fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Jul 20-26 2013
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…
what false memories would you want to have implanted in your brain?
You could “remember” doing something dangerous and exhilarating, like sky-diving or climbing Mount Everest, without incurring any of the danger…
London photo of the day: evidence of partying on the tube on a Friday night
The bottle is empty, perhaps needless to say.
“why is Netflix secretly cropping movies?” [updated]
WTF, Netflix? This ain’t right…
Doctor Who thing: read my zine The Cricketer online
From 1989, and available as a PDF thanks to the fannish obsessiveness of others. Enjoy. Or you can laugh at it. That’s fine too.
Star Wars: Downunder trailer: fair dinkum
Behold the upcoming Star Wars fan film that’s a tweak on Australian beer commercials, by commercial director and VFX guy Michael Cox.
London photo of the day: alterations for Jawas
I bet it’s hard to find good-fitting trousers if you’re a Jawa…
Blackfish review (Sheffield Doc/Fest)
A horrifying, heartbreaking eye-opener about human inhumanity to other intelligent and emotional beings who share our planet.
let Benedict Cumberbatch read to you from a children’s book
And Javier Bardem and Idris Elba and Ryan Gosling. (And also Channing Tatum, if you’re into that sort of thing.) From “Love You Forever: 5 of Hollywood’s Sexiest Men Read to You from Children’s Classics” at Bookriot: You know what they say: There is nothing sexier than a man reading a children’s book. Okay, so … more…
