jayseven

No. Considering the movie brought me to tears last night, I was left feeling utterly underwhelmed by the mini-series. The retcon of milky's death (sorry, but the movie's ending only had the power that it did because it was witnessed with the assumption that 101 punches to the head killed a man) annoyed me. I went into this show knowing some vague 'spoilers' - "some psycho from the film comes back at the end of episode 3 after all this CRAZY UNFORGETTABLE SHIT occurs and you just go AAAAH NOOOOO" and "redemption, tbf"... But to me the show could've easily been an unrelated entity to the movie. Woody was watered down and stripped of his leadership qualities. Kombo's psychotic nature was reverted into some bullshit religious claptrap. Milky... WAS ALIVE. Lol suddenly had daddy issues and, while hinted at in the movie, were massively overplayed in the series. Essentially the whole 4-ep drama revolved around two characters that weren't seen, mentioned or smelt in the movie and as such my final diagnosis is this; BULLSHIT. I laughed harder than I have for a long time, but I immediately felt guilty knowing that the movie left me so sad and that the show had forgotten so much. Yeah. Essentially, I'm really annoyed. From a film so wittingly unsentimental we have a tv series that has set out to provide as conclusive and redeeming an episode as this is only a mark on the british tv scene. The film was rightfully touted as a great piece of cinema, yet unfortunately was used as a posterboy for the series that really offers nothing more than an x-rated hollyoaks episode, totally going against the grain of the themes set by the movie. I will agree that it had good actors and good gaffers, but the music was recycled and the direction wrong for TV, and almost intrusive in its baseness. Yeah. The more I think about it, the more I'm pissed off. Not. Cool.

I've wondered about some of your points (in your new post) before, R_A. if I died I'm fairly sure that you lot would find out. There was a stage a few years ago, when I was getting stoned all the time and depressed and stuff, that I was so uncertain and worried about teh future that I wrote a little... 'will', shall we say. It had URLs on it. The geekiness of that alone made me laugh and forget all about it. I've heard of stories where lonely and isolated drunks have been found dead because the guy who worked at the off license he went to daily noticed that he had not come in for two days. TWO! Regardless of the drunk's self-imposed alienation from his own family and what-not, someone had noticed his absence. So yeah! This post doesn't have any awesome words in it.

Oh, how I missed you, O_W! Personally I very much enjoyed The Road. It's one of the most faithful adaptations I've ever seen - and it can't help that its source material winds up on Sentimental Lane.

Got back from the pub, THINK I have all of the PMs now so you'll have to bear with me as I get this sorted. I did warn people that they needed patience for my games :P I'm hoping to have a write-up sorted for tomorrow mid-evening. Sorry I made you think there was a write-up now!

innit, bruv.

Oh, man, the game's getting properhardcorementalhard now. Entered the dark tower, or whatever it's called, and seriously considering getting outta dodge and gamefaq-ing the location of 'heart pieces', or whatever they're called.

Max Payne. I'm fairly sure I fell asleep during the movie. Wolverine was also a let-down, and time-traveller's wife was as well except at least with that I was expecting it to be shite.

Second draw in a row for me, this one being less surprising considering my away form. Got friday off in order for everyone else to fondle with their match-in-hand. I'm predicting jimbob to beat tales and take the 3rd spot. I've just noticed - I have the double-header off... my next game is next friday :'(

I was totally going to buy this game and shit then I saw how much this dude was making and I was all LOL NO you can't have my money just to suck at my soul make a GOODER GAME and I'll pay. ...

blahblahblahSKIP TO THE END! So I've not seen all of the all of it except for the all, but I didn't all the all. What I mean? The 8-minute watchathon! I stopped after 4. And it was so good up to that point nyawwww.... but it's too long. I'M SORRY. It was REALLY GOOD though, but... too long. My internet-riddled ADHD mind just couldn't sit around and watch 4 minutes more. I'm being Butcher. FRANK butcher. Lol. Yeah. Too long. If you want viewerSHIP then you need to maintain a level of control and not have stuff that ends up having your viewers looking around their room while they watch, if you know what I mean. This episode was probably my favouritest EVER... But too long. That's probably my point. I may have made it... mavis? Hovis! Hog it. Boppit! Shop it. Photoshop. Motor-sho....

Seriously. I've not cried for maybe 3 years. The last time was when my then - and now, lol, - girlfriend said she wanted to go on a break. ever since then I've DARED the world to make me cry. I've literally felt like crying for years, but always got to that "oh, maybe I'll cry soon!!!" moment and then bam! - it doesn't happen. But I just watched This Is England (movie) and... yeah. BLAM! Tears. Blubber-face, scrunched up like like a gurner. And I don't feel any better, just more ashamed. Which is why I decided to put the internet on SCARLET alert and make sure every being that has existed and come in contact with me know that I've shed some saline solution. If you need some questions to respond to; - When was the last time you cried? - Why? - How often do you cry? - Is it a condition?

I'm glad you said that. It will excuse your jittery behaviour when we meet

From the iotas of info we have on the occasion, I'd have to go with it not being a homophobic attack. If that were the case then this guy would have to eat a lot of spinach to ensure he had the energy to assault every homo he came across in one day in london. But it's really a moot point. Chair's mate was at the end of an overreaction that potentially could've been avoided if he had a few more grains of sensibility about him. It's two threes and a half-dozen, really.

