Cyberclogs

Well that's it, the plugged has finally been pulled on the HD DVD format, despite gaining Paramount as an official backer last year (cos they preferred the format they said), Warner have since pulled out, and now Toshiba has swung the final blow and stopped manufacturing HD DVD players. So that's it for the format I think, everything will be Blu-shaped from now on in the HD market. This is a shame in a way because Blu-Ray wasn't regionless but HD DVD was, which means we can only really get Blu-Ray discs from the UK now that will work, damn! But hey-ho, it was a format war and only one format could have won (finally Sony get it right!). So I better start selling my HD DVDs on ebay.

Different note time, I went and saw Juno at the pics on Sunday and after a fairly slow start I was pleased to say I really enjoyed it. Juno (Ellen Page who is great in it) is a "kooky" (OK hate to use that word) 16 year old girl who has gotten pregnant courtesy of one of her male friends (Michael Cera) and she is on the verge of having an abortion when she has a change of heart and decides to have the baby, but she doesn't want to raise herself, she wants to put it up for adoption. This is a charming little movie, really it is, it doesn't really rely on f-words, major profanity, or gross-out gags to be funny. Ellen Page is not only pretty damn cute, she is also a really good actress and this role will almost certainly ensure her career will take off. J.K. Simmons and Alison Janney also provide great support here too as Juno's parents. The dialogue is also pretty funny too, one of my favourite scenes is when Juno says to one of the prospective adopted parents "And I bought one of those Sonic Youth CDs and they suck! It's just noise!".

Anyway that's all the blogging time I have the now.