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David McK (3369 KP) rated Biggles: The Camels Are Coming in Books

Jan 3, 2021  
Biggles: The Camels Are Coming
Biggles: The Camels Are Coming
Captain WE Johns | 1992 | Children
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Technically, I'm too old for these books.

Thankfully, Amazon doesn't know (or care).

I've just re-read this for the first time in something like 30 odd years, and it's amazing how well it actually holds together all those years later.

Like 'Biggles Learns To Fly' (which I also re-read recently), this is more a collection of short stories with little in the real way of any over-arching plot: vignettes which, if the author is to be believed (and I've no reason not to) are all based on true stories that either happened to him or that he heard about during his earliest flying days in the latter stages of World War One.

While the character of Biggles may not be as popular or as well-known today as during the years in which the stories were written (the 1930 through to the 1990s), there's a reason why they have endured as long as they have ...
  
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Gruff Rhys recommended Eureka by Jim O'Rourke in Music (curated)

 
Eureka by Jim O'Rourke
Eureka by Jim O'Rourke
1999 | Rock
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"The Nicolas Roeg aspect of Jim O'Rourke's records is interesting, each following a Roeg title. But maybe this record is also a portal to an era of American acoustic music that Domino were licensing in the late-1990s that I would have listened to. I think maybe this is an overlooked record which sounded maybe more unique at the time - the production is so good I think it has influenced a lot of other records since then. And that great Ivor Cutler cover! It's a really great record as it combines experimentation and pop music to varying degrees. Very dark lyrics. Would I like to collaborate with Jim O'Rourke? No. In a way, I've no interest in collaborating with anyone. I'm not desperate in that sense and I enjoy being a fan of people's music. Somehow by accident or through visiting a studio socially or something, I end up working with people but I don't really crave to work with people... it could be a bit creepy
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Erika (17788 KP) rated 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994) in Movies

Sep 18, 2019 (Updated Sep 18, 2019)  
3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994)
3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994)
1994 | Action, Comedy, Family
9
7.3 (3 Ratings)
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3 Ninjas Kick Back is the second in the '3 Ninjas' series; the first and this one were some of my favorite movies growing up. I'm into martial arts films, and these were perfect for me. I read the novelization of this film until it fell apart, and I still have it today. They did change the actor for Rocky, and this kid wasn't as crush-worthy as the first one. The three brothers aren't allowed to go on a trip to Japan with their grandfather because they have to play in a baseball tournament. They end up following, of course, to find a cave of gold. My favorite scenes are always the booby-trapping scenes, where they hi-jinx these wannabe, early 1990s losers. It's still super amusing. They do end up making it back for the baseball game, making everything work out in the end.

Of course, now it's completely dated, but I still watch it.