Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 12th December, 2021

12th December, 2021.

Right: it’s Sunday.

So an officially quiet day.

One that’s possibly going to involve me having a word with the neighbours.

I think we have a rat issue.   Again!

~≈Ÿ≈~

It sounds like Boris Johnson’s in trouble.

Stories about Downing Street Christmas parties, last year — violating the COVID-19 restricts forbade it  — have had another twist.

A photo’s been released: of Boris, and a couple of aides — sitting remarkably near each other —whilst attending a virtual quiz.

There is talk — according to the most recent BBC news bulletin — that some backbenchers are going to attempt a vote-of-no-confidence in the PM.

That’s a tricky one: the Government’s got a big enough majority to make that chancy.

But … ?

If you’re in charge got an administration seen as hypocritical, or that its own rules don’t apply to it?

Well … 

Expect what happens.

~≈Ÿ≈~

The Limehouse Golem — A Review

31st March 2019.

It has to be said … it’s been a quiet Sunday night … 

That’s possibly something you’ve already worked out.

If you watched the amount of built in stuttering in the intro video*!

Or if you’ve been follow been me a while: you’ll have possibly realised I’m jobhunting, at the moment.

So?

I spend a lot of time jobhunting, trying to sort out a looming debt crisis, more jobhunting, writing the Daily Teaser … 

Followed by the odd movie, or two.

Occasionally?

I get a chance to watch a TV show.

I like media, in other words: and have a lot stashed away in various places.

Tonight?

I thought was a good time to raid the collection … 

And sat myself down to watch … 

The Limehouse Golem… 

~≈§≈~



Dad’s Army — Don’t Panic … !

6th March, 2016.

You know, it’s been the weekend of my birthday: Friday, just gone, so you know.

AND Mother’s Day.

Which means that … 

Well … 

It’s been rather long.

And … ?

Well, Friday definitely saw a shirt with just a bit too much gorgonzola dip.

And today … ?

Well, today saw a staff meeting, this morning: I came in third in the staff competition, winning a small prize in the process.

And, this afternoons, in a sort of joint celebration of Mother’s Day, AND my birthday … ?

Me and my family … ?

With the mild sense of irony my family tends to occasionally exhibit, my family and I went to see Dad’s Army … 

~≈Á≈~

The Daily Teaser — 12-12-2015

Ye … GODS … 

But that was the third Friday night I’ve worked, on the bounce.

Not that I’m complaining, too much.   Especially having been out of work for so long.

Still … 

It would be nice to have a Friday night off, complete with a certain amount of cash.

~≈Ï≈~

Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans — Barking at the moon …

Well, now there’s a thing!

Adrian and I actually managed to catch the third instalment of the “Underworld” trilogy tonight,“Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”

And I’ve got to admit that it’s actually — of the three — the one I found myself enjoying the most.

We’ve had the big angst-ridden bit, with the first two entries in the series; “Underworld” and “Underworld: Evolution”.

Which both did rather well.

But “Rise” kept that to a mimimum.

Just so you know, the series is about the war between a race of high class vampires, and their former slaves, the werewolves; or Lycans, as the trilogy calls them.   “Rise of the Lycans” is the first entry in the series to tell its tale from a werewolf view.

In this case, the view point of Lucian, beautifully reprised by Michæl Sheen.   And if you’ve seen the original “Underworld”, you’ll probably be able to guess that “Rise of the Lycans” tells us the story of Lucian’s love affair with Sonja — nicely played by Rhona Mitra, who last graced my TV screen in “Doomsday” — daughter of recurring “Underworld” villain, Viktor; as Neo-nazi as ever, and played with the usual twitchy panache, by Bill Nighy.

In one sense, it’s nothing new.   It’s re-telling the story of the illicit affair between Lucian and Sonja.   But it does show us the story from Lucian’s viewpoint, which I was pleased about; in part because it gives both Sheen and Mitra to put in some very competent performances.   But also because it tells the story from a new viewpoint.

And one I felt was much better written than in the original film.

It’s just a shame that the inevitable Hollywood production and finances meant that “Rise of the Lycans” was the third entry in the series; this would possibly have been better as the first.

Seeing these things done arse backwards is a pain in the bum, isn’t it … ?