big time. I file ‘Don’t go chasing waterfalls’ alongside ‘Top to toe in tailbacks’ as one of those kinda-nonsense-when-you-think-about-it-for-even-a-moment lines that nonetheless somehow work intuitively. ‘Please stick …’ is an attempt to extend the metaphor but it’s like explaining dream logic
if I had one wish for this crazy, mixed up world, it would be a faster adoption of USB-C. I just think it would make such a difference you know?
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie:
cool visuals, ok set pieces, well directed action
first draft writing, zero vibes, no joy, no character work, barely a functional joke
messy AI gen plot, stolen beats from better films, tired daddy issues
tough to think of a lazier animated movie series
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agree completely. Found Galaxy much the same as the first. I get this doesn’t have to be high art, but there are few kids movies trying less hard than this series. The laziness is quite staggering.
march has reached peak eclecticism
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A happy woman holds up some sort of prize while a man grins beside her. Text reads: ‘Wife who ignored husband becomes multi-millionaire’
can’t always work or my missus would be richer than Bezos by now*
*this gag brought to you, in part, by the 1970s
banger that
Very kind, thank you 😊
A book cover featuring a female detective with a neon cityscape in the background. Blurb reads: One dead tech boss. Two mismatched detectives. A shocking secret at the heart of Silicon Valley... DC Kal Vickers is out of his depth. He accepted a mysterious invitation to swap his humdrum London beat for the glittering tech capital of the world. Now he'd better learn fast: Impossible technology, blatantly evil corporations, and helpful AIs with absolutely no hidden agendas* … just some of the things his tough-as-nails new partner has no interest in preparing him for… Detective Jules Brousse is done. Done with this city, with those who control it. She spent her whole career taking on the corporations, holding them to account for every corrupt move they make. But now with the odds against her stacked higher than ever and the SVPD becoming more toothless by the day, she’s running on empty, with zero time and even less patience to babysit some strait-laced Brit. Billionaire playboy Tyrell Gomes is dead. When the infamous tech bro CEO meets a grisly end in his penthouse office in the Tangle – the exclusive high-rise district at the center of Silicon Valley’s neon sprawl, and the richest five-mile-square on Earth – it falls to the SVPD’s new homicide team to solve the case. As the detectives begin to unravel a conspiracy that goes far beyond simple murder, they discover the stakes are higher than they could ever have imagined. Finding the killer becomes a race against time: Who would want Gomes dead on the eve of his company’s takeover by a fierce rival? Is the victim really all he appears to be? And just what is the classified project that threatens to place the very future of humanity in the hands of quite simply the worst people imaginable? *not a guarantee Perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, John Scalzi, and Cory Doctorow, don't miss the sharp and witty transatlantic crime thriller that's The X-Files meets Chinatown by way of Slow Horses and Beverly Hills Cop.
A standout debut, clever, fast-paced, and a total blast ... a must-read for fans of noir, sci-fi, and conspiracy thrillers'
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A stylish near future thriller. Buy now, or read with Kindle Unlimited.
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US: amzn.to/3SYUhv5
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if you’re someone who names ‘the first half of WALL-E’ as one of your favourite Pixar movies, it is regrettably time for us to part ways
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6 year old loved his first watch of Star Wars (A New Hope) but there was only one line he jubilantly repeated after the scene finished …
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A snippet of the poster for ‘Marked For Death’ showing the extremely recognisable silhouette of Steven Segal.
‘put this shit on a poster!’ Said someone at some point. Strong!
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can anyone who’s seen From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina tell me at what point it gets shit?
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A caption that says ‘and Basil Wallace as Screwface’
A Lego minifig on a horse, equipped with: armoured helm, explosive-tipped lance, shoulder-mounted auto blaster, drone, spare lance tip, and laser pistol.
unreasonably pleased with my Lego future knight bounty hunter fella. More than a couple of sets in there, spanning a few decades
I’ll give you this, America: Those things that go on car wheels to stop them moving are better called boots. We call them clamps, and I’m not keen
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less fun remake of the original with functional dialogue and predictable beats. Still … it’s got some stuff…
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it’s for sure not perfect, but making a movie about how all you need is friendship, then making its sequel about suffocating dependent friendship … that’s a bold move you have to respect
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look I’m not too hot on snood either but can we agree infinity scarf is a major overcorrection
An excerpt from an in-progress sci-fi detective novel project, which reads: ‘Six hours,’ Vickers shook his head as he threw his overnight backpack into the cramped trunk of Brousse’s Subaru. ‘Suppose I always thought LA was like, the next big city over. Just a little downstate, you know?’ ‘It’s both of those things’—Brousse slammed the trunk shut—‘and it’s a six-hour drive.’ ‘Bloody hell your country’s big,’ said Vickers. ‘If I drove north for six hours from my old flat, I’d practically be in Scotland. Well, not quite, but the North of England at the very least. Which does feel like another country, let me tell you.’ ‘Yes, your country is very fucking tiny, Vickers, have we not already had this discussion?’ said Brousse. ‘Look, ‘it’ll be fine, man. The roads are straight as hell. I’ll drive ’til I get bored or tired or pissed off or whatever, and you can handle the rest. We hit it hard, we’ll be there by sundown.’ ‘You don't mind me getting behind the wheel of the ol’ XT again?’ Brousse raised an eyebrow. ‘You drive like an elderly pangolin, I think it’ll be fine.’ ‘An elderly … pangolin?’ ‘Yeah, a pangolin, a fucking pangolin, man, you never watch a wildlife documentary before? Little aardvark-cockroach looking thing. Notoriously timid creatures, Vickers. Just like your ass.’ ‘Ok, yeah I think I—’ ‘So this one show about pangolins, it was showing how they’re being hunted for their scales or whatever. Those poor motherfuckers’ souls truly are too gentle for this cruel world.’ ‘Seems like it had a real effect on you.’ ‘Those little guys, they were getting attacked, you know, by poachers. And all they could think to do was curl up into a fucking ball and let those the assholes snatch ‘em right up off the ground. ‘Yeah that’s tough,’ said Vickers. ‘Evolution didn’t do too much to prepare them for us to come along I guess.’ ‘Yep, those dumbasses don’t deserve to survive,’ said Brousse, ‘if that’s all the game they’ve got. ‘Cute though. That all your stuff?’
don't normally post wip excerpts so here's a wip excerpt
(a bit NSFW)
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Some shaggy-ass dough in a bowl with plastic wrap on the top. Looks kinda messy.
this morning’s dough, proved overnight in a cool room. Time to pop it near the radiator for a few hours #pizzafriday 🍕
#food #cooking #baking #bread #pizza #friday
