are you having problems with the feelings that you feel?
I have been terribly negligent with updating this blog, this will not do, especially when I seem to be spending quite a lot of my life procrastinating furiously.
I am at the Parental Home.
Things that may or may not be of interest:
-Parents have acquired a glorious 46 inch television. It is glorious. My throat is parched, my retinas are scarred, I wander, a prophet in the desert, babbling of the joy of high-def.
-I also now have an XBox. And Grand Theft Auto IV. And therefore no productivity. (Note to self: The sinfulness of consumerist joy just makes it all the more appealing. Oh dear.)
-Saw Dark Knight on an IMAX screen. Fuck me, it's massive. And gorgeous. The Watchmen trailer looks really good. I may have to stick my neck out and actually begin to hope that Hollywood isn't going to screw up another one of Moore's graphic novels.
-I have too much hair. Tell me what to do with it?
-I have decreed Stephen Moffat to be awesome, and don't care who knows it.
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I think the fact that I have disgusting fandom habits will come as no suprise to most of you, if you don't know me from thereabouts anyway. If you do know my other journal, there is activity on it. Possibly of the Doctor Who variety. Hrm.
Also, I managed to completely miss the phenomenon known as Wizard Rock. However, I have rapidly educated myself, and thought I couldn't popssibly deprive you, oh flist, of the sheer absurd magnificence of The Whomping Willows. And yes, the song really is what you think it's about.
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Things that you should be watching:
1) Mad Men: following a group of ad men in 1960s New York. It's surprisingly good, weird, complicated, intelligent & demanding. It is good enough that I'm reduced to tossing a stream of adjectives at you all. It's got an interesting take on gender politics, and skims very carefully the line between nostalgia, political correctness and historical revisionism. It's a startlingly clear portrait of a lost and wandering generation: Stepford Wives on lithium, the yawning gap between the culture and counterculture, the emptiness of both. Nostalgia as a kind of sideways psychotherapy for the 21st century. Great production values and attention to detail, a stellar ensemble cast performance (including Christina Hendricks, who, as some of you may remember, is Our Mrs Reynolds of Firefly fame) that is achingly solid. And the writing. Yes.
2) The Middleman: silly, ridiculous and awesome vaguely scifi comedy superhero show. The super-polite, all American milk-drinking Middleman takes on a new apprentice. It is and isn't as cheesy as it sounds. It is fluff, but it is witty, engaging, clever fluff. And occasionally has aliens. And succubi. And crotchety old lady androids. Many of you would love it.
Has anyone seen any of The Kill Generation, ie, HBO's new drama series about American soldiers in Iraq? Not that it's going to be bleak, or anything.
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I am currently planning my next film. Which is going to be more of a sprawling, vaguely interactive, dystopian multimedia project. It is going to be awesome, but ridiculously hard work. I am also most definitely in the market for help-- technical, graphical, writerly and otherwise. And, once it's done, people to, um, actually interact with it. Drop me an email or some form of digital missive if you are interested, or want to keep informed. Though considering how much The Project has taken over my brain already reading this blog probably ensures you'll be kept in the loop.
So, yes: watch this space.
I am at the Parental Home.
Things that may or may not be of interest:
-Parents have acquired a glorious 46 inch television. It is glorious. My throat is parched, my retinas are scarred, I wander, a prophet in the desert, babbling of the joy of high-def.
-I also now have an XBox. And Grand Theft Auto IV. And therefore no productivity. (Note to self: The sinfulness of consumerist joy just makes it all the more appealing. Oh dear.)
-Saw Dark Knight on an IMAX screen. Fuck me, it's massive. And gorgeous. The Watchmen trailer looks really good. I may have to stick my neck out and actually begin to hope that Hollywood isn't going to screw up another one of Moore's graphic novels.
-I have too much hair. Tell me what to do with it?
-I have decreed Stephen Moffat to be awesome, and don't care who knows it.
*
I think the fact that I have disgusting fandom habits will come as no suprise to most of you, if you don't know me from thereabouts anyway. If you do know my other journal, there is activity on it. Possibly of the Doctor Who variety. Hrm.
Also, I managed to completely miss the phenomenon known as Wizard Rock. However, I have rapidly educated myself, and thought I couldn't popssibly deprive you, oh flist, of the sheer absurd magnificence of The Whomping Willows. And yes, the song really is what you think it's about.
*
Things that you should be watching:
1) Mad Men: following a group of ad men in 1960s New York. It's surprisingly good, weird, complicated, intelligent & demanding. It is good enough that I'm reduced to tossing a stream of adjectives at you all. It's got an interesting take on gender politics, and skims very carefully the line between nostalgia, political correctness and historical revisionism. It's a startlingly clear portrait of a lost and wandering generation: Stepford Wives on lithium, the yawning gap between the culture and counterculture, the emptiness of both. Nostalgia as a kind of sideways psychotherapy for the 21st century. Great production values and attention to detail, a stellar ensemble cast performance (including Christina Hendricks, who, as some of you may remember, is Our Mrs Reynolds of Firefly fame) that is achingly solid. And the writing. Yes.
2) The Middleman: silly, ridiculous and awesome vaguely scifi comedy superhero show. The super-polite, all American milk-drinking Middleman takes on a new apprentice. It is and isn't as cheesy as it sounds. It is fluff, but it is witty, engaging, clever fluff. And occasionally has aliens. And succubi. And crotchety old lady androids. Many of you would love it.
Has anyone seen any of The Kill Generation, ie, HBO's new drama series about American soldiers in Iraq? Not that it's going to be bleak, or anything.
*
I am currently planning my next film. Which is going to be more of a sprawling, vaguely interactive, dystopian multimedia project. It is going to be awesome, but ridiculously hard work. I am also most definitely in the market for help-- technical, graphical, writerly and otherwise. And, once it's done, people to, um, actually interact with it. Drop me an email or some form of digital missive if you are interested, or want to keep informed. Though considering how much The Project has taken over my brain already reading this blog probably ensures you'll be kept in the loop.
So, yes: watch this space.