tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89577103079811809722012-01-09T21:20:17.795ZA scrap book of ideas, short essays, reviews and general opinion's from me. I mean what else are these used for, be warned self referential humour aboundsMountain Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338740470502820354noreply@blogger.comBlogger1011100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957710307981180972.post-79761346775752352232011-11-18T12:52:00.001Z2011-11-19T21:50:46.165Z

Oh boy Thank you William Shatner, you have waded into the oldest and most impossibly stale argument in geekdom and you've kicked off a new phase in the war. For those of you that don't know Shatner did an interview on his youtube page saying Star Trek was better than Star Wars. Of course he was going to say Star Trek. There are two reasons for this, both are that it's William god-damn Shatner.

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Meta, an investigation. Oh dear, this is something percolating in the background of geek culture and has been for sometime. Meta-fiction, literally meaning "beyond fiction". So far beyond that it's almost abstract. But just what the hell does that all mean? Well not much is the short of it, but the long is a real twisted story. There are about three different levels to Meta-fiction, each one

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All hallows! An investigation:-It's been a while since I posted, mostly because I've been busy but otherwise I've not had much to say. But there is one thing that's interesting me. Halloween. Halloween, lot's of people seem to be excited by it:- "Oh it's my favourite Holiday!" "I love Halloween!" "So what are you doing for Halloween" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas is my favourite film of all

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I am not one of the worlds great physicist, I'm not even one of the worlds great spellers, but I like to think I have a brain. So when watching a documentary on Steven Hawking and his view on Black Holes I was painfully reminded why I didn't take up hard science as a career.Black holes are amongst the most powerful forces in nature, capable of crushing whole stars and indeed solar systems while

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A quick update on my past opinion of Torchwood:-The first series was pure character assassination. Simple. While RTD was trying to make them diverse and flawed the end result was no one came out of that with an ounce of likability. The acting was nothing to write home about either. Heck, half the time it even seemed like Barrowman, a man that could give Shatner a challenge chewing scenery, was

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I want to make a point. I have ranted, twice now, about the third transformers film and how much it doesn't appeal to me.I realise that you you might think I'm a prone to knee jerk reactions over very little evidence, or that I'm just a mean jerk that hates things for very little reason, so I think I better share my experience with Green Lantern.Oh - Kay I did not have very high expectations for

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I am painfully aware that my last ramble made about as much sense as replying "monkey's are funny" to the question of "how meny fingers am I holding up?"It had been a long day and I wasn't thinking straight, or beyond "Hate Hate, Kill Kill now please!"Allow me to expand:-I think the casting of Rosie whatever in Transformers 3 Dark of The Moon is the thing I am most dreading. I was not, in any way

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Looking back on it I was incredibly kind to the second Transformers movie. It really was one of the worse films I've ever seen, I have over used the skip function on the DVD and it's just empty, soulless and patheticThere is no hiding the fact that Transformers exist solely to sell toys, but the reason it's survived for so long and well loved by hard core fans like myself is the depth of work

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With the new film X-men First Class doing quite well for itself in the Cinema I just want to mention something.Now over the years I've tried to get into X-men, one version or another. The comics, the 90s cartoon, the films and I have one thing to point out. It's incredibly dull. Sorry to all the Marvel fans out there who think its the best thing since sliced bread, but it's not.The whole thing is

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Okay, I hate to say this but that was predictable.Every twist and turn I could foresee easily. I'm not going to give any spoilers here but come on, give me a break. There are still a lot of questions, and I'm going to ask one in a moment, but at just about every point I rolled my eyes.It was well acted, produced and written, but sadly predictable.That wasn't the only disappointment here. I was

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People are actually reading my blog, this is a surprise to me. Mostly though these people are commenting on my Opinion of Stargate Universe, disagreeing with me and telling me it was quite good once you got into it.You know what, thank you. It's always good to hear others opinions and see the discussion form another point of view. Honestly that's why I started this blog and that people are

