postings on Film Cement that relate in some way to sex. Most of you will probably put this down to me being a sexually-frustrated geek. Well, there is some truth in that, but there is also a more serious purpose behind the ongoing prurience of this site... The results of Ansell's annual survey of global sexual activity are out, and Australia's performance in it is frankly deplorable. (I mean, even the Kiwis are getting their ends in more than we are!) As a consequence, I consider it my patriotic duty to keep the minds of my readers in the gutter; in the hope that this may help in some small way to fire up our dormant national loins... Come On Australia! Start Rooting For Your Country! (PS : I'm glad I wasn't approached to take part in the survey. It might have pushed the national average down even further...)
Interactive Adult Cinema At MIT	posted 28 Nov 2001
Over at the envelope-pushing Media Lab at MIT, they've set up a research department called the Erotic Computation Group devoted to developing 'advanced sexual appliances and techniques. Among their numerous projects, the one that really captured our imagination was Sheel Dhande's work on interactive adult cinema. According to the brief, 'As the nature of the cinematic experience changes even further, Sheel will continue to keep adult films on the forefront, offering such titillating options as multithreaded evolutionary pornography that adapts to interactions with its audience'...
Skinema : Dermatology In Cinema	posted 28 Nov 2001
One area of film criticism on the web that rarely receives the attention it deserves is the medical film buff site, where medicos "dissect" films from the perspective of their field of expertise... Skinema: Dermatology in the Cinema is a particularly fine example of this phenomenon. Not only does it include detailed descriptions of the skin conditions of celebrities, it also gives you the chance to vote for your favourite!
Harry Potter Comes Out Of The Closet	posted 28 Nov 2001
In the never-ending quest for subtext, someone has finally teased out a gay angle on Harry Potter. And it makes sense too... After all, he's a boy who is somehow 'different' and is forced to live in a closet. Eventually, however, 'he leaves his hostile home and finds a new community of people with a similar background in a healthy, thriving environment where they wear fabulous gowns and practice forbidden rituals'...
Japanarama! Psycho TV From Japan	posted 28 Nov 2001
This goes straight on to my Xmas gift list along with the Reservoir Dogs action figures!... Japanarama is a 3-tape video collection that gathers together some of the more demented moments from the weird world of Japanese TV. If you want a taste of what it contains, check out these eye-popping screenshots.
While We Were Obsessing About War And Terrorism...	posted 26 Nov 2001
The boffins were quietly working away... A company in the US has just announced that it has cloned a human embryo. Although this is not the first time that such a claim has been made, it is regarded as the first one to come from a credible source... And isn't it ironic that such an announcement is being made just as Hollywood is preparing to bombard us with images of wizards, cuddly monsters, hobbits, goblins and elves?...
All Your Tourist Guy Are Belong To Us	posted 26 Nov 2001
To become a celebrity in this networked world, apparently all you need is a well chosen image and few Photoshop skills... Hungarian Peter Guzli emailed around a picture of himself that was supposedly taken on top of the WTC a few moments before the first plane collided, and in no time at all, he was everywhere - in JFK's car, in front of an exploding Hindenburg, at the Last Supper, and even in scenes from Speed, Star Wars and The Matrix... Now the geeks have paid him the ultimate compliment - they've included his likeness in an All Your Base Are Belong To Us rock video!
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