Blink, And You Miss It

Not completely on the ball at the moment - a nice day became something of a busy day, which then wandered off into a surfing haze after CSI...

Meh. Nothing to see. Move along now (to tomorrow).

We Are Very Much Amused

Okay, this is Rumour Control - Here Are The Facts: I've been a little under the weather since, and during Work Slot 2, and I get the feeling that I might have picked up something at the time (I hope). This hasn't helped my creative processes, but I have been trying, and today, I have been making progress on TDD-603 Part 4 - not a lot, but sufficient to start things cooking in a more satisfactory way than recently.

I also have several interesting ideas for what may be around the corner, both during and after Season 6. These are just the kind of ideas I've been needing...

Damn, I need to do some work on that "series bible"-thing I bought a pretty red Moleskine for. How many other ideas lie in wait in what's gone before?

Meanwhile... something amusing came to me. Previously, I've been taking issue with reviews of Terminator Salvation - one in particular, and I've not been the only one. The reviewer on Channel 4 teletext received a rebuke from a viewer that I couldn't help but agree with.

"(quote)...I feel such anger at the critics who almost put me off from seeing one of the greatest action movies of the last decade... if cinemas only showed films that the critics loved, 50% of them would probably go out of business within 12 months."

Nothing very amusing about that, but I keep thinking this: just what did the Teletext reviewer expect from Terminator Salvation? A rom-com? A freakin' musical - as I said before, "Willy Wonka and The Terminator Factory"...?

Then I thought of this...

Oompa-Loompa doompa-tee doo
I've got another puzzle for you
Oompa-Loompa doompa-tee dee
If you are wise, you'll listen to me
What do you get if you rely on machines
That aren't as benevolent as they may seem?
When they get up and come after you
What are you going to do?
Form a human resistance...?

Heehee! Wonder if there are any other movies worthy of an Oompa-Loompa interlude...?

Just a thought. I may just come back to this some time.

And finally... Oh dear, Gordon is trying to screw with the electoral system, to try and look like he's focussing on actual politics for a change. Pity (a) no-one is fooled for a second, and (b) what he's planning is just the kind of thing that let "Britain's Shame" get two seats in Europe...