Very amusing opening few mins
Then the usual sarky attacks and comments, until...
...the last few mins...
...whereupon I balled my eyes out...
A fitting tribute to Mr Postgate.
Enjoy!
(NB - will be removed from iplayer tomorrow (Tues) at midnight, so move quick! (or find it elsewhere)
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 19:37, Reply)
...and all this Postgate worship is reminiscent of the death of diana... i couldn't give a fuck! i hated the clangers AND ivor the engine.
/rant
:)
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 20:13, Reply)
you need to go home and rethink your life
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 20:19, Reply)
Why?
90% of children's TV is absolute tosh. Brooker's quite right, it's all explosions and ridiculous songs about explosions and if it's aimed at girls, dancing or make-up. The Clangers, Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine (and the rest) are calming, enthralling gems that still outshine the rest of the rubbish out there. There's nothing pretentious about them, they weren't shows based on toys based on theme park rides.
And I hate to sound like a snob, but I find it hard to trust someone's judgment when they spell ridiculous with an e, and can't capitalise.
/End rant.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 21:45, Reply)
...but thats the opinion of an adult... not a 7 year old.
When i was that age i couldn't give a toss about how calming/educational/culturally relevant/artistically significant kids tv shows were... i wanted to see cool stuff, funny stuff, wacky stuff etc... the clangers, button moon, ivor t'engine, BLUE FUCKIN PETER etc. - all a pile of middle class, middle aged wanky ideals of what children should watch, NOT what kids wanted to watch... hence the fact that the modern, market driven kids tv landscape of today tends to go for bright, engaging shows which they know kids will love and watch, hopefully, over competing networks.
BTW you don't sound like a snob, just a bit of a knob (or was that a misspelling? :p), also what about people who start a sentence/paragraph with the word and?
After all, the concious decision to not bother pressing the shift key and the misspelling of a single word while posting on an informal message board show far less disregard, or understanding, of grammar than someone who doesn't know how to start a fuckin sentence properly!
:)
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 0:11, Reply)
Look up Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, widely regarded as one of the best novels ever written.You probably won't bother so I'll tell you about it.
The very first word in that fine piece of literature is "And..."
I believe the popular internet slang for this situation you have created for yourself is 'Fail'
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 1:23, Reply)
I wasn't the one throwing around pedantic accusations of bad grammar... i was simply pointing out how rEdiculous that kinda thing is (maybe you didn't spot the smileys?). besides, as you pointed out... "the very first word", used to depict the continuation of something pre-dating the contents of the first page of a novel isn't exactly the best analogy now is it.
I'm sure I'd also be able to find literary works containing purposeful misspellings and/or a lack of capitalisation (e.e. cummings anyone?), that wouldn't make it grammatically correct in general use though would it?
If you could find a book on grammar and it's correct usage, which used and as the first word of a sentence, then i'd be impressed.
:)
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 1:57, Reply)
or if you decide to deploy capital letters midway through to emphasise your error, if you're wrong, you're wrong. Besides, it would be more impressive if you could make use of your apostrophes correctly.
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 2:36, Reply)
but then again, as shown by my poor spelling wot i dun, im shit at writing and shit.
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 4:06, Reply)
Two of them are on another planet for fuck's sake.
Anyway my 8 year old brother loves them and I loved them when I was his age. Just because adults find them awesome and creative and fun doesn't mean kids don't too. Go back to your media studies course.
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 1:32, Reply)
someone doesn't agree with your world view...
you sound like a 10 year old girl, as in "how dare you say that [insert boyband] are crap... I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOOOOOU... GO BACK TO YOUR MEDIA STUDIES COURSE YOU WAR CRIMINAL!!! *sniff* *cry*"
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 2:14, Reply)
not really. You do, though. Or maybe just someone who likes to hide behind straw men-type exaggerations. And, um, you smell. Of wee. Smelly wee.
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 3:29, Reply)
And you live in a tree
With a bum for a knee
Keep away from me
Tum diddly dee.
Think I'll go to bed.
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 4:12, Reply)
The mouse song at the end was a pleasure .... In the night garden was as freaky as always!
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 20:17, Reply)
I've never seen any of The Clangers but I remember Bagpuss as if it was yesterday. And that's almost 30 years ago. I'm sure I'm not the only one who can only remember the chocolate biscuit making dolls house episode from Bagpuss. I too shed a tear.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 21:11, Reply)
So the mice are claiming to be making chocolate biscuits (Viscounts, no less. Classy!) out of breadcrumbs and butterbeans. The only mystery being that they keep on whipping them away before Yaffle can grab one and scoff it.
However, the moment he looks round the back and discovers that it's a sham - that they're just pushing the same biscuit out of the chute every time, they instantly turn to the opposite view of 'Of course you can't make chocolate biscuits out of breadcrumbs and butterbeans'.
Genius.
