Losing Patrick McGoohan today was bad enough, but then it was announced that Ricardo Montalban has died as well. This is indeed a sad day. For politicos, McGoohan is probably the greater loss because of his highly political (and radical – not just of its time but of all time) subversion of the secret agent… Continue reading Patrick McGoohan & Ricardo Montalban RIP
Month: January 2009
F***in’ Ada!
(with apologies for the title – in my defence I was chanelling the spirit of Ian Dury at the time) I enthusiastically signed up to Suw Charman-Anderson‘s Ada Lovelace Day pledge and now I have a dilemma: who do I blog about? I’m wracking my brains to think of someone and am struggling. This in… Continue reading F***in’ Ada!
Nine wishes for 2009 #7: The Watchmen Movie to not suck (spoilers/guesses)
God, all my wishes are getting pretty forlorn, aren’t they? I’ve written about the upcoming Watchmen film fairly recently. What I will add is that I spent the early hours of Sunday morning watching the various promos and video diaries that the production team have been pumping out on the internet about it. The portents… Continue reading Nine wishes for 2009 #7: The Watchmen Movie to not suck (spoilers/guesses)