Category Archives: films

star wars 30th birthday!

25 Friday May 2007

Posted by in birthdays, films, media

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Losing my Star Wars virginity.

It’s 30 years since the release of sci-fi classic Star Wars, considered by many to be among the greatest films of all-time.

But what would it be like to watch it now, for the first time?

BBC News entertainment reporter Kevin Young’s sole exposure to science-fiction to date consists of lusting after Gillian Anderson in The X-Files for a while in the 1990s.

Despite fearing it was two hours of his life he’d “never get back”, he offered to lose his Star Wars virginity.

I find it hard to believe that a BBC News entertainment reporter could be considered a true Star Wars virgin – even if he had never seen the film he must have known the basic storyline. I’ve seen the original trilogy so many times that I can’t remember how it felt seeing it for the first time. Though I do remember having a panic attack at the cinema watcing a scene with Darth Vader and the Emperor in The Empire Strikes Back.

Do you remember how it felt being a Star Wars virgin?

Also, check out 30 pieces of trivia about Star Wars.

And visit Archie’s Archive for prequel Lego Star Wars.

~ spoiler alert warning for those who are true virgins ~

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fnac is open!

12 Saturday May 2007

Posted by in books & writing, films, media, music, retail therapy, sevilla

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Avenida de la Constitución 8
41001 Sevilla

And it seems to fit in just fine with the ‘new look’ Avenida de la Constitución, so the worries I expressed over here last month turned out to be unfounded.

It also has a very good selection of DVDs and CDs. Lots of cool electronic and computer stuff. And they even sell vinyl records! The English book section is a bit small but I did manage to find a Terry Pratchett book I haven’t yet read. Anyhow, I think it’s a rather nice addition to Sevilla.

How do you like the new trams? This one is just for show as they aren’t operating yet. Apparently they will be removing the overhead cables within the year and we’ll be getting battery operated trams – not quite sure what happened there.

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Now if they’d just blow-up all the Starbucks that have sprouted like vile mushrooms all down the Avenida . . .

worst movie remake ever?

10 Thursday May 2007

Posted by in culture, films, media

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Has there ever been a good one?

Inspired by reading this post over on Polonius’s blog, I started to wonder about the worst ever movie remakes. I haven’t seen many myself, but the worst that stands out in recent memory is the Cohn Bros. totally dire version of The Ladykillers.

Perhaps we should limit this to original screenplays as ‘remakes’ of Shakespeare, Dickens & Austen abound and it’s a personal choice as to which is the ‘definitive’ version. And of course The Bunny Remakes are all fabulous. f_ok.gif

So, what is the worst remake you’ve ever seen?
And which film would you hate to see made again?