Jake Laverde Nov 6, 2017
Fans of Digitiser? Here's why Mr Biffo's Found Footage might just be the web series you were looking for...
Memory is a funny thing. Rather than the fixed viewpoint we expect it to be, memories are malleable objects. Their shapes changed over time, exact details fading away replaced with approximations. But what we remember with sharp clarity is how we felt. TV shows, films music and books can fuel our nostalgia and bring us back to cosier simple times.
It’s the cracks between memories that Mr Biffo’s/Paul Rose Found Footage resides in; a web sketch show that mixes in genuine VHS footage with surreal sketches that play with memory and nostalgia. Riffing on high concept 80s detective shows, cartoon spin offs and songs dedicated to early microcomputer pioneers Steve Wozniak and Sir Clive Sinclair all rendered in gloriously glitchy VHS effect. Further selling the...
Fans of Digitiser? Here's why Mr Biffo's Found Footage might just be the web series you were looking for...
Memory is a funny thing. Rather than the fixed viewpoint we expect it to be, memories are malleable objects. Their shapes changed over time, exact details fading away replaced with approximations. But what we remember with sharp clarity is how we felt. TV shows, films music and books can fuel our nostalgia and bring us back to cosier simple times.
It’s the cracks between memories that Mr Biffo’s/Paul Rose Found Footage resides in; a web sketch show that mixes in genuine VHS footage with surreal sketches that play with memory and nostalgia. Riffing on high concept 80s detective shows, cartoon spin offs and songs dedicated to early microcomputer pioneers Steve Wozniak and Sir Clive Sinclair all rendered in gloriously glitchy VHS effect. Further selling the...
- 11/2/2017
- Den of Geek
Sir Clive Sinclair has given his blessing to a brand new Zx Spectrum machine. Rubber keys may just be coming back...
Just last week, the letters page on this very site (yep, we've got one of those) managed to 'inspire' a resurrection of the Zx Spectrum vs Commodore 64 debate of the 80s in the comments field. It's the kind of argument where everybody seemed to have a side, and there's clearly no shortage of affection still for both machines. Not least from us.
So this story's one that moved our eyebrows upwards: the Zx Spectrum is (sort of) coming back. What's more, it's part of a project being backed by Sir Clive Sinclair himself.
It's called the Zx Spectrum Vega, and it's basically a games console that connects directly to your TV, and has over 1,000 Spectrum games ready installed. Furthermore, it's capable of playing ever single Spectrum game ever made.
Just last week, the letters page on this very site (yep, we've got one of those) managed to 'inspire' a resurrection of the Zx Spectrum vs Commodore 64 debate of the 80s in the comments field. It's the kind of argument where everybody seemed to have a side, and there's clearly no shortage of affection still for both machines. Not least from us.
So this story's one that moved our eyebrows upwards: the Zx Spectrum is (sort of) coming back. What's more, it's part of a project being backed by Sir Clive Sinclair himself.
It's called the Zx Spectrum Vega, and it's basically a games console that connects directly to your TV, and has over 1,000 Spectrum games ready installed. Furthermore, it's capable of playing ever single Spectrum game ever made.
- 12/3/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee are rumoured to be entering the Celebrity Big Brother house next week, and we are more than excited at the prospect.
The 75-year-old magician and his 55-year-old wife and former assistant - who have been married for 26 years - are reportedly in last minute talks with Channel 5 producers to take part in the summer series on August 18.
Let us not forget that the couple are no strangers to reality TV - having previously appeared on ITV's The X Factor: Battle of the Stars, Channel 5's The Farm and Wife Swap on Channel 4.
Daniels also competed on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing in 2010.
They could join fellow rumoured housemates including Helen Flanagan, Gary Busey, Stephanie Pratt and Lauren Goodger.
So, as we anticipate the possibility of Paul and Debbie in the house, we thought we'd celebrate with a selection of classic pictures of the...
The 75-year-old magician and his 55-year-old wife and former assistant - who have been married for 26 years - are reportedly in last minute talks with Channel 5 producers to take part in the summer series on August 18.
Let us not forget that the couple are no strangers to reality TV - having previously appeared on ITV's The X Factor: Battle of the Stars, Channel 5's The Farm and Wife Swap on Channel 4.
Daniels also competed on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing in 2010.
