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Author:  Cras [ Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:44 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Grim... wrote:
He acts it perfectly well, but he's the size of a fucking train.

"A family-sized car rolled in ham."

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ppxx ... ooking-101


I love that article.

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nobody really knew they wanted three more Fast & Furious sequels until there was a trailer where The Rock breaks a plaster cast off his arm while saying "Daddy's gotta go to work", and then everyone was like "oh HELL YES! GIVE ME ONE HUNDRED MORE OF THOSE FILMS!";


Yup.

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:55 ]
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I still can't believe you'd never heard "It Doesn't Matter".

Author:  MrChris [ Mon Nov 27, 2017 22:37 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Grim... wrote:
He acts it perfectly well, but he's the size of a fucking train.

"A family-sized car rolled in ham."

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ppxx ... ooking-101


That was posted on here a while ago - I love that article.

Not as much as I love the Rock mind.

I was trying to explain my love of the Rock to an American colleague and he really just didn't get it.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon Nov 27, 2017 23:26 ]
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I've posted it at least twice, probably more. It's amazing.

Author:  TheVision [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:07 ]
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Grim... wrote:
I still can't believe you'd never heard "It Doesn't Matter".


Wait... what?

Author:  Mr Russell [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:20 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
I've posted it at least twice, probably more. It's amazing.

That's good, because if you ain't sharing, people ain't caring.

Author:  Grim... [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:10 ]
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TheVision wrote:
Grim... wrote:
I still can't believe you'd never heard "It Doesn't Matter".


Wait... what?

It Doesn't Matter came on in my car on the way to Cottage this year and Craster had never heard it before.

Author:  Grim... [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:11 ]
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Mr Russell wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
I've posted it at least twice, probably more. It's amazing.

That's good, because if you ain't sharing, people ain't caring.

Come up in the hood and they take everything you wearing.

Author:  Mr Russell [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:28 ]
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Author:  Grim... [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:43 ]
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Author:  Mimi [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 14:47 ]
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Author:  Satsuma [ Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:51 ]
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Mr Robot is brill plus the end song (in the latest episode) was from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure so there’s no reason not to watch.

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Nov 30, 2017 14:58 ]
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Two Heads Are Better Than One? Break Away? The Boys and the Girls? In Time? Dangerous? Father Time?

... I like Bill and Ted, okay?

Author:  LewieP [ Thu Nov 30, 2017 15:34 ]
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In time. Worked really well in the context of the scene, too.

Author:  Bamba [ Fri Dec 01, 2017 21:43 ]
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Just watched the most recent episode of The Orville and the character level work continues to impress me in spite of the relatively thin plots. For some reason during this episode it struck me precisely how utterly fucking shameless it's ripping-off of Star Trek TNG is. It's not just a couple of little things, it's almost every single detail: the intro, the theme tune, the uniforms, the food dispenser things, even the noise of the doors. Unless there's some shared ownership of the IP--which doesn't seem likely as one is Fox and the other CBS--then I'm stunned they're getting away with it. I mean the things I mention aren't exactly the same of course but they're so blatantly hewing as close as possible that taken as a whole it's impossible to deny.

Author:  LewieP [ Fri Dec 01, 2017 22:34 ]
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They don't have any rights to the ip, but they have producers, writers and vfx staff and maybe others that have worked on Star Trek.

Also Sherry Palmer.

Author:  MaliA [ Fri Dec 01, 2017 22:36 ]
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Bamba wrote:
Just watched the most recent episode of The Orville and the character level work continues to impress me in spite of the relatively thin plots. For some reason during this episode it struck me precisely how utterly fucking shameless it's ripping-off of Star Trek TNG is. It's not just a couple of little things, it's almost every single detail: the intro, the theme tune, the uniforms, the food dispenser things, even the noise of the doors. Unless there's some shared ownership of the IP--which doesn't seem likely as one is Fox and the other CBS--then I'm stunned they're getting away with it. I mean the things I mention aren't exactly the same of course but they're so blatantly hewing as close as possible that taken as a whole it's impossible to deny.


I could be very wrong, but I think pastiche/parody is given generous leeway.

Author:  Grim... [ Fri Dec 01, 2017 23:11 ]
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Also isn't the original out of copyright, or is that not how it works?

