10 posts tagged “links”

See, here's the thing with Mark Kermode: I have never in my life had a desire to see a Nazi-ploitation film, but I watch his review of The Reader, wherein he references the work of "classy sleazy film-maker" Tinto Brass and now... I sort of have a desire to see a Nazi-ploitation film.

I mean, Salon Kitty still sounds kind of appalling, just... interesting and appalling now.

Charlie Brooker on the Daily Mail's content in the wake of the Brand-Ross debacle:

Friday's paper included a rundown of other "obscenities" broadcast by the Beeb, which the paper fearlessly "uncovered" by recording some TV shows and writing down some of the jokes. To protect readers' sensibilities, all the rude words were sprinkled with asterisks, although since the Mail's definition of "rude" extends to biological terms such as "penis", it was a bit like gazing at an ASCII representation of a snowstorm on a ZX Spectrum circa 1983. Perhaps next week it will produce a free sheet of asterisk stickers for readers to plaster over their own genitals, lest they catch sight of them in a mirror and indignantly vomit themselves into a coma.

*dies*

"The general public has held a stereotype of heavy metal fans being suicidally depressed and of being a danger to themselves and society in general. But they are quite delicate things."

1. Is it just me or does anyone else take a perverse pleasure in constant painstaking refinement of the organisation of their del.icio.us links?

2. The Dark Knight is excellent, though mostly about as much fun as being stabbed in the face. The female characters once again get short shrift and I was so very happy to find Origin Story, a fanfic by Minim Calibre that she'd written in response to Jim Gordon's daughter (future BATGIRL for goodness sake) barely getting a look-in. Also, I like to imagine the Joker attends these:

3. The following is an annotated extract from an Amazon email I got the other day (I am probably far more amused by its unintentional accuracy than is strictly necessary):
(Obviously Dean SHOULD have sold his soul on Demon eBay, that's been established (at least in fic), but failing that, perhaps Damnazon Marketplace?)

4. Depeche Mode are made of win covered in awesomesauce. Never Let Me Down Again is an entirely perfect slice of '80s new romantic/synthpop/electronica/wossname, and it's totally about Dean and Sam Winchester. Oh yes it is.

5. Why don't they sell ginger beer on draught in pubs? It's much nicer than that hop-based stuff.

I have found Supernatural/A Series of Unfortunate Events crossover fanfiction!

MY LIFE IS NOW COMPLETE.

Well, the trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean 3 is up.

I'd like to offer some sort of insightful commentary here but I'm currently too busy making a high-pitched squealing noise not unlike that of a kettle mid-boil.

It's sad really, the depths of fangirlishness this trilogy reduces me to. I am putty in its gunpowdery, barnacle-encrusted hands and I completely want to be Elizabeth Swann when I grow up.

Damn you, Bruckheimer! Can't you just let me have my dignity?

A couple of cool things from ElJayLand:

Over on scans_daily there's a preview of the forthcoming Buffy Season 8 comic. Potentially this could be really good fun, especially since Joss Whedon will be writing the first few issues and overseeing the rest. Not sure yet whether I'll be tracking it down as soon as it comes out or not, but that's more because I find individual comic issues too damn short and prefer to read them when they're all collected together.

Meanwhile heave_ho is celebrating its second anniversary by airing The Hundred Worst Lines in the Caribbean. One hundred exquisite little gems of badfic awfulness: you will not read anything funnier today.

Bit late for Halloween, but if you're still in the mood for something spooky, you could do a lot worse than check out the hospital hopscotch section at darkpassage.com for explorations of abandoned asylums. Mainly photographs, with a little bit of commentary, it's amazing how creepy the sight of blistered paint and bird shit and discarded wheelchairs can be. Not to mention shots of mouldering underground service tunnels stretching off into utter undisturbed darkness.

I highly advise you to do as I did and view them late at night when you're alone in the house. 

Sorry about the squealing, but I've just found some clips of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's forthcoming film Hot Fuzz.

John Barrowman talks about making the upcoming Doctor Who spinoff-series Torchwood:

"We were having lunch and suddenly this very recognisable alien walked by and the child [the son of a crew member] just freaked out. He screamed and his dad grabbed his hand and said, 'You'll be fine – you're with me'. But the kid shouted: 'No! You can't do anything – I have to be with Jack!'
 

"He literally ran over, grabbed onto my leg and wouldn't let go. And the poor old alien was only going outside to have a cup of coffee and a fag!"

Of course, the above quote has nothing to do with why I'm looking forward to this series, it just made me giggle.