In the period that I’ve been away from Slothtown – it turns out that MA’s take up quite a bit of time – my energies have been focused upon my studies as well as my extra-curricular work. It’s got to the point where I have to focus on projects that are important to me, which Slothtown (and by extension MySpace, as mentioned in the previous entry) no longer is. My aim this year is to secure a job and develop my “Museum Walker” project further whilst carrying on with my other commitments.
As such, rather than try and hold myself to some kind of monthly schedule, I thought I’d use Slothtown as my digital footprint document. I don’t think I have anything much to say anymore as a blogger, so this is technically the blog’s last entry, although it will get updated regularly. On here is a record of all of my output – I hope you enjoy it, whoever you may be!
Museum Walker
Originating from the compilation of my museum journals, which began in February 2008, Museum Walker is currently a blog in which my write-ups of each museum and visitor attraction I have been to are being typed up. The aim of the site is to offer an insight into what to expect when planning a museum visit, with an emphasis on the presentation of the site’s collections and features. The blog was set up towards the end of April 2010 and the reviews are in the process of being transcribed and uploaded onto the blog.
Museum Walker
Podcast - Earth-2.net: The Show
The main platform of American geek culture website Earth-2.net, which began in 2004. The podcast launched in late 2005 and I was hired in early 2006 to review comic book movies. This birthed a segment which would eventually be titled Comic Reel-lief, where I exaggerate my English accent for American listeners. Some language is blue, due to the relative freedoms of the 'Explicit' tag on iTunes. Contributions are listed as follows:
016 - Blade
021 - V for Vendetta/X-Men
028 - X-2: X-Men United
042 - X-Men: The Last Stand
072 - Superman Returns
079 - 2006 review/2007 preview episode
094 - Ghost Rider/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
099 - Spider-Man 3
100 - TMNT
129 - Fantastic Four/Fantastic Four: Silver Surfer/The Fantastic 4
167 - 300
175 - Stardust/30 Days Of Night
187 - 2007 review/2008 preview episode
198 - I Am Legend/Men In Black
216 - Iron Man/The Return of Swamp Thing
235 - Hulk/The Incredible Hulk
253 - Wanted
258 - Batman 66 (With Michael David Sims and James Deaux from World’s Finest Podcast)
266 - Batman 89 (With Mike and James)
290 - Hellboy/Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
293 - Batman Returns (With Mike and James)
298 - 2008 review/2009 preview episode
311 - Watchmen
316 - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
325 - Batman Forever (With Mike and James)
335 - Daredevil (With Desmond Reddick, from Dread Media)
350 - Batman & Robin (With Mike and James)
364 - Whiteout
373 - 2009 review/2010 preview episode
398 - Kick-Ass/The Rocketeer
400 - Batman Begins (With Mike and James)
402 - Speed Racer
427 - Iron Man 2/The Losers/Jonah Hex/Scott Pilgrim vs The World/Red
431 - 2011 preview episode
435 - The Green Hornet
439 - The Dark Knight (With Mike and James)
459 - The Mask/Son of the Mask
460 - Thor
468 - X-Men: First Class/Green Lantern/Priest
496 - Captain America (1944 serial/1979 TV movie + sequel/1990 version and 2011 version)
500 - Superman
520 - Avengers Assemble/Ghost Rider 2
540 - Men in Black 2/Men in Black 3
547 - Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2/The Amazing Spider-Man
560 - Dick Tracy (With Mike and Dave Probert, from Geek Planet Online)
589 - 2012 review/2013 preview episode
604 - The Phantom (With Mike and Dave)
618 - Dredd/Judge Dredd
632 - Thematic lists #01 (With forumite Tom Hemmings)
NB) Some reviews are after other segments within that particular episode.
