RedBrian84

Haha thanks Cath! He's the only new artist worth listening to for me at the minute, mainly because he wants to be Oasis, The Coral and the Arctic Monkeys all in one. Yeah I'm getting there thanks, slowly but surely!

Good fucking lord.

George all the way. Best songs with the band, didn't act the twat when he left the band. One of my all time favourite guitarists to boot. Legend.

Jake Bugg was born in the same year as Definitely Maybe was released.

"Wh...wh...wh...wh..wh...wh..WHAT????? YOU FUCKING WHAT????

Currently in hospital recovering from pneumonia and that made me laugh so hard it fucking hurt. Nurse! Tramadol please! Top drawer stuff that.

Wolves at home under Hodgson. Having been to games since I was 12 until that point I had never sat in the Kop. Despite the obvious downbeat mood of the Hodgson era I was excited; the banners and the flags and the giant flag coming over your head and the songs....I was buzzing, in spite of it all. But that game was the most dreadful, most insipid, most shocking performance I've seen from Liverpool. Utterly diabolical in every sense. When Ebanks-Blake makes Fernando Torres look like Sean Dundee you know you have problems. None of the players wanted to know; sloppy passing, no effort, no committed runs or pressing....makes me shudder when I think of it. Yes, the game against Southampton was bad, but it in no way compared to the absolute shambles of Wolves under Hodgson.

Yeah it got battered in both critical reception (Connolly got the brunt of it) and in a disappointing box office take. It's got a hell of a cult following now though.

Waterworld King Arthur And one of my favourite films ever - slaughtered on release - Labyrinth. Fucking love that film.

Sam's speech at the end of The Two Towers is a superb moment in the midst of many superb moments across the trilogy. Malcom Tucker's "Don't ever call me fucking English again" from In The Loop. The clean getaway for the gang in Ocean's Eleven is also pretty cool.

Madness. What the fuck has he done to constitute five years? And, since he has no links to any terror organisation, why was he tried under that hideous terror act? They've called him a "fantasist" but I'm sorry the only fantasists I can see are the people in charge of this sinking ship. What did Roger Waters say? "The lunatics are in my hall/and every day the paper boy brings more". Sadly I can't say I'm surprised. I teach Russian history covering the years of Stalin where people were arrested and jailed for nothing and I say to my kids "that would never happen here" but I'm deluding not only them but myself as well. Makes me sad.

Lord of the Rings.

You too Lurtz.....345 days until Desolation of Smaug! All the best everyone, take care.

He never saw the ring in the film he only saw Bilbo handle something and he explains to Saruman in FOTR that he simply dismissed it; how could the ring of power possibly end up in the Shire in Bilbo's hand (to which Saruman remarked that Gandalf had been on too much pipeweed). Gandalf also still doubted himself when asking Frodo to put the ring in the fire to see if the lettering came up. I suppose his little look at the end of the film was a nod to the audience (like the sinister tones when Saruman appeared in Rivendell) that we know there's more to the ring than meets the eye.

Absolutely loved it. Seen it twice already and I am more than ready to watch it again. I must admit I felt anxious; some of the negative thoughts about it that had been doing the rounds had got into my head - for example people criticising the running time or the frame rate - and I was slightly nervous that the legacy of my favourite film trilogy would be soured I needn't have worried. Once the first few notes of Howard Shore's score kicked in that feeling of beautiful familiarity was back; the near-three hour running time flew by me. The score, as mentioned, was sublime. The new pieces worked very well and the returns to some of the music from LOTR were inspired. The casting was outstanding (obviously the heavyweight returns of Serkis, McKellen, Blanchett, Weaving and Lee were huge factors in the overall impact of the film) and Freeman absolutely nailed the reluctant hero role of Bilbo Baggins. He'd said he'd never read the book before being cast but you wouldn't have thought so given his performance. He virtually lifted the character straight off the page. The Riddles In The Dark scene - the standout scene in the book - was executed perfectly; exactly how I imagined it when I read the book. Serkis completely stolethe show as Gollum and the decision to play him with the split personality a la The Two Towers was inspired. The dwarves, although too many to each gain equal screen time, looked like they had a ball. I loved the fact that Jackson brought the songs of the book into the film. The "That's What Bilbo Baggins Hates" song was ace and "The Misty Mountains" song by Armitage's Thorin (brilliant, by the way) was also a highlight. The story moved along well, another excellent prologue was followed by a story that cleaved close to Fellowship which was all the better in my book and seeing McKellen back as Gandalf was great. Some haven't liked McCoy's Radagast or the character Azog (dead at the time of The Hobbit) but I felt that they were both excellent. The film needed a half-decent antagonist with Cumberbatch's Smaug and Necromancer being held back until films 2 and 3 so Azog worked for me and McCoy brough.a family feel to the film. For me it was absolutely outstanding. Caught the mood of the book perfectly despite the additions and omissions. If it inspires a new generation to pick up the book then all the better. So good to be back in Middle-Earth again! 10 severed goblin heads out of 10.

Not the Woodchurch, I meant Upton. The Woodchurch had the delightful Pelican until a few years ago.

I remember the Horse and Jockey on the Woodchurch being a hellhole and a half.

He does indeed. Made a cracking career choice heading across the pond.

Jon Stewart is a true American national treasure. His dismantling of Glenn Beck's "Theocracy/Democracy" chalk board was television gold. Cried laughing.

Medievalist by trade, specifically British. However I love pre-Romano Britain and the country in the wake of the withdrawal. I did my MA in Military History with a focus upon the Napoleonic Wars and Edwardian castle building in North Wales. History is fucking boss.

Jimmy Carr: "Rachel would you appear on Strictly?" Rachel Riley: "I would suck" Carr: "Would you?" I nearly fucking died. Hell of a woman. Richardson enjoyed a quality bit of flirting there as well.

Have a superb day LF, same to your missus. Get smashed and enjoy. All the very best.

Stunning she is.

Skyfall - 10/10 Utterly, utterly superb. Best Bond film I've seen.

I have written to EA Sports about the fact that Liverpool always shoot to the Kop end in the first half and never the second half on FIFA. Doesn't half piss me off.