Quick post concerning everything that's happened in the last two weeks or so in regards to me.
1. I have seen Inception, it is glorious!
2. I have been neglecting the webcomic, I know. Someone please rap my knuckles for it...
3. But, hang on, I wouldn't be able to draw then...
4. I'm getting off topic.
5. I has been on holiday to Whitby. It were fun and inspiring. For some reason I always have found Whitby inspiring...
6. Probably the timelessness of it and the Abbey always looks spectacular.
7. And decent vampires come from there!
8. There's also lots of pubs. That's always a plus!
9. I also saw The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. It too was a very good film, and again one from the now defunct UKFC. May give it another watch, just to see what I liked about it.
10. I went for two potential jobs on different film crews in Yorkshire. I didn't get either of them.
11. I should really be working on getting stuff for a little interweb short of my own sorted. My second to date.
12. I believe over the next week or so I shall be off to see The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
13. I have been neglecting the webcomic.
Sunday, 29 August 2010
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Klowns and Poncey Immortals: Additional
Forgot to add to the previous post, Dorian Grey was also one of the more recent films produced in part by the now defunct UKFC. I watched it partly in mourning. Still I suppose there are better films out there which were made with help from the UKFC. It will be sorely missed...
Klowns and Poncey Immortals
I saw two films today....
In something I may continue with in this blog, along with the general bollocks and the slightly mental ranting. I thought I'd have a go at film reviewing. Now, these aren't to be taken seriously or should be any basis of decision making on your part. I like humans who can think for themselves. But anyway..
I saw two films today, one was better than the other, in two examples.
The first, Killer Klowns From Outer Space.
This was hilarious. And bad, in a good way mind. The plot, if you haven't gathered from the title involves the titular "Klowns" being aliens from... somewhere space-y. It's never elaborated on and it's all the better for it! Who cares where these giggling beasties come from? Let's just see what they do to the poor people of Cove Crescent. Be it popcorn guns, balloon-animal bloodhounds or turning victims into sinister ventriloquist dummies, these klowns have an epic arsenal of circus-based weaponry. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's start at the beginning...
We meet the populace of Cove Crescent, young lovers Mike and Debbie see a shooting star in the sky while they're at the local make out spot. Investigating they come across a newly arrived, lit-up big top, which have some very unusual performers....
After narrowly escaping, the pair along with a couple of other characters, including a pair of Ice-Cream Van driving brothers. I'd say they're probably the comic relief, but this film is part comedy so that's redundant. But it's a hell of a daft film and well worth a watch, most of the film involves the klowns capturing the populace in outlandish ways. I will never ever trust shadow puppets ever again... That and it has a killer soundtrack.
The second one I watched was Dorian Grey.
I hope I don't need to explain the plot, but for the sake of clarity here it is in a nutshell. Dorian's a young, handsome man about town. HE gets a painting done whilst he's young and good looking, then he stops ageing. And the painting starts. After years of youthful decadence, he's gets bored or scared, that he's done something stupid and panics. The painting you see, has every wrinkle, blemish and injury Dorian's ever received since it's completion. Bum bum, BUUUUUUUM!!!
It was an okay adaptation, if I'm honest, all the bits were there, Dorian being a young berk, the painting , him not ageing. But it was a bit boring, Dorian and his mate (whose name I can't remember. It may have been Henry)had a lot of screentime together which is all well and good. And there was lots of naughty debauchery on Dorian's part. But not enough consequences. Dorian honestly didn't show much of a change when he wanted to repent. He got all teary-eyed and then went to a priest. But I wanted a long montage of him realising what a bastard he was, dammit! He was being a debauched Bacchus-child for a good few years, at least twenty judging by the old people's make-up and the change in backdrop. Oh, and Rebecca Hall's character's age. Where was all the horrific nightmarish shit he got up to?!That would have been fantastic, seeing him suffer from Acid-tinged flashbacks featuring grossly surreal imagery of women in corsets and men in very little (No really, Dorian likes both). It should have been like the video for Lyla by Oasis only with Period dress.
As you may be able to tell, I didn't reckon much to Mr. Grey's shenanigans. Still the final look of the painting was pretty good. You don't see that many period zombies nowadays. At least, until the film of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies comes out...
Overall, I want you to guess which film I liked more...
In something I may continue with in this blog, along with the general bollocks and the slightly mental ranting. I thought I'd have a go at film reviewing. Now, these aren't to be taken seriously or should be any basis of decision making on your part. I like humans who can think for themselves. But anyway..
I saw two films today, one was better than the other, in two examples.
The first, Killer Klowns From Outer Space.
This was hilarious. And bad, in a good way mind. The plot, if you haven't gathered from the title involves the titular "Klowns" being aliens from... somewhere space-y. It's never elaborated on and it's all the better for it! Who cares where these giggling beasties come from? Let's just see what they do to the poor people of Cove Crescent. Be it popcorn guns, balloon-animal bloodhounds or turning victims into sinister ventriloquist dummies, these klowns have an epic arsenal of circus-based weaponry. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's start at the beginning...
We meet the populace of Cove Crescent, young lovers Mike and Debbie see a shooting star in the sky while they're at the local make out spot. Investigating they come across a newly arrived, lit-up big top, which have some very unusual performers....
After narrowly escaping, the pair along with a couple of other characters, including a pair of Ice-Cream Van driving brothers. I'd say they're probably the comic relief, but this film is part comedy so that's redundant. But it's a hell of a daft film and well worth a watch, most of the film involves the klowns capturing the populace in outlandish ways. I will never ever trust shadow puppets ever again... That and it has a killer soundtrack.
