I just watched “The Matrix” for the first time in four years or so, and damn if it wasn’t as good as I remembered it to be.
Even though I think Keanu Reeves acted like his usual cardboard box self, it was actually fitting for this film. Neo is supposed to be overwhelmed and somewhat in [...]
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Random opinions of any kind. Most posts will likely be tagged with this one, seeing as I’m unsure what I can define as outside of the “opinion” concept. I’ll try to use it reasonably, though…
The Eyecandy Has You…
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. [...]
Jack Sparrow Is A Faggot
(Note: All of my reviews strive after a spoiler-free ideal, but utopia’s a faraway place, so I give no guarantees.)
Joker, one of the main characters of “Full Metal Jacket“, which I saw last night, was played by Matthew Modine, Tonight, I watched “Cutthroat Island“, a pirate flick from 1995, and guess who played the main [...]
I love this film so much, I’m unable to come up with a mocking way to present it in this heading…
“City of God“. One of the best films I’ve seen, if not the best. The unromanticised story of growing up in one of Rio de Janeiro’s slum suburbs, told from the point of view of Buscapé, the younger brother of a gangster. He is too craven to become a cop or a criminal, but gets [...]
Exhibitionistman
I’d originally planned to skip “Superman Returns“. I’ve hardly read any Superman comics at all, and the only Superman spin-off I’ve ever seen and liked, was “Lois & Clark“. Additionally, I’ve considered Superman to be the most boring superhero, for a long time. (More on this later.) But then I read a preview of the [...]
“Oh noes! The little seal babies!” :o
I just came home from watching “Thank You For Smoking” at on of the local cinemas, and I’m still somewhat in a shock. Because. This. Was. Awesome.
Nick Naylor is a de facto spin doctor for a conglomerate of tobacco companies. His job is basically to twist the perspectives of public opinion, by sowing doubts about [...]
The Sword Of The Nekkid Nobs
Today, I finally got around to watching “Excalibur” — a film version of Thomas Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur“. And it was surprisingly good, at least when compared to other fantasy films from the same period (and also when compared to far newer ones), such as the Conan films and “The Sword And The Scorceror“.
The plot [...]
The Carchase Supremacy
Watched “The Bourne Supremacy” last night. A decent film. It was best when the characters were speaking, which they unfortunately weren’t doing all that much, as the car chases and general action scenes got both repetetive and boring in their length. (As car chases and action scenes are wont to do.)
As in most kinds of [...]
One of the best PvP strips in ages…
A few months ago, they* kept it going with a whole bunch of boring strips about a small, thieving troll, and it took them* a while to get back on track. And although the last arc was really, really good, old heights were only reached with this strip:
EDIT: Removed the image.
http://pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20060906
It’s always good when old [...]
The City Of Romulus
After planning to do so for more than a year, I finally got around to watching the first episode of “Rome“, which finally arrived from Amazon earlier this week. And boy, have I missed out on something great! It’s probably too much to say anything more than this, but I can once again echo Master [...]
Monologue&Chemical
A couple of hours ago, I watched “Batman&Robin“, and I gotta say it’s one of the worst pieces of drivel I’ve seen in a very long time.
The plot — or rather, the parts of the plot that can be discerned from behind all the flamboyant idiocy — was a travesty. Villan fell into chemicals. Villan [...]
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 [...]
Tribute To A Tool
“I’m a tool. I’m a tool. A tool, tool, tool.”
A line from the first episode of Scrubs, season 1. But it’s not that tool I’ll praise here, but a much more useful one: The Google Define Search.
The what? you might ask. Well, the Google Define Search, is a practical little function of Google, where you [...]
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. [...]
Prince of Nothing - First Impressions
Just before I left home for Trondheim yesterday, I checked the mailbox, and found a delivery notice from the local post office. I’d recieved a package, 3,1kg, and immensely dimensioned. “But what the fuck”, I thought, “I haven’t ordered anything, at least not anything that’s to be sent here, to my home adress?!” Despite my [...]
“I’m the invisible man / incredible how you can / see right through me” - BS7×03
SPOILERS, obviously…
(Although they’ll be moderate…)
Immediate impression: Wee! Willow’s back! Willow’s back!
Yet another good episode. Perhaps the best of the three S7 episodes I’ve seen this far. Again, there was a monster-of-the-week villain — and ’twas a creepy lill’ feller, indeed — which (I’m unsure of wether or not it’s correct to use [...]
Beastie Boy — BS7×02
It took me a while to get there, but I finally managed to goad myself into seeing the second episode of the seventh season of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (and how cheesy a title isn’t that?). “Beneath You”. A nice, ambiguous title.
Again: SPOILERS!
I finally figured out what I think I suspected during the opening of [...]
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 [...]
Arthur wassisname?
King Arthur - Director’s Cut (2004). I remember seeing an advertising poster for this film once, it must have been around Christmas 2003, and I just couldn’t wait to see it. However, for various reasons I never got around to watching it in the theatres, and after it was released on DVD, I’ve basically only [...]
C’est la sense de la vie!
Ok, I’ve mentioned Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life” (1983) a couple of times now, and so I thought I’d finally get around to writing a kind of review of it. Mind you, I rarely, if ever, write reviews of anything, so this’ll probably be a badly constructed one.
The first thing that struck me, was [...]
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