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"Ro-Jaws and Hammerstein" - I've only just got it!

I still don't get The Slavers of Drule I'm afraid...

Hey, while there's a techy-thread up maybe I'll ask something here so as not to stink the board up:

I have Windows XP and since having Broadband the computer automatically dials up when switching the computer on. That's handy but when I lose the line or have to unplug the line (I still get sopme interference on the line) then connection is lost yet when I go to reconnect via 'Connect To' or the Control Panel it regeisters that the line is still connected and can't dial up again. Whenever I need to re-connect I have to restart the computer, any idea why?

Maybe Justin Lee Collins could reunite them.

A really tense game I remember playing was a "Sentinel Returns", a version of an early 3D game 'Sentinel'. I don't know what the Spectrum/Amiga versions were like but the Playstation 1 version was terrifying in terms of the total panic it put you in while playing and the general wierdness of the game - it has to be one of the most original and wierd games I've ever playes.

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I'd be interested in reading a news story about this if a change in policy/circumstances is behind the apparent proliferation in prog-sellers.

Though the radio & TV cast were obviously 'definitive', I think the film failed mostly because they failed to fix the length problem: The main story (i.e. first radio series/TV series/first 2 books) was slightly too long and epic for a family film, though splitting it in 2 and doing the first book meant it was too short and didn't work as a standalone story like, say Star Wars did, and left the Earth destroyed. Trying to fix these they ended up with something that made little sense to both old fans and a new audience, didn't work on its own and made plans for a following chapter unfeasible.

I got that feeling on watching the Hitchhikers film again on TV recently - for 15 minutes I think 'actually this isn't too bad', then the entirely new story shows itself to be a total mess.

"I thought the worst thing about Stallone's wooden portrayal of Judge Dredd was the silly growly voice he put on."

Has there ever been a character from a comic they don't give a hard-boiled husky dirty voice to? Batman, Constantine, everyone in Sin City...maybe it would seem sillier if they didn't do it but it's become such a lazy cliche.

Aside of the inevitable helmet issue I just can't find much wrong with the film. Considering the requirements of big-budget filmmaking I can see why they made each of their decisions and created exactly that story - a movie has to give its main protagonist a journey, something about themselves, while the comic needs to not move things on too much. A film based closely on stories from the comic would not have reached non-culty movie audiences.

You could probably have a more faithful one today now that CGI effects have become more important than having a big star on board, and comic adaptations have proven themselves in capturing adult audiences.

Stallone's been reflective lately and trying to redress past misgivings with new episodes: Rocky Balboa, John Rambo...it's not impossible that he might give us a "Joe Dredd"...

"When a werewolf and a vampire move in together, they find the house is haunted by a ghost"

...before being eaten by a shark?

I here Peter Parker is single again...

I can't tell if he's cuddling those monsters or giving them a Chinese burn.

You never know, they might repeat it this year before the film comes out, then you can tape it for free.

Thank you friend...not for nothing to they call me the most neglected artist in comics.