Century!
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Holy ###### I made it to 100! Well isn't that nice.
Taking a break from all things airsoft as I have been these last few days then I've not pondered much on the blog, but there are a couple of things I'm still gonna eulogise about.
What, you didn't think you were getting away without a rant, did you?? 
Saw V for Vendetta myself last night, (**SPOILERS COMING**) and I did rather like it. The faked torture of Natalie Portman was oh-so predictable, but still cool to see her head getting shaved while crying for her life; there's a certain voyeuristic slickness and oily fascination to that for some reason, or maybe I'm just a bad, sick man 
Round of applause for Stephen Fry for a thoroughly charming performance, shame he's a bit of a hopeless celebrity in real life, at least according to a good friend of mine who sat next to him unawares in a sushi bar the other week; unaware that is until Mr. Fry's new-media groupies all started kissing his *albartroth* hugely while he lapped it up and goaded them into further praise; but hey. Its only to be expected I suppose. He's still one of the few true wits left in the world, even if he is acutely aware of this himself
Overall the plot is cool enough, bizarre enough and original (as best as can be original of course) enough to be intriguing throughout, but only because you know its based on a comic. Besides thats its a silly fantasy, but all comic work is silly fantasy, really, which is not a bad thing at all. In terms of modern cinema however, as a standalone film, it is almost disney-esque fantasy. Set in 1984 of course 
The only other things that stand out are:
The Final Fight scene - totally gratuitous and unnecessary, cool, yes, very cool in fact, but soooooooo predictable its untrue. "Every hollywood action film must have a final showdown between the main goodie and baddie 6 - 10 minutes before the end credits" - I mean for f**ks sake, can we please get away from this formula once in a while???!! Ahem. I think you see my point.
One other `little` thing that irks me that again reinforces the hippy-*albartroth* w*nky liberal toss that pervades our culture - the connotation in this film, told through the history of the dictatorial figurehead of V's society, that anything bad, politically speaking, stems from a conservative viewpoint. I am fed up with this diatribe, I really am. Every form of media nowadays seems to overlook the communist connotations behind excessive liberalness, but if you suggest for one second that you might like to preserve the good things that we already have, no matter how considerate you truly mean this worthwhile idea to be maintained, then you are branded as some kind of wannabe fascist. Someone had to point out that this is what the BBC does the whole time anyway (I don't watch TV, for this very reason, in fact) and, now, I'm probably going to have to explain at great length why liberal ideas are largely a bunch of hypocritical bullsh*t. Every time I meet an espouser of unconscienscious pinkoism. Right into their faces. At high volume.
Oh and yeah, regardless of political or narrative concerns `V` is now the coolest film of this year so far just for getting the most gratuitous use of the word `c*nt` ever into a 15-rated film Worth the price of admission alone. Shame about all the b*llocks
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Other than that, in the realm of airsoft, we are currently undergoing the attempt to retrieve my latest delivery package from customs. I sent a letter off yesterday with all the relevant documents in, and paid £3.85 for the privilege of getting it there the next day. Nearly 4 bloody quid for what should be a first class service, this was the only way they told me it is `guaranteed` to get there 
I think I might just give all my future mail to my mates who are sales reps who travel all round the country: bung them £20 each to go out of their way and ensure it actually gets there! I begrudge Royal Fail their fees because of the blind f**king cheek that they steal, lose or otherwise c*ck-up over a million mail deliveries per year, and would rather pay 5 X more to someone I actually trust
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And I notice that Hardcore's blog is the first to be subject to a vote, receiving a mighty 4.3 out of 5 already - fair play girl, seems your as popular as ever! I'm almost surprised that these things hadn't been started before, almost, but not quite. Wonder what I'll end up getting All I can say is: "Meh."
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