This films looks brilliant! I saw a trailer on the Internet a few weeks back and have read an in depth article about the film in Empire. It is based on the comic book of the same name... so watch out for this! I believe it comes out on April 2nd which is a bit of a bummer as we will be off to Cape Town on that day... so will have to wait until I get back (or maybe watch it in SA).
"Cadbury is just the latest in a string of British businesses that have been swallowed up by foreign companies over the years, sparking a wave of national outrage. Disgusted by the group's imminent £12 billion takeover by "processed cheese company" Kraft, some loyal customers have vowed to never buy a Cadbury chocolate bar again. The list is long and includes big names like Rover, Abbey National, Asda, ICI and Corus. Has Britain gone to the dogs?City commentators say that if the UK were to show interest in buying a French or German company it would be shown the door - pure unadulterated protectionism!" - AOL website
It seems to me that in most other countries there seems to be pride taken in successful companies that have been started and built up in their home nation. Not here though. The only thing that seems to matter is getting a massive pay off for the shareholders. Cadbury is taken over by Kraft and immediately there is a threat to the jobs of the employees who have contributed to Cadbury's success. All very, very depressing...
Rant over.
Actually, I must admit... I am partial to a 3 piece variety meal now and again. And I have to say I especially like the hotwings. But I digress. My beef is with the latest advert (or should I say chicken?)
Jeremy Brett was the definitive Sherlock Holmes in my opinion... Having said that Robert Downey Jr brings a completely fresh look to the character. This film is good, honest to god, great fun and I would challenge anyone to say it isn't entertaining. Without going into the story it involves - black magic and a plot to bring down the British Empire and culminates with a fight on the top of the half complete Tower Bridge. I particularly liked the sequences where Holmes visualises what he is going to do next... the action freezes and you get to see what his next planned actions are in advance... then the action resumes and you see the super sleuth's actions in real time. Downey Jr is superb... he has more charisma in the tip of his little finger than someone like Tom Cruise has in his whole body. Great stuff!
Why do people buy black Range Rovers (with blacked out windows and ridiculous wheels)? Pay £46,000 plus and you too can look like a drug dealer. Arseholes...
A non-descript actress, I remember, who played a non-descript character in EastEnders about 6 or 7 years ago. Daughter of the talentless Dennis Waterman. Dumps her husband Gary from EastEnders (who had a much bigger part)... because she has lost 3 stones in weight and has released a DVD. Two questions... Is this news worthy? Do we give a sh*t? The answer of course is "No" to both. However I do feel sorry for her husband. He played a loser in a TV soap and he is a loser in real life. A third question springs to mind... who the f*ck is going to buy her DVD?Rant over.
My father-in-law and his wife (JH and AH) stayed over at ours during the Christmas break... On the Sunday before the 25th we took them down to Dorset where they were going to stay over at A's daughter's place. Out of curiosity we checked the train fares from Bournemouth back to WGC. To buy a single ticket, on the day, would cost... £96!!!!!! Let me say that again... £96!!!!!!!!!!!... EACH. Are South West Trains taking the p*ss or something?
How could anyone seriously vote for this prat? Hoon by name Buffoon by nature. Check him out on Wikipedia... everything this cretin has ever done has been a complete disaster - yet the stupid, idiotic f*cker still gets given plum jobs. He even f*cks up trying to stab his boss, Mr Brown, in the back. D*ckh*ead.
I've been thinking... like you do. Every year, around about now or maybe a bit later in February we get a few days of snow. And as we know this snow causes an absurd amount of grief because there isn't the equipment to deal with it. And there isn't the equipment to deal with it because it is supposedly not worth the expenditure to invest in a lot of snow ploughs, gritters etc. considering we only get a few days of it. However at the same time we are told that the snow costs the British economy millions of £'s in lost business. SO WHY THE F*CK IF IT COSTS THE ECONOMY SO MUCH... DON'T WE INVEST IN ENOUGH EQUIPMENT TO DEAL WITH IT?... surely it would pay for itself pretty quicky and then the money would be well spent because everyone could get to work or go to school and go about their daily business. It ain't rocket science!!!Rant over.
"Iceland's president has refused to sign a controversial bill to repay $5bn (£3.1bn) to the UK and the Netherlands.
In our house I am the one who usually does the hoovering... an intensely boring task. What I find bizarre is why thick lumps of fluff and dust miraculously appear within moments of finishing... and always, always, ALWAYS... under the coffee table!
Of course the one time I most definitely wanted the Sky+ box to work - the b*st*rd thing fails... I swear to God at times there is a conspiracy against me to do the most basic of things that I really want to do... or in this case see. So... I ended up watching Part 2 of Doctor Who on BBC iPlayer. I loved the end of Part 1 where it was revealed that the Timelords were going to return and being led by Timothy Dalton no less. Part 2 featured some brilliant acting by David Tennant, Bernard Cribbens and John Simm and it was largely these three that held it all together. The plot as usual was a bit iffey but I loved it! The last 20 minutes or so dragged a bit and to be honest I was a little bit disappointed with the 10th Doctor's regeneration sequence (It wasn't as good as Ecclestone's!) It was a great idea to neatly draw a line under the Russell T Davis era and therefore give a clean slate for the new Moffat era. Long live The Doctor!!
