Books Read May

[bugshaw]

Books read (35-39)
Mechanique: A Take of the Circus Tresault, Genevieve Valentine (2011)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, John le Carré (1974)
Science Tales, Darryl Cunningham (2012) (graphic novel)
Rotten Row, Chaz Brenchley (2011)
The Cyberiad, Stanislaw Lem (1965/74)

Films watched (57-67) 1 at the cinema, 9 DVD/videos, 1 tv
Captain America (rewatch)
Die Hard
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Pecker
Yojimbo
The Raid
Gattaca (rewatch)
Potiche
Face/Off (rewatch)
Johnny Mnemonic
When Worlds Collide (rewatch)

Gigs ()
No new gigs this month but a couple to look forward to in June

Books incoming 20-21 (1 proofread, 1 loan) (read 12/21)

I'd never seen Die Hard before, I'm not planning to watch Johnny Mnemonic again.

Comments

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

DIe Hard is a pretty much perfect action movie, with bonus Alan Rickman. What's not to like?

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

It's a penthouse! Full of yuppies! Yes, it was fun, and The Raid was much the same except Korean and a lot more kicking people in the head. Made me glad to get back to learning about load balancing servers.

[hnpcc]

Johnny Mnemonic was great for the first minute or so. Then Keanu started talking and it went downhill from there.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

sphyg did an awesome impression of Johnny moving objects in cyberspace clunkily.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

One bit, however, was superb. His monologue about how his life was falling apart, culminating in his plaintive cry "I want...room service!".

[hnpcc]

Heh, I can't remember that bit. My main memories of that film are "different from the book" and "mm, Keanu's pretty."

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

http://youtu.be/PJmKLzmPMso