Never Playing it Cool

This is one of my all time favourite photographs - I am not focusing on Harrison Ford here but what he is sitting by. A full size, fully constructed prop of an X-Wing fighter, the greatest of all star fighters. Not only that, it is a full size, fully constructed prop of an X-Wing fighter, the greatest of all star fighters in a full size fully constructed set of a hangar on the ice planet Hoth, filled with other full sized fully constructed props of other space ships including a full size fully constructed Millennium Falcon. Now I'll apologise for the repeating of the words full, size and constructed but that is what I am wanting to emphasise. These sets and props were all actually built with such painstaking detail, every scorch mark, every little component made to look like it served a very specific purpose in making those ships fly in space. This is for me, what gives films character and what I love about the original Star Wars films. And it's not just the se...

I was never a huge Doctor Who fan to be honest, it passed me by right up until Paul McGann's one off appearance as the 8th Doctor. Which was the first Doctor Who I ever watched in it's entirety and even then it was with an air of indifference. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed it and looking back I wish Paul McGann had had a much longer tenure as the time-lord. When the series was re-booted with Christopher Ecclestone in the lead role, I once again approached Doctor Who with the same level of indifference. I watched and enjoyed but never really became what I would consider a fan. But then came David Tenant who grabbed my attention immediately, it was then I became a lover of Doctor Who. I know there are those of you who would consider me a heathen considering the many great Doctors who came before, and I admit that if circumstances had brought Doctor Who to my attention much earlier I would no doubt be saying these same things about Tom Baker, who for me is the most icon...

"Voracious Wurm enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the amount of life you've gained this turn." If the above makes any sense to you then you are probably already one of us, however I hadn't realised I  was one of us until I a few days ago when I found myself sat over this - I am of course referring to the leading trading card game Magic: The Gathering. A game that allows players to collect from a seemingly endless variety of cards and build their own custom deck and do battle with each other, attacking and defending with cards representing all manner of mythical & fantasy creatures and spells. It all sounds so simple doesn't it? Think again. I have now spent the better part of a week collecting cards and trying to build the most effective decks I can. You see it's not simply a case of picking the best looking, strongest and powerful cards and throwing them together into a deck, you have to pick a strategy and pl...

Ok, so I haven't really posted anything yet but I am working on a plan for my first spouting of geek based blogging. In the meantime, how awesome is my new bag!!?? Live long and prosper!