Pop Buzz UK

Debating: The Protests about a 5th Runway at Heathrow Airport

Reading: ‘Next’ by Michael Crichton

Playing: Still the abysmal Transformers Game

Viewing: The start of the new X Factor series with Simon Cowell

Watching: Rush Hour 3 with Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker

Listening: The Cribs new single ‘Moving Pictures’

Buying: Mr Bean’s Holiday on DVD even though it sucks

Searching: For the latest news on Amy Winehouse

Anticipating: Going to see The Bourne Ultimatum at the cinema

Learning: The Rubik’s Cube can be done in 26 moves

Heathrow Airport, Runway, Protests, Climate Change, Michael Crichton, Transformers, X Factor, Simon Cowell, Leona Lewis, Rush Hour 3, Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, The Cribs, Amy Winehouse, Bourne Ultimatum, Rubiks Cube

Last week I posted a video showing a bit of a mash up between the film ‘300′ and ‘Monty Python and The Holy Grail’. Well, now we have one better with a mash up between ‘300′ and The Simpsons. This is such a good edit, with the vocals working very well with the faces and animation of The Simpsons clips used. The audio is actually from the ‘300′ film trailer intertwined with clips from various episodes of The Simpsons.

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Debating: Amy Winehouse’ overdose and career implosion

Reading: ‘Marley And Me’ by John Grogan

Playing: Mario Party 8 on the Nintendo Wii

Viewing: The Start of the Premiership Soccer Season on Sky Sports

Watching: ‘Evan Almighty’. NOT as good as Bruce though

Listening: Robyn’s atrocious dance monologue ‘With Every Heartbeat’

Buying: Kate Nash’s debut album ‘Made Of Bricks’

Searching: Lily Allen after her trouble at Los Angeles Airport

Anticipating: Chelsea winning the Premiership again… well hoping!

Learning: There are dogs with two noses

Amy Winehouse, John Grogan, Mario Party, Nintendo, Wii, Premiership, Sky Sports, Evan Almighty, Robyn, Kate Nash, Lily Allen, Los Angeles, Chelsea

Wow, I went to see this film on Saturday evening, and was blown away. It’s the best film I’ve seen all year, and will probably stay that way. It wasn’t perfect however, and included massive amounts of one of my pet peeves… the American military getting all the credit.

First of all the film. I found it great, with perfect pacing, and a good amount of humour as well as all the action I wanted to see in a Transformers movie. Seeing those childhood cartoons and toys being brought to life like they were, was pretty amazing, and I turned to my girlfriend about half way through utterly speechless at the greatness of what I was seeing on screen.

I liked the way the film was very now, with references to Paypal, eBay, Satellite navigation etc all included. In 10 years this film will look very dated in this respect but for those of us going to the cinema to see it now, it helps connect you with the normal aspects of the plot… apart from the fact that there are huge robotic aliens which can transform in it obviously. I don’t think that’s real life yet.

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Debating: Foot & Mouth Returning To The UK

Reading: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows

Playing: Pokemon Diamond & Pearl On The Nintendo DS

Viewing: Star Stories Series 2 Tom Cruise Special

Watching: The Simpsons Movie - Good, but just a long episode

Listening: Manic Street Preachers ‘Autumnsong’

Buying: Pre-ordering ‘Spider-Man 3′ on DVD

Searching: News on XBox 360 Price Drop

Anticipating: Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight

Learning: Coffee could protect your skin.

Foot and mouth, f&m, UK, British, Britain, Harry Potter, Deathly Hallows, Pokemon, Pokemon Diamond, Pokemon Pearl, Nintendo DS, Tom Cruise, The Simpsons, Manic Street Preachers, Spider-Man 3, XBox 360, Cowes Week, Isle Of Wight, Coffee

300, that film about the Spartans has been released on DVD in the States this week, so I thought I’d trawl through YouTube and see if I could find anything interesting. Lo and behold, there’s a 300 and Monty Python mashup just sitting there, begging to be put on Pop Buzz UK. So I’ll oblige…

It’s a nicely done edit, which shows footage of Monty Python and the Holy Grail with the opening vocals from 300. I’ve still yet to see this film which I previewed back in March, and the DVD isn’t out in the UK until September 17th, so I’ll have to wait a bit longer.

I seem to be going through phases at the moment. First of all it was Harry Potter mania, and now I seem to be stuck in a kind of Monty Python underworld, having already posted a Lego version of the Holy Grail last week. I wonder what will be next on the agenda?

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Debating: The Heavy Rain & Flooding hitting the UK

Reading: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows

Playing: More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima

Viewing: Fonejacker on E4

Watching: Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix

Listening: The new Prince album given away free in a newspaper

Buying: The Enemy - We’ll Live & Die in these towns

Searching: For a new book series to replace Harry Potter

Anticipating: Lethal Bizzle’s new album out today

Learning: Seven-year-olds have proms.

