I liked the title of this episode. As to the episode itself? It was alright, I thought, but I was perhaps not as fond of it as the general consensus seems to be.
Month: October 2017
Ranking the episodes of Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams
Worth noting this is my ranking of the first 6 episodes of Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams, as they were broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK – The Hood Maker, Impossible Planet, The Commuter, Crazy Diamond, Real Life and Human Is, respectively. Though not in that order, obviously.
In short, I wanted to love them, but often found I didn’t. Generally, I found that the latter four of the Channel 4 broadcast were actually better than the initial six, though I’ve never really written about any of them. I’d like to go more in-depth on them at some point, though – one possible, far off project I’d like to take a crack at would be a series of detailed essays on Black Mirror and Electric Dreams.
Fraser Coull on Cops and Monsters, the difficulties of indie filmmaking, and more
Here’s my chat with Fraser Coull about Cops and Monsters – now on Amazon Prime! Fraser’s a pretty nice dude, and his enthusiasm for Cops and Monsters really leaps off the screen whenever he talks about it.
This piece is definitely worth a read for any hopeful filmmakers out there; I’ve learned a thing or two from it myself, stuff which I’ll keep in mind when I start working on some films myself.
Greg McLean on his new film Jungle, working with Daniel Radcliffe and more
Here’s my recent interview with Greg McLean about his film Jungle.
Riverdale Season 2: Five questions we have after The Watcher in the Woods
Here are five questions we need answering after the latest episode of Riverdale.
Another Riverdale article from me, with speculation, fan theories and so on – this one is old enough that I was still calling the Black Hood “the Angel of Death”, because they’d not really started saying the Black Hood yet.
This is also the one where I asked whether or not Toni Topaz would pose a threat to “Bughead”, which is exactly the sort of slightly ridiculous comment that typifies these Riverdale articles. It makes me laugh, anyway.
Gattaca at 20: Why it’s still one of the best sci-fi movies around
An article I wrote for Gattaca’s twentieth anniversary; it’s one of my favourite movies. First watched it in school, actually. Not for a science class, as you might expect, but in fact in an RE lesson.
There’s also a neat callback here, actually, because I’ve been meaning to write an article on Gattaca ever since I started my blog – there’s been a tumblr post to that effect sat in my drafts for nearly five years now. So, it’s good to have finally ticked that one off the list!
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 6 Review – Lethe
Here’s my review of Lethe, which is the one with James Frain as Sarek. Well, one of them.
At times, I did find Discovery frustrating, even while actually quite enjoying it. This is one such episode, really; entertaining in a lot of ways, but enough little flaws to grate throughout.
Star Trek: Discovery, and the Klingon played by an actor who doesn’t exist
Here’s an article on the Klingon that doesn’t exist…
Riverdale Season 2: Five questions we need answering after episode 2, Nighthawks
Here are five questions we need answering after the latest episode of Riverdale.
The first of several weekly articles on Riverdale! I never did one of these for A Kiss Before Dying – those got two theory posts instead.
Christopher Willis on The Death of Stalin, the Soviet composers who inspired the film’s score, and more
This was a great interview, and I’m really pleased with how it turned out – Christopher was great to talk to, and said some fascinating things about The Death of Stalin.
I’m particularly fond of this one, actually, just because of how nice a guy Christopher was. I’ve found – purely anecdotally – that composers tend to be the nicest of all the people I’ve interviewed. Not sure why; might just be that I’ve largely interviewed some terribly nice people who happen to be composers. But it just sort of sticks in my mind, I suppose.