The last.......

[bluemeanie]

Comic you read (excluding 2000AD/Megazine)
Graphic Novel you read
Book you read
TV Show you watched
Movie you watched
Game you played
Album you played



I'll kick off....

Comic you read(excluding 2000AD/Megazine) - Picked up the latest Dexters Half Dozen at the Cardiff Con. Good supernatural war comic from two good guys.

Graphic Novel you read - The Taxidermist. Short version, really enjoyed it. Long version up as a review on the website if anyones interested

Book you read - Masters of Doom. The story of the two guys who came up with Wolfenstein3D, Doom and then Quake. Goes through that and their seperation and how one went on to great success with Quake 2 etc and the other crashed and burned with Daikatana. Really enjoyed it.

TV Show you watched - Friends of God. Documentary on how religion is taking over America and slowly getting a stronger grip on politics etc. Interesting if a little terrifying

Movie you watched - Man with the Golden Gun. Wife hadnt seen any Bond movies and I hadnt in ages so we're doing the lot in order. Got as far as Scaramanga. Cool stuff and that car jump is still all kinds of impressive

Game you played - Bulletstorm. Big, dumb shooter. Loads of bloody fun

Album you played - Tron OST. Good background while I'm typing stuff up

[SmallBlueThing]

Comic you read (excluding 2000AD/Megazine)
Primeval- a one-off UK newstands kids' comic. Puzzles, fact files and two four-page comics drawn by Brian Williamson (with heavy photo reference/ pasted photos drawn over in Photoshop, I'd hazard a guess). Made my little'un happy, anyway.

Graphic Novel you read
Whiteout and Whiteout: Melt, by Greg Rucka and Steve Leiber. Two black and white crime thrillers, set in the Antarctic, the first of which was made into a middling film with Kate Beckinsale back in 2009. Liked the movie, didn't know it was a comic, and set out to get the trade once I finally found out. Finally got it, and the sequel, the other week. Great stuff- art reminds of British comics from the seventies (that's a Very Good Thing, by the way) and the story/ script is engaging and compulsive. I'd like there to be a third, but don't know if this will happen.

Book you read
Robert Heinlein's 'To Sail Beyond The Sunset', which I completely loved. Just started Alfred Bester's 'The Stars My Destination'. which is great so far.

TV Show you watched
Probably Corrie on Friday night.

Movie you watched
The Last Exorcism. Heh. Pretty groovy.

Game you played
"Killer Gorilla" with my youngest. Not a video game, but me pretending to be a killer gorilla as he tries to get past me. Usually ends in tickles. If, by some crazy series of circumstances, he manages to "kill the gorilla", then gorilla reanimates into a zombie and chases him slowly all over the house, drooling with his eyes rolled up in his head, dragging his leg, until he corners him and eats him (blows raspberries on his tummy).

Album you played
Levelling The Land, by The Levellers. Me and littlest had a good old dance around to this yesterday- and before that a compilation of the best of the Cambridge Folk festival.

SBT

[Buttonman]

Comic you read (excluding 2000AD/Megazine) : The Walking Dead 81 - more out of habit than any sort of devotion. Still OK but I don't fret over missing an issue.

Graphic Novel you read : "The Big Book of the Weird Wild West" great entry in a great series.

Book you read : 'True Tales of American Life' Paul Auster - read this antholgy a few times. It peoples tales from their lives and some are amazing other scary and sad - always gets a reation.

TV Show you watched : Carling Cup Final, or a 'The Sweeney' episode featuring George Cole and John Hurt if you are only counting drama and 'Pawn Stars' if you  only count reality.

Movie you watched - 'Morning Glory' chick wish fulfillment with a good turn by Harrison Ford as a cranky news man.

Game you played : Wii Fit Free jogging - 30 minutes!

Album you played : Kid Rock : Born Free

[TordelBack]

Comic:  Phonogram:  The Singles Club No. 6.  Very impressive - didn't think this would be for me, not being much into the pop music thing, but have been enjoying it so much I have had to restrain myself from torrenting the albums referenced.  Plus surprise PJ Holden!

Graphic Novel: I think the last one I read was George Smoot, by Seth.  I really like Seth's work, especially his impeccable sense of design, but this sad tale of an unlikable man didn't do it for me I'm afraid.  Wimbledon Green was a much better use of a similar style, and much more fun.  As always I love the photos of his cardboard models of buildings.

