Movies and adverts

Dave beat me to the punch with the trailers for Slither and Ultraviolet. Both of which I want to see. I agree with Dave that Ultraviolet could go either way (bit like Aeon Flux; anyone seen that yet?) and will possibly have all the chavs screaming "it's just a copy of the Matrix" which would be a damning inditement of originality in our times but, so long as they don't go for too much plot, I'm in; Milla Jovovich in even less clothing ... and it's all latex. Sold. Slither, on the other hand, promises real delight of the kind that vary few movies have been able to deliver (Tremors springs to mind as a singular example of a delivery of a full load of exactly this kind of goodness.) Still looking out for Sky High, any movie with Kurt Russel and Bruce Campbel (and I'm pretty sure this is the only one) has got to be worth a 6 pack and a bag of crisps. Bubble and I went to the HMV NY sales and picked up Bubba Ho-Tep, Zoolander, Napoleon Dynamite and The Wicker man. I've seen all of these except the Wicker man before and they're a joy to relive. I haven't yet sat down to see Bubba Ho-Tep with Bruce doing commentary in character as the king. It's a bit geeky for Bubble, but I'll get to it later in the week. Wicker man appealed to me on several levels.

• it was cheap
• it has Christopher Lee in it
• he has really bad hair
• it also has Edward Woodward in it
• I'm not sure about his hair, but probably also bad
• it is set on a remote Scottish island and is about Religious cultists
• therefore it will probably be fucking terrifying
• it involves at least one bonefire (missing V for Vendetta...)

I'll let you know once I've seen it

I got an email today letting me know of a new episode in a series that I had forgotten. It's the series of Virgin train ads called "littler Britain". I didn't post it before, coz there was only one up, but there's three now so go have a look. Quite good, in a strictly purile sense, which is the only sense that makes sense anyway. Dave, you will recognise the third one, that's Bracknell on a saturday night at closing time, that is.

Bomber out

linkies

I took up cricket on Sunday. My wrist and shoulder haven't been this stiff since I was a teenager... well, maybe since my twenties anyway. I was quite impressed with the cricket team I went to practice with, they're mostly about as shit as me so I think we'll get on. I batted in the nets fro about 20 minutes and now have 3 nice bruises which amply demonstrate the gaps in standard cricket pads.

I have a couple of things to show you today, both of which I had meant to tell you about a while ago but didn't. You may have heard of both of them coz they've been around for a while (in internet terms at least) the first is a free internet phone service called Skype. This is a small piece of client software that sits on your PC and allows you to call any one else with the same software loaded. You need to set up an account with the skype boys, as they host the connection between e users. Their angle is to try and sell you line time to call landlines etc but PC to PC calls are completely free. Cue natterring with folks in far flung places for hours on end. Our user name is andrea-and-james so install the programme, look us up and we can have free telephone convos about ...errr stuff.

The next is the Ricky Gervais show hosted through the Guardian Unlimited. I think DP Rich first recommended this to me but my memory is a bit blur at the mo. Currently about 1/2 way through their series (episode 7 this week), this is a radio talk show format which Ricky hosts along with his mates Karl and Steve. Not live so no phone ins (although I'm sure you could find Karl suggesting it at some point in a previous episode, he's sort of the thick one) but they do take emails and what so there is some interaction. Required listening.

That's it for me this morning, I might go for a little lie down.

Bomber out