![]() Avast! has also received full marks in the annual AV tests, and we highly recommend it as an option. avast!Īs hinted in the lines above, avast! is another truly big name in the anti-malware domain, especially when it comes to free. Scanning files is also blazing fast in Bitdefender. Under the hood, the company vouches for elite protection and removal of adware, malicious hijacking programs, unwanted toolbars, and so on. The user interface is pretty slimmed down and simple, allowing the owner to view critical information without crowding the screen. In this mode, Bitdefender will automatically make decisions based on the current resource load, slowing down when you are running an intensive application and making use of scans when you’re away. Basically, Bitdefender comes with several reaction modes, including Gaming and Normal use, but Auto-pilot is the one recommended. This comes with a non-stop protection mode called the Bitdefender autopilot. Now, when it comes to features, Bitdefender offers the lowest impact on performance from any competitor out there. From professional detection tests, I have found out that Bitdefender has scored just below Avira and Avast in the on-access malware detection test, but it received full marks on the on-demand test. I have personally used this anti-malware solution in the past few years, and I can safely say that it’s one of the best out there and one of the fastest. As a paid version, this software will set Mac OS X users back around $40 per year or less if they choose to pay for a longer period in advance. BitDefenderīitdefender is one of the most complete and advanced anti-virus and anti-malware protection out there. ![]() The software itself can be set up manually for scheduled scans, bestowing a certain amount of stealth and, why not, simplicity to the whole deal. Besides detection perfection, Avira also offers a modern user interface that complies with the latest Mac OS X designs and a light footprint over the system resources (at least in the quick scans mode).Īmongst the features, Avira comes with protection against online threats, viruses, Trojans, adware, malware, and spyware. But, after a bit of research and after seeing the results with my own eyes, I started believing those reports stating that Avira is the best free anti-malware tool that someone can install on a Mac.Īccording to several reports, Avira has been the only anti-malware tool clever enough to detect 100 percent of all malware thrown at it using the AV-TEST tools. ![]() To be sincere, I was a bit reluctant when it came to Avira, the company that failed to impress me some years ago. Running silently in the background, this tool has the ability to receive frequent database updates and scan the system frequently, according to a predefined schedule.ĬlamXav will set users back a one-time fee of $29.35 for a personal license, with the ability to test the software for free for up to 30 days. ![]() While this usually means a bigger footprint over the computer resources, this software does a heck of a job of keeping itself light. When it comes to scanning, ClamXav allows the user to scan the entire system or just specific files indicated manually.īeing a paid software, ClamXav comes with a Sentry mode, which, once activated, will scan any new files that arrive on the hard drive. This tool is best known for its anti-virus capabilities and malware scanning, with the ability to detect and treat both Mac and Windows infections. ClamXavĬlamXav is another highly recommended tool that is specialized in cleaning Mac OS X malware and other types of infections. Because of the easy-to-identify and fix process, I, among others, deem Malwarebytes as the first weapon at hand when beating infections. Mostly because this is not a very complicated tool it updates itself regularly. The clean, smart interface simplifies the scanning process, which by the way, takes just ten minutes or so for regular users, and the resource consumption can be seen as a gentle touch on the hardware itself. When it comes to features, Malwarebytes has been proven in battles against adware (ever heard of Genieo, VSearch, or Vidx?), malware, and trojans. I highly recommend this tool for users that want a simple, easy-to-use interface that gets things done on the spot. I have some pretty encouraging memories with this tool, be it on Windows or Mac OS X, and I must confess that it has saved the day with ease in various situations. I will start by highly recommending Malwarebytes for Mac.
