John

Casual writer for FilmStories.co.uk.

More #writing can be found on my blog with film reviews but there are game, books and other reviews as well.

There's a 3 part series on Kevin Costner's Waterworld and some trips down memory lane with pieces on the ZX Spectrum, VHS tapes and more.

When I'm not writing, I love watching #film, #reading or playing #games on PC, PlayStation 3, 4 or 5.

Recently self diagnosed as autistic.

I look forward to chatting with you. 😊

Kent, United Kingdom

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2024-08-20 09:47:01

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@npub1h29…gq7w Don't apologize. I've just never heard of it that bad. I get off lightly as my dad just watches GB News most of the day from what I can tell.

2024-08-18 10:16:01

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@npub1h29…gq7w Wow! That's something!

2024-08-17 13:16:05

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@npub1gql…0333 Dial of Destiny is on my to buy list but I'm waiting for the right price. Seems to hover around £20.

2024-08-11 08:47:17

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 How long can a drone stay up though? 🤷‍♂️

2024-08-10 09:02:26

Tron Legacy had a banging soundtrack by Daft Punk and now the sequel may be going the same way!
The score for Tron: Ares will be composed by Nine Inch Nails!
https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/112/936/912/648/135/958/original/5eebc95225c9b68f.jpg

2024-08-09 10:19:40

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@npub1h29…gq7w A truly fantastic game which I loved and I think I played through twice.
Some of the madness effects did catch me out!

2024-08-09 10:10:27

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@npub1h29…gq7w omg! A camera add-on for a phone!
I shouldn't mock, I bought a camera add-on for a PDA I was using to read books back in the day. It was rubbish but fun to experiment with.

2024-08-06 23:58:01

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@npub1up2…k6en Christ, I'd forgotten about installing DOS itself! I can't remember, I presume disk 1 was actually bootable with maybe fdisk and format to prepare the drive first?

2024-08-06 21:23:48

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 Call me old fashioned but I like trailers to tease and suggest, not give away the whole bloody thing! 😄

2024-08-06 20:36:37

Warning: Alien: Romulus TV spots are now appearing, which are apparently spoiling big moments from the film.
(Because they have to attract that kind of audience by revealing the money shot in a trailer)

2024-08-04 15:59:45

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 I heard on the radio yesterday that the EDL technically no longer exists. Now it's a bunch of smaller groups with different names but they all want the same thing anyway.

2024-08-02 17:57:05

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@npub1up2…k6en When I first saw this, I had no idea what an Acorn was, or its power. I may have still been playing on my Spectrum at the time. This blew me away!

2024-08-02 16:41:42

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@npub1h29…gq7w 7100 horny people can't be wrong! 😆

2024-08-01 11:43:15

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@npub1h29…gq7w I almost bought an Atari Jaguar, mostly because of AvP but also Tempest 2000.

2024-07-31 15:37:42

Hey physical media fans! A few completely random pickups today from charity shops.
The Green Zone — The always enjoyable Matt Damon along with director Paul Greengrass. I'll gamble on that, plus it has a feature length video commentary!
Captain Phillips — Director Greengrass again with the always enjoyable Tom Hanks. I like this one so I picked it up.
Safe House — Washington & Reynolds, sounds like a safe bet, and it's a nice steel book too.
https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/112/881/842/147/889/910/original/e28fd665f24784f4.jpg

2024-07-30 18:04:02

Yesterday I mentioned Christine, my first girlfriend when I was 17. Can't get her out of my head now. It was a summer romance of six weeks and I screwed it up by saying something stupid. Looking back I think my autism played a part in that.
She possibly gave me a chance to try again but I screwed those up too looking back on it.
To say she's important part of my life is probably an understatement as I didn't find another girlfriend until my early thirties and she became Mrs Wife. 😊

2024-07-28 18:45:03

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 I know, right! It was interesting when Two Towers first came out, apparently people didn't know how it was done. Some thought it was an actor under prosthetics!

