Happy Life Day!

The Star Wars Holiday Special edited down to just over 5mins so you can actually watch it (well the low-lights) without too much pain.

After than you might want a Star Wars free year.

A Ghost Story for Christmas

For many years the BBC had a tradition of showing a dramatisation of a classic ghost story at Christmas. This tradition is being continued this year with Whistle and I’ll Come to You being shown tonight staring John Hurt. An adaptation of the same classic MR James story was shown in 1968 staring Michael Hordern beginning the tradition

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

That time of year again and here’s my now traditional bits and bobs off youtube and elsewhere…

“THE HOMEMADE XMAS VIDEO” 1986 – Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones
Stumbled over this months back but saved it for more seasonal viewing

No more jumpers for goalposts

But street football doesn’t really exist any more, Cooper admits. “Many children have never played outside. And in some cases their parents haven’t either.” He cites a 2009 survey by the charity Living Streets which found that only half of five- to 10-year-olds had ever played in their street, whereas nine of out 10 of their grandparents had.

How the increasing professionalisation of soccer at all levels in the UK has led to the death of park and street footie for ordinary kids.

Shoot ‘em in the head

Every zombie kill in The Walking Dead in 69s (NSFW)

Prog 1 to Prog 1500

Every cover of the British science fiction comic 2000 AD from the years ’77 to ’06 in 3 and a half minutes. Zarjaz!

We are already dead. We are Robot Jox!

Robot vs Robot, Human vs Alien, ’90 vs ’89

Robot Jox vs…

…Arena

Imagination is essentially memory

2019: A Future Imagined – A short film were Syd Mead, designer and concept artist (probably most notable for for his work on Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron) “reflects upon the nature of creativity and how it drives the future.”