Just prior to the holding of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 leading economists warned that quote "we will play.....and suffer(financially) later". Here we are 8 years after these Games were held...and those economists were spot on. New South Wales is not only knee deep....but neck deep in financial trouble. Thanks to the sport ego tripping by the previous Fahey Liberal Government in NSW in electing to, and holding the Games. I wonder what the people in NSW prefer.....a better school...hospital or....the so -called "spectacle" of the opening of the "best ever" Olympic Games in Sydney?

Welcome to Movie Club VII!

Obiter has chosen a "corker" of a film for our next fortnight's fun.

The 1964 film - "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" is considered one of Stanley Kubrick's greatest films and a classic satire of the cold war era.
Peter Seller's multiple character performance is regarded as one of the truly classic "Tour de force" acting ventures.

As you've all probably noticed, I have not written much for the site in the last month, as I am deeply enmeshed in writing a film script which still has a rather open-ended completion date. So I thought it would be nice if in the interim we avail ourselves of the many entertaining, stimulating, or absolutely crazy youtube videos available.

Of late theres no hiding the fact that the beloved b1rd has been getting very furious with the world at large(more furious than usual). So angry infact that he's been inspired to write a regular rant session for this site. Hopefully he will feel better after venting his furious spleen.

In no particular order these are the issues and stuff that are pissing me off:

* Kevid Rudd the low dog

* American politics invading my television

* The rental crisis caused by many factors such as greedy curry munchers and gooks coming here to escape their disgusting countries

Responding to overwhelming popular demand (or harassment) I have now uploaded the October channel stats, and what a month it was! October broke yet another record, after September itself was a record breaking month. In October we enjoyed 92,681 lines of discussion, beating September's 75,900 lines by a mile. It is also worth nothing that #politicaldebate itself is creeping ever upwards in austnet's popularity rankings, we have now secured a permanent place in the top 20, and sometimes almost creeping into the top 10.

Well done!

Movie Club welcomes Austnet's favorite malcontent, "PrometheanStardust" (AKA: End) (AKA: "Hey you, stop trying to give my 11 year old Asian daughter lollies!") to Movie Club!!!
End brings some culture to Movie Club this fortnight with the film "Mongol". Directed by Sergei Bodrov, Mongol was nominated for the best foreign language film at the Academy awards this year and won various other awards.

"The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206."

Movie Club commends End for making the right choice.

Of late I have noticed an increasing negativity and hostility in the channel, of the sort where it is one-dimensional, repetitive, and utterly tedious. One can only have so much patience with generic, witless drivel. This is particularly serious when it is directed at channel newcomers who are barraged with this sort of drivel from all sides for making the mistake of even entering the channel.

Movie club is proud to announce the next title!
This fortnight Tigger_ brings us a powerhouse feature for the next Movie Club installment.

"Tell No One" (Ne le dis à personne) is a 2006 French thriller directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. It was written by Guillame Canet and Philippe Lefèbvre and stars François Cluzet.

Synopsis:

Except in the cases of holy days, and natural disasters when clergy tend to the spiritual wants of the grieving, the media generally leans towards a dim view of religion. Whether it happens to be Muslims engaged in terrorist acts, or Christians lobbying for Intelligent Design theory in the classroom, with even the relatively sacrosanct Jews coming under criticism as oppressors of the Palestinians.