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    Navigating the Asteroid Field – Update

    Navigating the Asteroid Field Sometimes you cannot stop outside factors affecting you. The same way when you fly into an asteroid field (see what I did there) you just have to find a way through it. I did a short update at the back of February just explaining that due to my wife being in hospital (nothing serious) and the aftermath that posts and articles were thin on the ground. To explain, my wife has a disability and has a long term health condition so I care for her full time. The hospital stay and its after effects curtailed a lot of work and articles I wanted to do, then…

  • Films + TV,  Sci-Fi + Fantasy

    Max Von Sydow (1929-2020)

    As a child of the 70’s and the 80’s the first time Max Von Sydow came to my attention was in his role as Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon (1980). His presence and ability along with Brian Blessed managed to raise the film from what could have been bad pantomime of a film, to what is a glorious burst of colourful celebration of Flash Gordon. Later while exploring films I came across his role in Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957). The image of him as a knight playing chess with death is now iconic. As a classical actor his roles in Science Fiction and fantasy films could have…

  • Films + TV,  Sci-Fi + Fantasy,  The Donkey Recommends

    The Almighty Johnsons – The Donkey Recommends

    Media that may have flown under your radar but is well worth checking out. The Donkey Recommends I have attempted to keep program spoilers to a minimum, but discussing the quality of this show without revealing anything is almost impossible, any spoilers that appear will be minor. If I feel what I am about to reveal is more major it will be sign-posted within the text.

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    Films + TV,  Intermission,  Sci-Fi + Fantasy

    Second Times a Dream, well sometimes – Intermission – March 2020

    ‘As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume’ Second Times a Dream, well sometimes My Father in Law only watches films once, he’s not into films and media the same way both myself and my wife are, but just the once? I don’t expect anyone to get obsessive about certain things that I do, but just the once? There are so many things that my opinion has changed on subsequent viewings. Sometimes good sometimes bad, it can be the passage of time so that either societal or personal viewpoints have changed. The best films can survive these changes but weaker…