The second one I watched was Dorian Grey.
I hope I don't need to explain the plot, but for the sake of clarity here it is in a nutshell. Dorian's a young, handsome man about town. HE gets a painting done whilst he's young and good looking, then he stops ageing. And the painting starts. After years of youthful decadence, he's gets bored or scared, that he's done something stupid and panics. The painting you see, has every wrinkle, blemish and injury Dorian's ever received since it's completion. Bum bum, BUUUUUUUM!!!
It was an okay adaptation, if I'm honest, all the bits were there, Dorian being a young berk, the painting , him not ageing. But it was a bit boring, Dorian and his mate (whose name I can't remember. It may have been Henry)had a lot of screentime together which is all well and good. And there was lots of naughty debauchery on Dorian's part. But not enough consequences. Dorian honestly didn't show much of a change when he wanted to repent. He got all teary-eyed and then went to a priest. But I wanted a long montage of him realising what a bastard he was, dammit! He was being a debauched Bacchus-child for a good few years, at least twenty judging by the old people's make-up and the change in backdrop. Oh, and Rebecca Hall's character's age. Where was all the horrific nightmarish shit he got up to?!That would have been fantastic, seeing him suffer from Acid-tinged flashbacks featuring grossly surreal imagery of women in corsets and men in very little (No really, Dorian likes both). It should have been like the video for Lyla by Oasis only with Period dress.
As you may be able to tell, I didn't reckon much to Mr. Grey's shenanigans. Still the final look of the painting was pretty good. You don't see that many period zombies nowadays. At least, until the film of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies comes out...
Overall, I want you to guess which film I liked more...
Monday, 26 July 2010
Here lies the UKFC....
Read this and feel angry at the fools behind this decision...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10761225
Now, I've never been the biggest fan of any government we've had over the past however long I've been aware of politics. But this takes the cake of jaffa. The main investing body behind a lot of British films is being cut from the budget. Now, I've always wanted to work in the film industry and I'm struggling as it is to find a door to put my foot in, this is just making it harder to find an open door. How is a young man such as myself supposed to get a foothold in an industry where it's hard to stay in work and near impossible if you don't know anyone? Which I don't! If I'd had a film with a producer and some small backers behind it, I could probably have got some more funds for helping make it the best I possibly could.
It's been claimed by the Culture Secretary that this and 16 other public bodies "would lose their funding as the government committed to "increasing the transparency and accountability of its public bodies, while at the same time reducing their number and cost"." What I don't get is why get rid of somethig which was doing well? They had their best year ever and made millions and now the government's getting rid of it without thinking about the future. Bloody typical.
Anyway, I'm probably going to be following this if it goes anywhere. I'm still annoyed that the government picked that for scrappage so quickly. Still though, if like me, you enjoy great British films like This Is England or In The Loop or anything like them. Please do something to stop this idiotic decision.
I promise my next rant will be more bile-filled and coherent.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10761225
Now, I've never been the biggest fan of any government we've had over the past however long I've been aware of politics. But this takes the cake of jaffa. The main investing body behind a lot of British films is being cut from the budget. Now, I've always wanted to work in the film industry and I'm struggling as it is to find a door to put my foot in, this is just making it harder to find an open door. How is a young man such as myself supposed to get a foothold in an industry where it's hard to stay in work and near impossible if you don't know anyone? Which I don't! If I'd had a film with a producer and some small backers behind it, I could probably have got some more funds for helping make it the best I possibly could.
It's been claimed by the Culture Secretary that this and 16 other public bodies "would lose their funding as the government committed to "increasing the transparency and accountability of its public bodies, while at the same time reducing their number and cost"." What I don't get is why get rid of somethig which was doing well? They had their best year ever and made millions and now the government's getting rid of it without thinking about the future. Bloody typical.
Anyway, I'm probably going to be following this if it goes anywhere. I'm still annoyed that the government picked that for scrappage so quickly. Still though, if like me, you enjoy great British films like This Is England or In The Loop or anything like them. Please do something to stop this idiotic decision.
I promise my next rant will be more bile-filled and coherent.
About The Comic
Firstly, thanks to all who are reading it, it's not easy but at least the fact we're getting readers and hits and other 'tech stuff I can only vaguely understand (Michael explains it, but only some of it makes sense), shows that it is not in vain. But when we inevitably start to fall behind on updates and such, please bear in mind neither of us are doing it professionally. We both have jobs and other things on. I will try to keep up with the illustrations and I will endeavour to kick Michael whenever necessary in regards to colours and such. Still keep reading!
Friday, 23 July 2010
An explanation and introduction
Hello, I'm the Loiterer and welcome to my little soapbox.
First things first, the title. A Pinch Of Salt. This pretty much describes how best to take anything you read here. I am sometimes prone to angry, slightly insane rants which may offend people. Please note, that is not my intention, I'm just like that. Other than that, I'll probably use this to describe anything that happens on the interwebs, on Mousels.com or whatever is currently getting on my wick. So... That's all I can think of at the moment, Hope you all like it!
First things first, the title. A Pinch Of Salt. This pretty much describes how best to take anything you read here. I am sometimes prone to angry, slightly insane rants which may offend people. Please note, that is not my intention, I'm just like that. Other than that, I'll probably use this to describe anything that happens on the interwebs, on Mousels.com or whatever is currently getting on my wick. So... That's all I can think of at the moment, Hope you all like it!
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