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76. Close Quarters - William Golding
"In a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a ship becalmed halfway to Australia. In this surreal, fête-like atmosphere the passengers dance and flirt, while beneath them thickets of weed like green hair spread over the hull ( Read more... )

Remember that Inner Life of the Cell video I raved about years ago? Well, the BBC basically went and made it into a one-hour show, documenting an infection by a respiratory virus and the resulting war between it and the host immune system. Sounds dry, maybe, except it's presented in the fashion of an alien invasion movie, with an Inception-esque ( Read more... )

So those of you who knew me, oh, ten years ago might be surprised by what I have just found myself drawing. I must say I'm surprised myself. What can I say, a fit of nostalgia plus a direct debit with LoveFilm can lead to surprising places. ( what on earth is she on about? )

If you haven't watched United yet then I suggest you amend that. Yes, even you, people who aren't interested in football and Liverpool supporters. An absolutely heartbreaking bit of television, and beautifully shot on top of it. It's the sort of topic that could easily degenerate into melodrama, but here is treated with a deft hand that shakes off ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas to those celebrating, and an enjoyable 25th to the rest of you. My Christmas has been pleasant. I've got things I want and watched Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs and How to Train Your Dragon, because the past year and a half has largely been dominated by childrens' films for me movie-wise. I also watched Doctor Who and it hit my ( Read more... )

I got so giddy yesterday when I noticed there was a Ted & Ralph secret over on fandomsecrets i.e. the greatest sketch show love story ever told. I ended up digging around on YouTube. Somewhat disappointingly, while they do have the majority of the sketches they appeared in in a four-part video, for some reason none of the best sketches appear e.g. "exceedingly ( Read more... )

I just caught the Futurama episode Where No Fan Has Gone Before and oh man, it actually makes sense now! Thank you, nu!Trek fandom, for opening my eyes to how good this episode actually is! (Shatner ripping his own shirt and getting off with Leela! Koenig and Takei sharing a script! "Welcome to Nazi-Planet-Episode-Land - formerly Germany" ahaha!!) ( Read more... )