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Hmm, this show was so forgettable (apart from the oh-so catchy feem-toon) that I distinctly remember having forgotten it as early as 1985, when I was reminded of it in the course of a particularly long lunchtime queue in school.  I've forgotten about it at least twice since, and I actually quite liked it at the time.

I'm sorry who are you again?

At last! I've been unable to convince my workmates that this show existed outside of my deranged imagination. Finally I'll have proof!

the thing is as you meet more people who remember this show the more you will find that ther all say "I thought it was brilliant but no one else in Geekdom seems to remember it".

Rejoyce! you a member of an Elite group of Geeks. And being a fan of this show increases your Geek portfolio by a huge percentage.

 

[Star Fleet: X Bomber]

Starfleeet, Starfleeeeet, STARFLEEEEEEET!

Starfleet logo

The Mighty X bomber

The theme tune record cover

Don't know who remembers this but forget Terrahawks (Utter Shite) for cosmic, interplanetary puppet battles Star Fleet: X Bomber made my early 80's Saturday mornings worth getting up stupidly early for. For the best bloke in a mecha suit fights forget PowerRangers this is the jobbie for you. And with an "excellent" theme tune by Dr Brian May (and friends) you just can't go wrong
Any way it's being re-released on DVD this January.

if you wanna buy it
//http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=788582&tduid=05ff971a5011d497a7dfc2d58d7b76fd

if you want to know what the hell I am on about look here
//http://www.sfxb.co.uk/

I asked Matt "D'Israeli" Brooker for a sketch of a pot of Star Brand Fishpaste. Does that count?  

My attempt to leave home. Here is the operation's goals:
1. Go to the Gym more often to keep fit and gain muscles
2. Learn how to drive - must celebrate by getting a tatoo done on my back
3. Get a job
4. Apply for a firearm and shotgun licence
5. Get a girlfriend

Hum. It could all end in tears.

After succeeding at 1, 2, 3 and 4  you find 1 and 3 are full of arrogant gits who try to make you feel inadequate and small with their petty politics and angry with the abuse of what ever small power they may have over you .

Plus the frustration of 5 not working out you may find that you use the fruits of 2(a) and 4 to go on a drive by shooting spree to the locations of 1, 3 and 5 where you stalk from room to room, pumping round after round in to all the aforementioned gits.

Your body being identified by 2(b) after the hail of Police bullets takes you out.

Granted that's worst case scenario but it is a slow day in my office and my brain is a strange landscape.

Good luck  

Very much in my Top 5 Tooth artests let alone Dredd. His art work on the later Friday stories is the only thing worth looking at them. his colour art was wasted on such rubbish. Was a shame about the whole 90s thing.

I dont know who would find this interesting but I found a new book and comic exchange in Berwick Street W1F 8TG
//http://www.qype.co.uk/place/177736-Book-Comic-Exchange-London
I know there is one in Notting hill but I cant be arsed to go all the way to there from Enfield.
I picked up a replacement copy (as mine has pages missing) of the brilliant  Atomeka Press' A1 series for a princly sum of £5. Just thought the Londinium Boarders should know.
 

got the red ring last week. Every time I hear a car outside I pray its the UPS man.

Pray tell, what is the red ring. Is it something to do with downloading loads of stuff you shouldn't ?

FYI

//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_ring_of_death

Peter, I am only teasing you. Please don't think I am doing anything other then joshing. I very rarely try to be anything other then jovial.  

I recently re played these
Judge Dredd was OK but far too "cartoony" and got realty too predicable with too many Zombies and Vampires for my blood Judge Death was not the way forward and should have had more Half-life style working stuff out (I believe all FPS should be like the Half-life game and the opp. force and blue shift Exp. packs) as an investigation that unfolds to a massive conspiracy and a load of Judging at the end also it was a sod to get working on the PC at the time even though mine was up to spec at the time.
Best level: The Undercity. Just because it was V creepy but needed more Troggies
Worst level: Resyk same thing over and over and again Zombies and Vamps

I dont normally like 3rd person games but Rogue Trooper was on the money for so much apart from the train level which was a bit dull it was over far too quickly didnt feel like a 3 year search for the TG as the comic was more like a week game time (I clocked it in a day) Needed a lot more slogging though the land scapes of Nu Earth was much needed.
Best level: most of them
Worst level: The Train one

[lly BRILLIANT and a]

I understand your reaction because i had a reaction [quite a few in fact] when i was reading the Kevin Smith thread and certain films mentioned therein.Clerks springs immediately to mind.

 Kevin Smith and his films are a tota .............CUT...............................................................................................................................................

    CENSORED.

Let me fill in the blanks for you Peter
 Kevin Smith and his films are a
totally BRILLIANT and a CUT above the rest. He is also quite funny and I dont mind him being an bit wordy as on the whole, his films are worth it. Apart from Jersey Girl, but he probably only did that because Ben Afflick is a pal and was doing him a favour. Hu-HUM!

    CENSORED.

That about right Peter?


 

Gaahhh! I can believe what I am reading. Van Helsing was more ropy than hardcore Kinbaku and in comparison Underworld and the Resident Evil films are practically akin to Shakespeare, Homer, Steven King and Douglas Adams getting together with Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles and Mike Leigh and making a film designed by H.R. Giger, Moebius and Dali with William S Burrows and Oscar Wyld as general artistic writes consultants.

"Castle of Turds" does not even come close to haw bad it was (although a nice term that. I must remember it).

Still you are all entitled to your own opinion no matter how wrong [I think] it is.

Oh well never mind.

 

Was there a hoo ha about going colour?
I seem to remember the Tharg of the time stating that monochrome storeys where still going to be a regular thing and in the something like over a decade since I have never had a reason to call him a liar.

I actually liked these films. Not as utterly dire as Van Helsing was (and that really was a film where Kate Beckinsale's arse really was the only thing that made the film worth watching and even then the costume had a saggy gusset issue which ruined it for every one).

They had really good action scenes and a plot that has really made an effort to be consistent (and come on guys,  it is a film about Vampires and Werewolves with guns so it's not going to be Othello).

I was told that the second one was rubbish so foolishly didn't see it till the DVD and then wished I had seen it before as it was a pretty damn good sequel and dove tailed the first film brilliantly.

So I will watch the trailer when I get home and hope it is as good a film with the added bonus of Rhona Mitra's arse delightfully framed in tight, shiny black leather as the first two where with Kate Beckinsale's arse delightfully framed in tight, tight, shiny black rubber.



I am now going to have a bit of a "lie down"

Have you tried using the "Back" button? works nearly as well.