NEIL'S MYPLACE
Male, 51, Crawley, UK (GB) physically, Fish Hoek, Cape Town (ZA) spiritually ● Online now!
Mood: trying not to buy another board game
Last Login: probably instead of doing something sensible
Member Since: way back when MySpace was a thing
It's pronounced "Neil"
not "Kneel"
BE KIND REWIND 📼
🎬 FILMS I STILL THINK ABOUT
Predestination (2014)
Neil: 9/10 World: 7.4/10
“The best thinking person's time travel movie.”
Dune (2021)
Neil: 8/10 World: 8/10
“Epic sci-fi book executed right!”
The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Neil: 9/10 World: 7/10
“Breaks the horror mould in the best way.”
Leon: The Professional (1994)
Neil: 8/10 World: 8.5/10
“Intimate story telling, beautiful shot.”
The Sting (1973)
Neil: 8/10 World: 8.2/10
“A different generation of film making excellence.”
📺 TV SHOWS THAT STAYED WITH ME
True Detective (2014) — 9/10 (8.8)
Season one is character study excellence in McConaughey's Cole.
Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009) — 9/10 (8.7)
Expert reimagining that delivered a full story.
Legion (2017–2019) — 9/10 (8.1)
The original comic character series that almost nobody watched.
Deadwood (2004–2006) — 9/10 (8.6)
The wild west as I imagine it really was.
The Newsroom (2012–2014) — 9/10 (8.6)
Smart writing that feels like a guilty pleasure to watch.
🎲 SHELF OF SHAME (OR POTENTIAL)
THE 'WILL NEVER LEAVE MY COLLECTION' TOP 5
- Battlestar Galactica — Best co-op/traitor game ever
- Glory to Rome — Multi-card excellence, confusing until it's brilliant
- Discworld: Ankh Morpork — Wonderful asymmetric game play with interaction
- Ticket to Ride: USA 1912 — The game everyone should own and best gateway
- Final Girl — First made-for-solo game I bought
THE 'MUST FIND TIME TO PLAY' TOP 5
- Twilight Imperium — I mean... when I have 12–15 hours to kill and people who know how to play it...
- Wonderland's War — Beautiful artwork, great reviews
- Wyrmspan — A theme I love, again with great reviews
- Oathsworn — Massive and accommodates solo and group play, looks lush!
- Hegemony — Political class war in a box... what's not to love?
📚 WHAT'S ON OUR BOOK SHELVES?
(A selection from the shelves)
FROM MY SHELVES
- • Four different copies of Alex Ross' Kingdom Come
- • Spectrum art books [16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25]
- • Prisoners of Geography
- • Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide
- • Fables TPBs
- • Michele Wucker's 'The Gray Rhino'
FROM HER SHELVES
- • Animal Psychology
- • The Zuma Years
- • 5 Basset Hound books
- • 12+ Political commentary books
- • Colour theory
- • Khayelitsha