Mr Bronson Dies

The actor Michael Sheard dies aged 65.

Apart from starring in Grange Hill, he also played Hitler in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade and Admiral Ozzle in Empire Strikes Back.

I met him a couple of times at GenCon UK; a genuinely nice bloke, always free for a chat or a pint.

"Thank you my Very Dear Chums - See ya."
Michael Sheard (1940-2005)

Da da da da Bat-shirt

I did buy a t-shirt from More T Vicar.

VOTE - Auton!

Fight Mannequinism - really a site to promote voting among youth of America, but it reminds me of one of those old Doctor Who episodes so much.

The 50 Greatest Independent Films?

Empire Online are doing a list of The 50 Greatest Independent Films. They've listed 50-21 up to now...

Take a look? Agree/disagree? Let me know in the comments.

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Prediction: Knowing Empire's style, Kevin Smith's Clerks will be number one.

Animated Blogging

I found these two sites for comic creators:

Dork Tidings - the blog of John Kovalic creator of Dork Tower, Dr Blink and illustrator of the Apples to Apples game.


Family Guy Freakin' Blog (via Blogger Buzz) - a blog by the writers, directors and staff behind the super-cool cartoon series.

Great cartoons but what about the blogs? Let me know what you think in the comments...

Out of this World Blog!

...mumblings... - now available in all major solar systems!

LotR LoL

What if The Lord of the Rings was based on a roleplaying game campaign rather than a novel?

Find out at Flying Koala Games.

BE WARNED: it's far too believable! I now don't believe the books exist...

Now Here's a Scary Thought!

All Good Things...

I watched the last episode of Enterprise, and possibly the last episode of Star Trek ever, the other day - These Are The Voyages...

Am I the only one who thought it was a cop-out?

The set-up was Riker and Troy on the holodeck running a program about the original Enterprise's last mission to help him solve his moral dilemma during the ST:TNG The Pegasus episode. A nice gimmick but it didn't work, it just felt like a Next Gen episode featuring the Enterprise cast rather than the other way around.

Plus, the death of [Enterprise crew member name censored] was OTT, unbelievable and unnecessary.

At the very end they seemed to rely on the popularity of Next Gen for the final curtain call; disappointing and a bit insulting for the Enterprise cast.

Buy Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 1 (DVD)@Amazon.co.uk

Super Bonus Fun Redux

Here are a couple of animation themed time-passers I found while clicking through Savage Chickens:

Flipbook - create an online Flash animation flipbook. Here's one I made earlier...

Angry Alien - Flash animations of your favourite movie blockbusters featuring rabbits ... no seriously.

Money Talks

Take the Which? Moneytalk Quiz and brush up on your financial know-how.

My score? 8/10 - I'm a Wise Owl apparently.

Rock On!

I just watched School of Rock. Man, I realy wanna be in a band! Now all I have to do is learn to play an instrument or sing or something ...

Buy School of Rock (DVD)@Amazon.co.uk

Finger Spell

I've always thought it would be cool to learn sign language. You know, so you can have secret conversations with your mates and take the piss out of people behind their back ... the important stuff.

And today's word is ...

DtRT: Ecover

I can't remember were I first heard of Ecover, but they produce a range of environmentally friendly cleaning and washing products.

Why bother? Just think of all those chemicals you wash down the sink and into rivers, lakes and seas. Much better to use a product made only from natural ingredients.

I've tried the washing-up liquid (which smells really nice) and the fabric softener so far. They are available in most supermarkets and cost about the same as the big brand names.

The Greatest Movie Ever Made!

I've always suspected those "Greatest" and "Wonderful" quotes they pepper movie posters with were embellished, but this is 'one giant step' beyond that:

Fans win $1.5m over fake critic
BBC News

I mean, it's one thing to lie about the review, but to lie about the reviewer???

Old vs New

Some helpful advice for all you fellow eBay addicts out there:

10 things you should never buy used

&

10 things you shouldn't buy new