Did something new for my Deviant-art page. Those as prehistoric as myself will recognize it as a subtle tribute to Scooby Doo only I took some liberties with cramming the Mystery Machine with my own cast of characters. For a lot of teenagers I imagine “the road trip” is used to establish tighter bonds with friends and that was what I was trying to go for here.
On Netflix I finally got to see Time Of The Doctor where Matt Smith regenerates into Peter Capaldi. I cannot speak on behalf of the squealing fan-gurls who probably get wet in the pants for Smith and Tennant but I’m personally pretty excited that an older and more troubled Doctor is at the helm again! Something about Capaldi reminds me of Hartnell and Troughton so I couldn’t be happier!
Movie wise I was intrigued by Nymphomaniac Volume I. The story of a sex addicted girl taken in by a kindly stranger who encourages her to spill her guts about all her wild adventures seems promising at first but being it is a two-parter I messed up and looked up the second part on wikipedia out of sheer curiosity. Sadly the director/story-teller takes on a “pretentious embittered dick-head” approach, destroying the chance of either character becoming remotely likable at the end. “The kindly old man” who rescues Joe at the beginning later tries getting it on with her and the ending implies she shoots the old codger and robs him. (And though Joe may not be the best person for retaliating that way, I almost understand. Her trust was betrayed afterall.) Yes, Mr. “shock jock", show us how much humanity reeks of selfish decadence! Wow, that’s so original! You’re like, the only guy who has ever taken that direction in a film before! Sarcastic? Who me? Okay, you got me and furthermore your snooty “art movie” sucks my sweaty balls!
Do I recommend Nymphomaniac volumes 1 & 2 to anyone? If you can get over the inherent cynicism in the films they have good acting and some rather steamy sex scenes. I’m simply not a fan of movies that deliberately show humanity at its’ worst. (See Black-snake-moan for the same premise with a more positive and uplifting conclusion!)
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