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So the finale hinged on the fact that [spoiler]some days you just can't get rid of a bomb[/spoiler]?

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[Return of the Jedi]

here's William Friedkin's opinions on the killer and shootings.

]http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a395256/william-friedkin-batman-cinema-shooter-deserves-gas-chamber.html]

"That's an isolated act by a madman. They asked him what his favourite movies were. You know what he answered? Star Wars and Dumb and Dumber," Friedkin claimed"


Jeffrey Dahmer was obsessed with Return of the Jedi. Dangerous psychotics like the same banal shite as everyone else, they just make different use of their interests.

I don't see many people ditching Eric Gill's work.

It's harder to chuck on a bonfire. Say what you like about Gill, at least he loved his dog.

Christopher Nolan feels Mark Kermode's tongue probing ever higher up his arse on The Culture Show (BBC2) right now.

Separate the man from the work.

Mmm... he drugged and anally raped a 14 year old child... I find that kind of hard to get past myself.

And yet Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby are still brilliant films. Mel Gibson's a racist cunt, but Mad Max 2 hasn't got any less fun since that information was made public.

[Wagner]

Quick starter for ten. In what most recent prog (not meg) did dredd last say "i am the law"?

I missed out on the last eight years, but the most recent instance I can remember of that phrase being used was when Garth Ennis allowed himself a guilty one before taking his leave of the strip, in part two of Goodnight Kiss (941).

I seem to remember a separate but related strand of this discussion cropping up on the Necropolis thread, where everyone wracked their brains to think whether Wagner had ever put those words in Dredd's mouth. The upshot was that he's hardly ever done so; which makes me think that if there's been another instance since, it was probably one of Wagner's many elf helpers who risked reminding everyone of Stallone's distressing, Nimrod-like essaying of that line.

Year Zero was Pol Pot

I thought that was Rossellini.

I've opened another cultural cul de sac you can waste your life in.

Cul-de-Sac was Polanski.

[nerd]

Year Zero was Pol Pot

I thought that was Rossellini.

I had to google that one, nerd.

Starlin's used Year One Ezquerra as his paradigm

I read that as Stalin used Year One Ezquerra as his paradigm.

Wrong revolutionary-turned-dictator. Year One was Robespierre, Year Zero was Pol Pot; but the worst you could say about Carlos is that he doesn't like sharing his characters with other artists- or having them killed without his permission.

Special curved blocks...with lady bumps!!  mind you what appendage would the Ben Aflecked Block have?

A wig?

[SDCC2012 35th anniversary Judge Dredd panel.]

SDCC2012 35th anniversary Judge Dredd panel.
part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6-Gvex8N4

Has anyone seen that Weston Dredd page (3m 30s) before? It looks insanely detailed. The main panel alone looks like it has more going on in it than his gatefold cover featuring every 2000ad character.

That might be the worst Jim Starlin piece of professional artwork ever. There is so much wrong with that right arm it isn't funny. Which sucks, because the background cityscape looks great.

Starlin's used Year One Ezquerra as his paradigm, rather than the iconic McMahon design or its modern variants. It'd be interesting to know whether that was just the artist's personal preference, or indicative of IDW's decision to set the stories in the pre-2099 era.

[And - for my wife - Ben Affleck Block.]

Coming up: Amanda Holden Block, Elisha Cuthbert Block, Natalie Mendoza Block and Gina Gershon Block (all in one sector, very close to each other).

And - for my wife - Ben Affleck Block.

Aye, right; "for my wife". You should feel free to be yourself here, Mike.

[Buttonman]

Buttonman; have you ever considered a season dedicated to him. I'm sure he must have had enough rantingly insane letters published to keep you going for a week of posts. Just in case you're still not convinced: it would really piss people off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaXj9lYuhEo
That Xbox live footage, not great quality though.

Is it patronising to find it cute that Thirlby's feet didn't quite reach the ground when she was on the Lawmaster?