Hopefully humourous musings and considerations from a bearded & skeptical comedy barometer, ideadragon, 1/4 of The ACRE and part-time pretentious Welshman.
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Twuh-tuttin, Sir Terence, Norwegian Wood and Good Things That Are Hiding in 2009
Friday, 26 December 2008
Joyous Season, Friends Like These and a bit of Humph
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Gormandising
Sunday, 14 December 2008
The Compelling Use of Mr. Jesus' Power & Academia's Tight Tweed Chinos
Having seen the two films back-to-back, the huge differences between them are striking, especially the level of filthy language held within. Some footage from Dominion was actually recycled and used in The Beginning, even though the take on the story was almost completely different, even down to the actual character that was possessed (a fairly key plot point). The Beginning also changed some members of the cast, though they did keep Stellan SkarsgÄrd as the lead, who certainly had (for the most part) a surprisingly good, old Imperial British accent.
The consensus from the trilogy of viewers that we were, was that Dominion, as the thoughtful slower film, was the better of the two, despite being originally canned by the film people. In comparison, The Beginning was less of a psycho-thriller and more of a straight, cheesy, foul-mouthed, aimed-at-America horror.
The other topic alluded to in the cryptic title is the habit of academic works to have boring titles. It became apparent during a seminar several weeks ago that it was not necessary for academic articles, works or books to have stuffy and tedious titles and style, which has led me to pick boring titles, and attempt to make them more suited to mine palate.
Some examples from the Journal, Discourse & Society:
(Peter Teo)
My personal edit would have read:
Oh! Those Aussies, buncha Racists!
also:
(Susan Speer & Jonathan Potter)
and my edit:
How to get away with sexism!
and finally:
(Sylvia Show)
which I'd make:
Women in Political Debates: Ha, Ha, Ha, Hee Hee, Hee.... no.
I suppose I've shot myself in the foot slightly, proving perhaps that academic works should stick with their own register. I still think academics shouldn't be so stuffy, and should strive to stop their gatekeeping ways and make their works more accessible.
Friday, 12 December 2008
Balls of Dragons, Calibrating Souls and Lanes of Memory
Monday, 8 December 2008
Seizures, Science, Rockets, Radox & The Bristol Stool Chart
Sunday, 7 December 2008
Science Comedy
Friday, 5 December 2008
Danger of Meaning (Caution: Contains more hyphens than the Queen's Guestlist)
** The opinions expressed in this blog may not necessarily be proved either logically or empirically, at this time, they are merely opinions.**
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Disclaiming & a short analysis of 'Chivalry'
- Knightly Virtues
- Honour and
- Courtly Love
- Prudence
- Temperance
- Devotion
- Endurance
- Faith
- Hope and ,of course,
- Horsemanship.
"The lover (idolizer) accepts the independence of his mistress and tries to make himself worthy of her by acting bravely and honorably (nobly) and by doing whatever deeds she might desire."'Courtly Love' in this sense then is a man embarking on knightly self-improvement in order to meet the criteria of a bossy cow (this is not an attempt to typecast all women as bossy cows, only those who desire an 'idolizer' to perform 'whatever deeds she might desire'). Plainly then I am in stark disagreement with the notion of 'Courtly Love' as it is set out here, I'd much prefer to indulge in some coatly love. I am unsure, however, that I would prefer Courtney Love (please note the choice of neutral photograph).