Author: ashleyelsdon

Storyteller - Poet - Explorer

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

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So I’ve finished watching all the films now. I really enjoyed seeing them all in sequence, that was really good, they make a lot of sense when you take them like that.

My favourite is still ‘Conquest’, and for the most part I’d forgotten ‘Battle’. When it started it came back to me again. It did seem a little half hearted though as an ending to the series of films which was a little bit of a shame.

But I still have the documentary DVD to watch and I might do that over the weekend.

Beneath, Escape, Conquest

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Obviously planet of the apes films! I’m just finishing off conquest, which is my favourite of them all, and it is great to watch them again all in sequence. It really brings the films to life and shows you just what a great concept they were.

Overall I’ve been really impressed with these films. I think they’ve stood the test of time and they still work well together. Of course you couldn’t make films like that now. They are slow, ponderous and thoughtful that I’m not sure they’d work cold for a modern audience. I think that was also shown by the terrible remake that came out.

I’m enjoying these immensely and looking forward to watching the lot and the documentary DVD at the end as well.

Learning more about Android

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Whilst this post isn’t about NanoLoop it is about how things are different between iOS and Android.

I’m starting to get better at that, and better at understanding the way Android works. The guide book I bought the other day has help to turn the corner a little, and I’m starting to see some ways I can make better use of what Android has to offer.

Play

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I was thinking about playing and being playful the other day. I realised that as adults we find it harder to just play and enjoy things rather than doing something for a reason or a purpose, which is a bit of shame really

Children are really good at this as is very obvious, but I’m not so good at it anymore and I think I need to change that a bit and become more child-like, although plenty of people think I am infantile already.