Natalie Vincent

I am aware, that when I started this blog that it would be covering things of a sci-fi nature. But after reading a certain story in tonight's Evening Standard , I had to speak out. Sally Bercow, wife of the Speaker of our House of Commons is clearly bored. Not content with her husband presiding over Parliamentary sessions, she has taken to Twitter to air her views on absolutely everything. This week, failing retailers Carpetright, Thorntons and Jane Norman have come in for some spectacularly ill-timed and wincingly juvenile criticism, a la Bercow. Of Thorntons: 'yuck tasting rip-off' Of Carpetright 'over-rated' Of Jane Norman: only sold 'clothes for skinny minies (sic)' Not only can Bercow, an alumus of independent school Marlborough College, have trouble spelling (minies, anybody?), she also displays breathtaking insensitivity towards the thousands of staff who have lost their jobs as a result of store closures. Interesting to note that Habitat, also in adm...

Us girls finally have our very own Da Vinci Code novel - with angels. Lauded as the new bad-asses of supernatural fiction, with Legion and Supernatural as prime examples, this new offering cuts a hefty swathe through the reams of pithy vampire-fiction out there, (anyone for a sparkling vampire?) courtesy of Stephanie Mayer and co. This one definitely ain't one for the tweenies..... Angelology follows Evangeline, a young nun in Upstate NY who stumbles onto a millienia-old battle between the fallen angels of old Testament fame who took a fancy to human women; their offspring, The Nephilim, and a group of anti-angel secret service agents. Richard Dawkins would just be salivating at the thought. In the meantime, a young art historian is approached by a mysterious family, headed by a menacing old man who appears to be hiding something.... The story jumps between present day New York and World War II Paris and Eastern Europe, where the quest is on to find an item of impossible value...

Well folks, it looks like my quasi-prediction came true for the much hyped Wonder Woman series. After announcing their autumn 2011 schedule NBC have decided not to pick up the series after a truly dour response from preview audiences. The now-cancelled production, plagued with poor script choices (anyone for an Ally McBeal-esque superheroine? No, me either) and a truly appalling costume redesign (read: blue PVC leggings and boots) just goes to prove that it was a disaster in the making. Message to David.E.Kelley: Read the actual comic. Lots of lovely script ideas there. DON'T MAKE UNNECESSARY REBOOTS/UPDATES. The new costume, triple identity plot (WTF?) and 'updating' of the character was too much. If you really must reboot something, just choose one aspect. Although in light of the furore, perhaps not the costume. For the love of God, you should have hired a female writer. Jane Goldman proved her mettle with X-Men: First Class despite a couple of blatant continuity error...