Profile Topics Started Replies Created Engagements Forum Replies Created Viewing 50 posts - 701 through 750 (of 1,550 total) 1 2 3 … 14 15 16 … 29 30 31 Author Posts August 9, 2008 at 8:17 pm in reply to: WALL-E #83071 John HoareParticipant For the Birds is still my favourite Pixar short. What that says about me I don’t know, though. August 9, 2008 at 6:45 pm in reply to: Kevin Eldon speaks! #83068 John HoareParticipant Yeah, Jonsmad, could you just post the link next time? It means that the bold text for the questions is preserved too. Good interview though, although I have to pick the interviewer up on this point: You have been involved in pretty much all the TV comedy that?s been any good in the last 15 years Much as I love Kevin… this isn’t true. In the slightest. That’s overly-fawning. As for Kevin: My Family does indeed get ratings but comedically it is of no worth or value in my opinion? so as far as I?m concerned ratings don?t always equal excellence. my concern is whether I personally think the programme is OK or not. My Family is not the best comedy in the world… but it’s several orders of magnitude better than Hyperdrive. As in: I laugh occasionally at it. It’s also more subversive than people think for a family sitcom – the last episode I watched was shown on a weekday afternoon and centred around prostitution. But he makes a lot of good points too, obviously. August 5, 2008 at 9:29 pm in reply to: Roswell 1847 production log #83036 John HoareParticipant Bald fannies look wrong anyway. August 2, 2008 at 9:30 am in reply to: Spitting Again #82968 John HoareParticipant Headknockers (?) Headcases, tit-face. August 2, 2008 at 4:55 am in reply to: Shit #82964 John HoareParticipant This is the two-disc Region 2 I’ve got: http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/2074/This-is-Spinal-Tap-Special-Edition/Product.html August 1, 2008 at 12:08 pm in reply to: Best Documentary Piece? #82948 John HoareParticipant Much as I love the Series III and IV doccos, I think in retrospect they’re a bit claustrophobic. No rushes footage, no other bits to break up the piece (readthroughs, radio show clips, whatever). Great to watch, as we love the episodes, but not showing the absolute best that the doccos ended up managing to achieve. I love the Me2 section of The Beginning – the use of the rushes footage there is hugely inventive. August 1, 2008 at 5:36 am in reply to: Best Documentary Piece? #82942 John HoareParticipant For me, the best documentary by far is Re-Dwarf. But that probably isn’t that accessible for a general audience, which is needed here, so I’d go with Cappsy – one of the sections from the 1/2 doccos. July 30, 2008 at 10:14 pm in reply to: WALL-E #82920 John HoareParticipant My favourite Pixar film ever. Although I say that about *every* new Pixar film I see. Amazing stuff, though, in every possible way. July 30, 2008 at 12:30 pm in reply to: The Classic Doctor Who Thread – Spoilers? #82899 John HoareParticipant Actually..thinking about it, the very first female companions – Susan and Barbara – were very bright, being a time lady and school teacher respectively. Absolutely. I think most of the accusations that the portrayal of the assistants is sexist in old Who is *way* overstated – much as it is with many Bond girls, for that matter. Lovely to hear that they?re going to reanimate the other missing stories. Are they? Last I heard, 2 entertain couldn’t make it financially viable, and I don’t think the BBC are interested currently… July 30, 2008 at 1:49 am in reply to: “prospects for more Red Dwarf *winks* News just through” !!! #82889 John HoareParticipant Bloody hell! Thanks clem! I’ve written a news story here – people can comment on the story over there. Sorry for closing the thread clem, but I want to keep all comments in one place! July 29, 2008 at 5:16 pm in reply to: Did you see Doctor Mario? – Spoilers! #82879 John HoareParticipant I think it’s there now, yes! INVITE ME AGAIN PLZ. July 29, 2008 at 4:39 pm in reply to: The Doctor Who Spoilers Thread – Part III #82874 John HoareParticipant God almighty that was pantomime awful. I know it was a kiddies thing but bloody hell?even as a wee ?un I would?ve found that patronising. I liked it, but bear in mind that it was designed to be *seen* at the Prom. With a Graske running around on stage, and the Doctor’s manuscript flying across the stage, according to reports. And later on, DAVROS APPEARED THROUGH THE FLOOR. It’ll come across a lot better on the televised