33-years on from Ridley Scott’s genre defining masterpiece, it’s been a bumpy ride for the Alien franchise. After James Cameron’s pluralised, adrenaline-shot sequel upped the ante, the dull Alien3 brought it crashing back down, while Resurrection ironically seemed to have finished it off for good.
Having chowed down on a four-movie box-set at the tender age of 11, I eventually decided to take the first two movies, leave the latter two, and stick my fingers in my ears and hum loudly when the embarrassing AVP monster mash up showed up later on.
And then, finally, came some Alien news worth paying attention to – a prequel was in the works, and Scott himself was back at the helm to steer the wayward brand back on course.
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videogamenostalgia:
Humble Indie Bundle 5 released!
Arguably the best one yet. If you don’t know about the bundles, it’s pay what you want, DRM free, and you’ll be supporting charity and indie developers at the same time.
Pay more than $1 and unlock Steam codes for all of the games.
Tried to resist this because I shouldn’t spend any more on games right now, and lasted about 30 seconds. Been meaning to get Bastion, Amnesia and Limbo for a while, always heard good things about Psychonauts, and Superbrothers looks pretty fun.
All of these in a super cheap bundle AND I get to help children?
This is such a ridiculously generous deal I’m expecting an email from a Nigerian prince any second now.
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In the far-flung future of The Windup Girl, every environmentalist in history has been proven right and humanity’s own hubris has brought it to the edge of extinction. Oil and coal are extravagant rarities, rising tides brought on by global warming threaten many of the world’s cities, and genetically engineered wildlife and plagues have brought ecosystems to the brink of collapse
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animagigirl:
Jesus H. moherfucking christ, since mother-fucking when would Sherlock use fucking google. HOW VERY AMERICANIZED, KISS MY ASS, FUCKERS, THIS IS NOT SHERLOCK HOLMES
the next person who says “americanized” like that i swear to god
you realize google is not exclusively american
you realize you’re talking about BBC sherlock, and this is not an adaptation of that
i fail to see why taking a shortcut is something that sherlock holmes would not do
please go fuck yourself
Google = technology!
ACD!Sherlock was on the very cutting edge of technology! Fingerprinting! Profiling! Other cutting edge forensic science for the 1800s!
WHY THE FUCK WOULD SHERLOCK NOT USE GOOGLE? IT’S KIND OF PRETTY ACTUALLY REALLY USEFUL FOR THINGS LIKE, I DON’T KNOW, RESEARCH!
I for one agree. I’ve read several Sherlock stories now and I don’t recall even a passing reference to Google.
(Source: regalkinghiddles, via fyeahlilbitoeverything)
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Seven characters in seven days. It’s a fun premise, and alongside fond memories of Faulks’ Birdsong, and the fact I hadn’t read any non-fantasy fiction in a while, it’s the main reason A Week in December caught my eye.
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As you probably know, terrorist, murderer, extremist and all-round bastard Anders Breivik recently began his trial for killing 77 people in cold blood during two terror attacks designed to “protect” Norway from the evil spectre of multiculturalism.
Early on in the proceedings, attention turned to Breivik’s assertions that he had trained for his “mission” by playing first person shooter games like Call of Duty. As soon as I read this, I began counting down the minutes before the arrival of self-righteous and ill-informed scaremongering reports about how violent games will cause our children to murder us in our sleep.
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exquisitebeast:
The thirty-first. It’s much flatter and lower to the ground, now, and its front hooves are elongated into shovel-shaped appendages for rooting around the ground. I think it’s becoming a burrowing creature; maybe it hangs out under the topsoil during the day when it’s too hot.
I can’t believe we’re up to 31 with this now, I was expecting the beast to run into a dead-end and need switching out for a new start by now.
Love it, though.
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