This segment has also been spun-off for the podcast Dread Media Presents: Dread Reel-lief. This acts of a platform for me to discuss movie adaptations of horror comics with the host of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick. Contributions are listed as follows:
01 - Uzumaki
02 - The Mask
03 - Faust: Love of the Damned
04 - Spawn
05 - Tales From The Crypt
06 - Man-Thing
07 - AVP: Alien v Predator
08 - 30 Days of Night
09 - Virus
10 - Swamp Thing
11 - The Crow
12 - Vampirella
Podcast - World's Finest Podcast
One of Earth-2.net's earliest spin-off podcasts, World's Finest Podcast (a play on the given name to a Superman-Batman team-up) chronologically reviews every episode in the extensive Warner Bros.' animated continuity dating roughly from 1992 through to 2006. My contribution is compiled highlights packages for each episode that recaps a series before moving onto the next one; the tone is part deferential, part familiar having worked with the hosts before on Comic Reel-lief reviews. Contributions are listed as follows:
020 - Batman: The Animated Series
038 - Superman: The Animated Series/Gotham Knights
050 - Batman Beyond
067 - The Zeta Project/Static Shock
090 - Teen Titans
099 - Justice League/Justice League Unlimited
100 - World's Finest Podcast retrospective
Podcast - For Your Ears Only
Having been given license for a spin-off podcast, I co-devised For Your Ears Only with my friend and co-host Adham Fisher. The podcast is a monthly look at officially recognised films in the James Bond series, reviewed in chronological order. Like Earth-2.net: The Show, the explicit tag is very much applied on this podcast due to the passionate views the films evoke from myself and, in particular, Adham! Contributions are listed as follows:
01 - Dr No
02 - From Russia With Love
03 - Goldfinger
04 - Thunderball
05 - You Only Live Twice
06 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
07 - Diamonds Are Forever
08 - Live And Let Die
09 - The Man With The Golden Gun
10 - The Spy Who Loved Me
11 - Moonraker
12 - For Your Eyes Only
13 - Octopussy
14 - A View To A Kill
15 - The Living Daylights
16 - Licensed To Kill
17 - Goldeneye
18 - Tomorrow Never Dies
19 - The World is Not Enough
20 - Die Another Day
21 - Casino Royale (2006)
22 - Quantum of Solace
23 - Canon Bond film overview/out-takes episode
24 - Casino Roayle (1954)
25 - Casino Royale (1967)
26 - Never Say Never Again
27 - Skyfall
I have also publicised the majority of these episodes in 3 minute video adverts on youtube, which can be found here:
For Your Ears Only adverts
Podcast - Shake and Blake
Following the end point of For Your Ears Only, I was asked to co-host a new podcast by Dave Probert from British-based geek culture site Geek Planet Online. Focusing upon the British science fiction series Blake's 7, our approach to the podcast has been one of a longtime fan (Dave) and a newcomer to show (myself). In addition to reviewing episodes of Blake's 7, it allowed cross-promotion between Geek Planet Online and Earth-2.net.
01 - The Way Back/Space Fall
02 - Cygnus Alpha/Time Squad
03 - The Web/Seek-Locate-Destroy
04 - Mission to Destiny/Duel
05 - Project Avalon/Breakdown
06 - Bounty/Deliverance
07 - Orac
08 - Redemption/Shadow
09 - Weapon/Horizon
10 - Pressure Point/Trial
11 - Killer/Hostage
12 - Countdown/Voice from the Past
13 - Gambit/The Keeper
14 - Star One + Season 2 round-up
15 - Aftermath/Powerplay
16 - Volcano/Dawn of the Gods
17 - The Harvest of Kairos/City at the Edge of the World
18 - Children of Auron/Rumours of Death
19 - Sarcophogus/Ultraworld
20 - Moloch/Death-Watch
21 - Terminal + Season 3 round-up
22 - Rescue/Power
23 - Traitor/Stardrive
24 - Animals/Headhunter
25 - Assassin/Games
26 - Sand/Gold
27 - Orbit/Warlord
28 - Blake + Season 4 round-up
Selected articles
Comic Reel-lief is also used as a banner for writing further about comic book movies as a film sub-genre. For now, they can be found here:
Earth-2.net columns
I have also started reviewing the Carry On film franchise for GeekPlanetOnline, under the banner Carry On Scribbling. These reviews can be found here:
01 – A primer on Carry On films
02 – Carry On Sergeant
03 – Carry On Nurse
04 – Carry On Teacher
05 - Carry On Constable
06 - Carry On Regardless
07 - Carry On Cruising
08 - Carry On Cabby
09 - Carry On Jack
10 - Carry On Spying
As such, rather than try and hold myself to some kind of monthly schedule, I thought I’d use Slothtown as my digital footprint document. I don’t think I have anything much to say anymore as a blogger, so this is technically the blog’s last entry, although it will get updated regularly. On here is a record of all of my output – I hope you enjoy it, whoever you may be!
