New Lynx Cans

[edit]  I’ve just tweaked this post somewhat since I first posted it.  Perhaps I was a originally a little rude.  Perhaps not.  But more importantly, I don’t want to get my broke ass sued by a company with quite a lot of money.  However, I’m hopefully still entitled to an opinion, so here goes… [/edit]

I dunno if anyone has used the new style Lynx deodorant cans or not, but who on Earth thought that would be a good design?

1) If you need instructions printed on the can about how to use an aerosol - that’s not a good design.

2) If when you use it, the spray actually just dribbles down the side of the can - that’s not a good design (see picture!).

3) If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

If that wasn’t bad enough, that plastic material the new over-designed lid is made from has a horrible feel.

The main problem is that when you use it, the top occassionally twists back up, causing it to spray down the side of the can and over your hand.  And sometimes, the lid just won’t twist down far enough without you having to resort to a frenzied twisting session to get the damn thing down.

It’s a really horrible piece of over-design by Unilever, so no more Lynx for me.

The Illusionist

I could’ve pooed out a hedgehog and found it more enjoyable than sitting through The Good Shepherd the other day.

Was ‘The Illusionist’ a better experience?

Well frankly yes - but it wasn’t going to be hard.

You don’t see that many films about magic, then all of a sudden we get The Illusionist, The Prestige and Magicians all turn up within months of each other. Like buses aren’t they, eh. Tcha!

The Illusionist is basically the story of, well derrr, an Illusionist called Eisenheim (Ed Norton) who meets his childhood sweetheart again, only to find that she’s shacked up with the nasty fella from ‘A Knight’s Tale’.

Ed Norton is great but puts on quite an odd voice throughout which is slightly distracting. Jessica Biel has a great pair of, err, screen presences and “Pig Vomit” is also in it.

The whole thing flows along quite nicely and holds your attention, but the storyline lacks a little final punch. Basically, it’s not quite in the same class as The Prestige, but still quite enjoyable all the same. 8/10.