Fun times

May. 1st, 2010 01:22 am
wiseheart: (harper)
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Habe heute abend anderthalb Kilo Spargel geschält. 58 Stück, wenn ihr das unbedingt wissen mußt. War eine Heidenarbeit, aber es meint wir werden dreimal hintereinander Spargel essen. Yum!

James Cameron's Avatar finally came out on DVD. I haven't seen it in the cinema, so I bought it and watched it tonight. I was surprised how much I liked it, despite the sometimes glaringly obvious CGI-background. Loved the alien fauna and flora, even though CGI characters still don't move convincinly. Considering that this film took place on a low-gravity mond, however, it wasn't so off-putting as in, say, "Beowulf".

The plot was woefully predictable, though. Noble savages, greedy corporations, bloodthirsty soliders, unlikely love affair... oh, god, been there, done that, still falling asleep from it. Still, the basic idea of the avatars was good, and I enjoyed the sci-fi parts of it before it turned into all that mystical mumbo-jumbo.

All in all, my money was well-invested.

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Date: 2010-05-03 08:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ithilwen.livejournal.com
I, for one, would love to purchase the Planet Pandora miniseries (no doubt produced by the BBC). Can't you hear David Attenborough speaking?

"The ikran, having brought down its prey at last, begins to consume its meal, unaware that it, too may about to become the dinner of a stalking thanator. Few creatures on Pandora can match the thanator's ferocity or swift reflexes, but if the ikran can become airbound in time it may have a chance... The outcome of this stalk is far from certain."

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Date: 2010-05-04 05:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Oh, me, too, definitely. What a gorgeous thing it would be!

Speaking of which, have you seen the programme "Dragon's World"? Also produced by the BBC. I posted about it on the Otherworlds board once. It was a fake documentation about having found dragon bones, and they did lit like they'd do witb some real dinosaur founds, with research methods and theories and all that. It was great fun. For a moment, I almost fell for it. *g*

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Date: 2010-05-04 02:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ithilwen.livejournal.com
I don't think I've seen that one. I need to look for it!

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Date: 2010-05-04 06:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
It's an old one, but I did find it very interesting.
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