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[Quatermass and the Pit]

The 1958 serial of Quatermass and the Pit is on iPlayer at the moment. It's a bit squiffy around the edges, but it's still a damn fine story.

The tie's too short.

That's as good a way as any.

Mind you, I'm a red bush guy now,

I hope we see him again in the future, as president. Also, he hates Trump, so he can't be all bad.

Stalin hated Hitler, so make of that what you will.

I also currently have a haggis defrosting in the fridge.

That's a clear violation of the Geneva Convention.

Reality has no place in the twittersphere.

I may be remembering this wrong, but I thought I read somewhere that the only reason cannabis was made illegal is because it was competing with the tobacco industry.

You're not the only one to think that sheridan.

Big Spiders. Neo-Trumpian villain. Lots of rushing about, shrieking, and lamenting. What was the plot again?

Fecking hell. I didn't know any of this.

Edit: I am drinking my way through a hangover and realise this is an utterly pointless post.

First time I'd heard any of this as well (surprised that something like this hadn't come up on the board before now - when did all this happen?)

Same here. I don't use twitter much and I wasn't aware that Glinner had been saying any of this. I was looking forward to his next series, but now I'm not so sure. Are we sure this isn't a symptom of Hairy Hands Syndrome and he just needs a spell at St. Clabbert's?

Everyone starts with a complete works of Orwell sized gap on their shelf. Don't even attempt to make a cup of tea without consulting him first.

Without a doubt my favourite his essays.

Rick and Morty writer/producer Mike McMahan is going to produce a new animated comedy set in the Star Trek universe.

https://deadline.com/2018/10/star-trek-lower-decks-animated-series-rick-and-morty-mike-mcmahan-alex-kurtzman-cbs-all-access-1202489207/

What's red and bad for your teeth?

A brick.

How can civil rights make him a criminal several thousand years in the future?

He specifically says "This is where it all started to go wrong". One can fairly infer from what he says that his crime was some kind of race hate crime that would never have happened (been 'necessary' in his view, I imagine) if all the black people had been kept in their proper place to start with. Whilst, yes, this sounds pretty simplistic, as Taryn notes — if you've ever spoken to (or had to listen to) a racist, pinning complex issues on simplistic causes is pretty much their entire schtick.

Quit poking holes in my bubble. It's nice and quiet in here.

I guess I've never really bothered to listen to racists. I just roll my eyes and move on.