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I'm not sure I have one. The Torchwood hub was pretty neat, even if the invisible lift gives me vertigo just thinking about it.
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( The Other Days )
May. 3rd, 2015
I have no idea who is booking TNA at the minute, but they can stay. Because, yeah, none of it is revolutionary but it all makes sense, and people have a reason for doing the things they're doing and the things flow into each other and there are shades of gray, and yup, whoever it is is doing a good job.
(I suspect that the fact that I don't know who it is is also a good sign.)
Also good, the two part Rockstar Spud interview (part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4hGGcLnu_Q and part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZpCachzz0). It's just ... he's so lovely, and excitable and over-emotional and generally wonderful.
( Actual spoilers )
(I suspect that the fact that I don't know who it is is also a good sign.)
Also good, the two part Rockstar Spud interview (part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4hGGcLnu_Q and part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZpCachzz0). It's just ... he's so lovely, and excitable and over-emotional and generally wonderful.
( Actual spoilers )
Pre-Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailers
May. 3rd, 2015 03:13 amJurassic Park: the new one Looks godawful.
Terminator: We Can't Spell looks more interesting. By which I mean, my thought pattern went 'new liqui-terminator looks familiar', 'OMG, OMG, new Terminator is being played by Lee Byung-hun, I must see this' followed by 'actually what they're doing with the plot could be interesting anyway'.
Tomorrowland at least doesn't look to be based on any pre-existing film franchises, so it's got that going for it. And there's a British actor not obviously playing a villain (I don't expect that to last longer than a quarter of the way through the film). And, despite the vaguely Oz-ian scenery, of the three films it's the one I'm most interested to see.
Terminator: We Can't Spell looks more interesting. By which I mean, my thought pattern went 'new liqui-terminator looks familiar', 'OMG, OMG, new Terminator is being played by Lee Byung-hun, I must see this' followed by 'actually what they're doing with the plot could be interesting anyway'.
Tomorrowland at least doesn't look to be based on any pre-existing film franchises, so it's got that going for it. And there's a British actor not obviously playing a villain (I don't expect that to last longer than a quarter of the way through the film). And, despite the vaguely Oz-ian scenery, of the three films it's the one I'm most interested to see.
Films:
Marvel Avenged: From financial ruin to the biggest film franchise in history - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32379661 Which like all articles of its type completely under-estimates the effect that Blade had on the whole thing. Why do they always forget Blade or just give it a by-mention?
History:
Searching for the truth about my mother - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32478411 Duong Thi Xuan Quy became North Vietnam's first female war correspondent, but - and it's a familiar story in a country where three million died - she never came home.
The Armenian rugs that tell two stories - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32396459
Language:
What Australian slang has given the world - http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150427-pervs-greenies-and-ratbags
Miscellaneous:
Giving everyone in the world an address - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32444811
The heist: What I've learned about the Hatton Garden raid - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32431557 Which is interesting for all the right reasons. Has anyone seen Danny Ocean recently?
The horrors of the sea - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32433547 Juan Medina has been following migrants trying to reach Europe for two decades - the Reuters photographer won a World Press award for this image taken in 2004. As the number of deaths at sea rises, he talks about his images.
Experience: I am Big Bird - http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/24/experience-i-am-big-bird-sesame-street via![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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Music:
Smashed Hits: Louie Louie - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32520921
20 Things You Might Not Know About 'Seven Nation Army' - http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-seven-nation-army
Politics:
Election 2015: How feasible would it be to introduce online voting? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32421086
Council sued over polling station access - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32414123
Election 2015: England's peculiar polling stations - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32229745
How election maps reveal the strange politics of geography - http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-04/23/general-election-2015-maps This article even occasionally contains Scotland and Northern Ireland maps.
Science:
The birth of the weather forecast - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32483678
What Are the Odds of Finding a Drug (And How Do You Stand Them?) - http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2015/04/24/what_are_the_odds_of_finding_a_drug_and_how_do_you_stand_them.php#comments
Sport:
Boxing:
Mayweather-Pacquiao: Ricky Hatton says Floyd will win fight - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/32477346 In which Ricky Hatton turns out to have prophetic powers, or he knows his boxing ;)
Cricket:
Who is England's best-ever bowler in Test cricket? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/32105879 Well it is an answer :) Basically it depends on whether or not you weigh batters wickets more than the wickets of all-rounders and bowlers.
Football:
Kasper Schmeichel: Goalkeepers need special mentality - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32441079
Marvel Avenged: From financial ruin to the biggest film franchise in history - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32379661 Which like all articles of its type completely under-estimates the effect that Blade had on the whole thing. Why do they always forget Blade or just give it a by-mention?
History:
Searching for the truth about my mother - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32478411 Duong Thi Xuan Quy became North Vietnam's first female war correspondent, but - and it's a familiar story in a country where three million died - she never came home.
The Armenian rugs that tell two stories - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32396459
Language:
What Australian slang has given the world - http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150427-pervs-greenies-and-ratbags
Miscellaneous:
Giving everyone in the world an address - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32444811
The heist: What I've learned about the Hatton Garden raid - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32431557 Which is interesting for all the right reasons. Has anyone seen Danny Ocean recently?
The horrors of the sea - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32433547 Juan Medina has been following migrants trying to reach Europe for two decades - the Reuters photographer won a World Press award for this image taken in 2004. As the number of deaths at sea rises, he talks about his images.
Experience: I am Big Bird - http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/24/experience-i-am-big-bird-sesame-street via
nwhyteMusic:
Smashed Hits: Louie Louie - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32520921
20 Things You Might Not Know About 'Seven Nation Army' - http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-seven-nation-army
Politics:
Election 2015: How feasible would it be to introduce online voting? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32421086
Council sued over polling station access - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32414123
Election 2015: England's peculiar polling stations - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32229745
How election maps reveal the strange politics of geography - http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-04/23/general-election-2015-maps This article even occasionally contains Scotland and Northern Ireland maps.
Science:
The birth of the weather forecast - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32483678
What Are the Odds of Finding a Drug (And How Do You Stand Them?) - http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2015/04/24/what_are_the_odds_of_finding_a_drug_and_how_do_you_stand_them.php#comments
Sport:
Boxing:
Mayweather-Pacquiao: Ricky Hatton says Floyd will win fight - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/32477346 In which Ricky Hatton turns out to have prophetic powers, or he knows his boxing ;)
Cricket:
Who is England's best-ever bowler in Test cricket? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/32105879 Well it is an answer :) Basically it depends on whether or not you weigh batters wickets more than the wickets of all-rounders and bowlers.
Football:
Kasper Schmeichel: Goalkeepers need special mentality - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32441079
Honestly, I'm not sure. One of the problems with Miracle Day was that it just didn't feel like Torchwood, and I don't know why. I don't think it was just the move out of Wales but a lot of the really mordant humour and little details (Johnny Davies in Children of Earth for example) went with that, so I think I'd want them to comeback to Cardiff.
May I use this to recommend the Torchwood books (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Torchwood_novels_and_audio_books). I've read four of them so far, and the worst has been good.
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May I use this to recommend the Torchwood books (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Torchwood_novels_and_audio_books). I've read four of them so far, and the worst has been good.
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Although this is mostly due to really musical builder I heard doing a beautiful acappella version of this in Birmingham.
Now if someone could tell me what this song reminds me of, I'd be obliged, because it reminds me of *something* and I can't place it.