Category: Thought Vomit
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Stallone Meets Rocky
This is rather touching. Anyone know what it’s from, why it was made?
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How To Clean A Double Decker Bus
It’s not all weird TV ephemera here you know. Some times I like to provide good tips. So, here’s how to clean your double decker bus. Why was everything back in the 70 and early 80s so grubby and run down?
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The Curious Case Of The Last Of The Summer Wine Titles
This is usually how the episodes are titled on screen for Last Of The Summer Wine. But every now and again, they look like this. It’s quite rare not to open on a vista of the hills, but that’s not what I’m talking about. Try another. Do you see it? Most of the time it’s…
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Religious Images In Robocop
A few years ago there was a bit of a ‘huh?’ type reaction online when Paul Verhoeven mentioned that he made Robocop as a Jesus story of resurrection. I’m not sure why this was a shock to some people, because the film is chock full of religious imagery, and not just the really obvious one…
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The Odd Timelessness Of Keeping Up Appearances
I’m not really sure how to articulate this thought, so I’m just going to type and see what happens. It’s about Keeping Up Appearances again, sorry. I can’t get my head round when it’s set. I know full well that it’s set in the 1990s, but I think deep down it wants to be set…