Google+

I have been using G+ for some time now and I thought it may be time to voice my thoughts so here they are, in a convenient list form, as is my way.

·         Circles are great, if not a bit overblown. I find that although the circling of people into groups is a novel function, it has not yet proved to be very useful. Perhaps in time it will be, we shall wait and see.

·         Gifs are great, but Gifs are very very annoying when you have a stream full of them

·         Perhaps it is the way I have added people to G+ but at this time it seems very detached from my own personal life, closer to a twitter stream than a Facebook one

·         Hangouts are great in theory but I seem to be wary of joining 23 people I don’t know in a video chat room, I mean what if my hair is messy or I have spinach in my teeth?

·         The G+ app runs rings around any Facebook one I have yet used, in both size of app and ease of use, however I find that the web based app is better than the DL app.

·         Instant upload of photos is a fantastic addition, even though I do have to remove pictures of feet and insides of pockets from my album every now and again, the fact that it simply pushes photos to an album and lets you decide whether to publish them or not is great!

So what I am thinking Is that I am probably using G+ all wrong, and that I haven’t yet got enough people added to circles to make them worthwile so if you have any tips or hint please get in contact and educate me.

I should have known better

I will watch pretty much any movie put in front of me, apart from the freaky Asian horror flicks the wife likes to watch, in fact just yesterday I watched Super Troopers at 9:30am just because it was on.
But two days ago I found myself with a movie that I had nothing good about sat before me, Sucker Punch.
The premise of the film is something I didn't quite catch during my viewing, which is not surprising as I only managed 28 minutes of this mess before switching off.
I sat through 300 without having the need to end the pain, hell I even managed to make it through Meet the Spartans with no ill effects.

I found Watchmen powerful if not compelling, but Sucker Punch for some reason never sat right, I'm sure that had I managed to finish the film some of the things that bugged me may have been resolved (The transitions to the other world and the need for 30ft samurai)
But I will probably never know, unless someone tells me, and even then I probably won't listen.

Oh and as a side note, it seems that in my old age a bunch of hot ladies isn't enough to hold my attention, not in a mainstream movie anyway

5 Mind Bending Time Travel Moments

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Time travel has been well used in TV and Movies to both good and bad effect but sometimes, just sometimes its use can make your head spin, or your stomach churn, here is a selection of 5 moments that have had me saying “What?” or “Urg” or “Flibble”

1.       Weather Ballons?

After an accident involving a microwave and a supernova (genius) Fry and the gang find themselves in 1940’s New Mexico. Bender is the crashed spaceship, Zoidberg gets an alien autopsy and  Fry bones his own Granny, well who wouldn’t? (Futurama: Roswell That Ends Well)

2.      A fully functional 500 year old head

I will forget the horror that is the actual episode(s) for now, and focus on the fact that a head, buried in a mine, in an area of extreme digging, is left undisturbed for 500 years. And actually works when replaced on the body from which it came, Now Mr Data is a walking talking writers dream, capable of new and wonderful ways out of plots that even Wes Crusher would be proud of, but this just rubs me the wrong way (TNG Times Arrow 1&2)

3.       A Gift From The Prophets

On the other side of the Trek coin is some of the offerings from DS9, there are many to choose from, but my current favourite time travel twist is Sisko’s gift from the prophets, another Emissary!! Holding someone in time until The Sisko needs him? That’s the Wormhole Alien version of whacking some pizza in the fridge until tomorrow. It makes some great viewing too. (DS9 Accession)

          Run Run Run

Most time travel stories have a tenious grip on reality, others have a tenuous grip on the audience, and when your story is not up to scratch, you have to call on something else, something magical, something with boobs bouncing. And when those boobs are attached to a person already familiar to your audience you may have a winner. What is your point I hear you cry.

Tru Calling, the single worst best worst best time travel show ever, dependant on whether Dushku running is enough to feed your need

5.     No whales are required

Couldn’t have a list without Kirk, and I mean any list. My list of 5 great ancient civilizations has Kirk in it, and for this list my soul draws me toward the best of Kirk. An hour of television that has laughs, tears and terrors. City on the Edge of Forever ticks every box for a time travel story, and creates a new box. The “CRAZY EYES MCCOY SHOUTING AT CAMERA FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON” box.  (TOS City on the Edge of Forever)

In closing I would offer the opportunity to add your own favourite/most hated time travel in the comments, and remind you that this not a top 5 list, its just a list of things that came to mind about time travel. If you want my top 5 then ask and I will tell.

Chris Mitchell. C/O Geekfights