OK so I drive a Volvo and I grew up around them and although they are far from sexy they are due to set new standards with the release of an unusual diesel/electric hybrid D5 estate next year which has a seriously impressive green spec to add to it’ already safe standards. …the default Hybrid [...]
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It was 1982 when Blade Runner first graced the big screen. It wasn’t a hit, and the released product was noticeably shabby round the edges, but it soon gained underground notoriety that has helped the movie stand the test of time. It’s one of my all time top ten movies. It caught me at the [...]
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I seem to be stumbling upon lots of Star Wars stuff at the moment. This is in the most part due to my son and me reliving the joy of discovering the story all over again. It’s also due to the Blu-ray box set release which I am yet to afford! Still amongst my searches for [...]
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In this edition of Everything is a Remix (Part 2) from Kirby Ferguson he examines the role of creative plagiarism in movies, particularly looking at the key elements of creativity (something I’d ashamedly not heard of before)
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“In the 1800′s every home in Britain that could afford paper had a John Martin painting on the wall” …so popular was this key figure of 19th century British art – and this despite his visions of hell at the end of the world. Personally I can’t wait to see these huge canvases exhibited in [...]
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This weeks Archers started with some Reputation Management issues. The negative sentiment stories in the Echo are ranking 2nd and 3rd for the farms name! Luckily for them they didn’t need the sometimes costly input of an agency, however they still have their facts wrong. ”…after all the hits we put in…” was the original [...]
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This was a great find by DJ Greg Wilson: a series of short films about how all creation is plagiarism. Here’s the 3rd of 3 (the 4th is coming autumn 2011) which focuses on the creation of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the modern-day home PC. Interestingly it was of course Apple who successfully brought [...]
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