Evidence

Well, it's unsurprising, but certain factions - notably the Taliban (purveyors of peace and truth) are demanding evidence that their chum is indeed dead.

Quite why the US didn't relaease the pictures straight away, I don't know. I doubt the passage of time will make them any less gory or potentially upsetting. In the meantime, conspiracy theorists and their ilk will just carry on churning speculation as fact.

Evidence

Well, it's unsurprising, but certain factions - notably the Taliban (purveyors of peace and truth) are demanding evidence that their chum is indeed dead.

Quite why the US didn't relaease the pictures straight away, I don't know. I doubt the passage of time will make them any less gory or potentially upsetting. In the meantime, conspiracy theorists and their ilk will just carry on churning speculation as fact.

Mighty Thor (get another thaddle)

I shall be glad when this current fad for 3D movies wears off. Few if any are worth the effort of sitting in a cinema with those ludicrous 3D glasses they give you and it’s just another reason for film makers to ignore plot at the expense of fancy effects. Now I admit that the only 3D film I’ve seen since the recent craze started was the risible Alice in Wonderland and that apparently was converted to 3D in post production. I am told that other films have had better effects.

On the other hand, there are yet other films that do not have better 3D effects. I understand from a couple of reviews and from hearsay elsewhere, that Thor is one of these. Now that’s a film I want to see; the reviews of the film itself have been positive – Empire gave it an excellent 4 star rating – but apparently the 3D is a waste of time, so I want to see it in glorious 2D, which means that I shall have to search it out.

Film makers should forget 3D until the day they can make something with a good story and dialogue, good cinematography, excellent graphics and a 3D effect that does not require sitting for a couple of hours with idiot goggles perched on your nose, afraid to move your head in case the effect disappears (if it ever appears in the first place), you get a headache or motion sickness or simply neck and back strain from sitting like a zombie.

2D works. And it’s not as if most film makers can make a decent movie in traditional style.

Mighty Thor (get another thaddle)

I shall be glad when this current fad for 3D movies wears off. Few if any are worth the effort of sitting in a cinema with those ludicrous 3D glasses they give you and it’s just another reason for film makers to ignore plot at the expense of fancy effects. Now I admit that the only 3D film I’ve seen since the recent craze started was the risible Alice in Wonderland and that apparently was converted to 3D in post production. I am told that other films have had better effects.

On the other hand, there are yet other films that do not have better 3D effects. I understand from a couple of reviews and from hearsay elsewhere, that Thor is one of these. Now that’s a film I want to see; the reviews of the film itself have been positive – Empire gave it an excellent 4 star rating – but apparently the 3D is a waste of time, so I want to see it in glorious 2D, which means that I shall have to search it out.

Film makers should forget 3D until the day they can make something with a good story and dialogue, good cinematography, excellent graphics and a 3D effect that does not require sitting for a couple of hours with idiot goggles perched on your nose, afraid to move your head in case the effect disappears (if it ever appears in the first place), you get a headache or motion sickness or simply neck and back strain from sitting like a zombie.

2D works. And it’s not as if most film makers can make a decent movie in traditional style.