…I have a headache. Actually since yesterday. I went to see Shutter Island anyway. It was good, but I had expected more, especially since everyone was talking about how scary it was. It wasn’t.

Things I’m into at the moment:
• Caprica I liked the show pretty much since episode one…or more like episode zero, the DVD pilot. It incorporates a lot of topics that I find interesting in science fiction, so that’s great. You can watch it without knowing anything about Battlestar Galactica, too. I’ve seen a lot of the original BSG series, and of course the whole 2004 reboot, so it’s cool to see some of the blanks being filled in by Caprica. (I know there is a difference between the original BSG series and the new one, so no lectures please). However while it is a prequel to BSG, Caprica can absolutely stand on its own. It’s almost a whole different story, but not exactly. Anyway, you need to watch it to know what I mean…
• Undamaged roofs Yesterday the ceiling in my room had a little water problem. All of a sudden water started dripping down. It stopped, so it’s ok for now, but if it’s starts again they might need to open the ceiling, because one of the tiles might be broken. I don’t want my room to turn into a construction site again! So please, no water dripping from the ceiling anymore!!!
• Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan I think I wrote about this CD a few weeks ago. I still think it’s really good, and I still think the songs are too long…I mean Desolation Row is 11 minutes. The average song on that album is about 5 minutes long. It’s a bit difficult to really pay attention to one song that long without getting bored with it…)

Ok, I think I’ll go and take something against the headache now. It’s been a while since I had one this persistent…

Day 03 → Your favourite television programme

Life on Mars

Life on Mars is probably the only show I’ve seen more than twice. Even if I love a tv show I usually don’t watch it more than once.

Even though you could argue that the story is kind of ridiculous, it totally works. Mostly because the writing is great and the actors are believable (love John Simm and Philip Glenister!).

Don’t get me started on the US version, that one is just worse than horrible. I never got past the first twenty minutes. Basically the US version is a complete copy with less interesting actors and no accent. When I say copy I mean copy, it was a big quote, the same line by line. Also, no offence, but there is no way some big meaty cop is listening to David Bowie in his car. It’s just not the same without the UK actors. Life on Mars is pretty much based on personality and the US remake just fails at carrying that.

…I said don’t get me started. Anyway, you should all go watch it, it’s great!

Day 02 → Your favourite movie

Velvet Goldmine

IMDB says: 1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challanges the seriousness within the flowerpower generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rockstar, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. Unable to escape the role he created for himself, he plots his own murder. When his fans discover that the murder is a fake, his star falls and he is forgotten about. 1984: Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, gets assigned the story about the fake murder of Brian Slade. When Arthur was young and grew up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened his old glamrock hero.

The first time I saw Velvet Goldmine I was probably 15. I tried catching it on TV whenever it was on, sadly that was usually pretty late so I didn’t watch it nearly as much as I wanted to. Well, I have the DVD now anyway…

It’s colorful, fun and has great music. I love Ewan McGregor as Curt Wild, best freak-out on stage since Iggy Pop (obviously since Ewan McGregors stage performance was modeled after Iggy Pop…).

That movie is probably also why I got into David Bowie, even though he distanced himself from it. Well, don’t care, still love the movie.

Up till now I watched 183 movies this year (list?). Seeing the number it’s easy to think that it’s fast food movie watching, but for me it really isn’t. I just love movies, so I watch them and at the end of the year, that’s the number I get.

It’s easy to say it’s quantity over quality, but really, what is high quality movie watching?? Staring at the screen absorbing every little detail and writing a fifty page essay afterwards? Personally I think people interpret movies to much anyway. But then again, I said it before, I’m not a deep person, I want movies to entertain me, I don’t need them to change my life.

Favorite Movies 2009 (no particular order)

District 9

Inglorious Basterds

Taking Woodstock

Favorite Japanese Movies 2009 (no particular order)

20th Century Boys

Crows Zero II

Detroit Metal City

So I spent the last half hour finding out, what I liked and was obsessed with in 2009.

In the beginning of the year I was still on the wave of my resurrected love for manga/anime. That however changed really, really fast into posts about movies and especially music (lots of bowie there).

Guess what I’m currently really into. The pictures of my recent DVD hunt should be hint enough I think…

Terminator, Terminator 2, Terminator 3 and Terminator 4 (aka Salvation)

Terminator: S.C.C. , Gran Torino and 20th Century Boys

It’s the Terminator series~! Because it works so well with my love for post-apocalyptic settings in movies and TV shows!