Direct and to the Point
Jon Stewart and John Oliver telling like it is:How Fast Can You Run Backwards?
Mark Steele on Darwin
In relation to my earlier posts about that old book with all the spelling, grammar and continuity errors in it, I thought I'd share a little something by a British comedian I doubt many of my American chums have ever heard. He's sort of the Billy Bragg of comedy:Please tell me this is a joke...?!
O...kay...As I mentioned earlier, I can't get a TV signal where I curently reside, so I'm reduced to using the BBC's 'iPlayer' to keep up with my favourite TV. While browsing said site this evening, I came across something that has left me bewildered.
From the network that brought us such greatness as Doctor Who, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Life on Mars, we get d-list (and below) 'celebrities' dressed in silver lycra, trying to fit through a hole in a moving wall, all in the name of charity and entertainment.
Having browsed YouTube for the above - if only to clarify that I haven't fallen into some whiskey-induced hallucinogenic coma - I've found this exists as a Japanese show. No surprise there.
However, I've also found that there are both American and Australian versions of this incomprehensible shit.
I know our respective societies have been spiralling down the pughole for some time now, but I had, in my most fevered imaginings, never thought we'd fallen this far.
Excuse while I assume the foetal possition beneath my bed...
The Best F**king News Team Ever
Giving a voice to the unheard victims of Gustav (WARNING: Contains image some may find upsetting):(I'm a little behind on my Daily Show watching)
From Bad to Worse
Okay, it was understandable that the car chosen to represent KITT in the TV-Movie reboot of Knight Rider...
...was met with a frosty reception by the old-school fans, but what, in the name of all that is good and holy, possessed them to do this?!
I've seen more convincing vehicles on Power Rangers...
Okay, So Now I'm Really Confused
How the fuck are these people not already rotting in a cell?!
Doing It With A Touch of Class
I hate perfume ads; they're so gut-wrenchingly pointless and stupid. A pair of ridiculous-looking, scrwany models in ripped jeans, whispering vapid little lines at each other that hold all the passion and romance of a cat-shit kebab, rendered in black & white in a desperate attempt to make the whole thing look artistic.Ironic, then, that the one time they get it right, the ad is banned. Thank god for the internet :D
Yes, she's talking bollocks, and yes, it's rendered in black & white to try to make it look more artistic and less pornographic, but let's face it, it's Eva Mendes.
The Triumph, the Tragedy and the Tears
And, with that, another brilliant series of Doctor Who comes to an end. And what an end! Shakespeare couldn't conjure tragedy like that lot can. I was on the verge of tears at the end.Oddly, it wasn't until watch Doctor Who Confidential that a tear was actually shed, when they replayed the ending, only this time backed by the heart rending Hoppipolla by Sigur Rós:
Brosandi (smiling)
Hendumst í hringi (spinning in circles)
Höldumst í hendur (holding hands)
Allur heimurinn óskýr (the world is a blur)
nema þú stendur (except when you're standing)
Rennblautur (dripping wet)
Allur rennvotur (completly soaked)
Engin gúmmístígvél (no rubberboots)
Hlaupandi í okkur (running inside of us)
Vill springa út úr skel (wants to burst out of the shell)
Vindur í (wind in)
og útilykt ? af hárinu þínu (and the smell of your hair)
Ég lamdi eins fast og ég get (i hit as hard as i can)
með nefinu mínu (with my nose)
Hoppa í poll (jumping into a puddle)
Í engum stígvélum (wearing no boots)
Allur rennvotur (rennblautur) (completely soaked (dripping wet))
Í engum stígvélum (wearing no boots)
Og ég fæ blóðnasir (and i get a nosebleed)
En ég stend alltaf upp (but i'll always stand up again)
Og ég fæ blóðnasir (and i get a nosebleed)
En ég stend alltaf upp (but i'll always stand up again)
I can't wait till Christmas!
Ooh, and I just came across this rather fine cover by We Are Scientists:
The Greatest Cliffhanger Ending, Ever!
I done a few Greatest Such and Such, Ever posts recently, but this one simply couldn't be avoided.The first of the three-part Doctor Who series four finale has just finished and if the man himself doesn't turn up in the next five minutes to whisk me away to next Saturday evening, I'm going to be a jibbering wreck all week :/
I think my geekdom has hit a new peak...!
Straight-Talking Journalist
I know, I couldn't believe it either, but here she is:And she's rather hot. Who'd have guessed?!
Rising from Obscurity
One of the best answers to a quiz-show question, ever.The Mystery of Stonehenge, Solved!
Check out the rest: http://channel.nationalgeographic.co...e=05392_00
Whedon Does it Again
Puppetry in Motion
Sticking with this week's theme of 'comics'...
I think I've made my stance on racism clear in past (basically, pluck out the eyes of all racists and the world is a simpler and happier place for all), but as to what racism is; I'd like to leave it to someone vastly more articulate:It Brings Tears to the Eyes
I'll Be Back
Don’t fret, Deej, this isn’t a ‘goodbye’ either ;)Today, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles reached our shores, and there was geek-like joy across the land.
Lena Heady - she of 300 fame - steps into the heavy-duty, doubtlessly steel-toe-capped boots of Linda Hamilton as the eponymous (started using that word a couple of days ago and now can’t stop) heroine, pumping shotgun shells into indestructible robots from the future who want to kill her son. And a damn fine job she does, too, especially considering the act she has to follow.
Speaking of damn fine, Summer Glau - she of Firefly/Serenity fame - plays one of said indestructible robots, leading to a rather kick-ass confrontation between her and the twice-her-size bad-guy of the first episode
However, two leading hotties, a bunch of big explosions, a few gun fights, lots of speeding around in 4x4s and make-up effects to rival the movies count for nothing (well, little...well, quite a bit, actually...but that's besides the point...) if the premise fails. Bearing in mind that in the film mythology, Sarah Conner dies of leukaemia somewhere between two and three and the film ends…
***SPOILER ALERT***with Judgment Day taking place…***SPOILER ALERT***
…it was difficult to see how they’d get around it. Surprisingly, they have. The logistics of it are…thin, but nevertheless imaginative and, since it’s out of the way at the end of the first episode, it isn’t really worth worrying about and we can safely sit back and enjoy the arse-kicking hotties and numerous big bangs.
Speaking of big bangs, another series to recently hit our shores is The Big Bang Theory; yet another States-born sitcom, this time about a dizzy blonde cutie (Kaley Cuoco *drools*) who moves into an apartment across the hall from a small gang of über-geeks. I quite like a lot of American sitcoms; they usually make me smile (some make me retch and inspire me to pour bleach in my eyes, but they tend not to last (except Hope & Faith - sweet Jesus, that was shit, yet somehow carried on…and on….and on….)), but it has been a long time since one made me laugh out loud. The Big Bang Theory made me laugh out loud….lots!
Yes, the set-up is quite clichéd. Yes, the five central characters scream Stereotype, but the performances and the dialogue are of a level that makes those things fleeting quibbles at worst.
Now I think I shall watch an episode of Futurama (Bender’s Big Score is on its way!) and finish this tasty glass of wine before bed. ‘night y’all!
The Return of the Daily Show
Hurrah!! http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/842/84...903p1.html"We would like to return to work with our writers. If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence."
-- Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
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