Spaced is awesome! Are you, or have you ever been, or will you ever be, a marginally employed twenty-something, slightly to the left of nerdy, who has creative aspirations in the way of drawing comic books or writing articles for magazines with a circulation greater than 1,000?
Jessica Hynes and Simon Pegg as my heroes Daisy and Tim in Spaced.
Yes? Then you should totes check out Simon Pegg (whose Tim Biswell may or may not be my ideal, if geeky and immature, man) and Jessica Hynes nee Stevenson (whose Daisy is my person) and their ragtag bunch of freaky friends. Espesh if you dig endless references to all things comic, nerd, and horror. (Watch the DVDs with the pop culture subtitles if you really want to be in the know. Best bit: the subtitles in later eps reference earlier moments in the series. Brills.)
They are creeps. They are weirdos. You will love it.
What brought on this paean to a 10-year-old Britcom with a weakness for the faux-macabre? Hot Fuzz, that's what! I watched Simon Pegg and Nick Frost be ridiculous and wonderful as austere and bumbling police officers (respectively, that is; not simultaneously austere and bumbling) with my roomie last night, and it was excellent. And unnecessarily weird. Also, be warned: There's a fair amount of squirting blood. So that was gross.
OMG Nick Frost and Simon Pegg bromance! Adorbs!
It resulted in kind of a cool nightmare, though: Simon Pegg. Nick Frost. A horse with the (very large) head of a parakeet. A parakeet who enjoyed spitting thick funnels of water at people. (Yes, I woke up in the middle of the night and checked my room for aggressive, water-loving creatures.) *shudder*
I dreamed about a horse-parakeet. This is a lion-parakeet. But you get the idea.
Rly quick Robin Hood update, my peeps: Robbie will be appearing in the Ridley Scott incarnation of his life May 14, 2010, and I've seen conflicting reports re: the sheriff. Will Russell Crowe be appearing as both Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham, Eddie Murphy-style, or will Matthew Macfadyen (aka Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice 2005, aka gent-who-isn't-nearly-as-fabulous-as-Colin-Firth-thank-you-very-much) be donning the persona of evil?
Will Russell Crowe take the "worst Robin Hood" title from Kevin Costner? Should we start a pool?
Also, sad note: The cast list over at IMDB makes no mention of Sir Guy of Gisbourne, which means no leering appearances by Richard Armitage (or Richard Armitage wannabes, even). Shame.
Richard Armitage's Sir Guy of Gisbourne: NOT a nice man. (Hot, though. In a dirty, angry way.)
In grocer news, supermarket chain Tesco is a bigoted, anti-Jedi organization. (Hat tip to runwithskizzors.) Jediism founder Daniel Jones was told he must remove his hood or leave the north Wales store. The chain's defense: Obi Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Luke Skywalker all appear in public sans hood. And furthermore, "If Jedi walk around our stores with their hoods on, they'll miss lots of special offers."
Jediism: Use the Force, Luke...to find deals on aisle 2.
Love. It.
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