BOREDOM, FILMS, AND COMING ATTRACTIONS....

Sometimes you've just got to wonder about what people expect you to do in your time. Out here in the middle of a British city and there is literally nothing to do socially. No clubs for any of my interests (unless your a student of course but walking into a university club nowadays would probably send more than a few odd looks my way...), almost no good bands or stand-ups coming to the area. Its as ikf all they want you to do is sit inside and watch the box or head out drinking. You know with all those people you met at those non-existent social places.
I had thought for quite some time about setting up a club of my own but the logistics are a bit beyond me at the moment as even the simple act of hiring a room on a regular basis would be hugely cost-prohibitive given the ammount of people one could hope to attract at least innitially.
So after careful thought I have determined that here on the internet is where I must find a voice and so I am in the midst of prepparing a Podcast. Ahh, I see the three of you reading this are perking up with intrest (yes Jack, I'm counting you three times to make me feel better).

The Big Debate (working title) is coming together nicely at the moment with a variety of co-hosts planned (well, 2 anyway) to come in and just sit and talk. There'll be what seem to be the standard podcasting bits on what people have been up to and a selection of interesting news items and then what should hopefully turn out to be a fairly interesting discourse on a variety of subjects. Things under consideration include the rise of 3D, Censorship, piracy and animation. Oddly enough the original concept was a film reveiw podcast although there may be an element of this still to be found and there are certainly plenty of debates one could have around film and television come to that so we'll see.

In films terms as I haven't been quite as prolific on this blog as I'd hoped -

Kick-Ass Kicked Ass.
Clash of the Titans was god-awful.
The Blind Side was superb.
Iron Man 2 was excellent.
A Nightmare on Elm Street was uninspired and dull.
Avatar proved just as entertaining on DVD as it did at the cinema.
Fantastic Mr Fox is tererible if you want a faithful adaptation of a classic book but is quite amusing if taken at face value especially if seen as part of a 10-hour flight.