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What follows is a sort of Fake Questions and answers session. I've wanted to clarify a few things about my EPIC Power Rangers Fan fiction for a while now and this seems to be the best way to do it. If you're interested in reading it Here's a link:- http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-22175/MountainKing+Power+Rangers+Demon+Wars+-+The+Dragon+s+Green+Fire.htm Now on with the Questions Q:- Right, so

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It's been a bad few weeks for fans of the Classic series of Doctor Who.First Nicholas Courtney passes away and now Elisabeth Sladen. Now, I know I'm way behind with this, but I just couldn't think of what to say about it.I still can't. I never met her and there is nothing I can say that hasn't already been said. Everyone involved in Doctor Who has come out in droves to praise this, by all

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Holy....Alright, we all remember the Slitheen, right? Those pathetic farting monsters that were about as threatening as a small field mouse going squeak? GoodWe also remember Moffat's last epic monsters, the Weeping Angels? The galactic leap in scary they were? Good again.These new guys are another leap forward. We've all seen them and they look brilliant, well they're written even better! I was

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This thing is either one of the best jokes out there, or one of the single worst ideas in history for a cartoon.This, put simply, cannot be real. It's Saturday Morning Watchmen, it has to be. Let's look at this critically. We have Arnold (with the powers of MASK) Vs Michael Bay inspired Transformers ripoffs. It's not even trying to be subtle, if this is really supposed to be made... words fail

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God, good god in heaven they did it. I had thought it was a joke, no seriously, I never expected them to actually make it.I am of course talking about Smurfs, the movie, in 3D no less...This is so wrong I want to throw up

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Almost six years ago now I was almost ran over by Boris Johnson as he rode his bike down a london road. This has absolutely nothing to do with story I'm about to tell, other than it happened while I was standing in a cue. This cue was to get into a collectors shop where three Doctor Who companions were signing autographs.Long before NuWho made it popular I could be found digging though second

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I would like to, if I may, give an aside to the Vulcan rambling rant I've still to finish. A few months ago I was writing a fan fiction story and, inspired by the Asimov book I was reading at the time, predicted the fall of the Federation.Another writer read my little aside and it sparked their imagine. To be honest it did the same to me. I've recently started to re-watch some of my old Star Trek

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Okay, I admit it.This is one film I've wanted to see for awhile. The A-Team is one of those iconic 80s shows everyone makes fun of but love. We know all the jokes; impossible plans, cliché lines, an impossible amount of firepower and no one being hurt. The list goes on, the show was a slice of the 80s with all the stupid that entails.So, when they decided to do a film we knew they were trying to

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If you will forgive a little indulgence I'm going to examine to recent depictions of God, or God like being, in television. I want to look at how I think it has been done right and been done wrong. These shows are RDM's Battlestar Galactica and Supernatural.Supernatural was, very quickly, ignored as a fantasy show, cashing in on Buffy fans who missed their gothic demons and monsters. Still it

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Ohh I feel vindicatedNow I've deliberately avoided everything I came across with Caprica. I have an intense hatred of RDM's Battlestar Galactica, seriously I loath it with every fibre of my being.I saw the pilot episode of Caprica and almost went in to a psychotic rage, everything I hated in the show was twisted into something worse. The religious terrorism angle has gotten old, very fast. The

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Stargate Universe.What happened?Well I wish I could say I didn't see it coming, but I did. Stargate Universe is dead and there's no chance of resurrection. With it the Stargate franchise has ended. Rather than let it sail into the sunset I'm going to pick it apart like our butchered Christmas Turkey when looking for parts to make a new years curry So if you'll indulge me let's see why:-First of

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As I pointed out in the last part Tuvok was badly handled, miss managed to the point that he wasn't really Vulcan. He was more a generic alien, the sort you saw passing in the corridor of Next Generation and wondered if they were going to have an impact later or just be wallpaper.Tuvok himself wasn't really explored either. We're told things about him, but other than a few episodes he doesn't do

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Now don't get me wrong, I think that cultures should develop, especially invented ones, but that change has to have a reason. In or out of cannon. With the later Star Trek shows there was a distinct change in Vulcan culture that went the wrong way for no reason. It was almost as if the Writers at the time didn't know what to do with them or how to handle Vulcans when they did try.Before I jump

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All right then, take a deep breath because I'm going to explore one of the older alien races in Science Fiction. The Vulcans. Let's get something clear, I love the old vulcan culture that was created. It was interesting and utterly alien. What I want to do here is outline that culture and then explore where it all went wrong.Very early on Gene Roddenberry realised that it would cost far too much,

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A long time ago, in a galaxy not that far away... Alright this one... A creative medium was devised. They called it writing. With it creators were able to translate their imaginations on to pages of paper. After years, dacades and even centuries the writers polished their craft. They began to write rules of storytelling, using them as crative ways to tell stories that taught valuable lessons.