2024-07-28 10:08:43

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@npub1h29…gq7w Yeah, I've started to stay away from the Rock because he's quite samey and apparently, a total git on set.

2024-07-28 10:06:45

The second trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man.
This is a better trailer than the original teaser, and I'm really starting to dig its vibe.
My only concern is that it's the same director as Jonah Hex and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
According to IMDb, it's out in the UK, South America and Russia cinemas during September.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-IzQd6LTzQ

2024-07-28 09:07:57

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@npub1h29…gq7w Slightly off topic. You've reminded me of Spy Hunter on the good 'ol ZX Spectrum. I used an infinite lives cheat and was dismayed to discover the game is a loop and it never ends. 😆

2024-07-23 16:33:33

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@npub1h29…gq7w That's just being silly! 😁

2024-07-23 15:20:39

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@npub1h29…gq7w You're absolutely right. Surely a game of 50% should technically be average, a game that's considered, “alright”.

2024-07-22 23:46:20

An original Alien story animated in the anime style. Another fantastic animation from Paul "Otaking" Johnson. If you enjoyed this, also check out his Tie Fighter and R-Type shorts.
And if this gets you excited, Disney is sitting on a fully completed, animated, 10 episode Aliens Vs Predator TV show. No one knows if it will see the light of day. It was completed back in 2016.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShGElGusepA

2024-07-14 11:38:53

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@npub1h29…gq7w This was such a big deal! All those Hollywood stars, the animatronic Kilrathi and the multitude of CDs the game came on!

2024-07-13 09:52:18

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@npub1h29…gq7w I think these games look beautiful. Even the 3DS version surprised me.

2024-07-10 17:41:40

Today Discovery+ announced the imminent arrival of a “fly-on-the-wall docu-series”, Meet the Rees-Moggs. Promising to “lift the lid on the man behind the public image.”
All I can say is, thank good I don't have Discovery+ 😬
‘More Fawlty Towers than Downton Abbey’: Jacob Rees-Mogg’s bid to become a reality TV star
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jul/10/more-fawlty-towers-than-downton-abbey-jacob-rees-moggs-bid-to-become-a-reality-tv-star?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

2024-07-08 19:29:42

I think I've got a problem, I can't stop buying cheap Blu-rays from charity shops! 😁
The wife shouldn't moan too much about these, as there is at least 50% Gerard Butler contained within.
https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/112/752/520/844/452/876/original/396d034f399bfe36.jpg

2024-07-07 09:39:21

Terminator: Dark Fate.
The sixth film in the franchise is a direct sequel to the second but can it wipe away the bad taste of the fifth?
Eh?
Please enjoy my review and hopefully it will make some sense?
🙂
Review | Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) | UKFilmNerd's Blog
https://ukfilmnerd.wordpress.com/2024/07/06/review-terminator-dark-fate-2019/

2024-07-06 19:48:41

#nowwatching Total Recall (2012)
Same old story from me. Saw it once on release, giving it another go.
I love the Paul Verhoeven directed original, it's also one of my favourite Arnold Schwarzenegger films too.
Did you know, there was a big fuss in the media for a while because the original film had the highest body count on screen.
I remember them comparing numbers to Die Hard 2 which was released the same year.
And cue Colin Farrell...
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/64635-total-recall

2024-07-06 19:16:38

The charity gods have been good today. Drove past a Sue Ryder centre warehouse style shop with enough parking for my work van (the main issue that stops me visiting high streets)
Found this for my collection! ☺️
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2024-06-29 16:28:49

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@npub1up2…k6en What actually was BEos? My friend gave me a copy and it looked lovely and was nice to use but of course, no software to use with it.

