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I can't help but read this as them knowing it's a bad city gig.

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Hey Hey it's controversy

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So Hey Hey It's Saturday came back, and Red Faces featured a skit where dudes dressed up as the Jackson 5. They wore blackface.

I thought iSnack 2.0 was embarrassing.

State of Play

Greetings spurned readership!

As you may have noticed, my rate of posting has slowed to the point of nonexistence. More likely you have moved on to one of the other 70 bajillion blogs on the internet and are not reading this right now. But I digress.

I started this blog as a way of keeping my writing fluids pumping. I did not anticipate that it would be read and enjoyed - a welcome boon indeed.
At present I hunger for projects with more focus, and am turning my attention to a couple.
I still intend to update this blog, but am officially freeing myself from the self-imposed daily schedule. I obviously did this unofficially some time ago, but hey, I'm here now.
The invention of Twitter was quite a blow, as it provided the ability to share randomness and immediately generate discussion that I found here. It also unfortunately demonstrated that much of the 1,000-word posts I had created could be just as effectively conveyed in 140 characters.

I really do want to thank everyone who has ever read any of the words here, and I hope you've enjoyed some of them. I especially want to thank anyone who commented, as I am man enough to admit that such validation keeps me going.

So I will continue to live here - I still visit every day so feel free to say anything you like in the comments of this post. If I post something of note I shall make a note of it through Twitter and Facebook.

Also, how good was Arkham Asylum? Really good.

My only regret ... is that I have ... boneitis.

Thank God. (From io9)

Futurama has signed a deal with Fox that will see the original voice cast return.

My initial, ecstatic joy at hearing that my favourite cartoon ever had been renewed after a too-long absence was immediately crushed under the news that pay disputes may have meant the cast would not be coming back.

That would have surely created a Pet Cemetery situation, where my loved one would return .... wrong.

Zack and Miri: A Review

Zack and Miri Make a Porno sounds like it should be awesome, but it is a disappointment.

On paper, this movie wins the internet:

The idea of Kevin Smith embracing the style of recent 'Apatow style' comedies should be a 'best of both worlds' type of deal, and the plot - two broke, platonic friends decide to make a porno to get out of debt - sounds tailor made for a filthy, hilarious romp.

But it doesn't really work. The film swings between filth and cheesy sentimentality. It feels like two competing movies a lot of the time.

The premise that pornography has gone mainstream is mentioned in the film, and is unwittingly proven by the tameness of proceedings. The concept hangs there with nothing really to support it. The love story grows to encompass the whole plot, so that the initial idea of the film being made is abandoned without any resolution.

Elizabeth Banks acts well and Seth Rogan is capable, but none of the other characters grow beyond a one sentence description.

Of course, a film like this can often get a pass on all else if it is funny. Sadly, Zack and Miri isn't all that funny either. While there are some great gags, it's not consistently hilarious like, say, Anchorman or Clerks, which both took an obvious concept and rode it for all it was worth.

The Champions

Last night Leen and I watched Queen: Live at Wembly.

I'd never seen it before, but had heard good things.

Not only was it possibly the best live performance I have ever witnessed, albeit through a television screen and the mists of time, but I ached to be in the audience.

When Radio Ga Ga had thousands of people clapping in unison while Freddy holds them in the palm of his hand, I kind of felt like I had missed all the best stuff that will ever happen.

If you ever get the chance to watch the concert do so. It will fill you with awe and crushing despair.

That is rock'n'roll.




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Worst ending ever?

Did Battlestar Galactica Have The Worst Ending In Science Fiction History?

Head over to io9 to find out!

My take?













Yep.