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As so many millions of us are eagerly awaiting the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series The Deathly Hallows this Saturday, I thought I’d revisit some photos and little tidbits about the whole saga.

This first one is a classic case of Photoshop goodness, with a perfectly innocent shot of a young Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Grainger turned in to a sleazy gropefest, but it made me laugh so that’s alright then.

I didn’t say it was clever did I, but funny yes. I actually can’t believe how young the trio of actors look as they sit feeling each other up.

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The Simpsons movie is due out on July 26th, and the promotion for the movie has gone in to overdrive mode. One of the most spectacular and downright cheeky ways the makers have tried to draw attention to the forthcoming film is by drawing a giant Homer Simpson on a hillside in England.

The chalk sculpture of Homer has been drawn next to the famous Cerne Abbas Giant, a pagan drawing of an aroused, club-wielding man dating to at least the 17th century in Dorset. It’s a revered pagan symbol of fertility, and is Britain’s largest chalk drawing, carved into the natural chalk rock beneath the grass.

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I went to see Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix at the cinema on Sunday, and while I was impressed with the film as a whole, my girlfriend was very disappointed with how the film rewrote and bastardised the book. So I asked her to write a post detailing what was missing and modified for the film.

Order Of The Phoenix Review by Cloudy

Overall the film was a decent effort at retelling the epic story told by J.K. Rowling but I thought the acting in the early stages of the film was a bit wooden. Harry, Ron and Hermione didn’t seem to have their usual rapport going on until part way into the story. I did, however, like the portrayal of Dudley Dursley to be a moronic scally buffoon, it fitted in very well with my idea of an adolescent Dudley and gang.

I was severely distressed by the amount of scenes that had gone missing as Order of the Phoenix under went it’s transformation from book to film. In some cases extra scenes had been added to cover up the missing parts, but why bother doing that when the original scene would have worked just as well, if not better.

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Debating: The Smoking Ban which came in to effect July 1st

Reading: ‘Whitethorn Woods’ by Maeve Binchy

Playing: Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix

Viewing: The Live Earth concert from Wembley Stadium

Watching: ‘Shrek the Third’ starring that green ogre thingy

Listening: Jack Penate with ‘Torn on the Platform’

Buying: The Traveling Wilburys Collection album

Searching: ‘Cloverfield’, a new film by Lost’s JJ Abrams

Anticipating: The Enemy’s debut album ‘We’ll live & die in these towns’

Learning: Tony Blair proposed to Cherie while she was cleaning a loo.

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The latest Harry Potter film ‘The Order of the Phoenix‘ was given it’s European premiere on Wednesday and received almost universal praise from everyone present.

The film of the 5th book aired in London’s Leicester Square, and expectant fans flocked to catch a glimpse of the young stars despite the heavy rain which barraged them through the day. J.K. Rowling was also in attendance and revealed her feelings on finally completing the 7th and last book of the series “Finishing it was very, very emotional. It was a combination of relief and sadness really,” she said.

David Yates has directed this film and early reviews say a grittier, darker edge comes out, following the book quite closely as a coming of age story. Emma Watson, who plays Hermione said “The Order of the Phoenix is the most genuine of all the films so far, David wanted to find the truth from within all the characters.â€?
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Debating: The foiled terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow.

Reading: ‘Marshmallows For Breakfast’ by Dorothy Koomson

Playing: ‘Forza Motorsport 2′ on the XBox 360

Viewing: The ‘Concert for Diana’ on BBC1 on Sunday

Watching: ‘Captivity’ starring Elisha Cuthbert

Listening: The Editors 2nd album ‘An End Has A Start’

Buying: ‘Scrubs’ Series 5 on DVD

Searching: ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ Trailers

Anticipating: The last week of Wimbledon tennis championship

Learning: Peanuts can be made into diamonds.

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All the attention is being focussed on Harry Potter at the moment, and rightly so. With the seventh and final book ‘The Deathly Hallows’ due out on 21st July, and ‘The Order Of The Phoenix’ movie out July 11th, it’s natural to be getting psyched up about the J.K. Rowling fantasy series. But, there’s another British fantasy book being turned in to a film currently and I’m already looking forward to it’s release.
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Debating: Whether Bernard Manning was brilliant or vile

Reading: ‘A Place Called Here’ by Cecilia Ahern

Playing: ‘Colin McRae: Dirt’ on XBox 360

Viewing: Glastonbury Festival coverage on BBC3

Watching: Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer

Listening: Maximo Park, Arctic Monkeys & Bloc Party at Glastonbury

Buying: The Editors 2nd album ‘An End Has A Start’

Searching: Transformers Trailers ahead of it’s cinema release

Anticipating: Harry Potter! The release date is approaching fast

Learning: 1,200 people are employed at Glastonbury to pick up rubbish

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