Of Birthdays

Well twas my birthday on Tuesday (yes go April Fools Day) and the thing that I wanted did not arrive from America (goddamn you Royal Mail) so I've been relegated to wait a few more days till my present does arrive.
2008 = still a crap year.
Randomly here are a couple of films I'm excited for:

1) The Neverhood
Loved the game, will love the movie
2) The Wrestler
Love Darren Aronofsky. Period.
3) Watchmen
Loved 300 and loved the graphic novel
4) The Fall
Loved the trailer
5) Redbelt
Also loved the trailer

Redbelt Trailer:


The Fall Trailer:

Of Spring

Well it's spring. Um thats it, I'm neutral on all seasons so theres no point on elaborating on anything. I do like the rain though, but coming from England means that theres always rain, so it doesnt really matter what the season is.
Although I can say that so far my year has been pretty bad. Started off quite badly then got a bit better through late January and early February, but since then 2008 has just gotten progressively worse with no sign of it getting better.
I'd better get these feelings down for my novel (currently at 0 pages :D)

Of Novels Which May Someday Be Written

Two updates in one day I must be mad. Well no I just couldnt be bothered to edit the last post. I said a while ago that I might start writting a novel, and now that my coursework is out of the way why not start now?

!!!WARNING!!!
Due to extreme amounts of depression the novel is most likely to be incredibly depressing as well and may feature some mutilation, of whom I will not say. All depends on whether or not they realise it was them that caused the depression in the first place.

Of Stuff

Right ok first off. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS LOST IS BACK!!!!!! So we've had the first five episodes of season 4 and it just keeps getting better and better. Daniel is by far the best new character and it seems the writers agree as he got a meaty part in The Constant (awesome episode that follows on from Flashes Before Your Eyes) and looks to be even bigger next week. Cant wait :)

Now for Veronica Mars. I love this show. If I were to redo my list of top 10 tv shows this would be on it definately in the top 3. Maybe even top 2? Sorry Dexter but dissapointing finales do not impress me (ask Heroes and Doctor Who). Well I'd better get back and finish watching it. Only one more season to go :(

And finally Darren Aronofsky, the best director in the world. Period. I love The Fountain. I love Pi. I love Requiem for Dream. Please Mr. Arronofsky, don't stop making films as I will watch them no matter (although the wrestle biopic probably wont be as interesting as his other films).

Sorry no random humour for today. However I do have funny links.
xkcd for all your levitating squirrel needs
Yahtzee homesite of one of the funniest people on the internet.
Ashens video from another of the funniest people on the net

Of Callipygians

KK, first blog post of 2008 (still feel like it's 2006 but what the hey).
First note www.xkcd.com = funniest thing I've seen in a long time
Second note whilst I have to say I like Chris I just don't think he's gonna make it to 366 (prove me wrong Chris. Prove me wrong) http://366in366.blogspot.com/

Right shameless plugging out of the way I feel like sleeping. Mainly due to the fact I've been up till obscene hours of the morning doing bugger all. No sleep is actually quite a bad thing and I don't think it's gonna get any better. Just let me sleep in peace.

*WARNING* WRITTEN UNDER SLEEP DEPRIVATION

ALTERNATIVE ENDING
However these hours haven't been a complete waste of time. I've found interesting things, gone to interesting places and met interesting people. Yay? No seriously I don't know if thats good or bad. I'm sure that I owe some of them money.... help me....please....callipygian.





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Favourite TV Shows 2007

Well here is my list of favourite television shows and episodes of 2007. It was quite a year, looking forward to what 2008 brings.

1. Lost
Lost is the best show on television, Period. I have yet to come across a show which can beat it in terms of story or characters. The story is continually engaging and characters like Ben, Locke, Desmond and Eko keep me coming back for more and more. Whilst Season 3 started slowly it got into its stride and then kept going only to slow up during that ruddy tattoo episode.

OMG LOST SEASON 4 = FREAKING AWESOME

2. Dexter
Dexter is the best show on television (wait didn’t I already say that?). Okay best show that doesn’t involve an island. Dexter had a superb first season and the second is even better. Dexter has had me drawn in with suspense and amazing acting since the first episode. Michael C. Hall deserves every acting award under the sun for what he’s done with the character of Dexter.

3. Firefly
A show I ashamedly only watched this year, Firefly was an awesome show which I binge watched in a day along with the movie Serenity. Firefly is a show that shouldn’t have been cancelled and gets this high on my list not only because it’s amazing but because I want to show it my (belated) support and pray that it comes back in any shape or form.

4. Pushing Daisies
Pushing Daisies is the best new show of 2007. The style and concepts are perfect and help give the show a real Tim Burton-esque feel. The show boasts lightning wit and has already become the critics darling. My only wish is for its continued sucess around the world. Which is I am pledging to get as many people as I can to watch it when comes to the UK. Even if it does mean that I will have to watch ITV1 *groan*

5. The Wire
The Wire is a novel. There is no other way to describe it, if you miss a single episode you’re f*****. However the show includes a massive array of characters and each episode focuses on multiple plot points, and it makes it work (unlike the stodgy mess that Heroes has become). The Wire is another show that I did not get into until this year but unlike another show that I started watching this year (24) I’m gonna keep this up till it finishes

6. South Park
South Parkis hilarious. It’s crude yet socially applicable at the same time. South Park is the only show I can think off that can take the piss of events going on in the real world whilst having an array of characters that are completely off the wall (talking poo and a towel, come on!!). However South Park makes it work and provides continuous laughs week in, week out.

