The collected works of ScottyB

Milla Jovovich is back as the ass-kicking, gun-wielding, knife-slashing ‘Alice’ in the latest installment of the R.E series penned by Paul W.S. Anderson.

There’s some great supporting performances from Oded Fehr and Ali Larter - and also an unexpected cameo role from Ashanti. Above all though (and it took me a while to scan my brain to remember where I’d seen him) was Linden Ashby - our old favourite, Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat.

It’s your typical hack ‘em, slash ‘em Zombie fest. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s great for a bit of entertaining action and when Milla is at the helm, its not too hard a genre to look at either.

Essentially, the outline of the story follows the survivors of the Raccoon City catastrophe. They are in the process of traveling across the Nevada desert and with the aid of Alice and her little red book, hope to make it to Alaska, the last bastion of hope for a Zombie-free lifestyle. Alice joins their pilgrimage and fights alongside them in opposition to the Umbrella Corp.

There are plenty of moments to have you jumping out of your seat if you’re that way affected by loud noises and Zombies appearing out of the shadows. The entire film is polished with some great surround sound effects and there were moments in the Senstadium when you would have sworn the Zombie was next to you, or the Helicopter was actually flying overhead. Impressive stuff.

Unfortunately I was a little bit rusty on the predecessors. Given the option, I’d have seen the first two just as a refresher before heading into see Extinction, but that said, I don’t believe either were absolutely critical to the 3rd installments understanding. It was all explained very well and linearly for the average viewer.

Definitely one worth a look. I really must have a look in the bargain bins for the DVD’s of the series too!

Link: Official Site
Link: RE3 at IMDB

Barina!

Always nice to get escorted to somewhere nice in the evening. Even better when you’re not providing the escort. This time, it was indeed I, who was the escourted and Katie the escortee in her recently acquired 2001 model Barina.

I’m not going to say I feared for my life or anything, particularly not at the moment when she decided to show me the difference between her old non-power steering driving and the current power-steering with a rapid zig-zag demonstration.

Purchasing your own car has to be one of the coolest - and certainly one of the first (if not biggest) investments we make as we’re growing up. I’ll never forget the feeling I got when I ordered the MINI. And more so, the day I picked up Obsession from Klosters after almost 4 months of waiting.

It’s truly a fabulous experience.

Congrats Katie. Here’s to many years of happy motoring! x

Tuesday. Top of 35C.

Wednesday. Top of 19C.

This is Australia.

Summer to Winter in 24 hours. And in fact, if you want to get really picky, Summer to Winter in about 3 minutes - because when that cold front came up on Tuesday afternoon, the temperature dropped so suddenly, you went from sweating to grabbing a jumper in the time it took you to walk to your wardrobe.

Tonight is a comfortable, but still chilly 15C with a steady breeze blowing and a little bit of rain about.

I’m truly amazed by the weather sometimes and its ability to completely change at the drop of a hat. I’d actually have loved to have been involved in Meteorology.. Ahh, the choices we’d make if we could do our schooling over again! I’d probably become an Astronomer at the same time too. Awesome job.

Thank you SBS.

Thank you so very much. Because due to your excellent programming choices, we are now graced with Shaun Micallef’s presence once again on a weekly basis.

NEWStopia, the new series offering a satirical spin on world news launched last Wednesday - and much to my dismay and embarrassment, I missed it. Luckily for me and once again, thanks to SBS’ fantastic coverage, I was able to watch the episode replayed on the website. And I laughed and laughed.

This weeks was just as fast-paced and downright hilarious. The cocaine gag was brilliant.

As always the quotes are gold, the political jibes quick and the characters tongue-in-cheek. It’s textbook Micallef.

I’ve bloody missed this bloke from our screens. Can’t wait until next week!

Link: NEWStopia on SBS