So close...

Some of you may remember that almost a year ago, I posted a video called "Daleks Feel Like Dancing" on YouTube.

I video-taped a variety of remote-controlled Daleks that were at my house at the time (thanks, geeks!), cut the footage up and set it to "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" by the Scissor Sisters.

Yup, cinematic auteur, that's me. Me, Orson Welles and Ridley frickin' Scott.

Anyhoo - after checking it out today, I discovered I'm on the verge of hitting 2000 views on YouTube! 2000 views! And the best thing is - other people are watching it, not just me!

So if you haven't yet seen the funniest 1:08 minute long Doctor-Who-and-Scissor-Sisters-video-mash-up on the web, I'd recommend you check it out, and help me smash 2000! Yee-haw!

So true...

I've been devoting a lot of time recently to Cracked.com, a satirical/humour website that does a nice line in comedy lists, not to mention the promotion of geeky pop culture.

I discovered it after a colleague of mine, Disco Stu, had a very funny article published on it. Nice work.

However, I thought that another article was worth sharing:

Seven Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable

This crystallises the underlying reasons for the major pseudo-problems that often have me worried. But oh, the amusement of pointing out to people online that we spend too much time and energy online by posting a link to this article online. Help me, somebody, I'm tied up in philosophical knots.

Heath Ledger

I've been very saddened to learn of the death of Heath Ledger.

There's still a lot of speculation about exactly how he died - with his family apparently rejecting initial reports of a drug overdose; and fresh claims that he was suffering from pneumonia and was found with sleeping pills near his body. Accidental death makes it all the more tragic - as Ledger really was moving into the "superstar" phase of his movie career.

However, he has left behind some marvellous films and great performances - notably, his role as Ennis in Brokeback Mountain, which I thought was just terrific. He had also finished filming on The Dark Knight, and going by the trailers, his interpretation of the Joker looks incredible.

I'll always remember the first time I saw Ledger though: in the Celtic swords-and-braids series Roar, which was filmed out in the Gold Coast hinterland around 1997. RIP Heath Ledger.

And they have a Plan.

Found this while doing some (inter)net trawling:

Battlestar Galactica - "The Last Supper"

How awesome is that picture? It's a promotional shot, released ahead of Season Four, which apparently is coming in April. Hooray!

If you're interested in finding out some of the symbolism behind the characters' positions, click here. Those of you yet to have caught up with Series Three and its big revelations might want to avoid it, at least until Ten HD gets its s*** together and actually starts screening the damn thing, as all those adds have been promising.

What's exciting to me, though, is the introduction of a new version of Six - and her name is Natalie! Natalie - that's my name too! Isn't it always kind of weird yet cool when a TV character has your name? Well, I'm nerdish enough to think so.

Now if only I could be as totally freaking hot as Tricia Helfer, who plays Six/Natalie...

Ruddspotting

Trundled down to the Southbank cinemas an hour ago to see 27 Dresses - for review purposes, you must understand. Quite frankly it looks godawful.

Anyhoo, couldn't get in to see it as the 7:20pm screening was full, so I wandered outside and called the Wah to come and pick me up. I was standing there listening to my MP3 player, when I noticed one of the two white cars parked outside the cinema had the "C-1" numberplate.

C-1?!?!?

I shoved my MP3 player in my pocket, and approached the middle-aged, moustache-bedecked man standing next to the car. He confirmed that, yes, it was in fact the Prime Minister's car, but he didn't tell me that.

As many of you would know, Kevin Rudd's wife Therese Rein is in the Mater Hospital awaiting gallstone surgery. Apparently the PM was wandering around Southbank spending time with his two sons. The driver seemed to think they were taking their minds off things.

With that, the Wah pulled up, and I wished the driver and his charges well.

So there you go - a Brisbane PM means we're quite likely to be seeing more of the C-1 car parked around town.

Now, I'm off to see 27 Dresses at Balmoral...

Wii Happy Few

Tonight, for the first time ever, I scored 21 on my daily Wii Fitness test.

26 had been my previous PB.

Yes, you may worship me now.

20, here I come....

The Movie Sidekick

Spoiler alert! Contains plot details of I Am Legend, in case you're planning on seeing it!

Caught the new Will Smith vampire zombie movie I Am Legend today. And I mean vampire zombies. They're flesh-eating monsters repelled by daylight. That straddles both terrifying categories.

The central relationship is between Will Smith and his sole companion, an Alsatian named Sam. It's just lovely, which makes Sam's inevitable death tragic, if not surprising.

It got me thinking about movie sidekicks, and the catalyst role they play for a hero, often through their death. Sometimes it's pretty darn obvious the sidekick is going to die, but the manner of death and their heroic stance in the face of oblivion still brings a tear to the eye.

So I'd like to know, who are some memorable movie sidekicks? Particularly ones you knew were gonna buy it, but you still bit your lip when it happened.

Comment liberally - I'm thinking of turning this into an article.

The Second Coming

So, is everyone excited about the impending arrival of Jesus, Mark II?

I mean, going by the news frenzy and furore surrounding Nicole Kidman's just-announced pregnancy, I assume she must be carrying the Son of God.

Sure left my athiest-leaning face red, I can tell you. I repent, Baby Kurban!

A Beat Poem for Britney

Taken from your house on a stretcher -
Have you crossed the line?

You betcha.

Thinking your life is a whirlwind of thrills
The reality? A mire of drugs, booze and pills

Shaving your head and getting in fights
Being the focus of gossip websites

Oh Britney! What has it come to
When K. Fed's considered a better parent than you?

Stop bleeding dry for the paparazzi
Stop living life like a kamikaze

It's your prerogative

But don't you know that it's toxic?

Your pain is eating at you like cancer
A wig and a smoke just isn't the answer

But oops, you did it again

The judge has taken the boys away
But stop the rot and they'll be back someday

Oh Britney! One day you'll dance again!
Oh Britney! One day you'll wear pants again!