I really liked Derek, but I understand why people wouldn't.
The last really good thing he did was the podcasts
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 14:45 ] |
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Grim... wrote: NervousPete wrote: bloody Gervais He sings. And he does the "David Brent" dance (although only for a few seconds). I don't want to live in a world where this happens. I used to be a big fan of Ricky Gervais, but Life's Too Short, Derek and his stand ups since Fame have been shocking. Extras was probably the last good thing he did. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 16:03 ] |
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I really liked Derek, but I understand why people wouldn't. The last really good thing he did was the podcasts
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 17:00 ] |
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Trooper wrote: I really liked Derek, but I understand why people wouldn't. Because people don't like a global celebrity gurning at the camera and making mong faces? The podcasts were good, especially the early XFM ones. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Mon Mar 31, 2014 17:46 ] |
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I watched Captain America: The winter soldier over the weekend, really enjoyed it, the best MArvel CU film since Avengers in my opinion. One nitpick ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Really loved ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Malc |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Apr 03, 2014 13:28 ] |
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New Luc Besson film due out later this year - Lucy : |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Fri Apr 04, 2014 22:55 ] |
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'Attack The Block' is fucking fantastic. I really hope John Boyega being linked with a role in the new Star Wars movie pans out; he's great. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:41 ] |
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Curiosity wrote: 'Attack The Block' is fucking fantastic. I really hope John Boyega being linked with a role in the new Star Wars movie pans out; he's great. My brother's in that as an extra. He's one of the soldiers. Cos he's a soldier and there's a whole extras company that just casts soldiers as soldiers. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:53 ] |
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The new Arnie movie Sabotage looks pretty interesting, despite the not exactly stellar reviews. Arnie isn't playing a good guy, which is the first time in a long time, the original Terminator in fact, if you discount that shitty Batman film. One of the more complimentary reviews is here - http://www.reelviews.net/master.html Also the writer and director have got good form too, notably Training Day and End Of Watch. When reviewers use words and phrases like 'an ugly, abrasive and thoroughly charm-resistant bag of slop' and 'The bloodshed is unrelenting and, ultimately, exhausting. There are [only] so many disembowelments and head shots, and bodies torn into pieces you can take' and 'It does have a weird, boldly ugly edge that makes for unexpectedly compelling viewing' I tend to start to want to watch a film all the more. Trailer here - |
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| Author: | myp [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 14:23 ] |
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Soldier. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Apr 05, 2014 20:45 ] |
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Rio 2 is great, except when there are blue birds on the screen. Which is a lot. One of them is called Mimi, though. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:08 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Rio 2 is great, except when there are blue birds on the screen. Which is a lot. One of them is called Mimi, though. Yeah. The slapstick parts are fabulous, the Avatar-lite bits not so much. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sun Apr 06, 2014 14:13 ] |
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Captain America was a bit good. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Apr 11, 2014 22:16 ] |
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Blimey jings, About Time was a bit blartingly good. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sun Apr 13, 2014 17:22 ] |
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Malc wrote: I watched Captain America: The winter soldier over the weekend, really enjoyed it, the best MArvel CU film since Avengers in my opinion. One nitpick ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Really loved ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Malc I think if you pick up one the tech of the film, there's a lot more wrong that just that. The "air conditioning" bit was fucking brilliant. I'm still laughing about that. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:22 ] |
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Frozen: It's really very, very, good. Songs are good, animation is beautiful and there's some laugh out loud funny moments. Well worth a watch. |
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| Author: | Derek The Halls [ Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:43 ] |
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Yesterday I saw Rio 2. Which was ok. Not as much fun as the first film but had its moments. Quite liked the avatar ish plot myself. Utterly predictable in every way mind you. Also I saw Divergent. The plot is utterly silly and ridiculous. At least in terms of the whole scenario of people sorted out into different factions. But if you're prepared to accept it and go with it there's a fairly decent teen action flick there. I quite enjoyed it. To my surprise. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sun Apr 20, 2014 11:24 ] |
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TOTALLY NSFW But if you're looking for a pair of boobs and they've ever been on telly/film, they'll most likely be on this page. Scores about sixty-five million on the Craster scale. >>>>> NSFW >>>>>> ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! |
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| Author: | LewieP [ Thu May 01, 2014 19:37 ] |
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The Battery. A zombie movie done on a shoestring budget that is stylish, tense, and pretty fresh and original. It's a bit of a road trip movie, and like all good zombie fiction it primarily focusses on the human relationships. Highly recommended. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu May 01, 2014 20:20 ] |
