http://www.invisiblespiders.com Get 'em Off Me Man! 2008 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:45:09 -1100 TypeSaucer http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=114 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:46:54 -1100 http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=114
"What?", I hear you yell, "Heath Ledger's greatest role ever? You unpatriotic fiend".

Well you know what? I thought Heath was better in 'Two Hands'. Christ, I thought he was better in '10 things I hate about you'. What is the point of extended a film out to three frigging hours when the only reason for doing so is to squeeze half a dozen storylines in?

Maybe I've been spoiled with great stories from Steven Moffat in Doctor Who. Maybe I feel that having one good story spanks the pants off having a bunch of them that don't really wrap up properly. Maybe there's a reason that most good main characters are likeable. Because then you empathise with them. You worry for them. You don't want them to get hurt.

In this film I never had any tension because I just didn't care.

There were a couple of good bits,.. but that doesn't make a film, that makes a show-reel.


The other film I watched was 'Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog'. I'm usually quite vocal on my lack of interest in the work of Joss Whedon. Once again it's story related. He's great at dialogue and characters but when it comes to ideas and wrapping up a story he'll more often than not whip out a 'deus ex machina'. Not too big a problem if you didn't have to invest yourself for a season at a time in order to get the most out of it.

'Dr Horrible' is only forty minutes long. It doesn't have time to go off track. It's got one story and it takes forty minutes to tell it (with songs). The songs are okay, the singing is incredible. The characters are likeable and I was immediately invested in them.

Neil Patrick Harris was superb as Dr Horrible. His performance just shone.

There's been a lot of talk about Heath Ledger getting an Oscar for his performance in 'The Dark Knight'. After seeing Dr Horrible, I don't think Ledger even deserves a 'Golden Raspberry'.

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I'm super close to getting the new site up and running with the new project. It's these last couple of hours required to get it up and running that is like pulling teeth. I've just been run off my feet dealing with the 'Off the Cuff' Impro Theatre festival.

With design and host duties to do paired up with creating podcasts I've barely had a moment to myself. Now I'm struck down with the lurgy. I'll rest up, make sure my web design business still works and then get cracking on finishing it off.]]> http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=112 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:34:37 -1100 http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=112
Er,.. That is to say. There's nothing here at the moment unless you want to wander back through the archives. 'Irrelevations' has gone pretty much dead. I'm still chipping away at my next project so hopefully there will be something to show you soon,.. ish.

I removed the comments section because the only people posting there were myself and spam-bots. It makes sense as there's no real content on the site for people to comment on. That will all change, but until then you can listen to a new podcast I'm making over at www.impromafia.com/podcast.php.]]> http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=111 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:29:18 -1100 http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=111 http://www.invisiblespiders.com/lilleystreet/comic.asp?comnum=29
Where Hitler liked to paint Flowers and Kittens.

Turns out I was really close,..
http://www.sharenator.com/Paintings_of_Adolf_Hitler/

Flowers and Puppies man. It's so counter-intuitive to see his name on the bottom of the canvas.]]> http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=110 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:07:01 -1100 http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=110
While you're waiting. Enjoy this blog from a total bitch who plays by her own rules. She can be a bit of an arse-clown but I do generally enjoy her diatribes.]]> http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=109 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:06:15 -1100 http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=109
Thought I'd share an odd experience I had. I was waiting at the cashier's queue at the Supermarket and this guys walks in the wrong way looking lost and anxious. As is my want I looked quizzically at him as he walked past, so much so that he stopped to explain himself.

"Dropped my keys, they've got to be somewhere".

"Good luck" I said and went to pay for my purchases.

I checked out my juice and corn and tomato juice and there, at the bottom of the basket was a set of keys. I was able to get the guys attention and return his keys to him.

The Moral of the story is,.. I'm nosy, but sometimes it's useful so get off my fucking back!


In other news, I entered a competition on Cracked.com for flow chart diagrams for super-villains. I was very pleased with my entry and was extremely disappointed when it wasn't chosen for the top twenty displayed on the site.

]]> http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=108 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:53:14 -1100 http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=108
Just a head's up. Goatlord is taken a break really soon so Alex will be in charge of the comic. Irrelevations will only be updated on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

BIg things are being planned but I can't be more specific as to the dates.]]> http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=107 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:46:02 -1100 http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=107
I did however see two of the top three grossing movies of the year. Transformers in the third position was quite abominable. Full of 'Fan Service' but lacking in any useful narrative, or even consistency. Transformers was about the characters of the robots interacting. In this film I could barely tell them apart.

The top position was held by Spiderman 3 which was better than the dull and melodramatic number two, but such a mess of ideas that I really didn't get the thrills that I did from the first one.

So, Did I see anything I liked this year? Well, yes. Pixar has been letting me down more than they used to. Cars was surprisingly shallow and Finding Nemo was close to being dull. Ratatouille (Man, there's a lot a letters in that) was a more decent romp but you can tell it's not the passion of the person who finished it.

Brad Bird (Who is a genius) took over from the previous producer when the film just wasn't 'clicking'. He's created a pleasant diversion but nothing on the calibre of 'The Incredibles' or 'Iron Giant'.

I also caught 'Stranger that Fiction' with Will Ferrell. That is one charming and quirky film that deserves to be on this list. Whoever thought that Will Ferrell could be funny?

But the 'Dan Beeston' award for best film of 2007 goes to,..

'HOT FUZZ' with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

I lost interest in 'Sean of the Dead' around half-way through when it became more about being a zombie movie. In Hot Fuzz the same problem exists where the comedy becomes more of an action film. Luckily I enjoy action films a lot more than zombie films.

If you've not seen Hot Fuzz yet, get yourself down to the DVD store and hire it out. It's the British doing what they do best. (Except for killing Zulus)

This coming year, I'm actually excited about some films. 'I am Legend', 'Cloverfield', 'Wall-E', 'Hancock'. We'll see. Maybe I'm so often disappointed because I'm going to the wrong type of film.

Now enjoy some 'How To' videos that can help with your relationship.

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When I was working for 'The Man' though. I was getting holiday pay. For every year of work you'd get four weeks off. At least, that's how it used to be. Now they work it out to the minute. So for every forty hours you work for, you get 2.6 hours holiday or something like that.

Now the real joy is that if you've made forty hours of holiday and you take forty hours of work off, for those forty hours you're still earning holiday pay. So at the end of that forty hours you've earned 2.6 hours. At the end of that 2.6 hours, you've made approximately 12 minutes. At the end of that twelve minutes you've made 45 seconds,.. etc etc.

And thus my theorem of Xeno's Holiday where your holiday lasts forever.


Congrats to my friend Mike who had his short film 'Copy' hit quarter of a million hits on you-tube. Also congrats to Dave who now has 16 year old girls falling all over themselves in the comments.

Mike also keeps me abreast of the good stuff and he pointed out a series of sketches that I quite liked from a duo called Michell and Webb. ]]> http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=105 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:12:04 -1100 http://www.invisiblespiders.com/display1.php?id=105
Julie says something rude and thoughtless.

Suzie: Stop being a twat (pronounced twhot)

Me: I think you mean twat (pronounced tw-ah-t)

Julie: Are you calling me a giant vagina? I'm not a giant vagina.

Suzie: Then stop flapping your lips.]]>