7. Doctor Who
Oh Doctor Who you’re still an awesome show but can you please get rid of the Deus Ex Machina endings you seem to incorporate into you’re finales? You have an awesome build up towards the last episode of the series but they always end up disappointing. Episodes like Blink, Family of Blood and Utopia show that you are still one of the best shows on TV. So I want you to make me a promise next year Stephen Moffat is going to write the finale. Okay?

8. Heroes
Heroes started of really well. The story and characters were awesome and there was definite sense of motivation, then the season 1 finale happened. It was terrible. Heroes could have still made my top 5 shows of the year if it came back in the autumn with all the bravado it seemingly left behind the season’s penultimate episode, but sadly it didn’t and suffered for it. We didn’t want more build up; we wanted super powers and action. Then there’s the fact that they became too bogged down with the cast. Too many stories per episode meant that the pacing faltered and urgency was lost. Episodes like Company Man where there are only one or two storylines and the shows strength and they should make more like it. This making me sound negative isn't it, Heroes was good but then they just couldn't carry the story and the writers have admitted they screwed up so I can't wait for the next batch of episodes (a re-powered Sylar already has me salivating)

9. Chuck
Chuck is another new show. Chuck is a show that encompasses a lot of the changing perspective of the world. Not like religion or stuff like that but on the view of geeks. Geeks used to be the stereotypical bloke who wears white shirts, plays dungeons and dragons and lives in his mother’s basement. However shows like Chuck, show that it is the time of the geek. Zachary Levi is a natural fit as the awkward Chuck and really with the amount of references to geek topics (video games, gadgets), it’s a show I wouldn’t miss for the world.

10. Top Gear
Oh Top Gear why do have be so difficult? You’re not a comedy yet you’re funnier than most shows on television. Really Top Gear is a show I shouldn’t like. But I love it. I want to put it higher but…I can’t. Because of what it is, a magazine show. I have a loathing for all things without a storyline. Only Top Gear has been able to slip past my net and I intend to keep it that way.

Honourable Mentions:

Jekyll

My Name is Earl

Scrubs

I loved all these shows but they just didn’t do enough to make my list. Jekyll was a great show. But since it won’t be back next year I didn’t want to put it on my list. Scrubs had a lacklustre season (even if My Musical was great) and My Name is Earl failed to deliver as much as it did in its first season.

Maybe Next Year:

Veronica Mars

Started watching this a few days ago and already I can tell it’s gonna be good. Shame it got cancelled, but as we can see with Firefly I don’t really care if a show got the boot or not

EDIT - Having watched most of season one of Veronica Mars (binge watched it over the holidays not in time for this blog update) I can safely say that it would have made my list of favourite shows. The show is amazing. Funny, dramatic and damn good yarn. I HEART VERONICA MARS is all I can say (why didn't I start sooner?!?!?)

Favourite Episodes:

1. Flashes Before Your Eyes Lost

Just wow. Sheer awesome. Best hour of television I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching.

2. Blink Doctor Who

Stephen Moffat is a genius. Blink showed his incredible skill and talent and was only let down by the bit at the end when he tried to scare the little kiddies and even that was only a few secs long.

3. Pie-Lette Pushing Daisies

Not many shows can get me hooked just by watching the first episode, but Pushing Daisies did and with style (and a large slice of pie)

4. Through the Looking Glass Lost

The series finale of Lost showed how amazing the writers were with a twist at the end that I sadly spoiled for myself and wish I hadn’t. Still and awe-inspiring episode though.

5. Top Gear the American One Top Gear

The funniest hour of television ever, I nearly wet my self on multiple occasions. Top Gear doing what it did best, have three guys piss around in a couple of cars for a few days and film it.

6. Fantastic Easter Special South Park

By far the best episode of South Park the year. A pitch perfect spoof of the Da Vinci Code and at the same commented on how stupid the idea of an Easter Bunny was.

7. Ariel Firefly

A highlight of my year was buying Firefly on DVD. Ariel was the highlight of that experience. Ariel was Firefly at its best and hate awesome plot points and character moments (that scene with Jayne and Mal at the end was awesome)

8. Out of Gas Firefly

When I saw a bit of this on television I thought it was just a flashback episode but it was so much more. The story played out in a non-linear fashion and really showed how creative some writers are.

9. My Musical Scrubs

My Musical was wickedly funny episode featuring so many jokes from Scrubs’ past. The songs were great (Guy Love being the best) and even had its poignant moments that make Scrubs one of the funniest but also dramatic shows on television.

10. Company Man Heroes

Company Man is Heroes at its finest. One story line with lots of the main characters interacting with each other, and the flashbacks helped fill in Mr. Bennet’s past. Also it was the final episode featuring the amazing Christopher Eccleston and the last episode written by Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller.

Of French

French sucks....all the time...not much else to say...except have a video

Yes this video is me and no I did not do this willing and whatever this video might look like I am not homosexual.
Also no I will not ever do this dance again.
Sucks to be me don't it.