{"id":593,"date":"2006-09-23T22:27:02","date_gmt":"2006-09-23T22:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccgi.geraldyuen.plus.com\/?p=593"},"modified":"2007-02-27T23:04:56","modified_gmt":"2007-02-27T23:04:56","slug":"something-old-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":"Something old, something new"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spent the morning wandering around Kew Gardens<\/a> with Nige and some of the people he’d acquainted himself with on PBase<\/a>. Even though I only live ten minutes down the road, and I’ve been to Kew itself to shop, I’ve never been to the Royal Botanic Gardens. After spending the morning there, I realised I needed more time and will have to go again one day (with a macro lens) to fully appreciate the gardens.<\/p>\n

The afternoon was spent playing football at Lampton Park with some of the lads from church and some of their acquaintances. A good run around, as well as a good way to meet other people.<\/p>\n

The day ended with a few of the usual suspects watching a couple of DVDs. Spiderman II<\/a> and The Animatrix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I must admit, I still think Spiderman II is a great film, with plenty of depth to the story and characters, as well as great action and special effects. None of the characters are stereotypical, with a hero who has failings, a villian who has good points and a heroine with a brain and some guts. Some of life’s difficult questions are beset upon the characters, with good and bad choices made by all which weave together into an well written story.<\/p>\n

The Animatrix helps to fill in gaps in The Matrix<\/a> universe. The whole concept of The Matrix is a very clever allegory of religious thought and practice, and the Animatrix continues to weave Judaeo-Christian biblical imagery, with more Eastern religious thought as well as modern philosophical thoughts on the human condition to produce an interesting fictional world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spent the morning wandering around Kew Gardens with Nige and some of the people he’d acquainted himself with on PBase. Even though I only live ten minutes down the road, and I’ve been to Kew itself to shop, I’ve never been to the Royal Botanic Gardens. After spending the morning there, I realised I needed… <\/p>\n

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