A decade ago

Another New Year is approaching and i cant but think back on the year 2000. It is a decade ago now and prior year 2000 everyone was going crazy about the end of the world and the Y2K-bug.

Here are some events that happened year 2000.

1) There was a mini baby boom in year 2000 as many wanted to have a "millennium baby".

2) Windows-users got a nasty virus called "ILOVEYOU" that spread rapidly all over the world

3) It was the last strip of "Peanuts" (Snoopy) by Charles M. Schultz due to his death.

4) Wolverin scratched his way into our lives alongside other mutants in the first X-men film

5) Playstation 2 is released, only one game is released that year for the console

6) The crime drama CSI:Crime Scene investigation premiers with Dr. Gil Grissom

7) Vladimir Putin is elected president in Russia

8) In Enschede, the Netherlands a fireworks factory explodes killing 23 people

9) In Kaprun, Austria a railway car catches fire in an alpine tunnel killing more then 150 skiers, leaving 12 survivors

10) Russel Crowe leaps to everyones heart, portraying General Maximus Meridus in Gladiator, that later on won the awards for best picture on the Oscars.

11) NASA announces that there is an ocean beneath the icy surface on one of the moons of Jupiter

12) Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barent Sea. Help is delayed due to Russia refusing access to the sub, all 118 men on board die.

13) The NEAR Shoemaker is the first spacecraft ever to enter orbit around an asteroid

14) Tarja Halonen is elected the first female president in Finland

15) Presidential election in the US: Al Gore vs. George W. Bush. Election that made the history due to a lot of dispute over votes in Florida

Tron

Went to see Tron: Legacy a high-tech adventure in a digital world. This is a sequal to the original Tron from 1982, which was a ground breaking film at the time. Tron: Legacy had a lot to live up to and the expectations where high as the original film has a lot of fans world over. The story of the sequel focuses more on the relationship between the father Kevin Flynn and his son Sam, than anything else. There is also a lot of traveling to get from one point to another or to travel to meet someone. Really the storyline is thin and i guess most of the fans expected a lot more from this million production project, so from that point of view it is rather disappointing. The fable of totalitarianism and genocide was also a bit of an overkill. Really in retrospect it's like they where grabbing what they could to come up with a story. Then again for me that is totally new to the wold on "the Grid" and Tron as such, it was still a cool film to see. I can understand the original now and why it was so groundbreaking. The whole idea of entering a world of a computer maybe is not a novelty today but it surely was during the 80's. The graphics, transporting vehicles and the whole world as such is really impressive and i can say that at least I enjoyed watching them. So to sum up, if you are expecting this amazing sequel, with endless action, effects and awesome storyline then you are wasting your money. If you want a nostalgic trip to the 80's and see some cutting edge technology of our time then it is worth a go.

Inkheart

Crashed on the sofa and ended up semi watching Inkheart, can not really comment on the film as i did not really pay that much attention. It had a beautiful song while the credits where running: "My Declaration" by Tom Baxter and performed by Eliza Bennett. It was also cool to see so many famous actors and actresses.... And as i am really bad with names (oh..that is Smeagol and "talakankankan" referring to Andy Serkis and Jim Broadbent) i had to look up the film on IMDb. Saw that it did not really get that good ratings but i think i will watch it at some point any how.