
An old smoking buddy of mine being just a wee bit skillicious
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 12:25, Reply)

and the difference between us and the US. Somebody quoted this further down the page and I thought it might be nice to have the vid.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 11:52, Reply)

( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 12:03, Reply)

that does a very good impression of someone whose not an idiot.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 14:38, Reply)

Something along the lines of only the really intelligent know how little they truly know.
Or something.
Maybe I should go back to drinking.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 14:52, Reply)

days will blend into one long pissed day and it's not like that's much of a novelty any more.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 15:29, Reply)

Just saying.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 17:03, Reply)

When I was a kid, Bill Hicks helped me look at the world and its politics in a way that contradicted the views imposed on me by the media and the establishment. For that I am thankful. However, I now work in advertising, so he can't have had that much of a profound effect on me.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 17:57, Reply)

And he hasn't been doing many impressions of anything for about 18 years.
( , Mon 23 Jul 2012, 1:04, Reply)

...the "yesterday some hooligans knocked over a dustbin in Shaftesbury" always makes me laugh. I get the feeling he was aware of his poor accent skills and hammed them up intentionally.
I still think his comedy hasn't aged that well, but at the time he was very refreshing.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 12:53, Reply)

Here's some Ten Benson and another Dark Star.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftbCvjlS_pg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCRhcTJGfwA
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 12:21, Reply)

it was weird.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 17:17, Reply)

Collection of yesterday's front pages here:
www.newstatesman.com/blogs/media/2012/07/how-media-shouldnt-cover-mass-murder
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 10:34, Reply)

the news outlets do it because 'it's what the people want to see'
even though most, myself included, don't really know what they would want to see. Not much I'm guessing.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 10:40, Reply)

But also, great to hear those points from that forensic bloke. Never thought about those things before, but it's completely true.
24hrNCaC
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 12:58, Reply)

interesting johann hari article
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 15:26, Reply)

SPOILER ALERT: Very, very funny indeed!
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 10:16, Reply)

Beyond that I couldn't comment.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 10:37, Reply)

Guess I was wrong. Forgive me.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 10:41, Reply)

I have learned the hard way that putting "You'll love this"/"This is really funny" inevitably leads to the type of comments you see above.
You are forgiven.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 11:37, Reply)

Licking a scorpion is never a good idea.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:55, Reply)

In seriousness, I suspect sleight of hand (fnar): when it is being removed the nail appears to flex where it passes through his hand. I've been to the tool shed and had a look at my nails, they don't do this.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:44, Reply)

in that it was the collection of pixels on my screen that allowed me to view the video!
Could be wrong, its probably easier to just do this than it is to fake.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:57, Reply)

I love it that people are stupid enough to do this type of stuff, so I can watch them doing it.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 10:44, Reply)

like the bit when he screams when he hits his hand with the hammer
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 16:02, Reply)

posted below, I am now going to watch this.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 8:13, Reply)

But for now I'm just going to say the guy in the preview probably didnt deserve all those medals.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:46, Reply)

but I guess he could have been nuke boosting.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 10:46, Reply)

in the previous link below. That guy with the medals commanded the 500,000 or people involved in the clean-up.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 11:02, Reply)

Why the hell weren't they immediately released once it was clear they hadn't been throwing paint around?
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:36, Reply)

If they say "ello ello ello, you're nicked chummy" as they arrest people they'll have American and Japanese tourists queueing up to be arrested.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 8:45, Reply)

