Positively the only good thing about recent political developments in the UK is that they’re going to give Marina Hyde tons of new material: […] Arguably this morning’s most amusing development was Helen Grant resigning as Tory vice-chair to openly support Dominic Raab. Is this the same Dominic Raab who resigned in protest at a… Continue reading On the bright side…
Month: May 2019
Ask and ye shall receive…
It’s almost as if they heard me: trailers for the three episodes of the forthcoming series of Black Mirror are out. So, not much sign of a turn towards the upbeat so far. I live in hope…
Black Mirror trailer
The trailer for Black Mirror season 5 seems mainly to exist to remind us that having access to some of Netflix’s money allows the show to cast bigger names and keep the standard of special effects up to scratch: no attempt to let us in on what any of the stories are about. Charlie Brooker… Continue reading Black Mirror trailer
Cap’s PR
Somewhere down the line I do hope Disney find the time – in between building up whichever cosmic-scale threat is going to close out Phase Six of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – to fill in some of the gaps in the story they’ve shown us so far. Tell me this fanfic about life as Steve… Continue reading Cap’s PR
40 years of Aliens
Just before 20th Century Fox was swallowed up by Disney, they celebrated the 40th anniversary of one of their own greatest franchises with six Alien 40th Anniversary Short Films. I doubt the Xenomorphs are going to be showing up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe any time soon, but that’s OK: they’ve done a fine job… Continue reading 40 years of Aliens
Killing IE6
Settle down and enjoy a little bit of history: The bittersweet consequence of YouTube’s incredible growth is that so many stories will be lost underneath all of the layers of new paint. This is why I wanted to tell the story of how, ten years ago, a small team of web developers conspired to kill… Continue reading Killing IE6