Hatchy

Andrew Hatch

Position:
Review Contributor

hatchy@buttonhole.com.au

Hatchy's Archives (12)

Games:
Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City and San Andreas. Any of the Gran Turismo series. Colin McRae rally series.

Movies:
Citizen Kane, Fight Club, Ronin, The French Connection, Bullitt, Pulp Fiction, Angel Dust, Mulholland Drive, The Lost Highway, Apocalypse Now, Mad Max 1 & 2, 28 Days Later, Night of The Living Dead, Romper Stomper, The Ninth Gate, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Lord of The Rings trilogy, The Deer Hunter, Clockwork Orange, Blazing Saddles, The Godfather series, Goodfellas. I mostly like films that make me think or make me scared or uncomfortable, I like to be challenged.

Music (bands, singers etc):
Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, The Black Keys, John Butler, Jeff Buckley, Nirvana, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, VAST, Cat Power, Portishead, Janes Addiction, Jimi Hendrix, The Tea Party, The Beatles, B.R.M.C, Rammstein, Placebo, QOTSA, P.J Harvey, Joy Division, Muse, Mazzy Star, The Dirty Three, Pink Floyd… I could go on for years, I love all music.

Wrestlers:
The Undertaker

Comic characters or books and/or cartoons:
Simpsons and Futurama. Batman was pretty cool when I was a kid. And he still is, buddy! (sorry, couldn't resist)- Sammy

Authors and/or Books:
Anything based on Theology, the Occult or Science. Travel stories. I work in IT I have to read lots of books on software, it's destroyed my love of a good novel! Car magazines Motor and EVO in particular.

Foods:
My wife's Indian and Arabic cooking. Her patented pork curry with rice is the best meal I have ever had.

Drinks:
Becks, Lowenbrau, Kingfisher Strong, top shelf scotch, a good bottle of red wine

Heroes (people I admire):
Those who give whatever they have for no more than the sake of helping another person. My wife Sophia, her courage, strength, love and honesty never cease to amaze me. People who overcome impossible odds to conquer their goals.

Villains (people I dislike):
Most, if not all, Politicians. Anyone who abuses power. People who litter. Territorial Surfers. Liars.

Editorial

Don't damn me, when I speak a piece of mind

Raise your glasses and rejoice, for the fun times are about to drastically expand. To paraphrase The Rock: "Finally... Old Sammy has come back...to Buttonhole!" ...Read On

Toons

By Borgieman

Manifest '07 Report

Ninja's note: Once again, it's time for another Buttonhole report on the Melbourne Anime Festival, otherwise known as Manifest 2007. If you missed Ichibod's feature on a previous Manifest, check it out here. This Manifest coverage comes to you courtesy of forum regular and newest Buttonhole contributor Borgieman, a cool guy who knows his Anime and has been known to play a video game or two. So read on true believers! A Day at Manifest 2007

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Toons

By Australian Ninja

Only Yesterday. Anime Review

The problem with having favourite films is that every time I watch another Studio Ghibli film it becomes my new favourite. It kind of renders the word 'favourite' meaningless when every Studio Ghibli film takes my breath away. Still, I can't complain about being thoroughly entertained by this whimsical and insightful film, "Only Yesterday". This gem was directed by Isao Takahata, well known for his anime film Grave of the Fireflies. Although Only Yesterday is a light hearted film that ambles along at a leisurely pace, it still manages to explore themes such as love, work, family relationship struggles, following your dreams and country versus city living. In the film, the main character Taeko decides to take a working vacation in the country, getting away from her office bound job and unexpectedly starts t

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Toons

By Jason

Speed Grapher V1. Anime Review

Well, "I don't like it" was my initial feeling when viewing this Anime for the first time. Subsequent viewings haven't changed my views a great deal. Nothing really stands out as being absolute shit but it seems that this series tries too hard. It's almost like they were more interested in creating something 'edgy' and confronting but sadly forgot to include an even remotely palatable story. The hero of this particular piece is a bloke called Tatsumi Saiga. Tatsumi is a photographer and a veteran war journalist for whom taking photos has become somewhat of a fetish. Although he seems to have become jaded - nothing is worth wasting his film on - that is, at least until he stumbles across an exclusive club for the mega rich

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