Archive for May, 2007

Scientology versus…

Monday, May 21st, 2007

…The BBC
Panorama recently tried to do a documentary on whether Scientology still uses questionable practices on its adherents and critics. As they were making it, it inadvertently turned into a documentary about how Scientology relentlessly stalks investigative journalists who try to report upon it.
Cringe as blank-eyed cultists descend upon John Sweeney & crew, like sinister [...]

Spider-Man 3

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Apparently directed by Sam Raimi and a large chunk of cheese (an overripe stilton, I think), this is the bum-note finalé, in a hitherto well-made series of films.
Others have commented on how there are too many villains and too many story lines. This is true.
However, what got me was how cliché-ridden and trite it [...]

The Matrix Dezionized

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

I’m pretty sure that this film is illegal. But it’s bloody good.
The tag-line is ‘The True Sequel to The Matrix’. It’s a ‘fan edit’ of Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions, combined, with all the tedious/stupid bits taken out, and some of the ridiculous fight sequences edited down to slightly more reasonable lengths. In all, they’ve [...]

Lies That Theatre People Tell

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Phrases which give your away your favourite luvvie for the shallow lier they really are:

“It’s a very wordy play, isn’t it? How do they manage to remember all these lines?”
what they mean: “My god, I was bored out my mind. That fucking play could have been cut to half its length and still been too [...]