The problem with remaking Dads Army for Cinema is the same one that faced all adaptations of TV sitcom from half an hour to an Hour and a half.
The cast of the new dads army film do a good job, they are not doing impression of the original cast but putting their own interpretations on the roles.
The production value are high and the plot fine.
As the reviews have made clear, what is lacking is enough jokes. This I think is essentially the problem of having just one person writing the script.
Mark Kermode has a very perceptive review here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E29BJR2rTgY
Monday, 8 February 2016
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Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Glenn Frey RIP
Until today, the Eagles were one of the few bands from the 1970's where all members had survived and were alive.
Glenn Frey was absolutely key to the success of the Eagles and they won't be the same without him.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Jeremy Vile
The polygraph measures such things as heartbeat, blood pressure, and respiration. The polygraph is not a lie detector because changes in heartbeat, blood pressure, and respiration can be caused by many things. Nervousness, anger, sadness, embarrassment, and fear can all be causal factors in altering one's heart rate, blood pressure, or respiration rate. Having to go to the bathroom can also be causative. There are also a number of medical conditions such as colds, headaches, constipation, or neurological and muscular problems that can cause the physiological changes measured by the polygraph
Monday, 7 December 2015
Plotting Hitlers Death
Plotting Hitlers Death - The German Resistance to Hitler 1933-1945 by Joachim Fest.
An incredibly well researched and well written book. In fact the title is misleading in that it covers only resistance to Hitler in the German Military.
It is fascinating in that it the covers no just Operation Valkyrie, the most well know assassination attempt against Hitler, but also other attempts that failed. It considers the actions and motives of the key people involved in the military resistance, both were complex. It gives a clear guide to their world view and the many reasons why the attempts were often cancelled or unsuccessful.
In the end the motivation became
It is a book with unexpected heroism - two plotters telling the Gestapo nothing for 6 days despite unimaginable torture. Other plotters gave themselves up either naively thinking they would be put on trial or just showing by surrendering that they disagreed with the Nazis, something the Nazis found almost incomprehensible.
An incredibly well researched and well written book. In fact the title is misleading in that it covers only resistance to Hitler in the German Military.
It is fascinating in that it the covers no just Operation Valkyrie, the most well know assassination attempt against Hitler, but also other attempts that failed. It considers the actions and motives of the key people involved in the military resistance, both were complex. It gives a clear guide to their world view and the many reasons why the attempts were often cancelled or unsuccessful.
In the end the motivation became
It is a book with unexpected heroism - two plotters telling the Gestapo nothing for 6 days despite unimaginable torture. Other plotters gave themselves up either naively thinking they would be put on trial or just showing by surrendering that they disagreed with the Nazis, something the Nazis found almost incomprehensible.
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Agent orange
I was seventeen - just a teenage kid,
The year that I enlisted.
I can't remember why I did;
My mom said, "I insisted".
I had some strange idea then,
That Uncle Sam was right.
Oh, momma cried, but she signed the card,
And then I went off to fight.
Got off the plane in Vietnam;
It didn't seem like war.
With all I saw, I started to wonder
What I had come there for.
Some officers got drunk at night,
And cheated on their wives.
And the peasants on the other side,
Were just strugglin' for their lives.
Oh, the Army tried some fancy stuff,
To bring them to their knees;
Like Agent Orange defoliants,
To kill the brush and trees.
We'd hike all day on jungle trails,
Through clouds of poison spray;
And they never told me then,
That it would hurt my health today.
But I got the news this mornin',
Yeah, the doctors told me so;
They killed me in Vietnam,
And I didn't even know.
I tried hard to forget the war,
Like everybody did.
Settled down, got married;
Even had a couple o' kids.
Well my children both have birth defects,
And the doctors had their doubts;
They never could understand it;
But I think I figured it out.
'Cause I got the news this mornin',
Yeah, the doctors told me so;
They killed me in Vietnam,
And I didn't even know.
This Agent Orange from Vietnam,
We carry it with us, still;
It stays inside for years and years,
Before it starts to kill.
You might get cancer of the liver;
You might get cancer of the skin;
You can file for disability,
But you might not live to win.
Oh, I got the news this mornin',
Yeah, the doctors told me so;
They killed me in Vietnam,
And I didn't even know.
Oh, the doctors said I've got some time,
Trying to be kind;
I've never been a radical,
But this has changed my mind.
Oh, I'd be so proud to hear my kid say
"Hell no, I won't go",
Because you killed my dad in Vietnam;
And he didn't even know.
Yes, I'd be so proud to hear my kid say
"Hell no, I won't go",
Because you killed my dad in Vietnam;
And he didn't even know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk8umoqfz14
The year that I enlisted.
I can't remember why I did;
My mom said, "I insisted".
I had some strange idea then,
That Uncle Sam was right.
Oh, momma cried, but she signed the card,
And then I went off to fight.
Got off the plane in Vietnam;
It didn't seem like war.
With all I saw, I started to wonder
What I had come there for.
Some officers got drunk at night,
And cheated on their wives.
And the peasants on the other side,
Were just strugglin' for their lives.
Oh, the Army tried some fancy stuff,
To bring them to their knees;
Like Agent Orange defoliants,
To kill the brush and trees.
We'd hike all day on jungle trails,
Through clouds of poison spray;
And they never told me then,
That it would hurt my health today.
But I got the news this mornin',
Yeah, the doctors told me so;
They killed me in Vietnam,
And I didn't even know.
I tried hard to forget the war,
Like everybody did.
Settled down, got married;
Even had a couple o' kids.
Well my children both have birth defects,
And the doctors had their doubts;
They never could understand it;
But I think I figured it out.
'Cause I got the news this mornin',
Yeah, the doctors told me so;
They killed me in Vietnam,
And I didn't even know.
This Agent Orange from Vietnam,
We carry it with us, still;
It stays inside for years and years,
Before it starts to kill.
You might get cancer of the liver;
You might get cancer of the skin;
You can file for disability,
But you might not live to win.
Oh, I got the news this mornin',
Yeah, the doctors told me so;
They killed me in Vietnam,
And I didn't even know.
Oh, the doctors said I've got some time,
Trying to be kind;
I've never been a radical,
But this has changed my mind.
Oh, I'd be so proud to hear my kid say
"Hell no, I won't go",
Because you killed my dad in Vietnam;
And he didn't even know.
Yes, I'd be so proud to hear my kid say
"Hell no, I won't go",
Because you killed my dad in Vietnam;
And he didn't even know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk8umoqfz14
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