「機管局建議向離境旅客開徵一百八十元的建設費... 而精打細算的旅客更可能改往澳門及內地機場轉機。」
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150318/19080660
共匪邊有咁好死，為你機場飽和問題着想？人地恨不得將香港從國際視線消失呢。要害之一正是趕客，等人人轉去其他機場，摧毀香港航空樞紐地位，到時先起好條三跑嚟擺，咁先玩得你夠過癮。
乜嘢用者自付，又唔見你起咩蓮塘口岸時開徵陸路離境稅？（另點解整平塊地，起一兩棟矮矮地嘅建築物，幾條馬路，咁又要幾百億？）
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Thursday, January 01, 2015
2014 奸邪當道 港人醒覺
2014年頭，有人搞了個 「2014 香港人醒覺」的 fb group，我心想你是不是太樂觀了點。Well, 一次雨傘革命，陰差陽錯下，醒覺的人多了，比我想像的多，但還是不夠。最初幾日民眾發揮本能，一時氣勢大盛，奈何不久左膠終於還是把革命退化為他們一貫的運動。其實在三十年的和理非思想下，有這樣的覺醒已算不錯。可是在殖民力度愈來愈大的情況下，這樣的醒覺速度終不足以抵禦赤化。這是起步太遲的問題了。
我一向不認為甚麼真普選、公民提名之類是最重要的事。當務之急，是中港區隔，制止中共殖民，否則香港被消滅了，你和我也不再是香港人，成了孤魂野鬼，民主有個屁用？民主回歸派搞了三十年，民主爭取不到，殖民卻愈演愈烈。猶記得一三年李旺陽事件後，有個顛佬叫人不要參加支聯會的六四集會，被人罵個狗血淋頭。幾個月後，帶領你悼念六四的支聯會那班人「成功爭取」新移民綜援，又幾個月後，又是同一班人到聯合國指控香港人歧視新移民。你說誰才是顛佬？可喜的是，蔡耀昌於元旦遊行被狙擊，從此民陣那班人不再高調浦頭，間接促成七一預演佔中等較激行動。 八三一人大落閘後，連他們自己也宣布民主回歸路線壽終正寢。是時候把香港交回給香港人了。本土派的方式不一定成功，但你們的已證實失敗。
這次運動雖然失敗，但至少它令主流泛民一鋪清袋、令更多人認識左膠的惡行，也使港人首次大規模體驗(同一個顛佬提出的)勇武抗爭。年輕人甚至學生妹也身體力行，上過前線，體驗過札竹棚、擋警棍，就會明白勇武抗爭和左膠假抗爭的分別，回不去的了。 從這方面來看，它有極其重要的意義。可是這仍然十分初步，港人未能衝破和理非思想伽鎖，停留在「老婆被警察拉走強姦而自己站著高呼警察可恥」的程度。希望來年大家能突破這心障。
我覺得以下這圖最能代表2014的香港。香港奸邪當道，願港人繼續發揮圖中的堅強意志，知其不可而為之。
(我那時多麼渴望旺角能撐到十二月中，讓我也來守一下...)
我一向不認為甚麼真普選、公民提名之類是最重要的事。當務之急，是中港區隔，制止中共殖民，否則香港被消滅了，你和我也不再是香港人，成了孤魂野鬼，民主有個屁用？民主回歸派搞了三十年，民主爭取不到，殖民卻愈演愈烈。猶記得一三年李旺陽事件後，有個顛佬叫人不要參加支聯會的六四集會，被人罵個狗血淋頭。幾個月後，帶領你悼念六四的支聯會那班人「成功爭取」新移民綜援，又幾個月後，又是同一班人到聯合國指控香港人歧視新移民。你說誰才是顛佬？可喜的是，蔡耀昌於元旦遊行被狙擊，從此民陣那班人不再高調浦頭，間接促成七一預演佔中等較激行動。 八三一人大落閘後，連他們自己也宣布民主回歸路線壽終正寢。是時候把香港交回給香港人了。本土派的方式不一定成功，但你們的已證實失敗。
這次運動雖然失敗，但至少它令主流泛民一鋪清袋、令更多人認識左膠的惡行，也使港人首次大規模體驗(同一個顛佬提出的)勇武抗爭。年輕人甚至學生妹也身體力行，上過前線，體驗過札竹棚、擋警棍，就會明白勇武抗爭和左膠假抗爭的分別，回不去的了。 從這方面來看，它有極其重要的意義。可是這仍然十分初步，港人未能衝破和理非思想伽鎖，停留在「老婆被警察拉走強姦而自己站著高呼警察可恥」的程度。希望來年大家能突破這心障。
我覺得以下這圖最能代表2014的香港。香港奸邪當道，願港人繼續發揮圖中的堅強意志，知其不可而為之。
Monday, November 17, 2014
Break away from FIFA!
World Cup: Former FA chief David Bernstein calls for boycott
The English Football Association has been urged to lobby Uefa for a European boycott of the next World Cup - unless Fifa implements meaningful reform.
...
Similar views have been expressed by German Football League president Reinhard Rauball, who suggested Uefa could leave Fifa if the findings of the two-year investigation into corruption claims are not published in full.
I have been dreaming about this really, and however unrealistic it may sound, I am glad that someone at some senior position says something radical like this publicly. FIFA is so corrupt that it is impossible for it to correct and fix itself. Even if Sepp Blatter steps down (he won't), the corruption culture is so deeply embedded in the organization that the only way to change it is to take it apart and build a new one from scratch.
I have given some thoughts about this, actually. Obviously England cannot do it by itself. But if we can get the western Europe together, plus a few civilized countries like USA, Japan, etc, they should try to form a breakaway faction and run their own World Cup or whatever other tournaments at country or club level. There is no reason why FIFA should have monopoly in running world football. Let it face some competition. Essentially the world will then have two football governing bodies, a civilized one consisting of the above mentioned countries, and an uncivilized one containing, well, you know who those countries are. Let the uncivilized one have whatever bribery or corruption they like, as long as it is contained within themselves and don't affect the civilized world. Hopefully more countries will switch sides over time.
Of course there will be huge difficulties, for example FIFA will not allow "their" members' national players to play for Europe's clubs... but at the end of the day, it is about who has more financial bargaining power. Which of the following two is a bigger loss: the Premier League / Champions League losing some South American or African players, or FIFA / World Cup losing Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, France, England, and so on? (and don't worry, those South American or African players will find a way to change their nationality, as we all know already).
I know, it is just my dream, is it? Will someone have the courage to try to pull it off?
PS. And I forgot to mention, the civilized one can then do sensible things like using video replay technology and so on...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
15/10/2014 警察暗角拳打腳踢示威者 Pro-democracy protester beaten by HK Police
Starting at 00:06, a protester, whose hands were already tied-up, were taken to a corner and beaten up by HK Police. This is real footage from TVB (a local TV channel)(brightened up for easier viewing).
Saturday, September 06, 2014
人冇夢想同鹹魚有咩分別之 - Our Zoo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29014122
From the first episode it seems it will be a pretty good TV programme, even though probably 90% of it is going to be completely made up. But at least the real part (as written in the article) gives people a feeling of hope in this dire world.
