Why I love Warren Ellis...

Warren Ellis posted this to BAD SIGNAL today:

Fuck the fanboy obsession with plot content as the only yardstick of value-for-money in fiction. Comics are the last place where an unfiltered literature of ideas can be produced for a mass audience.... We can do better than redecorated soap opera. We can turbocharge imaginations.

Happy birthday...

A hearty and warm


to sarahcascade - may the coming year hold everything you hope for.

And many happy returns of the day...

To weirdchaos,


May your cakes be chocolate, your wishes come true, your candles shine bright, your imagination wide, and your year filled with goodness.

Some movie reviews and comments....

From the past six weeks:

Constantine (Keanu Reeves, Tilda Swinton, Rachel Weisz, 2005). ( I've been a fan of John Constantine... )

The Pianist. (Adrian Brody, 2002). ( Historical and grim. )

Cowboy Bebop. (Anime) ( Fast-moving action fun. )