NO SPOILERS

( But, hell, I suppose I'll cut anyway. )

It's raining so hard that even Bren is looking askance at the garden and has retired to his crate, while Draco is asleep behind Ina and the cats are curled up together on the bed.

Time to do some writing, I suppose.

Still, I have my ticket to The Avengers (I gather that no-one, not even Cap, actually gets to yell "Avengers Assemble!" so, doh!) ( Read more... )

The third part of this ramble has been delayed by dogs and holidays and conventions, but here it is now....

( Comic Book to Screen: Part the Third. )

Hollywood steals from everything - books, short stories, TV series, comic books, videogames, fairground rides, real life and even itself. I've had a lot to say in the past about the adaptation of various novels, and the difficulties faced by scriptwriters working on the adaptations. (Not that this doesn't cut both ways: I've yet to read a ( Read more... )

( Nothing to see here except fan fiction waffle and Avengers squee. )

We went to see Senna last night. A riveting documentary about one of the greatest of all F1 drivers. For those of you who don't know, there is no commentary, just film of interviews, races, Tv variety and interview shows, amateur family films, meetings and, of course, crashes. The technical quality is therefore often poor, but that somehow gives ( Read more... )

Ina and I went to see The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (in 2D, of course) yesterday. The number of people queuing to see The King's Speech bodes well for that movie in this country at least, though most of the crowd were old enough to actual remember George! (I was born in his reign but am not old enough to remember anything else about him.)

( Spoilers for the book, the film, and at least one ancient text behind the cut. )

I'm watching the animated film, The Secret of Kells. The animation is utterly gorgeous. There are moments of great visual humour. But, but, but ( Read more... )

Now is the time, to look back at 2010 - a year, for me, dominated by death. The first part of my year was spent trying to arrange both my father's committal to a care home, after he was diagnosed with dementia (and that he was is thanks to his wonderful GP), and then working through the process of applying to the Court of Protection for a ( Read more... )

A long time ago, I prophesied that The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was going to be a pig to adapt to the screen, because of the episodic nature of the plot and the lack of a strong narrative ( Read more... )