Book:  In the middle of Dean King's biography of the great Patrick O'Brian, A Life Revealed.  I don't like his style at all, or his gratuitous historical context padding, but his subject is so utterly enigmatic that it makes for a fascinating read.  

TV Show:  Masterchef.  The only reality/talent thing I tolerate, because it maintains a consistently positive atmosphere and appears to reward genuine skill and imagination.  I like it in the same way I like Gardener's Question Time.  Have my doubts about the X-Factory trappings of the current series, but it can trade on my good will for now.

Movie:  Zoolander.  Just great fun.

Game:  Lego Star Wars on the (original) X-Box.  The Boy and I are playing through this together at a relaxed pace, but have become stuck on the lava-jumping bit on Mustafar.  It's a brilliant game, but there are quite variable levels of difficulty between levels (the pod-racing sequence, for example, is quite tricky when a mistake by either player sends you back to the start of the stage) which makes playing it with a wee one occasionally frustrating.

Album:  Embarassingly it's Pink Floyd's The Final Cut.  I like it, okay?

[Jared Katooie]

Last comic: Blackest Night: Superman 3. To be honest I've been a bit dissapointed with the whole Blackest Night event. For some reason this huge superhero crossovers never seem as exciting as the should be.

Last graphic novel: Just finished Robo-hunter: The Droid Files 1 recently. I'm not a huge fan of Robo-hunter but it was an enjoyable read, with some pretty funny moments.

Last book: Hippo eats dwarf. An okay-ish book detailing some famous and not-so-famous hoaxes that have occured over the years.

Last TV show: An episode of Young Justice. Episode 5 I think. It's not a stellar series, but I'm enjoying it. It helps that it's not too kiddie friendly.

Last movie: I think it was Hellraiser 4. It was a decent enough film, certainly much better than Hellraiser 3, but not nearly as good as Hellraiser and Hellraiser 2.

Last game: I was playing Linley's Dungeon Crawl last night. It's been a while since I played, but it's still lots of fun.

Last album: None yet! I was listening to some of the Venture Brothers soundtrack last night however.

[Colin YNWA]

Comic you read (excluding 2000AD/Megazine): Action Comics 898. Picked up my pull list yesterday and always save the best until last so read this this morning. Though I sorted through a pile of Kamandi comics I won on eBay this afternoon but managed to resist reading any. I'll wait until I have the set (16 to go)

Graphic Novel you read: Reading my pull list interrupted a re-read Of Morrison's X-Men trades which are ok. Not one of my favourites of his but fun in its own way.

Book you read: Just finished Hoo-Haa's Drop Dead Gorgeous and have said elsewhere how much I enjoyed it. Just in case you missed it I think its great.

TV Show you watched: I'm watching Superman 2 as I type (well its an ad break after the news if that counts). Failing that Timmy Time with my daughter this morning weak Shaun the Sheep spin off. I've spent the afternoon choring in the kitchen listening to the cricket which fantastic.

Movie you watched: See above

Game you played: If you mean computer game then I really can't remember. I think an Asterix game on my mobile a couple of years ago.

Album you played: That I choose 'Glitter and Doom Live' by Tom Waits. Listened to 'No Wow' by The Kills after in the car yesterday but that was my wifes choice, fine one mind.

[I, Cosh]

Comic: Elfquest #7. I'm in the middle of thinning out my comics as they no longer fit in two long boxes and part of the process involves rereading series before I get rid of them. It's nice, if a bit saccharine (and possibly too full of fucking elfs) and is the sort of thing which should really appeal to ten year old kids if anyone has any.

GN: Depends what you mean. I'm halfway through Restricted Files 2, which I bought yesterday, and read Daytripper last week. Daytripper was good, but I got the impression something was being lost in the gap between Portuguese thought and English expression.

Book: The Third Policeman. I'm scared to reveal what I thought of it lest Tordelback come round to my house and bash my head in with an iron bar shaped like a bicycle pump.

TV Programme: Either the Carling Cup final or Outcasts. One was gripping, unpredictable stuff from start to finish. The other is a slightly plodding sci-fi show...

Film: Cool Runnings, because it was on. "I am feeling very Olympic today."

Game: Bayonetta. Got halfway through and got fed up with it.

Album: Bardo Pond by Bardo Pond. One of those bands who've been going for years and finally release an eponymous LP. Great, frazzled psychedelic guitar noise magic with flutes and noodling.

Comic:  Phonogram:  The Singles Club No. 6.  Very impressive - didn't think this would be for me, not being much into the pop music thing, but have been enjoying it so much I have had to restrain myself from torrenting the albums referenced.  Plus surprise PJ Holden!

