AMI - BLA

Is it just me or are they trying harder - and getting raunchier - with the new season of "Rick & Morty", now exclusively on HBO Max?

JC asked who I'm supporting in the World Cup. The Socceroos, of course. Japan and Croatia because I have Japanese and Croatian family. Denmark and South Korea 'cos those are the languages/cultures I primarily study...except the Danes didn't qualify! And Iraq since I want their fairytale under Aussie coach Graham Arnold to continue. C'mon, the Iraqeroos! If you think that list is too long, JC's was even longer :-)

First time I had read this Ami mag (ish #7). Well written and edited compared to other retro pubs. New info worth knowing - the interviews with the four ex-Graftgold staff were tops. Old subjects worth revisiting. Gave me an immediate feel for the "Amiga POV" team. Minimal dud humour. PG is gonna collect it, so I'll hopefully borrow each of his issues.  

Funnily enough, there are notable similarities with the previous flick I saw, "The 4:30 Movie" (e.g. learning to understand friends, the adventure of cinema, the film-making urge). Unlike Smith's picture, "Anaconda" largely succeeds in its aims. Sure, it's Hollywood predictable, but the gags/action sequences/emotional exchanges are properly set up - or earnt, as they say - and generally land. The celeb-guest turns are also waaay more effective. 6/10

This oversized omnibus from the dude behind "Tower Dungeon" reminded me of the work of French artists like Moebius and Druillet that astonished and puzzled young Addster in the late '80s. As with "T/D", "Blame" was initially all about the architecture - grand yet intricate, filled with eerie alien emptinesses... Until, that is, I slowly began to decipher what was going on in the wider tale from Kyrii's brief, significant encounters with other dwellers in the seemingly unending artificial landscape. AMAZING.