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For that comment from Ioan Gruffud..

Well I do know that in the south the Tories were really pushing the "It's Election day, go vote, don't just sit back and ignore it" message much harder than has been happening in the past.

Well, the issue that cropped up with the coalition of the Tories and LibDems, was that the LibDems was able to use it's part of "if we don't agree, you don't have a government" to call a lot more of the shots than they should of. Which basically had the party that most people did not vote for.. had a leading edge of power. The swings and roundabouts of coalition groups is that the small group that sways it, has influence far beyond what they would have if based on their actual voting public. Still, it's kind of amusing that various European countries have sent congratulations along with comments like "We're happy to see Cameron win, and we like his 'One nation, One United Kingdom', we just wish he'd added 'One Europe' to that statement..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gtio4V1L3o

Entertainment Weekly - Series Cancelled and Renewed Well, it looks like Forever has been given the chop, but we will be getting a second go around of Galavant...

io9 - The Marvel Cinematic Universe Has Been Cast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk0jj0MrnNM

Not specific books per se, but a kind of interesting article related to the publishing industry via Amazon e-book sales... For the random interest, here's this... Although I won't copy the whole thing, just the opener for those who might want to grok it. Author Earnings - Annual Report

With all the controversy over Joss Whedon, Sexism, and the Black Widow going on, and Whedon being driven off twitter... Here's a bit from Mark Ruffalo on Reddit over it.

Ah, sweet advertising.. https://vimeo.com/125126444

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ZRsf9sneQ

Ah, the sweet joys of autocorrect settings..

Purely for the funky... (Although I believe it only works when filming with a camera that has the same fps rate as the wave frequency...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mODqQvlrgIQ

Okay, this from an RPG book amused me..

The Stallone film kind of caught the zany wackiness approach and aesthetics of the Dredd comics, so I have to recognise it for that. Even if so much else was wrong. The Urban version nailed the serious side of it, and was an all-around better done version. Unfortunately, it lost too much money and is unlikely to be followed up on - at least in the cinema and tv world. I had heard they were going to do a "sequel" style story, but as a short comic run. No idea how far that went ahead.

The Suicide Squad...

Pulptastic - Korean Artist Beautifully Illustrates Real Love

The Eichmann Show. BBC dramatization of the Eichmann trial - When Adolf Eichmann was captured and taken to Israel to be held accountable for planning the final solution - as shown from the perspective of the producer and director of the television documentary following it. Martin Freeman and Anthony Lepaglia playing those parts respectively, along with a strong supporting cast. It follows the initial struggles as they try to get permission from Israel and the judges of the trial to have cameras there, and the issues with the networks. The daily footage of the trial is generally considered to be the first global television documentary. Starts slowly, but when the trial begins they blend in actual footage from the events, especially with the witness accounts, and those pile on the feels. Kind of highlights how so many people, even large swathes of the jewish population in Israel, didn't really believe the holocaust happened and how the trials global nature and show on television changed that perspective.

The question of the importance of the comma....