First blog on the new set-up. Huzzah. I have no followers - and the old blog only managed to get one in all it's time online (and I'm pretty sure that was because of my scathing review of the 2009 version of Halloween II)
Not been up to much lately. Despite my best efforts I've been unable to see 'The Wolfman', which kinda sucks but there's much worse things in the world than not being able to see a movie.
I'm still on my diet and exercise regeime. Going pretty well, the weight is dropping at a safe and steady pace. Pretty happy with that.
I'm still studying. That'll be done soon, thankfully. Then I move on to what I really want to do - Journalism training.
Work is still 'very part time' which means I'm in a difficult financial situation at the moment... I'm not helping myself though. See...
...I've been hoarding again. Spending money I don't have - oops. First off I overpaid for the new Doctor Who DVD release, as seen on the left. Two stories from the Hartnell/First Doctor era. Haven't got round to watching them yet - I tend to wait a while after purchase.
Had a look at the special features though - some pretty good stuff on these discs. Particularly the Daleks beyond the screen docu that looks at different versions of the Daleks beyond the TV show itself - they cover everything from toys to books to comics. Good stuff.
I pai £24.99 at HMV, which is pretty expensive compared to most places online and the supermarkets. Unfortunately I feel I have to buy these things the day they come out - I didn't preorder it anywhere and HMV was the only place I could get to. Oh well, they're worth that price anyway.
I also bought all five Harry Palmer movies. I've been a casual fan of Michael Caine for years but last years Harry Brown really showed me how utterly brilliant the man truly is. I'm also a big fan of spy movies - so I decided to pick up the trilogy. Then I saw that there were two Made-For-TV movies in the mid 1990's - so decided I had to get them too.
I bought them all online and annoying the first two have not arrived yet, so I can't really get started. All in all I only spent around £20 on the whole lot. Which isn't bad going for five flicks. I'll be reviewing them on the main site as I watch them through. I'm also hoping to find the books at a decent price and give them a read through too. I believe there are four books featuring the nameless character that would become 'Harry Palmer' on film.
My last big purchase was the six original cast Star Trek movies. I love Star Trek, and the original cast especially (growing up I was more of a Next-Gen geek) and have all of these already on DVD. Part of the draw was the fact that these Blu-Ray discs contain the original versions of the movie - and in most cases I prefer to watch original versions.
Directors Cuts and Special Editions are all very well and good, and I enjoy owning them and watching them - but I like to have the original on hand too. In the cases of the DVD's I was only able to find the special remastered jiggery-pokified editions. So it's quite nice to see them in their original form here.
From what I've watched so far the picture is great - although there is some very noticable dirt they didn't clean. Shame, as it does affect the enjoyment, but not too much.
There are a couple more items, but I'll probably talk about them at a later date once I've got a couple of things set up. Ah, six am start tomorrow. That means another night of not sleeping, worrying that my alarm won't go off. Unbounded joy.
Better scoot.
Not been up to much lately. Despite my best efforts I've been unable to see 'The Wolfman', which kinda sucks but there's much worse things in the world than not being able to see a movie.
I'm still on my diet and exercise regeime. Going pretty well, the weight is dropping at a safe and steady pace. Pretty happy with that.
I'm still studying. That'll be done soon, thankfully. Then I move on to what I really want to do - Journalism training.
Work is still 'very part time' which means I'm in a difficult financial situation at the moment... I'm not helping myself though. See...
...I've been hoarding again. Spending money I don't have - oops. First off I overpaid for the new Doctor Who DVD release, as seen on the left. Two stories from the Hartnell/First Doctor era. Haven't got round to watching them yet - I tend to wait a while after purchase.Had a look at the special features though - some pretty good stuff on these discs. Particularly the Daleks beyond the screen docu that looks at different versions of the Daleks beyond the TV show itself - they cover everything from toys to books to comics. Good stuff.
I pai £24.99 at HMV, which is pretty expensive compared to most places online and the supermarkets. Unfortunately I feel I have to buy these things the day they come out - I didn't preorder it anywhere and HMV was the only place I could get to. Oh well, they're worth that price anyway.
I also bought all five Harry Palmer movies. I've been a casual fan of Michael Caine for years but last years Harry Brown really showed me how utterly brilliant the man truly is. I'm also a big fan of spy movies - so I decided to pick up the trilogy. Then I saw that there were two Made-For-TV movies in the mid 1990's - so decided I had to get them too.I bought them all online and annoying the first two have not arrived yet, so I can't really get started. All in all I only spent around £20 on the whole lot. Which isn't bad going for five flicks. I'll be reviewing them on the main site as I watch them through. I'm also hoping to find the books at a decent price and give them a read through too. I believe there are four books featuring the nameless character that would become 'Harry Palmer' on film.
My last big purchase was the six original cast Star Trek movies. I love Star Trek, and the original cast especially (growing up I was more of a Next-Gen geek) and have all of these already on DVD. Part of the draw was the fact that these Blu-Ray discs contain the original versions of the movie - and in most cases I prefer to watch original versions.Directors Cuts and Special Editions are all very well and good, and I enjoy owning them and watching them - but I like to have the original on hand too. In the cases of the DVD's I was only able to find the special remastered jiggery-pokified editions. So it's quite nice to see them in their original form here.
From what I've watched so far the picture is great - although there is some very noticable dirt they didn't clean. Shame, as it does affect the enjoyment, but not too much.
There are a couple more items, but I'll probably talk about them at a later date once I've got a couple of things set up. Ah, six am start tomorrow. That means another night of not sleeping, worrying that my alarm won't go off. Unbounded joy.
Better scoot.
Byeee.
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