version. July 29, 2008 at 12:07 pm in reply to: I bought bodysnatcher #82863 John HoareParticipant Yes, it is true – and you can’t select individual episodes to play with them, either – you start from the beginning and have to skip through the chapters if you want to play them on later episodes… July 28, 2008 at 9:49 pm in reply to: NOISE TO SIGNAL #82856 John HoareParticipant Now back up! July 28, 2008 at 12:15 pm in reply to: NOISE TO SIGNAL #82828 John HoareParticipant Right, I *may* have fixed it, but we’ve got to wait for the DNS to propogate. Which could take up to 24 hours, but should be a lot sooner than that. I changed absolutely FUCK ALL – one moment the new site was there, the next the domain was pointing somewhere else – so I think HU have accidentally reset something. But we’ll see. July 28, 2008 at 5:09 am in reply to: Smallville: the most infuriating show ever? #82806 John HoareParticipant I can only assume its problems are ironed out as it goes along? From what I recall from the SFX reviews, it *does* for a bit… and then gets worse again in the later seasons. July 27, 2008 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Norman Lovett – Movie star and genius #82785 John HoareParticipant ?hmm, what?s John?s brain doing in my head? My mother – who never used to swear at all – now keeps using “fucking” because of me. July 27, 2008 at 9:18 pm in reply to: Who wants to play Mario Kart this weekend? #82784 John HoareParticipant I’ve not actually played with anything other than the Wheel, even on single-player. I know I could probably do slightly better with another controller… but I’m having too much fun with the Wheel to want to change. (And I don’t want to lose my Golden Wheel by playing with anything else online.) July 27, 2008 at 4:46 pm in reply to: Who wants to play Mario Kart this weekend? #82766 John HoareParticipant I have messed up. July 27, 2008 at 4:27 pm in reply to: Who wants to play Mario Kart this weekend? #82762 John HoareParticipant There’s been some fuck-up somewhere – I thought noon your time was 6pm here! Will be on as soon as I can – 15 minutes or so… July 26, 2008 at 6:21 pm in reply to: Who wants to play Mario Kart this weekend? #82716 John HoareParticipant 6pm my time, actually, because we’re on British Summer Time. But that’s absolutely fine by me – I can catch a WALL-E showing at 8:50pm, so if we’re done by 8pm, that’s no problem! Who else is up for this, then? July 26, 2008 at 5:26 pm in reply to: Who wants to play Mario Kart this weekend? #82714 John HoareParticipant What time are we thinking about for this, then? I want to plan when to go and see WALL-E tomorrow… July 26, 2008 at 1:50 am in reply to: NOISE TO SIGNAL #82707 John HoareParticipant Uh?do we have to register again? Can?t it be arranged to have NtS & GnT share a user database? Yes, you do – although remember that a) There wasn’t a registration system there before, so you don’t have to do it “again” as such – and also you can post comments without registration, it’s just that they’ll have to be approved before appearing. It is a separate site to G&T! I did consider letting G&T logins work on NTS, and maybe it would have been wise – but… I wanted to emphasise that NTS has its own identity, apart from G&T. Maybe that was the wrong decision in retrospect, but that was the idea. I want OpenID support really, but I didn’t have time to implement it. It’s on the to-do list – which, amazingly, is actually being worked on for once. July 25, 2008 at 8:38 pm in reply to: Who wants to play Mario Kart this weekend? #82688 John HoareParticipant Maybe Sunday afternoonish? That?ll give Pete/Ben/anyone else time to chime in if they?re up for it. Yes, I can do that! Are you thinking Sunday afternoon your time, or UK time? Either is fine by me. Oh, and did you ever get Smash John? Yes, and had a brief go and loved it – but haven’t had time to play it recently. I’ll get back to it, and post my friend code here for anyone who wants it. July 25, 2008 at 8:05 pm in reply to: Who wants to play Mario Kart this weekend? #82683 John HoareParticipant Mario Kart is some of the best fun gaming I’ve ever had. So no, I have nothing else better to do. I’m up for a race Phil, definitely! Let me know the time, and I’m in. July 25, 2008 at 4:48 am in reply to: IT Crowd series two competition #82658 John HoareParticipant I knew there was loads of great stuff on the l33t subtitles – along with that clip from an old computer show, which gave hints about how to decode the subtitles