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The Simpsons Movie

Spider Pig! Spider Pig!

I’ve been feeling rather run down this weekend. To tell the truth, I’m missing an old friend who I haven’t heard from in quite a while. I’m sure she reads this blog, so wherever you are - I hope you’re doing alright.

I needed cheering up, and given that Transformers and The Simpsons movie were both released here in the UK, I wanted to try and watch both in a day, sadly it wasn’t possible as Transformers is completely booked up until Tuesday! Given that Deena is a mad Simpsons fan, we ended up going to watch the early Sunday show.

Now, I’ve got to admit that I am no Simpsons fan. It is probably the longest running cartoon that comes to mind, and I do admit that the handful of episodes I have seen have always made me smile. After watching the movie though I can simply state that the critics of this film have possibly had a sense of humour bypass as I found it very amusing, in fact I ended up laughing like a demented school girl at quite a few of the gags.

So I bought Firefly….

How superb is this?  

I’ve got to say that I have seen Serenity four times so far and failed to even remotely enjoy it. I just could not see what the big deal was about this film until I recently purchased the HD-DVD version, with its extras. I watched the film a fifth time and began to understand bits, so I watched again and began to like it. Serenity is a follow up to the huge cult US TV series Firefly, which was sadly cancelled after just a single season - mainly due to the TV network making a screw-up upon airing the episodes.

Curious as to why Firefly is so well regarded in the sci-fi community I downloaded the first three episodes of the series. Inside 20 minutes of the pilot episode I was completely hooked. How the hell did I manage to even miss this? This morning I ordered the 4 disc DVD boxset from Play.com for just £12.99, so I can’t wait for that to arrive!

Firefly was possibly the best TV show FOX developed alongside X-Files. It had an old school retro western quality to it, with horses, spaceships, and pistols. It was a unique mix of these elements that made Joss Whedon’s (creator of Buffy & Angel) show such a massive hit. A brilliant cast of lovable actors, great episode plotlines and comical humorous bits just make it a joy to watch. Whilst FOX can argue that the show never had decent viewing figures, they can’t ignore the fact that the DVD had immense sales that put a lot of premiere titles completely to shame. Firefly is a show that deserved to stay alive to shine like Buffy and Angel did. Sadly during the time of it’s ‘phasing out’ a lot of shows were being wrongly cancelled due to various reasons and it seems to be a very popular trend even now.

10 Things I hate about Star Trek by Trekkie

Fire at will Data. No! Not that Will!

Trekkie - on the Bitchslapp.com forums has posted a hilarious list of annoyances from Star Trek - The Final Frontier. Now having woken up on Saturday morning, this was the first thing I read on the ‘interweb’ this morning, and it was enough to make me laugh my socks off, so cheers for that. You can check out his list Here.

I had to laugh out loud at Comment No.4 - The Redshirt never returns to the Enterprise after an away mission :D Originally spotted on Digg, so the forum could be very slow at present.

Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer

J.Alba, Orange-utan, Elastic man, Firestarter and Dr.Dumb return

It’s been a while since I visited the cinema to watch a film, the last one being Hot Fuzz! I’m a big fan of Jessica Alba and back when she was an unknown in Dark Angel, I knew her career would progress far. She’s back with the same bland cast in the sequel to Fantastic Four, which arrived in 2005.

I didn’t think much of the first film, and since I only recognised two actors from the film (Jessica Alba aka Sue Storm and Julian McMahon as Dr.Doom) I just didn’t find myself enjoying it as much as I had hoped. Elastic Man ala Reed Richards needed a slap for being a wimp. I don’t claim to have read the comics, nor do I know what he is actually like but I didn’t like his character.

So me and Deena bounced off to the local cinema after having a few drinky poohs and food stuffs, and relaxed to watch the film. I had to restrain myself while the Chavs in front of us couldn’t control their bladders as they had to keep getting up to go for a wee. Obviously they couldn’t control their alcopops or cider they had previously drank…I’ll get back to this in a moment. As the commercials began I whooped with joy to see the Xbox 360 logo pop up followed by a Forza 2 advert! :D Deena wasn’t too pleased….
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Big Brother 2007 has landed

3 months of catfighting, backstabbing, and gurls!

Big Brother 2007 started a few days ago, and once again succeeded in surprising the nation as 11 females went in and not a single male. No problem there except if this lot represent modern UK society, we as nation are bloody screwed in more ways then one. First off into the house were two 18yr old twins Sam & Amanda, who cannot stop giggling, screaming, holding each other and a variety of other annoying things, which seemed to result in a lot of people reaching for the mute button on their remotes. These two look look like they’ll easily crack - give it a week tops.

