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Writing. Films. Telly.
Sep. 3rd, 2018 12:35 pmI posted a double drabble yesterday Just after the Rain Hits. Gotham. PG. Catwoman (Selina Kyle), Batman (Bruce Wayne). Summary: It’s almost as if the falling rain can wash away the stench that’s been building up in the city.
It’s not directly inspired by the ep ‘One Bad Day’, and I'm wondering if I shouldn't have narrowed it to being about Gotham, but that ep affected my mood in writing it. I love the smell of petrichor, and I was delighted to find out there was a name for the phenomenon. Perhaps after writing this, the word will stick in my brain.
Two films I've seen recently: The Spy Who Dumped Me passes the Bechdel test by being about two best friends Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon) who, thanks to Audrey’s secret spy ex, get dragged into spy shenanigans across Europe. It’s entertaining, though I would say that Spy covers similar ground better and if you want to see McKinnon on even funnier form see the Ghostbusters remake first. There was a trailer for A Simple Favor from ‘the darker side of Paul Feig’ who directed the last two movies before this film started, and it looks intriguing.
Another 15-rated film I saw recently and enjoyed so much I plan to buy it on DVD was Upgrade. I was sold from the poster: Logan Marshall-Green kinda becomes a cyborg. But it’s actually good, clever and nasty sci-fi set five minutes in the future. The gory violence skirted the edge of my tolerance levels, but it’s got great fight scenes and uses modern anxieties about technology to good purpose. This is not going to be the autonomous vehicle industry’s favourite movie! I’ve admired (fancied) Logan Marshall-Green since catching some of Dark Blue, but he was really impressive here, given the range of physicality he had to convey.
Bodyguard episode 3
Bizzarely introduced by some bragging from the continuity announcer – 9 million of you watched this last week! Stay in the club and say ya boo to ITV (adapting Vanity Fair. My feelings on which are ‘eh’. I read the book too young, probably, but I’ve never worked up any enthusiasm for an adaptation as a resut.) It’s as if catch-up TV wasn’t a thing.
Anyway, the show in question:
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It’s not directly inspired by the ep ‘One Bad Day’, and I'm wondering if I shouldn't have narrowed it to being about Gotham, but that ep affected my mood in writing it. I love the smell of petrichor, and I was delighted to find out there was a name for the phenomenon. Perhaps after writing this, the word will stick in my brain.
Two films I've seen recently: The Spy Who Dumped Me passes the Bechdel test by being about two best friends Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon) who, thanks to Audrey’s secret spy ex, get dragged into spy shenanigans across Europe. It’s entertaining, though I would say that Spy covers similar ground better and if you want to see McKinnon on even funnier form see the Ghostbusters remake first. There was a trailer for A Simple Favor from ‘the darker side of Paul Feig’ who directed the last two movies before this film started, and it looks intriguing.
Another 15-rated film I saw recently and enjoyed so much I plan to buy it on DVD was Upgrade. I was sold from the poster: Logan Marshall-Green kinda becomes a cyborg. But it’s actually good, clever and nasty sci-fi set five minutes in the future. The gory violence skirted the edge of my tolerance levels, but it’s got great fight scenes and uses modern anxieties about technology to good purpose. This is not going to be the autonomous vehicle industry’s favourite movie! I’ve admired (fancied) Logan Marshall-Green since catching some of Dark Blue, but he was really impressive here, given the range of physicality he had to convey.
Bodyguard episode 3
Bizzarely introduced by some bragging from the continuity announcer – 9 million of you watched this last week! Stay in the club and say ya boo to ITV (adapting Vanity Fair. My feelings on which are ‘eh’. I read the book too young, probably, but I’ve never worked up any enthusiasm for an adaptation as a resut.) It’s as if catch-up TV wasn’t a thing.
Anyway, the show in question:
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