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I have to add I have watched Wargames countles times and did again the other day. It's pretty much a perfect movie. "The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"

I don't feel sorry for her, it strikes me how varied her roles were, being quite voluptuous even in later films such as Cowboy and Dick, in a period when other actresses such as Babs and Hattie were being far more typecast (even more so with actresses in lesser comedy franchises at the time). It was a shame that when she died they repeated Carry On Girls, in which she has a very underwhelming role - they should have shown Cowboy or Up The Jungle. Even Camping is a pretty good role in which she and Sid eventually rediscover their feelings for each other. Sounds pretentious but she is often the moral heart of the movies.

Sacrilege for some but I never liked the Back To The Future movies.

Just the same joke about forgetting they are in the past and saying things that wouldn't make sense over and over.

"Cowboy is shit, though"

Why would anyone not like Cowboy? Great performances from Sid and Kenneth, Sims being sexy, good story, Hawtrey as an Indian, the gorgeous Angela Douglas (an unsung Carry-On star) Jim Dale proving he is our very own Dick Van Dyke, and this joke:

Hawtrey: "I bought her for two buffalo-skins"

Indian: "How!"

Sud James: "Never mind how...where?"

For me, it's always a joy to see effortlessly Phil Silvers works alongside British comedians in Follow That Camel. I also thought it's a shame Frankie Howerd wasn't in more as he fitted in so well and they were far better than the more dated Up Pompei spin-offs.

Convenience is good, though like 'Loving' has dated more than others due to the topicality of the subject matter. Still, I like it's positive message when the bosses and workers still have fun together and aren't taken in by the shop steward. It was actually the first Carry On film to make a loss since it was so critical of the unions, and the working class were their core audience.

Still the specter of a new Carry On Film limps closer - I think their best bet would have been a 4 Weddings and a Funeral spoof called "Carry On Up The Asle"...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7292810.stm">

Jaws and Crocodile Dundee, both frequently on tv and both hard not to watch.

"From Hell, a line that went something like 'It seems we are to have an apocalypse of cockatoos'"

Yeah that strick me when I read it and I did a search for the expression, it seems like Alan just made it up. Not sure if it can be defined.

"From Hell, a line that went something like 'It seems we are to have an apocalypse of cockatoos'"

Yeah that strick me when I read it and I did a search for the expression, it seems like Alan just made it up. Not sure if it can be defined.

"Stooges they may be, funny they aint"

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There's some nice previews of some of the sketches in Dave Gibbons' forthcoming Watchmen companion book here:

Link: http://www.watchmencomicmovie.com/052208-dave-gibbons-watchmen-concept-art.php" target="_blank">Funky Gibbons

I agree I think it could have done with more magical realism - the book fools us into thinking it's gritty and real but it's really more fantastical than that. Make it realistic and you end up having to go into the details of how V looks after himself, wearing an apron and cooking dinner, and the shadow gallery, in the comic a metaphore for the freedom of thought V enjoys, looks like a pokey old hole. However, I'm still not sure the mask would have worked that wekk: In the comic you see V's face and forget about the mask altogether. In the film you can't help but see a man hiding behind, rather than being liberated by the mask. Even films like Spider-Man they can't really wait to get the mask off and though Peter Parker is a strong character, his alter ego doesn't do a lot other than jumping around. It feels like we're cutting between 2 films (though I've only seen the first 2).

I've just watched Dave Gibbons interviewed in Bristol and he said the first draft of the script he was given had a major story change at the end, something of a Hollywood ending. However, when he went to visit the set the director was pleased to tell him that the studio were so happy with what they had seen of the production so far they had given him licence to make the film "his way" i.e. true to the original story.

The amount of, often unnecessary, small details in the film made to honour the comic book (which Dave Gibbons told us of) is amazing, it's just a case of whether the big themes are conveyed right - and whether it actually works in live action at all even with the best of intentions - possibly the biggest flaw with V For Vendetta was that he just looked a bit stupid in real life.

I didn't think they would originally but I think making it so close to the original even down to the actors I think lets them off the hook: Clearly it's not about 9/11 as the book is from 1985. There is also a 'Creature Designer/Sculptor' listed in the credits on IMDB.

Link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2342403/" target="_blank">Creature Designer