Bellenda Carlisle

The cage match was my fave. Trish was great, that would be a rough match for anyone, can't believe the level she can still go in her late 40s having hardly wrestled for 2 decades. 

She and KO must be so sore today though.

The First Slam Dunk over 2 hour long anime about basketball I saw at the cinema. It was a very classic by the numbers sports drama, although it was cool seeing that in cartoon form. Some of the basketball game (which takes up like 50% of the film) was really exciting and well done. 

I finally saw Oppenheimer and I thought it was so fucking dry. Just not my bag whatsoever.

13 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

If anyone has any book recommendations, feel free to chuck them in here. I have the Simpsons Confidential one, but have never read it.

Same goes for podcast recommendations, video essays, articles etc.

I quite like some of this guy's Simpsons deep dives https://youtube.com/@TheRealJims

6 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

There were 9 (9!!!) series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.

80 episodes. Jesus.

13 series of Not Going Out 

I had the 7 inch of this, the back cover was this amazing Kim Wilde comic 

On 8/3/2023 at 4:50 PM, Merzbow said:

These new garlic bread crisps from Aldi are fucking gorgeous, I've always liked a garlic crisp and wonder why you so rarely get them?

The stuff you post never reaches my aldi, every time I go I still check for those Bombay potato crisps you mentioned ages ago but they never appeared. I'm sure these bastards will be the same.

Fuck I'm holding back tears in the street, peewee is my absolute hero.

I went to a thing at my Odeon called screen unseen or something. The gimmick was pretty cool, it's a pre release preview of a film but you don't lnow what the film will be til it starts (although they specify it won't be horror). I go to the cinema all the time and often barely know anything about the film, so it was my bag and I enjoyed the suspense of not knowing what it would be. 

It turned out to be a chick flick buddy road comedy about asian american women called joy ride. I'd seen the trailer for it with other films so had a vague awareness of it. Good choice of film for a mystery packed audience cos it was a comedy with constant raunchy and edgy jokes and everyone was laughing and got into it. It was funnier than I expected and I'm glad I saw it cos I might not have otherwise and the circumstances made it more enjoyable.

Does Vince McMahon still have the tache?

Have they stopped making pot noodles with palm oil yet? I think they were talking about it. I used to enjoy the occasional pot noodle but I haven't eaten one in years cos of that. 

I think it's amazing Roger Corman (b movie making legend since the 50s) is still alive, I'd love to meet him.

How did they not name this Sly and the family Stallone?

24 minutes ago, deathrey said:

Everytime I see a random new post in this thread, I always think it's going to be a post saying Bam has passed away.

Same, as I was clicking this one open I was thinking "well there's no new post in the celebrity death thread, that's a good sign"

Shortly after seeing Ricky Gervais I saw Harry styles and Brett Goldstein. That's Hampstead for you.

Nicolas Winding Refn is adapting the Famous Five, did not see that coming.

Ricky Gervais was walking down the street in Hampstead and stopped to start playing with a complete stranger's dog, it was very on brand.

I really liked the Flash, my only complaint was it's true that some of the CGI is dodgy. I am a massive DC fan/deluded apologist though, so results will vary. It has both my favourite Batmans in it, I don't think I could dislike it if I tried.

I think Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood is a great run for Tim Burton (I'd start with PeeWee's big adventure but that's not for everyone) 

7 hours ago, gmoney said:

The Rehearsal 

 I'd be interested in knowing how much of this was legit, but I suspect that the magic trick is part of what made it so fascinating.

R.I.P actor Treat Williams, I always liked him and thought he had a cool name. 

I liked him as the baddie in The Phantom because I always thought he really looked like he was from the '30s

I always wondered if Trick Williams in NXT was named after him. 

I posted in the wrong thread uce