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![]() She has become the patron saint of 20th century experimental film. Although Deren completed only six short films in her lifetime, her impact on the history of cinema is immeasurable. In 1953, she pubished Divine Horsemen, a ground-breaking ethnographic study of Haitian religious culture. Deren worked and collaborated with numerous mid-century cultural luminaries, including Katherine Dunham, Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Anais Nin, Gregory Bateson, Jonas Mekas, and Joseph Campbell.ĭeren received the first Guggenheim Fellowship ever awarded for creative filmmaking, using the funding to travel to Haiti where she became a devotee of Vodou. With its dreamy circular narrative and enigmatic imagery, her first film, Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), has inspired generations of artists, filmmakers, and poets. In her brief life, she established herself as a pioneering experimental filmmaker, prolific writer, accomplished photographer, and crusader for a personal and poetic cinema. Born in Kiev in 1917, at the start of the Russian Revolution, she died forty-four years later in New York City. 4085 Century Boulevard Pittsburg, CA 94565Īll listed prices are subject to change without prior notice.Drama and myth frame the life and death of Maya Deren. Maya Premium Formats Surcharges ( applies to above noted pricing, when applicable) Matinee (before 5pm) - $7.00 Adults, Children & SeniorsĮvening (after 5pm) - $10.00 Adults, $7.00 Children & Seniors Maya's Morning Movie ( Monday through Thursday before 11am) - $7.00 Listed pricing does not apply to special events. MPX powered by CGS - $3.00 per ticket, plus prevailing ticket priceģD - $2.00 per ticket, plus prevailing ticket priceĭolby Atmos movies - $2.00 per ticket, plus prevailing ticket priceĬhild tickets are valid for children 2 - 12 years old. Senior tickets are valid for adults 60 years and older. Some ticket types may not be available for every showtime. "R" rated feature attendees must be at least 17 years of age with valid IDs. Children under age 17 requires an accompanying parent or guardian (age 21 or older) to attend R rated performances. The Brenden Theatres Pittsburg 8 opened in 1990. Children 9 and under are not allowed to attend Rated R features after 9:00 PM. It was expanded to twelve screens, and finally sixteen screens. It was remodeled in 2007 and now all screens have stadium seating. Tonight See Shang-Chi at Maya Cinemas Pittsburg and enjoy a Kung Fu demonstration by. It was closed on April 15, 2012, but reopened on Augunder the Maya Cinemas chain as the Century Plaza 16. Additionally, other restrictions may apply for children with rated "R" films.Maya offers both 2D and 3D movies, offering large silver MPX screens and laser projection technology. The meticulously pristine screens give the feeling that the movie viewers are there, right beside the action. The sound is equally incredibly, coming from all around at 360 degrees. The sound quality is impressively clear and crisp, and the audience can understand the dialogue even when the characters are whispering. With the Atmos technology, the realistic sound quality truly enhances the immersive experience. Many who experience the D-Box Motion Technology will be amazed at the magical realisms of Maya Cinemas movie-watching. ![]() With this technology, viewers can even feel up-and-down and side-to-side motion, with the cinema seats moving at particular times. This gives an entirely new dimension to various scenes, such as aerial dogfights and car chases. The in-theatre dining services are topnotch, with a wide range of selections to pick from. More than a hundred choices are available with the Coca Cola Freestyle, so that people can opt for the comfortably familiar options or try out new esoteric possibilities. With the Orville Redenbacher, there are several types of pizzas available as well. You can also rent cinemas for private screenings so you and your family and friends may enjoy a movie together. Maya Cinemas offer gift cards, which you can give out to friends and family. They’re redeemable at the ticket booth and at the concession stands. The Director’s Package is another option for treating groups to a special movie-going experience. It’s especially apt for kiddie parties, with your choice of movies, a combo concession tray for children, and a party room that can be used before or after watching the movie. ![]() To find an Maya Cinemas near your location, visit their official website.
Its beating heart is its intricate simulation of the industry and logistics that allow warfare to take place at all. Watching armies putter around with a choppy frame rate takes some of the magic out of it.īut the high-level competition between nations and ideologies in Hearts of Iron 4 is, somewhat unintuitively, not really about commandos or dive bombers or tank battalions. Almost every campaign I played past 1944 or so bogged down my beefy Core i7 4770K with the complex AI orders being issued from Normandy to Nanjing, making the last push toward victory, or desperate defense against defeat, a slightly vexing affair. Regardless of the path you choose, however, it’s likely as not to end with a stuttering stumble to the finish. I can’t get enough of alternate history, and the volume of crazy possibilities adds enormous replayability. The amount of divergence that can take place in the relatively compact 1936-1948 timeline can’t match the centuries you have to play with in Europa Universalis or Crusader Kings, but there are plenty of