for Ep 6 – but never investigated it. I am an idiot. July 25, 2008 at 4:44 am in reply to: Audiosurf #82657 John HoareParticipant It needs to be on the Wii with balance board support stat! YES PLEASE. July 24, 2008 at 1:25 pm in reply to: I’m watching the US Spaced DVD with the new commentaries – Peggster! #82641 John HoareParticipant I’d like to see Hattie Jacques frigging herself off in Sykes, though. July 23, 2008 at 11:46 am in reply to: I’m watching the US Spaced DVD with the new commentaries – Peggster! #82603 John HoareParticipant When I rewatched the lot last year, I was disappointed by Series 2 – but pleasantly surprised by Series 3. I have no idea whether that’s because S3 actually *is* better, or because S2 lowered my expectations. What I do know is that – whilst still well worth watching – the show badly missed Linehan. But then, I think every TV show ever made without his involvement misses Linehan… July 23, 2008 at 12:48 am in reply to: I’m watching the US Spaced DVD with the new commentaries – Peggster! #82587 John HoareParticipant Aw, I like Black Books a lot (“Think I might swing by the bakery…”) – although I found the second series a bit dodgy. Although actually, the first series probably comes last in the Linehan pantheon for me – I’d put Father Ted, Hippies (it counts, he co-created it so it counts) and The IT Crowd above it. (I must find Paris at some point!) Predictably, I think the feel of the show would have been improved by not having a film effect. It really doesn’t add anything, and just gives me a great big distancing effect. July 22, 2008 at 11:15 pm in reply to: I’m watching the US Spaced DVD with the new commentaries – Peggster! #82585 John HoareParticipant Also, I just got my Black Books 3 DVD today. Were there commentaries on the R2 version? There don?t seem to be on this one? Nope, no commentaries on the R2 either. To be honest, I wasn’t disappointed. I may get roasted alive for this, but I tried to listen to the commentaries for S1, and gave up after the second episode. Some of the most tedious commentaries I’ve ever heard in my life, with barely a shred of interesting information – just a lot of usually very funny people not actually being very funny. July 22, 2008 at 8:09 pm in reply to: I’m watching the US Spaced DVD with the new commentaries – Peggster! #82577 John HoareParticipant I’m *very* tempted to import this. July 21, 2008 at 3:51 pm in reply to: The Doctor Who Spoilers Thread – Part III #82544 John HoareParticipant One Hollywood insider said: ‘No one walks away from Spielberg and all that money for a show no one has heard of. I mean, what is this doctor show about? It sounds a little silly.’ July 19, 2008 at 11:06 pm in reply to: Life on Mars US – The mystery is back! #82492 John HoareParticipant How can you “remove the ambiguity of the character’s predicament” and “make it a deeper mystery” at the same time? July 19, 2008 at 9:10 pm in reply to: “I wish to do more violence” – the Angel thread #82489 John HoareParticipant I think most of Buffy‘s first season looks great – BUT, the eyes in the statue at the end of Witch is an absolutely disgraceful effects shot. Really, really piss-poor. I presume the only reason they didn’t go back and fix it is due to lack of time/money, but the fact it’s the last thing you see before the episode ends is really atrocious. July 19, 2008 at 9:08 am in reply to: The Kochanski Effect #82468 John HoareParticipant The A.V. Club section is non-satirical, though, which is where this article comes from. July 18, 2008 at 9:57 pm in reply to: The Doctor Who Spoilers Thread – Part III #82459 John HoareParticipant Bad Wolf > The Sound of Drums > The Stolen Earth > Army of Ghosts The Parting of the Ways > Journey’s End = Doomsday > Last of the Time Lords Really can’t decide between Journey’s End and Doomsday – Doomsday is far more coherent, but Journey’s End has so many punch-the=air moments that it’s impossible for me to decide. I also fully admit that part of the reason Psrting of the Wolf comes top is the sheer joy at having Who back that first year. July 18, 2008 at 9:46 pm in reply to: “I wish to do more violence” – the Angel thread #82458 John HoareParticipant The show got off to a wobbly start – the first season is only marginally better than Buffy?s first season, which isn?t saying much I have to stick up for Buffy‘s first season here. OK, so it isn’t as good as later seasons, but I only think it suffers in comparison – it’s still cracking entertainment. Can’t