Dull day here in Beijing...
Watched 'The Dark Knight Rises' on DVD this morning (£1) - which to the uninitiated is the latest 'Batman' film....I ended up quite depressed! My own fault - should have watched a 'pick me up' not a 'slash your wrists' film, I guess...
The last Batman film I watched was the classic 60's version, where they wore daft costumes and stockings....I recall one of my fave ever scenes, where Batman is hanging from a rope ladder under a helicopter, trying to board a ship at sea....the ship disappears, and Batty goes into the water before the helicopter lifts up - and our hero finds a giant (rubber) shark has attached itself to his leg. He shouts up to Robin - "Pass me the Bat-anti-shark-repellent spray Robin!" and his sidekick selects the appropriate aerosol from a selection, including 'Bat-anti-stampeding Buffalo spray'....Robin climbs down the ladder while Batty shakes his leg furiously (to make the shark look just a tad alive)....Robin doesn't just pass him the spray, he has to hang upside down by his feet to hand it over....as you do....
Anyway, this latest film was confusing because I hadn't seen the other ones, but in the end, there's another baddy who wants to blow up Gotham City....and there's only one man who can save it...three guesses? Simon Cowell? Piers Morgan? Or.....
My son went to the cinema to see it. He's 17. I'm 50 and grumpy. Enough said.
Then I popped over to work to do a couple of bits, not least burn the new live Led Zeppelin and Coldplay CD's...my electronic pass wouldn't let me in, so I got a cleaner to use theirs....I didn't think that getting out would present the same problem....when there were no cleaners. Bad day got worse.
When I finally escaped (workman doing anything other than work momentarily became Scott from 'Thunderbirds' and rescued me) I watched 'China's Got Talent', a claim - on the basis of what I saw - I'd dispute. There was a performing dog who simply seemed to move his head wherever his owner waved a biscuit, much to the fascination of the audience (they love little dogs here - big ones aren't allowed)....then there was a chap on a tightrope (he fell off). Apparently, last year's winner was a lad who played the piano with his feet. I was going to take the p*ss until I realised he had no choice because he had no arms...sorry...I feel even worse now...
The format is exactly the same as we watch in the UK - indeed, the 'format' (as it's called in the 'biz') is very prescriptive....it has to follow a standard format around the world...same titles, same music, same stage set, even the set up with a daft presenter at the side of the stage (we have Ant & Dec) - even a mean judge...
Same thing happens with 'I was once a celebrity, now I'm in the jungle eating kangaroo's bollocks in exchange for a cheque and a residency in Blackpool" - when Ant & Dec move out, the German TV crew move in....then France....then whoever else has bought the format....same with 'Big Brother' and 'X Factor'...
So now you know....
I'm a mine of worthless information, aren't I ?
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