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And again I reply to a video review from one of the team over at TGWTG, still no one reads this and I need a place to vent!Lindsay Ellis, otherwise known as the nostalgia chick, has posted a review of Dune. Reviewing Dune is sort of like clubbing a starving seal to death with a frozen, week old, dead fish. You know it stinks from a mile away, but you can't help but be drawn to the spectacle.

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If anyone read my post on Avatar; the Legend of Aang they would know... who am I kidding no one read it.Lets put it simply, I liked it and still do. It's one of the best and most creative animated shows of the past ten years. The best thing is that even though it was supposed to be written for children it doesn't talk down to the viewer, meaning that you can enjoy it whatever your age. It's a

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"This is where it gets complicated!"That wasn't an understatement, but there is a much better one right from the start. "Here we go". Speaking of the start that is where we go, right from the very first scene. Both in this episode and the story as a whole. It has long been a belief of mine that each series of new who has been one single adventure, but never before has this been so true. Up until

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Alright As you probably know I spend a lot of my time watching online reviewers. I love the amount of effort, planning and work these guys put in to it. For some people, like Spoony (AKA Noah Antwiler) and the Nostalgia Critic (Doug Walker) it's their jobs. week in and week out they produce these things. Some are funny, some are thoughtful but most of all they are honest creative endeavours.I

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Well as much as I'd like to hide the spoilers I guess the cat's out of the bag for the first half end of the season two part-er. Hell, if I know about it you can be sure everyone else has heard. Being the last to know just about everything has some advantages.Well to sum up: the Pandorica was a great big mouse trap, with Amy's memories, including Rory, as the bait. Fearing the greatest warrior

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Alright let's get it over with, the avatars in COTD are awful. They look like wax work models that have been half melted out of shape. If this was five years ago there wouldn't have been much problem but now they just look bad.Anything else, well yes as a matter of fact:- The game makes the Daleks half blind, you can quite literally stand ten feet from them and they can't see you. If they are

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Alright I've been meaning to keep up with the Doctor Who reviews, but work and a massive new fan Fiction project has gotten in the way. So here's a quick catch upVampires of VeniseThis really was the first time everything came together this serise. Editing, acting, direction and script all fit, I can't pick holes in any of them. Some of the set pieces were fantasic and with Vampires we were back

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Oh dear, and it was all going so well. Finally we had the Eleventh Doctor we wanted, neck deep in a mystery and surrounded by bad guys. He solved both problems the way he should, i.e. using one against the other and had a grand old time doing it. You could see things slipping from his grasp up until the last moment when it all fit into place and once again he had the idea he needed to solve the

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I am more amazed than ever that supposedly sensible right thinking people like SGU. It's boring, dull, un-inventive and over all fucking irritating. I'm not going to apologise for swearing because times like this it's the only viable option. Every problem they come across is suddenly solved by the biggest Deux Ex Mechanic in the business (the ship did it, again) and the crap doesn't stop

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There is never going to be a sci-fi show more quintessentially British than Doctor Who. It's so refreshing to have my culture celebrated, respected. Then we have this episode, which redefines the whole idea.Winston Churchill, the blitz and Daleks it's an epic idea and I don't know what more to say about it with out spoilers. Last episode I could dance around the subject, here we are dropped in to

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Watching Stargate Universe and Caprica I was struck at how it always seems that our lead characters are scum. They are almost always driven by selfish needs and wants, without a real care for how they treat those they step on. I think of it as the Anti-trek philosophy, we're not going to work towards a greater good but on a we want so we have ideal. Now give us your sweetsAlright so it's art

