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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Oh No, Diminishing Returns

Dec 162011

When the most formidable criminal mind in Europe is hellbent upon bringing Western Civilization to ruin, few men can be called upon to tackle the perilous situation.

Indeed, few men can foil an evil genius whose claims to infamy include orchestration of a series of bombings, complete lack of empathy and moral insanity.

Gentlemen, here again to thwart the evil forces in dire times is the peerless detective Sherlock Holmes with his reluctant sidekick Dr.Watson (dragged kicking and screaming from his honeymoon in this episode) in tow.

Like its 2009 predecessor, A Game of Shadows too is not your grandfather’s Sherlock Holmes.

No, not the thinking man’s Sherlock Holmes but one saddled with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

An irreverent parody of the famed detective by British director Guy Richie and his principal henchmen Robert Downey, Jr (Sherlock Holmes) and Jude Law (Dr.Watson).

Boy, Arthur Conan Doyle’s bones must sure be rattling in his grave at the desecration to his signature creation by his countrymen!

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - Disappointing

Diminishing Returns

It’s that rare movie sequel that retains the endearing magic of the original and refuses to kowtow before the all powerful God of diminishing returns.

Alas, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is not one of them.

Just two years after Sherlock Holmes hit the screen, comes Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows with its endless bedlam and manic action.

But this time, all the frenzy and frenetic action, all of the fine camera work and art direction showcasing the Victorian era with remarkable finesse and all of the superb performances fail to get the blood rushing fast to the head.

Merely a feeling that the movie was kinda ok washed over us.

Storm Clouds in Europe

The year is 1891, Europe is in boil with a wave of bombings and anarchist attacks.

France and Germany are at loggerheads and tension is in the air.

Stray as each violent incident may seem, Holmes is not deceived.

He sees the hand of one genius, the ‘Napoleon of crime’ skilfully weaving the web of violence wracking the continent but too good to leave behind any evidence.

The deadly adversary pitted against Holmes and Watson this time is Prof. James Moriarty, played with great skill by Jared Harris.

Besides Downey and Law, another familiar face Rachel McAdams is back as Irene Adler. But in too small a role to leave any impact.

Neither did the Dragon Tattoo girl Noomi Rapace make her presence felt although she had a slightly meatier role.

Stephen Fry as Holmes’ brother is brilliant.

Robert Downey is still in his swaggering element, going as far as dressing in drag to save his partner from the fusillade of bullets.

If Harrison Ford owned Indiana Jones and pirate Captain Jack Sparrow can be none but Johnny Depp, then Robert Downey is the 21st century’s sole proprietor of the 19th century Victorian detective Holmes.

Jude Law’s Watson is the perfect stable foil to the “manic verging on psychotic” Holmes.

What Went Wrong

What likely went awry with the movie is that in the endless hurly burly of action, the blur of violence, the crackling dialogs and the thrust and parry of Holmes, Watson and Moriarty, the film’s makers lost sight of the emotional connect that only a strong plot can deliver.

When the plot plays second fiddle to the endless flurry of action, the movie loses appeal quickly.

Roller-coaster rides can be wildly exhilarating the first time around. But after a few rounds nausea sets in and you long for the stability of terra firma and just wish the ride would be over.

By the way, if you haven’t seen the 2009 movie not to worry. This one stands on its own legs.

Ho-Hum Soundtrack

Adding to our displeasure was the less than attractive soundtrack.

To those familiar with Hans Zimmer’s score in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, the theme track in the sequel will come as a disappointment to his legions of fans.

The music seems like it’s just a rework of the old theme rather than fresh ouevre from a master.

SearchIndia.com Rating

Your favorite blog SearchIndia.com does not strongly recommend Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

P.S.: A mere 30 people straggled in for the opening midnight show of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows at a theater on the East Coast.

In Amreeka, Whites Rape More & Blacks get More Kick from Murder & Drugs

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Dec 152011

In the popular view, White men are considered to be cursed with a small-dick while Blacks are thought to be blessed with a bigger piston.

You often see references to White men as prematurely collapsing weak pussies while Black men are glorified as virile studs pounding their way to Nirvana.

