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4 weeks ago @ HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek... - [Air Quotes] NEWS [/Ai... · 1 reply · +1 points

I get mine mostly from Twitter. I occasionally check the BBC news website, but as they have become the mouthpiece of our government rather than an independent broadcaster, I only do this to find stories that don't have political implications/input or to see how the government are lying to us now.

I know that sounds boringly and annoyingly paranoid, but the head of the BBC is a former Tory MP and many of the board members have financial interests in the private companies to whom our government is handing public contracts (publicly available information) so it's all provable.

Twitter has proven to be more accurate and up to the minute.

4 weeks ago @ HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek... - [Air Quotes] NEWS [/Ai... · 0 replies · +1 points

Also, some kid here in England just sold an App to Yahoo (for megabucks) that amalgamates and summarises all the various feeds you're signed up to.

4 weeks ago @ HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek... - Make It So / As You Wish · 0 replies · +6 points

Granny Weatherwax to Tiffany Aching. More of a surrogate grandparent, but she's my favourite anyone of anything, so I'm keeping it.

5 weeks ago @ HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek... - Reading Comprehension · 1 reply · +2 points

I think I know what scene you mean, although I actually preferred the film version of Watchmen as slightly more realistic. I know it wasn't true to the story and DID mean that the perceived threat was less external than it should have been, but it just had that slightly stronger feeling of realism about it.

What I loved about Watchmen was the fact that they recreated exactly many of the panels from the book and made such an effort to get everything visually right. And Rorschach. Every single scene with Rorschach.

5 weeks ago @ HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek... - Reading Comprehension · 0 replies · +2 points

Agreed. I only read The Princess Bride fairly recently and actually felt that the constant humourous interludes detracted from the story I loved. Although I would have loved it if they'd made the sequel that is posited at the end of the book.

I did love the Pratchett adaptations, although I agree that they do lose something for not being able to have all the footnotes. I think the biggest problem they had was David Jason being bloody everywhere. I would not have chosen him for Rincewind!

5 weeks ago @ HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek... - Gubernatorial · 0 replies · +1 points

I found Rick's mental deterioration boring. Andrea was great when she was being tough, but just a douche in every other aspect. 'I just didn't want anyone to die.' I get that, but you're clearly dealing with a psychopath. People were always going to die.

Please let season 4 kill off the gov fairly quickly and let Michonne and Carl take over as leaders of the group. Sociopath Carl is WAY better than 'I'll wander off and get myself nearly killed' Carl.

5 weeks ago @ HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek... - Gubernatorial · 0 replies · +1 points

How sweet was Warm Bodies. The most heartwarming zombie film EVAR!

7 weeks ago @ HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek... - Game Delayed · 0 replies · +4 points

Oooh....Nathan Fillion/Alan Tudyk (preferably together for maximum fun!)

Brian Blessed - just because I want to hang out at his house and see his 2000 pets (that QI says he has!).

Joss Whedon - I'd be happy just to follow him around, not even talking (because I probably wouldn't be able to).

Mark Millar - he seems pretty cool and I'd get to check out a BUNCH of cool film sets and comics.

Worst.....? Far too many to mention. Any entitled, self aggrandising, egomaniacal overhyped celebrity who's 'talent' is outshone by their propensity for appearing in commercials or pap mags.

7 weeks ago @ HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek... - The Loophole · 0 replies · +1 points

Seriously.

Everyone was all 'Man! Blink was the scariest episode I ever watched!!' and I believed them. It was pretty scary, but even on a 2nd/3rd rewatch The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances were much scarier - albeit with a much more uplifting ending. I bloody LOVE the ending of The Doctor Dances!

8 weeks ago @ HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek... - A House Is Not A Home ... · 0 replies · +2 points

It has, but I have enjoyed your art in all its incarnations since I started reading....in 2009....cripes!