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As I have said before one, of my all time favourite Doctors was the second one. He was that perfect mix of wacky, authoritarian and adventurer. Always one to get himself neck deep into a problem before pulling a magnificent turn, switching the problem back in on itself. Twisting clever plots back onto the plotters and schemers. Think Heath Leger's speech as the Joker in The Dark Knight, only the

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I haven't had time to analyse SGU. I've only seen a few episodes online and I am waiting for the DVD box set before I really settle down on an opinion, but I do have three points I want to make. First:- I want to like my characters. Make them people, not walking bags of neuroses with enough baggage's filled with half baked clichés. I don't mind bad decisions that come back to haunt them in later

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There is only one thing that can resurrect me from Doctor Who awesomeness... BRAND NEW MEAT LOAF ALBUM !19th APRIL

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Expect the resurrection 3rd April 2010...

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What the hell is this? How is it possible for a show this bad to exist? This is just beyond bad. I mean sure I joke about Star Trek enterprise being un-watchable but this... If I was to come up with a list of bad Sci-Fi shows with things like Flash Gordon, Team Knight Rider and Space precinct this show would be at the bottom of the pack.It's so bad I'd rather watch anything else but I just can't

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I have to agree with the great and wise Spoony One that Final Fantasy X is god awful Final fantasy X PT1 After hearing how great seven and eight were I was always a little bitter that my friends never got them so I could experience the games first hand. I'm not a gamer, in fact these days I hardly ever pick up a game controller. I'm either reading, watching or listening to something else. I

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Once upon a time I was six years old. I know, it feels like dinosaurs ruled the earth back then. The best you could hope for from your computer was 8 bit and that magic box in the corner ran on DOS. My family went to a friends house and I played my first computer game. Nothing special and I wouldn't remember it to day if it wasn't for one point. While we were playing games they had a video on the

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Anime. It polarises reviewers, especially over here in the strange land of England. In Western culture, and I hate using that phrase, cartoons are for children. The moment there is any adult content, for example Perfect Blue which was an adult thriller that happened to be animated, it gets ripped apart by critics and tabloid newspapers declare it an attack against the innocence of childhood by

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Power Rangers is, like Smallville, a guilty pleasure of mine. It's crap, but reliable for early morning entertainment. Over the last, what 16 years its been going it's improved in leaps and bounds. The latest, and possibly last, version "Power Rangers RPM" took the recycled themes used from the last ten or so series and played on them. Producing a surprisingly well thought out and interesting

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Another sketch drawing for my novel. Earth had the first fighter interceptors to operate in space. Over the years the basic design didn't change much. Long and thin the ship relied on four omnidirectional thrusters for manoeuvres that were mounted fore and aft on dedicated armatures , two front mounted cannons for short range and two large missile bays for long range attacks. The missile bays

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Hot Rod again, from a better angle.

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This is a response to the strange ramble over hereAs I read it I'm left alternating between asking "what the hell?' and "what is love". Now I'm not some sappy romantic, I have a cold, hard and pessimistic out look on life, but I do see love as a crowning point. A good few years ago I knew a girl. I worked with her at a local Youth Council, it was one of those ideas the government comes up with to

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Alight in the last week of 2009 the BBC broadcast its remake of a classic novel adaptation, and with that phrase fear was born. It was a remake of Day of the Triffids, a harmless little story with a strong environmental message about how disrespecting nature will be mankind's downfall. Let's face facts; it wasn't good, putting it nicely. It was, in fact, bloody awful. At the time it was corny,

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Doctor Who, The End of Time. Let's be honest I was going to review it. I'm also going to take this chance to review one of the more controversial Dr Who head writers, Russell T. Davis Alright then, onwards and upwards. Reviewing RTD's stories is difficult because on some levels it works and on others they... don't. As an action adventure story it's brilliant; laser fights, drama, spaceships, the

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In this day and age Vampires, Werewolves and Ghosts are popular. We've got True Blood and the Vampire Diaries on TV, Twilight and a whole slew of cuddly Vampire films. All of which just seem to exist to annoy Buffy Fans and those of us that have read Bram Stokers Dracula.Anyway in the middle of all this BBC Three came out with a story about three flat mates caught in the middle of events they

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The Matrix last time was only a part of a massive poser for a Fan fic I'm working on. Here's another part, a simple portrait of Rodimus Prime. Nothing more to say.