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Dec 01, 2017 23:19 ]
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Grim... wrote:
or is that not how it works?

Very much not how it works, thanks to Mickey Mouse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright ... ension_Act

Author:  LewieP [ Fri Dec 01, 2017 23:56 ]
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Yeah I think they'd have to go down the parody/spoof angle if they were planning to mount a legal defence. Doubt it would come to that here though, but maybe.

Author:  Cras [ Sun Dec 03, 2017 17:23 ]
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Bamba wrote:
The Punisher as a character is very difficult to make sympathetic and i just don't think think they managed it which made all the agonising nonsense.


Do they really try that hard? The Punisher isn't really meant to be sympathetic, to my mind it's designed to be an abject lesson in what happens when you go down the 'wrong' route of seeking justice, and the Netflix version does that pretty well. Trying to build the pathos of redemption into it would undercut the whole premise of the character.

Author:  LewieP [ Sun Dec 03, 2017 17:54 ]
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I'd more just say that they do a pretty good job of convincing you of his motivation, even if you can't really fully condone his actions. Ultimately he pretty much just has war inside him.

Author:  RuySan [ Mon Dec 04, 2017 15:29 ]
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The Expanse has grown up to be one of my favourite current shows. S1 was fine, but the second one is firing on all cylinders. If any of you has any interest in good science fiction, stop what you're doing and watch it.

Author:  myp [ Mon Dec 04, 2017 15:44 ]
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RuySan wrote:
The Expanse has grown up to be one of my favourite current shows. S1 was fine, but the second one is firing on all cylinders. If any of you has any interest in good science fiction, stop what you're doing and watch it.

Oh good. I did enjoy S1, but not enough to have watched S2 yet.

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Wed Dec 06, 2017 21:47 ]
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MaliA wrote:
The newest episode of Riverdale is amazing. As is Cheryl.


All of riverdale is amazing, but you’re still wrong about Cheryl.

Author:  Cras [ Wed Dec 06, 2017 23:46 ]
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+1

Author:  Satsuma [ Thu Dec 07, 2017 18:13 ]
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Season 3 of Mr Robot has just been fabulous. Barely a misstep in sight.

Author:  Cras [ Thu Dec 07, 2017 21:43 ]
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Punisher finished. That was really fucking good. My favourite Netflix Marvel, I think.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Thu Dec 07, 2017 22:48 ]
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Cras wrote:
Punisher finished. That was really fucking good. My favourite Netflix Marvel, I think.

Last episode still to watch but agree. I prefer a hero powered by fury rather than emo.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:09 ]
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Findus Fop wrote:
Cras wrote:
Punisher finished. That was really fucking good. My favourite Netflix Marvel, I think.

Last episode still to watch but agree. I prefer a hero powered by fury rather than emo.


Watched it, enjoyed the ending in spite of copious Weller.

Author:  Hearthly [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 8:41 ]
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100% belongs in its own thread, easily the best of the Netflix Marvels, and indeed one of the finest seasons of telly I've seen for a while. I wrote most of a long post about it the other day (it had character motivation in it and everything) but then couldn't be arsed finishing it since all this chat just gets lost in a morass of random comments about whatever anyone's watched that evening and makes coherent conversations essentially impossible so I just deleted it.

Pete dared to start a thread about 'The Death Of Stalin' and was immediately BANISHED to NO REPLYVILLE (except by me), THE RULES HAVE BEEN BROKEN SHUN THE INTRUDER.

As such my thoughts about The Punisher remain my own and I'm just going to wank myself silly over multiple print outs of them and when the pages get all crispy like a teenager's copy of Escort I'll print off more copies in bigger colours and different fonts and crack one out again and AGAIN FAP FAP FAP FAP.

SO THERE.

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Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 9:22 ]
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Make. Your. Own. Thread. Then.

Author:  Curiosity [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 9:48 ]
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Nobody replied to the Death of Stalin thread because no fucker saw it. I wanted to and will do when it’s on [normall telly] but it’s just because of that, not because it had its own thread.

Author:  myp [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 9:57 ]
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We are 6.5 seasons through Dexter on Netflix and I've found out it's being removed on 21st Dec. Going to have to binge the rest it seems.

Author:  LewieP [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:05 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
We are 6.5 seasons through Dexter on Netflix and I've found out it's being removed on 21st Dec. Going to have to binge the rest it seems.

