Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘Other Peoples Stuff’ Category
Unknown Movie Review
Friday, March 25th, 2011Potted review: Unknown is a solid thriller with action, a bit psychological solid in all departments but unremarkable. Back from going to see Unknown which falls into the thriller with some action and not straight action movie genre. Where The Adjustment Bureau, I reviewed last week, has been unfairly (in my book) compared to the […]
The Adjustment Bureau
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011The Adjustment Bureau is an unusual suspense thriller based on the Philip K. Dick short story Adjustment Team from 1958. It’s also not just a thriller – like last year’s Monsters it’s a romance, if it had jokes it would be a romantic comedy but instead it has supernatural / fantasy elements. One way […]
Paul Review
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011Just back from seeing Paul in a packed cinema. I am really relieved to say this is an excellent road movie. I say relieved because I was worried about Paul – the trailer with Odeon club card combo advert had really turned me off the film. Then there was the travesty of a film that […]
CityEngine Vue Review
Sunday, February 20th, 2011I reviewed CityEngine Indie last week, here is my review of CityEngine Vue. If you read last weeks review I’ll not apologise for lifting large parts of it with only minor changes as there are only minor differences between the two products. CityEngine Vue is exactly the same underlying software as all the other versions […]
CityEngine Indie Review
Sunday, February 13th, 2011When I first saw renders of models produced with Procedural’s CityEngine I was really impressed. However with prices in the Company or Freelance Professional range I thought that, like other high-end CG software, I’d have to look longingly on knowing that only Pros and pirates would ever get to play with it. CityEngine Indie is […]
The Mechanic Movie Review
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011The latest Jason Statham action movie, The Mechanic, is a solid action flick that suffers from one major Fridge Pipe moment. On my entirely personal measurement system, The Statham Scale (where Crank is 1 and The Bank Job is a 10) I’d say The Mechanic was a 7 (so just below The Transporter). Personally I […]
The King’s Speech
Friday, January 14th, 2011In case you’ve not already heard The King’s Speech is a costume drama based on real life events around the end of the reign of King George V, King Edward VIII time on the throne and George VI reign up to the outbreak of World War II. It’s focus is not the abdication, death or […]
Proof of the Decline of Gaming
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010I’ve heard a lot about the decline of gaming (or to be a bit more focused RPGs) in 2010. I’ve just read the final, ultimate, absolute proof that gaming isn’t what it used to be. The reports of the theft of 1,753 cards with a value of just under $45,000 from WotC demonstrate the depths […]
SkinVue9 Review
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010I’ve used David Burdick’s SkinVue since it first came out. This handy tool for Vue speeds up the process of making Poser figures look good in Vue. It can work with figures brought in as Poser, obj, or Collada import so both Poser and Daz Studio users can make use of it. SkinVue can work […]
Monsters Review
Sunday, December 12th, 2010Just back from seeing Monsters at FACT in Liverpool followed by an excellent meal at Tapas Tapas. Monsters is a science fiction, road movie, love story, monster invasion film and I can’t think of a single film to really compare it to. Six years after giant aliens landed on Earth the South of the US […]