On September the 10th 2001 I was recovering from a 24 hour virus whilst on holiday in Dubai. I spent the day in the hotel room and when not sleeping I solely watched CNN. I remember there being a news item about the assassination of a Northern Alliance leader by the Taliban in Afghanistan (could there be trouble brewing?). The next day I felt a lot better and planned to go out. My holiday companion wasn't very interested in watching a news channel so switched it over to watch a crappy sci-fi action movie instead. So, to reiterate - 24 hour news channel on all day September 10th, news channel switched off September 11th and crappy movie put on instead. Everyone remembers what they were doing when the Twin Towers were attacked in 2001 - I was watching Digital Man on account of my holiday friend. As it turned out we discovered the news when we were picked up by another friend to visit one of the city attractions - the Emirates Twin Towers, which at that very moment had ascended to the second highest twin towers in the world. It was a very weird day. So, yes, despite having CNN on ALL DAY the day before, I missed the biggest news event of my life in order to watch a pathetic cyborg-on-the-loose sci-fi/action toss-fest. As I watched it last night for the second time I did actually wonder if maybe something of historical importance was happening again. Nothing happened.
Review of Digital Man
