Nothing On Us

While I watch a game

Of stabbing steel and

Snapping necks twisting

With a sound of dry leaves

Underfoot, I wonder just

What we have become.

 

No longer the mighty judges

Are we, nothing more

Than a howling audience,

Screaming for the fatal

Blow. Pacifists may weep

For all the good the

Silence brings, but I

Have one thing to yell

Over the expectant hush:

Lord of the Flies ain’t

Got nothing on us.

Prometheus

I recently went to go see Prometheus. Now, while I have not seen any of the Alien movies, I know what happens in them and have played one of the PS2 games. Ah, the PS2...those were the days...

Anyway, back to the film. Firstly, the facehuggers? Not actual facehuggers, as portrayed in the original films, but new, weird cobra things. Also, what I have been told of the original films' suspense is completely absent from the new film. Nothing is left up to your imagination. Blood, guts, mutations (completely out of sync with the old series) and fiery deaths are vividly shown on-screen. It's violent to a gaudy, unnecessary level. No-one lives. It's annoying. By the end you're sitting in your seat thinking "I liked that guy. And that one. And those two. The only human left (there is only one) is decent, and I love the actress, but come on!"

It appears that not only are you forced to leave your squeamishness outside, you also have to leave any scientific knowledge you have, however basic, out with it. The Predators are portrayed as being an 'exact DNA match' to humans. This is completely ridiculous, and was the last of many straws for me. I can safely say that whatever film or strange sequel planned to this, if ever there is one, I shall studiously avoid it.

Michael Fassbender looks spookily like Peter O'Toole by the way. Hint: never trust robots, they're sneaky.

All in all, the bits of the film I could watch were dreadful. In a review out of 10 I'd give it...4/10. All because of Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace, whom I adore. They aren't good enough, however, to save a film that never should have been made.

Dabbler.

Burn It Down - Linkin Park

This is a brilliant song, and I actually really like the music video. Admittedly, the end positions look a bit weird, but it really fits in with the song, unlike some videos. :/ well, enjoy!

Dabbler

Poem - Days

Days

 

In cold weather the

Icy mist that cars

Excrete looks just like

Giant, shivering breaths

That, heaving, bring the

Lumbering beast to life, and

On dark nights the

Lights that shine in

Fiery colours blink like

Stars in deepest night

Warming us with dancing

Patterns, but on those

Days where nothing seems

So special, when names are

Nought but names, we see only

The bare carcass, the

Ruins without the dreams

To fill the gaps. Those

Are the days when artists

Hang their heads, and

Cry in shame.

 

Dabbler.

1,000 Views

Hello viewers. I do apologise about the lack of posting recently, but what with debates and creative writing I have been very busy. I have, however, just checked my stats and the pageviews have broken 1,000! 1,013, to be exact. Thanks so much for reading this blog, it means so much that this has been seen worldwide. At least 1 person in every continent (bar Antarctica, of course) has seen this blog. Look, and know that someone around the world is looking too. :)

Dabbler.

Debating

After having debated:
a) In opposition to Nanotechnology,
b) As the proposition for research and healthcare funding being aloocated in a population dependent manner, even for serious rare diseases,
c) In opposition to embryonic stem cell research,
and
d) In opposition to Genetically Modified Foods as a significant benefit to human health at present,

Myself, my fellow speaker (new one for the last round) and our wonderful research team won the Leinster Science Debating Championships! We will now be against Ulster, and are inordinately happy!! On the other hand, we're now pro-embryonic stem cells and possibly pro-animal testing. :P Wish us luck!!

Dabbler

The Muppets Film

Now, I'm a fan of The Muppets. So much so that I have a Muppets poster up on the wall of my room, right next to the Ed Hardy one and the street-racer one. When the film came out, then, you can guess how excited I was. I'm now telling you how disappointed I was afterwards.
Admittedly, the film had a few good points. Some of the lines were good, and some references brought back old memories for fans. But on the whole, it wasn't great. Firstly, Rizzo wasn't in it, and that lovable, cowardly rat is basically my favourite character, along with Sam the Eagle (who only had one line). Animal was the star of the show, with most of the good scenes centring on him. The whole human/muppet dance routine with the cheesy grins just let down the show, in my opinion. The Muppets were always good for a laugh, and whether you were 7 or 70 you were likely to laugh. For this film, the plot was boring (saving the Muppet studios? How many of their films have involved that?) and the characters were very flat. I have to say, as a fan of the old and amazing show, I was disappointed and, frankly, embarrassed by this film. I'd been telling my friends about how great they were, and then, during the film, found myself sinking as low as possible into my seat. Hard luck lads, better luck next year.

Dabbler