feat: hardware

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diff --git a/content/blog/2024/ghost-in-the-machine.md b/content/blog/2024/ghost-in-the-machine.md
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"]
 date = 2024-02-09T22:59:00+01:00
 categories = ["blog"]
 draft = false
-weight = 2001
+weight = 2006
 abstract = "My mirco reviview of a computer thriller"
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 It's a classic thriller from early days of personal computing revolution.
 I enjoyed it a lot.
 It is not a _good_ movie, but it is enjoyable.
+
+I give it a `3.25/5.`
+
+links:
+
+-   [Ghost in the Machine on TVDB](https://utf.thetvdb.com/movies/ghost-in-the-machine)
diff --git a/content/blog/2024/hardware-1990.md b/content/blog/2024/hardware-1990.md
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+title = "Hardware (1990)"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-02-17T19:39:00+01:00
+categories = ["blog"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2001
+abstract = "My mirco reviview of a killer-robot thriller"
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+
+I continue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[^fn:1].
+I spent my formative years watching _Anime, art house_ and ignoring most of USA movies.
+This means I haven't watched a lot of the _cult_ movies out there.
+
+_Hardware_ is a 1990 movie about a killer robot in a post-nuclear world.
+Think of a mix of Terminator, Aliens and Short Circuit.
+
+I heard of this movie years ago, but it seemed to be noting more than a cash grab after the success of _Terminator_ - a movie which I  don't partially enjoy.
+After watching, I have to say that there was a of true in this assumption.
+But somehow I ended enjoying _Hardware_ much more.
+
+Not that the story is better - if anything, it is much simpler, or just plain _simplistic_.
+Say what you will about _Terminator_, but the basic premise was great.
+_Hardware_ on the other hand doesn't offer a great idea.
+This is a straight movie about a killer robot.
+
+However, I enjoyed it more, as it is much closer to what _Alien[^fn:2]_ achieved
+The entire action is encapsulated in only a few, closed locations.
+Half of the runtime is spent in a single apartment, where the _Mark-13_ robot shows up from to time a try to murder someone.
+Much like the _Nostromo_!
+
+This allowed the movie to be **stunning** visually.
+I loved every frame here!
+I know that most of the effect is based on fog and lighting, but I dig it!
+Just take a look at the gallery below.
+
+Another thing which reminded me of _Alien_ is how they handled the special effects of the _monster_.
+We see very little of _Mark-13_ - he is often hard to see, covered in darkness.
+From time to time we see his movements, and well.
+Hiding him was clearly a good idea... just like with the _Xenomorph_.
+
+All in all, I enjoyed the movie.
+I'm not calling it one of my favorites, but I enjoyed  every minute of its short runtime.
+
+I give it a `3.5/5`.
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0001.jpg" >}}
+Red sky of postnuclear... summer?
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0002.jpg" >}}
+The Nomad.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0003.jpg" >}}
+Nomad searching the desert for stuff for sale.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0004.jpg" >}}
+An ordiary store.
+Great vibes!
+Fun for the whole family.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0005.jpg" >}}
+Same store, different view.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0006.jpg" >}}
+The perfect glasses.
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+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0007.jpg" >}}
+Seems like somene realy liked Jin-Roh.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0008.jpg" >}}
+What posses as art now.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0009.jpg" >}}
+Computer we want but don't deserve.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0010.jpg" >}}
+An art studio. Nothing out of the ordinary.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0011.jpg" >}}
+Remember when spirituality was cool?
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0012.jpg" >}}
+Let's give our murder-robot eyes from a camera lense.
+I'm sure no one will drop it.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0013.jpg" >}}
+UI we all want.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0014.jpg" >}}
+What lurks in the shadows.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0015.jpg" >}}
+Yup, Jin-Roh.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0016.jpg" >}}
+Yankee-Roh.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0017.jpg" >}}
+With some striking shadows.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0018.jpg" >}}
+I have become bread, the destroyer of worlds.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0019.jpg" >}}
+Prelude...
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0020.jpg" >}}
+And the (most likely) last usage of a refrigerator as a safe place which makes any sense in the history of cinema.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0021.jpg" >}}
+Yup, a hand.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0022.jpg" >}}
+Hold the presses!
+The glasses are back!
+I repeat: the glasses are back.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0023.jpg" >}}
+Mark-13 in all of its glory.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0024.jpg" >}}
+This is only a window, but what a window it is.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0025.jpg" >}}
+They have not used Wilhelm's scream.
+What a wasted opportunity.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0026.jpg" >}}
+In 2024 those are rookie number when it comes to unnecessary lights inside a computer.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0027.jpg" >}}
+I am a sucker for this type of fish eye.
+Always reminds me of _City of Lost Children._
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+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0028.jpg" >}}
+It doesn't get more era-apporiate than this.
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+Ok, it does.
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+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0030.jpg" >}}
+One of the few CGI moments here.
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+
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+And one of _many_ lighting shots.
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+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0032.jpg" >}}
+Look how black it is. Classy.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0033.jpg" >}}
+But does it run Quake?
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0034.jpg" >}}
+Back to the desert, like a fine sandwich.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+And a few nice _gore_ sceenes which I won't show it.
+This is a family-friendly website!
+
+Links:
+
+-   [Hardware on TVDB](https://thetvdb.com/movies/hardware)
+-   [Director's official website](https://www.theofficialrichardstanley.com/)
+
+[^fn:1]: I disagree with calling those movies "cyberpunk" as they lack the "punk" element... or most of "cyber".
+    No one rebels against the system, no one enters the _cyberspace_.
+    But following this definition, I am not sure if we can call any movie other than _John Menomic_ a _Cyberpunk_.
+    Often we put all dark-sf into "cyberpunk" genre, which limits our ability to be pricks about it.
+[^fn:2]: Aka "the clearly inferior of the _Alien_ series"
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diff --git a/content/blog/2024/interesting-times.md b/content/blog/2024/interesting-times.md
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--- a/content/blog/2024/interesting-times.md
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ author = ["Michał Sapka"]
 date = 2024-02-13T21:06:00+01:00
 categories = ["blog"]
 draft = false
-weight = 2001
+weight = 2004
 abstract = "A very short review"
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@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ This alone makes it worth it!
 
 Not the best place to start with __Discworld__ (the best is, of course, _Colour of Magic_) but as n-th book in the series it's very enjoyable.
 
+I give it a `3.75/5`.
+
 
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