Charlie Stross' Family Trade and Singularity Sky

Oh dear. These *aought* to have been wonderful. They're basically (deliberately) "Nine Princes of Amber by Charlie Stross" and "Fire Upon the Deep by Charlie Stross". I loved "The Atrocity Archives" and would have thought the author would have been a perfect choice for a Zelazny-alike and a Vinge-alike; both are books crying out for a genre, and Stross has the same casual-approach-to-massive-events tone which works well.

But both seemed to set up wonderful universes, but not really excite me as books. I think I will try the sequels and hope they are good.

Starsky and Hutch

That was a great film, why did no-one tell me it wasn't awful? :) It was funny, it made kitch cool... It had Vince Vaughn. Starsky and Hutch are both great; completely at odds, but not the same stereotype as every cop buddy movie, as one is a laid-back maverick and one is an intense maverick.

No-one should *ever* point a gun at someone without discussing iguana anatomy.

That last describes most films I like, where in tense situations, everyone has an inexplicable urge to be pedantic. I need a word to describe that, is there one?