Film - "Terminator 2" in 3D

Last night ( Sun 20 Aug 2017),
I went to the Sydney Premiere,
of "Terminator 2 - Judgment Day 3D"
at the Ritz Cinema.

There was an introductory Q & A,
with James Cameron,
in a previously recorded Berlin session.
And also,
a specially pre-recorded welcome
from James to our audience at the Ritz !

Seeing the film in 3D,
certainly makes a greater impact,
as I've also seen it in 2D.

Here are some highlights from the night  :)

The Ritz Cinema lighting up
after sunset.

Announcing !!

A more modern version
of the bike used in the film.

This was available
for anyone to sit on,
and to take a photo of themselves.

The Red Carpet.

Waiting for it to start !!

There was a competition
for the best costume
if anyone had dressed up
in character,
and it went to a guy
wearing a silver mask
reminiscent of the
Terminator who was after
John Connor.




(c) Katherine Stuart 2017

Mel, EAT !!

Mel, you need to EAT !!

I CAN'T EAT FOR YOU !!

You are BREAKING ME,
FINANCIALLY !!

I'm only on government assistance  :(
I CAN'T AFFORD TO EAT FOR YOU.


text (c) Katherine Stuart 2017

Xandra's Game (10)

(SN)    Supernatural Themes

The Triad

Slowly, I put the big biscuit back into my satchel.

Then suddenly, a strong wave of uncomfortable energy passed through me.
"Why do I feel like my throat has just been cut ?" I thought.
Reeling inside from the impact,
I was aware of the deep hole behind me.
Standing strong, I stood as still as I could as the ledge was narrow.
I did not want to fall backwards.
"Been there, done that !!" I exclaimed, silently to myself.

Running away from this situation, I realised,
was not the answer.

Slowly taking out my written work, I  pondered,
"The answer lies in this maths problem."
When, all of a sudden,
the orc appeared behind Corinne, the Witch, and her two friends !!

Surprised by the suddeness, but not surprised that he was there,
I turned to my left to look at the man in leather.
When, I noticed that he was wearing a medallion around his neck.
At that moment,
a rumble emanated through the surrounding rock,
passing a deep vibration through the area and myself included.
It was then that I realised,
that the hole was in fact the cone of an extinct volcano,
and that was why there was iron oxide rock in and around it.
Maybe it wasn't so extinct !!

The man in leather and I exchanged looks,
and a deep unspoken communication.

Turning back to face the Stargate,
I saw that another figure had appeared, behind the orc.
"Is that......?" I thought, focusing my vision.
Immediately, the woman turned her back on me, under my gaze.
A moment later, she decided to turn back again
I looked again.
"Yes...... it is !!" I decided.
It was a woman who had been staying at Herdwick Manor,
whom I had made a dress for.
She looked every bit, the Witch.
Old, ugly, short,
and dressed all in black,
with a wide brimmed hat, waisted short coat, and pants like a man !!


text (c) Katherine Stuart 2017

Sydney Observatory

Today I went to see the Sydney Observatory
(Sydney, Australia).

It was an afternoon well spent,
having a look at all the displays.

I find all the old equipment and methods,
for telling the time
and finding latitude and longitude for travel,
by the stars, fascinating.

There were also displays
on measuring the weather,
which was done at the observatory as well.

It was all extremely interesting.

Here is a telescope in the South Dome.


















(c) Katherine Stuart 2017

The Monster

Mel,

after watching the film,
"A Monster Calls"
on the weekend,
I should say this  -

That I have always understood
your feelings.

But, you have to stop running away,
when a piece of equipment
                                                                                           breaks down............


text (c) Katherine Stuart 2017

MS Paint

How good  is the
Microsoft program "MS Paint"  !!

(Included in the Windows 7 computer
Operating System )

I know that I'm behind the times,
and I'm only learning these things now,
but I spent the afternoon
making this picture.

It would seem that images can be created
for animation and game backgrounds.
I will have to investigate this further !!






(c) Katherine Stuart 2017
Dochas Books Film

Xandra's Game (9)

(SN)    Supernatural Themes

"Spiders !!"

Curious, I wandered over to the Stargate, which was now covered in a layer of snow.

Was it open or not ??

From what I'd been told,

a Stargate was open to another world,

when its round surface appeared as a rippling pool of water,

and it was closed to another world,

when you could see and walk through the round surface

to the normal area of the world that you were in at present.

Well, the round surface did not appear as a rippling pool of water,

so it must be closed.

Then that tunnel that I could see through it,

must be the tunnel in my world at present.

So, I carefully went up to it,

and put my hand up to the area of the round surface.

To my surprise,

it felt hard like glass, but was not glass,

and the harder I pushed, the harder it pushed back.

I couldn't get through !!

By what I knew,

that didn't seem to be the normal way.

"How odd," I thought.

Musing on this, I turned to my left, around to face the other way,

and saw a man all dressed in leather,

standing, a way up further along the left hand ledge from the Stargate.

He was turned, motionless, looking away from and askance at me. 

Surprised but not alarmed, 

I turned slightly back around to my right,

and slowly pulled out a package of food from my satchel, 

that was slung around my neck and over my shoulder.

Sensing something,

I turned to face the Stargate,

and saw a reflection of myself in it !!

Was that me ??

"Nooo !!" I realised, "It's Corinne, the Witch !!"

Had she seen me ??

Did she appear, because she could smell the food ??

She turned to look towards her right,

where I saw two of her school companions.

In a momentary flash,

I perceived their true shapes as spiders !!

Could they get through the Stargate , or were they blocked like I was ............. ??

text (c) Katherine Stuart 2017