I may be a crusty old film veteran, but I am not old enough to be Noah's timber merchant. Although, I do feel like it at times; usually, when I am constantly reminded of ancient television programs like Wacky Races and Thunderbirds. Don't even mention the old Flash Gordon serials... :)

Although it does get a tad gruesome sometimes...

Certainly, I seem to often complain about MPEG artefacts, but I'd rather that than see legions linear blips marching across the screen like stormtroopers as I'm trying to watch a film.

Convenient, compact, elegant, attractive, superior visual and sound quality, extra features... all encased in lovely, shiny silicon. I'd go on but my keyboard is beginning to salivate.

Oooooh, I want it to have my children... :)

Having said that, however, there are several transfers which continue to stun me; for instance, Saving Private Ryan, The Cell and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I am itching to see the transfers for Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments.

When I have enough of computers or suffered another bout of Nintendo thumbitis, I relax by reading novels - any genre will do, but I am primarily gravitated towards sci-fi - and writing.

I have aspirations (or are they delusions?) of becoming a published sci-fi author. I have written numerous short stories, and have been dedicating whatever spare time I have in attempting to write a series of six sci-fi novels, tentatively entitled The J'hardi Chronicles.

I could tell you where, but then I'd have to kill you... :)

As far as wishing to meet someone famous, it would have to be a historical figure - Shakespeare, Napoleon Bonaparte, Duke Wellington, Horatio Nelson... You get the picture.

It's not even remotely possible, but I would love to be in the position of owning a Lamborghini Contach or Diablo. Yet another fuel-injected fantasy. However, my ultimate dream would be to take the wild, blue yonder in either a Messerchmitt Bf-109, Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Supermarine Spitfire Mark II, or a Sopwith Camel.

"Give me fuel, give me fire, give me that which I desire." (And cue air guitar solo)... :)

A: Eight blondes standing at a bus stop.

And no, I didn't make it up... :)

I have since become a member of several safety unions. 'Dis member, 'dis member, 'dat member... :)

I only remember two: Benji (on account of my last name, and family-orientated films which featured dogs as heroes were popular when Adam was a boy), and Cyrano (on account of my proboscis). The nicknames generally ceased when I began hitting people... :)

It's true what they say about a man with a big nose. Yep, he needs a big hankerchief.

However, that passion became a religion with the arrival on PC of four simple words: Doom and Command & Conquer. I am not even going to mention Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis. :)

At the moment, my favourite games are still Red Alert II, Starcraft & Brood War, Ground Control and Deus Ex on PC; Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, and Jet Force Gemini on Nintendo 64.

If you're listening, Joanna Dark, will you marry me? I love a strong, independent woman with, erm, big guns... :)

Favourite books: George Orwell's 1984, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, William Gibson's Neuromancer, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, Frank Herbert's Dune, and anything from Iain M. Banks and Elizabeth Moon.

Favourite directors: Stanley Kubrick, Sergei Eisenstein, Francis Ford Coppola, Sam Peckinpah, David Lynch, David Lean, Jane Campion, Fritz Lang, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, and Akira Kurosawa.

Favourite DVDs: Ghost In The Shell, The Matrix, Alien, The Rock Horror Picture Show, Dark City, The Mask of Zorro, Das Boot: The Director's Cut, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Cell, and Gilda. (Put the blame on mame, boy...)

Favourite films: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gone With The Wind, Battelship Potemkin, Betty Blue, The Cell, and The Wild Bunch.