Gibbo

'A Bridge Too far' (with my youngest son)

Somewhere IN Time - Iron Maiden

GOINg Down Town Tonight - Status Quo

 

 

After seeing "Man of Steel" recently (another "dark & gritty" version of a beloved hero) and not digging it much, I don't have high hopes for the "team up" movie either.

 

Right now Marvel is kicking DC's ass with movie adaptations of their properties. At least the films in the so called "Marvel Cinematic Universe" look like they're being made by people who may have actually read the comic books from time to time.

 

It bugs me that the DC films have become so unrelentingly grim. Yeah, it makes sense for Batman, but I really hope that the current Superman comics don't portray him the same as he was in "Man of Steel." Superman works best when they play him as a slightly square, Red White and Blue Boy Scout. The first Superman film w/Reeve captured that perfectly. Bryan Singer tried to build a bridge between that era and the new "grim & gritty" mindset in "Superman Returns," and when that didn't work I guess they must have said "F*ck it, let's go full on Dark Knight with him too, the kids LOVE that hyper violent Christopher Nolan sh*t!"

Its unfortunate that this type of film is what the "general public" wants. Long gone are the days of artful, factual good films now are the days of the formulaic drivel for big $$$$ mindset or lack thereof of minds that is.

That's why you gotta get into the indie scene, and foreign. It's pretty much just Hollywood pumping out this shit.

 

I still haven't forgiven Helloweird for what they did to John Constantine/Hellblazer ...

Various: 'The Lost Boys' soundtrack

Shakespeare's Sister: Sacred Heart

Muse: Black Holes and Revelations

Nemesea: The Quiet Resistance

Megadeth: Youthanasia

Megadeth: So Far, So Good ... So What!

Lesbian Bed Death: Designed By The Devil, Powered By The Dead

Within Temptation: The Unforgiving

Dirty Looks: Turn Of The Screw

Shooting Star: Silent Scream

Ultravox: Quartet

Ultravox: Lament

Nexus: Within The Mirror

... I do love long car journeys!

Mack The Life - the autobiography of comedian Lee Mack. Here's a tip - DON'T read this one on the train to work

Neverland

Goin' Crazy! - David Lee Roth

Batman and Superman have been 'frenemies' for some time ... ever since Batman was 're-invented' as the Dark Knight. I don't think Superman likes the 'darker' side of his crime-fighting buddy ...

Not that this is a valid excuse for making a film based on the flimsiest of story ideas (but, hey, since when has THAT stopped anyone?)

Despicable Me 2

Ol' Bry hasn't done anything decent in a long ol' while ... this isn't going to do anything to reverse that trend

Del Amitri: Twisted

The Smiths: The World Won't Listen

FANTASTIC album! Good choice!

Lethal Weapon 1-4 (boxed set) ... a chariddy shop find ... still sealed, £2.00 - bargain!

Eric Clapton: The Cream Of Clapton

Shed Seven: Let It Ride (worth having for the sublime 'Chasing Rainbows')

The Smiths: Best ... I

Morrissey: Suedehead (The Best Of ...)

Sheryl Crow: Tuesday Night Music Club

Manic Street Preachers: This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours

Suede: Coming Up

Del Amitri: Twisted

Oasis: (What's The Story) Morning Glory (the Unibrow's finest hour)

Shakespeare's Sister: Sacred Heart

Karnataka: Delicate Flame Of Desire

Jasper Carrott: Classic Carrott Vol. 3

Cradle Of Filth: Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa

Berlin: Count Three And Pray

He starred in one of my favourite films ('The Great Escape') and directed another ('A Bridge Too Far' ... he also has a cameo as one of the escaped lunatics) ... rest in peace, Dickie.

Saxorior

Fear No Evil - Grim Reaper

She Chameleon - Marillion

It's ALIVE - Ramones

Final Destination 3 (the one with the roller coaster)

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (the original version)

"World War Z" (2013) Brad Pitt stars in this fast paced end of the world saga, as a globe trotting U.N. researcher hunting for the cure to a worldwide zombie outbreak. Better than I expected.

Don't get me started ....

Beautiful Sin: The Unexpected

Cardigans: Gran Turismo

Various: Miss Behaviour