Superman returns...

... and can go back from whence he came. What a train smash of a movie! What is wrong with blockbusters these days? Star Wars 1-3, King Kong, MI3, Xmen 3, Pirates 2, etc etc, and now Superman 5: all far too long, dull dull dull, rubbish stories, wooden acting etc.

The good:

- the music
- the opening credits
- a few action sequences - shuttle, bullet in the eye

The bad:

- recycled plot from (vastly superior) original. Luthor wants land, luthor tries to make land, plans to kill people in process. Gets some kryptonite which apparently kills superman, except it doesn't kill him, it just makes him get a bit of a sniffle and he's OK again. Luthor fails, but escapes.

- Was it me or did everyone look a bit bored? Lois Lane was dreadful.

- Ok, so Superman has buggered off for 5 years to find out whether Krypton is still there. It wasn't. He came back. In what way did this contribute to the plot?

- on the same day Superman re-appears after 5 years, Clark also returns from his travels (and gets his old job back!). And no-one even mentions the co-incidence?

- oh my god, the last 15 mins zzzzzz, superman is in hospital, surprise surprise the kid who can throw pianos around is his son, and he's Okaay! hurray!! credits, zzzzzzzzzzz

Please don't make another one. Please.

Of course, this is all opinion. Christian loved it. (he's wrong)

proper useful...

unfortunately...

...I've got nothing interesting to write about. So I won't.

This year's Big Brother...

... really is the dullest yet, in what swamps do they find these people etc etc etc. And still I watch it. I also read about it. Why is this? Why? At the end of my days, I will look back on the countless hours spent watching it, wishing I'd used the time to do something more worthwhile. can't think of anything right now though.

In locoroco news, on the train home yesterday they found both their blue and red friends, hurrah! But then they got eaten by, and had to navigate their way through the innards of, a large monster. But they sang their hearts out through the whole nasty episode, bless the little buggers.

I'm disappearing again for a few days - to Telford for a conference, then to Guildford as dad is being transferred from Ireland into the Royal Surrey Hospital. Much better for him to be nearer home. Wondering whether to write more about it all here - I feel like there's a lot I'd like to express, but maybe it's neither interesting nor appropriate to do it publicly. We'll see.

very clever...

aveaplay with aveaword

one more thing...

...for PSP owners. Get Locoroco - unique, and a really really really lovely game. 



site - play a level in flash.

New Super Mario Bros on DS isn't too shabby either. 

what's this...? a new post...?

... yes, that's two new entries in one day. No, I'm not going to start competing with some of the more prolific of our little blogging family, but at some point I'll put up some new bits and pieces I've been working on for nicktryg.co.uk, made on iweb and my shiny new macbook.

There's one thing I would like to share with you while I'm here. I went to Glasgow on Saturday to watch the football with some work chums. Of course, I expected a little bit of obligatory anti-England banter from our Celtic neighbours, but what I did not expect was a full-on rendition of the Scottish National Anthem when it was all over!

So: England qualify top of their group, then get to the quarter final. Granted, they were playing badly, and didn't deserve to get further (Rooney - sigh...). And somehow getting knocked out by Portugal counts as a Scottish victory!? Sometimes I really do love living here...

Was it churlish of me to be knocking Andy Murray today at work?

one way to get a new computer...