Supremacy (a taster)

Occasionally I am given some promotional material from my friends in Hollywood. One such item arrived today. It was the script for the new James Bond movie that is currently in production. The film is called Supremacy. I was told not to show the screenplay to any one or I would not receive any future goodies. Rules are there to be broke so I have copied the opening sequence for Charioteers eyes only.

FADE IN:

1 Close-up of hay. Camera pans out to reveal Bond and a girl getting dressed. They are in a barn. Continue reading “Supremacy (a taster)”

February Poetry Competition – PRIDE.

Something for everyone this month?

The topic for  your musing will be PRIDE.

All of us have been around long enough to have something of which we are proud, in my case it is mostly my longevity.

It can always go before a fall of course and those of you having a Presbyterian bent (and you know who you are) can make it as sinful as you wish, it will always end in tears.

Entries here or on a separate post and linked, by February 15 2013 midnight local time.

Extra points for  R-P of course,  good luck.

‘All Hands on Deck’ – photo competition and short story competition: – closing 15th February 2013

My challenge for the photo competition this time is to submit photographs of hands – resting or active, aged or very young, or anywhere in between, singly or in pairs, working collaboratively or alone, helping hands or not… do feel free to submit a series, if you wish.

The closing date is midnight (UK) on 15th February, to give you a chance to include romantic Valentine gestures in your submissions. (nothing smutty of course)

And I thought I’d see if anyone wants to take up the challenge of making this the theme for the short story competition too? Same deadline.

It’s a rotten tomato from me and it’s a rotten tomato from him

Using the mid-life crisis excuse a handful of us hit the town last night to see the latest Quentin Tarantino flick, Django Unchained. Opinion was divided over the merits of the movie. For me it was three hours of valuable drinking time lost.

Django is an indulgent piece of filmmaking by Tarantino. It bristles with all his familiar motifs: snazzy dialogue, quirky music, in-jokes, women’s feet, unrestrained violence, nods and winks to cult films of the past. Set just before the US Civil War it is an episodic, overlong, plot-holed, spaghetti western. The last half hour is a cartoon bloodbath that wouldn’t have looked out of place in the children’s musical gangster film, Bugsy Malone.

I really loved Pulp Fiction. This non-linear epic was filmmaking brilliance. Trouble is Tarantino peaked too soon. As the critic, John Simon said of Tennessee Williams “unlike the truest kind of genius he did not grow artistically”. This could also be said of Quentin who seems to be playing it for laughs nowadays. It could be summed up that when Tarantino makes a cameo appearance near the end the laugh is on us. Continue reading “It’s a rotten tomato from me and it’s a rotten tomato from him”

The Results of Happiness

We have had a wonderful afternoon, the NSW and I, a good lunch followed by a pot of coffee and a glass of brandy in front of a roaring log fire as the afternoon darkens around The Cave and the temperature drops outside, reviewing all the wonderful contributions of cherished colleagues for the January comps which closed this morning.  The subject for both the poetry and photo comps was “Happiness” and I am genuinely astonished by the variety and quality of the responses.  Make no mistake, there are some very talented and sensitive people out there.

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Afcon 2013

As I passed by our stadium yesterday I chuckled at who the title sponsors are, it’s a crowd called Orange, to the best of my knowledge they don’t operate in South Africa, must be big up north then.

We’ve been allocated 8 matches down here (6 group games, a ¼ final and the 3rd / 4th place play off) We want to go and support the event but we’ve no idea who is worth watching and who isn’t.

We settled on Ghana vs Niger, it’s a final group game (kick off 7 O’clock, Monday 28th) hopefully important log positions will be at stake and we’ll be treated to some attacking football and goals.

Ticket prices are a very reasonable R70 (£5) R60 (£4.20) and R50 (£3.50) we’ll probably break the bank and buy the most expensive!

The tournament kicked off last night with a double header up in Jhb, (S.A. v Cape Verde and Angola v Morocco)  both games ended nil – nil.

Update 23 Jan

This Wiki page has all the logs, fixtures and results on one easy to read page, it’s great for up to date and easy to read information.