I've been thinking about Avengers: Age of Ultron since I saw it a week and a bit ago. I'm not a huge fan of heroes creating their own problems to solve, vis a vie Ultron. But I get it is less complicated for the heroes to go around pulverising robots than killing people. We can … Continue reading Avengers: Never ending cast of thousands
Stuff I Like
Filled with references to stuff I like in music, film, tv, reading, writing, online etc.
Betting the farm
In farming, there are certain paddocks you leave fallow. It is said crop rotation means no one area is ever completely exhausted of nutrients. I'm thinking of this space as one which I've left fallow while I recover. It's not like I haven't been busy though. There has been art and writing and work and … Continue reading Betting the farm
Shock of the real
Historically speaking If you leave aside plots, the need to pack events into neatly paced blocks of action, continuity issues, language and location, most of the difficulties to do with depictions of historical events are related to how actors do not generally look like their characters. Take for example The Man Who Would Be Bond … Continue reading Shock of the real
A Bond’s deeds are his word
Never been much of a James Bond fan. I blame the constant repeats over school holidays when the only other choice on TV was football. The villains were melodramatic and their goals so overblown and their henchmen so expendable. If I were a super villain who invested a lot in training my posse at Bad … Continue reading A Bond’s deeds are his word
Friends like these
I've been re-watching Sherlock because what the hey and also summer programming in Australia partly consists of repeating Sherlock and little else new or entertaining. Any who, I realised this program was misnamed. Sure it features the rude, scarfed, and cheekboned Holmes with and without the 'ear hat' but the main thing it is not … Continue reading Friends like these
Pictures in less than 1000 words
Non-selfie absorption When I was about 11 or 12 I was given a camera. It was a Hanimex 110 FF with a slot to insert the flash, which consisted of a double row of bulbs that died in a quiet but glassy sphffft sound upon each single use. Imagine a sudden blaze of glory like from … Continue reading Pictures in less than 1000 words
Book & Movie Relationships
The movie of the book will never be ok for some People will say (whatever) film leaves out plot devices, or characters, or the casting is wrong, or the location isn't correct. While such criticisms may or may not be accurate they do not reflect the essential source of the unease about the movie/book relationship. Our … Continue reading Book & Movie Relationships
Investigating and some nonsense about writing
One of my favourite books is Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. No. Don't roll your eyes. I geddit. I have to let you know I have a deep and abiding love of The Wind in the Willows and reveal that I did waste a few teen hours in the alien realm of Sweet Valley High and many … Continue reading Investigating and some nonsense about writing
One out of Four Aint Bad
A lot has happened for a new year. Three rejections and one acceptance and we're not even half way into January. It's easy to be happy with a submission acceptance. It is, after all, kinda the objective. Right at this moment, it's the best thing in the world to know someone else sees something of … Continue reading One out of Four Aint Bad
Going into battle for The Battle of the Five Armies
I understand the flaws film critics see in The Battle of the Five Armies and I don't care. Warning: Spoilers. Look, I've got the cred, studied film theory, read John Berger's Ways of Seeing and stuff by Laura Mulvey. I understand the story mechanics of well constructed film. And I can comfortably forget everything I ever learned … Continue reading Going into battle for The Battle of the Five Armies
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