comment on Angel, yet – it’s next on my list of things to start. God damn American telly and their long seasons – I NEVER have enough time to watch all the stuff I need to! July 15, 2008 at 11:33 pm in reply to: Sure to be good… #82395 John HoareParticipant Frankly, if the show raises ONE laugh with me, it’ll have been better than Hyperdrive. Stupid TV Scoop article aside, I’m actually vaguely hopeful about this. It’s an audience sitcom, so it should at least come in-built with a nice atmosphere, and I’m just pleased that we’re getting audience sitcoms with a bit of imagination put into the premise again. It could end up being really good. We’ll see. July 15, 2008 at 12:19 pm in reply to: Red Dwarf Action Figures! #82361 John HoareParticipant …I think you know what I’m going to say now, dear. In fact, it’s so obvious, I don’t think I’m even going to say it. July 14, 2008 at 9:13 pm in reply to: Arrested Development…worth it? #82346 John HoareParticipant The Thin Blue Line is fucking superb. It makes me laugh as much as any sitcom ever has done. Anyway: I need to see Arrested Development too. I’d buy it from HMV immediately if I didn’t have so much else in my massive DVD queue… July 14, 2008 at 8:56 pm in reply to: Red Dwarf Action Figures! #82340 John HoareParticipant Shit. Sorry, Capps! July 14, 2008 at 8:39 pm in reply to: Red Dwarf Action Figures! #82337 John HoareParticipant I… did. And I completely fucking forgot about it. I need to buy him another! Yes, that’s two I’ve done now. What a Dibbley!!!!!!111111111 July 14, 2008 at 8:26 pm in reply to: Red Dwarf Action Figures! #82332 John HoareParticipant I broke my Duane headknocker the moment I got it out the packaging – I dropped it straight on the floor and the head came off. What a Dibbley!!!!!!111111111 July 14, 2008 at 7:49 pm in reply to: The Kochanski Effect #82327 John HoareParticipant Oh, and lest we forget? IS THAT MEAT?!?!?!?!?!? Blah blah blah it’s in character blah blah blah wait until I get to my Ted reviews blah blah blah. I think *every* incarnation of Kochanski has been crap. It’s just there’s a hell of a lot more riding on it in VII than anywhere else. July 10, 2008 at 12:19 pm in reply to: How am i lookin?……………i’m lookin nice!……. #82230 John HoareParticipant In fact, I think John went away with at least one of them?? Hanging above my VERY FACE is one of the test designs for the two VIII video covers. They’re not actually that bad – although Byte is spelt “Bite”. Oh, and the BBC logo has the letters misaligned within the boxes. Oh, and the first video has a “Section of Red Dwarf Smeg Ups” rather than s Selection… I keep meaning to get it scanned in. July 7, 2008 at 10:08 pm in reply to: The Doctor Who Spoilers Thread – Part III #82153 John HoareParticipant Shame – as with the companion ?death? – that it wasn?t articulated. I actually quite like the fact that which ‘death’ was fortold wasn’t explained, and you’re supposed to come to your own conclusions as to what Caan was banging on about. I find that more interesting. (For me, it’s Donna – it fits best as a quite literal death of a *companion*.) July 7, 2008 at 8:52 pm in reply to: The Spoilers Thread – Spoilers! #82146 John HoareParticipant Yeah, and anyone who tries to TELL you their predictions whilst you?re watching something is a pain in the fucking arse. 3:09 into this. July 7, 2008 at 2:00 pm in reply to: The Doctor Who Spoilers Thread – Part III #82113 John HoareParticipant “But she was better with you.” The more I think about it, the more the resolution of Donna’s arc feels the most successful – and genuinely moving – part of the episode. (Apart from Captain Jack’s foursome joke.) More affecting than the Rose/Doctor split in Doomsday… July 7, 2008 at 12:50 pm in reply to: The Spoilers Thread – Spoilers! #82110 John HoareParticipant It?s a good screenplay, well-constructed, so inevitably the solution is there from the start. Some people are very tuned in to that. Me, I kinda?try not to think that way when I?m watching. Films are a ride, and I?m generally happy to be taken. I’m exactly the same – with films, telly, anything. I try not to predict what’s coming up, because I’m generally busy enjoying the moment. Of course, if something is God-awful, then your attention wanders, and I start trying to guess what happens next. But then the problem there is that your mind wandered in the first place because you were bored. Author Posts Viewing 50 posts - 701 through 750 (of 1,550 total) 1 2 3 … 14 15 16 … 29 30 31