I was asked a little while ago to think of something that still fills me with childish excitement. Now I’m not sure if this is normal for a 40′ish year old, but I actually had quite a few things to choose from… Approaching big (and I mean big) bridges always gets me (Not so Tracy unfortunately 
), hearing train-tracks whistling, moments before the train appears is another favourite and the mere sight of a bowl of trifle will always get my heart racing 
But by far the biggest thing that still gets my childish juices fizzing is this…
This Saturday sees the return of Doctor Who. As a 9 year old boy I can remember queuing up to meet the then new Doctor at a book signing. Tom Baker scribbled his name into my copy of ‘The Giant Robot’ and I walked away chewing one of his Jelly Babies. I’d watched a lot of the John Pertwee years, but Tom Baker really was my Doctor. And despite a lot of the truly awful stuff that was thrown at us in the 1980′s I’ve been obsessed by this program ever since. This Saturday we have a new Doctor, a new companion, a brand new shiny Tardis and a new’ish writer for the series… And I’m getting really excited now 
David Tennant was undoubtedly superb as the 10th Doctor, but I do feel he did sometimes suffer at the hands of a few feeble scripts. With Steven Moffat in charge, I have high expectations and despite the enormously daunting challenge of having to follow Mr Tennant, early reports indicate that Matt Smith’s 11th Doctor will be brilliant. My only real complaint is that I was once again foolishly overlooked for the role of the Doctor!!! When are they finally going to give me that part?
Up (2009)
Charming, sad, very funny, beautiful to look at and very very sweet indeed. After the 12th viewing however, this film is now beginning to loose it’s appeal slightly 
This film has pretty much been on continuous play ever since Sawyer got it just over a week ago!!!
We’re now 8 episodes into the final season of Lost, so thought it about time to share my views once more…
I’ll get the shocking bit out of the way first… I’ve recently been getting a little cheesed off with Lost 
And this is coming from one of the most die-hard Losties around!!! Season 5 was simply awesome and I think we’ve all been expecting even greater things from the final outing. Sadly for me, the great bits have been few and far between so far. But thankfully things have started to pick up. The last 2 weeks especially.
So, what do we now know that we didn’t since my last Lost post…
Richard Alpert – Can’t kill himself. A gift from Jacob apparently and one that Richard is far from happy with. There’s just no pleasing some people
- Richard (A) is thoroughly pissed off with the now dead Jacob and has spent most of this season marching through the jungle trying to die.
- Richard (B) there has been absolutely no mention of. I’m assuming he was still on the Island when the bomb went off? If he wasn’t then where is he?
Sawyer – Still angst ridden and still keeping himself to himself.
- Sawyer (A) has been taken under the wing of dead Locke and has been shown his name on the wall of a cave. Sawyer is a ‘candidate’ apparently and was chosen to come to the island. Candidate or not, Sawyer (A) seems intend only on leaving and is currently pitting Widmore & dead Locke against one another to clear the way for his escape. Why do we all know that it won’t work!!!
- Sawyer (B) is now a Cop and is still hunting down the conman (Sawyer) who ruined his family. This alternate reality storyline was mostly mundane, but one thing has been bugging me about Sawyer… He was visited by Jacob after the death of his parents. I’m not sure if there’s any mention of an exact year, but it’s certainly well before the original plane crash and I’m guessing it’s even before the bomb went off in 1977. Does this mean that both Sawyers have been visited by Jacob?
Jack – Still my least favourite character and still gets the most air-time
- Jack (A) after seeing his name etched into a compass and after seeing his house in a lighthouse mirror, now thinks he’s Mister Indestructible… I bloody hope not
- Jack (B) is moping about after his son and still hasn’t found his dead father. I’ve no idea why, but I really think Jack (B) is going to have pretty major things to play as this season evolves. On the whole the alternate reality storylines have gone nowhere and have even seemed pretty pointless, but that’s not really in keeping with Lost and I’m sure reality (B) will really kick off some time soon.
And what don’t we know…
- What’s with all the dead people?
- How did Widmore find the Island?
- What’s locked away in his sub?
- Why isn’t Kate a candidate?
- What’s with dead Locke’s mother & back-story?
- And when are the Apollo Bars coming back?
There is of course much more. So much more. But that’s just my two penneth worth…
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
Not Quentin’s best by a long way, but still great. Christoph Waltz is absolutely brilliant (if a little creepy) and really steels the show.
Sleeve view 2 (2010) – Collage on card – 22 x 22 cm
I’ve been a bit lax of late with the artwork. So in an attempt at generating another body of work, I’m going to have a bash at doing quite a few of these smaller scale pieces… Just to see where it gets me
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