I’ve previously mentioned upcoming film Shoot ‘Em Up. Here’s a full scene from the upcoming release. It’s quite NSFW – Clive Owen having sex with Monica Bellucci, gun men enter the room, massive gunplay ensues, all while Owen and Bellucci continue to make love.

It certainly looks like this movie is trying to redefine “over the top” or at least outdo my previous trash fave Crank.

As I expected, people who paid $599 for an iPhone are pissed off that the price has been cut by $200. The new price, $400, is roughly HK$3,200 (same as the iTouch). I wonder if that Wanchai security guard still feels his iPhone was worth the HK$12,000 he paid?

The above-linked article also mentions that Apple is dumping remaining stock on the 4 gig iPhones for $299.

In the idiotic battle between NBC/Universal and Apple, Universal has announced that the upcoming NBC TV shows will be available on Amazon’s new digital store. Question 1 – what will the pricing be? Question 2 – enough with this anti-consumer bullshit of heavily DRM-ed material only available through single outlets. Oops, that’s not a question.

Hell, I know I want the iPod Touch, why agonize over it? I can wait until it’s actually released and in short supply and every shop in the computer centers marking it up by an extra 10% or go online and order it now and get it engraved as well.

And so I did just that.

Just kept hitting refresh still the store came back online and placed the order. You can probably guess the engraving I selected. First line “Spike” second line “Hongkie Town”.

Judging from how slow the web site is, either it’s hosted on servers in the US or everyone else in Hong Kong also stayed up late and is placing their order now.

Ship date is given at Friday, 28 September. Monday’s a holiday, means I’ll have it Tuesday, 2 October. Maybe a couple of days after they start appearing in stores, but at least I won’t be paying more than list price and can sleep soundly knowing that there’s one with my name on it (literally) heading my way.

Wonder if I’m gonna need a headphone adapter like the ones the iPhone seems to need?

Being the nerd I am, I stayed home tonight clicking on refresh every minute on both Gizmodo and Engadget as they each liveblogged the new Apple product announcments. In case you haven’t seen it in 27 other places already, here’s what’s new:

iPhone – roll your own ringtones. But with some gotchas. It appears that this is limited to working with songs you’ve purchased on iTunes and you’ve gotta pay an extra 99 cents for the privilege of taking a song you’ve already purchased and turning it into a ringtone. Still, I suspect this will be successful.

Oh, and they’re dropping the price of the 8 gig model from $599 to $399. It appears the 4 gig model is being discontinued. Bet all those people who stood in line for days to pay $599 (or more on eBay) are feeling great right now.

iPod Shuffle – all that’s new here are some new colors.

iPod Nano – major revamp to the form factor. Now a 2 inch screen capable of showing video at the same resolution as the full size iPod. A new UI that includes coverflow plus built-in games including Sudoku. Battery life 24 hours for music, 5 hours for video. 4 gig version for $149, 8 gig version for $199. In stores by this weekend (at least in the US).

iPod Classic – the original iPod slightly rebranded. Metal case. The new UI. $249 for the 80 gig and $349 for a new 160 gig version. Battery life? 40 hours audio, 7 hours video. Also in stores this weekend.

iPod Touch – basically this is the iPhone without phone capabilities. The same size but thinner. 3.5 inch widescreen, multi-touch, WiFi, Safari browser built in. I was hoping to see an 80 gig iPod with that big screen, but the iPhone touch has an 8 gig version for $299 and a 16 gig version for $399. Shipping by the end of the month.

Along with the WiFi features of the Touch, there will now be a WiFi iTunes store – meaningless to most people in HK of course.

And one more bizarre feature on the Touch. If you’re in a Starbucks and hear a song you like, you can tap the icon to buy the song even if you don’t know what it is. Rolled out to Starbucks locations in the US first, of course. Snore.

So now …. being an iPodholic, the question is … do I go for the 160 gig classic, with its increased storage space and battery life? Perhaps I’ll keep my 80 gig for travel and get the Touch, hoping that 16 gig of music will be enough for me when I’m just walking around locally. The WiFi + Safari is nice, but WiFi is nowhere near as ubiquitous in HK as it should be yet.