MSU

Monday -- 4/10. Tuesday -- 4/10. Wednesday -- 6/10. Thursday -- 7/10.

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7/10 -- Good guesses on the Aussie questions. (Do I have to wait to a season end to join in?)

52 more episodes of having not one clue what to do with Raj.

I agree. I felt a little bad for having negative thoughts about it because as a whole it was great. But predictable is right. Maybe a little too easy as well at the end? And while Mrs MSU vehemently disagrees, I still think some of the humour could've been dialled down. All that notwithstanding, it's a movie that's stayed with me this week and I've enjoyed discussing it at work and stuff. So it gets plenty right.

It's pretty ridiculous. Anyone else remember in pre-Internet days that Clyde One's Superscoreboard used to read the classifieds off of BBC's Final Score? The Clyde guy would be slightly behind James Alexander Gordon, which always made me think of a boy listening to a portable TV through headphones, pointing to the score as it was read out for the DJ to follow. Imagine getting paid for that.

He was on good form. Plus, Diane Morgan who generally just cracks me up.

Yer no kiddin. With that plume of ginger arse hair stitched into his skull, she a far greater wid than common sense should allow. Fair play.

Fair point.

All The President's Men -- 6/10 I watched this about 15 years ago and remembered being disappointed with it, particularly the end. Watched it again. Felt exactly the same way.

I quite like Jacob Rees-Mogg. There. I said it. Angela Eagle continues to remind me of a woman who kidnapped her own daughter. Joanna Cherry is articulate but her failure to be concise let Dimbers interrupt her pretty much every time she spoke and I'm sure a lot of people watching that will dismiss her as just being a windbag that doesn't know when to shut up and the message may be lost. Dimber's tie -- 7/10.

I honestly don't know which one I hate the most. The way she pronounces Hermione. The way they both pronounce Voldemort like he's fucking French.

Wasn't there something about him agreeing to be in it despite not reading the script beyond the opening line: "EXT. THE BAHAMAS"

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Also, in the book, the shark succumbs to its wounds rather than, y'know, getting blown up and shit. In the book, you can easily argue a case for the water and/or the shark being a metaphor for an unseen, unstoppable threat that mirrors the influences moving through the town; adulterous wives, mafia connected mayors, criminal tourists. FWIW, the novel of Jaws 2 is just about a b*****d shark.

It was one of the first things I ever taped off the telly on our first video recorder so I must've watched it every day after school for months. I'll always have a soft spot for it, from the first line ("C'mon ... c'mon.") to the last ("Sure they did.").

It's post-Watergate commentary, innit?

Jaws 2 eats a helicopter FTW.

So she was. Good spot!

The Autopsy of Jane Doe -- 7/10 A surprisingly efficient wee indie horror movie, this. Father and son coroners (Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch) are finishing up for the night when an unusual body is brought in. A young woman has been found naked and partially buried in the basement of a house where a family have been brutally murdered. The body has no ID, no visible signs of trauma and the baffled police need a cause of death ... stat! So the coroners cancel their plans for the evening and prepare to cut Jane Doe open to discover her secrets, just as a storm begins to brew outside. Brian Cox seems to be enjoying himself as he chews his way through the scenery, and he takes an inordinately long time before he pays heed to his son's advice to GTFO of there, but none of this detracts from the unnerving, gory fun that's to be had as the night slowly becomes more bizarre.

Kung Fu Panda 9/10 With three kids, I'm not sure how I've managed to go so long without seeing this, but I thought it was excellent. Genuinely laugh out loud funny, gorgeous animation and quite the stellar cast of voice actors, all of which more than make up for the wafer thin storyline. Loved it.

David Brent: Life on the Road 3/10 Feel like I deserve a medal sitting through that. Some of the songs were kind of funny but it was so forced and then the turn around at the end where everyone realizes he isn't so bad after all was just inexplicable. Way to ruin the legacy of a character from a near perfect show. Stick to calling big game hunters c***s from now on, Ricky.

I've really got into podcasts over the last year or two. Probably most of these are fairly popular anyway, but in case anyone's looking for a recommendation: * Richard Herring Leicester Square Theatre Podcast -- If you're interested in a guy who's not quite as funny as Stewart Lee but who has significantly more frequent output, this is for you. Rich puts out a ton of content, all of it free and seldom dull. RHLSTP is him interviewing people from the world of comedy (and Suzie Dent) for an hour or so, dipping into emergency questions when required. Also download his Me 1 vs Me 2 Snooker podcast but haven't listened to it in a while. * Athletico Mince -- Bob Mortimer & Andy Dawson spend a guaranteed 8% of their time talking about football. Surreal brilliance, mostly from Bob it has to be said, featuring Gangs of the EPL, Steve Maclaren's Hair Island, Scottish Songs with tits to spare. The only podcast to make me laugh out loud in three airports in one day. * Missing Richard Simmons -- for me, a Serial-esque podcast that out-Serials Serial. American fitness guru, Richard Simmons, disappeared from the face of the earth a few years ago. A guy from the Daily Show is determined to find him. Great stuff. * Harry Potter & The Sacred Text -- I have no idea why I listen to this. I hate it. Imagine if the Harry Potter books were a sacred text like the Bible. Two painfully politically correct people read it in that way and agree with each other for half an hour. I listen to this on my drive in to work on a Tuesday and shout quite a lot at the ridiculous things these idiots say to each other. It's cathartic or something. * My Dad Wrote A Porno -- this guy's dad wrote an erotic novel. Tits, bums, fannies, the lot. He reads it out to his baffled friends. Frequent interruptions as they come to terms with how often words like "cervix" appear. Was really funny for the first series but it's very repetitive so maybe doesn't have any lasting value. * Four Finger Discount -- Aussies Mitch & Dando review classic Simpson episodes. Dando really is thick. They're on season five at the moment where most of the classic episodes are to be found. Most podcasts are three times longer than the episode it reviews. * This American Life -- classic NPR podcast. Ira Glass introduces three of four themed stories a week. Probably the most consistently brilliant podcast (and radio show) out there. * Sword & Scale -- gritty true crime shenanigans. * Kermode & Mayo -- Five Live movie reviews. * Danny Baker Show -- nuff said. * Fighting Talk -- Colin Murray's back on it now. -- plus Off The Ball, Sportsound, Five Live Football Daily, Pienaar's Politics etc etc

I've watched last night's episode twice now and still couldn't tell you what happens in it.

Thought Dimbers did a marvelous job here of looking to all the world like he was asking Karen Bradley a question and then at the last possible moment, turned it over to Fraser Nelson and gave him the floor instead. https://youtu.be/9JiIPMpfaAU?t=10m7s