Panoptifier: Making all things visible...

Keith Nash character in Paul (2011)

2011-11-22T17:27:00.000Z

There is overlap is cast and crew from Smokin' Aces and Paul, which can be the only reason a nerdy, bespectacled, judo-outfit-wearing young boy is given such a prominent role. He could have been totally cut from the movie...totally. So his parents are either influential or the in-gag referencing Smokin' Aces was considered hilarious enough to warrant his inclusion. It wasn't.

Californication Season 5: Behind the Scenes Teaser

2011-11-12T15:01:00.000Z

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Awesomeness

2011-10-04T16:05:00.000+01:00

2011-09-28T12:09:00.000+01:00

Here is a timely reminder to keep Mozilla Firefox plug-ins updated!

formspring.me

2011-09-12T09:52:00.001+01:00

Ask me anything http://formspring.me/BioGal

OKC vs. POF

2011-09-11T17:03:00.001+01:00

The lovely people at asofterworld.com have made this elegy to OKCupid - all the kool kids are hanging out at pof.com now!

Unicorn Plan-It: still horny?

2011-09-11T12:22:00.000+01:00

I really enjoyed the first two episodes, but the last one was a bit disappointing. I found some of the cameos cringe-worthy. I don't know whether it is that they are not trained actors so their efforts were stilted and embarrassing to watch, or if I was expecting the show to keep getting better and better. The script was good and the key characters were excellent. There were lots of scenes that I enjoyed, especially Sara Croce's expressions when Ashley Reed was talking about 'getting off' an hour later. But something wasn't quite right... I need to think about it more... I'll get back to you!

An Autostraddler found this tattoo!

Better late than never: Anti-Riot Support

2011-09-11T11:57:00.000+01:00

This couple provided hot tea for the police who had been working for hours. Operation Cup of Tea on Facebook followed the theme by encouraging anti-riot supporters to take time to sit down for a cuppa each night until the rioting ceased.

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This photo was taken on August 9, 2011 using a Canon EOS-1D Mark IV.

The L Word Retrospective

2011-09-11T11:48:00.001+01:00

I feel like The L Word was just a dream; it came into my life so suddenly and left just as quickly. Oh, ladies, where are you now?

L Word Serenade - watch more funny videos

BodyBeautiful - The Y Project Collection: photographs of pussies by Petter Hegre

2011-09-10T17:48:00.001+01:00

The Y Project Collection - 20 art erotic photographies of pussies by Petter Hegre (from Hegre Art)

Image by NickOwenPhotography.co.uk via FlickrI happen to think it is really important for body positivity that we know that humans present in all sorts of different varieties. This extends specifically to genitalia. Porn consumers might have a skewed perception of normal groins. To this end you should browse some of the photos from Hegre's gallery; I found it very enlightening. I am happy to celebrate that all sorts of bodies can be beautiful, but my preferences are surprisingly specific... and totally different depending on the gender presentation of the person I might be dating. Tricky, aren't I?

However, I have concerns about the photograph collection to which I have linked. The description of them being 'erotic' and on a site called pornomedia.com seems to automatically sexualise body parts, when the photos are actually just plain, pretty chaste images of female groins. A feminist perspective would 'permit' these women to be portrayed in whatever manner suited them. However, whilst the photographs seem respectful there is a feminist critique possible. These woman are described by the male photographer/site manager in a manner of which they may have no choice. They have no agency in this. Furthermore, the images reduce the female to one part: her pussy. The summation of the self is restricted to that presented in these photographs: the useful organ of sexual congress and reproduction. The women are being offered for sexual gratification twice over: that the images might be titillating and used by masturbaters; and that these women represent all women as being available and useful (perhaps solely) as sexual objects.

Predator 2: spotting the actors

2011-09-10T15:06:00.000+01:00

Now, I think this extra from the metro scene looks like Ernie Hudson from Ghostbusters' fame and lately Rizolli & Isles...

Also repeating a regular role of minor cast member is Adam Baldwin, who you might recognise from Independence Day.

Finally, the only great quotation from this movie is below... apparently the script writers weren't inspired without Arnie in the lead.

[Harrigan runs through an old woman's apartment, chasing the Predator]
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan:It's all right! I'm a cop!
Ruth:I don't think he gives a shit!

Sexual Tyrannosaurus

2011-09-10T10:06:00.000+01:00

Blain:Bunch of slack-jawed f*****s around here. This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me.

Poncho:[holds up his grenade launcher] Yeah, strap this on your "sore ass", Blain.

Image by schumachergirl1956 via FlickrI know the use of 'f****t' as a slur is reprehensible, but the rest of this quotation is marvellous... I love action movies, even the cheesy ones like Predator. Arnie might be a philanderer and probably a douche-bag in general, but, as a pure muscle action hero delivering ridiculous lines, there isn't anyone better. He beats Stallone and Segal for empty-headed, testosterone-fuelled rampages. If gore and guns suit your interests, pretty much any of his oeuvre will suffice. In fact, I even love Twins and Kindergarten Cop... I think he is hilarious.

Actually there are loads of quotations that should be on t-shirts:

Sergeant Mac Eliot:You're ghostin' us, motherfucker. I don't care who you are back in the world, you give away our position one more time, I'll bleed ya, real quiet. Leave ya here. Got that?

Poncho:You're bleeding, man. You're hit.
Blain:I ain't got time to bleed.
Poncho:[Confused] Oh... Okay...
Poncho:[Poncho shoots a bunch of grenades up to the top of the cliff] You got time to duck?

[after knocking a door down]
Dutch:Knock-knock.