Plan C - Call a decent PR company.
Plan B for some unknown reason has decided to let himself be photographed and published on the front page of a magazine wearing a Skrewdriver T-shirt.
Now I know I'm a spamming cunt for posting this with a link to my mates site but brianwhelan.net who first posted the story seems to be down. I'll correct the link when the site is back up.
Skrewdriver for those of you who haven't heard of them were a far-right neo nazi band. Their lead singer (Ian Stuart Donaldson) died in 1993 but he is still venerated by many on the far-right and a couple of the organisations he set up still linger around like an eggy fart. One of the organisations is called Blood and Honour.
Blood and Honour put gigs on around the world that attract the rabid Hitler worshipers, Holocaust deniers and the general violent psychopath who likes waving at seagulls. Put Blood and honour into google images and you will get a fair idea.
Now Plan B has a film to promote. Even without watching it I know it's going to be shite as it's a remake / "re-imagining of The godlike Sweeney. He also has a new album out next week.
Using the sweet smell of controversy to push a product and garner news headlines is an old trick and by writing this post I may be falling into the trap myself but I'm not so sure.
In 2005 and 2006 Plan B played a fair few Love Music Hate Racism gigs and he has always given off the impression of being fairly sussed when it comes to the far-right in the UK.
If he is using this as a publicity stunt it is going to backfire massively on him.
If he has been badly advised it's going to backfire on them and he really should know better.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 3:40, Reply)

but who the fuck is "Plan B" and why should I care about what he thinks?
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:07, Reply)

He was their drummer before they went Nazi.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:51, Reply)

that it was started by Iain Duncan Smith in 1976, at which point he was enrolled in the Scots Guards who were serving in Northern Ireland, which makes it unlikely that he started a band in Poulton-Le-Fylde in Lancashire...
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 19:21, Reply)

I find trying to proscribe political standpoints deeply suspect: it is essentially "thought police". Bring them into the light, so we can see what dicks they are. It worked for Nick Griffin when he got on the TV before the last election, he made himself look stupid and the BNP had a terrible result.
EDIT: I do accept that you have the right to think I'm a dick for saying this ;)
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:54, Reply)

was where he said he would never sell out to get his music heard i.e. endorsements/or sponsorship... and then did all those things...
or the way he constantly glamourises a shitty existence.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 14:45, Reply)

i cant be arsed with his 'music' TBH but ,http://thequietus.com/articles/09423-plan-b-apology-for-skrewdriver-t-shirt-misunderstanding
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 21:23, Reply)

something that's obvious: the people in Matt cartoons - presumably the sorts to which Telegraph readers are supposed to relate - are invariably balding pipe-smokers and women in tweed, knee-length skirts.
Such people are, in reality, all reaching the end of their lives. Does this mean that the Telegraph will lose almost all its circulation in the next 10 years or so? How many people under 40 even read other people's copies?
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I hate the Olympics too but I just had to share this gem. Possibly the butchest guy ive ever met
( , Tue 24 Jul 2012, 8:22, Reply)

I can confirm she is a FUCKING NUTCASE.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 23:15, Reply)

was anybody else confused as to what the joke or message of that was supposed to be?
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 0:12, Reply)

I still enjoyed the taboo breaking tho.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 0:14, Reply)

That's not pedophilia; that's just setting back feminism another notch.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 2:53, Reply)

I recognise Pissy and Tabs but no idea about the others.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:31, Reply)

Someone posted the 'date oopsie' video on here a few months back
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 10:35, Reply)

A classic example of 'losers go for shock value in pathetic attempt to get famous'.
( , Mon 23 Jul 2012, 21:30, Reply)

I really have nothing to say.
( , Mon 23 Jul 2012, 23:59, Reply)

jinx you twat. but more representative of dogs than clever dogs
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 15:25, Reply)

My apologies but I have since found that a user has managed to post the whole thing in one big go... If you missed my earlier post it's Ade Edmondson playing the main role in a drama describing the aftermath and politics of the Chernobyl disaster. You can skip the first 5 mins or so as it tells you about what is about to happen but after that it is revealing and well made and great.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:39, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYEfJhkPK7o - Part 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUHBgqx8YP8 - Part 2
Use 'cc' for English subtitles. Worth tracking down a HD version though.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 0:31, Reply)

in Red Dwarf.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 0:39, Reply)

Сталкер
It's a good film, despite being a bit "arty". Perhaps the subtitles lose something in translation but I enjoyed the book a lot more. On the other hand, it's nice encountering someone else who (I assume) enjoyed it. I don't think I E5 A9 08 B7 you though, so don't get too tumescent.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 2:40, Reply)

which would be different from the book of course. It totally took me off to an ethereal place and a couple of moments of pure magical cinematography sealed it as one of my favourite films.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:29, Reply)

