No fate but what we make
Ooh, BBC Online have changed their look. Now it's like Facebook. Good thing: I can bring "this day in history" box to the top of the page and find out that 1620 years ago Theodosus effected the creation of the Catholic Church, and that some centuries later, the predecessor of the Labour Party was formed. COINKYDINK???
Film fans: Christian Bale has signed on to play John "I have painfully significant initials" Connor in the new Terminator trilogy, Terminator Salvation, to be released in May 2009. This is quite good news, as I like Bale (his Batman is excellent) and I like the Terminator series: the first two are utterly great and the third was much better than I could have expected, although still far less good than the Judgment Day, which is one of my favourite films ever. However, the fourth film will have one massive crutch it will have to overcome to Not Suck: it's being directed by McG. This is the stupidly-named pop video director who gave us the Charlie's Angels films, and seems to make movies in much the same way as a toddler with full access to his daddy's DV-recorder and all the money in the world would. That is, blow up everything that hasn't been blown up already, put the hi-fi up to 11, and shake the camera around a lot. It will probably suck. But hey, I haven't managed to see the Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series yet. Maybe that sucks more.
On Monday I submitted an official pitch to S4C (Welsh-language TV station) for the TV drama series I've been scripting in idle hours. You can submit ideas online, which is nicer than going through outside production companies. I have at least a month to wait for a response, but at least I now feel as I've quasi-accomplished something.
Film fans: Christian Bale has signed on to play John "I have painfully significant initials" Connor in the new Terminator trilogy, Terminator Salvation, to be released in May 2009. This is quite good news, as I like Bale (his Batman is excellent) and I like the Terminator series: the first two are utterly great and the third was much better than I could have expected, although still far less good than the Judgment Day, which is one of my favourite films ever. However, the fourth film will have one massive crutch it will have to overcome to Not Suck: it's being directed by McG. This is the stupidly-named pop video director who gave us the Charlie's Angels films, and seems to make movies in much the same way as a toddler with full access to his daddy's DV-recorder and all the money in the world would. That is, blow up everything that hasn't been blown up already, put the hi-fi up to 11, and shake the camera around a lot. It will probably suck. But hey, I haven't managed to see the Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series yet. Maybe that sucks more.
On Monday I submitted an official pitch to S4C (Welsh-language TV station) for the TV drama series I've been scripting in idle hours. You can submit ideas online, which is nicer than going through outside production companies. I have at least a month to wait for a response, but at least I now feel as I've quasi-accomplished something.