Advantages: Brian Blessed's in it shouting "DIVE" alot! And it's got the best soundtrack to a film... ever! Disadvantages: Maybe to camp and colourful for some. Avoid if you lack a sense of humour or are looking for something high-brow.
FLASH GORDON
"Flash - a-ah - saviour of the universe. Flash - a-ah - he'll save every one of us."
Or so the Queen soundtrack goes over the comic-book enriched title credits (something Spiderman 2 would later borrow). It serves to get the audience's toes immediately tapping in anticipation for the film to begin outright and, for some bizarre reason, coupled with the spandex pants, phallic shaped spaceships, an over-developed sense for bright, garish colours and Brian Blessed shouting "DIVE" to his birdman hordes whenever he gets the chance, Flash Gordon comes across as a deliriously brilliant, camp piece of outrageous space opera cinematics. Indeed, with these hallmarks, it's impossible to imagine a movie that's more innocently entertaining (only Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure seems to usurp Flash Gordon to such a title ...
Advantages: Taste's sweet, refreshing, very moreish. Disadvantages: very moreish...lol
Gin is Gin right ? WRONG !!
Recently I was introduced by a friend to Gordon's sloe gin, something I have never come across though brings to mind the Flavoured Absolut vodkas which are also really nice. It's the same kind of thing but Gin.
I gave it a try (nope it didn't take much persuasion I like my spirits) and well - it's a really GREAT drink.
The bottle is same as your regular screw top Gordon's Gin bottle but clear not green, the gin itself is a pretty deep-purple-red berry colour though still a clear spirit, not cloudy..
There is a faint pleasant smell of fruitiness along with the normal 'gin' smell, yes I always smell drinks before drinking?..still gin taste but there's also the definite fruity flavour of berries, it's sweet with a nice aftertaste?a bit moreish All this yummy tastiness is down to the sloe berries ...
The-ex-Raven 12.11.2007
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Advantages: Funny with grown up humour Disadvantages: None really
, a picture book, What Rot also a CBCA Notable Book. Lisa has continued to delight children with Sweetie May Overboard, and picture books such as Bear and Chook, which was short listed for the 2003 CBCA Book of the Year Award in the Early Childhood category, Daddy's Having a Horse, The Postman's Dog and of course, Gordon's got a Snookie.
About the Illustrator
Also born in Sydney Wayne was educated at Picnic Point, then studied English and Drama Theory at the University of New South Wales. He has dabbled in singing and song writing and even recorded a solo album.
At thirty Wayne returned to college to study Graphic Design It was during his first year of graphic design employment that he worked at nights and on weekends illustrating his first book, Rain for Christmas, by Richard Tulloch.
Over the last decade Wayne has illustrated a number ...