They could join fellow rumoured housemates including Helen Flanagan, Gary Busey, Stephanie Pratt and Lauren Goodger.
So, as we anticipate the possibility of Paul and Debbie in the house, we thought we'd celebrate with a selection of classic pictures of the...
- 8/12/2014
- Digital Spy
It can be notoriously tough to predict what will capture the imagination of the general public – history is littered with crashing failures such as Sir Clive Sinclair’s battery electric vehicle, the C5, and unbelievable successes such as Facebook, which started out as a university-based social network and is now the world’s largest database of cat and lunch photos. If life was easy to predict, there’d be infinitely more lottery winners.
Hollywood executives are no different in this respect. Every commission of a film such as Heaven’s Gate or Waterworld proves this. For every sleeper hit and expensive disaster, there are films that should never have worked and hit the screen against all odds- and were undeniably terrific.
Here, we take a look at 5 such films that were adapted from source material that should have ensured that the transition from page to multiplex could never have happened,...
Hollywood executives are no different in this respect. Every commission of a film such as Heaven’s Gate or Waterworld proves this. For every sleeper hit and expensive disaster, there are films that should never have worked and hit the screen against all odds- and were undeniably terrific.
Here, we take a look at 5 such films that were adapted from source material that should have ensured that the transition from page to multiplex could never have happened,...
- 11/2/2013
- by Barry Marshall
- Obsessed with Film
Forthcoming biopic Jobs joins a great tradition of film and TV geekery from The Social Network to The It Crowd
Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs
As well as the (admittedly quite freaky) physical resemblance, Ashton Kutcher is perhaps the most qualified actor around to play Steve Jobs. After all, they're both technological visionaries: Jobs being the brains behind Pixar, the Mac, the iPod, iPad and iPhone, and Kutcher being an early investor in startups such as Skype, Airbnb and Foursquare. What's more, Jobs was known for his obsessive perfectionism and ability to convince the public of a product's desirability. Having been the host of Punk'd and the star of Dude, Where's My Car, Kutcher also ... no, I don't know where I'm going with this one.
Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg
Jesse Eisenberg only shares a handful of obvious traits with Mark Zuckerberg – like age, hair colour and the last syllable...
Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs
As well as the (admittedly quite freaky) physical resemblance, Ashton Kutcher is perhaps the most qualified actor around to play Steve Jobs. After all, they're both technological visionaries: Jobs being the brains behind Pixar, the Mac, the iPod, iPad and iPhone, and Kutcher being an early investor in startups such as Skype, Airbnb and Foursquare. What's more, Jobs was known for his obsessive perfectionism and ability to convince the public of a product's desirability. Having been the host of Punk'd and the star of Dude, Where's My Car, Kutcher also ... no, I don't know where I'm going with this one.
Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg
Jesse Eisenberg only shares a handful of obvious traits with Mark Zuckerberg – like age, hair colour and the last syllable...
- 12/5/2012
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
The Zx Spectrum is thirty years old today and a small but significant percent of the population now feel very old.
The last three decades have given those that sat at rubber–keyed altar a great deal of fun as well as providing a line along which the development of video game and computer culture can be traced. Though it wasn’t necessarily intended to play host to games the success of ubiquity of Clive Sinclair’s computer was undoubtedly the fact that it was the first real computer to find its way into the home, and from there became the vessel for thousands of games.
The Internet first gained prominence as the Speccy was beeping its last and though micronets existed with Bbs and forums fizzing with transatlantic conversation it was an expensive and complicated way to connect. It made sense that many of the first web users had...
The last three decades have given those that sat at rubber–keyed altar a great deal of fun as well as providing a line along which the development of video game and computer culture can be traced. Though it wasn’t necessarily intended to play host to games the success of ubiquity of Clive Sinclair’s computer was undoubtedly the fact that it was the first real computer to find its way into the home, and from there became the vessel for thousands of games.
The Internet first gained prominence as the Speccy was beeping its last and though micronets existed with Bbs and forums fizzing with transatlantic conversation it was an expensive and complicated way to connect. It made sense that many of the first web users had...
- 4/23/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Lots of engines in the news today--as this is published, Nasa techs are busy fueling up the Space Shuttle Discovery ready for its engines to burn one last time. And Quantas' boss is grumbling in the media about a possible "design flaw" with the A380 engines that resulted in yesterday's emergency. Expect to see more about both in the news later.