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AtrocityExhibition wrote: TOTALLY NSFW But if you're looking for a pair of boobs and they've ever been on telly/film, they'll most likely be on this page. Scores about sixty-five million on the Craster scale. >>>>> NSFW >>>>>> ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Curio Curio it's got her from Don't Trust The Bitch on it! No, not her. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri May 02, 2014 18:49 ] |
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I watched Blue Jasmine (technically, I'm still watching it, but I think this is the end). Jesus Christ it's dull. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Fri May 02, 2014 19:03 ] |
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Grim... wrote: AtrocityExhibition wrote: TOTALLY NSFW But if you're looking for a pair of boobs and they've ever been on telly/film, they'll most likely be on this page. Scores about sixty-five million on the Craster scale. >>>>> NSFW >>>>>> ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Curio Curio it's got her from Don't Trust The Bitch on it! No, not her. Assume you mean Dreama Walker in 'Compliance'. We've been over that before, surely? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri May 02, 2014 19:50 ] |
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| Author: | Derek The Halls [ Mon May 05, 2014 21:35 ] |
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I've seen a few films lately. Don't think I've mentioned them here. Need for Speed - Horrendously predictable, not very well acted and yet I rather enjoyed it. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Pacing is all over the place, sidelines the main villain for most of the film and gets a bit emo. When it's having fun it's superb - such as the 'mundane' heroics like saving people from traffic and kids from bullies etc. But the more 'serious' relationship drama is incredibly tedious as is the whole exploring the relationship with Osborne. And it's about 50 minutes too long. Missed the mark terribly. Though Garfield is brilliant as Spider Man. Brick Mansions - A fairly average action flick. Nothing special but just about entertaining enough for its brief duration. Did some things I didn't expect so that's good. The end in particular I felt was very good. POMPeii - Fun swords and sandals that knows not to go overboard into boredom of being an 'epic'. Made by anyone else I'm sure it could have ended up a 3 hour boredom fest but Mr Anderson keeps it nice and short and makes a fun popcorn movie. Delightful pomp from Kiefer as the nasty Roman senator. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Tue May 06, 2014 15:22 ] |
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Watched the Monkey King the other night. It’s a Chinese made version of Monkey Magic. Subs only but I was impressed with the quality of the effects |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue May 06, 2014 15:41 ] |
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Does it have the music? |
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| Author: | asfish [ Tue May 06, 2014 18:31 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Does it have the music? No sadly not! |
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| Author: | asfish [ Sat May 10, 2014 8:44 ] |
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Watched the new Robocop film last night, thought it was a bit dull. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat May 10, 2014 8:58 ] |
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I watched Kick-Ass 2 (meh) and then I watched Warrior again, and it was still incredible. |
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| Author: | Morte [ Mon May 12, 2014 8:34 ] |
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Watched the new Robocop film over the weekend and speaking as someone who has the original in his top ten films...I thought it was perfectly serviceable and enjoyed the nods to the original (the music and the 'Soldier Mode'). |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon May 12, 2014 10:12 ] |
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Likewise, I was expecting a huge disappointment from the remake - and while it's not a patch on the original, it does stand up pretty well I think 
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Mon May 12, 2014 14:19 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Frozen: It's really very, very, good. Songs are good, animation is beautiful and there's some laugh out loud funny moments. Well worth a watch.  and the main song gets stuck in your head quite easily
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| Author: | Zio [ Mon May 12, 2014 15:00 ] |
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Zioette goes mad over Frozen. Myself and her mum have basically had to enter indentured servitude with the Disney corporation in order to fund the presents for her upcoming 5th birthday. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon May 12, 2014 15:10 ] |
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You move 16 tons and what do you get? An Elsa and an Olaf and deeper in debt. St Peter don't you call me 'cos I can't go, I owe my soul to the Disney Store. |
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| Author: | Zio [ Mon May 12, 2014 15:48 ] |
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You too, huh? |
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| Author: | RuySan [ Mon May 12, 2014 15:58 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Likewise, I was expecting a huge disappointment from the remake - and while it's not a patch on the original, it does stand up pretty well I think Why was everyone so wary of the Robocop remake? The director has quite a pedigree when it comes to action films. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon May 12, 2014 16:05 ] |
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Because it's RoboCop
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| Author: | markg [ Mon May 12, 2014 16:11 ] |
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At what point did fucking Robocop come to be revered as some sort of masterpiece of cinema? It was always just some daft, ultraviolent crap with tacked-on, hamfisted satire. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon May 12, 2014 16:15 ] |
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Perhaps it was unintentional, but it's a much deeper film than many people give it credit for...