It's all downhill from there.

Author:  Curiosity [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:23 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
We are 6.5 seasons through Dexter on Netflix and I've found out it's being removed on 21st Dec. Going to have to binge the rest it seems.


Yeah, it’s probably not as bad as everyone says, but it definitely kind of falls to pieces towards the end. I still kind of enjoyed it, but it was hard work and I was glad it was over!

Author:  MaliA [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:53 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
We are 6.5 seasons through Dexter on Netflix and I've found out it's being removed on 21st Dec. Going to have to binge the rest it seems.


Yeah, it’s probably not as bad as everyone says, but it definitely kind of falls to pieces towards the end. I still kind of enjoyed it, but it was hard work and I was glad it was over!


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Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:07 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
We are 6.5 seasons through Dexter on Netflix and I've found out it's being removed on 21st Dec. Going to have to binge the rest it seems.

Netflix is doing you a favour.

Author:  Curiosity [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:29 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
We are 6.5 seasons through Dexter on Netflix and I've found out it's being removed on 21st Dec. Going to have to binge the rest it seems.

Netflix is doing you a favour.


I had a quick look at the synopses as I couldn’t remember how many series there were. I think the 6th was the last decent one.

Author:  myp [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 21:06 ]
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Sorry, I meant 5.5. We are roughly halfway through 6. Mos Def has just bit the bullet.

Author:  devilman [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 21:22 ]
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Hmm, Amazon Prime have added twelve seasons of Criminal Minds. That might be my background TV sorted for a bit.

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 21:40 ]
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The Punisher was fucking excellent.

I bet Jon Bernthal's pleased as punch that he got out of the Walking Dead when he did...

Man it would be great if he went back and shot them all to fuck.

Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 21:41 ]
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Yeah, Dexter... I stuck with it as a few seasons were really good, especially the Harry and the Hendersons one. But it slid down the pan towards the end.

Author:  RuySan [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 23:03 ]
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Curiosity wrote:
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
We are 6.5 seasons through Dexter on Netflix and I've found out it's being removed on 21st Dec. Going to have to binge the rest it seems.

Netflix is doing you a favour.


I had a quick look at the synopses as I couldn’t remember how many series there were. I think the 6th was the last decent one.


4th was the last decent one. 2nd was the only one that was truly good. 5th was the one with trainspotting's Sick Boy, and it was quite stupid. 6th was terrible and i left the boat. Didn't really care about what came after.

Author:  Hearthly [ Fri Dec 08, 2017 23:31 ]
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Blurble wibble tonight I watched 'DougDeMuro' on YouTube, he's from the US and as a general sort of US based car review site with interesting insights I'd definitely recommend him.

It's no Punisher though. Or Dexter. Both of which are also, generally speaking, US based TV.

Stop watching Dexter after Season 4.

GENERAL/1000.

Author:  LewieP [ Sat Dec 09, 2017 5:21 ]
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The John Lithgow and Colin hanks seasons are decent, whichever those two are.

Author:  Hearthly [ Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:52 ]
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LewieP wrote:
The John Lithgow and Colin hanks seasons are decent, whichever those two are.


John Lithgow is Season 4. That's the season to stop at.

Colin Hanks is Season 6. I never watched that, so I can say with some authority that it's not worth watching.

Author:  Mimi [ Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:15 ]
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Hearthly wrote:
LewieP wrote:
The John Lithgow and Colin hanks seasons are decent, whichever those two are.


John Lithgow is Season 4. That's the season to stop at.

Colin Hanks is Season 6. I never watched that, so I can say with some authority that it's not worth watching.

Oh nooooo... Season 5 is the Julia Stiles season! Julia Stiles is wonderful and lovely.

Author:  MaliA [ Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:20 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Hearthly wrote:
LewieP wrote:
The John Lithgow and Colin hanks seasons are decent, whichever those two are.


John Lithgow is Season 4. That's the season to stop at.

Colin Hanks is Season 6. I never watched that, so I can say with some authority that it's not worth watching.

Oh nooooo... Season 5 is the Julia Stiles season! Julia Stiles is wonderful and lovely.


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Author:  MaliA [ Sat Dec 09, 2017 22:27 ]
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Crazy ex girlfriend just said there is no water park in San Dimas.

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