Killer App

Shane Appleton

Position:
Review Contributor and bad apple

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Killer App's Archives (2)

Games:
I'll gladly play just about anything.

Movies:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, ChinaTown, Batman Begins, Reservoir Dogs, Superman II, Once Upon A Time in America, The Trial, The Dark Crystal, Spider-Man, Halloween, About Schmidt and hundreds of others I can't think of right now.

Music (bands, singers etc):
I only like a little bit of hip hop and I am not into to techno or dance music, otherwise I listen to pretty much everything.

Wrestlers:
Oh man, so many...Ric Flair, HBK, Benoit, Steamboat, Bret Hart - all the usual guys internet wrestling fans like to talk about I guess.

Comic characters or books and/or cartoons:
I am another huge fan of Batman. I like Spidey a lot too. I am into all sorts of comics.

Authors and/or Books:
I like books, but most often I read comics.

Foods:
Seafood

Drinks:
Beer, red Gatorade, coffee, tea

Heroes (people I admire):
People who need people. They are the luckiest people in the world.

Villains (people I dislike):
Alf Stewart from "Home and Away".

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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