So it’s been a funny old week in that it’s passed quickly and without incident and suddenly I’m a week older with nothing to show for it. Wait – that’s not quite true. I went to see “No Country For Old Men” on Saturday (which brings my tally of films seen in the [...]
Archive > January 2008
Intermission
I know I promised that I’d do the whole AvP thing before the weekend. What can I say? I’m the Prince of Darkness and my promises mean nothing. You’ll get it, don’t worry and hopefully it will be worth it! Hell, if I manage to actually finish writing out how Predator [...]
AvP: The Aliens
I started writing a fucking long-winded, pretentious post examining and dissecting the Alien films when the realisation that it was all a load of guff. What it boils down to is that Aliens are cool and the first two films in the franchise were fantastic. I mean, it’s 1979 and people are still [...]
AvP: Prologue
Although it’s been on release in the States since Christmas Day, this weekend sees the UK release of Aliens vs Predator: Requiem, the sequel to the hit 2004 movie, Alien Vs Predator. Yes, that’s right, the hit movie – despite being slated by both critics and fans, the film made more money relatively in [...]
Wormwood
Wormwood is the title of the horror short that I wrote the first draft of back in, um, September or something. Back then it was called “In the dark of the night” which is actually the title I use for most things that don’t have a title – my feature draft was called that [...]
Taking the red pill
More introspection – it’s the month for it. This one takes the form of some hopes, desires, goals and ambitions for the year forthcoming. It’s more a wishlist than a plan because that way I allow for all the unexpected eventualities and take into consideration that which cannot be predicted. It’s subdivided [...]
Taking the blue pill
I only have one tattoo. It’s a dragon clutching a shield and embossed on the shield is the futhark rune called Thurisaz, commonly associated with the god Thor (and can be taken to represent Thor’s hammer, Miolnir) although that’s not the reason why I chose it. In script, Thurisaz can be transliterated into [...]
Beginnings and Endings
Owing to some extreme fuckups on the part of two different broadband providers and, for a change, none on my part, I’ve spent most of the last couple of weeks without any ‘net connect. Hence the radio silence. But I’m away at a very nice hotel spending some quality time with the S.O. [...]