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I want Greedo in this Movie. Han could witness Greedo firing first on some lowlife Bounty scum, therefore, justifying Solo's underhand tactics at the Mos Eisley cantina. Reservoir Dogs in Space will always sound cool to small minded, impressionable people like me so I hope that's the aim they're heading for here.

I remember David Attenborough in an interview saying he wished he could believe in God since he felt the reassurance religion gave was something positive for the human psyche. Nature in her raw tapestry is pretty merciless so one can understand that sentiment, but religion requires faith, belief requires faith, and that's the problem. Most of the horrors of the past and this century have been committed by people who believed they were right either by some divine power bestowed on them by an invisible entity, ISIS, Al Queda or because of their system of Government. Hitlers Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union, both which held the State above all other institutions including Religion murdered millions in the name of purity, and we all know how history judged them. Humankind is apparently a tyrant with God and a beast without him and that's hardly comforting.

Outstanding artwork and beautifully ugly. Haven't seen the Movie proper yet but there is some Hungarian version of the entire Alien Covenant Movie on YouTube somewhere. It's a bit too dark to see what's going on, but you get the general gist of the Movie.

That is so good.

I should have voted for Lord Buckethead all along. He'll save us! 

It's a rejection of the hard Brexit stand made by May-hem and her cronies. She'll hang on till the summer recess then the knives will be out for her. A softer Brexit is more likely now and that's a relief. Phew! On a sourer note, minority Government doesn't tend to last either so we'll be sitting through another General election later in the year.

Looking forward to tomorrow, think it will be a long night!

I'm dreading it, and what follows.

I wonder how long it'll be before Davis and May decide that the EU's reciprocal deal for EU citizens isn't acceptable because the EU wants them to retain rights (which the Conservatives promised, but now call "ridiculous"). Three months? Two? One? And then that's it: the hardest of Brexits. Still, I'm sure throwing six million people under the bus was always part of the plan. I mean, I don't recall anyone ever saying that (including every leading Leave figure from Johnson to Farage), but someone must have, right? After all, May said we all voted with our eyes open.

Still, I suppose if the worst comes to the worst, the house we built is just a house. And someone here might get a nice bargain when I have to flog all my comics on eBay.

Can't help feeling the same. I'm just hoping it's not too much of a massacre despite the 'positive polls' for the opposition parties. I wonder what the secret focus groups have been telling the political pollsters?

Bit scary this. Morphology, incept dates...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170601124126.htm

Pandering to focus groups?

Far future = confusing, scary, unrealistic.
Near future = simple, comforting, realistic.
Hats = suspicious.

Therefore, executive producers want a series set in the near future with a crew that doesn't wear hats.

Or something.

I forgot they used focus groups for everything these days. It's a form of insurance since the Execs know to some extent what hardcore ST fans want but what does the general viewing public like? By commissioning a focus group of twenty to thirty somethings, they can get a bead on their desires and dislikes and present it to their money Masters. 'Sure the fans like this but the focus group shat on it!' and the trouble is you inevitably play it safe, making a carbon copy of what went before just with new characters.

I heard on Midnights Edge broadcast that he thought that the ScyFy channel might be interested as they wanted to upgrade their current crop of TV Progs away from the Sharknado tat. I guess if you're looking for something that is a little more sophisticated that might appeal to Adults Dredd might fit the bill but that's just his opinion nothing else.   

I always remember him leaping out of an aeroplane and parachuting to the ground. They seemed to take some risks with presenters in those days. Since the presenters weren't paid too well the Beeb decided it could afford to lose a few. Sad news to hear he's gone. 

Now we know the real inspiration for Dredd's Chin-John Wagners! Lovely portrait Fungus.

1: Steve Denton  Nickolai Dante

2: Adrian Bamforth Romanov Crest

3: Paul Moore Nikolai Dante

HM: allistermac, Dante/Alan Byrom, Nicolai and Jena/Mikolaj Ostapiuk Nicholai Dante/ Tulio Vilela Nickolai v Boris/flip-r mk2 Gentleman thief.     

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How to update old Film Characters on your books that aren't earning much money? You rework them for a contemporary setting as period Films are more expensive to make and don't attract the twentysomethings demographics all advertiser love. So put them in a modern context, hire some well-known Film faces to play updated version of the classic Characters and there's your Monster Universe to go. Hope it works out for them.