Bean bags were everywhere in the Seventies. Like big soft lifeforms they could always be found nestling in the corner of a living or bedroom. Sometimes they had hippies on them relaxing.
These large portable sacks of beans were the essential squishy and comfy instant chair that could be plonked anywhere in the flat.
Often found next to a Mateus wine bottle containing tall dry coloured grass, bean bags were as much a part of the Seventies as prog and chicken in a basket.
I'm not sure if Punks liked bean bags when the decade waned or whether these kitsch familiars were thrown out with the Yes albums.
As for today, I've not seen a bean bag anywhere. Are they extinct?
Check out this 74m long multi-wheeled truck! Did you have a multi-wheeled toy at all readers?
I've seen some ALIEN turkeys in my time but last night's ANTI LIFE takes the biscuit. Shame on Bruce Willis for being connected with such derivative rot. Even the title is almost an anagram of ALIEN and a poor one at that.
The copying begins immediately with the cryo-chambers. It staggers on from there with flame throwers, gooey monsters, crazed crew members and lots of gunk. All that's missing is the nodding bird.
Have you seen ANTI LIFE? Am I missing something?
I've seen another two films this week.
Army of the Dead - with big Dave Bautista and a crew of hardened zombie-slayin' mutha's in Los Angeles. Normally I don't watch zombie films anymore as they are predictably, well, zombie-ish. I have been sick of shamblers for some time. But AoD gives the genre a critical blood transfusion and we get some pretty mean modern zombsters. Its a very current film, which Wotan recommended, so I won't spoil anything here. Suffice to say I'm glad I listened to Wotan!
DOOM: this is a much older flick and one based on a computer game I reckon. As Netflix listed it as a creature feature I thought I'd jump in and see what the monsters were like. They're OK I suppose and enough to keep the pace monsterish. The best beastie was a huge dog-like critter attached to a wheelchair. Overall though DOOM is about blasting and shooting and shooting and blasting. I imagine it kept game hungry players amused for a while when it came out. Reminiscent of other flicks like AvP and Resident Evil set in big labyrinthine bunkers.
Have you seen either of these?
I saw this space plane toy earlier this year online on auction and saved this image. Its a mystery to me what it is. Listed as made in Taiwan, it looks die-cast to me.
Anyone know what it is?
