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...just because they're not pretty, it doesn't mean they're not appealing. When the Butt-Ugly Martians TV show premiered in Britain in February, its audience share peaked at 31.4% in the first week. Created by U.K. children's entertainment company Just Group, these extraterrestrial misfits - who came to Earth, befriended three teenagers, and now help fight other aliens - have kids' imaginations firmly in their sights. "They can grow bigger when they're fighting," marvels Rowan Moody, 6, of London. Even adults can see the show's appeal. "It's goodies and baddies, but not quite...
...dashing intergalactic warriors go, the Butt-Ugly Martians have their shortcomings. There's the discipline thing - the Martians may have been sent by their evil ruler to conquer the earth, but they took the assignment so they could bliss out on the planet's junk food and video games. There's the brains thing - the Martian perspective on life can be dim, dumb and completely impervious to logic. And finally, there's the looks thing: the Butt-Uglies have blue skin, big teeth, and bulging, bug eyes...
...company hopes the Butt-Ugly Martians' appeal will foster a Pokémon-like craze. It has already lined up 50 licensees, including Hasbro, which is making B.U.M. toys, and the food concern Heinz, set to deliver Butt-Ugly pasta. Videos and figurines are already available; come September, larger action dolls will hit the stores. The strategy is global - the B.U.M.s will be charging into Europe in the autumn. And in June the Martians, who have American accents, will make their TV debut in the all-important U.S. market...
...City is a generally good album that is a lot deeper than a lot of low-fi indie offerings out there. But with such a deep field of English music out there, providing the only solace from a constant infusion of Christian death meta American ‘butt-rock,’ stepping out of the pub and choosing Hefner over The Doves, Grandaddy, Idlewild, Teenage Fanclub or the Bluetones seems unlikely...
...foregoes placing the butt against his shoulder and thus precludes the use of the sight, not to mention any hope whatsoever of a steady shot. The stance he takes is more reminiscent of the video game Doom than anything in reality...