Doctor Who 8.1 Deep Breath: Some Unorganized Thoughts
- I think they are trying too hard to tell us "I know the new Doctor is old but you should still watch the show". A majority of the episode is pretty much lecturing us right in the face about this, especially Vastra's speech. I mean, if you don't have confidence about this then maybe you shouldn't cast Peter Capaldi in the first place.
- In fact, the audience numbers seem to be dropping consistently over the last few seasons which is of some concern. Somehow, Steven Moffat can make Sherlock 'event TV' but not this.
- The episode is quite philosophical, about change. The droid, just like the Doctor, has changed faces so many times, and there is the question of "is it still the same broom" not just about the droid but the Doctor. When the Doctor holds up a plate in front of the droid and suggests that he may not even remember where he got that face from, the camera is actually showing the Doctor's face on the reflection, which is a subtle nice way to express the point.
- As for the big debate, my opinion is that the droid jumped himself. (Not that it makes much difference - either the Doctor pushed him or talked him to death, which is pretty much the same, plus the Doctor clearly killed many people before - so I don't know what the fuss was about.) My take is that: the droid repeatedly asks "How would you kill me ", as if he has wanted to kill himself for a long time but unable to do so because of its basic programming; the Doctor then make him realize that he's changed so much that he's no longer bound by that. When the Doctor says one of them is lying about their basic programming and they know who that is, the droid's "Yes" was very emotional, signifying this.
- There are more than the usual number of Scottish independence jokes, from eyebrows "independently cross" and "set up their independent state of eyebrows" to "still don't think you've got a vote".
Sunday, February 09, 2014
高質旅遊 post 兩個
轉貼高質旅遊 post 兩個:
(1) 直布羅陀: 悼念一下已死的香港
http://forum6.hkgolden.com/view.aspx?&message=4888966
(see also http://www.vjmedia.com.hk/articles/2014/02/09/62663 在直布羅陀尋找「香港」)
南極:
http://forum6.hkgolden.com/view.aspx?message=4900817
(1) 直布羅陀: 悼念一下已死的香港
http://forum6.hkgolden.com/view.aspx?&message=4888966
(see also http://www.vjmedia.com.hk/articles/2014/02/09/62663 在直布羅陀尋找「香港」)
南極:
http://forum6.hkgolden.com/view.aspx?message=4900817
Thursday, January 09, 2014
Moffat's Sherlock 3 and Doctor Who
Anyone who watches both these programmes cannot fail to notice the parallels. From the obvious
to the equally obvious
Once you realised this it is obvious how the rest of Sherlock's plot is going to be. Namely, this Mary and her baby isn't real, it's only a goo replica; the real one has already been kidnapped. The baby girl is then trained into apsychopath dominatrix called Irene Adler and sent back in time to defeat Sherlock. The plan almost succeeded, only for her to fall in love with Sherlock. As for how Sherlock faked his death, obviously none of the explanations given in The Empty Hearse is correct; the real explanation is that the one falling off the roof is a robot version of him...
OK, seriously. I think the latest episode, The Sign of Three, has unfairly got quite some stick. True it isn't your typical Sherlock episode, but to say it has no crime investigations, turned into a sit-com, etc, I cannot agree. The episode is very carefully crafted together, where all the apparently unconnected ends are tied up together at the end, like how a proper detective story should be. The way that the (attempted) murder stories were interwoven into the best man speech is fascinating. There isn't a more ingenious way to put together murder detective stories, a best man speech and exploration into the character's development into one episode really. (I do feel the stag-night scenes are a bit too long, though.)
The two cases that Sherlock picked to describe, the Bloody Guardsman and the Mayfly Man, he only intended to use them to illustrate how good a man John is (and they served this purpose nicely); he did not know at the time that it actually is related to what is happening right at the wedding, and the fact that they are (though a very unlikely coincidence in reality) is surprising to the audience after 70 minutes of "sit-com". The best man speech (gee I can only find a cached version!), by itself, is an excellent one even if you remove all the flashback scenes. Particularly the way he says all the bad things about marriage, bridesmaids etc only to turn it round a moment later. (The crying scenes are too fake though... is it really that moving?) The writer, Steve Thompson, should be congratulated about that. (I know this is written by all three of them, but one could assume, at least initially, that this episode is meant to be written by him?) (Btw, his Doctor Who episode, The Curse of the Black Spot, also got some heavy stick but I also thought it was unfair: the surprising reveal that the other thing is a medical ship in another dimension is very interesting.)
I hope time will do it justice, and that this episode will go down TV history as a classic - not necessarily because it is "the best" but because of its uniqueness.
| Sherlock | Doctor Who |
|---|---|
| Faked his death | Faked his death |
to the equally obvious
| Sherlock | Doctor Who |
|---|---|
| Left John and Mary's wedding early | Left Amy and Rory's wedding early |
| "I don't shave for Sherlock Holmes." "You should get that on a T-shirt" | "The angels have the phone box", I've got that on a T-shirt. |
| "Do you always carry handcuffs?" | Why would you even have - handcuffs? (Ok, that was River Song but still...) |
| No one actually dies - even though there are two (attempted) murders | "Everybody lives!" |
Once you realised this it is obvious how the rest of Sherlock's plot is going to be. Namely, this Mary and her baby isn't real, it's only a goo replica; the real one has already been kidnapped. The baby girl is then trained into a
OK, seriously. I think the latest episode, The Sign of Three, has unfairly got quite some stick. True it isn't your typical Sherlock episode, but to say it has no crime investigations, turned into a sit-com, etc, I cannot agree. The episode is very carefully crafted together, where all the apparently unconnected ends are tied up together at the end, like how a proper detective story should be. The way that the (attempted) murder stories were interwoven into the best man speech is fascinating. There isn't a more ingenious way to put together murder detective stories, a best man speech and exploration into the character's development into one episode really. (I do feel the stag-night scenes are a bit too long, though.)
The two cases that Sherlock picked to describe, the Bloody Guardsman and the Mayfly Man, he only intended to use them to illustrate how good a man John is (and they served this purpose nicely); he did not know at the time that it actually is related to what is happening right at the wedding, and the fact that they are (though a very unlikely coincidence in reality) is surprising to the audience after 70 minutes of "sit-com". The best man speech (gee I can only find a cached version!), by itself, is an excellent one even if you remove all the flashback scenes. Particularly the way he says all the bad things about marriage, bridesmaids etc only to turn it round a moment later. (The crying scenes are too fake though... is it really that moving?) The writer, Steve Thompson, should be congratulated about that. (I know this is written by all three of them, but one could assume, at least initially, that this episode is meant to be written by him?) (Btw, his Doctor Who episode, The Curse of the Black Spot, also got some heavy stick but I also thought it was unfair: the surprising reveal that the other thing is a medical ship in another dimension is very interesting.)
I hope time will do it justice, and that this episode will go down TV history as a classic - not necessarily because it is "the best" but because of its uniqueness.
