Hot Fuzz

"Is it true that there is a place in a man's head, that if you shoot it, it'll blow up?" [mimes head blowing up with hands]

Hot Fuzz" due out in '07




As much as I'm looking forward to "Hot Fuzz" I can't help but want more "Spaced" - one of the funniest sitcoms North American's have never seen (especially since they butchered the show with commercial cuts when it ran in the States)

One of the funniest bits from Spaced was the paintball episode:

Not your Father's Dinghy

Now's the Time on the Kraut when we SAIL!

Torchwood

There's a mild spoiler in here, so if you're gonna be a big baby about it, don't read this entry...

I was going to bitch and moan about the CBC not showing season 2 of Doctor Who, when I saw that they're actually on episode 3 of season 2. So much for paying attention to the network that will save us from all things American. Hey Tories, where's that privatization bill?

Considering that I just saw episode 1 of the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood (through nefarious means) and in the end credits I believe I saw a CBC production credit - we should get it here in Canada in, oh, about 2 years...

How's the show? The problem I've always found with pilots is that they have to spend way too much time setting up characters, places, technology etc. and they do that here, too. If you've seen the second season of Doctor Who, you already know about Torchwood, if you've seen the first season, you already know about Captain Jack. Trying to keep them in the shadows as everyday normal non-alien hunting policewoman Eve Myles [love the Policewoman's hat! damn that's sexy!] tries to delve into the mystery took way too long for my taste - then again, my attention-span lasts about 20 minutes and this episode started to challenge it.

There are flashes of what this show could be- there's gore, same-sexiness (here's the spoiler! - rather than fight the behemoth whose girlfriend he just stole in a bar using Alien pheromones one intrepid Torchwood scientist simply doses himself again to make himself attractive to the girl's boyfriend as well and heads off with both of them - don't think we'll see that happen on Doctor Who) and a surprising bit of violence at the end that made me jump when it happened, even though I kinda expected it.

Next episode supposedly features alien sex gas.

Yes you read that correctly and yes that's enough to make me watch it.

So all in all, a good, if not original, start. Captain Jack will have to be more roguish in the next few episodes though - that whole "ooo, look at me, don't I look tragic and thoughtful" schtick won't work for very long and treads on Doctor Who's territory - there's only room for one tragic and thoughtful hero and Captain Jack better ditch that before he rejoins the Doctor in season 3 of Doctor Who.

Red Ensign Standard #45

is at West Coast Chaos

From Wish to Reality

Well, it was in just the last post that I was catching myself wishing for a sailboat...and holy crap I've got one.

The Canadian Thanksgiving weekend was a mad dashing rush to temporarily acquire a trailer, pack everyone (me, Rue, 2 girls + Dog) drive for 5 hours through rain and blowing snow on the Coquihalla connector, deal with a drunken Rugby team in Abbotsford pounding on my hotel door at 2, 3, 4 and finally 5AM, head out in the morning to meet up with the donor (did I mention that the boat was FREE? Alright DAMAGED, too - but nothing a little E-glass, elbow-grease and gelcoat couldn't fix) and get the boat on a maybe too short trailer with dodgy 1970's wiring...

Did I mention that the trailer was probably too short?

Then the mad dash back up the Coquihalla, eyes staring into the rearview mirror as the trailer bounced on every bump, waiting for the sickening crash that would mean that the boat had torn itself free of restraint and had slipped off the trailer into the path of unsuspecting travellers on the darkest part of an already darkened highway...

Then the welcoming sight of my driveway and home...

I am the proud owner of a very much used, very much in need of TLC almost-40-year-old Flying Dutchman...

What have I gotten myself into?