Coming Attractions
I’ve been neglecting the site for the past month or so but now I’m back and with some new ideas for the New Year. So what does the future hold for Mine Was Taller? Read on as I give you the skinny on what’s in store.
The Weekend Horror Double Bill - This will be my attempt to recapture the spirit of the old TV horror double bills of my youth (for more info on them read my “How I Learned To Love Being Scared” post). These will probably consist of one older film (30’s-60’s) and one more contemporary tale but there will be a link (however tenuous) between the two. Some I’ll have seen before, others I’ll be getting my first taste of. Hopefully this will clear some of my backlog of unwatched horror DVD’s. Will I be able to resist the urge to pair Don’t Answer The phone with When A Stranger Calls? You’ll have to wait and see.
Random Play - Having ripped most of my CD’s I figured why not do a regular feature spotlighting a randomly selected album from my collection? The plan is to celebrate a forgotten classic or two, although given some of the things in there it may end up more of a confessional. Random Play is a working title, if you can think of a better one let me know.
The Sunday Afternoon Western - As well as a bunch of horror DVD’s I’ve also got quite a few westerns to watch so I’m going to try and set aside some time on Sunday afternoons to watch some of them and share my thoughts.
The TV Archive - I have a fair few old TV shows in my DVD collection and this semi-regular feature will contain reviews of everything from British sitcoms to American westerns, there may even be a few foreign language items as well.
Around The World In 80 Movies - This is my plan to circumnavigate the globe without leaving the comfort of my armchair, one film from 80 different countries. I’m not sure when this one will start as I need to plan my route first; I don’t want to get lost!
As well as those new features the DVD Viewing Journal will make a return and the Monthly Comics Update will become a little more regular after missing December completely. I also have a stack of DVD’s and CD’S to review that should start filtering through in the next few days. Among them are Forbidden Planet, The Exorcist: The Complete Anthology, The Marlon Brando Collection and Head Trauma on DVD and CD’s from Neil Young, Dwight Yoakam, John Fogerty, J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton. I’ve even be trying my inexperienced hand at a bit of tech reviewing and you’ll see the results in the next couple of days.
And there is the addition of the Mine Was Taller Recommends section in the sidebar. This will spotlight things I’m particularly enamoured of at the moment and as you can see the first of these is Warren Ellis superb Desolation Jones, more on that in the next Monthly Comics Update…
I may even put some more of my doodles on here, like the one below.