Friday, October 04, 2013
港大新校長：顯然曾向烏干達求職？
港大教授炮轟準校長:
五年醫學院院長，就此而已，管理經驗的確是弱雞了點。
Bristol 大概不及港大，也不能說是很差，況且那還有真正勁人肯黎做？
洋人不見得就一定不會去討好大陸，單是香港已有不少例子，所以我們要盯實這個新校長會否又是一個媚共鬼佬。至於陳婉瑩，貴為汕頭大學長江新聞與傳播學院院長 ，自然不屑別人「反共到了盲目崇洋」。我一向有留意陳教授，就像法律學院陳某、教育學院程某、工程學院李某(已退休)...
那是一份 CV，「一份 CV 走天涯」不見得有甚麼不對，當然誠意就沒有多少。至於 Mission Statement，可能馬斐森認為「一份 CV 走天涯」裡寫的不應是一份工的使命，而是他人生的使命，那他是醫生自然是寫懸壺濟世拯救非洲兒童之類的崇高理想。他還說 strive to find time to be an effective and supportive husband and father, 不知和 HKU 或烏干達的 Mission 有何關係？「顯然曾向烏干達求職」這個解讀，恐怕很有商榷餘地。(小弟睇 application 大大話話睇過幾千份，在 「閱讀 Mission statement 發現申請人唔記得改校名」這方面的「經驗」不一定就差過陳教授...)
「港大值得一個更優秀的人」是一句用漢字寫的英文，HKU deserves a better vice-chancellor 也。
總而言之，就是新校長不怎麼樣，只是反對的似乎更不堪。
港大新聞及傳播研究中心總監兼教授陳婉瑩，在網上發表長達近三千字的文章，內容直言對馬斐森的資歷表示質疑，「他有五年醫學院院長的經驗，不能說是資深...
五年醫學院院長，就此而已，管理經驗的確是弱雞了點。
... Bristol（布里斯托）大學和港大的比較，媒體已有述及... 高度讚揚徐立之擁有的科研成就是國際知名，直言候選校長與徐立之的學術地位
「差好遠」。
Bristol 大概不及港大，也不能說是很差，況且那還有真正勁人肯黎做？
對於有評論指「外國人沒包袱，非華裔校長不會去討好大陸」的說法，陳婉瑩形容是「反共到了盲目崇洋的心態。」
洋人不見得就一定不會去討好大陸，單是香港已有不少例子，所以我們要盯實這個新校長會否又是一個媚共鬼佬。至於陳婉瑩，貴為汕頭大學長江新聞與傳播學院院長 ，自然不屑別人「反共到了盲目崇洋」。我一向有留意陳教授，就像法律學院陳某、教育學院程某、工程學院李某(已退休)...
...馬斐森給予港大校務委員會的使命陳詞（Mission
Statement），滿紙空泛的原則性陳述，並無展示任何願景，甚至認為馬斐森無誠意申請港大的職位，「他顯然曾向烏干達求職，而把發到非洲的簡歷挪用港大的申請，甚至沒注意把『烏干達』改為『香港』。」
那是一份 CV，「一份 CV 走天涯」不見得有甚麼不對，當然誠意就沒有多少。至於 Mission Statement，可能馬斐森認為「一份 CV 走天涯」裡寫的不應是一份工的使命，而是他人生的使命，那他是醫生自然是寫懸壺濟世拯救非洲兒童之類的崇高理想。他還說 strive to find time to be an effective and supportive husband and father, 不知和 HKU 或烏干達的 Mission 有何關係？「顯然曾向烏干達求職」這個解讀，恐怕很有商榷餘地。(小弟睇 application 大大話話睇過幾千份，在 「閱讀 Mission statement 發現申請人唔記得改校名」這方面的「經驗」不一定就差過陳教授...)
在文章的末段，陳婉瑩稱，聽到港大校友和同事的反應，「從震驚到失望到鄙視，同聲的說
『港大值得一個更優秀的人』。
「港大值得一個更優秀的人」是一句用漢字寫的英文，HKU deserves a better vice-chancellor 也。
總而言之，就是新校長不怎麼樣，只是反對的似乎更不堪。
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Dominoes
Dominoes Toys to close as hunt for buyer fails
Sad news. You don't have a four-storey shop only for toys these days, never mind an independent one. Over the years I visited it many times, though mostly just looking and only bought a couple of things.
I went to the sale one day late. I wasn't expecting to see any lego worth buying, but was a little bit surprised that almost all lego are gone, even those that I consider not worth buying. The only exception is the Friends series. Which just shows how big a failure it is in TLC's continued attempt to be politically correct and make "girly" things.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Saving A Primary School Teacher in Hong Kong from Political Persecution
(Original article from the petition linked below; the following is my extended version.)
Ms Alpais Lam Wai-sze, a primary school teacher in Hong Kong, is being politically persecuted for merely saying "what the fuck" upon witnessing the injustice routinely carried out by Hong Kong police.
(From Cuson Lo)
On July 14, a pro-communist group attacked a Falun Gong stall in the street. While very few people in Hong Kong like Falun Gong, Hong Kong citizens recognize their freedom of expression. Yet the police, clearly politically biased, routinely turn a blind eye to such violent incidents which has become a regular scene. On this occasion, Ms Lam, who happened to be passing by, stood up against the police's inaction (the police cordoned off the two groups and let the violence continue.) Her action of defending justice was followed by harassment: huge banners were left at her school calling for her dismissal; the "chief executive" of Hong Kong, C. Y. Leung, asked the Education Bureau to file a report on Ms Lam’s case; and the Regional Crime Squad of the police received order to investigate into Lam’s case. All for merely saying a WTF.
We condemn such government organised, politically motivated persecution and harassment against an individual. Some Hong Kong people are again (following the Chinese raid of baby milk powder in Hong Kong) trying to seek international attention by petitioning on the US Government website.
Ms Alpais Lam Wai-sze, a primary school teacher in Hong Kong, is being politically persecuted for merely saying "what the fuck" upon witnessing the injustice routinely carried out by Hong Kong police.
(From Cuson Lo)
On July 14, a pro-communist group attacked a Falun Gong stall in the street. While very few people in Hong Kong like Falun Gong, Hong Kong citizens recognize their freedom of expression. Yet the police, clearly politically biased, routinely turn a blind eye to such violent incidents which has become a regular scene. On this occasion, Ms Lam, who happened to be passing by, stood up against the police's inaction (the police cordoned off the two groups and let the violence continue.) Her action of defending justice was followed by harassment: huge banners were left at her school calling for her dismissal; the "chief executive" of Hong Kong, C. Y. Leung, asked the Education Bureau to file a report on Ms Lam’s case; and the Regional Crime Squad of the police received order to investigate into Lam’s case. All for merely saying a WTF.