That and at the end of something of an existential crisis for Yaffle, who starts to doubt that all the work they do with The Things That People Had Forgotten was worth it. He expresses his crisis in faith to the mice, and is instantly dismissed by the narrator, who says 'Well anyway. They pushed the thing to the front of the shop etc.' and then they all went to sleep.
Mint.
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 0:03, Reply)
Had to read this twice... the BBC described it as "purple" but if it's been chewing printer cartridges it'll be magenta. Just like the CDCs.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 19:32, Reply)
"Wildlife expert Chris Packham said: "I'm wondering whether one of the cartridges has, one of two things, either leaked into some water into which the squirrel has bathed or fallen, which seems the least likely."
... Why suggest it if it's the least likely reasons?
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 21:46, Reply)
Unexpected hit as part of the BBCs Breathing Places. Haven't seen it here yet,
and couldn't see it on popular page, but apologies if GC. Quite good though.
here's the site: www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/doonething/christmas/
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 19:29, Reply)
Reminds me of, erm, *thinks* eclectechs stuff. Silly, funny and entertaining. Yay!
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 21:02, Reply)
It's Mario Galaxy. It's a cake. AND IT MOVES! Sugary awesomeness. Apols if Glasscake.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 18:49, Reply)
Very, very, very NSFW.
Not quite sure what it's an advert for though... I must have missed that bit
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 18:40, Reply)
and it appears to be for some webshop. how? why? I don't know.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 18:49, Reply)
A danish supermarket just across the border in Germany, something about different customs and rules so that everything's a bit cheaper. The slogan - lige over grænsen - means "just across the border" or "a tad too much".
(, Tue 23 Dec 2008, 0:27, Reply)
It's an advert for some Comet-like store:
www.fleggaard.dk/default.aspx
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 18:54, Reply)
Is it too late to ask for something from there for Christmas?
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 19:27, Reply)
Boobs don't stay all rounded and pert and voluptuous when skydiving.
NSFW link
www.leidolph.org/images/funphotos/naked-skydiving.jpg
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 21:15, Reply)
but it's got fit naked birds in it, so who cares!
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 23:56, Reply)
My great uncle was in a plane flying over figi or somewhere when a volcano errupted. plane started plummeting and everyone is screaming and trying to assume crash possition while putting on oxygen etc. He is sat there taking pictures!! guess he figured he had a while before they actually crashed.
Some of the pictures are hilarious with hima nd his wife giving thumbs up while in the background people are literally clawing at each other to get to the osygen masks.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:38, Reply)
The Daily Mail feels sorry for immigrants
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:22, Reply)
That entire article realy had me seething.
They make out that british expats leave the UK and end up having a lush lifestyle. Crap. Its like that god awful Marbella Bells program ITV had on the other year. Why dont they focus on someone more real, like someone who works for an english company and has had their wages paid still in pounds, who has now seen the drastic cut.
Since moving to Spain I have been better off yes, but not that much better off. Now im tightning the wallet like I used to have to in the UK, simple as that.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 22:14, Reply)
Pretty interesting stuff
This has already been watched 17,966,768 times on YouTube.
Are you sure we haven't all seen it already?
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:04, Reply)
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:56, Reply)
sorry, but i hope she dies sooner rather than later..
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:01, Reply)
She must lead a charmed life if that's the worst thing EVAR so to speak.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:16, Reply)
I'm still none the wiser... who did what?
Also she has an enormous mouth... seriously, you could hide a cat in there
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:22, Reply)
..she used a fire extinguisher to try to create a snow effect and set off the fire alarms in her halls the night before a big exam.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:33, Reply)
"Cunting in the fuck to table 4"
>Cunt!Fuck!< and now they are one.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:51, Reply)
Seeing a three-cock gob not being used to its full potential.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 18:43, Reply)
possibly one of the most annoying people on earth.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 20:24, Reply)

Takes 4 years to make..
check out the photos.. utterly brilliant
:edit:
Also some custom star wars vehicles towards end...
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:56, Reply)
great series of pics - love the snowboarding Chewie.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:01, Reply)
www.brothers-brick.com/2008/12/19/hoth-base-diorama/
/geek
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 21:19, Reply)
All of their signs are upside-down. It's their thing.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:02, Reply)
I used to use one in Salisbury.
It's a good idea - they are known as the upside down barber shop
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:42, Reply)
Much better than a hook but not the same amount of comedy mileage.
The Bionic man is finally reality.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:40, Reply)
Especially brilliant that it can spin all the way round. Next stop is touch sensors I guess.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:46, Reply)
I wonder if he's had the world's first bonic wank?
*hangs head in shame*
EDIT: Dont feel as bad now, since I was beaten to it... so to speak.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 20:48, Reply)
You're nearly there, then the fucking starts to twist! OUCH!
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 21:23, Reply)
and throw it onto another car and then climb buildings with it?
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 21:31, Reply)
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 18:09, Reply)
Jacob Marley.
Happy "you're on fucking fire!" day fella :)
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:56, Reply)
on have i got news for you.
does that make it GC?
