I went to see Be Cool this evening, the sequel to the 1995 release Get Shorty. The film stars John Travolta, who moves on from the movie business which he got involved with during the original movie and turns his interest onto the music industry.
The film stars a whole host of celebrities in both major and cameo roles. This excess use of talent does affect the storyline in a bad way. However Get Shorty is not about an award winning plotline or breathtaking acting. There are loads of in-jokes about the entertainment industry and funny film references.
This film has received mixed reviews from critics; I liked it, even more so than the original. If you’re after a film with a strong story line and an Oscar winning performance don’t see this. If you’re after a film full of jokes and entertaining gags I highly recommend this.
Moving on from films, I want to have another rant about Lee Bowyer, the Newcastle United and ex-Leeds midfielder. Bowyer made the headlines last weekend for fighting his team mate Kieron Dyer in front of over 50,000 fans.
After being fined over £200,000 and tipped by tabloid papers to be driven out of the club in the summer, Bowyer has come out and expressed his love for Newcastle United Football Club and the fans. Makes you think, he said the same thing about Leeds United and their fans a few years ago, only to go on and stab them in the back. If I was a Newcastle fan I would take those comments with a pinch of salt!
“I’d die for this football club“
LIAR! LIAR! PANTS ON FIRE!
Bowyer is a liability and a thug. He has had disciplinary problems at every club he has ever played for, both on and off the pitch. I think Bowyer is more interested in money than playing and he knows with his ‘history’ no other club will take him and match the wages he is currently on.
If he stays at Newcastle, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in the headlines again for all the wrong reasons. If he leaves Newcastle any club to take him on would be stupid as he could easily tarnish their name.
Bowyer used to be a fantastic midfielder, one of the best in England, in fact one of the best in Europe. It’s such a shame for his clubs and for the England National Team that his behaviour has ruined him.
Anybody who has ever used an internet message board/forum (for whatever subject) on a regular basis will no doubt have come across a regular poster who often makes a bit of an idiot out of himself.
Like in the school playground he will bear the brunt of jokes, taunts and wind ups from every other member out for a cheap laugh.
Leeds United forum WACCOE now has such a member, LUFCScott, who just a few days ago posted this message he is probably regretting somewhat…
I hear Leeds fans sing, “Boyspank give us a song boyspank boyspank give us a song”. I dont know what it means, anyone tell me please?
Of course, Leeds fans don’t sing about spanking boys, he misheard the chant for “Boys pen give us a song”.
Have a read of the whole thread here, it’s very funny.
This whole episode has caused great amusement among the WACCOE members, a lot of who have changed their forum signatures in honour of the funny story. A petition has also been created, insisting LUFCScott change his user ID to ‘Boyspank’. He has since refused and a suitable punishment is being arranged…
Great fun. Probably not if you’re LUFCScott (or Boyspank as he is now known) and quite likely a little confusing if you are not a regular visitor to WACCOE.
Lastly, I’m going off to Leeds Saturday morning again. I will be going to watch the Rotherham game on Sunday before going back to Bath. It’s the last game of the season. While the football may not be fantastic (against the ‘Mighty Rotherham’) it will be a great atmosphere, last game of the season, no relegation worries, summer ahead. Should be good.
So tomorrow is The General Election all across Britain. All the months of arguing and backbiting between politicians will come to an end (for a few days at least) and by this time on Friday we will have a new leader or Tony Blair will still be at No.10 (probably on the phone to his best mate George Bush).
One major problem The Election will face this year, like in the past is that there will be a substantial amount of people not turning out to vote for whatever reason – inaccessible, laziness, uneducated in which party to vote for, the list goes on…
I strongly believe that if the methods of voting were greatly increased then there would be a far greater turnout. I see absolutely no reason why, if implemented in a safe and secure manner people could not vote via their mobile phones, digital television or over the Internet.
One argument against this is that is can encourage fraud and is potentially insecure. I find this very strange, especially as when I go to vote at The Polling Station tomorrow I will not need to take any form of identification or cards to state I am registered to vote. Sure they have my details down there, but there is a gaping hole open for abuse.
With the advances in technology nowadays there must be a way to safely collect votes electronically. Hopefully sense will be seen and these methods will be made available for the next elections.
I’ve already made my mind up on who I’ll be voting for, although if you are undecided or even slightly unsure take a look at this very useful website. Even if you have fully made your mind up, answer the questions, you may be surprised by the outcome.
It’s great to be back.
Due to server maintenance Sparkster.net has been down since late on Saturday, it seems like a lot longer! Everything is ok now, apart from the forums which are down still (for now).
We’re all back now and in a new month. I did write a massive blog entry on Saturday evening but due to the server issues it couldn’t be uploaded. It is now in the April Blog Archive, so if you have missed it check it out.
A new section added to Sparkster.net yesterday was TV Cam. This is similar to a webcam but you can see what I am actually watching (kind of). There’s no streaming video or audio, just an image updated every so often. A pointless novelty but a bit of fun all the same.
Leeds were in action over the weekend, twice in fact. The first game being on Sunday against Leicester, I would like to forget about that one. Let’s just say the team with nothing left to play for decided to take an early holiday.
Bank Holiday Monday was a very special day for a very special player – Lucas Radebe. Over 37,000 fans and many star players turned up at Elland Road to bid farewell to The Chief. The man is a legend. He will be missed. Hopefully he will decide to take up a coaching role at Leeds next season.
Still on the topic of football, I watched the Liverpool-Chelsea Champions League Semi Final match this evening. Liverpool shocked everyone by winning 1-0 by a controversial goal.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho came across as being a bigger loser than Alex Ferguson saying “The best team lost” and “ Chelsea deserved to win”. Errrr…. If you deserved to win you would have at least of scored? What bollocks, I really hate it when managers fail to give credit when it’s due.
I’m not a Liverpool fan in fact I normally back their opponents, but this evening I was very happy to see them win. Well done.
Chelsea aren’t the team they were three years ago. Since being bought by Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich they may have grown and become more successful but they have also developed into a ‘Rich mans toy’.
They are at the mercy of Abramovich. If he chooses to pull out, Chelsea could be plunged into financial meltdown. If he stays he could in theory do whatever he wanted, whether it is good or bad for the club.
They didn’t earn their finances from success like Arsenal and dare I say it Man Utd. As rival fans sing to them “You’re not Chelsea, You’re not Chelsea, You’re not Chelsea anymore! You’re not Chelsea anymore!””
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