The only issue of either series where I'd say it's essential to know the song is the last part of the Singles Club. It really works as a soundtrack to the issue in a way that the others don't. A real shame there's probably not going to be any more.

[Mardroid]

Comic you read (excluding 2000AD/Megazine)
If you include web comics, Scorer issue 0. If you mean full sized paper comics, Dogbreath #17. (I'm not sure this counts as non 2000 AD as it's a fanzine). For non 2000 AD related single issues Paragon. I believe it was 3.

Graphic Novel you read
Anita Blake - Guilty pleasures volume 2.
I picked this up from the library along with volume 1. I haven't read any of the novels so I picked it up out of curiosity. Not bad actually, although the ol' 'hot lady attracted to vampire semi-bad boy' is a bit tired. The world they live in is quite interesting and the story was actually quite interesting though. The art was lovely although all the handsome men are a bit too 'manga-style-adrogynous' for my liking. Anita herself is one of the prettiest female characters I've seen in comics though.

Book you read
Uther by Jack Whyte
I made the mistake of taking out a book which was actually one of the later in a series. I read a large portion of it and put it down as it wasn't quite my cup of tea despite usually finding stories based around Celtic folks interesting. I'm not sure if this counts since I didn't finish it. I was irritated that the Roman influenced people of Camulod were depicted as civilised while the Cambrians (Southern Welsh) were depicted as surly and kinda backward. I think celts should be depicted as the opposite (if not technically accomplished) and the Romans more surly (if advanced in other ways) but... oh well...

I then started reading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neill Gaiman. I didn't get far before finding that a couple of pages are missing! Shame, as I was really enjoying it too. I love the humour and style. And the idea that the M25 was built in the shape of a demonic symbol. Hur, hur.

I forget which novel I've actually finished lately. I'd like to add, I don't normally stop. Uther just kinda bugged me, and not just for the reasons given.

TV Show you watched
Don't laugh, but I believe it was Take Me Out. I'm not normally into dating shows, but I'll admit I find this kinda amusing. And I'll admit I like looking at the ladies. I often have the telly on in the background while I'm on my laptop, so I've seen other programmes since then without really paying attention. (Bad habit and possibly a waste of electricity.)

Movie you watched
Not so much 'watched' as 'watching'. Superman 2. A good un. I believe the last film I watched (past tense) was Shadow of the Vampire. A good vampire film particularly if you'd like to see something a bit different in the genre. I like how it's based partly on real life stuff and the filming of the film Nosferatu. Max Schreck is a great character. (I know he was a real actor but I'm referring to the character in this film.) Apart from being a decent vampire film, it's a great piece of metafiction.

Game you played
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories on the PSP.
I jumped onto this series pretty late. I bought a second hand PSP early this year and it came with this and Vice City stories.

It's been a few weeks now since I've played it, but I found the free roaming semi-role play style quite enjoyable. I got put off a bit after failing the same mission again and again. The main problem is actually controlling the vehicles! I keep over compensating and crashing into stuff. I also understand people's complaints at no second joystick too.

It's still a good game though and I'll have another go at some point. (I get into a particular game every now and again, but I'm not really much of a gamer.)

Oh, yeah, I played the free trial version of Guild Wars on the PC too, but I think I played Vice City latest. I found GW very enjoyable though. Seems I've got quite a taste for fantasy role-playing type games. I quite liked the trial of WoW too but Guild Wars is free once you've bought the game.

Album you played

If this means, 'all the way through' then it's been a while. I do like music but I don't play it all that often (unless you count waking up to it on the radio). I think the last album was Guns n Roses Greatest hits. On CD. I'm behind as far as music is concerned although I have downloaded the odd track here and there. Mainly U2 or old rock/bluesy stuff.

Album you played
Levelling The Land, by The Levellers. Me and littlest had a good old dance around to this yesterday- and before that a compilation of the best of the Cambridge Folk festival.

I didn't think you liked music SBT!

[Mardroid]

Movie you watched
Not so much 'watched' as 'watching'. Superman 2. A good un. I believe the last film I watched (past tense) was Shadow of the Vampire.

Tell a lie. It was ... well, Superman 2 since, it's just finished, but while I was writing the above it was Natural Born Killers last night. I clean forgot!

An interestingly made film, but all the flashy background image stuff got on my nerves after a while. The varied filming styles in themselves were an interesting way to got though.

