I see they've made a film of one my favourite boyhood books,
'Eagle of the Ninth' by Rosemary Sutcliffe. I'm certain I shall simply adore it. As much as the fabulous adaptation of 'The Dark is Rising' by Susan Cooper. And the vast improvement 'Nic' Cage made to the rubbish 'Wicker Man'. I'm really excited.

Thank the Lord our God that there are people out there prepared to help those rubbish authors and film makers of the past by showing them how it should be done.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:21, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

is that the roman thing?
beware the scary heathen scots!
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:24, Reply)

Damn straight

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:25, Reply)

It is.
I believe 5' ballet-meister 'Billy Elliott' is in it. The perfect choice for a grizzled legionary. No doubt Russell Brand plays the Emperor Hadrian, and Lee Evans a battle-hardened centurion.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:26, Reply)

One of the main guys was in the GI Joe film I believe
And that was a truly awful film, with little in the way of 'acting' in it.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:28, Reply)

Isn't that like objecting to the absence of credible characters and plot
in 'Super Mario Brothers', though?

GI Joe is the US equivalent to Action Man, right?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:32, Reply)

Yes, kind of
The DVD was only £2. I would like my £2 back.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:34, Reply)

You bought an Action Man film, FOR MONEY,
and now you wish to complain about the quality of your purchase?

The 'warning: contents are hot' statements on McDonalds' coffee cups are for people like you.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:37, Reply)

looking at imdb
there seems to be a lot of foreigns in it.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:31, Reply)

Dear God above
is there nothing those asylum seekers haven't got their fraudulent mitts on?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:41, Reply)

I had to read Eagle of the Ninth
in a book quiz in school. I didn't like it. We won the county finals of the book quiz, though
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:24, Reply)

I read and re-read it several times as a yout'man.
It's quite possible that it's shit but neither I nor my brother, nor my either of my parents thought so. My mother was quite possibly pretending to read it, whilst secretly devouring the works of Sappho, though.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:29, Reply)

works dripping delta
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 22:05, Reply)

There was an interview on 't radioweb tonight.
With the woman from Hadrian's Wall Heritage tonight. She basically told them that bits of the book (and the script) were inaccurate and told Hollywood to hoof certain bits.

Except health and safety vetoed the 'Romans didn't have stirrups' bit.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:31, Reply)

hollywood in
'not 100% historically accurate' shocker
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:33, Reply)

Well yeah.
The elephant man's name wasn't even John, ffs.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:35, Reply)

Davvers old stick,
do you remember the film 'Babylon' starring Jacko from Brush Strokes and Aswad?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:47, Reply)

I'm afraid I don't.
Was that the one where they were all kids and lived in London Double Decker bus?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:50, Reply)

Ah mate it's brilliant:
vimeo.com/6562600

the 'being sick on your dad's slippers' thing me and Jeff won't leave be comes from this. As if that's not enough of a selling point there's also great footage of late 70s London and some incredible music.


EDIT shit he's sick on his mum's slippers, not his dad's. It's at 9:10. In my defence it's been years since I watched it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:54, Reply)

All I can see are lots of brown cars...
Also, my computer's twatting about and being slow.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 22:00, Reply)

But Brinsley Ford WAS in the Double Deckers, I think.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 22:00, Reply)

That's racist.
We don't call them 'choccoes' any more, DG. Get with the times - they're 'Donnie Darkoes' now.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 22:02, Reply)

It was 1979, all cars were brown.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 22:01, Reply)

Bits of a children's adventure book were inaccurate?
Outrageous. That 'Peter Pan' could never have flown, ACTUALLY, as well, right, because the human form is ACTUALLY incapable of flight.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:35, Reply)

I NOES RITE?
And Winnie the Pooh wasn't even made out of poo, either. Plus, bears can't talk.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:36, Reply)

...let alone whinny,
that's HORSES. GOD, DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:38, Reply)

so is the bumble bee's
but those sneaky fuckers manage it.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:37, Reply)

You will find
that this is the work of the sinister 'Ijewminati' who secretly run the world out of a synagague on the North Circular.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:39, Reply)

AND THEY'RE ALL ON BENEFITS.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 21:40, Reply)

You tremendous quender.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 23:16, Reply)