Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘Other Peoples Stuff’ Category
Pahnl’s A History of Us Book
Thursday, November 5th, 2015The book of A History of Us Book by Pahnl that I stumbled on with friends at the Herbert Gallery and Museum in Coventry in September arrived today and its really gorgeous. I’d wondered how the 40m long artwork with accompanying text could be broken down for the book – each page is a small […]
The Dracula Dossier
Monday, October 19th, 2015Rewards for The Dracula Dossier kickstarter landed today and so far they look pretty good.
The History of Us by Pahnl
Monday, September 14th, 2015Went to The History of Us at the Herbert Gallery and Museum in Coventry yesterday. A 44m long timeline of history filled with tiny stencilled dinosaurs, people and other creatures. With 500 entries each with a short description and varying degrees of accuracy it took us a good hour and a half to make our […]
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Review
Thursday, August 27th, 2015This film is everything that The Man from UNCLE wasn’t last week. Its grounded in the franchise that its grown out of and has a clear respect for the original source even if much of the audience won’t have seen the 60s original. We kick off with an action sequence that has more to do […]
The Man from UNCLE Movie Review
Saturday, August 22nd, 2015The Man from UNCLE opens strong with a nice sequence set in Berlin – a bit Funeral in Berlin. It then strings together a series of well executed scenes mixing thriller and action to a climax. And then it tacks on a second climax. And then it tacks on a foundation story for UNCLE suggesting […]
Oriel Chambers
Wednesday, August 5th, 2015The Oriel Chambers by Peter Elis completed in 1864 was the first building anywhere in the world to feature a metal framed glass curtain wall. It and 16 Cook Street are the only known building by Elis.
Ant-man Review
Sunday, August 2nd, 2015I was a little nervous about Ant-man. While I tend to avoid reviews I’d seen some comments about it having a lighter tone than other Marvel films with more comedy in a bad way. I didn’t need to be nervous. There are funny moments in Ant-man but this remains a Marvel film in the same […]
Mayas: revelation of an endless time
Saturday, July 18th, 2015I went to the excellent, free exhibition Mayas: revelation of an endless time at the World Museum in Liverpool today for a second visit. There are 385 Mayan artefacts covering the period from 250 to 1250AD. I needed a second visit having nipped in on a lunch break the week it opened not knowing what […]
Terminator Genisys
Sunday, July 12th, 2015Sometimes bad reviews can be a good thing. Pleased to say I enjoyed this more than I expected based on the critics. Nice mix of twists, spills and thrills following the chase format of the previous movies. If forced I’d say this is probably the third best outing of the series but a lot […]
What I did on my London Holiday 2015
Thursday, July 9th, 2015Annual summary of what I did on my holiday post… Bank of England Building open day & Museum well worth the visit but almost two hours of standing waiting to go in for a thirty minute tour might put off the less determined. Really interesting to see rooms normally closed to the public and the […]