Why Would You Do This Ripley?!!
Fiction is supposed to make story-sense, not necessarily real world logical sense.. In my opinion the mark of a brilliant movie, comic, or book is that it suspends your sense of disbelief so well that you easily overlook the obvious short comings that you would notice if it were your own life.
How it Should Have Ended picks up where logic leaves off with one of my favorite scifi masterpieces, ALIENS. I don’t know why I love this over the first, I generally prefer Ridley Scott‘s flicks over anything by James Cameron any day. To me it is one of those rare occasions when the sequel is better than the original. Maybe it’s because Ripley doesn’t give a shit anymore, or that the controlling theme of maternal power is so throughly explored in art direction and subplots.. but the truth is, there are a few holes in how it shoulda wrapped up.. but then again we wouldn’t have been able to see Sigourney Weaver in that robotic construction suit demanding “Get away from her, you BITCH!”
Who Materializes as Infographic
It has been a week for cool Doctor Who illustrations! The latest incarnation of the show has certainly boosted the popularity of the series and I suppose that has inspired new fans to be creativity as well as driven those of us who have been die hard fans since the sets were made of card board to flaunt our useless trivia..
Bob Canada has created this marvelous infographic to bring the noobs up to speed on the backstory of one of televisions most convoluted characters.
Traveling Convention Center
Brilliant!
Buy this as a tee or check out one of the other chuckle-worthy illustrations by Kiwi artist Glenn Jones.
Dog Days Are Over
The months of darkness, the years of blight
might just be behind me, looks like they took flight..
And they should, those times
cause I’ve done no crimes
and I’ve run out of patience for their sulking,
out of tolerance for their fines..
I’m coming to get them, I’m coming for what’s mine!
It won’t be perfect but it’ll be might fine..
Ok, I’ll stop that now.. I just get carried away by this wonderful song, and her whimsically occult video..
“Dog Days Are Over”
by Florence + The Machine
Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can’t carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
‘Cause here they come
And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
‘Cause here they come
Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can’t carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
‘Cause here they come
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
