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Awix (3310 KP) rated Terrordactyl (2016) in Movies

May 25, 2020 (Updated May 25, 2020)  
Terrordactyl (2016)
Terrordactyl (2016)
2016 | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
6
5.0 (3 Ratings)
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A good example of the phenomenon where people who are clearly competent at their jobs work hard to ensure they make a deliberately bad film. Gardeners, their barmaid friend, her flatmate, and a comedy alcoholic war veteran are caught up in a plague of carnivorous pterosaurs from outer space; the plot is basically bits from Sharknado, The Giant Claw, and Tremors all jumbled up together.

A bit overlong even at only 95 minutes, but there is the odd funny line, a sort-of coherent plot, and various attractive young people, the female ones in tight tops. But neverthless: back when special effects were routinely awful, film-makers worked hard to make their stories and characters seem credible; now any goon with a laptop can do decent CGI, the default mode seems to be 'let's not get caught taking ourselves remotely seriously'. Some kind of creative cowardice is in operation at some point in the making of a film like this one. Sample line of dialogue, after one of the female characters is eaten: 'You reptilian asshole! I was about to get laid!' Casablanca, eat your heart out.
  
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David McK (3540 KP) rated How to Survive the End of the World (When It's In Your Own Head) in Books

May 26, 2020  
How to Survive the End of the World (When It's In Your Own Head)
How to Survive the End of the World (When It's In Your Own Head)
Aaron Gillies | 2020 | Mind, Body & Spiritual
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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OK, that was good.

Written by a comedian - Aaron Gillies - I came across this when a friend recommended it in one of my WhatsApp group chats. I'm not sure why: we hadn't been discussing the subject matter, but none-the-less (and for 99p) I thought I would give it a shot. And I'm glad I did.

Whilst there are parts that were completely alien to me (and I'm not a fan of the swearing: it's not funny, it's not clever, and it's not smart), there were other parts where it felt like the author had, essentially, been riding around in my brain for the day: almost as if he and I had inhabited the same little part of this space-time continuum.

An easy read (if not an easy subject matter) and Aaron Gillies doesn't claim to hold all the answers, simply providing his experiences and what has worked for him, alongside some dark humour that actually had me laughing out loud at one or two moments in the narrative (is that the right word?).

And now with a bonus chapter on 'How to Survive a Global Pandemic" ...