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:32, Reply)
of him standing in the shower with a camera?
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 18:16, Reply)

Written by me and Dave for the E4 site. I really did sit down and watch all these bloody films too. My mind melted.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:11, Reply)
She looks old and wears hooker boots
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:27, Reply)
/who did the artwork? it's very funky indeed, nice style. Ah, just read through,
it was Dave. Nice work indeed :)
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:24, Reply)
from the 2 minutes I've seen, I prefer zardoz
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:27, Reply)
But I have to disagree with the inclusions of Mac and Me and Grease II!
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:28, Reply)
Mind you, there could have been a separate page which just said: 'Anything shown on Zone: Horror'
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:29, Reply)
I have never seen Peters Friends all the way through, but It must be awesome if it had Brannagh and Fry in it!
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:33, Reply)
santa claus vs the martians
or
anything starring chesty morgan.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:28, Reply)
I love Leprechaun in the Hood though. It wasn't one sequel too many, the first one was completely terrible.
Also The Cat in the Hat movie deserves more punishment. Shittest film I've seen in ages.
Also every charity shop in England has at least one VHS copy of Batman and Robin.
Also also also you might be interested in www.badmovies.org/ , or maybe not.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:30, Reply)
Anyway choice moments from Leprechaun 1:
www.badmovies.org/movies/leprechaun/leprechaun4.wav
www.badmovies.org/multimedia/moviesl/leprechaun1.mpg
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:40, Reply)
it's massively misunderstood. It's a definite precursor to the Matrix as well.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:34, Reply)
lack of Killer Klowns from Outer Space or Silent Night, Deadly Night 2.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:35, Reply)
there's a few in though.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:39, Reply)
And so is Waterworld. Shame on the authors for including it.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 18:03, Reply)
I've only got to Lawnmower man and have already spotted two 'inaccuracies', one of which may get you a big scale lawsuit.
I think secretly you love being the wrong side of the law.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:46, Reply)
"Our online guide to terrible films, including Zardoz, Phantom Menace, Lep In Da Hood, Jaws The Revenge and sveral starring Keanu"
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:16, Reply)
...three sequels too many? Unless you are suggesting The Empire Strikes Back is one sequel too many, it is but two sequels too many.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 18:53, Reply)
If you can't have your her, why should anyone else?
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:07, Reply)
can't be real, as it would fall under "bioterrorism" laws and be swiftly shut down...i thinks its just a shock site
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 17:34, Reply)
Woop! Woop! Woop! We made a song about the Goblin Shark! YEAH! GOBLIN SHARK! WOOP! WOOP! WOOP!
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:52, Reply)
It's just occurred to me that it's been twelve years since I saw this band in London, on the night when Max left. I feel very, very old.
Fantastic song, though.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:15, Reply)
:D
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:16, Reply)
Max couldn't be worse live than he is now. Ugh. Awful.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:25, Reply)
Or any Sepultura releases after Roots. I bought the Cavalera Conspiracy thing, and hated it.
Sepultura really were a sum of their parts.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:33, Reply)
so I didn't have much choice in how I got to see him. Due to this I got to see 'going through the motions Max' rather than 'Fire in belly Max'. Annoying.
I know people that fucking LOVE the CC album, but it just all sounded a bit meh to me.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:42, Reply)
I was a tiny little frightened ginger child surrounded by enormous beered-up metalheads. It really was quite a good gig.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:47, Reply)
This guy is amazing, as is his work on projectors....
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 14:50, Reply)
I will pay this man to help me design my house.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 14:56, Reply)
I realy hope someone makes him rich.
I bet where he works is really really fun.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 14:58, Reply)
It'll be incredible once they get to real-time updating.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:04, Reply)
that would mean you could just piggyback the calibration constantly along with the visual content.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:08, Reply)
where a continious calibration check is being projected simultaneously to the display.
or summin...
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:11, Reply)
The crazy thing is that video is nearly 2 years old - I wonder what madness he is working on now!?!
I set up his '3d' display at work once - you have a wiimote on top of your tv, and then you hold the wii sensor bar up to your head and as you move side to side and up and down it adjust the on screen image so that it appears you are looking through a window and the scene outside is changing depending on how you move.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:35, Reply)
www.b3ta.com/links/Interesting_and_amazing_home_job_of_3D_VR_simulation is what we set up...
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 15:44, Reply)
but i can't maniplulate time and space like Hiro...
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:24, Reply)
This 4 sensor version is only useful where the projection screen is safely within the cone of projection, i.e. small, which will mean you are throwing away resolution.
Also the scaling in the software will have to be pretty botty-kicking to deal with motion graphics.
Really good though, the 2 projector thing could save hire companies days!
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 16:34, Reply)
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 19:42, Reply)
He's now an official procrastineer at Microsoft.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 19:55, Reply)
i can see some great applications for it, you could even use it for solar power applications to quickly callibrate mirror angles etc. in order to direct light to a central turbine.
(, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 19:57, Reply)
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