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Comment on “It’s in us…” by dan

dan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:07:41 +0000

really interesting movie this one. Not sure if it was 100% successful, but still a lot better than a lot of the dreck out there. Being much more lowbrow than you, I referenced Stephenson and Mieville rather than Hustvedt but there you go…

Comment on Light vs Dark by Jeffman

Jeffman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:39:29 +0000

Hells teeth, Mike. Those images conjure up all sorts of badness in my head.

Was about to ask if Sweetums and Kermit had been injected into the close of The Wicker Man, then I clicked on the image and my question was answered.

Comment on “I seen somethin’ every bit as stupefyin’ as you’d see in any of them other places” by Vaughn

Vaughn — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:13:38 +0000

Great stuff Mike, delighted for you. You deserve everything you get. (I’m determined that I can use that phrase and it not sound like a threat).

Though I would be lying if I said I wasn’t jealous, you’re rubbing elbows with a lot of my favourite people.

Comment on “I have you now” by Kim

Kim — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:46:04 +0000

LOL!! I just about blew milk out of my nose. This is great!

Comment on What was lost by Chattermouth

Chattermouth — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:20:04 +0000

…on another note, I saw somewhere that you really enjoyed Moon. I agree, a wonderfully crafted piece of fantastic.
But not very realistic, is it? I mean who in their right mind would make a One eyed, Male Monotone voiced, Overseer like that again after what Kubrick did?
It didn’t say how far into the future Moon was set, but it can’t possibly have been far enough to be making an AI without any thought of 2001’s HAL9k. Intentionally, it would be really damn evil.

Comment on “I seen somethin’ every bit as stupefyin’ as you’d see in any of them other places” by James Whatley

James Whatley — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:25:57 +0000

“All power to you Mike, bloody well done.”

^ what I just said, out loud, after coming across this post in my Greader just now.

Pints are on me next time we meet, whenever that may be.

Cheers,

Comment on “……….” by Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:41:08 +0000

Awesomesauce!

Comment on Proto-fandom by Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:55:05 +0000

Hey man, you know what they say: you can’t please all people all of the time, but you can please all people some of the time. Right now you’re everything that’s good: the young underdog, cool, full of possibilities, undefined enough that everyone sees in you exactly what they want the most. It’s easy to like you.
Once you become a known quantity though, people will begin to notice discrepancies between what you are and what they wanted, and some may not be able to reconcile them, breeding discontent. You will never again have a fanbase as pure as the one you have now. Enjoy it.
(Make no mistake, I’m positive the show will be brilliant, but I try to be realistic about stuff like fan response. In some ways you were incredibly lucky, a luck you’ve certainly deserved, but in other ways you’re not even close to the hard part yet.)

Comment on “……….” by dan

dan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:53:05 +0000

…and sweded.

Comment on Run. Don’t walk by Mark Caldwell

Mark Caldwell — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:23:55 +0000

The Departed would have been a pretty good film in its own right had it not been up against an original so brilliantly conceived and assembled as Infernal Affairs. It even had the whole Mark Wahlberg thing where I was trying to figure out what the point of his character was until the end where I realised: he was there to stop them having to make a prequel and sequel.

Still I’d rather have had the choice to see Infernal Affairs on the big screen instead of The Departed.