Avatar Review 3D + 2D

Fri, 28 May 2010 12:38:43 +0100

I am having a hard time with "writing a review" for this, because Avatar is not really a "movie" in that sense.

Avatar is a moment when cinematography changed forever, a watershed, and now we are in a different territory altogether.

* Update: Avatar The DVD Version: Watching Avatar On My TV ...

Lost - The Final Conclusion Is ...

Mon, 24 May 2010 23:58:51 +0100

Lost Spoiler warning! Don't read it if you are still waiting to get your Lost answers.

Ok, so I've just watched the final episode of Lost - The Finale and it turns out that Lost is ...

The Blue Guy

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:56:44 +0000

A new contender for Fantasy-Fiction's "Best Character in a Graphic Novel that was turned into a Movie" award - it's the Blue Guy, playing one Dr Manhattan from Watchmen on this occasion. See the bigger picture?

Women In Water

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:41:31 +0000

A fantasy fiction poem - a rhyming poem, even! - that tells a story of something that happened a long time ago, in a village by the sea when a mysterious stranger came to the shore ...

What Is Fantasy?

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:31:59 +0000

What is fantasy? What is imagination? How does fantasy work in the human mind? Why is World of Warcraft more real than "real life" for some people?

Find out the surprising answers to what is fantasy in this short essay by Dr Silvia Hartmann, the Creator of Project Sanctuary and The Genius Symbols.

Vampire Diaries - It SUCKS!

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:18:57 +0000

I can't call this a review for "Vampire Diaries" (UK ITV2). A review is a balanced opinion, and I hate this so much, I don't even know where to start ranting ...

Daybreakers Movie Review

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:10:29 +0000

Daybreakers is one of those movies where one cannot really discern from the trailers and ads what it might be all about.

I actually like that; I hate movie trailers that tell you the entire story from start to finish - what's the point of going to see the movie then? But back to Daybreakers of which I knew very little before purchasing my ticket and the popcorn (sweet).

The Ice Prince

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

A brand new fairy tale for 2010 - The Ice Prince by StarFields.

The story is complete ... are you sitting comfortably?

The New StarTrek Review

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:56:02 +0000

I am going to admit that I was absolutely terrified.

As an honest to God 1st generation, original, first seen in black and white as a small impressionable squirt and never forgotten, die hard StarTrek fan the idea of a whole new "classic" cast featuring Sylar as Spock just made me shudder to the core.

But still, I'm brave and so I went to the cinema, with a piece of wood to bite on if necessary at the ready ...

Solstice Story

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:22:44 +0000

Today is Winter Solstice and it is cold.

Gather around the fire, and I will tell you a story ...

The Widest Sharing

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

These worlds, these kingdoms I have seen, they are not anywhere. There are not in this world, they are not even real, they are more like a dream come to life, or a nightmare ....

Fantasy Fiction short story The Widest Sharing by StarFields

Conversation With A Child

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:55:38 +0000

The scene:

One very basic wooden hut which contains a small fireplace, one window, a door, a small rough bed, plank floors.

On the bed, we have a dishevelled man of about 30 years of age, long, untidy, greasy dark hair, stubble beard, curled up facing towards the wall with his arms around his shoulders.

Sitting on the side of the bed, we have one child, 4 1/2 years old, with a puppy sleeping at her feet. She holds a plain metal cup which contains water and some bits of leaves she thought to add to make a healing soup for him.

Outside, the afternoon is advancing.

Welcoming The Spirit Of The Story Teller

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:47:46 +0000

Telling stories is one thing, and writing them down so they become a "short story" or a "novella" or a "novel" is another thing altogether. I don't think I fully realised that until just now, and I think that is an important step forward.

Writing for a living and being a story teller are quite distinct things.

One the one hand, there is the format; fashions decide how a story should be "presented" to the "target market" and that reflects not only in the language used, and the word count aspired to, but also in many other ways onto the story, re-shapes it, makes it into this other thing.

Being a story teller, one may free oneself from all of that.

The DragonLord & The Sick Boy

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:29:21 +0000

The story from Northold I want to share tonight is about a young man, the only son of a rich and aristocratic family, who was badly injured during birth, brain damaged through lack of oxygene we would suppose today.

Below The Sea

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:38:38 +0000

Fantasy poem "Below The Sea" by StarFields.

Hypnotic.

Nick Gets Into Therapy

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:08:19 +0000

What happened when Nick meets therapist Sandy in his quest to fall out of love.

(Nick, 35, a former advertising executive, is experiencing emotional problems following the break up with his girlfriend Julia. He can't stop thinking about her and has begun a quest to discover 99 ways to fall out of love.

We meet him here ...)

Fantasy Fiction Story The Book Of The Law

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:14:19 +0100

Online complete fantasy fiction story about graves, graveyards, creatures, reclaimers, treasure and the book of the law by StarFields.

Two Dragons

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:50:53 +0100

There are unknowable depths of stars in the radiant skies above.

Each one is a song, each one a beacon; each one is entirely unique and to a young dragon, of course, each one is as fascinating as the next – how could one ever choose amongst all this splendour?

Imagination - The Man

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:14:27 +0100

A story about imagination and fantasy by StarFields.

Fight 4 Fantasy

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:49:33 +0100

You have to fight for your right to dream ...