someone who's doing some things
I’ve been reading Newton Poetry for a while now and have been sitting on the fence about getting myself a newton. The main reason is that I know it will be another piece of hardware that hardly ever gets used and that I feel guilty about buying.
The trouble is that I still really want to get one, and reading Newton Poetry doesn’t help at all!
I haven’t had a flexidisc for years now. It is great to just have one again.
I love sci-fi films, but I always wonder where they get all the metal from to build these huge fleets of spaceships and space stations and the death star is a case in point!
As I’m watching this right now I thought I’d share some thoughts on the reasons why it didn’t work as a 21st Century franchise. The original series was brilliant. There’s no doubt about that, and actually the 2004 version had a lot of good points. It had a good cast (Lady Penelope and Parker were brilliant in fact), some great special effects and the story wasn’t too bad either.
But where they went wrong in my opinion, is in trying to move away from the central thrust of the story. They tried to make the children an integral part of the story instead of it just being about disasters and awesome machines. I think that if they’d stuck to the formula it would have had a much better chance.
It’s a shame really as I think it would have made a good franchise really, but it wasn’t to be.
I took this on Tuesday and really liked it. It is a nasty little tunnel, not particularly clean or well kept, but the picture gives it a very different quality indeed.
The brigadier died today aged 81. Nicholas Courtney had appeared in 107 Dr Who episodes and had appeared in the Sarah Jane Adventures in 2008.
I always thought he was an excellent character. He will be sadly missed.
Getting ready for a few things …
Stu Smith at the ICA. Very cool solo performance.
Awesome stuff!
I got to spend some time with my latest music project yesterday. I’ve been experimenting with processing audio through Jasuto which has had some interesting results.
As I said before, I think that the creative process in making these soundscapes may end up being more satisfying that the actual finished product, but at the moment I’m not worrying too much about that. I think I’ll enjoy the process for now and see where I end up with in a couple of months.
I am Ashley Elsdon 