We condemn such government organised, politically motivated persecution and harassment against an individual. Some Hong Kong people are again (following the Chinese raid of baby milk powder in Hong Kong) trying to seek international attention by petitioning on the US Government website.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Baby Hunger Outbreak in Hong Kong, International Aid Requested
Local parents in Hong
Kong can hardly buy baby formula milk powder in drugs stores and
supermarkets, as smugglers from mainland China storm to this tiny city
to buy milk powder and resell for huge profits in China. Many retailers
stockpiled milk powder and are reluctant to sell to local parents as
they can sell their stocks to mainland smugglers instead for
huge profits. Countries like Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and
New Zealand exercise rationed sale to tourist buyers from China but the
Hong Kong government frame the situation as a matter of "free
trade" and refuse to exercise its legal power to stop
cross-border smuggling. The Hong Kong government is even planning to ration milk powder supply to its own citizens while letting Chinese smugglers transport unlimited quantities of milk powder to China with the cooperation of corrupt Chinese customs officials.
We request international support and assistance as babies in Hong Kong will soon face malnutrition if the situation continues. Emptying Hong Kong's baby milk powder reserve is one of the tactics used by communist China to cleanse Hong Kong from its locals. Hong Kong's future generation will be virtually starved out. After the communist take-over of Hong Kong in 1997, this city has the lowest birth rate in the world, and the biggest immigration flux from the mainland to "replenish" the "natural" loss of locals. Very soon, mainland Chinese immigrants will out-number the locals. That is what happened in Tibet, decades ago.
香港爆發嬰兒飢荒，請求國際社會援助
中共縱容大陸走私客哄搶香港嬰兒奶粉，香港零售商對香港本地人實施銷售歧視，甚至禁售，香港特區政府視之為自由市場，袖手旁觀，令香港本地人 難買奶粉，家長東奔西跑，四處打聽，被逼餵飼奶粉樣品或轉換牌子，沒時間搶購奶粉的家庭，嬰兒營養堪虞，香港勢將爆發嬰兒飢荒，這是國際人道災難。各位香港媽咪，請集合簽名，陳述事實，去信聯合國或美國總統，尋求人道救援。這是淪陷區的人民，向國際社會求助。
(taken and slightly modified from
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Baby-Hunger-Outbreak-in-Hong-Kong-International-Aid-Requested/132578326908846)
We request international support and assistance as babies in Hong Kong will soon face malnutrition if the situation continues. Emptying Hong Kong's baby milk powder reserve is one of the tactics used by communist China to cleanse Hong Kong from its locals. Hong Kong's future generation will be virtually starved out. After the communist take-over of Hong Kong in 1997, this city has the lowest birth rate in the world, and the biggest immigration flux from the mainland to "replenish" the "natural" loss of locals. Very soon, mainland Chinese immigrants will out-number the locals. That is what happened in Tibet, decades ago.
香港爆發嬰兒飢荒，請求國際社會援助
中共縱容大陸走私客哄搶香港嬰兒奶粉，香港零售商對香港本地人實施銷售歧視，甚至禁售，香港特區政府視之為自由市場，袖手旁觀，令香港本地人 難買奶粉，家長東奔西跑，四處打聽，被逼餵飼奶粉樣品或轉換牌子，沒時間搶購奶粉的家庭，嬰兒營養堪虞，香港勢將爆發嬰兒飢荒，這是國際人道災難。各位香港媽咪，請集合簽名，陳述事實，去信聯合國或美國總統，尋求人道救援。這是淪陷區的人民，向國際社會求助。
(taken and slightly modified from
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Baby-Hunger-Outbreak-in-Hong-Kong-International-Aid-Requested/132578326908846)
Sunday, December 30, 2012
2012 summary: 中港矛盾
年初的D&G事件，看似小事一件，竟然便概括了一年的大事主題：中港矛盾。
大陸殖民香港變本加厲，單是近一兩年，己有高鐵、宜居灣區被規劃、自由行「黃金」遍地、雙非孕婦、自駕遊、殘體字、國民教育、其他課程染紅(中文、通識、普通話教中文、取消中史科、北上交流團、國民小先鋒)、新界東北割讓、水貨賊以至最近的地溝油等事。有些人可能覺得這些之中有些沒有問題甚或理所當然，卻反對另一些，例如支持高鐵但反自駕啊，或者認為殘體字是「文字自然演變」云云。其實這些全是一脈相承，是全盤大計的一部份。否則那可能短時間發生這麼多事?
