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Finger Phone The Japanese made another wacky new toy. The finger phone... It's a wrist band thaat has no buttons on it. You use your finger as the speaker...uhuh...you put it in your ear and the band sends vibrations through it which your eardrum translates into sound. You talk into your wrist and dial with your voice... And to turn it off...you put your thumb and speaker finger together...lolz! They are like, weird over there. S.O.S, Save Our Sand... Saudi-Arabia has just putlawed the export of sand... Weird eh ? A lot of places are having a huge sand shortage, and because of the rebuilding of Afhanistan and Iraq more and more sand is exported. So really there is no shortage, its just that the sand is being taken from places that are already short on sand after so many years of export. Until they find a way to get sand from deserts and abandoned regions in a profitable way, all export is illegal and the borders will remain closed for sand.. BBC Viewers Top 10 Worst Movies... 10. Highlander II - The Quickening Reviewers say : Connery is worse here than he is in "The Avengers". The script feels as if it were written in crayon on the morning of filming. A director's cut is supposed to be much better - but then everybody says that about director's cuts. "Highlander II" would have to be a new cut of a different film to make a significant difference. Viewers say : "Breathtakingly stupid." merc says : Uhm, you mean Connery the Spanish dude with the Scottish accent ? Ain't he Indiana's dad ? 9. Eyes Wide Shut Reviewers say : A daydream of a sexual fantasy. Viewers say : "What the hell was that all about?" merc says : I liked it, was weird at times, but i loved the freaky stuff, and the mystery of what happened at the end with the piano player...and the jokes...and...and... 8. Battlefield Earth Reviewers say : "it is a botched adventure that looks suspiciously like any number of other sci-fi tales you will have seen, and pales instantly by the comparison." Viewers say : "A totally miserable experience shared with six other sad and bemused people and 120 empty seats." merc says : Lolz! Monkies in jetplanes! Crash!Coarse on how to fly a F16 in 2 hours...? Shoot the screenplay writer ? 7. The Avengers Reviewers say : it's a film to gall fans of the old television series and perplex anyone else. I can't remember another Friday morning show where I heard actual cries of "Ugh!" on the way out the door. Viewers say : "As the film went silent before the closing credits I said aloud: 'That was ****!' and got a round of applause." merc says : Oi? 6. Batman and Robin Reviewers say : Schwarzenegger wears his armor manfully and delivers such lines with suitable smirks. And his Mr. Freeze is introduced as a former two-time Nobel Prize winner in molecular biology, which is surely the funniest thing in the movie. Viewers say : "I wanted to sandpaper my retinas." merc says : Why!!!!!????? Darn, that was silly, plastic movie about uhm, i cant remember.... 5. The Blair Witch Project Reviewers say : Not as terrifying as advertised, and definitely flawed, it is still one of the most original horror films to have emerged in recent years. Viewers say : "Two hours that would have been more profitably spent trying to staple my tongue to my forehead." merc says : Loved it! Now this is a top class thriller!!! Haunted me for days... 4. Vanilla Sky Reviewers say : "stunning visual trickery allied to his trademark snappy dialogue, human characters, and a welter of music/pop culture references" Viewers say : "The lowest point of my life so far." merc says : I liked the "original better : Abre Los Ojos. Also with Penelope Cruz. 3. Pearl Harbor Reviewers say : Directed with zero subtlety by "Armageddon" 's Michael Bay, it's a great, bloated mess of a picture with a weak script and bland performances. Viewers say : "It battered my intelligence with such ferocity I could barely find my way out of the cinema." merc says : Nice arcade movie, no depth, just rivalry and action. I kinda liked it, a bit. 2. A.I. : Artificial Intelligence Reviewers say : A bizarre meeting of minds between Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg, it will probably please neither lovers of the late film maker's cerebral work, or fans of the incorrigible populist's crowd-pleasing blockbusters. Viewers say : "All copies should be incinerated." merc says : BEST MOVIE EVER!!!! 1. Titanic Reviewers say : The script for the movie is rather like those rivets. It's weak and riddled with poor dialogue. But despite its failings it's hard not to become swept up in the sheer grandeur of "Titanic". Viewers say : "It sank. There. I've saved you three hours of your life." merc says : Lovely love story, and stuff... I liked it enough to see it a few times since it appeared. | posted by merc, 3:35 PM