alternate scenarios to uncover beyond the World War II we all know and love. What’s astonishing is that Paradox foresaw and supported each of these alternate paths with a unique flag, country name, and quasi-historical leader to represent them. You can foment support for a fascist referendum in the American heartland and decide Canada ought to be yours, and those tea-drinking Brits across the pond be damned for thinking otherwise. You can oust Hirohito as Japan, put the workers of Tokyo in charge of a hardworking People’s Republic, and cast your lot in with Mao and the Soviets. By spending political power on national focuses and various, historically based government ministers, you can play as a Germany who pushes its luck as far as it can with political demands, but never actually fires a shot. These amusing and flexible ahistorical options exist for the majors, as well. I only had eight divisions on the field due to my tiny population, but they had kill-to-death ratios that would make a pro Counter-Strike player sweat, enough stored veterancy that their unit cards were emblazoned with skulls, and were overall just the hardest bastards on the entire Ostfront. I buddied up to Germany, spammed industrial buildings to keep up in arms production, and held off the entire might of a Soviet army on the banks of Lake Peipus into early ‘45. I only had eight divisions on the field, but they had kill-to-death ratios that would make a pro Counter-Strike player sweat.One of the most entertaining runs I attempted was as fascist Estonia, among of the smallest and least-advanced players in Europe. But HoI4’s generic focus tree (used by all nations who aren’t great powers and thus, don’t get their own historically geared focuses) is powerful and open-ended enough that mid-tier and even backwater countries can pick a faction and ideology (Democracy, Communism, or Fascism), make a contribution to the war, and have a good time. In Europa Universalis 4, for example, you might need to wait months or years for the Aztecs or the Mali Empire to be fleshed out in a patch or expansion. ![]() It added up to make me feel like I was really there on those North African battlefields of ‘42, considering all possibilities both foreseeable and unforeseeable to eke out a victory.Īny nation that existed between 19 is playable, and while great powers like Germany, the US, and the United Kingdom are a lot more detailed, the experience of playing a minor nation is the best it’s ever been at release in a Paradox game. At the highest level of play, you’ll be considering things like waiting for the weather to break before launching your armored offensive, and the dilemma of deploying your strategic bombers in the wee hours of the morning for better accuracy on vital targets or in the dead of night for a lower chance of being detected by enemy fighters and AA emplacements. Climates, terrain, the day/night cycle, weather patterns, and supply lines are simulated and animated down to the individual province, and all have noticeable effects on your units’ real-time movement and combat. That’s roughly 250 times as many as a Risk board, and it really feels like a board gamer’s dream representation of Earth during the Second World War. The amazingly large world map of Earth circa 1936 is made up of over 11,000 unique provinces, sea regions, and air zones. ![]() img file? That can be one reason, why its not detecting. Did you try copying unlock code also along with the. img files can work with older versions of hardware, but just a suggestion. img files downloaded from cloudmade work. img files from the City Navigator series for India and they dont even get detected on this unit. So does that mean i cannot have a routable map installed in this unit for India? I have verified that the US base map on the unit does provide clear routing.Īll inquiries on the internet have pointed out that the base map (which is a US map) cannot be replaced by an India map. Apparently only Base maps can support routing. The message I get on my GPS unit is 'detailed maps do not support routing'. Right-click the Internal Storage folder under the device name. The name of your device appears in the Library and Devices area. While I have been able to get reasonably detailed maps from cloudmade (free to use) the maps dont support routing. For more information on connecting your device, see the owners manual for your device. I have a Garmin handheld iQue M5 GPS unit (yes, its outdated!) which was picked up in the US a few years back. You can also use USB pen drive with Garmin folder. 'Unit ID 1 ' for all maps unlock and use virtual usb drive and garmindevice.xml with 'Unit ID 1 ' like me. I have never shopped at any site other than Amazon. Works with Jetmouse only, NOT send files ALL drives, you need Your current UnLock code in UnlockCodes.ucx. Yes, you may lose out on the latest versions which would have been available for the same price, but it is peace of mind. If I am not able to order through Amazon, which someone can carry for me from US, I buy it in India, with the local dealers. So my question is, which one would you guys recommend? I suspect the cost effectiveness will be reduced if this option is taken and these mediators will charge some fee also. Indirect Buying : or who will procure the item from an american site like or shops like best buy/circuit city etc and ship to India. This is cost effective (best of Garmin nuvi(s) are available below $200) There are two types of sites here.