稍使人欣慰的，是有關人等過於急進，水溫升得太快，使一些青蛙醒覺。2012年，本土意識抬頭，除了鍵盤戰士，還有實際行動，由 D&G 到光復上水，甚至公然談論港獨自治，揮英治時代旗幟。以往這是大不諱，像台獨藏獨，香港沒有半個政治人物敢稍露同情； 劉慧卿(對，你沒看錯，當年的劉慧卿)是當年唯一敢說些「台灣人民有權自決」之類的話的人，更不用說港獨了。以往像反高鐵，只搬出一些菜園村之類芝麻綠豆的論點，主流政黨沒人企出來公然反對中港融合。現在香港人面對快要被消滅，恐怕會對這些統獨爭論有一些新的體會。
在中港矛盾此一主題上，蘋果日報與高登貢獻不小。雖然蘋果日報的文字質素與其 non-existent 的校對水平實在使人不堪入目，但要是沒有蘋果日報,大家真是命都短幾年。之前肥佬黎還硬挺民主黨，立法會選舉民主黨大敗後，蘋果居然180度轉軚，大幅刊登鼓勵本土意識的言論。
至於高登，往往發社會風氣之先，例如由支持社民連，到人民力量，再到反人民力量，到反蝗蟲與水貨等，都領導輿論。你說「蝗蟲」侮辱嗎，那你另找一個能準確形容他們的詞語出來? 以往的新移民，由洗碗工到收銀，多少會融入香港，說些半鹹淡廣東話，雖被大家取笑，實無傷大雅。其 「令女」 「巧京京」 等詞語，反成為了香港文化一部份。反之現在那些，在大陸聽得多那些「中央照顧香港」的偉論，一副大爺模樣，奉旨講普通話，可是來港卻只是搵著數。你祖國這麼強大幹嗎連奶粉也要來買? 個別大陸人，大部份相信都是善良的，更是受害者，但當他們因政策因素大舉湧來，那便是另一回事。
有這些輿論，縱使主流政黨無能，民間自發力量卻很有點看頭。年中一場反洗腦運動，不只是一般的示威遊行，而是居然演變至佔領、絕食。可惜就在勝利在望時，這個運動給 sabotage 了。那些「老鬼」社運人士，一向安於佔著弱者的道德高地，內心懼怕勝利，一旦形勢逆轉佔上風，立時不知如何是好，於是草草收場，以能繼續做其弱者。更可怕的，是那個「團結進步無私」的黨，一早像病毒般滲透社會各界。要不是有幾個中學生出聲，那個教協是打算靜雞雞配合國民教育的了? 早在司徒華自爆其地下黨員/想做黨員而不得的身分起，我已對有關人等極其懷疑。在罷課一事上諸多推搪，連「教師外遊未歸」這等藉口也說得出？那些中國模式教材，難道你們之前沒有看過？那些洗腦「交流」團，國民小先鋒之類，已搞了好幾年，怎麼之前沒聽見你說過半句？又像殘體字，香港各公私機構，上至大學，下至連鎖快餐店，鍥而不捨地逐點逐點引入殘體字，給人揭發了，好點的便認低威，但過不了幾天便故態復萌；衰的更充耳不聞，一副看你奈得我何的模樣。其意志之堅，若說不是有人在背後推動實在很難使人相信。
2013年，我還是一貫的悲觀，只要大陸無大變，基本上香港給溶掉只是時間問題。所謂「四代香港人」嗎，沒有說的就是不會有第五代。連台灣隔著個海，又有民主選舉，仲有美國佬照住，都在染紅中，你說香港怎能獨善其身呢。
稍使人欣慰的，是有關人等過於急進，水溫升得太快，使一些青蛙醒覺。2012年，本土意識抬頭，除了鍵盤戰士，還有實際行動，由 D&G 到光復上水，甚至公然談論港獨自治，揮英治時代旗幟。以往這是大不諱，像台獨藏獨，香港沒有半個政治人物敢稍露同情； 劉慧卿(對，你沒看錯，當年的劉慧卿)是當年唯一敢說些「台灣人民有權自決」之類的話的人，更不用說港獨了。以往像反高鐵，只搬出一些菜園村之類芝麻綠豆的論點，主流政黨沒人企出來公然反對中港融合。現在香港人面對快要被消滅，恐怕會對這些統獨爭論有一些新的體會。
在中港矛盾此一主題上，蘋果日報與高登貢獻不小。雖然蘋果日報的文字質素與其 non-existent 的校對水平實在使人不堪入目，但要是沒有蘋果日報,大家真是命都短幾年。之前肥佬黎還硬挺民主黨，立法會選舉民主黨大敗後，蘋果居然180度轉軚，大幅刊登鼓勵本土意識的言論。
至於高登，往往發社會風氣之先，例如由支持社民連，到人民力量，再到反人民力量，到反蝗蟲與水貨等，都領導輿論。你說「蝗蟲」侮辱嗎，那你另找一個能準確形容他們的詞語出來? 以往的新移民，由洗碗工到收銀，多少會融入香港，說些半鹹淡廣東話，雖被大家取笑，實無傷大雅。其 「令女」 「巧京京」 等詞語，反成為了香港文化一部份。反之現在那些，在大陸聽得多那些「中央照顧香港」的偉論，一副大爺模樣，奉旨講普通話，可是來港卻只是搵著數。你祖國這麼強大幹嗎連奶粉也要來買? 個別大陸人，大部份相信都是善良的，更是受害者，但當他們因政策因素大舉湧來，那便是另一回事。
有這些輿論，縱使主流政黨無能，民間自發力量卻很有點看頭。年中一場反洗腦運動，不只是一般的示威遊行，而是居然演變至佔領、絕食。可惜就在勝利在望時，這個運動給 sabotage 了。那些「老鬼」社運人士，一向安於佔著弱者的道德高地，內心懼怕勝利，一旦形勢逆轉佔上風，立時不知如何是好，於是草草收場，以能繼續做其弱者。更可怕的，是那個「團結進步無私」的黨，一早像病毒般滲透社會各界。要不是有幾個中學生出聲，那個教協是打算靜雞雞配合國民教育的了? 早在司徒華自爆其地下黨員/想做黨員而不得的身分起，我已對有關人等極其懷疑。在罷課一事上諸多推搪，連「教師外遊未歸」這等藉口也說得出？那些中國模式教材，難道你們之前沒有看過？那些洗腦「交流」團，國民小先鋒之類，已搞了好幾年，怎麼之前沒聽見你說過半句？又像殘體字，香港各公私機構，上至大學，下至連鎖快餐店，鍥而不捨地逐點逐點引入殘體字，給人揭發了，好點的便認低威，但過不了幾天便故態復萌；衰的更充耳不聞，一副看你奈得我何的模樣。其意志之堅，若說不是有人在背後推動實在很難使人相信。
2013年，我還是一貫的悲觀，只要大陸無大變，基本上香港給溶掉只是時間問題。所謂「四代香港人」嗎，沒有說的就是不會有第五代。連台灣隔著個海，又有民主選舉，仲有美國佬照住，都在染紅中，你說香港怎能獨善其身呢。
Sunday, September 02, 2012
新界東候選人簡評
12 范國威
是全港唯一打正旗號反殘體字的候選人，與及遠早於主流政黨反自由行等... 無人無錢無宣傳，知名度支持度一樣低。若你反對中港「溶」合， 請考慮一下...
1 梁國雄
我十分敬重長毛之為人，可能是當今政壇唯一正直的人，雖然他的政見，十項我大概不同意五項。。。
10 張超雄
也是那些「好人但左翼理念不合我意」類。
11 蔡耀昌
似是真心有heart, 惜身處和稀泥政黨。
13 田北俊
此人與狼英作對，兼以一人之力阻止了廿三條。或嫌官商勾結味濃， 但我相信他比以下不少人更有良知的底線。
7 陳志全
此人也似乎是真心有heart, 但我對人民力量領袖之居心極其懷疑。但有一些激進份子，現時 strategically 不是壞事。
15 湯家驊
老兄你似乎也意興闌珊，唔多想玩...
14 黃成智
你當選是神的恩典，落選是神的考驗，either way 都是神的旨意，與我等選民無關，你去求神好了...
3 劉慧卿
除了比以下人等稍好之外，我實在找不到理由支持。受民建聯支持者喝采... sorry, 我不能接受。
16 何民傑
此人政綱似乎只有反強迫金一項，雖深得我心，總不能因此支持。
18 方國珊
前自由黨人(？)，其他不詳。
17 龐一鳴
I respect your belief, 但立法會似乎不是一個恰當的 platform.
9 陳克勤
勝在無能。
2 葉偉明
工聯會有一樣好，欲連任者必須改循直選出選。當然這是他們奸計，但總比功能組別圍威喂好。
5 龐愛蘭
不宜讓這等假中立之「專業人士」當選。
6 葛珮帆
此人比陳克勤危險，不宜讓其上位...
19 陳國強
如無記錯此人以前是工聯會/民建聯 (當然名陳國強者多如天上星，很可能攪錯。。。) 但勝在騎呢。我想問你以前住係第五座212室關我乜事？
8 邱榮光
唔知乜水， 似是鄉事派
4 梁安琪
你顛完未？
是全港唯一打正旗號反殘體字的候選人，與及遠早於主流政黨反自由行等... 無人無錢無宣傳，知名度支持度一樣低。若你反對中港「溶」合， 請考慮一下...
1 梁國雄
我十分敬重長毛之為人，可能是當今政壇唯一正直的人，雖然他的政見，十項我大概不同意五項。。。
10 張超雄
也是那些「好人但左翼理念不合我意」類。
11 蔡耀昌
似是真心有heart, 惜身處和稀泥政黨。
13 田北俊
此人與狼英作對，兼以一人之力阻止了廿三條。或嫌官商勾結味濃， 但我相信他比以下不少人更有良知的底線。
7 陳志全
此人也似乎是真心有heart, 但我對人民力量領袖之居心極其懷疑。但有一些激進份子，現時 strategically 不是壞事。
15 湯家驊
老兄你似乎也意興闌珊，唔多想玩...