Museum Walker
Originating from the compilation of my museum journals, which began in February 2008, Museum Walker is currently a blog in which my write-ups of each museum and visitor attraction I have been to are being typed up. The aim of the site is to offer an insight into what to expect when planning a museum visit, with an emphasis on the presentation of the site’s collections and features. The blog was set up towards the end of April 2010 and the reviews are in the process of being transcribed and uploaded onto the blog.
Museum Walker
Podcast - Earth-2.net: The Show
The main platform of American geek culture website Earth-2.net, which began in 2004. The podcast launched in late 2005 and I was hired in early 2006 to review comic book movies. This birthed a segment which would eventually be titled Comic Reel-lief, where I exaggerate my English accent for American listeners. Some language is blue, due to the relative freedoms of the 'Explicit' tag on iTunes. Contributions are listed as follows:
016 - Blade
021 - V for Vendetta/X-Men
028 - X-2: X-Men United
042 - X-Men: The Last Stand
072 - Superman Returns
079 - 2006 review/2007 preview episode
094 - Ghost Rider/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
099 - Spider-Man 3
100 - TMNT
129 - Fantastic Four/Fantastic Four: Silver Surfer/The Fantastic 4
167 - 300
175 - Stardust/30 Days Of Night
187 - 2007 review/2008 preview episode
198 - I Am Legend/Men In Black
216 - Iron Man/The Return of Swamp Thing
235 - Hulk/The Incredible Hulk
253 - Wanted
258 - Batman 66 (With Michael David Sims and James Deaux from World’s Finest Podcast)
266 - Batman 89 (With Mike and James)
290 - Hellboy/Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
293 - Batman Returns (With Mike and James)
298 - 2008 review/2009 preview episode
311 - Watchmen
316 - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
325 - Batman Forever (With Mike and James)
335 - Daredevil (With Desmond Reddick, from Dread Media)
350 - Batman & Robin (With Mike and James)
364 - Whiteout
373 - 2009 review/2010 preview episode
398 - Kick-Ass/The Rocketeer
400 - Batman Begins (With Mike and James)
402 - Speed Racer
427 - Iron Man 2/The Losers/Jonah Hex/Scott Pilgrim vs The World/Red
431 - 2011 preview episode
435 - The Green Hornet
439 - The Dark Knight (With Mike and James)
459 - The Mask/Son of the Mask
460 - Thor
468 - X-Men: First Class/Green Lantern/Priest
496 - Captain America (1944 serial/1979 TV movie + sequel/1990 version and 2011 version)
500 - Superman
520 - Avengers Assemble/Ghost Rider 2
540 - Men in Black 2/Men in Black 3
547 - Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2/The Amazing Spider-Man
560 - Dick Tracy (With Mike and Dave Probert, from Geek Planet Online)
589 - 2012 review/2013 preview episode
604 - The Phantom (With Mike and Dave)
618 - Dredd/Judge Dredd
632 - Thematic lists #01 (With forumite Tom Hemmings)
NB) Some reviews are after other segments within that particular episode.
