Lateshift: Son of Flying Lateshift

06:39 / 27.05.06

Superhero zombies? That sounds great. Is it out in trade yet? I hate single issues.

06:51 / 27.05.06

So, forgive a philistine, but how is Magneto alive again this time? I realize that I'm way behind the times, but Wolverine cut his fucking head off. How did they rationalize that?

Jack Denfeld

07:06 / 27.05.06

Wanda magicked him back. I'm not sure if Zombies is tpb yet, it should be and they should include those gorgeous alternate covers, like this ons.

07:21 / 27.05.06

Wanda magicked him back.

I like that, actually. It cuts out all the usual X-nonsense, where they make up a ridiculously stupid storyline to justify bringing back a dead character.

Jack Denfeld

07:32 / 27.05.06

I'll take it over any stupid 30 layer subplot over subplot Claremont explanation.

07:36 / 27.05.06

Y'know, Claremont and Byrne were so fucking great on the X-Men "back in the day." How could they have gone from the heights of sweetness to the depths of suck?

I dunno. But I do know I've had far more than too much to drink. G'night, Jack and co.

Night Jake.

Boom, back in the room.

Anyone else watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

23:58 / 27.05.06

Seriously though, the screaming pod-people are freaking me out a bit...

00:03 / 28.05.06

You watching the original or the remake?

I like 'em both.

00:08 / 28.05.06

The one with Donald Sutherland and the Leonard Nimoy in it. Which I fancy is the remake. Just finished. Feeling not a little squicky now.

Damn these MMORPGS for keeping me up late.

00:26 / 28.05.06

Straight from the tube to the comp, eh? Sounds familiar...

00:27 / 28.05.06

Seriously though, the screaming pod-people are freaking me out a bit...

HHHUUUUUUHHHWWWWWWWWWWUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHH

I'm going to start doing this if I see people skipping the bus queue.

00:28 / 28.05.06

Argh!

That's the bit that freaked me out the most!

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00:37 / 28.05.06

Careful, you can give yourself really bad neck cramp if you haven't limbered up first. Pretend to be Gordon Brown for a few minutes then you should be OK. Why can't I sleep?

00:38 / 28.05.06

Ganesh, you're still posting in the Big Bruv thread, why won't you grace the Lateshift?

Lama glama

00:43 / 28.05.06

Hello awake people. I'm up waiting for the Johnathan Ross/Hugh Jackman/Halle Berry interview, because I stupidly missed it last night, also, flicking over to Big Brother from time to time. I feel late night insanity coming on.

Also, I sort of want to start a thread about the gay pride march in Moscow that resulted in violence, over on the switchboard, but I feel that I don't have the words to do it justice. I'll dutifully wait 'til the initial post is up and then join in. 2:45 and the dawn chorus is already starting. That's freakishly early, isn't it?

00:45 / 28.05.06

That is awfully early. Sometimes I think they get confused by streetlights and things. The verdammt seagulls in my university town started up about 3am.

Or maybe it's sound effects from BB?

00:45 / 28.05.06

Why can't I sleep?

Because that's when they get you, cube. When you sleep!

00:46 / 28.05.06

Hey people. I'm watching basketball and enjoying wireless internet. Occasionally I'm flicking over to the really fantastically bad 'Curse Of King Tut's Tomb' which stars the dude from Starship Troopers and a lot of people who look vaguely familiar but who I can't place. Also, poorly CG'd creatures. It's really quite poorly made.

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00:46 / 28.05.06

No, checked the cupboards. No Mr Funny.

00:48 / 28.05.06

Ooh!

How's the game going? My partner has commandeered the TV, so I haven't seen any of it.

Ganesh

00:50 / 28.05.06

Ganesh, you're still posting in the Big Bruv thread, why won't you grace the Lateshift?

I don't really do Lateshifts. Not very often, anyway. Today's been a non-productive hangover day, but I'm vaguely feeling normal again. Going to switch off the Big Brother shenanigans in a mo, and head upstairs to my 'mo.

00:51 / 28.05.06

Heat up 64-54 with 6 and a half left in the third. Wade and Shaq are doing their thing, and Antoine Walker is playing surprisingly unselfish, ie not taking a million threes. On the Piston side Hamilton and Billups are playing well but everyone else is fairly quiet, notably Prince.

00:53 / 28.05.06

Is it the crushing worry of being a made man, eh, Little Johhny cube? Is that why you aren't getting any shut-eye?

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00:58 / 28.05.06

Is it the crushing worry of being a made man, eh, Little Johhny cube?
Hell, no, mister. I done eaten a whole tin of Dark Tan and I feel fine. How's your conscience sitting. Who's the medic watching over tonight, I wonder?

01:01 / 28.05.06

New word gleaned from Big Brother thread:

'Cuddlywanks'

Be careful with it.

01:03 / 28.05.06

Nice. I used to love Walker when he played for the Celtics. He was lazy, slow and surly, but, man, can that dude shoot.

01:11 / 28.05.06

"Hmmm, I wonder, Johnny... if I were the type to pray instead of drinking bootlegged liquor and feeding pigeons I'd be praying right now", Rupert Dalliance mused gravely. And with that he tipped his cap to the shoe-shine boy and promptly went to bed. "Most worrisome" he murmured as he ambled slowly away.

"Who to trust? Who. To. Trust?"

01:12 / 28.05.06

Nice. I used to love Walker when he played for the Celtics. He was lazy, slow and surly, but, man, can that dude shoot.

Heh. Yeah. He's passing really well right now- he had a couple of sweet alley-oops to Shaq in the past few minutes. Speaking of shooting- Dwyane Wade is fucking inhuman. Just unbelievable.

Detroit's looking pretty dead in the water at this point- they're rushing shots and Miami's putting on some serious defensive pressure. Third quarter's done, the Heat are up 12 and have all the momentum. Still a quarter to go but Detroit's going to have to get their shit together fast if they want to pull this out.

01:16 / 28.05.06

Also, a good night to Mr. Dalliance.

Ganesh

01:24 / 28.05.06

Wankygoodnight!

01:26 / 28.05.06

I'm rooting for the Heat. Detroit has been so irritatingly arrogant this year. I loved seeing LeBron shut down, but I'll root for any team with Walker and Shaq Daddy on it. And Wade is a fucking force of nature out there.

I like the Mavs to win it all, though.

01:27 / 28.05.06

(Sorry to keep on the basketball front which I'm sure is of interest to nobody but me and Jake, but: Billups nails back-to-back threes. 8-0 Piston run. One point game. Shit has been gotten together.)