When I woke up this morning, I had the most brilliant idea for a TV show whizzing round my head. It’s a Buffy spin-off. Called something like Slayer Juniors Instead of a group of teenagers who go round fighting the evil undead, this will feature a group of pre-teens who go round fighting the evil… Continue reading Slayers
Category: media
Unbiased Reporting
Today the Daily Mail announces the result of its “national referendum” on holding a referendum about the new EU constitution. Almost 90% of the votes were in favour of a referendum. Given that the vast majority of the votes would have come from Daily Mail readers this can hardly be surprising. More interesting is the… Continue reading Unbiased Reporting
The Matrix
So this weekend was Matrix weekend. On Saturday I rewatched The Matrix and watched The Animatrix on DVD and yesterday I went to see The Matrix Reloaded. Overrated. It’s all horribly overrated.
X2
I saw X2 on Saturday. I’ll put a review up when I get some spare time, but a quick question for any fans of the X-Men comic that might be reading this. In that final shot, when the camera is panning over the lake, did you half expect Jean Grey to come flying out out… Continue reading X2
Big Brother vs Homophobia
The new series of Big Brother starts in the UK tonight. I’m happy to admit that I find it all fascinating and will therefore be glued to my TV for large portions of the next ten weeks. The nasty British tabloid rag The Sun likes to think of itself as the “official Big Brother paper”… Continue reading Big Brother vs Homophobia
Ripping CDs
I’m really enjoying slowing working thru all of my CDs and ripping them to .ogg files. I’m finding a lot of things that I’d forgotten about. On Saturday I listened to all my old Talking Heads CDs and today it’s the turn of Pink Floyd.
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Correct Attribution
I’ve just got the email full of “Tommy Cooper” jokes for the (approximately) millionth time. They are great jokes and Tommy Cooper was a comedy genius, but unfortunately the jokes weren’t written or performed by him. They are actually written by another great British comic called Tim Vine. Whilst there are certain upsides in having… Continue reading Correct Attribution
Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army (again)
I went to see Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army. It’s an incredibly moving film and well worth seeing. Unfortunately it’s unlikely to get a general cinema release so if you weren’t at the Bloomsbury Theatre over the last couple of days then you might not be able to. Actually, in the Q&A afterwards it… Continue reading Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army (again)
“Holly is the new Buffy”
Abysmal UK tabloid The Daily Star ran a story today saying that “actress” and “singer” Holly Vallance will be taking over the part of Buffy from Sarah Michelle Gellar in the next season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s unfortunately not on their web site, but their sister paper The Daily Record is running a… Continue reading “Holly is the new Buffy”
Saving Private Gellar
Whilst I’m a big fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I’ve never really been a fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar. She’s not the strongest actor in the cast and I’ve read interviews with her where she says stuff that I really can’t agree with. She often comes across as a bit of a bimbo. And… Continue reading Saving Private Gellar