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Here's another piece of digital art from me. It's been a while since I've posted any of this. I just like the way the crystal centre has come out

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Alright four things regards to Doctor who this last week or so so let's look at them.Waters of MarsWaters of Mars was fantastic, the Doctors continuous insistence that he can't do anything while bowie base one (heh) is destroyed by the Waters of Mars. It really dealt with the repercussions of time travel and responsibilities of those with that technology. It's just a shame everyone made the wrong

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Alright, we all know how TV shows get produced. The Writer / Creator goes to a studio and gets them to commission a pilot episode. The studio watches the pilot and then decide to give them a season or not. Fairly simple. Problem is more often than not there are fantastic pilots that aren't given a chance.It's ironic that studio executives (in the US) are usually the most conservative,

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Looking back the Fast Assault Cruiser was inevitable. Everything the Razel learnt about war came from humanity, a race so obsessed with improvement and upgrading that even though their space flight was short lived it spawned the largest amount of craft designs to date. With Earth's introduction of the heavily armoured Dreadnought class Broadsword the Razel knew they had to improve their power

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Alright, to the one person reading this Blog I just bet you want to know what I think of Defying Gravity. It defies all laws of writing and common sense. Now I like bad TV shows, heck I like Galactica 1980, but Defying Gravity doesn't even have the excuse of just a bit of fun...Let's tackle this head on. It's dull, irritating and monotonous. No that doesn't quite cover it, pick up a piece of

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Alright, this is something that I've had planned for years, literally. My Science Fiction novel The Other Side Of The Coin (working title only). I'm not going to give too much away I just want to show you this ship design and share a bit of back story:-"At the start of the war the Razel refitted their vast cargo drones with small scale weapons, the goal was to use them as interceptors.

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Ugh... Thanks to the glory of on demand Television for the internet I have been able to keep up with Flash Forward. The latest in the US stable of painfully plot-less, over blown and long winded mystery shows. Please shoot me now. Like Lost, Heroes and 2003's Battlestar I am left with a deep feeling of despair at every plot development.The forgotten ancestor of this "new" trend of sweeping arc

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There are very few things that have me cursing. As I posted before, Lana Lang is one of them. Another is someone completely missing the point. Actually Smallville completely missed the point of Lana Lang, and romance in fact. A romance is supposed to be between two equals. Superman's love for Lois Lane is a humanising factor, made more believable by Lois's forceful personality and attitudes.

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Smallville is sort of a guilty pleasure of mine. It's reliable rubbish. Half fun, half annoyance and despite it's more stupid moments can still be enjoyable.Tom Welling pulls off a fantastic Clark, at moments he's almost as good as Christopher Reeve. Rosenbaumb's (sorry for the SP) Lex Luthor is a fantastic villain. Showing that true evil doesn't recognise itself and is a journey, not a

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I'm working on some ID Cards for the Rossendale Lions. Now these are very much a first draft and it is anything but finalised. I just wanted to share the first draft.

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Okay then it's been a big week for doctor who and it's only just Monday. The new series of Sarah Jane Adventures is kicking off next week, (the new trailer is online can be found Here) They're also gearing up for The Waters Of Mars later in the month and this years animated short Dreamland that's coming just as soon.So Who fans are on tender hooks right? yep, so they've decided to go one or two

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Here's an introduction of something new from me. Scrapbook Reviews Enjoy

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Welcome to the Dollhouse, where nothing you know is what it seems.Every twist and turn is unforeseen. Plots, labyrinthine in their complexity, are muti-layered. more importantly they have a resolution. Both short term and long term.Welcome once again, don't get lost along the way...

