Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘Other Peoples Stuff’ Category
Total Recall
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012Outing tonight to see the remake of Total Recall. It’s a remake of the 1990 original: there are many familiar elements but mixed up in new ways while some others (like Mars) haven’t made it. Colin Farrell brings a different character to the leading role – a bit more nuanced than Arnie’s earlier Douglas Quaid […]
The Expendables 2 Movie Review
Friday, August 24th, 2012It hardly seems like two years since The Expendables was in the cinema and now here all shinny and new is The Expendables 2. This time Arnold, Bruce and Stallone do more together with the added bonus of Chuck Norris. It opens straight with the best action sequence of the film. After that it follows […]
The Bourne Legacy
Thursday, August 16th, 2012Enjoyed the Bourne Legacy tonight. The Bourne Ultimatum pulled a high wire act with the clever play with time and the ending of the Bourne Supremacy. The Bourne Legacy opens quite slow with a lot of work being put into establishing new characters and how they fit into the existing timeline. If action is you’re […]
Turner Monet Twomly: Later Paintings
Sunday, August 5th, 2012Turner Monet Twomly: Later Paintings at Tate Liverpool is an intriguing mix of the late works work of three artists born in three different centuries. The works are grouped thematically and each artist’s works are intermingled with each other. There are some fine pieces by all three artists and if (like me) you don’t […]
Serpentine Pavilion 2012
Sunday, July 15th, 2012I’ve posted a new page of pictures of the Serpentine Gallery 2012 from my recent trip to London.
Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style at the Barbican
Sunday, July 8th, 2012I went to the new Bond exhibition at the Barbican, Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style, last Friday. The exhibition is broken down across three physical areas of the Barbican and built up from thematic sections like gold, gadgets, casinos and travel. Each section is filled with a variety of props, costumes, concept […]
The Physicists at the Donmar
Thursday, July 5th, 2012My apologies this is one of those blog posts where I’ll do a bit of personal narrative before I get to the meat of the so called review which is in truth just my personal ramblings anyway. Chance can be a funny thing… while I’d planned out my days on a short trip to London […]
My Third Annual Design Awards Blog Post
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012I managed to make it to the design awards show at the Design Museum in London for 3rd year in a row. Really was a just in time visit as tomorrow is the last day. Sadly this year’s post won’t be illustrated as no photography was permitted at least according to one of the staff. […]
Prometheus Film Review
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012For all the its not another sequel to Alien/Aliens/Alien3/Alien Resurection but a film in the same Universe Prometheus has a lot to live up to. Having Ridley Scott, Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba and Guy Pearce attached along with a inspired by HR Giger credit also raises expectations. It does some things […]
The Raid Notes for Role Players
Friday, May 25th, 2012With some films I find the fun is trying to pick a game that would best fit gaming the film. The Raid isn’t one of those films. With the raid the question I find myself asking is how many games can it be fitted into as a scenario? At the most obvious level it’s a […]