Category: Intermission

These posts relate specifically to “Intermission” which are editorial type posts on various subjects.

The DeLorean Time Travel Consultant – Intermission – Nov. 2020

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As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume The DeLorean Time Travel Consultant First some house keeping, as the clean up crew sweep up the popcorn off the floor let us begin. I didn’t do an Intermission post last month because I’m still trying to catch up and get into a flow of things again. Last month by the time I was ready to write one it was too late to publish it for that month. The current situation has…

Baby Yoda’s Umbrella – Intermission September 2020

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As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume Baby Yoda’s Umbrella I’ve tried to write this a few times but it has been difficult because as you will read all over this site BAFTD is a positive space, it’s where I like to write things away from the daily stresses of life. It however is difficult to keep that mantra considering the world events over the past 8 months. This is a strange intermission for several reasons, one reason is…

The Elephant in the Room – Intermission – May 2020

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As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume The Elephant in the Room Yes I know we don’t talk about him. I’m behind on articles I want/am writing for this blog, this intermission post is over a week later than I’d like. If you read the Mission statement to this blog you will understand it’s all about taking you away from things that are getting you down in life and focusing positively on my/your loves. Art, Films and Writing as…

Comfort Food – Intermission – April 2020

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As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume Comfort Food Science Fiction stories are often set in the future and in a reality that is radically different to our own. There is sometimes a ‘removed-from-the ordinary’ feel, which is one of the things that attracts a lot of people to this genre. Some forms of Science Fiction though base themselves near to reality, especially post apocalyptic fiction. Those of us who grew up in the 1970’s and 1980’s remember the…

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

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‘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…

A Comedy of Justice – Intermission February 2020

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‘As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume’ In Robert Heinlein’s 1984 novel JOB: A Comedy of Justice the protagonist is in a constant struggle, when he makes progress something always seems to throw him off his stride. In one case paper money earned in one Mexico is then worthless as he ends up in an alternate reality where Mexico has become a Republic. These sort of trials and tribulations we can all relate to, well not exactly as we…

What’s it worth? – Intermission – January 2020

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‘As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume’ What’s it Worth? There’s a trend in social media at the end of the year for people to list their favourite films or other media from the past year. It’s not a thing I’ve ever really got into, I’ll happily look at other’s lists but personally I find it difficult to pick favourites and classify them in any order. The other day I was drifting around instagram and a person I follow…

You will find only what you bring in – Intermission – Xmas 2019

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‘As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume’ You will find only what you bring in At 1 minute past midnight on the 19th December 2019 I sat in our local Cinema and watched the Lucasfilm logo as it appeared on the screen. After 42 years I finally watched the final instalment of what is now known as the Skywalker Saga. This journey had started for me at the age of 9 one sunny afternoon with my Dad. It was…

Supporting Features – Intermission – Dec 2019

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‘As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume’ Supporting Features This is the bit where I show my age. When I was a boy and I used to go to the ‘Pictures’ there were several things that happened in that emporium of the imagination that do not anymore. Along with intermissions, ushers selling ice-cream and those weird kia-ora juice box/container thingies, there was normally a supporting feature. This would normally be a short film shown before the main feature, most…

Use your Imagination – Intermission – Nov 2019

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‘As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume’ Use your Imagination I remember a time when Science Fiction and Fantasy wasn’t the massive behemoth it is now. Don’t get me wrong it’s always been there, from ancient Hindu stories and Greek writers through to Verne, H.G. Wells and onward to Asimov, Bradbury, Dick, Tolkien and Ellison it’s always been bubbling under the surface across various forms of media. An argument can be made that writing is the purest form of…