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Catching up
Holy... is it really a whole week since I've posted? I must start posting more often. So, what have I been up to?
My movie last week was Awake, and unless you watch movies solely for the eye candy, I really, really don't recommend it. The eye candy is nice: Jessica Alba, Lena Olin and Haydn Christensen (did I spell that right?)...in that order, yeah. But the movie sucks. Billed as "a psychological thriller" it is in fact none of those things. Badly filmed, plot holes you can drive a truck through, twists any moron can see coming from scene 2 and who the hell told HC he can act? Because they lied.
The pity of it is there's a good movie in there struggling to get out. I mean, the central premise - a man undergoing heart surgery who finds himself aware but paralysed during the op - is pretty damn terrifying. I know; I experience the mild version myself as a kid. But this has virtually nothing to do with the plot of the film itself. It's reduced to a gimmick, and what's left is yawnworthy enough to make the title of the film truly ironic.
On Monday evening I went to a lecture at Cardiff Uni. It was part of a programme of events from the university's LGBT staff association and I was there, somewhat reluctantly, in my role as chair of the LGBTT staff network for my own workplace. But the lecture gave me some major food for thought. The title was "You won't believe what straight guys are doing these days" and, I've got to tell you, it was a slash fan's dream. Made me think all sorts of meta-y thoughts about SPN and RPS...which I will share if I can get past my RPS squick long enough to get my thoughts in order.
Last night I want to the circus! Nofitstate Circus is a Welsh company and their tour started close to my home. I love the circus so I simply had to go. The show was very unusual, more like an immersion art/dance event than what I normally think of as the circus. There was no seating. The show happens all around you, and the movement of the audience seems to form part of the show itself. It was very atmospheric, sort of gothic-meets-post-apocalyptic-techno. Most definitely an adult show; I don't mean x-rated (it wasn't!) but very dark, very erotic. As well as fun. Well worth the ticket price, but I wish I'd known about the no-seating: I would have worn different shoes!
I've barely written anything this week for my fic. This is not good...
Thank crunchie it's Friday!
My movie last week was Awake, and unless you watch movies solely for the eye candy, I really, really don't recommend it. The eye candy is nice: Jessica Alba, Lena Olin and Haydn Christensen (did I spell that right?)...in that order, yeah. But the movie sucks. Billed as "a psychological thriller" it is in fact none of those things. Badly filmed, plot holes you can drive a truck through, twists any moron can see coming from scene 2 and who the hell told HC he can act? Because they lied.
The pity of it is there's a good movie in there struggling to get out. I mean, the central premise - a man undergoing heart surgery who finds himself aware but paralysed during the op - is pretty damn terrifying. I know; I experience the mild version myself as a kid. But this has virtually nothing to do with the plot of the film itself. It's reduced to a gimmick, and what's left is yawnworthy enough to make the title of the film truly ironic.
On Monday evening I went to a lecture at Cardiff Uni. It was part of a programme of events from the university's LGBT staff association and I was there, somewhat reluctantly, in my role as chair of the LGBTT staff network for my own workplace. But the lecture gave me some major food for thought. The title was "You won't believe what straight guys are doing these days" and, I've got to tell you, it was a slash fan's dream. Made me think all sorts of meta-y thoughts about SPN and RPS...which I will share if I can get past my RPS squick long enough to get my thoughts in order.
Last night I want to the circus! Nofitstate Circus is a Welsh company and their tour started close to my home. I love the circus so I simply had to go. The show was very unusual, more like an immersion art/dance event than what I normally think of as the circus. There was no seating. The show happens all around you, and the movement of the audience seems to form part of the show itself. It was very atmospheric, sort of gothic-meets-post-apocalyptic-techno. Most definitely an adult show; I don't mean x-rated (it wasn't!) but very dark, very erotic. As well as fun. Well worth the ticket price, but I wish I'd known about the no-seating: I would have worn different shoes!
I've barely written anything this week for my fic. This is not good...
Thank crunchie it's Friday!