jump, they say

[extemporanea]

Wheee! My shuffle just hit the Manic Street Preachers cover of "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head," which is deeply appropriate. Cape Town has been solidly rained on for several days now, great fat rain with, last night, a small and slightly diffident thunderstorm which cleared its throat a few times and then shuffled off, embarrassed. There are

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[wolverine_nun]

That not-so-diffident thunderstorm cleared its throat right over my house, resulting in me sitting bolt upright in bed, swearing. The windows rattled, I felt the shockwave pass through me (I swear I did, although I struggle to believe it), and the girls slept on, regardless.

The earth moved

[first_fallen]

Yes, our walls shook too. The cats were Not Amused (except for Nanuk, who was like "what the hell's wrong with you two?").

[mwotn]

Sadly, I had to leave this film halfway through.

Looks like I won't be returning to it, then....

(Although I admit I was baffled as to his girlfriend's thought process. "Oh, you've shown up out of nowhere after magically avoiding death, and you want me to go to Rome with you despite the fact that I know nothing about you? Sure!" WTF?)

[herne_kzn]

Be not sad. Revel in the fact that you are a goo half a movie's worth of time up in your life.

[extemporanea]

I have to agree, you dodged a bullet there, Mysterious Mwotn.

[veratiny]

I think Jumper was the worst film I have seen ever. When it got to the end I was still sitting there in stunned silence waiting for the film to start.

[herne_kzn]

It is supposedly the rainy season here. Pshaw, we've had about 4 cloudbursts in 2 weeks. that dear friend doth not a rainy season make.
And yes, Jumper was truly atrocious.

[bronchitikat]

That's the trouble with films, Hollywood in particular.

All surface, great shots, fantastic effects, CGI, etc, etc, etc, &, oh dear, we've no budget left for a script!

& as for what they do to books . . .

[bronchitikat]

Come to think of it, the new Dr Who series has been rather like that somewhat too often.

I frequently find myself looking at the clock as the situation goes from worse to downright terrible & thinking, "Hmmm, fifteen minutes to go, engage improbable but terribly effective 'get out of this quick' effect in the next five minutes." Generally with Lots of EXPLOSIONS!

Mind you, occasionally they have a decent plot, or bits thereof.

[extemporanea]

Like I said to the Mysterious Mwotn, I don't think Doctor Who functions strictly as science fiction; it's closer to fable in its structure, with the emotional and narrative coherence being more important than rigorous science. I enjoy the self-conscious unreality and naivety of the format - it's made some necessary but rather enjoyable compromises to the "family" audience.