Micro Men

[vilakins]

On jhall1's rec, I watched Micro Men, a comedy-drama about Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry (Acorn Computers) and the rise and sad fall of the British personal computer industry, complete with a pub brawl involving a rolled-up newspaper. Man, Sinclair was a nutter. I don't know much about Curry, but Martin Freeman made him lovable just by playing him. He's still my pick for a new Vila even though he's starting to show his age.

And speaking of Vila, there was unexpected bonus Michael Keating! He was only in about three scenes at the beginning, but still. :-)

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[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I recognised him too, then thought I might be being a bit obsessed. Then in the next scene he was in, I was certain. Greg agreed only when he recognised a Vila intonation in his voice. Awwww, unexpected MK!

It is long, but entertaining. I have to admit though that my viewing pleasure was enhanced by Greg knowing all that history and the various computers they developed; he kept giving me background.

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

May I say, that is one nice icon :-D

Alas, I am supposed to be doing homework. Yes, my first thought on seeing your post was "What British computer industry?"

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was pretty much the end of it.

It's not really Vila, being a MK photo, but I couldn't resist iconising it. How sexy is he there? :-D

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

Oh, very.

*giggles* Your icons crack me up. Vila is such good icon material because his expressions say a thousand words.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

He is! I used to have a policy that he was in every icon, but after I got so much icon space, I relaxed that. :-)

G'night!

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

Dream of Vilas :P

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm. I hope. :-)