BigfinLatic Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Now, there are lots of films I am very excited about in 2009... Terminator:Salvation, Star Trek, Avatar, Transformers 2 (first trailer this sunday during the superbowl - awesome) ... however there is nothing like a good viral marketing campaign to get me really interested... www.D-9.com www.multinationalunited.com www.mnuspreadslies.com ..and the original short film it is all based on... Alive In Joburg Very excited, very excited indeed... well, until sunday when we get the first glimpse of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Transformers 2 (first trailer this sunday during the superbowl - awesome) I bet it's not on the Beeb. Slightly off topic - 'The Boss' and the E Street Band at the half time show. Sweeeeeet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 This has been going on for over 6 months http://www.mathsfromouterspace.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 This has been going on for over 6 months http://www.mathsfromouterspace.com/ I got 6/10 on the maths quiz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigfinLatic Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 This has been going on for over 6 months http://www.mathsfromouterspace.com/ Ugh... 5 out of 10... rubbish... Bit tougher than Mark's quiz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_ragg1984 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I bet it's not on the Beeb. Dont worry, all the Superbowl commercials will be on NFL.com. I saw last years Victorias Secrets Superbowl ad on there and it was possibly the best advert ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Ugh... 5 out of 10... rubbish... Bit tougher than Mark's quiz... Dancing banana under your post if you got 2 more than BigFin did... Much more important than winning the Stanley Cup, I'm sure you'd agree... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 On the subject of 09 films...I saw Valkyrie yesterday, really good. Just Slumdog, Defiance, Seven Pounds and Benjamin Button (when it comes out) to check off my 'to watch' list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Dont worry, all the Superbowl commercials will be on NFL.com. I saw last years Victorias Secrets Superbowl ad on there and it was possibly the best advert ever. Not bad I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Seven Pounds - save your money... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigfinLatic Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 On the subject of 09 films...I saw Valkyrie yesterday, really good. Just Slumdog, Defiance, Seven Pounds and Benjamin Button (when it comes out) to check off my 'to watch' list... Thought Valkyrie was very very average, tbh... an interesting story, but they just didnt set up the motivation behind it all really... ended up seeming like a bunch of people trying to overthrow Hitler as they are a bit bored... Slumdog is amazing, truly brilliant.... and have the other three on DVD and will see how I go with them... As for the maths test... well, your luck is obviously better than mine when randomly selecting the answers on the last few... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_ragg1984 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Seven Pounds - save your money... But go watch Slumdog, its quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Seven Pounds - save your money... Oh really? I'd heard good things. Has anyone seen Frost/Nixon yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegtt Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 On the subject of 09 films...I saw Valkyrie yesterday, really good. Just Slumdog, Defiance, Seven Pounds and Benjamin Button (when it comes out) to check off my 'to watch' list... Got them all on DVD and theyre all good films. Benjamin Button is a bit long though, paused it an hour and half in and realised I was only half way through the film, good though. Defiance is very good if you can get past Daniel Craigs acting. Slumdog is awesome. Nothing more to say really. Seven Pounds is slow but when youve finished watching it you think, yeah that was ok, but for the majority of it you are bored and feel its dragging. Got Frost Nixon but not seen it yet. Watching the Reader and Revolutionary Road tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Thought Valkyrie was very very average, tbh... an interesting story, but they just didnt set up the motivation behind it all really... ended up seeming like a bunch of people trying to overthrow Hitler as they are a bit bored... Slumdog is amazing, truly brilliant.... and have the other three on DVD and will see how I go with them... As for the maths test... well, your luck is obviously better than mine when randomly selecting the answers on the last few... Hmmm, I do wonder how you'd 'set up' the motivation...I guess it sort of goes without saying and it is set out really in the diary at the start. That diary too made it clear that his motive was not his war injuries, which I guess is pretty important. Just thought it was really well done and ultimately entertaining, which is what really you're looking for from a film...especially when you know how it's going to end anyway... And for the maths, I worked out one of the latter ones...and let's say the other one was an 'educated guess' rather than a complete stab in the dark (which may or may not actually be the case...