http://www.additiverich.com/knife/ en-us 2008-09-25T07:22:53+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002644.htm Link. Alex Steffan has always seemed pretty on to it, to me. So maybe start making those "the end is nigh" plans today, huh?... pearce 2008-09-25T07:22:53+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002640.htm with this. \You would have to be a fool to think you could write the "next" book in the series just by aping the writing style and using the same characters. The whole point was the unique perspective Douglas Adams... pearce 2008-09-22T18:43:55+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002634.htm Starship Troopers 2 An Alien ripoff that does nothing that the first movie did well. About as good as most Alien ripoffs, which is to say pretty fucking bad. (But then I didn't much like Alien either.) Starship Troopers 3... Reviews pearce 2008-09-16T19:50:32+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002621.htm If you haven't read Achewood yet, this might be a good jump on point. It's a self-contained 8-page story on Dark Horse's myspace page, presumably to coincide with the release of the Great Outdoor Fight hardcover. Then you should probably... pearce 2008-09-04T18:01:23+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002613.htm I enjoyed this movie a lot, and I thought it was a big improvement over the first Hellboy movie in most respects. But I didn't think it was a particularly good adaptation of the comic book. It was more like... Reviews pearce 2008-09-01T19:56:39+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002608.htm DVD Savant is my favourite movie review column. Here's an article by its author on the perils of dvd collecting. Book & music lovers may also identify (my space concerns all come from these three things). Like Erickson, I am... Rubbish pearce 2008-08-28T07:22:52+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002600.htm Here's the full version of his brilliant take on By the Time I Get to Phoenix, in two parts. Go ahead and take 20 minutes to listen to this. Part one is the rap, part two is the song. The... Friday Music pearce 2008-08-13T22:15:38+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002596.htm Rubbish pearce 2008-08-09T22:47:11+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002585.htm There seems to me no question that the Batman film "The Dark Knight," currently breaking every box office record in history, is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by... pearce 2008-08-02T18:11:43+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002564.htm At last, a comic book superhero movie where I don't have to say "It's good, but..." or "It's good, except..." It's good. Yay!... pearce 2008-07-24T23:55:04+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002553.htm My first Festival movie of the year was George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead. I saw it with 5 friends; all of us have seen (and are fans of) Romero's previous Dead movies. Four of us hated it, the... Reviews pearce 2008-07-21T19:21:05+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002552.htm oof!... Rubbish pearce 2008-07-20T14:13:22+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002541.htm There's a party at mine on Saturday 19 July. It was going to be flatwarming for one flatmate and a farewell for another flatmate. Now it looks like the farewell is postponed (indefinitely, I hope), so we can call it... pearce 2008-07-14T08:38:44+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002536.htm Popular wisdom seems to hold that 'cunt' is the most offensive curse word in the English language. I'd argue that it's beaten hands-down by 'rape'. A couple of years ago, a complete stranger accosted me in the middle of the... Rubbish pearce 2008-07-10T18:47:59+12:00 http://www.additiverich.com/knife/archives/002532.htm This list is true for today only, of course. Best song: Hey by the Pixies. Worst song: These Words by Natasha Bedingfield. Best movie: Casablanca. Worst movie: Superchick. Best holiday: Nelson, 2003. Worst holiday: Dunedin, 2003. Best band I hate:... Rubbish pearce 2008-07-08T23:23:23+12:00