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Dirty Weekend on Cybertron, Part 1
You know what's sexier than a handsome, bespectacled dandy in a waistcoat?
A handsome, bespectacled dandy in a waistcoat doing a spot-on impression of an alien robot samurai velociraptor.
Yes, I do have a point, and no, that comparison didn't just emerge straight out of my diseased imagination. For you see, I spent this past weekend at Auto ( Read more... ) -
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One more analysis for the pile: Giles Fraser on "bad Samaritans" and how the culture of acquisition fuelled the riots.
It's a thought-provoking article, even if he doesn't really answer his own question (why is the video of a group of rioters pretending to help a wounded man, then robbing him, one of the most disturbing images of the whole debacle ( Read more... ) -
The Great Fire of London
So, a lot of the things I've meant to post about in the past week or so suddenly seem rather petty, given that London is on fire.
We were sent home early today. It was a strange, fretful atmosphere in the office to begin with; everyone was swapping details from the latest news stories in hushed tones, or exchanging rumours. "My friend is in Fulham ( Read more... ) -
I still think the invisibility spray plot was totally wasted.
10. Giant female robot ninja runs amok. (Enter the Nightbird)
9. Megatron creates a clone of Optimus Prime, and the Autobots must determine which Optimus is the real one - with a RACE! (A Prime Problem)
8. A group of Autobots become movie stars, and are even worse at it than Rose Huntington-Whiteley. On the plus side, they ( Read more... ) -
Dark of the Moon Review - Part 1: Light Our Darkest Hour
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Review
Okay, everybody! I know that you’re all waiting with bated breath to hear what I thought about Transformers: Dark of the Moon!
*pause*
*crickets chirp*
Yeah, well, screw it, you’re getting a review anyway.
You know the wonderful thing about Transformers? The bountiful, ever-expanding multiverse in which it ( Read more... ) -
Back with a Vengeance - X-Men First Class
OH MY GOD, X-MEN FIRST CLASS.
Before I say anything more, let me just say this: It’s a lot of fun to snark about terrible movies. It’s also easy to discourse at length about movies that are decent but flawed, and speculate about where they went wrong. But when a movie is this good, it’s difficult to write a review that’s any more ( Read more... )