Alfred Pennyworth and Brexit
In these current times that has seen UK politics it is curious to find a 25 year old piece of fiction that dealt with the matter and of all things it is a comic book.. Nightwing: Alfred's Return sees Dick Grayson the first Robin under his new title of Nightwing searching Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth after he left him due to his stubbornness after his back had been broken by the villain Bane. Along the way the pair ran foul of a cabal of indurstists and military planning to take over the UK being fed with EU rules. A plot to destroy the Channel Tunnel is foiled. But what is striking the language of the cabal is not disimaller to real life Euro sceptics.
Nightwint; Afredd's Return's can be found in the Batman: Troika collected edition paperback
Monday, 18 March 2019
Sunday, 17 March 2019
Remembering The Roxy
The current run of Top of the Pops repeats have reached the summer of 1987 it was during this time that ITV started their own version The Roxy. Presented at first by David 'Kid' Jensen and Kevin Sharky. Jensen of course had been a presenter of TOTP and Sharky a couple of years ago announced his intention to run for President of the Republic of Ireland. The Roxy struggled in a slot against Eastenders in it's prime. After a short while changes were made, this included a change of studio and presenters. In came Pat Sharp another former TOTP presenter and Paul Nolan had been a contestant on Blind Date. But the changes were not enough and The Roxy came to an end in April 1988 just 9 months after it started. One criticism was the lack of star names willing to come to the Newcastle studio to perform. Though 2 big names who did appear were Robert Plant and Bryan Ferry. It would be a decade later until ITV would do another performance based music show, CD:UK hosted by Ant & Dec and Cat Deeley. The Roxy today is a curio in British Music TV.
The current run of Top of the Pops repeats have reached the summer of 1987 it was during this time that ITV started their own version The Roxy. Presented at first by David 'Kid' Jensen and Kevin Sharky. Jensen of course had been a presenter of TOTP and Sharky a couple of years ago announced his intention to run for President of the Republic of Ireland. The Roxy struggled in a slot against Eastenders in it's prime. After a short while changes were made, this included a change of studio and presenters. In came Pat Sharp another former TOTP presenter and Paul Nolan had been a contestant on Blind Date. But the changes were not enough and The Roxy came to an end in April 1988 just 9 months after it started. One criticism was the lack of star names willing to come to the Newcastle studio to perform. Though 2 big names who did appear were Robert Plant and Bryan Ferry. It would be a decade later until ITV would do another performance based music show, CD:UK hosted by Ant & Dec and Cat Deeley. The Roxy today is a curio in British Music TV.
Saturday, 16 March 2019
Gunn not fired
In a remarkable turn of events it turns out that James Gunn was nor as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. It had been thought that Gunn had fired after the emergence of an number of provocative tweets he posted a few years ago. However that turns out to be not the case. Disney through it's Mavel subsidiary say he is still the director of GotG Vol 3. Gunn has also signed up for to direct the next Suicide Squad film. Weather that remains the case is to be seen
In a remarkable turn of events it turns out that James Gunn was nor as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. It had been thought that Gunn had fired after the emergence of an number of provocative tweets he posted a few years ago. However that turns out to be not the case. Disney through it's Mavel subsidiary say he is still the director of GotG Vol 3. Gunn has also signed up for to direct the next Suicide Squad film. Weather that remains the case is to be seen
Friday, 15 March 2019
Four Weddings - the other side
Tonight this year's Comic Relief is broadcast. The highlight is a semi sequel to rom com Four Weddings and a Funeral. Some of the actors who appeared in it have played roles at odds with that's film fluffy reputation. Here are 3 of them.
John Hannah
Hannah has a role call of playing brooding characters including being the first to play a screen version of Ian Rankin's John Rebus. The most interesting was in the first season of Alias playing the colour blind hitman who killed Sydney (Jennifer Garner) Bristow's fiance. John is redeemed in the end.
James Fleet
Four Weddings started a string of goofy yet amiable characters for Fleet including another Richard Curtis production The Vicar of Dibley. 3 years before Fleet in long forgotten TV crime thriller The Advocates played a serial killer of buskers considering them noting more than buskers considering them nothing more than beggars!
David Haigh
In the 1980 Doctor Who serial The Leisure Hive Haigh played a power mad alien. Tom Baker's Doctor falls foul of him and finds himself in an atom machine that turns him into an old man. However The Doctor gets his own by deaging back into a baby.
Tonight this year's Comic Relief is broadcast. The highlight is a semi sequel to rom com Four Weddings and a Funeral. Some of the actors who appeared in it have played roles at odds with that's film fluffy reputation. Here are 3 of them.
John Hannah
Hannah has a role call of playing brooding characters including being the first to play a screen version of Ian Rankin's John Rebus. The most interesting was in the first season of Alias playing the colour blind hitman who killed Sydney (Jennifer Garner) Bristow's fiance. John is redeemed in the end.
James Fleet
Four Weddings started a string of goofy yet amiable characters for Fleet including another Richard Curtis production The Vicar of Dibley. 3 years before Fleet in long forgotten TV crime thriller The Advocates played a serial killer of buskers considering them noting more than buskers considering them nothing more than beggars!
David Haigh
In the 1980 Doctor Who serial The Leisure Hive Haigh played a power mad alien. Tom Baker's Doctor falls foul of him and finds himself in an atom machine that turns him into an old man. However The Doctor gets his own by deaging back into a baby.
Thursday, 14 March 2019
TV ratings 13-03-2019
The third part of the ITV thriller Cheat was watched by just under 4 million viewers. The first part of the mini-series was watched 5 million viewers. That represents a loss of a million viewers. Prior to broadcast Cheat was subject to a heavy promotional . This will be a concern to ITV top brass as Cheat was written by brotherly writing team Harry and Jack Williams who have another heavily promoted drama The Widow starring Kate Beckinsale coming up for the network.
The third part of the ITV thriller Cheat was watched by just under 4 million viewers. The first part of the mini-series was watched 5 million viewers. That represents a loss of a million viewers. Prior to broadcast Cheat was subject to a heavy promotional . This will be a concern to ITV top brass as Cheat was written by brotherly writing team Harry and Jack Williams who have another heavily promoted drama The Widow starring Kate Beckinsale coming up for the network.
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
The Captain blasts them away
Captain Marvel the latest blockbuster from Marvel Studios has opened to an nearly one hundred and fifty five million dollars. This will come as something of a shock to some online critics who have been gunning for the film because of perceived SJW politics in particular comments of star Brie Larson about white male film critics. However given the film's opening they may have to deal with Ms Larson a little while longer.
Captain Marvel the latest blockbuster from Marvel Studios has opened to an nearly one hundred and fifty five million dollars. This will come as something of a shock to some online critics who have been gunning for the film because of perceived SJW politics in particular comments of star Brie Larson about white male film critics. However given the film's opening they may have to deal with Ms Larson a little while longer.
Monday, 11 March 2019
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