Psychoville

Jun 19, 2009 by John    5 Comments    Posted under: tv

I was a total League of Gentleman fanboy. Best thing on telly on years. There’s been plenty of decent comedy over the years but it’s just that added twist of the macabre that really made it. And the characters were brilliant, otherworldly yet all too familiar. I did this little project a few years ago using a scene from the League of Gentlemen movie, and while this photo was taken I uttered the revered catchphrase You’re my wife now. So I’ve earned my fanboy stripes.

Well they’re back! With Psychoville. Well, two of the three gentlemen are back, it’s a pity Mark Gatiss is absent. The first episode was on last night it was off to a good start. It’s the same style as League of Gentlemen, great characters, great set design, with just a dose more ‘murder, mystery, suspense!’. Of the new characters, I think the scary clown is a bit obvious – my favourites are David and Maureen, a mummy and her special little boy in an altogether wholesome relationship.

The first episode was a good opener for a long running story and I can’t wait to see where it goes.

BBC2 10pm Every Thursday.

Friday links

Jun 19, 2009 by John    3 Comments    Posted under: Uncategorized

• Biggest fish ever caught with a fishing rod, a 6 gilled shark. WOWZA!
• For some reason, the most amusing  photoshop disasters involve race. There was that time the Sun removed a Rasta dude from a boat, this week meet token he’s FUN!
• If you like movies, there’s a great game on the Empire site, very nicely done.
• One “Elizabeth J Becton” no less, goes crazy paranoid after someone calls her Liz in an email. Hi liz!
• I was pondering buying a hamster, now I just have to get one, no ifs no maybes.
• Mike Tyson is in that new Hangover movie. I didn’t add his 3 frames to my previous post, but I did give him some maracas.