Goodbye 2013

December 31, 2013Posted inBooks, Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Music, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments
So what happened in 2013 then? It was another mixed bag. The best thing ever happened: I stopped smoking. And I don't even miss it. I'm not suffering from some black depression because I'm holding myself back from smoking my precious cigarettes, I'm not deluding myself by switching to an eCigarette, I'm not counting down the hours until I can…
Total Recall

Total Recall

January 20, 2013Posted inFilms/TV, ReviewsNo Comments
Just watched this - unlike Dredd, I didn't particularly enjoy it. Sure, it was spectacular, but it just felt kind of flimsy and not really very necessary. The original only came out in 1990! Not quite as bad as the recent Spider-Man reboot, granted, but I still don't think it was needed. There were some neat futuristic touches, like the…
DREDD

DREDD

January 18, 2013Posted inFilms/TV, ReviewsNo Comments
America is an irradiated wasteland. Within it lies a city. Outside the boundary walls, a desert: The Cursed Earth. Inside the walls: the cursed city, stretching from Boston to Washington, DC. An unbroken concrete landscape. 800 million people living in the ruin of the old world and the mega-structures of the new one. Mega-blocks, mega-highways, Mega City One. Convulsing, choking,…