So, we got a big surprise when we pored over the just released data on U.S. prison population put out by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Whites Rape More

Holy Cow, the vilified as pencil-dick Whites are raping a lot more people compared to their supposedly better endowed Blacks.

This White trash love for rape is not a one-year aberration but holds good across years.

Whites Rape More, Blacks Murder More

We looked at U.S. government data from 2006 through 2009 and in every year White men are dropping their pants and attacking their victims more often than Blacks are dropping their loose-fitting trousers.

Rapes by White men is also steadily increasing while rapes by Blacks has more or less remained constant.

It’s not just with Rape that White men are far ahead.

When it comes to other kinds of sexual assault too, White men leave Black men panting far behind.

Picture Darkens for Whites

Even when looked at from a percentage perspective, Whites are ahead in the Rape game.

Rapes accounted for 6.7% and 6.8% of White crime in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

For Blacks, Rapes accounted for 4% in 2008 and 3.9% in 2009 of total Black crime.

When you add other sexual assault too, the picture worsens for Whites.

Rape and other sexual assault accounted for 17.8% of their total crimes in 2008 and 2009 and was the biggest proportion of White violent crime in the two years.

Rape and other sexual assault together accounted for 7.8% of Blacks’ total crimes in 2008 and 7.9% in 2009. In both years, murder was the single biggest violent crime by Blacks.

What Gives?

White men obviously have less control over their libido than Blacks or Hispanics.

Given the higher socio-economic status of Whites in America, they are exposed to more stimuli like porn images and movies, drugs, clubs, parties and liquor and hence enjoy greater opportunities for rape compared to other ethnic groups.

Plus, White men have greater access to girls compared to men from other races given the fascination of women of all races toward White skin. An obsession that we’ve never understood.

Also, it seems Whites have a lower fear of the law when it comes to sexual crimes in the belief that their skin color will help them get away with the perverse deed.

By the way, in what was another surprise for us Whites also rob more than Blacks.

Blacks Dig Murder

Blacks on the other hand get a bigger kick out of murder and drugs.

Again, the Black penchant for murder and drug crimes holds good across the years.

We’d venture to say a lot of Black murders are drug and robbery related.

As for drugs, higher numbers of Blacks are getting thrown into jail over drug crimes because of street-sales, racism, police corruption, and sentencing distortions.

Also, White buyers of drugs have access to better lawyers and a favorable justice system that frowns more on Black sellers while casting a Nelson’s Eye on White buyers.

Moral of the Story

If you see a White Male, run if you value your virginity, chastity and money.

If you see a Black Male, run for your life.

If you see an Asian-Indian Male or Female, abandon all hope.

Tablet Craze Will Boost Shipments to 63.3m in 2011; Apple iPad King of Heap

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Dec 152011

The market for PCs and laptops may be weak but tablet shipments continue to rise.

Based on robust demand in the fourth quarter, market researcher IDC raised its worldwide tablet shipments forecast in 2011 to 63.3 million units, up from its previous projection of 62.5 million units.

Tablet shipments into sales channels in the third quarter rose 23.9% on a sequential to 18.1 million units.

This represents an increase of 264.5% from the same quarter last year, but 5.8% below the original forecast of 19.2 million units.

Apple iPad Dominates

IDC expects Apple to have its best-ever quarter in 4Q11, and sees the iPad gaining more traction outside of the consumer market in 2012, specifically with enterprise and education markets.

Apple dominated worldwide tablet shipments in 3Q11 with 11.1 million units, up from 9.3 million units in 2Q11. That represents a 61.5% worldwide market share (down from 63.3% in 2Q11).

Apple iPad Dominates Tablet Market Apple iPad – Rules the Roost

Samsung was No-2 with 5.6% market share followed by HP with 5%, Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color (4.5%) and Asus (4% ).

Following a poor reception to its TouchPad tablets, HP has exited the tablet business. Continue reading »

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White Girls Declare War on Pubic Hair

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Dec 142011

One of the advantages of owning an iPad is the extraordinary education we’re getting.

