It is hard to understand nothing, but the multiverse is full of it. Nothing travels everywhere, always ahead of something, and in the great cloud of unknowing nothing yearns to become something, to break out, to move, to feel, to change, to dance and to experience – in short, to be something.
— Pratchett, T. (2013), Raising Steam, Doubleday
Alice in Wonderland
The only way to achieve the impossible, is to believe it’s possible.
— Alice in Wonderland (2010). Film. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Marton Csokas. Walt Disney Studios.
Xbox 360 turns ten
While the Xbox 360 didn’t launch in Australia until March 2006, this week marks the 10th anniversary of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, which debuted Nov. 22, 2005 in the United States.
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The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies
If more of us valued home above gold, it would be a merrier world.
— The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies (2014). Film. Dir. Peter Jackson. Perf. Richard Armitage. Warner Bros.
Hugh Laurie Sings The Blues
It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There’s almost no such thing as ready. There’s only now.
— Harris, S. (2012). ‘Hugh Laurie Sings The Blues‘ Time Out New York.
Batman Begins
I wouldn’t presume to tell you what to do with your past, sir. Just know that there are those of us who care about what you do with your future.
— Batman Begins (2005). Film. Dir. Christopher Nolan. Perf. Michael Cain. Warner Bros.
On The Edge
Sometimes the picture you have in your head is not the one you are presenting to the world…
— Hammond, R. (2007), On The Edge: My Story, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
Revenge of the Fallen
It’s a choice. It’s an intensely personal decision. So much negativity… Who wants to live a life filled with hate?
— Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). Film. Dir. Michael Bay. Perf. Mark Ryan. Paramount Pictures.
Curse of the Black Pearl
It’s the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they’re going to do something incredibly… stupid.
— Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). Film. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Perf. Johnny Depp. Walt Disney Pictures.
Hogfather
Some people will do anything for the sheer fascination of doing it… Or for fame. Or because they shouldn’t.
— Pratchett, T. (1996), Hogfather, Victor Gollancz.