Oh, dude, fuck that shit. In no way do I (I dunno about everyone else who said similar stuff but I'm sure they agree) at all favour the dickhead who obviously has a penis shorter than his temper. Dickheads who wander the street totally willing to knob someone in the face are... well, cunts, perversely. We all make verbal slip-ups to strangers and we all hope we won't get knifed in the face for what is ultimately a minute faux pas. The cunt who felt it was within his rights to nut your mate will eventually be comissioned to break rocks and have his anus stretched, mark my words. I understand the stress of the moment is something that haunts you, that drove your desire to share it with us. I want you to know that a) head wounds always bleed heabvily, b) we love you and all that you do and c) white trousers should remain in the 80's.

LOL! Ran out of thanks. Can't be unseen. So true.

I've thanked your post for its honesty and openness and general this-is-why-I-go-to-n-europeness, and I've since realised that the 'thanks!' could come across as a rather beligerant and offensive thing. Sorry to hear about your aunt, that's some ridiculous shit right there. I think, in regards to the OP's posit of solitary existence, that it is entirely possible, though not favoured. I've spent months attached to my various forms of escapism, sustaining a rather pungant and vulgar happiness in myself, egotistically abiding in the thoughts of my own damned self. I've also been fortuitous enough to encounter an army of awesome people, who maintain a war against my solitude and, with vigour, encourage my persistant attendance to various social endeavours. I've thus learnt that it is through the difference in social construct, in varying concepts of How A Life Should Be Led that I have learned the most -- and that is the key to my argument! You cannot learn alone, living off of the dandruff of your intellect as it stews in its own soup of limitation. It is in allowing other differing views and experiences of life into your thoughts that you level up. I may be biased! I just spent a long weekend catching up with some good friends and it has taught me that a life lived alone and away from the rest of the world is a life condemned to an endless pit of similarity. Without associations, one never accesses the novel or, even, the sublime elements to life - the things that surprise you. I surmise that my months of alienation were only possible because I had the social network to delve back into. Promising myself even a night at the pub is a risky business; it may turn out to be a waste of money, or it may be a life-altering event. I remember a certain night, five years ago, where I begrudgingly agreed to attend a regular pub meeting - and I ended up going home with the most beautiful girl on the planet (and, thus, remain trapped in a web of confusion and insanity) because I risked it. Because I hazarded the unknown - which is precisely what socialising is! You allow yourself to be poured into the cocktail of interaction that is friendships. So yeah, like, totally. This post is full of interesting words.

I agree - But I'm a stat's whore! Would be nice to see who thanks me the most, so I can go round and give them a blowjob or cook them dinner or just whatever. What? Yeah I dunno. Wait for the redcoats.

Aimless; I've noticed you have a good ear for game music. Good post. I've had a BRIEF search on tinternets and I can't find even a vague release date (yep, I'm not looking very hard) but I'm supposing it'll be winter 2010, or is that too presumptuous?

When I visited Sydney, I noticed a long-legged bird about the size of a turkey (distorted memory probz) with a beak that was long and thin and curved downwards, and was astonished at how EVERYWHERE it was. Anyway! Pigeons! love 'em. I'm convinced I can lure any of them. Close your hand so that your index finger remains waggle-able, and WAGGLE IT. Pretend it's a WORM! They will stroll over all curious and get withing KICKING DISTANCE! I do like pigeons. They have faces. Curious eyes. I feel sorry that they are too stupid to realise that I'm not going to attack them, that they choose to go on a neck-warbling power-walk to get away from me. I always apologise in my head for making them move away from the burger giblets that they've been pecking at for half an hour. Pigeons never eat the salad. Hum.

You guys who 'can't get drunk' -- LOL TO YOU. srsly? Come get drunk with me. I will TEACH YOU THE WAYS! I've been drunk non-stop since thursday. I WEILD MY STAFF OF CIDER AND I CAST MY SPELLS OF... Who the fuck cares. SHH!

"Co-producer: Speed Weed" Wish I had his number! lol :P

Just read this in friday's paper on the train home. Genuinely stunned... that he's Jamie Lee-Curtis's father. She's a milf if I ever saw one! But seriousleeeigh-curtis is a hottyLOL But SEEREEEOUUUZLEEY! I was all ":o!!" when I found out. He was 85 though, and richer and more laid than I'll ever be. PROPS!

The guy who needed an ATM may've needed cash because his wife was giving birth and he accidentally dropped his phone down the loo! Er, yeah. it was a supreme dick-move on the chav's part, and I really hope your mate is alright. My mate was jumped by a bunch of yoofs for no reason whatsoever, had his head stomped on/kicked in. Because some people are just scum. But he verbally provoked them. While the resulting blood/trauma was horrendous, he acknowledges his own part in the drama. It's pretty narrow-minded of your mate to have avoided the kudos-earning task of assisting an individual in need, but an overblown consequence of him losing blood in the aftermath. Lesson learned, I hope? And I hope he's alright, too! This shit can shake you up for months afterwards.

Well I've been gone all weekend and I've returned to find an empty inbox. I'm still waiting on at least 10 decisions here, so come on guys! Sorry to make you get excited and see I've made a post :P Serves you bloody right. This time tomorrow I'll provide a write-up, regardless of PMs!

cheeers for spoilers plox, eevil :P (no - seriously, cheers :P)