With apps like Zite (owned by CNN) installed on the iPad, our intellectual horizons are expanding like never before.

Every day, we discover important new things.

And the best part is we never know what aspect of our intellect will be broadened when we tap on an app like Zite.

Take for instance, today.

It’s around 2:30AM on the East Coast, a time when most American cunts and pricks are fast asleep.

But we had this restless itch that comes from an unfinished task – we hadn’t tapped Zite all day.

So we quickly turned on iPad and tapped the Zite app on the home screen.

Even before the Zite app opened up, we had this crazy sixth sense that we were in for an important revelation.

Boy, were we right on the revelation!

White Gals Want Smooth, Bald Pussies

It seems a lot of White women under 30 have quietly, without fanfare declared a unilateral war on public hair.

At least, that’s what an article in The Atlantic suggests.

Titled The New Full-Frontal: Has Pubic Hair in America Gone Extinct, the Atlantic piece provides insights on a topic that one normally does not encounter in the non-pussy magazines.

For the benefit of our lazy priapic Indian readers, we’ll summarize the important points in the Atlantic piece and, as always, add SI’s penetrating insight for double paisa vasool:

1. We don’t know if you’ve noticed but these days a lot of American cunts, mostly young White cunts, are bald as the Barbie doll.

2. Many young American women shell out $65 or more to have hot, hot wax poured on their labia, the outer portion of what the hot-blooded pricks would vulgarly call the pussy. The painful procedure is called Brazilian Wax. Once the hot wax hardens, it’s peeled off along with the pubic hair to give a clean, smooth, bald look. Look Ma, No Hair.

3. A study by Indiana University researchers Debby Herbenick and Vanessa Schick found that that 60% of American women between 18-24 sometimes or always have completely bald pussies while about half of American women between 25-29 reported similar hairless pussies. Continue reading »

The Stool Pigeon – Decent Crime Thriller

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Dec 132011

You are a jailbird.

You decline the police suggestion to become a stool pigeon.

You get out of jail.

You owe $1 million because of your late father’s debts.

You see your sister being pimped out.

You steal a car.

You’re caught in flagrante.

You are screwed, screwed, screwed, royally screwed.

No Choice, Really

Now, what choice do you have other than to succumb to the police inspector’s pressure to become a Stool Pigeon and pass on information about your criminal buddies!

(Image Courtesy - Netflix)

Yes, The Stool Pigeon (2010) is a Hong Kong action film centering around a stool pigeon Ghost (Nicholas Tse) and his police handler Inspector Don Lee (Nick Cheung).

Directed by Dante Lam, the movie debuted in 2010 and met with a fairly positive response.

Deadly Business

Being a stool pigeon is no joke and the movie brings out well the enormous risks involved in being a stool pigeon (informant, in plain English).

The police is never your friend.

And the bad guys are paranoid, forever suspecting your bonafides or worse still, consider you a stool pigeon working to betray them to the police. Continue reading »

Hooray, Indian Restaurants Screwed; 61% of Americans Plan to Cut Back on Eating Out

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Dec 132011

The hard times a lot of Indian restaurants in the U.S. are currently facing due to the ongoing recession shows no signs of abating.

Six in ten U.S. adults (61%) said they are likely to decrease spending on eating out at restaurants (61%), according to a new poll by Harris Interactive.

Americans Eating Out - Harris Interactive Survey

We think that’s great news since less spending on dining out will surely affect Indian restaurants as well.

Deserve to Die

Most Indian restaurants in the U.S. that we’ve been to serve horrible food accompanied by lousy service and deserve to die.

It’s shameful that a lot of Indian restaurants in the U.S. can’t get even basic items like Samosa, Dal Makhani and Tandoori Chicken right.

The sooner they give up the ghost the better.

And when they die, they will be unmourned.

In more bad news for businesses, over three-quarters of Americans say they are unlikely to buy a new computer (77%) and 58% plan to spend less on entertainment within the next 6 months.

So if you’re planning on buying a laptop or PC, just hold out for a little while more.

There could be better deals on the horizon, say in the new year, 2012.

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