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I have one question for those of you who do read this thing, but first he's a little background.Among the films I saw in my childhood an odd little film called The Last Starfighter sits quite high in my all time favourites list. It's a fairly standard coming of age story where a young man is lost in middle America. His name is Alex and his future looks grim. While he is a bright and skilful

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You know the good thing about You Tube, occasionally you can find the old memories. You know those old TV shows you only half remember and no one's bothered to realise them on DVD yet? Or if they only had it out for a short while and now can't get hold of it without paying though the nose.Now, elsewhere, I have talked about how I remember watching Battlestar Galactica as a child and how it

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When I was very young I saw a film that I could only ever vaguely remember. This film was called The Final Countdown . It features time travel, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour and a dog. Done in 1980 it is a frank, honest film. Well made for the time and a rarity in 80's sci fi in that it was aimed more at adults than children.In the 80s' it was a common mistake that science fiction was for

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This is funny, have a look. Trust mehttp://www.atom.com/funny_videos/darth_vaders_psychic/Try listing all the references. I just love the B5 stuff, most people forget that show these days!

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Here's a poster I've designed for a Buffy Transformers Crossover I wrote some time ago

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I wrote this review for the Star Trek (2009) movie on Amazon.co.uk and just wanted to share it here...The big problem Trekkies have with this film is it re-writes history to the point that the original series never happened. This point of view is plainly silly and I prefer to think of it as cementing the original timeline. From now on the original series, Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyager

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When I was very much younger I had a VHS video tape. It was of Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 on the same tape. I'm telling you this because on that tape there was a trailer for a film called The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. To my shame I haven't been able to find a copy of this film but I love the trailer, it's so lovably insane. When you realise it was co-written and directed by Terry

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Still working on my animationI've been practicing with arms and weapons in my own little nuanced style. While I would like a more colourful pallet to work from it's actually hindering the realism and style. So I've mashed together my two prototype versions to see what looks better If you have an opinion please leave a comment.

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Don't worry if you haven't heard of this comic. It's produced by a small independent company called Brainscan studios (www.brainscanstudios.com) in the US and only available over here online. I came across it because the writer is also a comic book reviewer on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com, a fantastically funny site that is also the reason I've not been updating my fan fiction as much as I would

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Here are some short animated maps I produced from scratch for an un-broadcast documentary I was involved in. As well as providing the graphics I was the lead editor

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Alright. My problems with the ending of the Watchmen film.Okay first factual problem, it wouldn't work. With the world on the very edge of nuclear war several cities exploding in mushroom clouds will not stop the war. It would in fact kick start it, at least one knee jerk reaction from an idiot would be to press the button. Bye bye world, see you glow in the dark from several light years away. If

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These are two more sketches. These done from photo referances from two of my freindsThe first is of Claire Wattsand the second is Stuart Parry

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Pull And Jump Two short little animations for the lions website, both done exclusively in Motion, before I got my own dedicated graphics software

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Knowing I was going to do more animations in the future I decided to build a sort of title card. I called it Dragon Hat because I like Dragon's and hats... Nothing of a surprise there

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Here's something I did several years ago for collage.I'm currently in the process of up dating and re loading this as a wide screen and in higher quality so keep your eyes peeled

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One of the many projects I'm working on is a short animation / comic strip. I thought you might like to see a couple of early sketches.These are only early starts but I'm working on building up a style. And this is the bad guy, or at least an early version of him...

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People probably won't like me for saying this, by people I mean Zack Snyder, but I didn't see the watchmen film in the cinema. Why you may ask, if you happen to be reading this which I don't think anyone does, it was because I didn't have the money. I knew I was going to get the DVD so there wasn't much point. I'm going to do the same thing with the GI Joe movie. I'd like to see it in the great

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Still some how better than Episode 1:

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What can one say about Torchwood? I think Charlie Brooker put it best:- "It's a school kid that's stayed up past its bed time." I agree, all the rudeness and silliness comes off like a bunch of children, choking on cigarettes behind the bike shed while flicking through their older brothers' dirty magazines.It's obsession with being "adult" is, ironically, childish. When it does touch adult issues

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There are very few films that have me screaming at the screen in rage.Let me re-phrase that, there are very few films I have seen that have left me angry enough to be screaming at the screen. Usually I have the good sense to avoid them. One I didn't miss was Mildred Pierce, a 1945 film that I practically walked out of when it was show to me in college. It was insulting, degrading to watch and if

