Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
I need your clothes, your money and your.....err...er....LINE!
Just watched the third installment of the Terminator trilogy (T3) and despite not being very excited about it in terms of the hype and going in for it, watching with an open mind, i have to say that it was really ok. Ok so it was no Terminator 2 but that was over ten years ago and watching terminator when you are ten or elleven years old and thiking this is the coolest thing since turtles isnt gonna be the same as watching it as your fast approaching 20 and comparing it to its predecesor. However it does make satisyfying viewing and does lead on from the previous story quite well leaving it open at the end for another sequel and altogether is a good action film thats not tried to rip off the matrix.
One of the few things i do have to nit-pick about is the cheesyness of it, most notibly Arnies continous renditions of "im back", "hes back", "she'll be back". Aswell as being cheesy it isnt needed and is a bad attempt at including comedy in the film whilst also relying on the previous's film's success in order to make this one look as good/seem better. Arguably it also takes away some of the coolness factor but again, going back to the whole 11 year old thing, plus it might just be me readinginto it to deepl? But still despite this, like i mentioned it is a good film, highly watchable (atleast for one off). It wont be something i rush out to buy on dvd, ill just wait till its under a tenner at music zone. Definetly recomend taking some of that hard earned cash and spending it when it comes out at the cinema, go see. John conner will survive
Just watched the third installment of the Terminator trilogy (T3) and despite not being very excited about it in terms of the hype and going in for it, watching with an open mind, i have to say that it was really ok. Ok so it was no Terminator 2 but that was over ten years ago and watching terminator when you are ten or elleven years old and thiking this is the coolest thing since turtles isnt gonna be the same as watching it as your fast approaching 20 and comparing it to its predecesor. However it does make satisyfying viewing and does lead on from the previous story quite well leaving it open at the end for another sequel and altogether is a good action film thats not tried to rip off the matrix.
One of the few things i do have to nit-pick about is the cheesyness of it, most notibly Arnies continous renditions of "im back", "hes back", "she'll be back". Aswell as being cheesy it isnt needed and is a bad attempt at including comedy in the film whilst also relying on the previous's film's success in order to make this one look as good/seem better. Arguably it also takes away some of the coolness factor but again, going back to the whole 11 year old thing, plus it might just be me readinginto it to deepl? But still despite this, like i mentioned it is a good film, highly watchable (atleast for one off). It wont be something i rush out to buy on dvd, ill just wait till its under a tenner at music zone. Definetly recomend taking some of that hard earned cash and spending it when it comes out at the cinema, go see. John conner will survive
Monday, July 21, 2003
As you can see i managed to get pictures from my digial camera on the web. Ill try not to bombard the site with pics but obviosly my new toy still has novelty value and i imagine it doing so for a while, the pictures below were just a few snippits i thought id share. All were taken at pleasureland, southport yesterday where i used to work (and sorta still do aswell as working full time during the week for roadrange mercedes benz) and still have many friends working there.
Yep, if you like working long gruelling hours without regular breaks and for pittance then this could be the job for you. Ive found that even though the place is falling apart at the seems its a great place to work, most of the people you work with tend to be friendly and the atmosphere at times can be great, i.e when everyone heads to the casablanca pub to spend their hard earned cash getting a wee bit tipsy. Everyone hates their job and the customers, especial the scals (annoying creatures, can usually be found wearing lacoste trackies and rebok classics) but it can be fun. Of course i didnt work for pleasureland as such, i worked on the games stalls as pictured.
Hours ofhard gruelling labour fun - blagging kids and adults alike, stupid enough to part with their money with bonus's involved when you reach your target (they used to be higher last year, the bonus's that is). Good times, well apart from the long hours part, oh and i got sacked twice!
there... is.. another...(well there was)
Today saw the unfortunate death of another dreamcast, the second in less that a week, and in the same location no less. That location being sys bedroom (latest theory being that the house was build on an ancient mastersystem graveyard). Pictures will be released once forensics have a chance to look over them with a fine tooth comb, cross the t's and dot the...lower case j's.
Yep, if you like working long gruelling hours without regular breaks and for pittance then this could be the job for you. Ive found that even though the place is falling apart at the seems its a great place to work, most of the people you work with tend to be friendly and the atmosphere at times can be great, i.e when everyone heads to the casablanca pub to spend their hard earned cash getting a wee bit tipsy. Everyone hates their job and the customers, especial the scals (annoying creatures, can usually be found wearing lacoste trackies and rebok classics) but it can be fun. Of course i didnt work for pleasureland as such, i worked on the games stalls as pictured.
taking time out of her busy day, kirsty has a drink
Hours of
there... is.. another...(well there was)
Today saw the unfortunate death of another dreamcast, the second in less that a week, and in the same location no less. That location being sys bedroom (latest theory being that the house was build on an ancient mastersystem graveyard). Pictures will be released once forensics have a chance to look over them with a fine tooth comb, cross the t's and dot the...lower case j's.
me new PC
Events from pleasureland yesterday
tricked
another sucker
mike looks to see how many more hours of misery he has left workin for the man
get the message?
Saturday, July 19, 2003
(self titled)
Welcome to my new blog which will hopefully be alot more interesting, entertaining, witty and engrossing than myprevious blog (if it ever was). My aim with this one is to include reviews of all my dvds (boasting over a hundred titles) and anything i may be doing,reading, general dribble and anything which may be on my mind.
In the meantime today me and my brother split the cost on a brand new, spankingly good sony TRV19E digital camcorder which also doubles up as a digital camera so expect pics soon(ish). It was a choice between a panasonic one for exactly the same price but we went for the sony one for the better lens. Its relatively easy to use and pretty light and has a lcd touchscreen for all mneu options rather than having buttons all over the show. If i get round to learning and doing it, ill be putting up some short movie clips when and if i get my own domain.
Ive also just invested wisely in a brand spanking new pc from Ronal (mmmmm), so no doubt alot of wasted hours will be spent here at my desk watching the world spinning gently out of time, just like the old days (mike n chris ;) ) The next big spend will probably be on leeds tickets to the carling weekend if i can get enough people to come and tickets havent already sold out (i should go and check now really). so until i have something new to write...heres to the future and entertaining blogging...
Welcome to my new blog which will hopefully be alot more interesting, entertaining, witty and engrossing than myprevious blog (if it ever was). My aim with this one is to include reviews of all my dvds (boasting over a hundred titles) and anything i may be doing,reading, general dribble and anything which may be on my mind.
In the meantime today me and my brother split the cost on a brand new, spankingly good sony TRV19E digital camcorder which also doubles up as a digital camera so expect pics soon(ish). It was a choice between a panasonic one for exactly the same price but we went for the sony one for the better lens. Its relatively easy to use and pretty light and has a lcd touchscreen for all mneu options rather than having buttons all over the show. If i get round to learning and doing it, ill be putting up some short movie clips when and if i get my own domain.
Ive also just invested wisely in a brand spanking new pc from Ronal (mmmmm), so no doubt alot of wasted hours will be spent here at my desk watching the world spinning gently out of time, just like the old days (mike n chris ;) ) The next big spend will probably be on leeds tickets to the carling weekend if i can get enough people to come and tickets havent already sold out (i should go and check now really). so until i have something new to write...heres to the future and entertaining blogging...
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