Wednesday, 19 September 2012

On Worms in Apples

What's worse than finding a worm in your apple? Half a worm. What's worse than finding half a worm?  One quarter of a worm. What worse than finding one quarter of a worm? No worm. What's better than finding no worm? One quarter of a worm. What's better than finding one quarter of a worm? Half a worm. So what's best to find in your apple?

Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Prometheus (Ridley Scott, 2012)


In the not-too-distant future, a holographic putty-man equips a ship with a robotic Peter O'Toole, a suicidal space captain, a crew of expendables and a surgical vending machine, and embarks on a mission to meet the gods: gods made of putty. It's 2012's most moving depiction of the years 2089 and 2093.