David Given Schwarm

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

I saw this on HBOGo late at night while sick. I liked it a lot–there was some very funny stuff and some clever acting. I still think that the comic was better, but it was fun to see an indy book made into a fairly successful movie.

Green Lantern

I watched this on HBOGo–it was horrible. Completely terrible. Likely one of the worst films that I have ever seen something so horrible. Ever. My thought is that it is too rushed–there is no story here. There is just a very long fantastic comic book run that gets boiled down into a giant salt tab…

The Order

I watched this on Netflix alone. I was sick. I did not like it. It was weirdly anti-catholic, anti-Carolinian? something–just did not feel right. The Sin Eater was interesting, but just wrong as a villain. I am not sure where this film went wrong–the cast was good, the acting was all right, the film work was awesome, I…

38. An Oak Tree in the Garden

A monk asked Joshu why Bodhidharma came to China. Joshu said: “An oak tree in the garden.” Mumon’s comment: If one sees Joshu’s answer clearly, there is no Shakyamuni Buddha before him and no future Buddha after him. Words cannot describe everything.The heart’s message cannot be delivered in words.If one receives words literally, he will be…

Installing the Administrative User Interface

CA Communities has a new article which includes screen shot of Admin UI install. Pasquale Russo wrote the piece which is clear and to the point–he covers Solaris [which I miss], but does have some warnings about how to do this in other environmnets. I still apploaud CA for spending the time and energy in trying…