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괴물

Tonight I finally got to see The Host (괴물), and enjoyed it a lot. I liked the playful mix of slapstick, horror, and politics. I liked that it didn’t use the usual wade-hour-and-a-half-into-the-film-to-see-the-creatures-tail-for-two-seconds cliché. I can just see this being remade by Hollywood and being stripped of all of its charm (and the thinly veiled criticism of American involvement in South Korea).

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hello

One of the automated tasks at work sends an e-mail with “hello” in a randomly selected language whenever it runs. Today it picked “annyong” (Korean), which reminded me of Arrested Development (RIP). Yesterday it had Klingon version of hello, which literally translates into “what do you want?” (Klingon’s don’t see the point in being friendly, I guess). Anyway, it is a nice touch, but why does this stuff always remind me of TV? I don’t even watch TV anymore!

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