http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk Life on other planets is difficult Wed, 14 May 2008 20:27:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yeah, I enjoyed it. The first of the summers comic book/superhero films is here (we've got The Incredible Hulk, The Dark Knight, Hellboy 2, Hancock and The Punisher 2 to come) and standing tall astride the top of the Box Office charts. I thought it was pretty good but that's ... http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2008/05/14/iron-man-usa-2008/ Doomsday is a peculiar chimera of a movie which makes you wonder if writer-director Neil Marshall has been told he’s allowed to make one final film and no more after that (begrudging gratitude to Master Pedant Lyle for continuity checking) and has decided to make a zombie movie or perhaps ... http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2008/05/14/doomsday-uk-2008/ I do love me some short films although, I hasten to append, not in a sordid, tell-your-neighbours-and-check-in-with-your-probation-officer kind of way. Short films can be absolutely bloody brilliant. They are an overlooked art form (in so much that it's next to impossible to actually make money from them unless ... http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2008/05/12/size-matters-not/ Although I'm signed up for RSS feeds, newsletters and carrier pigeon notification of all new news regarding everything Nine Inch Nails, I need to offer thanks, praise and burnt offerings to Lyle for letting me know about the recently released, freely downloadabubble album from Trent and the boys: The Slip. ... http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2008/05/12/giving-us-the-slip/ Not just a reference to the fact that I'm overeating again this week (for no other reason than I can) but also so that I can mention in passing that I picked up a copy of Bioshock for a mere 15 squid. It's a stunning looking game and yes, ... http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2008/05/01/big-daddy/ My wife, her obviously visible pregnant bump and I went for a lovely meal at a local tapas restaurant last night. While the patatas bravas probably lacked that spicy kick you'd get in a bar run by a genuine Mardrileño, it was flavoursome and congenial enough that I'd want ... http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2008/04/27/tapas/ I've made a little error in judgement. Ya see, I've got a brand new shiny-shiny and it's, well, extremely shiny. It's a laptop. The same one I tried buying last year only newer, better specs, direct from Dell and shinier. But... there's a little problem. ... http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2008/04/16/new-toy-2/ I could begin this post with a plenitude of pithy aphorisms about the nature of fear, the effect it has on the soul and the fine line between audacity and insanity. I could philosophise about how the highly evolved ego can dominate control the primal instincts of the id, ... http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2008/04/08/treading-the-razors-edge/ That was March. I hope you enjoyed it. After 78 days in captivity in the darkest recesses of Nottingham, I've learned two things: I can't count. I tend to over-dramatize things. Nottingham is (apparently) a city. I really can't count. Only 4 people actually live in Nottingham. I say that ... http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2008/03/29/so-anyway/ ...sausage rolls. I must be getting responsible in my old age. Today was the first time I've not only been aware of the fact that the Budget was taking place, I also was paying close attention but mainly as small businesses got pretty screwed over last year and the proposals ... http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2008/03/12/this-week-i-are-been-mostly-eating/