Pic of the Day (above)
Firefighters from Merseyside Fire Brigade tackle a simulated gas explosion as they take part in the UK’s biggest ever rescue exercise on September 7, 2010 in Liverpool.
Tonight’s Telly
Pick of the night: This Is England 86, Channel 4, 10:00pm.
If you enjoyed Channel 4’s screening of Shane Meadow’s critically acclaimed This is England last night, the channel have really got a treat for you later – This Is England 86, a four-part television sequel co-written by Meadows himself, featuring much of the original cast. Reviewers are already calling 86 a stark and vivid venture, though the channel did fail spectacularly in the past with their last movie-to-television sequel, a series based on Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
More TV: Batman, Sky 1, 9:00pm.
It might have a ropey Prince soundtrack and terrible ‘acting’ from Kim Basinger, yet until the release of The Dark Knight, Tim Burton’s 1989 film adaptation of Batman was considered the pinnacle big-screen version of the caped crusader. With a memorable performance from Jack Nicholson and the ‘so odd it worked’ casting of former sitcom comedy actor Michael Keaton as the titular hero, Batman is a colourful and endlessly rewatchable time capsule to a period when superhero movies were considered rare treats.
Mood Swingometer
Today JOE has mostly been feeling kind of… optimistic.
After 13 years in development hell, could long-awaited Duke Nukem Forever videogame finally be gearing up to hit the shelves. Hell, if Axl Rose could finally release Chinese Democracy, anything’s possible.
Live Like JOE
Intimidate women with your manhood. JOE’s Claire Tully debates the ins and outs of penis size.
