• 21:57 @ BZedan That movie inspires many people that way. Heck, even just the soundtrack does that to me. #
• 22:08 Chronometry: May I just say that the watch in Stranger Than Fiction is my favorite timekeeping device EVER? Heart. #
• 00:19 Curdling: Please, for Pete's sake, let us not put eensy shards of glass into the lime curd. Please. #
• 01:15 @ BZedan ( Read more... )

The nefarious Harris Tweed, wealthy layabout, villain, moustache twirler extraordinare, and arch-nemesis to Velociman is still a shimmering soap bubble of an idea. But don't let that fool you ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen, in light of past superheroics and supervillany discussions here at Wound Tighter Than A Pocket Watch, I would like to draw your attention to two edifying points provided by NPR this weekend:

• Mild-mannered inventor Dean Kamen (the Segway, &c.) apparently has all of the requirements for being an evil genius with his own ( Read more... )

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The movie channels have decided that the year of 2007 is a great time to show 007 movies, a marketing gimmick whose logic I can't really fault. So I've been able to see quite a few lately and have drawn these conclusions.

James Bond:

• travels constantly
• appears to be British [ignore that Sean Connery is Scottish, &c pls.]
• has a knack for finding ( Read more... )

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All right, all right - I take back what I said.


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Because Borders does so love filling my inbox with their newsletters, their graphics, their bullet points, today I bring you Doctor Impossible's Six Rules for Supervillain Survival as it was related to me from the author's note to Soon I Will Be Invincible: A Novel by Austin Grossman.

1. Never tell them your plan I know it's hard. Heroes don't make ( Read more... )

Two observations made in regards to Casino Royale, though I'm probably a bit late in keeping with the rest of the world on this:

1. Those were self-similar patterns in the opening credits, weren't they? Weren't they? Multiple iterations of the suit pips? Yes? Well done. In fact, well done overall on those opening credits. I haven't seen anything ( Read more... )

Poll What's With You People?

also, because of the doldrums in the inane flash movies recently, miss a- & i have taken to trading inane pictures instead.

( there were puppets involved. )