This segment has also been spun-off for the podcast Dread Media Presents: Dread Reel-lief. This acts of a platform for me to discuss movie adaptations of horror comics with the host of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick. Contributions are listed as follows:
01 - Uzumaki
02 - The Mask
03 - Faust: Love of the Damned
04 - Spawn
05 - Tales From The Crypt
06 - Man-Thing
07 - AVP: Alien v Predator
08 - 30 Days of Night
09 - Virus
10 - Swamp Thing
11 - The Crow
12 - Vampirella
Podcast - World's Finest Podcast
One of Earth-2.net's earliest spin-off podcasts, World's Finest Podcast (a play on the given name to a Superman-Batman team-up) chronologically reviews every episode in the extensive Warner Bros.' animated continuity dating roughly from 1992 through to 2006. My contribution is compiled highlights packages for each episode that recaps a series before moving onto the next one; the tone is part deferential, part familiar having worked with the hosts before on Comic Reel-lief reviews. Contributions are listed as follows:
020 - Batman: The Animated Series
038 - Superman: The Animated Series/Gotham Knights
050 - Batman Beyond
067 - The Zeta Project/Static Shock
090 - Teen Titans
099 - Justice League/Justice League Unlimited
100 - World's Finest Podcast retrospective
Podcast - For Your Ears Only
Having been given license for a spin-off podcast, I co-devised For Your Ears Only with my friend and co-host Adham Fisher. The podcast is a monthly look at officially recognised films in the James Bond series, reviewed in chronological order. Like Earth-2.net: The Show, the explicit tag is very much applied on this podcast due to the passionate views the films evoke from myself and, in particular, Adham! Contributions are listed as follows:
01 - Dr No
02 - From Russia With Love
03 - Goldfinger
04 - Thunderball
05 - You Only Live Twice
06 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
07 - Diamonds Are Forever
08 - Live And Let Die
09 - The Man With The Golden Gun
10 - The Spy Who Loved Me
11 - Moonraker
12 - For Your Eyes Only
13 - Octopussy
14 - A View To A Kill
15 - The Living Daylights
16 - Licensed To Kill
17 - Goldeneye
18 - Tomorrow Never Dies
19 - The World is Not Enough
20 - Die Another Day
21 - Casino Royale (2006)
22 - Quantum of Solace
23 - Canon Bond film overview/out-takes episode
24 - Casino Roayle (1954)
25 - Casino Royale (1967)
26 - Never Say Never Again
27 - Skyfall
I have also publicised the majority of these episodes in 3 minute video adverts on youtube, which can be found here:
For Your Ears Only adverts
Podcast - Shake and Blake
Following the end point of For Your Ears Only, I was asked to co-host a new podcast by Dave Probert from British-based geek culture site Geek Planet Online. Focusing upon the British science fiction series Blake's 7, our approach to the podcast has been one of a longtime fan (Dave) and a newcomer to show (myself). In addition to reviewing episodes of Blake's 7, it allowed cross-promotion between Geek Planet Online and Earth-2.net.
01 - The Way Back/Space Fall
02 - Cygnus Alpha/Time Squad
03 - The Web/Seek-Locate-Destroy
04 - Mission to Destiny/Duel
05 - Project Avalon/Breakdown
06 - Bounty/Deliverance
07 - Orac
08 - Redemption/Shadow
09 - Weapon/Horizon
10 - Pressure Point/Trial
11 - Killer/Hostage
12 - Countdown/Voice from the Past
13 - Gambit/The Keeper
14 - Star One + Season 2 round-up
15 - Aftermath/Powerplay
16 - Volcano/Dawn of the Gods
17 - The Harvest of Kairos/City at the Edge of the World
18 - Children of Auron/Rumours of Death
19 - Sarcophogus/Ultraworld
20 - Moloch/Death-Watch
21 - Terminal + Season 3 round-up
22 - Rescue/Power
23 - Traitor/Stardrive
24 - Animals/Headhunter
25 - Assassin/Games
26 - Sand/Gold
27 - Orbit/Warlord
28 - Blake + Season 4 round-up
Selected articles
Comic Reel-lief is also used as a banner for writing further about comic book movies as a film sub-genre. For now, they can be found here:
Earth-2.net columns
I have also started reviewing the Carry On film franchise for GeekPlanetOnline, under the banner Carry On Scribbling. These reviews can be found here:
01 – A primer on Carry On films
02 – Carry On Sergeant
03 – Carry On Nurse
04 – Carry On Teacher
05 - Carry On Constable
06 - Carry On Regardless
07 - Carry On Cruising
08 - Carry On Cabby
09 - Carry On Jack
10 - Carry On Spying
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