Finally Over

I was 12 years old when the first Star Wars film came out and being an avid sci-fi fan rushed off to the cinema to see it. Who would have realised that it would take another 27 years until I'd see the last fil in the series, which is what I did last night.

Revenge of the Sith was very good indeed. Given that you could pretty much work out what would happen, I really wasn't sure if I'd enjoy this one, but I needn't have worried! It formed a superb bridge between the "first three" and the new prequels and, perhaps best of all, even though Jar-Jar Binks was in it - briefly - he never spoke a word!

Moral Dilemma

I really do not like George Galloway MP. He's an obnoxious, self-admiring man with whose politics I do not agree. That said, I'm having a great deal of trouble not having a degree of admiration for how he verbally beat the living daylights out of the US Senate when answering accusations they'd made.

The big problem for me here is deciding which of the two sides I despise the most...

Idiot Box Indeed

I enjoy good television - much of which is provided, in my view, when the BBC is on form. Sadly, there's plenty of the other kind of programming too, much of which seems to stem from the current obsession with "reality TV". Incidentally, how much of this genre has anything to do with reality?

I think yesterday ITV managed to plumb new depths in their never-ending quest for pointless programming, treating us to "Celebrity Love Island". To be fair, I didn't watch this, so there is the possibility - albeit highly remote - that I may have missed a televisual treat. Somehow, though, I doubt it very much...

Respect

I've been very interested to read about Mr Blair's recent comments regarding a lack of respect in society and, for a change, I find myself very much in agreement with him.

What I can't imagine, though, is how he's going to fix this. If a poll was taken, I've a feeling that politicians would be one of the least respected sections of the community, so who's going to be listening to them anyway?

Not An Easy Choice

It's election day and, at the end of what's seemed a particularly dull and lacklustre campaign, I shall shortly pop down to the polling booth and cast my ballot. I live in a constituency which is in no sense marginal and since I don't support the party of our current MP there is a question as to how valuable my vote really is.

Of course, the important issue is that by casting it, I earn the right to spend the next 4-5 years moaning about whoever does get in!