14 黃成智
你當選是神的恩典，落選是神的考驗，either way 都是神的旨意，與我等選民無關，你去求神好了...
3 劉慧卿
除了比以下人等稍好之外，我實在找不到理由支持。受民建聯支持者喝采... sorry, 我不能接受。
16 何民傑
此人政綱似乎只有反強迫金一項，雖深得我心，總不能因此支持。
18 方國珊
前自由黨人(？)，其他不詳。
17 龐一鳴
I respect your belief, 但立法會似乎不是一個恰當的 platform.
9 陳克勤
勝在無能。
2 葉偉明
工聯會有一樣好，欲連任者必須改循直選出選。當然這是他們奸計，但總比功能組別圍威喂好。
5 龐愛蘭
不宜讓這等假中立之「專業人士」當選。
6 葛珮帆
此人比陳克勤危險，不宜讓其上位...
19 陳國強
如無記錯此人以前是工聯會/民建聯 (當然名陳國強者多如天上星，很可能攪錯。。。) 但勝在騎呢。我想問你以前住係第五座212室關我乜事？
8 邱榮光
唔知乜水， 似是鄉事派
4 梁安琪
你顛完未？
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
英格蘭超級中學 2011/12年度學生表現評核
(此文乃受某高登 post 所啟發，並非本人原創。)
萬城
老豆為超級富豪，比車同學老豆更巴閉，要乜有乜。但性情飄忽，行為怪異。今年大考最後五分鐘才答對試題，擊敗同住於萬氏圍村的死敵萬聯同學， 一嘗考第一滋味。
萬聯
一向為全班成績最優異，考第一次數最多，但常被其他同學指為受校方偏袒。今年輸了給被其視為「嘈吵鄰居」的萬城同學。班主任年資最深但脾氣暴燥，據說曾以風筒毒打萬同學。
柯仙奴
天資聰敏，班主任為教授，在其悉心栽培之下，柯同學學術水平毫無疑問是第一等。惟應試技巧平平，毅力不足，且常受大小傷病困擾，成績時好時壞。早年家中因買大屋致財政緊拙。另傳聞教授有「另類癖好」...
葉刺
上學期成績使人眼前一亮，但下學期班主任盛傳獲大學挖角，成績即一落千丈。與柯同學敵對。
劉卡素
本學年最佳進步獎得主，由最初被看淡只能僅僅及格，到最後竟能代表學校參加校際賽。
車路士
生於大富之家，成績優異。常督老師背脊使老師被炒，今年更故意考得差以逼走老師，以致學業退步，只能專注校際比賽。但車同學今年於校際一舉擊敗有「地上最強」之稱的瓜菜演藝學院，一雪多年前因裁判不公落敗之恥，兼為全校一吐烏氣。順帶一提，車同學家中有位女醫生經常跟出跟入，頗引人注目。
艾華頓
家境清貧，常要變賣家當，只能買二手書或向同學借書等。一如以往，上學期成績不佳，下學期成績卻突飛猛進。近年常屈居同村死對頭利同學之下，今年卻能力壓對方。
利物浦
全家上下只懂緬懷利同學小學時十九幾次考第一，近年成績已不復當年，今年只於無關痛癢的一科拿第一。行路唔帶眼，經常撞門框，尤以在家中為甚。但勝在樂善好施，常劫富濟貧，今年更濟富濟貧。喜用國貨，不惜高價搜購。
傅咸
因心理障礙，須於家中應考才能發揮應有水準。
西門布朗
面目模糊，成績中等，毫不起眼。
史雲斯
未轉來本校前已有「英冠瓜菜」之美譽，成績中游，但學習方式深獲各方讚賞。
樂域治
轉校生，成績中等，也是無甚可評。
辛特蘭
學期中換老師後，成績曾有短時間改善，但很快打回原形。
史篤城
全班最高，在家中很惡，強如萬柯車葉等同學也害怕到他家中作客。沉迷軍事，家中有手榴彈專用抹布。
韋根
典型「臨急抱佛腳」型學生，年年只於考試前幾天才溫習，偏偏年年及格。
衛拉
其班主任教學以消極聞名，早已臭名遠播，在其任教下衛同學成績由以往有力爭取校際出賽資格，淪落到今年只勉強不用留級。該老師最終被炒。
昆士柏
成績下游，僥倖及格。操行惡劣，有暴力傾向。
寶頓
整年惡運纏身，一度有生命危險，最終難逃留級厄運。
布力般
上年老母改嫁了給個在印度賣雞的，結果全村上下人人鄙視。該印度佬不懂也不理布同學的學業，布同學最終留級。
胡虎士
本來成績已十分不濟，學年中後段連老師也被炒掉，成績更一蹶不振，學期未完已肯定留級。
萬城
老豆為超級富豪，比車同學老豆更巴閉，要乜有乜。但性情飄忽，行為怪異。今年大考最後五分鐘才答對試題，擊敗同住於萬氏圍村的死敵萬聯同學， 一嘗考第一滋味。
萬聯
一向為全班成績最優異，考第一次數最多，但常被其他同學指為受校方偏袒。今年輸了給被其視為「嘈吵鄰居」的萬城同學。班主任年資最深但脾氣暴燥，據說曾以風筒毒打萬同學。
柯仙奴
天資聰敏，班主任為教授，在其悉心栽培之下，柯同學學術水平毫無疑問是第一等。惟應試技巧平平，毅力不足，且常受大小傷病困擾，成績時好時壞。早年家中因買大屋致財政緊拙。另傳聞教授有「另類癖好」...
葉刺
上學期成績使人眼前一亮，但下學期班主任盛傳獲大學挖角，成績即一落千丈。與柯同學敵對。
劉卡素
本學年最佳進步獎得主，由最初被看淡只能僅僅及格，到最後竟能代表學校參加校際賽。
車路士
生於大富之家，成績優異。常督老師背脊使老師被炒，今年更故意考得差以逼走老師，以致學業退步，只能專注校際比賽。但車同學今年於校際一舉擊敗有「地上最強」之稱的瓜菜演藝學院，一雪多年前因裁判不公落敗之恥，兼為全校一吐烏氣。順帶一提，車同學家中有位女醫生經常跟出跟入，頗引人注目。
艾華頓
家境清貧，常要變賣家當，只能買二手書或向同學借書等。一如以往，上學期成績不佳，下學期成績卻突飛猛進。近年常屈居同村死對頭利同學之下，今年卻能力壓對方。
利物浦
全家上下只懂緬懷利同學小學時十九幾次考第一，近年成績已不復當年，今年只於無關痛癢的一科拿第一。行路唔帶眼，經常撞門框，尤以在家中為甚。但勝在樂善好施，常劫富濟貧，今年更濟富濟貧。喜用國貨，不惜高價搜購。
傅咸
因心理障礙，須於家中應考才能發揮應有水準。
西門布朗
面目模糊，成績中等，毫不起眼。
史雲斯
未轉來本校前已有「英冠瓜菜」之美譽，成績中游，但學習方式深獲各方讚賞。
樂域治
轉校生，成績中等，也是無甚可評。
辛特蘭
學期中換老師後，成績曾有短時間改善，但很快打回原形。
史篤城
全班最高，在家中很惡，強如萬柯車葉等同學也害怕到他家中作客。沉迷軍事，家中有手榴彈專用抹布。
韋根
典型「臨急抱佛腳」型學生，年年只於考試前幾天才溫習，偏偏年年及格。
衛拉
其班主任教學以消極聞名，早已臭名遠播，在其任教下衛同學成績由以往有力爭取校際出賽資格，淪落到今年只勉強不用留級。該老師最終被炒。
昆士柏
成績下游，僥倖及格。操行惡劣，有暴力傾向。
寶頓
整年惡運纏身，一度有生命危險，最終難逃留級厄運。
布力般
上年老母改嫁了給個在印度賣雞的，結果全村上下人人鄙視。該印度佬不懂也不理布同學的學業，布同學最終留級。
胡虎士
本來成績已十分不濟，學年中後段連老師也被炒掉，成績更一蹶不振，學期未完已肯定留級。
Sunday, March 25, 2012
If it wasn't dead before, it is now.