ĭirect Buying : Example, who will ship to India. I don't have a friend traveling to US in near future, so this one boils down to buying from an American site who will ship to India. The lowest Lx130 with maps loaded costs around 12K.ģ. I guess it's a comprehensive solution, with nothing extra needed. I am not really sure how it will perform with a huge all-India map and a map software added to it.Ģ, The next option is buying a loaded instrument from either MapMyIndia or Satguide. On top of that my Nokia N91 is lackluster in performance. It's cost effective (Re 7K still) but don't know how effective it will be on road. Cell phone with external Bluetooth GPS doesn't seem to be the best bet. you have correctly installed OpenMTBmap maps on your PC: you can click on Finish and start using them.Re-evaluating the options for my GPS need.ġ. ![]() ![]() A progress bar will appear: wait until the procedure is completed. You can leave the default one (Garmin/openmtbmap/NAMECOUNTRY) or choose a different path: remember where you install the maps and use always the same path when installing updates choose the folder in which to install the maps.choose the layout for PC, so the one named Mapsource-Qlandkarte_GT.I 100% suggest to integrate contourlines, while the second possibility is pretty subjective, due to the use of the maps choose if you want to integrate contourlines or to install a separate contourlines map.read and accept the "Terms and Conditions".By selecting YES you will start the installation process You will probably be asked whether "You want to allow this app to modify your PC?". The map combinations can comprise of different regions that need not necessarily be contiguous.In general, the file name is mtbNAMECOUNTRY.exe For this example, I will refer to the cartography of the Alps, so the file will be mtbalps.exe (at the moment I'm writing it weights 1,2GB!). start the installation by clicking on the file you just downloaded.download the maps of the country you want for free or after a donation.After installing the software you prefer (nobody will stop you from installing both) here are the steps o follow in order to install the maps OpenMTBmap on PC: After aiming to raise $12,000 worth of funds and accidentally hitting sky high levels of $200,000 which more than readied them to enter the production process, Ridge Wallet grew exponentially in popularity. Launched by father-son team Daniel and Paul Kane back in 2013, Ridge Wallet began its life as a Kickstarter campaign. It’s no surprise our style editors picked Ridge as the best minimalist wallet for men in our round-up of the top options on the market right now. Known as one of the premium options for any man looking for a security conscious, fashionable wallet, Ridge Wallet prides itself on simultaneously hitting quality, function and style on the head at the same time. From the small and close-knit team to the sleek design of the metal front pocket wallet itself, to the variety of options that cement the idea in your head that you definitely need a Ridge Wallet, right now. While we've highlighted just a few options, be sure to check out our carbon fiber wallets or carbon fiber money clips collections for our full assortment.As you will soon discover with our Ridge Wallet review, everything about a Ridge Wallet is designed with purpose. At under $50, this money clip wallet is a great bargain. There is no RFID blocking capability for this one either. For this one, the carbon fiber is processed with a polyurethane, which keeps its high-gloss finish, but allows it to be flexible and soft. On the wallets already mentioned, the carbon fiber is rigid, which may make things a little less comfortable in your pocket.or even start to wear your pants around the wallets edges and corners. The carbon fiber on this money clip wallet is also unique. The money clip on this one is magnetic, which gives it some flexibility and ease when taking cash out. It's a one-piece design, so the money clip is built into the wallet. There are a few key differences worth discussing as compared to the ZClip money clip. Carbon Fiber & Leather Money Clip Walletįunctionally, the carbon fiber & leather money clip wallet also does the same thing, as it is a hybrid money clip and wallet. The FIT is not RFID blocking though, so that is certainly a tradeoff to consider. With the FIT, you can decide to use just the clip as a money clip, just the card holder, or both together.