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Stuart Houghton

@stuarthoughton.bsky.social

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Writer. Geek. Mononippled gadabout. I made SWEARDLE http://sweardle.glitch.me You're welcome. Listen to or read the play what I wrote http://erislabs.net/stu/nigel/ I am hagbardsapple on B3ta.

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · Oct 11

If you want to listen to or read my play MAKING PLANS WITH NIGEL - as broadcast on Radio 4 - you can now do so here: erislabs.net/stu/nigel/

It's a comedy drama about those never-not-hilarious topics - breast cancer and Brexit. Starring Mark Benton , Sally Lindsay & Lewis MacLeod.

A picture of Nigel Farage pontificating from a man's breast pocket - a header pic for MAKING PLANS WITH NIGEL by Stuart Houghton

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 54m

Purest Dimmock

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1h

The inside of my 15 year old"s head, watching Charlotte Church on all fours, rooting around in the dirt of her own grave on Celebrity Traitors

a cartoon character with blue hair says " i don t want to get too technical but these are called core memories .

ALT: a cartoon character with blue hair says " i don t want to get too technical but these are called core memories .

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 2h

Will I understand it if I haven't seen the other six?

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 2h

Police Academy (Hugh Wilson, 1984)

High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 3h

everybody just stay cool

An upsetting number of antifa members have streamed forth from a small car, to be confronted with actual clowns. (Photo by Fabian Bimmer, via the AP.)

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 8h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 9h

Recording a haunting rendition of Mr Boombastic to be used over five seconds of people going to bed, maybe a shot of the moon #TheTraitors

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 12h

Celia Imrie has a Disney villainess collar on her dress

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 12h

I can't believe they managed to book Paloma Faith for #CelebrityTraitors. What a coup!

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 13h

The person doing the jabs at a local pharmacy told my wife they have a set amount of vaccine per day that has to be binned if they don't use it, so it could be worth checking in at the end of the day to see if that is the case and if they will jab you

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 17h

I mean I'm not saying you're *directly* to blame but...

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 17h

Listening to FKA Twigs on the radio and struck by how there is now recognisable subgenre of music that is inspired by the Bad Uncle song from Nathan Barley
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Bad Uncle - NATHAN BARLEY (The Music) (Long Version) (edited by me)

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 18h

It's worth chatting to your pharmacist - they have a daily supply of vaccine that must be binned at the end of the day if unused so there may be some spare if people miss their slot. Maybe better with an independent rather than, say, Boots

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah that seems...unlikely

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 19h

Fights are superbly choreographed, inventively shot and unrelenting. If you have any love for action cinema at all, this is a must-watch.
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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 19h

we get to spend time with Sook-Hee in her 'normal' life as she raises her daughter and falls in love in some very touching scenes. In the end though, this is all about the action.
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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 19h

fell into a life of crime and prostitution before being 'rescued' by an assassin sent after one of her Johns. Hers is a story of revenge, betrayal and extreme violence, told out of sequence which only comes properly into focus as we near its end. In between the frenetic fight sequences
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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 19h

Watching it last night, I saw at least 3 set pieces ripped off by the John Wick franchise in the first 40 minutes. (Seriously, the motorcycle chase/sword battle is done almost shot-for-shot in Wick 3). Kim Ok-vin plays Sook-Hee, a woman who saw her father murdered and
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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 19h

The Villainess (Jung Byung-gil, 2017)⭐⭐⭐⭐
Bending my 'New To Me' rule here as I did watch this a couple of years ago while recovering from surgery, but remembered almost nothing about it bar a few key scenes. The Villainess is nothing short of an action masterpiece.
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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 20h

Huh. Did Search just stop working here?

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 20h

Oh sure, it won't actually do THEM any favours because Reform will always come up with something more petty or cruel. I think that general vibe is a significant force in UK politics though

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 21h

Sadly I thing you may be wrong. There are a lot of people for whom 'just doing stuff that annoys the left/the elites/the woke' is reason enough. It's how we got Brexit and is the engine powering MAGA.

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

My mistake, the top one is actually WANUS. Good grief.

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

The AI version also manages to misspell the game logo TWICE - "DARIIIS" & "WARIUS"

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

I described it as "Possibly the worst Trek thing since Russell Watson sang the Enterprise theme" bsky.app/profile/stua...

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · Jan 26

Star Trek: Section 31 (Olatunde Osunsanmi., 2025)
I saw this described as just "an excuse to watch Michelle Yeoh kick people" and joked that that is in my top ten things to see in a film. That is still true, but the thin offerings here do not make up for the rest of this godawful mess.
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"This is the shooting script! Hahaha good one. Wait... why is nobody else laughing?"

Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 1d

Oh of COURSE Roddy McDowell was in it