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Big video game fan. Love my dance music and punk. I rate just about everything.

I do film and video game reviews and lists on IMDB and a few other sites.

Currently very busy so not here as much as usual.

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
alexlincs 26th Jun 2024		TV Jack The Ripper [1988] (1988)	Fun fact Jack The Ripper was produced for television by Thames Television, but they had the hindsight to shoot on film (35mm I think); this means the Blu-Ray looks incredible and was perfect for remastering. I've seen made for TV films that were produced 20 years later and look shocking due to them being shot on video or studio VT cams.
alexlincs 28th Dec 2023		TV Hale And Pace (1988 - 1998)	Rated 7/10 Coming out in an era when satire was king with the likes of Spitting Image and Ben Elton doing his laborious, but pointed stand-up. Hale & Pace like slasher horror films of the 1980s is a great example of something that was a critical failure, but a commercial success. Much maligned throughout it's incredibly long run; sometimes justifiably, often unfairly. A common criticism was "two straight men"; an unwritten rule of comedy being a straight man and a clown a la: Morecambe & Wise and Laurel & Hardy. However, there are many successful comedy double acts with two jokers like Dick & Dom, Trevor & Simon and Vic & Bob. The criticisms of being vulgar are true and often the laughs would be based on someone saying a rude word or a vulgar punchline about bodily functions. However amongst the throwaway sketches there are some sketches that are as good as anything on any other sketch show at the time: "Yorkshire Airlines", "Piss Off Mr. Chips", "Billy & Johnny" - two kid's TV presenters who hate each other. Weirdly, many comedians who criticised H&P pretty much did the same albeit in a slightly more clever way: Harry Enfield, Lee & Herring, Baddiel & Newman. The mantra being nob gags are OK if there is a literary reference in there. Another thing people forget is just how good the performances of Hale & Pace are. Both having a gift at regional accents. Norman Pace is a surprisingly good singer, while Gareth Hale often bring a pathos to some of the sketches. It may have gone for the cheap laugh or have been unecessarily violent and rude, but it represents a time when there was entertainment for the pre and post-pub audience. I will pick the worst of Hale & Pace over the best of Naked Attraction, which is the late night fare du jour. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
alexlincs 25th Apr 2023		TV Little Britain (2003 - 2006)	As a bit of trivia Little Britain has been re-added to iPlayer and BritBox, but both the Ting Tong character from Series 3 and Desiree DeVere have been removed. The first episode runs nearly 5 minutes shorter than the DVD.
alexlincs 19th Dec 2022		TV Ads Infinitum (1998 - 2000)	RIP Victor Lewis-Smith
alexlincs 10th Nov 2022		TV Shuten Douji (1996)	@mikewn I see. I think I linked one episode by mistake as that was the last one I rated on imdb. I think it is the same I wonder if year 1996 is the year of first USA VHS release? Series seems to have run from 1989-1991 and it is an OVA. It's also very mediocre. Ideal would be to combine them with you cast and the amended dates? My title screen is from the DVD with Japanese title.