Īdditionally, from a design perspective, the card holder features real carbon fiber on an entire side, which we like better. The ZClip can remove its carbon fiber piece, but it's pretty useless by itself. ![]() The FIT has a separate carbon fiber money clip which is removable but can actually be used on its own. The FIT also has a two piece design, but there are some major advantages in comparison to the Z Clip wallet. Common Fibers FITĪt $69, the FIT is a very similar product functionally, yet much less expensive. ![]() Since we don't have it, we thought we'd show you some other things out there you may like. The only reason we don't sell it is because they do not sell to online stores. This article isn't meant to slam the ZClip wallet it's a good product. I mentioned that we offered some good alternatives, some at a much lower price than the ZClip wallet. It's meant to stay in your front pocket, and, they recommend having at least one bill in place at all times.Īs of writing this article, the Le Mans is $149.95 and the Sebring is $89.95. You keep your cards in the card wallet and bills outside of it, which are held in place by the clip. It's a two-piece design, with the carbon fiber piece being the clip which wraps around the card wallet. The way the ZClip wallet works is also pretty interesting. Both include the same six-card insert that the clip wraps around. ![]() They are both basically the same thing, but the clip on the Le Mans is wider, allowing it be RFID blocking, which is done by the carbon fiber. ZClip has two different carbon fiber money wallets, the Le Mans and the Sebring. You may have seen the ZClip wallet advertised somewhere, and while we don't carry the product, we do have some really good alternatives that are worth taking a look at. ![]() Option to make PopClip appear above or below the text.Option to display the Cut, Copy and Paste actions as icons. ![]()
![]() * Close the panel and it will go back to the old layout. * Select the desired view in the top left corner. * Press space - this action will close the new panel automatically. To quickly navigate back to the old deck view you have several options: If a tabbed panel is opened but can't fit on screen, Scratch Live goes into "Library Mode" (where the decks are minimal in detail). Files, Browse, SP-6, Video.etc) won't fit, the panels will be closed. If a deck view is chosen so that the currently open panels (e.g. This version of Scratch Live will dynamically change the user interface layout if your screen resolution is too small to fit all Scratch Live UI features/panels: With ever increasing user interface complexity and number of decks, we've worked to fit things sensibly on minimum resolution screens. Fixed bug where the latency was incorrect for buffer sizes 45-50 ms at 96kHz. Fixed bug where the Control Panel was not available after a System Preferences 'show all'. Fixed "Sound Forge ASIO buffers keep playing after Stop" bug. ![]() New drivers for the SL 3 and Sixty-Eight. Virtual decks are changed to black/white colors and have "Thru" written on them. We have re-worked the way we display decks in THRU mode to make it much clearer if a deck is in THRU mode: Please note: if you have a new Mac Book Pro running a 10.7 kernel, you must update to OSX 10.6.8 for a fix to hardware related crashes.īetter THRU mode indication for the SL2, SL 3 and SL 4 The Mac installer now includes a 64-bit compatible driver, so that all Scratch Live hardware is now supported on 64-bit Mac OSX 10.6 and lower. Control-clicking the time-stamps/labels will toggle between the two views. Improved Scratch Live user interface layout for minimum screen resolutions.īy double clicking the "time-stamp" of a cue point, an edit box appear allowing you to enter a label for that cue point. Core Audio/ASIO drivers for the SL 3 and Sixty-Eight. Better THRU mode indication for the SL 2, SL 3 and SL 4. * A crash may occur when hotplugging between ITCH Controllers. * Reduced pops created when switching effects and turning them on and off. ![]() * Fixed problem with Slip mode where ghost playhead could sometimes be using the wrong velocity while scratching. * Fixed bug where Slip mode would not deactivate when moving to hardware disconnected mode. * Fixed bug where the Vinyl Speed Adjust knob would instantly be applied to braking, but not acceleration. * Beat Grid Enable option is able to be enabled/disabled instead of always being on. * Fixed issue where Shift button goes into the wrong state if holding it down while switching layer. * Fixed limiter triggering on the V7 when playing full scale tracks with 0db headroom * New NS6 Firmware Version 1.18 with improved performance * Fixed bug where switching between Platter modes (Scratch and Jog) while using Skip could give unexpected results. * Stopped selected track from being added to the Prepare crate when hot-plugging or starting up with the controller connected. * Fixed Loop Select shift function to reloop as it did in ITCH version 1.5 and to turn off the shift/delete button. * Fixed shift shortcuts to jump to a specific loop slot. * Decreased probability of spontaneous firmware updates with the NS7/V7. * Fix for sleeping, disconnecting controller and then waking up