Well hello again my curious visitors.
First off let me tell you how absolutely devastated I was after the final of X-factor. How will I go on without my weekly dose of total crap. Oh well, life must go on. Lets face it there's a lot of crap still on the old box for me to gas on about so I'm sure I will survive, I just need to find something to slate week after week. As for how the show ended, if you don't already know, let me give you a run down of how it all went. Teeny rap queen Cher was kicked out on Saturday (at last) leaving Rebbecca, Mat the Hat and One Direction. On Sunday we lost the x-product One Direction first (thank god) then the talented Rebbecca came in second leaving the equally talented, but totally lacking in charisma, Mat the Hat to take first place. Will he get Christmas number one, hopefully not. Last years winner was held of by Rage Against The Machine after a stonking online campaign. Fingers crossed the same will happen this year. I doubt it though as we would have heard something about it by now.
Talking of things been in the Christmas music charts is it only me that is totally stunned by the number of awful Cd's been released this year for Christmas. Over the past couple of weeks we seem to have been bombarded by musical nonsense. We have the Chelsea Pensioners, the Choir Girl, Aled Jones (who dragged him out of the bottom drawer) and tonight Ive seen the icing on the musical cake. The Barbie album!! Who buys this stuff, somebody must do, otherwise they wouldn't release these things. I think we seriously need to find out and give them psychiatric help.
Now onto more serious things. The English Defence League or EDL for short. Otherwise known as Idiots.
These are a bunch morons who became disillusioned with the BNP (British Nationalist Party) so have created a new banner under which they can elevate their moronic policies to a whole new level of ignorance. Earlier this week it was reported in the papers that they had invited Pastor Terry Jones over from the states to talk at a few rallies. Now I'm sure some of you remember the controversy earlier this year when the Godly? Pastor Jones wanted to hold a burn a Koran day on the anniversary of 9/11. No prizes as to why the EDL invited him over then. Now I know as, I'm sure you do, that the EDL aren't exactly the religious type so their intentions are not to listen to Pastor Jones' religious talks they're just interested in the controversy and publicity of his racial opinions. This is just a publicity stunt and nothing else. Luckily the British Government has stepped in and are in the process of stopping his visa application. I get the feeling that this isn't going to be the end of the EDL and Pastor Jones saga.
Also this week there was a bomb attack in Stockholm by a lone suicide bomber who came from our own fair island. The media started asking questions about why it seems that so many of the worlds terrorists originate from these shores, what makes the young Muslims of this country such easy targets for radicalisation. One thing that seems obvious to me is the lack of patriotism generated in today's society. The government has spent years telling us we can't fly the Union Jack or Georges Flag as it could be racially offensive. We don't get St Georges day off work or even celebrate it officially and yet local government and the London assembly spend money every year celebrating other countries events like St Patricks day. We as a society are told that we should be guilty of the empire and the only thing that ever gets said about the days of Empire is all the slavery. The young kids growing up in England no longer have an identity as its been beeten out of us all for years. We've been reduced to a nation without an identity and all this leads to kids growing up finding they have nothing to belong to except violent gangs and religion. An immigrant child growing up here knowing that they don't belong to the culture of their parents find that they are denied the identity of being an English man as every thing that is English is regarded as culturally offensive by the left wing powers that be. This makes for easy pickings for the extremist elements of Islam. A great shame for a once great country.
Movie time....
Yes its that part of the Blog where I tell you good folks of any films Ive seen recently on Blu Ray.
The Clash Of The Titans (2010)
The remake of the legendary Ray Harry Hausen's last film is an odd thing. They've taken a basic story of argumentative Gods playing with the minions of Earth and turned it into a loud non stop mish mash of an overly effects laded movie. From one scene to the next we have nothing but constant CGI monsters. Every scene was over laded with pointless effects. Take the temple of Medusa for instance, layer upon layer of ruined temple zig zagging all over the place on a multitude of levels. WHY? All they had to do was give us a basic Greek temple and a decent fight and the audience would have been happy. Instead its just too much thrown into to the mix. Like food, too many ingredients can spoil the taste. This film had everything including the kitchen sink in every scene. Not to be watched if you're wanting some good enjoyable entertainment. However if its just a pizza and (lots of) beer then it could fit the bill.
Italian Job (1969)
What can be said about this classic. Its got everything (in a good way not like above) humour, car chases, Minis driving through sewers and the great Michael Cain. And who could ever forget what became one of the greatest endings in film history.
Buy it, watch it, enjoy it.
And with that its time for me to leave you once again.
The Voice has spoken.
Till next time.....
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