(This review has also been posted here, in a (much better) Norwegian version.)
1944: Franco and his fascist followers have won the Spanish Civil War, but a few rebels, based in the country’s forests and mountains, keep on fighting in the hope that the recent Allied invasion of Normandy will shortly cause the fall of Franco’s [...]
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El Laberinto del Fauno
The Sounds of February — An Attempted Subjective Buffy Theme
Okay, as the theme for this month’s CD, I’ve chosen “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. I wll, in other words, try to make a CD on which all of the songs remind me of this awesomest of all awesome shows. Be it that they remind me of the show in general, a specific episode or scene [...]
Couple o’ updates more
1. I just wrote a new page, entitled “Buffysodes”, on which I’ve put links to all my quasi reviews of Buffysodes. In time, it might be renamed to just “’sodes” or something, and have links to more reviews, but for now this is all there is. It’s primarily written as a service to my sister, [...]
The Sounds of January
I continue what I started in December: Making a home made CD to listen to while on the bus, in the car, or when I’m out walking. I also follow up a kind of dogma I thought up while burning December’s CD: That I won’t use the same band twice. I doubt that that dogma [...]
The sounds of December
Here’s the content of the “homemade” CD I’m listening to in December:
1. The Doors - The Soft Parade
If I’m ever gonna try any drugs, this is the song I’ll be listening to while high. It’s surreal, and it’s great.
2. Bob Dylan - All Along The Watchtower
My personal Dylan favourite. Ambigious lyrics, wistful atmosphere.
3. The Buzzcocks [...]
Best movies
Okay, here comes part two:
THE TEN BEST MOVIES I’VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
1. Donnie Darko
Seriously, this one’s *this* good. The way it deals with negative and positive consequences of choices is just awesome. Totally mind-blowing.
2. City of God
Growing up in one of Rio de Janeiro’s slums, from childhood in the 60s to late [...]
Favourite movies
Alrighty, I thought I’d make two movie lists — one of my favourite movies, and one of the best movies I’ve seen. Now, some of you might wonder what the hell the difference between “favourite” and “best” is, and even though I’m not entirely clear on it myself yet, I’ll try to clarify. As much [...]
Webcomicscatchinguppytime
I’ve been catching up on some of my favourite webcomics (PvP, TOotS, Chugwort Academy), and thought I’d throw up a cpuple of links for your enjoyment. After all, I don’t want readers who doesn’t know what vintage webcomics are. (Okay, Chugworth won’t qualify for that category any more, but at least it used to be [...]
Egyptgate
Finally watched “Stargate” again. It’s been at least six years or so since the last time I saw it, and I was actually relieved to see how little it sucked.
All in all, it’s the classic archetype of adventure movies. Nerdy academician, stout but troubled soldier, basis in various von Däniken-like theories of the past, supernatural [...]
Quote-o-rama (not the one married to Sita)
I just noticed that I’ve got to buy a new A5 notepad tomorrow, as my old one — which I’ve had for well over a year — is filled with Buffisic and Angelic quotes.
So yay for you who regularly check out the new posts I make in the quote thread at tidshjulet.net, for soon, I’ll [...]
Grrr. Argh.
Wow, two popcultural references as heading for two posts in a row! That’s quite something, isn’t it?
(EDIT: As Loki has so kindly pointed out, this is wrong.)
Anyway, this “grr. argh” is an attempt at phrasing my annoyance. And why am I annoyed this time?
Yesterday, I went on a small pilgrimage to Trondheim’s best fantasy [...]
A cunning plan…
… or maybe not.
Anyway, last night, after returning home after my visit, well, home, I thought I’d lay down and watch a DVD on my laptop. However, I have a small problem. Most of my DVDs, I’ve seen like 20 times, at least the fun ones. But I also have some 15-20 movies on DVD [...]
“There’s only me” — impressions of BS7×05
One of the best Buffy episodes ever. Character driven, excellent dialogue, a stunning plot, and heartbreaking character moments, two of which brought tears to my eyes.
(Here be spoilers! Or so I believe…)
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I’m not really sure if I can say much more than this, as my words’ll only ring hollow in my ears. It’ll merely be [...]
Finally! My Antiquity Collection Is Complete!
Today, after looking for Thucydides‘ “The History of the Peloponnesian War” for over a year, I finally found it!
This means that I’ve finally completed my collection of what I consider to be the pearls of Hellas, which in addtition to Thucydides’ masterpiece includes Plato’s “The Republic“, Herodotus‘ “Histories” and and Xenophon’s “The Persian [...]
Favourite fantasy authors — an attempted list
All right, an attempt at ranking my favourite fantasy authors, from best to worst.
1. John Ronald Reul Tolkien. As much as I try to hide it, Tolkien is my favourite. His works introduced me to the genre, and his books are still the ones that made the biggest impression on me. Versatile, intelligent and wise.
2. [...]
Soundtrack of my life - Natsecorma challenge #1
I see that Zhayena (or at least I assume that it’s Zhayena) has initiated a small challenge for the Natsecorma bloggers. And, being the supportive fellow that I am, I will, naturally support it.
“Ditt livs soundstrack” (Soundtrack of your life), the challenge is called. Now, I’ve already written a thing like this before, but having [...]
Neat words, part 1
Okay, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m gonna start collecting neat words, that I use a lot. This’ll be a project for both improvement (seeing as I’ll hopefully find out what words I use too much, and what I can replace them with — suggestions are welcome, by the way) and self-insight. Two-in-one. Neat.
1. [...]
Punk? Terje?!
Yeah, I know. I don’t exactly seem like the archtypical punk fan. And I’m probably not. But although I don’t look like a punk, and probably don’t think like a punk either, I can’t help but like the music, as well as what I see as the quintessential message of punk: Don’t care what anyone [...]
Ah, the brilliance of online shopping…
Last week, I visited some three or four bookshops here in Trondheim in search of R. Scott Bakker’s “Prince of Nothing” novels. The only thing I found, was a trade paperback copy of The Thousandfold Thought, volume three in the series. And I’m not that keen on trade paperbacks, really. They have a great format [...]
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