The ending to Escape From New York is perfect in my opinion.

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I love the whole 'fuck you'-ness of it. I love that Snake shows compassion for those that died by screwing over the president just because he showed none. Plus, it 'just stops' because the mission just stops. That adds to the mystery of Snake, too, we meet him as the mission starts and we leave him as it ends, no hanging about. It's great.

Yeah, for TV Ads shown during the day, they cut it off before the word 'shagged' was said but they played up to it. They let you know the word they cut was rude (by having a character react) which made people want to see it. The title is edited in TV listings when it is shown here. Usually changed to- 'Austin Powers 2' or 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who ******* Me'. The former is often used to save space too, though, I reckon.

'Shag' or 'shagging' has been sneaked into US media for ages as has 'wank' or 'wanking'. The Aerosmith song 'Love in the Elevator has 'shagging' in it. The character Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer used the word often. He also used the word 'wanker' on occasion too. Chandler in Friends calls a character a 'wank' in one episode. 'Wanker' has also been used in episodes of The Simpsons. All of these are cut from UK TV showings before the watershed (9pm) but the Aerosmith song is played on the radio uncut.

Yeah, the tone is all over the place but that mall scene is fantastic. And the film influenced so many others that totally ripped it off (Tango & Cash, Bad Boys II to name less than three)

So, Zombies are apparently real and are rising, what with the dude biting that other dude's face and another using his intestines as a cop deterrent.  It is times like these that I am reminded of that R.E.M. song whose title is starting to ring true.

I am of course, talking about All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star).

I was going to say 'the other half' but decided against it. Well, initially, obviously as I just did. I couldn't think of anything clever to say instead.

Right now on ITV1 in the UK, is Soccer Aid, a charity football match (for UNICEF) of two teams of celebs and professional players. Here are some of the people playing in the match-

Gerard Butler, Will Ferrell, Edward Norton, Woody Harrelson, James McAvoy, Gordon Ramsay, Michael Sheen and Mike Myers. Seriously.

I hate football/soccer but I may just watch it....