I have re-watched Dawkins ‘The Genius of Charles Darwin‘ three episode and even taken notes.
I was seriously thinking about writing about how many and conflicting faith statements Dawkins made – and you’ll be relieved to know I may yet indulge this compulsion but in the meantime I thought I’d stick with something that struck me [...]
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Whackos VI; What Use Evolution?
Posted in Provoked by Celluloid, dogma, faith, history, outlook, philosophy, politics on Tuesday, 26 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A hole in my heart…
Posted in Provoked by Celluloid, faith, outlook, philosophy, politics on Wednesday, 6 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
this is from the pronouncement that according to a bed time story read to Hellboy as a child that the race of man suffers from a hole in their hearts…
And as it’s a good enough [and similar enough] film to compare it to The Dark Knight I thought I’d compare and contrast that with Hellboy [...]
Throwing stones…
Posted in Church of England, Provoked by Celluloid, dogma, faith, outlook, politics, relationships, religion on Friday, 1 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just as a quick note/warning this post is going to be a medley or smorgasborg of different strands with the main theme as the title… So if you reach that which you are interested in then you can either keep reading or just plain go enjoy yourself somewhere else, dear reader…
On the cinematic front I’ve [...]
The Kingdom of Prince Caspian
Posted in Provoked by Celluloid, Terror, media, outlook, politics, relationships on Wednesday, 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
well, alright it’s a rather tacky way of sticking a review of The Kingdom and The Narnia Chronicles: Prince Caspian together in one title…
I think both films are both fantastic and gritty. The idea of a large bomber that causes such damage as to eventually let the FBI have permission to send an investigative team [...]
With a heavy heart
Posted in Pipe & cigars, Provoked by Celluloid, outlook, politics, relationships on Wednesday, 2 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I write this post, as I smoke my pipe and drink coffee and sip a small gin – you may think it’s a bit early but then I’ve just watched This World; Bannatyne Takes On Tobacco which documents Duncan Bannatyne’s hard look at British American Tobacco practice in Africa.
I watched it with notepad to hand [...]
A Sharp Look
Posted in Britain Today, Provoked by Celluloid, media, outlook, politics on Tuesday, 1 July, 2008 | 2 Comments »
at the way the state sponsored attempt at justice is on BBC One this week at 9 O’Clock and available for the internet viewing thing is Criminal Justice written by one of the legal professionals and as such it was good to see the comfortable tone of Rumpole of the Bailey, [from the radio plays [...]
Buffy, Angel, Willow and the use of ‘Magic’
Posted in Provoked by Celluloid, media, outlook, philosophy, relationships on Wednesday, 11 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the series of Buffy [The Vampire Slayer] and Angel magic is used relatively commonly and not just by the good guys…
Given the shift of sympathy for programmes with an edge of realism and the ‘occult’ given that some involved in these went through a spate of badness – Witchblade was cancelled, the actress who [...]
I have just finished watching ‘The Passion’
Posted in Provoked by Celluloid, faith, media, religion on Sunday, 30 March, 2008 | 6 Comments »
by the BBC and HBO and I think it is, at least, consistent in what I saw as it’s flaws.
[And as an aside I'm going to admit that I've been away and coming up - I will be away over some days - quite when I'm not sure but nevermind - just accept that 'service [...]
‘What is the nature of man?’
Posted in Provoked by Celluloid, outlook, philosophy, politics, relationships on Tuesday, 19 February, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Was the question the old mentor of Hellboy asked…
I sit here, smoking an Alvaco Celebracion – it’s a decent sized cigar with a light nuttiness that is appealing, from my return from the cinema where I watched ‘No Country For Old Men’, the latest offering from the Coen Brothers… which follows Tommy Lee Jones make [...]
Alien Vs Predator Requiem
Posted in Provoked by Celluloid on Sunday, 27 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
also known as AVPR…
I was watching the indoor bowls championship just over half an hour ago now and it took me back to that night, when I sleepily flicked through channels groping for an excuse to justify my sprawled figure remaining on the settee… and then on BBC 2 Bowls came up and I thought [...]
