Dan Liebke's Astonishing Tales

Lions… Rightly known as the king of beasts, for just as rock and roll was dominated by Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, so too do lions dominate their peers. However, they do so in a substantially different way. Elvis, for example, never made a habit of slaughtering and consuming his contemporaries, although [...]

I watched an episode of Numb3rs precisely 3.2 weeks ago (rounded to one decimal place). And it got me wondering once again (this is the 83rd time I’ve wondered this now) why it is that Hollywood and its televisual brethren seem so determined to paint those proficient in maths (or ‘math’ if you prefer, Americanos) [...]

Am I mistaken or was poor old Scar, purported villain of The Lion King, derided as an unsatisfactory monarch simply because shortly after he became king, the savannah began to suffer from a drought! I can’t be the only person who thinks that’s wrong, surely? It may be just a cartoon and hit Broadway musical [...]

You know, it occurs to me that the movie The Fifth Element would have been a much more enjoyable cinematic experience if elements one through four had been, say, a plausible plotline, three-dimensional characters, some sense of acting prowess and a Pointer Sisters soundtrack.

Do you think that policemen ever get bored with the one-dimensionality of the roles they have to play? Good cop. Bad cop. It’s all so black and white. I bet a lot of them yearn for something meatier like, you know, Hamlet Cop.