Back to Basics!

This week has started like one of those weeks where you just can't be bothered! After all the tension, anxiety and effort I put in last week, this week feels like an anti-climax. I've done the job I came to do, and now I'm ready to move on to my next major goal, which takes the form of a written assessment. With that out of the way I'll be virtually home and dry!

It was the last in the series of "Lewis" last night, which is watchable, but lacks so much of what made "Morse" what it was. I could continue a previous rant I had on here, about the quality of script writing for television in general, and how I suspect that they're hiring young script writers who have next to nothing experience of the World, and therefore the scripts are shit! But, I'm not going to do that because I've done it before. Yes, the Americans have overtaken us as far as script writing goes, I've noticed that even just from clips of new shows that I've caught, and, I'm still watching "Lost" after 77 episodes and Im not bored yet!

Maybe it's just my age (I'm not old), but my expectations of what make good telly have either changed dramatically or the quality of the shows has declined dramtically, and I think I know which it is. Even the film industry seems to have lost it's way, so called big screen blockbusters, keep turning out to be fairly bog-standard. It's not like way back before I was even born, films like Spartacus, Dr. Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia. Those films demonstrated the power of sweeping cinematography and brilliant storylines. That was without CGI. CGI should be used to enhance a film, but there seems to be an over-reliance upon it, if you ask me. It's time we brought back some of the traditional ideas, they'd probably rock the establishment, we've gone so far from what actually worked in the first place!

Everything's Not Lost!

I'm 15 years married today. That's pretty good going by modern standards, I do believe. What's more we've never once threatened to kill each other, and that has to count for something right? I'm not a big fan of overblown romantic gestures, and neither is she, or at least she's practical enough to realise that we can't afford them, so there's no extravagant presents or massive bouquets. If there was I'd probably be right under the spotlight. In certain quarters, such items are a sure sign of hidden guilt. This is such a quarter!

I'm still loving the new series of Lost, loads of questions stacking up once more, such as why is Kate pretending to be Aaron's mother? What therefore happened to Claire? Why did Jack say that there were only 8 survivors of the flight? and why are they called the Oceanic 6? We already know that Jack, Kate, Hurley, Said and Ben make it back, and so who is the other island escapee?

I'm trying to find some smaller hills for this weekend. After last week's Force 10 bashing at the top of the Buck, I'm starting to think that it's still just a little too seasonal for hills of that height, so the plan is to stick to the smaller ones until the weather improves. The challenge is to find smaller hills that sre still worth scaling, because if you can practically drive to the top, then there's hardly any point pulling on the hiking boots is there? I'll find such a hill though, don't you worry!

That Which Was Lost!

Yes, I finally found the time last night, to catch up on the first two episodes of the new series of "Lost". Here was me thinking there was going to be a significant decline in decent storylines, but that doesn't seem to have been the case. Since the creators decided the show would end with a sixth and final series, and having mapped out their expectations for the remaining shows, things seem to have more cohesion. I like the way that they've introduced new characters at the start of each season, and this season's bunch are the biggest bunch of oddballs yet!

My wife still thinks the whole thing is a figment of Hurley's fevered imagination, combined with some experimental drugs. A while back, we saw the nuthouse he was in before the crash, and he seemed to have quite a few of the other characters sharing the same domicile. If they were all on the same medication, then that might be plausible. My theory that they were all dead seems to be losing ground, but you never know. That would explain new guy Miles, involvement in the "rescue" mission.

I could be insanely busy over the next month, so if I miss the odd post, don't fret. I'm at a crucial juncture in life. I'm almost at the end of a journey, but there are still a few twists in the road to navigate. Ten years ago, I don't think I could have done this, but I've changed. I'm much more self-assured, you might say. Sometimes I even suspect myself of being cocky, and it disgusts me. I try not to, but I work hard and feel I should get some recognition for it occasionally, even if it has to come from myself!