Monthly Archives: March 2007

A View To A Kill

By terje | Published: March 31, 2007
Just watched “A View To A Kill” on the telly. It was one of the first Bond movies I ever saw, and I remembered it as fairly good. I was wrong. Kinda. Because the plot’s not all that bad. Christopher Walken is excellent as the villain, a former KGB agent named Zorin. He wants to flood [...]
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

By terje | Published: March 31, 2007
Watched “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” last night (I write this around noon on March 31), and it was surprisingly fun. I mean, it’s as silly as a goose, about as deep as a puddle, and less original than a regular family sit-com, but it’s meant to be silly, it’s meant to be shallow, and [...]
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Astonishing X-men: Gifted (and Dangerous)

By terje | Published: March 31, 2007
Wow. I just read Whedon’s first X-Men story again, and boy, is it great. (“Just read” of course meaning just before writing this, not just before posting it.) Sure, it obviously builds on a lot of continuity of which I know approximately squat, but it still manages to pull me in and move me. Like the [...]
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It’s The End Of The World As We Know It — AS5×22 Not Fade Away

By terje | Published: March 31, 2007
That’s it. The end. And what an end it was. By the time Angel said, “Well, personally, I’ve always wanted to slay a dragon,” I was sobbing — half laughing with joy, half crying from grief. Where the ending of “Chosen” just left me with a general feeling of relief and joy, where the only things [...]
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The Plot Thickens — AS5×21 Power Play

By terje | Published: March 31, 2007
If I’m not mistaken, ”power play” is a hockey term, and describes the situation when one team has one of its players in the penalty box, meaning that the other team has the benefit of having one player more on the field. Or ice. Or whatever it’s called. Thus, it is a fitting title for [...]
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Some downtime…

By terje | Published: March 31, 2007
… has prevented me from posting the last couple of days. So some of the next couple of posts are a day or two old…
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2007-03-29 — Quote of the Day

By terje | Published: March 29, 2007
“Honor is to be trusted. Fortune is to be shared. Else, what are we?” - Keltil the Gaul, “The Druid King” by Norman Spinrad.
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Wee! “New” webcomic! =D

By terje | Published: March 29, 2007
I’ve browsed it a few times earlier, and been sttruck by its simplistic beauty, but I’ve never sat down to read substantial quantities of it before. I should have. Because this is really incredible stuff. a softer world. check it out. Also, there’s a section there where the maker of “a softer world” writes these awesome work [...]
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The Second Fake Buffy — AS5×20 The Girl In Question

By terje | Published: March 28, 2007
I never quite know what to make of the main Angel and Spike plot of this episode. While being indubitably entertaining and nicely fan indulging, I feel like it would have fitted better earlier in the season, perhaps not too long after “Destiny”. Why? Because the previous episode ended on such a dark note, with [...]
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Oooh, looksie! An Organic Time machine! — AS5×19 Time Bomb

By terje | Published: March 28, 2007
Wow. These past two seasons have been a roller coaster. Not in the meaning of greatly varying quality, but more in the sense that they have been continuously entertaining and good — thrilling all the way, with lots of ups and downs, emotionally and atmospherically speaking. As you’ve probably guessed, I think this applies to this [...]
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