2024-06-28 22:50:58

Arrow Video's September 2024 4K UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray line up includes
The Chronicles of Riddick (4K & BD)
The Threat (BD)
Torso on 4K (Arrow store exclusive slipcover)
Friday the 13th (2009) 4K & BD)
Love, Death & Apocalypse: Three Films by Álex de la Iglesia (4K & BD / UK Only).
Damn, now I'm thinking I might hunt down the Arrow Video release of Pitch Black, so I can get the set...
https://mastodon.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/112/696/681/702/100/599/original/92a3b087c19a0caf.jpg

2024-06-19 18:46:58

#nowwatching The Italian Job (1969)
I love this film and was surprised to rediscover I bought it on laserdisc when I picked up my old tiny collection last year from my parents.
As I know this film so well, I really need to get back into commentary tracks. So this evening, its the film's writer and the author of The Making of the Italian Job.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10536-the-italian-job

2024-06-17 18:53:30

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 I've only ever seen the US Godzilla films. You can see who does it right!

2024-06-17 14:11:11

#nowwatching Godzilla: Minus One (2023)
Ok, cheating, just watched it. Fucking hell that's a great film, isn't it? The effects are wonderful and the story was cool as well.
I'm late to the party but if you've got Netflix, watch it, no excuse. 😁

2024-05-01 05:51:11

Oh. I keep forgetting this film exists, they haven't released anything as of yet. Don't even know what the new guy looks like as Hell boy.
New “Hellboy” Used A.I. Creature Design
https://www.darkhorizons.com/new-hellboy-used-a-i-creature-design/

2024-03-17 09:10:46

In the film Johnny Mnemonic, he upgrades he's brain's storage space by installing a mod that doubles the space by compressing the data.
I think that was the start of his problems right there, installing MS DoubleSpace.😆
That's a bit of old pc nostalgia. When it worked, that was a lovely bit of software but when it collapsed, you could lose everything, which happened to me twice. *shudders*

2024-02-24 21:21:01

My blog is receiving a steady stream of six people a day on average. It's not just the latest reviews but some older content too. The Alien³ review seems to be popular as well.
If you do visit, please do search the menus and scroll the lists. I've been writing since 2012 and hopefully there's a few things you can enjoy. (I'm not a fan of big lists but as a free Wordpress user, I don't think there's much I can do)
Thank you to those visitors, the drip feed of dopamine is appreciated. 🤓

2024-02-22 16:05:27

Mark Ruffalo says that Marvel won't make a standalone Hulk film because all the CGI would be too expensive.
I'm pretty sure that Universal holds the rights to a standalone Hulk film (remember they made two films already, one with Eric Bana, the other Ed Norton).
That's why Hulk can only appear in someone else's film.
https://www.joblo.com/mark-ruffalo-solo-hulk/

2024-02-17 19:51:19

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 Hoping the ambulance arrives soon, and she can be helped.

2024-02-12 16:05:23

/Rant.
Did you vote for Brexit? Why? How was the EU affecting you pre-2016 or did you get wound up by liars in the media?
Did you even care about sovereignty before 2016? Why was it important to get worldwide trade deals when we were part of a massive trading bloc already?
Have I just been shopping? Yes! Are half the shelves empty? Yes! Are prices steadily rising? Yes.
Don't know why I'm really feeling it today but there you go.
/Rant.

2024-02-11 15:54:29

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@npub1fgl…4jl4 😁 They're such good films! Also, from the same period, my other favourites are Jackie being Indiana Jones in Armour of God and AoG2: Operation Condor.

2024-02-03 21:52:57

Oh, dear. Arnie seems to be on autopilot, running through the same old routines in one of his last films before running for governor of California.
Collateral Damage (2002)
This is from the director of The Fugitive!?
https://ukfilmnerd.wordpress.com/2024/02/03/review-collateral-damage-2002/

2023-11-18 21:14:58

If you hate the Tories, this will come as no surprise.
Steve Barclay, the current UK environment secretary, accepted a £3,000 donation from Michael Hintze, a key funder of Global Warming Policy Foundation, a climate sceptic think tank.
Just to add insult to injury, his wife, Karen Barclay, Head of Major Infrastructure Planning & Stakeholder Engagement at Anglian Water, one of the organisations being investigated for illegal dumping of sewage.
#gtto
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/17/steve-barclay-environment-secretary-donation-lord-hintze-climate-sceptic-thinktank