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I've seen Transformers 2. Of course I have, I'm a transformers geek and believe it or not I was looking forward to this even more than Star Trek. So that was disappointingLet's do a quick list of the bad and the good:- so first the extraordinary badMudflap and Skidz:- these two should have been killed off. Painfully and preferably by been eaten by Sharkticons. They were racist, irritating and if

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David Eddings, perhaps one of the best fantasy writers of all time, sadly died on Tuesday and I just have to post something about this great man. Eddings was one of the very few writers I would have liked to meet in person. Even though its over used the word genius fitted him well and he seemed to keep his head. Eddings crafted his work with care and attention that out shines all his 

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With the second live action Transformers film on coming I think is time for a couple of reviews. Here's the first. The 1986 Transformers G-1 movie.Now, sadly, overshadowed by the massive, big box office, live action film the 80's movie is still better. Not just because it had wall to wall Transformers, or the fact that it went as afar as to introduce Unicron (The god of darkness). It's not the

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I, like most of the civilised world, have seen the new Star Trek film and despite a sense of nostalgia for the classic and next gen crews I have to admit it was one of the best Star Trek films made. Ranking right up there with Wraith of Khan and First Contact. It is THAT good, in spite of its flaws.One flaw is the Vulcans.Back in the original Star Trek they were confident, logical people quite

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Those of you who read this (there has to be one of you, somewhere... you at the back, no the toilets are to the left) and know me know that I'm a big fan of Transformers. I've written enough fanfiction about them at least.Anyway a few years ago they announced a then new show. Transformers Animated. I saw the designs and along with a lot of people wondered what the hell had happened? These cubist

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In this age of depression, economic upheaval and two skips from barbarism I am still looking for a job that pays. This is both fun and frustrating, although mostly the latter. The fun is, after searching high and low I can kick back and enjoy the fact I have nothing to do for a few hours.The frustrating thing is everything costs money and that is something I'm missing. Ahh well back to the grind

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There is a lyric in one of my favourite songs. "It's a hard load to love you, It takes all my time." The song is Shooting Shark by the Blue Oyster Cult. Well my good news of the week is my hard load is lifted. A hopeless, head over heels kind of love that has burnt my heart hollow for the better part of five years is gone. There's nothing left.You see I can count on one hand the number of  girls

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As a massive sci-fi fan please note the importance when I say I think I've grown out of Star Wars.When this come form a guy still obsessed with transformers, worry!Maybe it's not that, it could just be Star Wars burn out. I started off with two Videos, the last half of Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi (the first half of empire was lost to the ravages of a broken video player in the

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Say hello to Stubby (the stag) and Rascal (the fox). The two of them are proposed characters for a comic strip I'm planning on producing for East Lancashire Camra ( eastlancscamra.org.uk ) If I'm given the go ahead I'll be making a strip for the quarterly newsletter Witch Ale. It's going to feature these ttwo and a cast of regulars in their local pub. Th' Henhouse. I will also be publishing the

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Hello thereJust out and about I found a selection of transformers legend figures. After a few internal debates I decided to pick up Animated Bumblebee. As a fan of the original I thought a transformer the same size as the G-1 classic that sits on my Apple would be a idea. I'd heard a lot of good things about the Legend Figures and I have to say from this one alone I agree with every one of them.

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Ahh a review, or opinion. Who can tell these days?So Doctor Who... One of the longest running shows in the world and the longest running Sci-Fi legacy. Why is this? Because of a very clever idea; Regeneration. When William Heartnell was left the part of Doctor Who was still at the first height of it's popularity. The BBC didn't want to lose the show and neither did the writers. They needed a way

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Here's a Bio I did for the now Defunct Website Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts Hope you enjoy:-"The Kaptin"AKA Thomas FishwickAlias Hat-boy, The Mountain KingSomewhere between hope and despair for all geeks there is a cliff. A wall no man can pass. On the side of hope, geeks of all ages recoil from what they see beyond; a 5 foot nothing bloke. With a hat."Hello." I say backThat's me in South Park,

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