奇蹟終於沒有出現，特務首領終於降臨。
不過人家當選我們還是要贈慶一下的：
The Dark Side clouds everything. Impossible to see, the future is.不知是梁某付碌還是精心佈局，一切來得太突然，很有點 Star Wars feel。十幾年前，港人自願選擇梁振英是完全 unthinkable 的事。一兩個月前，泛民還爭論應否「過票」扶他入閘，現在想來真是荒唐得緊。到最後幾天才意識到情況急轉直下，反梁各界已來不及團結起來；唐英年要是早點爆大獲，事情未必沒有轉機。
Yoda, Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones
人類總要重複同樣的錯誤雖有說這是甚麼中共權鬥結果，選委純屬扯線公仔；但要不是梁某長期有 30-40% 的「高」民望，事情也未必這樣順利。葉劉真有先見之明，近十年前就已指出，希特拉也是民選出來的。天真的市民，寧要催淚彈也不要地產霸權 (李+x這也是自己作的孽)，就像四五十年代共產黨也深受愛戴一樣。支持梁某的市民，我們放長雙眼(不用很長)看吧。只怕那時你看到了卻說不到。董氏無能，只把香港搞死一半；梁某未上場已如此，日後如何，可想而知。
不過人家當選我們還是要贈慶一下的：
Sunday, March 18, 2012
如何洩露揑造的機密?
有心水清政界人士分析...「佢哋越係話唐英年洩密，咁咪即係話，梁振英當年真係有喺行會講過，要出動防暴隊及催淚彈對付示威者，若梁振英冇講過，咁就唔係洩密！」... 梁一邊指唐揑造事實，一邊又說唐洩露行政會議機密，兩個指控本身互相矛盾...
咁 obvious 嘅 logic flaw 都要 由 「心水清」 人士 「分析」，不過連梁某都能有高 「民望」，可見香港確是民智未開...
當時自由黨田北俊突然退出行會、反對 23條如期立法，令政府收回草案後，李鵬飛於同年 7月 13日對傳媒表示，「若非田北俊辭去行會職務， 7.9很可能血洗中環」。田北俊其後接受傳媒專訪時，也提及擔心政府不撒回草案會「血洗中環」。
田北俊你不如繼 03 年後再拯救多香港人一次吧，facebook 唔夠的，出來兜口兜面指證梁振英有講過，反正唐營都來個玉石俱焚了...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
As close to TV perfection as you can possibly get
I recently found out that TVB Pearl is showing BBC's Sherlock. Okay, you are two years behind us here but at least you show some good taste. Except they showed the first episode on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Who on earth is going to watch it? What a waste.
Back here we just finished Series 2. I wasn't in the UK when Episode 2.1 aired and somehow I'm not bothered to find and watch it... possibly because I watched 2.3 live and was somewhat disappointed by it. In fact by now I've completely forgotten the plot except the last 10 minutes. But after seeing some clips on youtube, I eventually watched it.
And this is what Steven Moffat can do. At his best, nothing, absolutely nothing on TV can beat him. Or Hollywood.
10 remarks on Sherlock 2.1: A Scandal in Belgravia
1) Small connections.
You think those little cases at the beginning were irrelevant funny jokes? True Moffat believers would have seen that coming. (Sorry, I didn't.)
2) Dress 3.
Irene Adler choosing her dress and decided to go naked. The day before I watched this, I was watching an episode of Coupling (another Moffat production, hugely underrated), where Jane chose "Dress 3". I don't mind recycled ideas, as long as they are brilliant.
3) The direction.
One highly acclaimed aspects back in the first series is the innovative camera work and directing, with on-screen text showing the SMS messages or what's going through Sherlock's mind. Not surprisingly it is retained, but there are other excellent work: the cutting between the car backfire noise and the smoke alarm, a freezed murder scene overlayed with Irene's room, and the cutting between "God save the Queen" and Christmas songs with Sherlock's violin. Though I suspect most of this is already specified in Moffat's script.
4) More little connections.
The cigarette lighter from the official to set off the fire alarm. The fire alarm to reveal the safe. The naked scene to let Sherlock know the safe's code (and that he does know where to look.) Bond Air. How the murder case relates to the main plot. And "because I took your pulse". When Moffat writes well, everything come together in the most unexpected but the most satisfying way.
5) One-liners.
"How did Sherlock recognise her from... not her face?"
"And exactly how many times did he fall out of the window?"
6) Poor Molly. Poor poor Molly.
7) The climax.
I think quite some people may have guessed the passcode of the phone before seeing it (I don't know whether I would - I had already seen the resolution...) Though they rather cleverly used mostly numbers in the failed attempts to mislead the audience while at the same time did include a B to show it can be a letter. For those who didn't see that coming, they must feel like they have just witnessed the most clever moment in TV history. Yes, this is again what Moffat can do. Except he does that regularly. Last time it was "something borrowed, something blue" in Doctor Who.
8) Naughtiness.
You think the ringtone is just another way of sex-ing up the story? Even that serves a final plot point. And plenty of things for Benedict Cumberbatch fangirls to scream at.
9) The music.
Irene's theme, particularly how it is timed to the reveal of the passcode and the "beheading". Stunning.
10) The end.
Quite some people don't like the addendum, considering it unnecessary and worsens the episode. History proves that such additions by Moffat usually turned out to be well-received (e.g. Doctor Who: Forest of the Dead). Ok, Sherlock infiltrating terrorists in Karachi is a bit silly, but after what we've seen in this episode, we all want Irene to survive, don't we?
So here it is.You think you are watching detective stories? No, not just that, it is comedy, tragedy, romance, everything. I always assume that Steven Moffat is an evil genius. Thank you for the final proof. A shame that his work is not more widely known.
Back here we just finished Series 2. I wasn't in the UK when Episode 2.1 aired and somehow I'm not bothered to find and watch it... possibly because I watched 2.3 live and was somewhat disappointed by it. In fact by now I've completely forgotten the plot except the last 10 minutes. But after seeing some clips on youtube, I eventually watched it.
