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Yesterday, my little brother and his friends filmed a new video for their “Hentie Productions” site. It’s called “Happy Christmas…”

What? You didn’t think it was going to be festive… did you?

Been watching Joss Whedon’s Firefly today. I’ve gotta say, its probably one of my favourite shows of all time and its a crime it was pulled after one series. Hey, I’ve watched the whole series five or six times though and its not getting old, so maybe that counts as a five or six season show?

The soundtrack by Greg Edmonson has to be noted as absolutely wonderful. Visually the show is a mix of Space and the Wild West, whilst the OST focuses on the western element. Its very similar to the Deadwood score in some respects, and this just fits so well. If you’ve ever seen the show, or just plain like good Acoustic music, the Soundtrack is a good buy.

EDIT: As a side-note, Jewel Staite (who plays Kaylee Frye) is, well… rather beautiful, and is currently featuring in Wired’s ‘2008 sexiest geek‘ awards. Vote for her!

Saw this on a Guardian.co.uk blog today:

Damn Straight, the all-star cast make a point. And if celebrities agree, then why the fuck didn’t it get through!?

No not really, but earlier I gladly would have accepted that as a means for getting out of work.

Yeah thats right, you heard me. Work.

I got back home from Leeds at about 10 last night, fifteen minutes after coming through the door, my Dad tells me to be up early as I’m working on the building site. Unfair as I thought that was, I’d be getting paid and its only for a couple of days apparently.

Well, Jesus Christ. It was like working in Hell, only not hot. Colde, Very Cold. Words don’t begin to describe how unpleasant it was so I won’t bother. I don’t have the energy now.

Skip to this evening, James and I watched ‘Stranger than Fiction’, a film with Will Ferrell and Maggie Gyllenhaal…and strangely, I really liked them both. In fact, I loved them. It was a really beautiful film, try and watch it if you get a chance.

So last week I signed up to LoveFilm.com at Will’s behest. Apparently, if a bunch of his friends sign up, the tooth fairy will give him an iPod or something. Anyway, so at my brother’s recommendation, I rented the first disc of Satoshi Kon’s ‘Paranoia Agent’.

While Dave, who watched the first couple of episodes with be managed to write it off as “an animated episode of The Bill” (Bless Him), I thought it was brilliant. The premise is great: A series of attacks involving a young boy on skates and armed with a baseball bat takes place around Tokyo. However, is it one attacker? Is the attacker real? Are the assaults made up by the victims, the result of paranoia, a cry for attention-or even, to cover up other crimes? It’s a great psychological thriller, and although I’ve only watched the first two episodes, I’ve already started to form my own little ideas and had most of them dashed or distorted.

What I really like about this, is despite the dark undertones of the story (the idea of increased violence in youth culture), there is an almost childish playfulness about some of the characters. Tsukiko Sagi, an animator whose cartoon creation (Maromi) comes to life and converses with her. The schoolboy who imagines himself as the ‘perfect’ boy, or the Old Man who silently chalks out complicated formulas. Al the characters seem great so far and I think have the potential to turn out a fucked up killer or a victim.

If you have seen the whole series, please don’t ruin the plot for me, I can imagine that it’s going to be a brilliantly crafted story with many a head-fuck and hidden meanings. Theres something I could never say if it really was like an episode of The Bill…