There’s Charley, some ugly thing that is so over herself that she’s the hot favourite to be voted out first. She’s from East London, and the type of girl who hangs out at celeb joints hoping to pick up a rich footballer. She ‘does not work’ and wants lot of cash, and think’s she’s beautiful. I want to run her over with the nearest bus already. The others housemates are far from normal either. There’s Carole, a 53yr old Health Worker who I really like. She’s feisty and has attitude. I reckon Carole could be the person to keep everyone in check in that demented household. Then there’s Tracey, I’m not sure what that’s all about but I am already warming to her despite the fact that she looks like Freddy Kreuger. She has made me laugh quite a bit though!

Oh, I forgot to mention the lovely Chanelle, I liked her for 10seconds until she mentioned that her idol is Victoria Beckham who she aspires to. Why do girls of this generation aspire to a bloody plastic, frowning stick insect? Come off it, she can’t sing, her family is loaded and she’s shacked up with a footballer! She’s couldn’t even sing when she was in the spice girls, and girls actually think she’s cool? Noes!!

Lost in Translation

Accidental relationships can be touching

This is probably the most beautiful, thought provoking film I’ve ever seen. It’s just so deep in so many ways. Myself and Taz once texted each other well over 80 odd times while watching this film when it aired on TV over here. We both loved the film and more recently I went through the same motions again with my girlfriend Deena, because it aired on TV once again during this past weekend. Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson positively shine, and their on-screen chemistry is just delightful. Bill Murray is the main star though; he is just the adlib master and is such an underrated actor in this day and age.

For those who haven’t seen this masterpiece, I’ll give you a lowdown. The film details an accidental relationship between two lonely souls. Bob (Bill Murray) is an international actor who is in Tokyo filming various ads for a whiskey company. Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) is accompanying her husband who is a photographer, on a business trip. However she is isolated and out of touch with her surroundings, she feels horribly lost. Bob is increasingly frustrated and also lost. Both characters are in a completely new world and end up turning to each other for comfort.

Their first encounters are rather casual, in a bar at first, then on an elevator. However over the course of 48hrs they begin to seek each other out and an incredibly intense bond between the two develops. Eventually they reach the point where they both spend a lot of time together sharing deep conversations and finding out about one another. The energy between the two is magic.

Terminator TV series on the way

She’ll be back…

Sci Fi has now revealed that the spin-off TV series called the Sarah Connor Chronicles takes place after the events of Terminator 2: Judgement Day. With Lena Headey playing Sarah Connor, Firefly’s Summer Glau and Owain Yeoman playing the two main Terminators this series could indeed be a massive hit. Given that there is nothing but dire US TV series like Lost, and Jericho around at present, SCC will no doubt be a massive hit. I can’t wait as the 2007 production for SCC has just finished.

Hot Fuzz

Simon Pegg & Nick Frost are back!

Ah man, I have just returned from watching Hot Fuzz with my girlfriend Deena and I have a jaw ache from laughing so much. Deena has a mad attack of the hiccups right now. This film is so hilariously funny, and there are not many films that can make me laugh this hard!

Straight from the massive success of their last film, Shaun of the Dead comes Hot Fuzz! The pair join forces together when Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is transferred to a small crime free village of Sandford. On his first day he arrests Danny Butterman (Frost) who he eventually finds out is his partner! Angel doesn’t get off to the best start with the village community who seem to have very loose views on crime

Just as Angel begins to become increasingly frustrated with the lack of action which this village has, a series of strange murders unleashes the dark side of the village community. Angel and Danny then investigate only to have their claims dismissed by the residents.

Celebrity Big Brother

To the world: We aren’t all like this

Now for a hot topic that has been making news headlines around the globe. Celebrity Big Brother here in the UK has kicked up a storm over apparent racist allegations against Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty by three of her female housemates.

Now I’m sure most of you have seen TV footage by now of what has transpired in the house. For those who haven’t seen it, check YouTube for footage, if any. Basically Jade Goody (head honcho), Danielle Lloyd and Jo O’Meara have bullied Shilpa about various issues that some people are claiming is racist towards Indians. Now, I’m a British born Asian myself, so I just want to state my opinions on this. I don’t see it as racism, but almost borderline racism. It could have been much worse, but I think Channel 4 have warned the bullies not to venture out that far.

I was born in 1975; in London and have NEVER EVER had racist abuse or encounters thrown at me, ever. Not all residents of this country are like Jade and Co. Jade herself is a human of rather low IQ, speaks without thinking and is so utterly dumb that it makes me laugh out loud. She is what’s known by us UK’ers as a ‘Chav‘.

…For You…

I’ll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You’ve been the only thing that’s right
In all I’ve done

And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we’ll make it anywhere
Away from here

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I’ll be right beside you dear