Not long finished watching it. Never come across this before - and it was v. well done. We're planning to go on a vicarious disaster tourist visit next year.
Thanks for the link. *Clicks*
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 0:32, Reply)

there was some sort of World Medal that could be given to people who make the supreme sacrifice - who knowingly go to their deaths in order to save others.
There were many, many brave men and women who dieD at Chernobyl. But of particular note are the three divers who volunteered to open the sluice gates knowing that they were going to their certain death. Their courage saved millions.
Alexei Ananenko
Boris Baranov
Valeri Bezpalov
Rest In Peace.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 5:56, Reply)

Tony Blair with his "Freedom" medal is still breathing oxygen
Those Chernobyl workers are true heroes.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 6:47, Reply)

....in a funky mood this evening....
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:14, Reply)

..to click as I really enjoyed that.
But only got through the sax to see if the drummer had a heart attack by the end!
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 0:21, Reply)

So much so I'm going to steal it and smear it all over my facebook.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:18, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hje28F-IhLo
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 23:57, Reply)

anyone seen it and if so is it used for an 'inspirational' scene
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQXVzg2PiZw
just asking out of interest
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 13:30, Reply)

and I can't recall if that particular music is used for an inspirational scene or not. I guess not as its a fairly bleak film all in all.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 14:48, Reply)

*please be good, please be good, please be good*
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 21:36, Reply)

so, yeah, good luck with that. After watching the first season they made without Rob Grant's input I gave up on it and avoided further heartache.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 2:48, Reply)

their most recent attempt at new episodes a couple of years ago was a 3 episode special, and I laughed precisely once out of the three episodes.
When kryten stood on a rake,
The rest of it made me cringe.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:14, Reply)

Been in the pipeline for a long time, looking forward to this :o)
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:05, Reply)

BE FUNNY
I beg you, BE FUNNY
edit: I just used my BODEMETER on that clip.
The light for "well" was not illuminated.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:49, Reply)

Did he get his head stuck in a lift again?
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 23:09, Reply)

If you could choose your facial features, why would you choose a nose like that?
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 1:37, Reply)

I can swish like Amber Dempsey but I'm a man, dammit!
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 2:48, Reply)

( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 0:00, Reply)

maybe we have entered into a Red Dwarf Twilight Zone
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 0:23, Reply)

wasnt the last series on telly series 8?
that pile of crap about them on coronation street wasnt series nine was it?
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:34, Reply)

(the one with the "bit of popadom"), and it felt much more like the older stuff. I think the studio audience helps a lot.
I know they've been working ruddy hard for ages (the GN offices are down the corridor from me), so here's hoping they do get it right, cos the legacy of the series deserves it.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:38, Reply)

Yes I hope it will be as funny, but I also think perhaps we've all moved on a bit now so perhaps comedy in general has too. It's been twenty years since series five.
The live studio audience is the key I think - the laughter seemed very forced last time (not sure if they used canned laughter or not)
Good to see Rimmer back as a hologram. Have they got Norman Lovett back? I heard he had a big bust up with the writers and won't be doing holly anymore
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 11:29, Reply)

they stopped making Blackadder, and possibly Father Ted, because they wanted to go out when it was still good?
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 12:32, Reply)

Despite the years, it looks like Lister still has a touch of his famous "chirpy Gerbil-faced optimism".
Although I thought they were forced to stop making Father Ted was because Ted was Ded, rather than it being a decision reached purely out of preserving production integrity.
If your principal actor dies within 24h of filming being completed on series 3, it limits prospects of a series 4. Unless you pull a Summer Wine maneuvre, and wheel in someone new to round out the core trio, perhaps cast as Ted's even zanier brother who also happens to be a Priest too.
Which would ruin it.
So while trying to be technically correct, I have in fact argued myself around to agreeing with you: In either case, you're right. Running out of stories, or running out of original actor; same result of lowered quality.
Quick shoehorn of the Father Ben clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k8aqsRuQgc
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 13:40, Reply)

the third series was always going to be the last one anyway, hence the conditional statement
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 18:24, Reply)

