Braindump

Squishy-Head Ood Plushie

Lizbt — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:28:16 +0000

Last minute crazy-sewing-session present for an awesome friend, Oody’s clothes come off (Nude Ood).

Chestbursting With Love

Lizbt — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:25:01 +0000

Now this is a wedding cake! What says ‘I love you and want to spend the rest of my life holding hands and calling you husband’ more than small body-destroying aliens dressed up as a bride and groom? Nothing, I tell you!

Forgotten Memories: Real Life Plants Vs Zombies!

Lizbt — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:44:17 +0000

From the vaults of 2006, this is a photograph of myself dressed as a ZOMBIE munching on a SUNFLOWER. Mind Blown.

Torchwood & The Ten Doctors Nesting Dolls

Lizbt — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:56:51 +0000

I thought these Torchwood Nesting Dolls were the cutest thing I had seen until I saw these Ten Doctors Nesting Dolls. Click the image to see all ten in their Adorable Glory!

Etsy: Poecrafts

Lizbt — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:28:19 +0000

My abode is distinctly lacking in Edgar Allan Poe-inspired artworks. A tragedy, of course. I’m fairly sure the guy up there wants to live on my fridge. These guys want to live on the wall in my antechamber. This guy wants to hang above my bed and sing me to sleep at night. My outfits are lacking that extra punk rock charm. And late at night, when I cannot sleep, Poe wants to bathe me in sweet crimson.

HS Geek Panel – Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

Lizbt — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:00:44 +0000

Ah… Michael Bay. They wrote a song about you and it was true. You love your explosions, cheap jokes and lots of girly flesh and boy did you deliver. Almost three long hours of destruction and humping jokes, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is a film probably best enjoyed by eleven year old boys who like sports and trucks. Which is a valid target market, just not one I’m currently a member of.

I did see the first Transformers film, but I am not a devotee of the tv show, so maybe that’s why I had such a hard time telling which side each Transformer was on, and even what their names were. I thought the good guys were colourful land-based vehicles and the bad guys were grey flying things, but then all these colourful trucks formed into a giant robot and the good guys started fighting it. Confused!

All I can hope is that they don’t decide to avenge the failed Revenge and subject us to another Shia LaBouf pouting marathon.

As printed in The Herald Sun as part of Hit Magazine’s Geek Panel

HS Geek Panel – Terminator: Salvation

Lizbt — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:00:35 +0000

If you are willing to walk into the cinema with the part of your brain that points out glaringly large plot holes switched off, then Terminator: Salvation is one exciting film. Sam Worthington as Marcus is the star, a charismatic relief to Christian Bale’s Shouty-Batman portrayal of John Connor.

So charming is Marcus that everyone he meets seems to fall in love with him enough to not notice his strange lack of present knowledge and the way magnetics like him a little too much. All Connor has going for him is his ability to knock up his girlfriend.

The CGI was so good it was barely noticeable, with the exception of some awesome Transformer-like Terminator-bots and one Uncanny Valley guest star. The fight scenes are pretty great, full of melting cyborgs and lots of things blowing up.

Oddly enough there is no time travel mentioned in the film, which may explain why Connor seems to have no memory of the events that happened to him in the past – or maybe that’d be the plot again. Oops.

As printed in The Herald Sun as part of Hit Magazine’s Geek Panel

HS Geek Panel – Fanboys

Lizbt — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:00:57 +0000

Road Trip for the Nerd Generation, Fanboys brings the geeky to a standard teen movie. Dan Fogler as Hutch, one of the four Star Wars obsessed boys, reminds me of a young Jack Black and steals any scenes that Seth Rogan hasn’t already bogarted.

The film is set before the release of Episode 1: Phantom Menace and so the love these boys have is pure and unsullied. It makes the SW geeks like me nostalgic for that better time.

Unfortunately, it’s a bit too pure. The film could have used a bit more of a self-depreciating sense of humour and poked a bit of fun at it’s idol worshipping protagonists.

Watch it for one of the best cameo appearances I have seen in ages. Deep Throat Lives Long and Prospers.

As printed in The Herald Sun as part of Hit Magazine’s Geek Panel

Plushie Tauntaun With A Frozen Luke Inside!

Lizbt — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:56:06 +0000

Squee!! A plushie tauntaun with a zip in his belly and a frozen Luke squished inside? This is the Best Ever. I want it hard.

HS Geek Panel – Star Trek

Lizbt — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:00:12 +0000

How many times can you be hanging on to the edge of cliff, fingers slipping, about to plunge to your death? Three, apparently. That’s how many times this scenario happens to James T Kirk over the space of the film.

That’s a pretty good analogy for the film actually. It keeps slipping down toward B-grade schlock but then a completely awesome car chase or a brain-breaking conversation about time travel grabs those slipping fingertips and pulls it back to safety.

Star Trek doesn’t quite know what it wants to be. It has been touted as a reboot, a chance for a new generation to jump onto the Trekkie bandwagon with no prior knowledge of the universe, and yet a good chunk of the jokes rely on, you guessed it, prior knowledge of the characters. Watch it for Sexy Spock.

As printed in The Herald Sun as part of Hit Magazine’s Geek Panel