…it’s total shit. Honestly, it really is shit. It’s a shit film for lots of reasons, which I will painstakingly rake over presently, but first an explanation for this post’s sub-heading. The only reason I even saw The Guest was because of the reviews. I’d seen the posters for it (well, I’d seen ads onlineContinue reading “Film Review: The Guest, and I don’t care what anyone else says…”
Category Archives: Media
Why I really enjoyed Parks and Recreation, and will never watch it again.
You will almost definitely (especially if you’re bothering to read this) be aware of Parks and Recreation, the surprise hit from NBC which has just completed it’s 5th season in the US. It’s creepingly growing a vociferous and passionate audience in the UK and elsewhere now, and the well realised and acted characters are takingContinue reading “Why I really enjoyed Parks and Recreation, and will never watch it again.”
Bugs Bunny – Real Cartoons
Cartoons. We all love cartoons, or we did, at least when we had the time to watch them. As we get older we phase away from them but, now with a couple of young children, I’ve been exposed to at least as many cartoon hours in the last few years than I have any actualContinue reading “Bugs Bunny – Real Cartoons”
Great music cliches we shouldn’t ignore
And, what I mean by this are cliched songs. There are loads of songs around and we all like listening to good stuff. This generally means broadening your musical experience where you can and trying to find new things. Also, if you’re like me and a bit of precious geeky type, and not without aContinue reading “Great music cliches we shouldn’t ignore”
Television Shows That Have Passed Me By.
Television, she is a fickle mistress. Sometimes it’s great, mostly it’s awful rubbish. Then, in the early 90s we experienced a sudden uplift in the number of television shows from different countries dropping into our television schedules. This wasn’t a completely new thing, as we’d been used to imports since the early 80s, with Dallas,Continue reading “Television Shows That Have Passed Me By.”
In a true multi-media world
I read a, frankly spurious, statistic the other day. It said that 29% of American adults now own an e-reader or a tablet. This was up from 8% the year before. The reason for this was down to various sales incentives – the Black Monday’s on Amazon and B&N, and both the rise of theContinue reading “In a true multi-media world”
Should a fashion model ever model me?
There has always been an element of otherworldliness in the modelling world, where the walking clothes-hangers are encouraged to be ‘un-human’ and elevate themselves, and the clothing that they’re crowbarred into, above the common herd. Staring dimly or intently into the middle distance, poking elbows and hips out at strange angles and sucking in theirContinue reading “Should a fashion model ever model me?”
People in Adverts: Part 2
Well, actually, this is really part 3, but that doesn’t matter because no-one reads this crap but me anyway. Celebrities in advertisements piss me off. That’s a done deal, they just do. They don’t need the money and they trade off of their public affection for this money they don’t need. Well-known people have oftenContinue reading “People in Adverts: Part 2”
People in Adverts
I wrote a typically whingey post a while back that bemoaned the general existence of advertising, and the free-wheeling whoring of their identities that celebrity peoples partake in. I have a particular ire for these toads as they are duping their fans, selling the faith held in the celebrity’s achievements and the things they’ve convincedContinue reading “People in Adverts”
Advertising
Where taste and odiousness collide are advertising and advertising executives found. In the mix of today’s headiest media output (a greater output by a vast multiple than any other time) advertising has become ubiquitous with popular culture and we’re powerless to stop it. The advent of the corporation, following the rise of business in theContinue reading “Advertising”
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