Down by old Father Thames


George Lucas and the failed narrative

Because suddenly there is a scene with Jabba himself, and …. nothing. He’s got Boba Fett with him and yet no one tries to kill Han or capture him or anything. There is no urgency. All the plot points that were just conveyed in the cantina are repeated, but without the urgency or high stakes. Han left the cantina with a job that was going to save his neck, and he barely escaped with his life. He thinks he’s got to get out of there quick before he’s captured or killed. He’s so paranoid that he thinks the storm troopers that are after Luke are after him. Yet now there is this scene with Jabba where Han is all in charge and stepping all over Jabba’s tail.

via thepixelpeeps.com

I've always been a little on the fence about the revised editions - many of the additions enhanced the movies enough that I didn't mind some of the clumsy bits. But now I've had this pointed out to me…

I'm no longer on the fence.


Sneaky half… #Hipstamatic #HelgaViking #Inas1935


Daffodil time



Yum… #Hipstamatic #HelgaViking #Inas1935


Market day in #cirencester #Hipstamatic #HelgaViking #Inas1935


Travellers #Hipstamatic #RobotoGlitter #Pistil


Simming the City

Oh, I lost way too much time to this back in the early 90s. The new version looks scarily compelling:

[youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS0qURl_JJY]) 


Bad news on the Blood & Chrome front

Now, the network has passed on the project as a regular series but is looking to do it as a digital one, while airing the already produced pilot on the network as a movie. “Though the vision for “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome” has evolved over the course of the past year, our enthusiasm for this ambitious project has not waned,” Stern said in a statement today. “We are actively pursuing it as was originally intended: a groundbreaking digital series that will launch to audiences beyond the scope of a television screen. The 90-minute pilot movie will air on Syfy in its entirety at a future date.”

via www.deadline.com

It appears the "trailer" from yesterday was actually just an internal demo reel. There's a little hope in the article for BSG fans, but not much.