Recently in Love/Hate Category
Things that Big Dumb Object has loved and hated this week:
Loved
- Some great Science Fiction TV: Clone Wars, The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Survivors. All superb in their own ways.
- The BSFA 50th birthday party. No jelly or ice cream, but still good fun.
- That Christmas feeling sneaking up, despite the endless gloom of the entire country collapsing into a deep pit of despair.
- Stumbling across old Science Fiction films on TV at the weekend and then deciding to just sit there and watch them, despite having lots of other things more urgent to do.
Hated
- Heroes. A new category needs to be invented for Heroes that's below Hated and is something far worse.
- Not winning the BSFA Short Story Competition.
- Not reading very much.
- Not writing at all.
Things that Big Dumb Object has loved and hated this week:
Loved
- Eddie Izzard live! A tangent about weird names in Dune ("the film with the big pants"), multiple references to Darth Vader, live checking of Wikipedia on his iPhone to find out how Walter Raleigh died, giraffes miming an incoming tiger, jazz trumpet playing chickens and so much laughter it hurt.
- Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I'm seriously loving this series now, there's some wonderful characters and story, and some pretty stylish execution. If only they would lose the Scottish T1000 it would be perfect.
Hated
- Heroes. You can Retcon a back story as much as you want, but we know that you're desperately making it up as you go along chasing viewers and trying to dig out of a hole of a bad story.
- Rain. Drizzle. Wet stuff. Water from the sky.
Things that Big Dumb Object has loved and hated this week:
Loved
- Anathem. Finally finished it. Woah. Heavy (in more than one way).
- Spaceships appearing out of hyperspace in The Clone Wars cartoon. Now you don't see it, now you do.
- Making the shortlist for the BSFA 50th Anniversary short story competition!
- My story Save Tomorrow With A Smiley being published in Big Pulp.
- Kirill, which continues to intriguing and cool.
- The Sarah Connor Chronicles which seems to be getting better and better.
- Starting a new book, especially when it's a winner of The Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Hated
- Spaceships falling "down" when crippled in The Clone Wars cartoon. Don't they know that in space there is no down?
- Heroes. It's so, so, so rubbish now.
- Rain and darkness, too much of it.
Things that Big Dumb Object has loved and hated this week:
Loved
- Kirill, the first two episodes, stylishly shot and intriguing. Looking forward to the next episode.
- Dead Set on E4. Fast zombies in the Big Brother house.
- The Sarah Connor Chronicles, still doing the good stuff, bad stuff edging in though.
- Anathem, yes, still. A mere few pages from the end, and savouring them.
Hated
- Adverts on MSN videos.
- Heroes. It's still rubbish, but I'm still watching.
Things that Big Dumb Object has loved and hated this week:
Loved
- 20 minutes of high octane Clone Wars action.
- Log fires.
Hated
- David Tennant leaving Doctor Who.
- Only 20 minutes of high octane Clone Wars action.
- Moving from BST to GMT. Darkness encroaches.
- Halloween. Bonfire Night is the real celebration around this time of year, FIRE! BURN!
Things that Big Dumb Object has loved and hated this week:
Loved
- Local Beef.
- The Sarah Connor Chronicles starting on Virgin 1.
- Sylar EXPLODING!
- Only being half way through Anathem.
Hated
- The need for Trilogies. Please just do one, and make it good.
- Heroes Unmasked. If you think Heroes is bad, watch this, they talk complete and utter bollocks.
Things that Big Dumb Object has loved and hated this week:
Loved
- Anathem, still reading it, still loving it.
- Local pork.
Hated
- Not being able to spend all day reading.
- Peter Pitrelli from Heroes. He is so stupid.
- Still not updating BDO's design.
Things that Big Dumb Object has loved and hated this week:
Loved
- Reading Anathem
Hated
- Rain
- Heroes still being predictable and rubbish
Things that Big Dumb Object has loved and hated this week:
Loved
- Starting a new book: holding it in your hands, the smell of the pages, the anticipation.
- Unexpected sunshine.
- Books in the post.
- Republicans moaning about socialism.
Hated
- Heroes, series three episode one.
- Not having strong enough arms to hold Anathem.
- Financial Apocalypse. Which SF novel saw that coming?
Things that Big Dumb Object has loved and hated this week:
Loved
- Anathem finally arriving.
- Sunny Autumn days.
- More cool BBC2 Heroes trailers.
- Chris Moyles talking to a Dalek.
Hated
- Fringe not being amazing.
- Spikey trees.
- The blogosphere. It's getting dull.
- Not having done a redesign.
