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Haltwhistle Burn Gorge
Originally uploaded by tamaranth

Photos from Haltwhistle Burn Gorge, Vindolanda and Corbridge now up on Flickr. I'm still getting the hang of new camera but the photos I took whilst walking up the Gorge have come out very nicely: the camera (or possibly the user) is less impressive with landscapes and architecture.

Bonus: Hadrian's Cat!

[film] Coraline, 3D

Coraline (IMDB)
The 3D in this is astounding: from the opening credits, lace-edged, with text rippling gently over shiny scissor-hands, it was truly immersive. Little details like the patterns of dust on a car windscreen make this film more real than many live-action epics. 3D has come a long way since the first one I saw, which I think might've been Friday 13th III: all I remember from that is icky things hurtling fuzzily towards me out of the screen. The 3D effects in Coraline beat Beowulf hands-down, too.

I liked the amendments to the plot: ( slightly spoilery )

It's a dark story: I would have been terrified by this as a child, and there were some scenes that made me shiver. Certainly not for younger children, or anyone prone to nightmares: but it brings out the humour as well as the horror of Gaiman's original novel.

How long til we get 3D DVD technology, huh? Huh?