1. More Yahoo execs are fleeing the coup: This time it's Cio Michael Kirwan. He's a veteran of VeriSign and several big-name banks, and his teams were responsible for keeping Yahoo's infrastructure ticking over and fraud-free 24/7. Will Yahoo grind to a halt? Nope. But it's a sign that the recent severe brain drain hasn't stopped flowing yet.
2. Poor Rim--it can't catch a break. Rival smartphone maker Dell is ditching over 25,000 corporate BlackBerrys to replace them with own-brand Win 7 (and ultimately Android) smartphones. The move will save Dell about 25% of its mobile comms costs,...
1. More Yahoo execs are fleeing the coup: This time it's Cio Michael Kirwan. He's a veteran of VeriSign and several big-name banks, and his teams were responsible for keeping Yahoo's infrastructure ticking over and fraud-free 24/7. Will Yahoo grind to a halt? Nope. But it's a sign that the recent severe brain drain hasn't stopped flowing yet.
2. Poor Rim--it can't catch a break. Rival smartphone maker Dell is ditching over 25,000 corporate BlackBerrys to replace them with own-brand Win 7 (and ultimately Android) smartphones. The move will save Dell about 25% of its mobile comms costs,...
- 11/5/2010
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
On the eve of The Expendables, we salute the first on-screen meeting of Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren. It’s the peerless Rocky IV…
"I guess what I'm trying to say is, if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change."
First things first. Please don't look at the title of this piece and think that it's being churlish in any sense. It's not. I could easily have proclaimed many others of Dolph Lundgren's movies, from Masters Of The Universe and The Punisher, through to Showdown In Little Tokyo and Universal Soldier. I'm a fan of the man, let's make no mistake.
But, let's be clear too that, in my mind, there's one film that he's made that towers above them all. A movie that's the epitome of 80s cinema. A movie that takes pride of place on the resume of everybody concerned. That, ladies and gentlemen,...
"I guess what I'm trying to say is, if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change."
First things first. Please don't look at the title of this piece and think that it's being churlish in any sense. It's not. I could easily have proclaimed many others of Dolph Lundgren's movies, from Masters Of The Universe and The Punisher, through to Showdown In Little Tokyo and Universal Soldier. I'm a fan of the man, let's make no mistake.
But, let's be clear too that, in my mind, there's one film that he's made that towers above them all. A movie that's the epitome of 80s cinema. A movie that takes pride of place on the resume of everybody concerned. That, ladies and gentlemen,...
- 8/11/2010
- Den of Geek
1982 was a vintage year for classic films of a geek persuasion and here’s our run-down of the ten very best to prove it...
While every year sees the release of excellent genre movies, it's remarkable, looking back, just how many genuinely brilliant action, science fiction and fantasy movies appeared in 1982. Here's our run-down of the very best movies released that year...
10. Rocky III
After the Oscar-winning 1976 original, Sylvester Stallone's underdog boxing movies descended rapidly into self-parody, but like the Rambo movies, they remained enormously entertaining, particularly if enjoyed with a few beers and a takeaway.
Having finally defeated arch rival Apollo Creed in the previous movie, Sly's underdog boxer Rocky finds himself out of condition and increasingly complacent following a string of push-over victories.
When the singularly aggressive Clubber Lang (Mr. T, whose "I pity the fool" line became his character B.A. Baracus' catchphrase in The A-Team...
While every year sees the release of excellent genre movies, it's remarkable, looking back, just how many genuinely brilliant action, science fiction and fantasy movies appeared in 1982. Here's our run-down of the very best movies released that year...
10. Rocky III
After the Oscar-winning 1976 original, Sylvester Stallone's underdog boxing movies descended rapidly into self-parody, but like the Rambo movies, they remained enormously entertaining, particularly if enjoyed with a few beers and a takeaway.
Having finally defeated arch rival Apollo Creed in the previous movie, Sly's underdog boxer Rocky finds himself out of condition and increasingly complacent following a string of push-over victories.
When the singularly aggressive Clubber Lang (Mr. T, whose "I pity the fool" line became his character B.A. Baracus' catchphrase in The A-Team...
- 7/13/2010
- Den of Geek
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