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Sad to see Barry Norman go. Always enjoyed Film [fill in the year] when he was doing it. A good critic and presenter. RIP.

Neither am I, phonetics aren't my strong suit!

This is very stream of consciousness!

And there was me thinking it was pronounced Noel-lage!

I've always recommended Guards! Guards! as a good starting point, but Mort is pretty good too!

Nearly 3!

Vibrant Forest Citra, and jolly nice it is too!

The forecast for this week is mid to high 20s, where I live. My flat, which has very poor airflow, is already up to 26 degrees. Hoping this won't go for two weeks, as I have the week after next off!

It's too chuffing hot. I went for a walk around town this afternoon and out of the shade it was very unpleasant. I'm not really one for the heat though!

Would you like fries with that?

I thank you! (and, no, I've not given up the day job..)

Actually you can, but the bindings are generally old now so they fall apart quickly.

If something does, get it back to Hogwarts.

Tron Legacy Although the story was basically a re-run of the original, I really like this film. It's one of the best designed films I think I have ever seen and the Daft Punk soundtrack is excellent. It's such a shame Disney cancelled the follow up...

^ I think you'll find it was pretty camp at the time, as well.

2!

I'm not a huge fan of Descent, because it is the second story in Star Trek to undermine the Borg by putting a face on them (it's far from being the worst offender in that regard, but it continues a theme that Voyager subsequently pursued with reckless abandon). After The Best of Both Worlds, this was a mediocre return for a previously intractable enemy.

^ Sad to hear that, she'll always be my Tess Trueheart...

No, not really. It was a headline for a short while, but unless you live in the constituency in Kent where this is an issue, outside of that it's been swamped by other stories. Possibly bigger, is the news that the CPS isn't pressing ahead with all of the other electoral fraud cases it has had on it's books, so it looks like that brick has been cleared from the Tory rail... Don't get me wrong, I don't like the Tories, but the fair reporting of news has to go both ways, you can't just use an angle for your own ends.

I'd be willing to give this a go; wot's the story?

This three-parter has been pretty good, looking forward to seeing the conclusion on Saturday.

New month, new deals, and this month there are quite a few good ones! (to many to mention them all, but I will get a plug in for The Day of the Triffids, in case anyone hasn't read it before - a bargin at £1.99!).

If someone is reading a book in public I think it is only natural that it will form part of your assessment of the individual, in the same way their clothes, hair style and general apperance do. Whether your snap judgement will be correct or not is another matter!

To be fair, I did like the first film (and remember walking out of a '96 cinema that was cheering come the end!). Yes, it is was uneven, with the first half being all doom and portent and the second half degenerating into a bit of a romp, but it was what is was - a summer blockbuster that was generally quite a bit of fun. This one really wasn't. It was a stale re-hash that tried to work in as many references to the original as it could, whilst completely failing to do anything original. Proof, to my mind, that bigger/more doesn't mean better!

Nuts, meant to say Conan Doyle. Forgot about Burroughs!