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I did the maths thing and was slightly disappointed to only get 6, but I think one of the ones the right answer wasn't given (having spent some time working it out) but I could be mistaken as its been a few years since I did maths as complicated as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I did the maths thing and was slightly disappointed to only get 6, but I think one of the ones the right answer wasn't given (having spent some time working it out) but I could be mistaken as its been a few years since I did maths as complicated as that. Excuses The one in which you had to square X at some point was easy enough to work out. The other 4 were guesswork... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigfinLatic Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 Excuses The one in which you had to square X at some point was easy enough to work out. The other 4 were guesswork... And the answers are... Getting all 10 correct gives a congratulatory message: Congratulations, you answered 10/10 correctly. It appears that you are well within our baseline standards for this program. Please press continue for further enrollment details. Clicking on the "continue" button currently leads to a 404 error screen on MNU.com. (The URL that you were brought to when you click on "continue" was entered wrong by the creator of the site. The real url is http://www.multinationalunited.com/#/9 . The "index.html" should not have been placed in the original URL in which caused the original URL to bring up the "404 Error" screen. -- incidentally, it still shows a 404) [edit] Test Answers There are several versions of the test, so these answers are in no particular order. Question Answer Solve: x + 2 = 7 = 5 Solve: 48 - 6y = 2y = 6 Solve: 2x + 1 = 17 = 8 Solve: 7(14 - 2) = 84 Solve: -14 + -14 = -28 Solve: x/3 + 2 = 7 = 15 Solve: 144 / 4 = 36 Solve: 4(x - 3) = x - 15 = -1 Solve: x + 3 / 2 = 9 = 15 Solve: 3x = 21 = 7 Solve: 1/2 + 1/4 = 3/4 Solve: 17 - 42 = -25 Factor: 4x^2 - 12x + 9 = (2x - 3)^2 Solve: x^3 + 64x = 16x^2 = (0 and 8) Find the vertex of the parabola represented by the equation: y^2 + 4y + x + 3 = 0 = (1, -2) Compute: lim(x->3) (4x^2 - 5x - 13)/(x^2 - 5) = 2 Factor: x^2 + 10x + 25 = (x + 5)^2 Solve: x^2 + 6x - 27 = 0 = (-9, 3) Solve: [x - 5] - 10 = 2 = {-7, 17} Solve: 1/t-1 + 1/t+2 = 1/2 = (4, -1) Solve for x and y if: 2x + 5y = 41 and 2x + y = 13 = (3, 7) Differentiate y = (x^3 + 5x + 1)(3x + 2) = 3x^3 + 9x^2 + 30x + 13 Solve: 3/x - 1/2x = 5/4 = 2 Solve for x: log(5)x = 2log(5)10 = 100 Let f(z) = (z^6(z - 5)^3) / (z + 2i)^2(z - i)^4(z - 8). Evaluate Integral [[z] = 4] f '(z) / f(z) dz. = 0 Calculate the value of the integral J = Integral [0->Infinity] x^-1/3 / x + 1 dx. = pi / sin(2pi/3) Calculate the value of the integral I = Integral [0->Infinity] sin(x) / x dx. = pi/2 So, it doesnt work anyway at the moment... but lets see in the future.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigfinLatic Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 Boom. Transformers Trailer Check out Optimus fighting the Fallen (or is it devastator, pretty sure it is th fallen) at the end. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigfinLatic Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 District 9 - First Official Trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardy Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Peter Jackson. It looks very weird, but intriuging! This may be a good summer of films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigfinLatic Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 Thats fine buddy but.... Keep Up! Mentioned this months ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardy Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I dont listen to your southern views! You should know it takes us lowly northern folk a few months to catch on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I saw District 9 in Melbourne last week (don't think its out in the UK yet). Very good film indeed and different to what you normally get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I might go and see this next week, I'm going to a conference in Chicago and will have some sparetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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