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#8896
Other Reviews / Re: Mazeworld
26 September, 2009, 02:52:52 AM
Not my bag, Mazeworld, despite the lovely artwork.

Metalzoic, now, that I would love to see again.  Pat Mills and Kev O'Neill - have they ever, as a team, put a foot wrong?
#8897
Help! / Re: A half-remembered film
22 September, 2009, 08:41:15 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 18 September, 2009, 09:29:24 AM
QuoteJuat got to thinking last night about a film i watched as a kid (when the folks were out, it was all sexy and that).

Haven't seen the movie, but that's the plot of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's (f**k the accents) short story Miss Forbes' Summer of Happiness.  So could it be this adaptation:


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096373/



Yep, that's got to be it.  Sorry, haven't checked the board in a while, but nice work, fella - you guys have never let me down
#8898
Megazine / Re: Tell me how to enjoy Armitage
18 September, 2009, 01:17:18 PM
QuoteI must admit this month's is the first to get my interest, ARTIC-B I feel it could have kicked off from here.

Totally agree. Now THIS is the Armitage I like.  Mad, interesting parts of Brit Cit that we've never seen before, backstories enriched with a nod to Dredd continuity in general- good to see the gritty realism of the wrecked north of England contrasted with crazy shit like the Kleggs, Judge Fish and the fatties.

Also enjoyed the sly little joke - 'Look at the crap that's happening in what they're calling Murphyville'. Couldn't agree more. I hated that Emerald Isle story. not because of the stereotyped elements - most other Mega Cities get that too, look at Cal-Hab and Luxor - but because unlike MC1, which is (usually) plausibly farcical, Murphyville is implausibly so. Potential for decent future Murphyville stories was pretty much destroyed from the word go.

Reminded me, by the way, of another dig at Ennis Dredd in the Armitage novel Deathmasques, referring to Judgement Day - Dave Stone describes the fact that the year after Necropolis ANOTHER extra-dimensional superfiend attempted global extermination as 'a serious lack of originality on Fate's part'.

Not entirely Garth Ennis's fault there, I know, but I totally agree again - it was wayyyy too soon after Necropolis among its other flaws.

Anyway, sorry, I digress. Armitage is not crap. It's very good.  By the way, is that the same Brit-Cit assassin woman from Wetworks? Never read it but she was also in a one off story in a Mega-Special.
#8899
Help! / Re: A half-remembered film
08 September, 2009, 09:10:09 PM
QuoteThe ironic thing is when my Mum caught me and my best friend watching it she shouted out the thread starters name!!

Heh heh. I've just got that.
#8900
Help! / Re: A half-remembered film
08 September, 2009, 01:34:47 PM
QuoteDid you find a tape of it hidden on top of your dads wardrobe? If thats the case there are many sites where you can see similar films

Heh. No, it was actually an arty film, therefore not porn exactly. Probably on that dreadful Channel 4 thing.
It was probably the early 90's when I saw it, anyway.  Pretty sure I didn't dream it too, there was no difficult running away, or struggling to fly a few feet above the ground, or being at school again with important exams the next day and no study done, which pretty much sums up all my dreams.
#8901
Help! / Re: A half-remembered film
07 September, 2009, 07:30:54 PM
No, I saw Blue Lagoon - not that one, sadly
#8902
Help! / A half-remembered film
07 September, 2009, 02:13:30 PM
Juat got to thinking last night about a film i watched as a kid (when the folks were out, it was all sexy and that).
It was possibly a foreign language one, about an attractive female teacher marooned on an island teaching two kids.  The kids hated her and she was very strict, but (in hindsight I realise) it was an expression of her sexual frustration: There was some young guy on the island who she kept coming on to, including rubbing his balls, but our man failed to pitch a trouser tent every time. I think he turned out to be gay or something. There was a surreal underwater scene as well.
Anyway it was very sexy and weird, wouldn't mind watching it again. Er, for curiousity and nostalgia's sake, you understand. Anyone know this one?
#8903
Film & TV / Re: Batman 3 villain
02 September, 2009, 01:24:04 PM
Wasn't Johnny Depp pencilled in to play the Riddler? Or is that just a silly rumour?
#8904
General / Re: Favourite moment...
21 August, 2009, 02:00:48 PM
Liked the Wickerman scene a lot too but I also liked the Beltain Giant festival scene. I didn't even realise at the time that the giant in question was real, and had a big horn and balls, hidden by smoke in the Slaine scene.
I was recently saddened to discover that the giant may only be a few hundred years old.  Then again, it might not.
#8905
Megazine / Re: How crap is Armitage?
20 August, 2009, 12:56:12 PM
QuoteFrom a factual perspective there's no denying the worlds co-exist in the same timeline but I don't think that was Wagner's original intention. I think he wrote Stront to be separate. I think you can take it or leave it. It was fun to see Dredd and Alpha pulling punches and then coming together in Judgement Day but you don't have to take it too seriously.

I'll go along with that.  As far as I'm concerned, Al Ewing sorted it out:  Now that they know SD world is a possible future, they can stop it happening.  Comics continuity is just a massive pain in the hole
#8906
Megazine / Re: How crap is Armitage?
14 August, 2009, 01:09:38 PM
Ahh, it's alright. I've seen a lot worse in the Megazine. Personally I love Dave Stone's Brit-Cit, even if the latest story isn't exactly bursting with energy.  I kind of miss the crime Overlords and the Star Chamber though, they were what made Armitage's city really different from Dredd's one.  I want to see The Dragon and The Behemoth again
#8907
Links / Re: Ultimate link thread.
04 August, 2009, 09:20:13 PM
Quote1st Place: "My Uncle Is A Man Named Steve (Not A Monkey)"
Cassidy Turnbull (grade 5) presented her uncle, Steve. She also showed photographs of monkeys and invited fairgoers to note the differences between her uncle and the monkeys. She tried to feed her uncle bananas, but he declined to eat them. Cassidy has conclusively shown that her uncle is no monkey.

Surely having a laugh?  Mind you, I'm in the middle of Christopher Hitchens' God is Not Great, and by now I'd believe anything fundamentalist is possible (except the supernatural parts).  Though Hitchens does come across as a bit of a  belligerent misanthropist, it's got to be said it's a fascinating read.
#8908
Help! / Re: Thumb through screen. Argh!
04 August, 2009, 06:49:40 PM
Cheers Buddy, though I think that's considerably cheaper than what my local place charges, and my laptop is an unusual brand too.  So I have a feeling i may have to pay a little bit more than you. We'll see how it goes, though.
#8909
Help! / Re: Thumb through screen. Argh!
04 August, 2009, 03:51:19 PM
Wow, that's mental - I did exactly the same thing to my own laptop last night! What a headfuck.  No idea of the cost yet, I'm scared to take it to the repair shop.

Oh yeah, and I did it like this - my screen was dodgy anyway and often stopped working. The only way to fix it was to flex the screen a bit with your hand. I just did it too much
#8910
General / Re: Innapropriate Jobs (oh the hilarity)
03 August, 2009, 08:10:52 PM
Finn - Catholic bishop.