Stone Cold Jane Austen

After getting most of the way through The Dark Tower, I decided I never wanted to read Stephen King ever again. Beyond the first book, everything in that series is deus ex machina and retcon.

For those who are on the fence about Spartacus:

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I had no idea it was coming out so soon. Cannot fucking wait, though, it looks very Alien-y; I thought there wasn't meant to be a connection besides for it being in the same universe?

I've never tried his vodka but Aykroyd's wine is disgusting.

I'm stuck in writing an essay, listening to some bangin' choons and watching Babestation on mute like a pathetic screensaver. It's weird but without the music loop on it, I find lip syncing much easier and I'm almost tempted to ring in so I can properly hear Daryl say "put it in my arse, yeah, like that" and, more importantly, find out if her blue thing bodysuit is from American Apparel. Seriously though, the fella who runs this must be laughing all the way to the bank:

The way I always think of it is that if Crank was Neveldine/Taylor writing a script thinking "Wouldn't it be funny if this happened?", Crank 2 was "Well, we did that last time, so I suppose we'll have to do this to top it." The only bit I remember enjoying was the Fuck You, Chelios montage.

If my dad made his name doing that kind of i stuff, i'd try and kill myself as well.

I can't believe people still give a shit about that hack.

I remember enjoying it when it came out but also thought it wouldn't stand up to later viewings because it's so twist heavy.

Went to Fopp today. Got 5 books for a fiver! Of my purchases, I'm most excited about reading Palo Alto by James Franco.. I've heard good things.

Quelle est Fopp?

I started reading Snow Crash earlier. Compared to the A Song of Ice and Fire which I've been reading for months, it zips along and is a lot more fun to read but the present tense writing is really weird. It's not exactly putting me off but it seems like the only book I've ever read to do it, so it stands out.

Keef.

finally picked up season 1 of eastbound and down on friday so can't wait to get stuck into that, only cost me a fiver in cex, was tempted to pick up season one of entourage from hmv as well as it had been knocked down to a fiver, is it worth getting for that price?

Entourage is the best 30 minute show on TV.

Fuck off.

 

some good stuff on here. Triple h puppet steals it. just beating the clip he introduces

 

Who does the Trips voice? I may have imagined it but isn't it someone known?

It sounds like HHH doing a bad version of himself at times, which is really jarring.

Talking shit.

Cuba Gooding Jr. was on Graham Norton to promote it about a month ago so I suppose it's probably gone, but reviews make it sound like you've missed nothing.

I'm looking forward to getting Immortals on DVD. It just looks like more 300 and I can definitely go for that.

It's not. I never said it was.

Well, saying nothing happens, when a lot of stuff happens, makes me think you didn't get it.

What is so confusing?

As someone who just finished A Feast For Crows this morning, you're an idiot. GRRM couldn't be any more obtuse if he tried.

Apparently, before it got cut, cut and cut again, Huston had a much bigger part and even the gods who said nothing had bigger parts. There's probably an acceptable director's cut out there. Also, Sam is really good when given the right material; he's great in Avatar, Macbeth and Last Night. He's got a real 'everyman' charm to him.

You're right; I'd say it's probably the best show since Deadwood (that ended after The Wire, right). No shit cliffhangers or building up some dumb, unanswerable mythology, just great drama every week. The season two episode, Libertus, is one of the best single hours of TV I've had in a long, long time.

Conversely, I've just finished watching the first three episodes of Luck and I really don't know how I feel about it. Boardwalk Empire was slow as fuck but this is taking the piss; but, on the other hand, having a cast of Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, Nick Nolte and Joan Allen surrounded by some amazing character actors delivering lines written by David Milch and shot by Michael Mann - or people inspired by him - makes each episode really enjoyable if not exactly thrilling. The only real highlight so far was Hoffman channeling Ric Flair in the opening episode, ripping his shirt off after the mildest of provocations.

I'll look forward to seeing the trailers to that in about 18 months with an acoustic flavour of the month over the top of it and probably Paul Giamatti in a fatherly role.

Mabye.

Hm?