Been waiting ages for this, good to see some classic Dwarf back
(Please don't be the lens flare abortion that Star Trek was, Please)
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 12:54, Reply)

( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 19:43, Reply)

and what a tease it is! I really cannot wait for this film.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 19:57, Reply)

There's also an alternate version that has Russel Crowe narrating.
Either way, I do love how it's basically a Sigur Ros video from 6 years ago :D
and taters - note how they only mention Watchmen and 300, even Zack Snyder is forgetting about Sucker Punch ;)
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 20:01, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I30H7mhfLe8
easily in my top 10 music videos list
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 20:34, Reply)

Will the actor playing him be cursed to a life of bad luck?
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 20:01, Reply)

The question I'm asking is "Who cares?" It's Superman. He's invulnerable, has practically unlimited power and is immortal. Does anyone think there's the slightest possibility that he could suffer any lasting harm? If not, why should I care about him when I know it's a 100% dead cert he'll end the film unscathed, surrounded by the corpses of his enemies.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 20:20, Reply)

All the people he loves and that matter to him aren't.
What good is immortality when you have to watch everything you've ever cared for wither and die in front of you?
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 20:47, Reply)

Whether they die violently and young or peacefully and old, they're still dead long before you.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:25, Reply)

I never knew that. At what point do immortal people stop growing up and become their eternal age?
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 21:40, Reply)

I figure that either qualifies as immortality or there's a Superzombie roaming around, and noone wants that now do they?
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:24, Reply)

Disappoint.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 20:05, Reply)

Where's all the lazer eyes, missile videogames, floating people in MC hammer trousers, ice breath and red y-fronts?
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 20:26, Reply)

Like a wound up shotgun when he goes off.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 20:50, Reply)

looks far more interesting that other reboots of the Superman franchise but will it just end up being Batman with Super Powers? Although if it works I won't be complaining.
Although the music from Lord of the Rings is confusing me.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 20:46, Reply)

I suppose we'll have to wait and see.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 21:08, Reply)

its still a man wearing a stupid cape and pants on the outside.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 21:20, Reply)

*edit - yes, no pants, just bulge cdn01.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2011/09/henry-cavill-man-of-steel-set-photos.jpg
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 21:36, Reply)

A teaser of a trailer of a super hero movie playing before another super hero movie.
Remind me again is this a reboot a reimaging, a remake, a prequel, a worldwide event, a defining moment in cinema or just another pile of steaming shit?
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 21:55, Reply)

Looks like another steaming pile of shit to me.
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:18, Reply)

Superman is the shittest of all the super heroes. He is truly, truly shit. His name is Superman, for fucks sake. That is a shit name.
I would honestly love someone make a film that made Superman relevant again.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 0:17, Reply)

I thought it was a bit shit, to be honest. There's about 90 minutes of Not Much Happening, and when stuff did happen I didn't find it that interesting.
Then there are the awkward death bits. "Gnrg" <flails> "Gnh" <sags> "blgh" <droops>
I'm sorry. For everyone.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 1:48, Reply)

So the film felt quite conventional. It was quite a lot like Die Hard, actually.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 2:10, Reply)

Far too much Emo soul searching, not enough punching stuff.
'Clever' Bane was a nice idea, but I still wanted him to get pumped up at some point.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 10:05, Reply)

When the Green Man at the pedestrian crossing climbed up into the red man's section and started hitting him. Awesome :D
oh and the woman turned into a robot. Genius!
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 12:08, Reply)

Clips look good, far from Snyder's usual fair, I still wonder how they're going to portray him as realistic. I have my hopes but it could be balls. Still I look forward to it.
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 19:39, Reply)

"Number 13, what films that?"
"Superman"
"Again? Oh well"
( , Mon 23 Jul 2012, 7:59, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlEcGHxfltE&feature=player_detailpage
chris morris says i
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 20:43, Reply)

Anyway, I'm sure that the shipment would have got through had the boxes not had "ORYMPIC FRAGS" written on it. Small errors...
( , Sat 21 Jul 2012, 19:37, Reply)

This story is on the same page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18924842
( , Sun 22 Jul 2012, 0:31, Reply)
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