The story is curious in that [spoiler]those supposedly on the side of law and order and the establishment are in many ways less likeable and morally ambiguous than the two main characters! Sure, they're multi-murderers but there is a certain purity* to them in that they know what they are and make no bones about it. The main detective character and Robert Downey Jr's annoying 'Australian reporter' character are variable and hypocritical. The former in particular, the latter is mainly a shallow twat.

Oh and I was slightly surprised they actually survived at the end! I've seen the film before and I seem to remember them being killed off in a hail of lead at the end. Shows how fickle the memory can be, eh?[/spoiler]

A decent watchable film but not among Tarantino's best. (Okay, technically it's not a Tarantino movie since he didn't direct it, but he did write the screen-play, so I think it counts. Certainly has a Tarantinoish style.)

*[spoiler]I use the word 'purity' in the sense that they have a certain single mindedness of purpose. They're scum but they're not hypocrites. That doesn't take away the fact that they are ultimately evil.[/spoiler]

[SmallBlueThing]

When my little boy brings me a cd and says he wants to dance, he gets his wish! he likes fiddle-led folk, you see.

SBT

[Mardroid]

When my little boy brings me a cd and says he wants to dance, he gets his wish! he likes fiddle-led folk, you see.

Fair enough!

[Aaron A Aardvark]

Comic you read (excluding 2000AD/Megazine)
Last issue of Sandman, probably. I thought it was a long way past its peak but still worth the read.

Graphic Novel you read
Al's Baby – sublime

Book you read
The Dead Hand – David Hoffman – the end of the Cold War. Fascinating stuff. Boy, were we lucky.

TV Show you watched
The Real King's Speech – dire.

Movie you watched
Three Colours: Red – magnificent.

Game you played
Football Mananger 2011 – Addictive, but a lot of the fun's gone out of it for me.

Album you played
Music? It's all noise to me.

[SmallBlueThing]

I should point out that i had the cd collection out, as i was looking for a particular song, having been sent on a trip down memory lane by someone lending me a cd of a band i used to see regularly in my local, about 22 years ago. Little man then took over, playing the levellers, cambridge folk, the waterboys and eddie reader.
SBT

[Woolly]

Comic you read (excluding 2000AD/Megazine)
Um... issue 1 of the 80s adaptation of Labyrinth. 
It was abysmal - nuff said!

Graphic Novel you read
Batman - Arkham Asylum.
I'd never read this before, and to say i wasn't impressed is an understatement!
Was expecting to be blown away by Dave Mckean's art, but instead just found it a murky hotch-potch of mess, a few nice panels aside. The Joker model that he pretty much endlessly photographs instead of drawing really got on my tits!

Book you read
The Chalice - Phil Rickman.
Great, great British horror book. Chilling atmospheric british rural horror in fact!
Kinda sequel to his earlier book, Crybbe, and thoroughly recommended 

TV Show you watched
Episode 15 of Fringe season 3.
A bit of a cool episode as it was set in 85, and the makers reflected this by making it look like 80s quality TV - 80s style intro and the lot! Good stuff.

Movie you watched
The Big Lebowski (for the first time too!)
Awesome. Just awesome. Only Coen Brothers film i've really enjoyed if i'm to be honest!

Game you played
Red Dead Redemption.
Brilliant stuff, just started Undead Nightmare and loving that too! A stunning game in pretty much every respect.

Album you played
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Lucky enough to own this in surround, and my housemate has a beautiful surround system. 
Absolutely perfect album!

[Paul faplad Finch]

Non Twoth Comic would be Clint, since it's the only other I buy.

Graphic Novel : Speed Racer Vol4. Library had a run p to this point so I thought I'd give it a try. Didn't love it, but by the end of V4 some kind of semi-decent arc seemed to be building so I may have to track down V5, which the library didn't have.

  Boo : The first Vampire Diaries. Aimed at teenage girls and more romance than horror but it idn't outstay it's welcome, so theres that. I decided to read these books so I could do some crossover posts on my blogs, comparing the books to the tv show. When I finally get the blogs up and running again.

TV Show.  Battlestar Galactica.  With Caprica having come and gone and Blood and Chrome looming, I figured it was now or never to finally catch up. Got the full run on dvd so I'm rewatching the couple of seasons I've seen befor launching into the rest. Great so far but I'm wary that people seemed not to like where it ended up.

Movie: The Strangers

Game : Luxor 2. Ball based puzzle game. Addictive.

Album : Speak Now, Taylor Swift.  Shut Up, she's good.