And this is what Steven Moffat can do. At his best, nothing, absolutely nothing on TV can beat him. Or Hollywood.
10 remarks on Sherlock 2.1: A Scandal in Belgravia
1) Small connections.
You think those little cases at the beginning were irrelevant funny jokes? True Moffat believers would have seen that coming. (Sorry, I didn't.)
2) Dress 3.
Irene Adler choosing her dress and decided to go naked. The day before I watched this, I was watching an episode of Coupling (another Moffat production, hugely underrated), where Jane chose "Dress 3". I don't mind recycled ideas, as long as they are brilliant.
3) The direction.
One highly acclaimed aspects back in the first series is the innovative camera work and directing, with on-screen text showing the SMS messages or what's going through Sherlock's mind. Not surprisingly it is retained, but there are other excellent work: the cutting between the car backfire noise and the smoke alarm, a freezed murder scene overlayed with Irene's room, and the cutting between "God save the Queen" and Christmas songs with Sherlock's violin. Though I suspect most of this is already specified in Moffat's script.
4) More little connections.
The cigarette lighter from the official to set off the fire alarm. The fire alarm to reveal the safe. The naked scene to let Sherlock know the safe's code (and that he does know where to look.) Bond Air. How the murder case relates to the main plot. And "because I took your pulse". When Moffat writes well, everything come together in the most unexpected but the most satisfying way.
5) One-liners.
"How did Sherlock recognise her from... not her face?"
"And exactly how many times did he fall out of the window?"
6) Poor Molly. Poor poor Molly.
7) The climax.
I think quite some people may have guessed the passcode of the phone before seeing it (I don't know whether I would - I had already seen the resolution...) Though they rather cleverly used mostly numbers in the failed attempts to mislead the audience while at the same time did include a B to show it can be a letter. For those who didn't see that coming, they must feel like they have just witnessed the most clever moment in TV history. Yes, this is again what Moffat can do. Except he does that regularly. Last time it was "something borrowed, something blue" in Doctor Who.
8) Naughtiness.
You think the ringtone is just another way of sex-ing up the story? Even that serves a final plot point. And plenty of things for Benedict Cumberbatch fangirls to scream at.
9) The music.
Irene's theme, particularly how it is timed to the reveal of the passcode and the "beheading". Stunning.
10) The end.
Quite some people don't like the addendum, considering it unnecessary and worsens the episode. History proves that such additions by Moffat usually turned out to be well-received (e.g. Doctor Who: Forest of the Dead). Ok, Sherlock infiltrating terrorists in Karachi is a bit silly, but after what we've seen in this episode, we all want Irene to survive, don't we?
So here it is.You think you are watching detective stories? No, not just that, it is comedy, tragedy, romance, everything. I always assume that Steven Moffat is an evil genius. Thank you for the final proof. A shame that his work is not more widely known.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
香港人是狗...
孔慶東：「故意不說普通話，是甚麼人？」
漢人，漢人不說滿語，你(自己說的)七十三代祖先孔子也不說滿語。
***
我等反簡體字，反普通話，反中港融合，總之凡大陸必反者，一向勢孤力弱，有心無力。但近來水溫似乎突然提升得快了很多：也許大陸殖民數量已達到了 critical mass，全港各處「不約而同」(??) 地出現簡體字，連我屋企樓下也能聽見普通話對答，人人渾不當一回事。(那不是尖沙咀銅鑼灣等商業淪陷區，也不是天水圍等殖民區 )
因此我很高興見到 D&G 事件成為一個爆發點，加上雙非人，孔慶東等，使社會凝聚了「反蝗」力量。我們「反蝗」有兩個層次的原因：較直接的是搶佔資源，炒貴物價等；另一層的原因，是大家不想看到香港「劣質化」。雖然大陸的洗腦教育不斷告訴大家「內地已經超越香港」云云，但就是大陸人自己也不信，不然為什麼湧來產子？大陸要是這麼好，該是香港孕婦湧上大陸產子才是。這個優劣之分，不容狡辯。因此「大陸化」就是「劣質化」，大家應盡可能減慢這個 (很不幸，無可避免的) 趨勢。
當然，特區政府是在全力配合這個溝淡人口的殖民大計 :
甚麼雙非人，基本法怎麼說是一回事，你入境處只要把關得力，孕婦入不到境便根本沒有問題。世界各地的入境部門都很惡，拒絕入境連理由也不用給。因此整件事是政府故意縱容出來的。This city is dying, you know...
漢人，漢人不說滿語，你(自己說的)七十三代祖先孔子也不說滿語。
***
我等反簡體字，反普通話，反中港融合，總之凡大陸必反者，一向勢孤力弱，有心無力。但近來水溫似乎突然提升得快了很多：也許大陸殖民數量已達到了 critical mass，全港各處「不約而同」(??) 地出現簡體字，連我屋企樓下也能聽見普通話對答，人人渾不當一回事。(那不是尖沙咀銅鑼灣等商業淪陷區，也不是天水圍等殖民區 )
因此我很高興見到 D&G 事件成為一個爆發點，加上雙非人，孔慶東等，使社會凝聚了「反蝗」力量。我們「反蝗」有兩個層次的原因：較直接的是搶佔資源，炒貴物價等；另一層的原因，是大家不想看到香港「劣質化」。雖然大陸的洗腦教育不斷告訴大家「內地已經超越香港」云云，但就是大陸人自己也不信，不然為什麼湧來產子？大陸要是這麼好，該是香港孕婦湧上大陸產子才是。這個優劣之分，不容狡辯。因此「大陸化」就是「劣質化」，大家應盡可能減慢這個 (很不幸，無可避免的) 趨勢。
當然，特區政府是在全力配合這個溝淡人口的殖民大計 :
中聯辦研究部學者強世功的著作《中國香港》解釋了背後的道理：『鄧小平治港藍圖的設計，偉大之處在於他承繼了毛澤東治西藏背後那套滿清帝國的「理藩」經驗』* ──中共官方的研究已經承認，在香港推行的政策，其實和中共在西藏、新疆所推行那一套沒有任何不同，用大家理解的術語說明，就是帝國主義的殖民制度。
甚麼雙非人，基本法怎麼說是一回事，你入境處只要把關得力，孕婦入不到境便根本沒有問題。世界各地的入境部門都很惡，拒絕入境連理由也不用給。因此整件事是政府故意縱容出來的。This city is dying, you know...
Monday, October 31, 2011
The complete River Song stories timeline
Right, I know I'm sticking my neck out there, but here it is: the River Song timeline as we know it.(Warning: large file)
I know, Rory isn't there. I may add him later. Also The Eleventh Hour doesn't feature River Song, but I somehow feel it should be here. (Perhaps it should be called "Steven Moffat series 4-6 stories timeline" instead.)
And apologies for the poor graphics...
I know, Rory isn't there. I may add him later. Also The Eleventh Hour doesn't feature River Song, but I somehow feel it should be here. (Perhaps it should be called "Steven Moffat series 4-6 stories timeline" instead.)
And apologies for the poor graphics...
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