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Wow, some excellent work, Goaty. Love the Pan's Labyrinth art and the Black Knight! 

Absolutely hilarious! 

I don't believe i've seen that episode, Tim. I might have a look on youtube! Cheers! 

There is a book about the Flannan Isle mystery if you're interested. It's called "Some Strange Scent of Death" and is told in prose form but sticks very close to the facts of the story.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strange-Scent-Death-Angela-Elliott/dp/1904445152/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366740939&sr=8-1&keywords=some+strange+scent+of+death

Wow, much obliged, Tim. I'll definitely check it out. 

[Tron Legacy]

Tron Legacy - and what a bloomin' enjoyable film it was too! I watched the original as a little kid so i've forgotten most of the storyline and whatnot, but not the visuals. That stayed with me into my adulthood. And i thought this was a worthy sequel to the original. The 80's style score by Daft Punk and supervised by Jason Bentley - was superb throughout. Not since Dredd have i been so thrilled by a score, it's more mellow than said film but still entrancing. The actors also did a good job, Jeff Bridges being prime, but Garrett Hedlund was very good as his son 'Sam' and Olivia Wilde was really sassy and cool as 'Quorra', not forgetting Michael Sheen who very nearly stole the show as the Bowie-esque vice lord 'Castor'. Clu was the villain of the piece played again by a 'younger' Jeff Bridges and frankly he again does a great job (and thanks in part to Digital Domain for the visual effects). I thought the younger Bridges or Clu was very well done, much better than the younger Prof. Xavier and Magneto we saw in X-Men 3. But of course the main triumph was the look and design of the world of Tron, and the action set pieces. It does evoke the Matrix films in a way, but more impressive visually. This needs to be seen in the widest screen possible because some of the scenes were eye popping to say the least.

So a pleasant surprise overall, an enjoyable film and one i'm quite certain my boy would love. And it's definitely an improvement on the pile of shite i last saw; Jonah effing Hex.

I don't believe i've seen that episode, Tim. I might have a look on youtube! Cheers! 

Insurrection - I don't mind the new style for this but aftwerwards I was thinking - perhaps it was more intentional than saving time.  The 'softer' style last month to reflect the beauty of the colony and now the 'darker' style as things have 'kicked off'?

I was just wondering, what style was the previous two series in? Was it the soft style or the more 'clear' style? Or both? I think that could be a good indication of whether it was just a stylistic choice or one based on saving time for the recent change. I don't unlike it,  but the opener was more beautiful to behold and evocative of MacNeil's work for America.

Not something that happened to me, but today I've been reading about one of my all time favourite mysteries (if you can have such a thing), The Flannan Isles Lighthouse mystery.

That story always sends a shiver up my spine, probably because lighthouses are spooky places even at the best of times.

Funt me. Spine-chilling stuff! I was just looking at a youtube doc on this, my theory is that the three men probably walked into into another dimension or the 'twillight zone'...sometimes the least likely theory is the right one! 

Mabs, was the youtube doc the one I've linked to below, or is there another one I'm not aware of?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RadCTDyEeaI

Yep. That's the one. Damn, that story's still giving me the chills! Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Tim! Oh just remembered, has anyone ever tried to adapt this into a film? In the right hands it could be a right old chiller.

Akira Kurosowa is a god. I think he said this regarding the films of Satyajit Ray: "to live and not to have seen a film by Satyajit Ray, is not to have lived at all". The same can apply to him.

If anyone is interested there's another copy on ebay, with the bid currently at £8.05 (p&p £2.65)

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=330910589195&index=23&nav=SEARCH&nid=32124957954

Woohoo! I got one for 14.49! Okay maybe not as big a bargain as what you guys got, but close enough!

Cheaper than mine with postage! Nice one Mabs.

Oh bollocks. Sorry Link, It seems in my excitement i forgot to mention the little matter of postage! 

So overall it'll probably be close to what you paid. 

Woohoo! I got one for 14.49! Okay maybe not as big a bargain as what you guys got, but close enough!

Not a meme so much, but relevant..

Dare you to watch this and see Dredd's "...yeah" in the same light..

http://www.youtube.com/#/watch?v=gmlR5eG9zP4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DgmlR5eG9zP4

link suspect?

Ah cock.. Sorry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmlR5eG9zP4

Lol. Keep your eyes on the dog at the back, he's like WTF?! 

[Robocop Two]

I watched Robocop Two on the telly just now and I thought it would tank, but wasn't so bad after all.

I've got quite a soft spot for Robocop 2! It's maybe not as great as the first film but theres still a lot of enjoyment to be derived. The opening is really excellent and reminiscent of Hard Boiled (does Robo hold a baby in his arm? I've forgotten as i watched it more than a decade ago). And a terrifying nemesis in Cain/ Robocop 2. I remember shitting myself as a kid when his robot version reared its scary head for the first time!

I've still to watch The Spirit too, even if it does turn out to be a poor adaption, somehow i think it can't get more worse than Jonah Hex. You and your wife made the right decision in my view, leaving the film when you did.

Not something that happened to me, but today I've been reading about one of my all time favourite mysteries (if you can have such a thing), The Flannan Isles Lighthouse mystery.

That story always sends a shiver up my spine, probably because lighthouses are spooky places even at the best of times.

Funt me. Spine-chilling stuff! I was just looking at a youtube doc on this, my theory is that the three men probably walked into into another dimension or the 'twillight zone'...sometimes the least likely theory is the right one!