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My friends have a metal band, called FINISH HIM!, and their new album 'Like Facing The Firing Squad' is out soon. Their first album got a five K review in Kerrang, don't you know.

Anyway here's a track from the first album; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCSUb-govE0

Had a slight film marathon last night and took on The Devils Double, Tucker and Dale versus Evil and Rubber.

The Devils Double is far camper than I imagined, but actually really enjoyable. Dominic Cooper is quite fantastic in it, managing to play a role, then managing at the same time to play another role which attempts to be the same as the first role but with subtle differences. Good film.

T+DVE is not the sort of film i'd usually watch, but it was far clever than these sort of films usually are so I quite enjoyed that.

Rubber is impeccably shot, just beautiful. Don't get me wrong it's intellectual wankery of the highest order, wrapped in a coating of farce, and it's probably not as clever as it thinks it is. But, I enjoyed it. I'm not sure I could not enjoy a film about a serial killer pirelli tyre that telekinetically explodes rabbits heads.

Barrowman can fuck off.

My brain can't handle your flagrant disregard for the tenses.

You must have tremendously loose stools, though, because you didn't strain once in that video. Could I recommend that you may have a fibre deficiency? Which, again, is ironic because when I think of deficiencies...I think of you.

Did you film that in your bog...?

Yeah,really enjoying the new season.

The first few episodes with Ashton were a bit wobbly as he came to terms with the character (and was over exposed by the episodes being 85% Walden Schmidt), but it's settled down, the episodes are more balanced and the last two have been as good, if not better than anything they've done before (mainly because Jon Cryer is incredible, and possibly the hardest working man on television. He eeks out comedy from every word/manneurism)..

That's my favourite bit about Smith. All the fuss about him being too young and he's played the oldest Doctor ever. I could give lectures on the subtle character traits he's given The Doctor that have reinforced just how old he is.

75 days until the Christmas special, apparently...

Thats the statement I was disagreeing with. To be covert people would need to be unaware of The Doctor, his 'death' wouldnt make a difference either way to that. If they knew about him then they know he can appear regardless because it could be a him from before his death.

Yes, but to be fair you're concerning yourself with the Who universe as though it is real; that because the protagonists can be open to interaction with the Doctor 'before' his death it somehow rubbishes my statement that Moffat has erased RTD's obsession with Who being a 'Jesus-cum-Superman' superhero. But, the fact remains that we only now have to concern ourselves with the Doctor after his death as that is what we'll see on TV. And, relative to his timeline and his need to stay beneath the radar as concerns the Silence between now and Transalor, he'll have to act once again under the cover of shadows.

I genuinely don't care, and neither should you, that villains might have to meet a young Smith, or Tennant or Eccles. As far as we're concerned, the Doctor has to wind down his hyperactivity.

If you don't want to think of it like that, the Doctor even said in the finale that he's 'become too big' and needs go back into the shadows. So, whether you think of it relative to our current Doctor's timeline, or the explicit admission on the show itself, Moffat has shown his intention to reign in The Doctor's character to something more reflective of the initial series.

Whether he actually does it or not is another matter.

Everyone go check out the blog on The Guardian website, it's a perfect review. It's the first result on 'google news' when you put in Doctor Who.The key points about it being great I agree with are; for all the rubbish about it being complicated it was really quite simple; it practically rebooted the show for next year; the running thread of Doctors obsession with his own destruction being dispelled by those that live him; Moffat essentially erased RTD's obsession with The Doctor being Superman-cum-Jesus by making him covert again and, in case I forgot, it was fun as hell.

Piss. Right. Off.That was bloody bonkers, but it was incredible. It tied up all but one loose end, cleaned the slate and allows season 6 to be tackled afresh. Seriously, seriously good preposterous fun. Loved it.

The rubiks cube, and particularly the effort the director put into you seeing him take a chunk out of an apple, suggests to me that the two doctors idea is a solid one.

That's a pretty selfish sacrifice of a ganger, not in tune with the Doctors feelings as regards gangers. Amy's aside.

Labour are a fucking shambles. They give tough rhetoric on 'bad companies', but refuse to be drawn on specificities because they're afraid of spooking the business community.

They so badly want to have it both ways, and it's just ridiculous.

And, does anyone really want Ed M in charge of the country, and Ed B in charge ofthe economy?

Apparently the budget on some of the standalone episodes have been low because, not just general BBC cuts, but they've spent it all on the season finale. I still say Moffat's Who has far better, sleeker production values than both of RTD's incarnations (Eccles and Tennant).

Throwaway episode, light on any meaningful substance, but a fun romp well acted all the same. Seriously, Matt Smith is absolutely incredible, his delivery has a capacity to affect me like no other TV actor at the minute. He's not even primetime BBC good, he's genuinely brilliant. The scene with the baby under the simulated stars was beautiful; 'promise me, you'll have as much fun as I did.'

Clay Davies for President?! ...SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT!

There's two Doctors. One that likes rubik's cubes, brown shoes and apples, and one that likes fish fingers in custard, black shoes and can't do rubik's cubes. Trust me.

That is a shout, right there.

I've been wondering about the sporadic coat wearing, and the rubik's cube disparity between two weeks ago, and last week, pricked my ears up.

I thought, until recently, that he would win but I'm not so sure now.

It depends who the Republicans pick; Mitt Romney is way too establishment and representative of the wealthy elites that Americans aren't to fond of right now, Huntsman is implicated in the Obama regime and won't get the nomination, Bachmann is a loon and Cain/Santorm/Paul are all fringe fruitcakes.

I genuinely believe Perry is their best bet. He might be pandering to the Tea Party right at the minute, but he's got stories to tell about pragmatism (i.e. unconservative policies such as the HPV virus) and economic rejuvenation. He's also from humble beginnings, which always plays well.

Though, if I was American, and faced the prospect of Obama vs. Perry i'd probably be looking for the 'neither' option...

That was an absolutely blinding episode. Unreal. Incredibly acted, particularly the Muslim girl (who's characters name i've forgotten. Rita?!) who also had the greatest line in the show; 'please, let me lose my faith in private.'

Christopher Hitchens is as big a zealot as anyone or anything he critiques, it's just that his is a nihilistic fundamentalism.

The missus wanted to watch it, so sat through it again and once you don't have to factor in the bad taste left in the mouth from the wasted opportunity of 'mels', it's actually a very fun episode..

Ace episode. I like how they took what I thought was going to be a throw away episode, and successfully further the regenerating child / River Song mystery. Lets see where they go with this. Good start to the second half.

They didn't really further the 'regenerating child' mystery, they threw it away in a rather unsatisfying fashion.

There was lots of little bits of amazing, and potential amazing, but the overarching narrative seemed like a square peg in a round hole. The bit with 'Mels' was mental, and rushed and the 'miniaturisation' was a bit naff for my tastes. Despite being aesthetically Moffatt, there was a heavy touch of the RTD's about that episode.

That said, the last 15 minutes were fairly cool and Matt Smith is still just amazing...

Yeah, Loki, that's DDP letting the Bisch have a go on his wife...