Macbook incorrectly whilst staying in connected mode. * Fixed Windows crashes on start up when a database/crate contained a file with a file path greater than 259 characters. * Fixed bug where the scroll bar arrows would be slow to react when ITCH is reading large libraries. * Fixed miscellaneous crashes experienced by some users including when: relocating lost files, loading songs and exiting ITCH. * You can no longer drag a deck onto itself to reload or instant double the song. * Fixed Play button to flash at half the speed of the Cue button for all controllers supported with 1.7. * Corrected Continuous Mode behavior so that when you move past the beginning of a song while in this mode, the previous song doesn't load. * Changes made to minimize distortion in recordings when playing at loud levels. * Fixed Crossfader Reverse Keyboard shortcut (ctrl-shift-r). * Hot Cue Fader Start (When fader start is enabled and a cue point is set or triggered, the temp cue is set to that cue point's position). * View buttons for (Xone:DX, NS6 and Twitch) now cycle through the performance modes. * Performance Modes (Library View, Vertical Waveforms and Stack Mode): ![]() So what was the design brief for the Turbo Creo SL? Well, Specialized set out to create a superlight E-Road Bike that would give you the pedal assistance required to go further and faster than you would have on an ‘acoustic’ road bike but without some of the extra bulk and subsequent effect on bike handling associated with a conventional E-Bike. We’ve been lucky enough to test ride some of the Turbo Creo SL models and were really impressed with how they rode there’s no bigger test than putting a pure roadie on a bike like this and when the feedback is really positive you know that Specialized have hit on something new and exciting… These bikes can significantly amplify your power input without some of the usual compromises commonly associated with e-bikes, namely some considerable weight gain and nervous handling. It’s a bold claim but it’s one that they can back up with some pretty impressive stats – a unique motor and battery system developed and owned by Specialized which is super-light and compact, a lightweight FACT 11r carbon chassis across the range except for one E5 alloy model and a Future Shock with a hydraulic damper on all models means that the Turbo Creo SL is a really high-performance road bike that just happens to have a motor. I have a motor to help me spin those big gears and now I have smaller top end than I do on my regular road bike.The Specialized Turbo Creo SL range of e-road bikes are almost unique in the world of e-bikes with Specialized themselves describing them in their marketing spiel as ‘A Whole New Sport’. It's targeted towards roadies and the gearing is not well suited. For me that's the biggest fail of this bike. As it is I'm finding myself spun out a lot and with only a 46T up front I'm using the smallest 3 or 4 cogs most of the time. If I can get a 48T chain ring and a 10T on the rear then I think that gearing will be pretty good for top end. That way I can get a 10-42 SRAM MTB cassette on the back and at least marginally increase the gearing while at the same time upgrading the quality of the rear cassette. I'm planning on replacing the Shimano driver with a SRAM xD driver on my rear hub. I'm hopeful that at least a 48T will fit, I doubt a 50T will fit as it looks pretty tight and I wouldn't be surprised if they told me 46T is as big as it goes. I've asked my LBS to talk to Specialized to see if a bigger chain ring will fit. I was told by my Specialized dealership that I am another one that has the X-Fusion problem wherein the cartridge is "wasted."įwiw - I haven't experienced an issue with 1 or 2, and I haven't noticed 3. The X-Fusion dropper post no longer drops. After slightly tightening the bolts, there is a forward rocking motion every time I apply the front brake. Thankfully, I'm not in a downhill or something. In our recent ride, during take off on an incline, the fork turned left while handlebar still points straight forward. The Mission Control app do identify the TCU as Creo SL because there are no "Acceleration Response" and "Shuttle" options in mine. If the TCU generates 0, 1, 2, 3 and the developers assumed 2 = Trail then that's what causes it. It seems to me that the TRAIL is hard coded. Similarly, using Connect IQ of Garmin, the data field shows TRAIL. In the Mission Control (2.2.0 build 50) app, the Tune settings still show Eco, Trail, and Turbo when Trail should be Sport. I can put a sheet of plastic and paper between the lip and the frame and they don't touch (maybe when riding, which I still have to test. The local Specialized technician argues that the lip part maybe rubbing the frame but it does not. I grabbed the entire cover and the noise disappeared and the moment I released it, the noise comes back. But the moment I ride the bike, the noise will pester me throughout the ride. If I turn the handlebar left and right, there's no noise. This is SUPER annoying! And hard to troubleshoot. At $6,500 price point, this bike deserves a Deore XT cassette. However, the fact that my cassette have some minor (like 2 teeth in 2 cogs) imperfection, I am not inclined to pursue a warranty claim with Specialized because they will just give me another Sunrace cassette. As I previously posted, the tuning was off and I had to tune the rear derailleur to my satisfaction. This is my first time to experience Sunrace products and it is a letdown. I am aware that this version of Creo SL comes with a Sunrace cassette and it is what it is. My intention is for us to be able to share notes about issues with our bikes and what are the resolutions. Hi folks, as some are aware I own a Turbo Creo SL Comp Evo. ![]() It’s revolting, sure, but nowhere near as upsetting as the “torture porn” genre that preceded Blumhouse’s entry into the horror arena and, frankly, far less offensive than the psychological violence perpetrated by Zobel’s 2012 indie “Compliance,” in which a faceless caller, claiming to be a police officer, convinces a fast-food manager to detain and degrade one of her employees. One of the film’s pranks is to surprise audiences with cleverly timed and diabolically creative “kills” whenever possible, and more than once, faces you may recognize explode right before your eyes, all but splattering the camera in the process. A few have slightly higher profiles (the lefties are led by a lunatic named Athena, stunt-cast with Hilary Swank), although the movie establishes early on that off-screen status does not confer greater survivability. There are no good guys in “The Hunt,” just hunters and hunted, in which both parties are played by character actors whom viewers might recognize from TV. The danger of “The Hunt” isn’t that the project will inspire copycat behavior (the premise is too far-fetched for that), but rather that it drives a recklessly combustible wedge into the tinderbox of extreme partisanship, creating a false equivalency between, say, Whole Foods-shopping white-collar liberals and racist, conspiracy-minded right-wingers.īack in August 2017, two years before the shootings that put heat on “The Hunt,” Trump sent a troubling message to the whole country when he responded to a murder at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., by insisting that there were “very fine people on both sides.” Zobel and Lindelof explore the opposite view: namely, that the actions and opinions of the two sides can be equally deplorable. ![]() Let’s assume we can all agree that there’s too much violence in American movies today. The words “trigger warning” may not have been invented with “The Hunt” in mind, but they’ve seldom seemed more apt in describing a film that stops just shy of fomenting civil war as it pits Left against Right, Blue (bloods) against Red (necks), in a bloody battle royale that reduces both sides to ridiculous caricatures.Īnd yet, “The Hunt” is a good deal smarter - and no more outrageous - than most studio horror films, while its political angle at least encourages debate, suggesting that there’s more to this hot potato than mere provocation. Sure enough, Zobel, Lindelof and producer Jason Blum (riding high on last month’s “The Invisible Man”) have wrought a gory, hard-R exploitation movie masquerading as political satire, one that takes unseemly delight in dispatching yahoos on either end of the spectrum via shotgun, crossbow, hand grenade and all manner of hastily improvised weapons. ![]() No matter who you ask, the “right to bear arms” was never intended as justification for Americans to turn their guns against those they disagree with, whereas that’s the premise from which “Lost” creator Damon Lindelof and co-writer Nick Cuse depart here - partisan politics taken to their most irreconcilable extremes - as Zobel proves just the director to execute such a tight, well-oiled shock-a-thon. While not nearly as incendiary as the early coverage made it out to be, “The Hunt” gives skeptics ample ammunition to condemn this twisted riff on “The Most Dangerous Game,” in which a posse of heavily armed liberal elites get carried away exercising their Second Amendment rights against a dozen “deplorables” - as the hunters label their prey, adopting Hillary Clinton’s dismissive, dehumanizing term for the “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic” contingent whose fringe beliefs have found purchase with President Trump. 27 release date and rescheduled the thriller for spring 2020, making room for national mourning in the wake of the horrific events, only to turn around and use the controversy as an unconventional marketing hook. In response, Universal ripped director Craig Zobel’s movie from its Sept. ![]() Last summer, even before the public had gotten a chance to see it, humans-hunting-humans thriller “ The Hunt” became a target for pundits on both sides of the gun control debate, when mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, prompted critics to consider the media’s role in glorifying violence. |
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