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon May 12, 2014 16:25 ] |
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Zio wrote: You too, huh? Yup. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon May 12, 2014 16:50 ] |
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Zio wrote: Zioette goes mad over Frozen. Myself and her mum have basically had to enter indentured servitude with the Disney corporation in order to fund the presents for her upcoming 5th birthday. I made the mistake of mentioning that this exists: http://www.cairngormreindeer.co.uk And not to a five year old. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Mon May 12, 2014 16:51 ] |
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Cras wrote: Zio wrote: Zioette goes mad over Frozen. Myself and her mum have basically had to enter indentured servitude with the Disney corporation in order to fund the presents for her upcoming 5th birthday. I made the mistake of mentioning that this exists: http://www.cairngormreindeer.co.uk And not to a five year old. We walked passed that when we were up there before Easter. You can see some reindeer grazing from the track. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon May 12, 2014 17:07 ] |
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I've been before: 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon May 12, 2014 17:09 ] |
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Tell me the people in the background are all watching avidly for a glimpse of a reindeer 
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon May 12, 2014 17:27 ] |
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Haha, that would be brilliant. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Mon May 12, 2014 20:30 ] |
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I watched Pacific Rim last night, and wasn't that impressed, but I really fancy watching the Toho Kaiju films, can't see any legal cheap/free to watch them (I have seen the original Godzilla when Channel 4 or BBC 2 broadcast it in the 90s) Anyone aware of any cheap dvd/bluray/streaming boxsets going? Malc |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Mon May 12, 2014 22:22 ] |
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I watched Robocop over the weekend too and it was tired modern storytelling that we've seen a million billion times. It followed all of the yawnsome tropes of modern superhero films. The two hour run time had less action packed in than the tightly focused original. The original certainly didn't have the first hour devoted to Robocop learning to shoot a gun about a droid army. When Robocop was finally allowed out onto the streets he catches one criminal before going on a rampage because - oh noes - he is still Alex Murphy. In fact, Peter Griffin would be bored in his seat waiting for them to say the film title in the film because it's only mentioned, like, once. The whole film has Alex Murphy referred to by his name, probably because the Film Executives (c) TM have focus tested that an audience won't relate to the man in the machine if he doesn't have a name. It smacks of Hollywood Film Execs (c) TM trying to appease everyone at the same time and failing miserably as they always do. "He kills people. Killing people is bad. It'll corrupt the children's minds." "Let's get him to only fight robots" "Will the kids think that he's cool?" "Let's make him have a visor. Kids love things that are black still, right? Make him black. And shiny. Super shiny." "But he walks about like an asthmatic rhino. The children won't be interested in him lugging himself about." "Make him vault around like a fucking ninja using his brain computer to calculate trajectory and stuff" And so on. And don't get me started on the Television Show interludes with Samuel L Fucking Jackson in them. What the hell were they about? Pointless. The baddie that killed Robo in the first place? Not even really a baddie. The CCTV crap? Why the hell can't the police just run a computer not attached to a Robot cop through the CCTV from 2011 to find baddies? And then track them. Or watch them do bad stuff. There seemed enough cameras everywhere. It was stupid. Oh, oh, I couldn't care less about this film. Utterly ruined the original which still has a special place in my 80's child; a film I watched a few months ago and could easily be released today and be warmly received. |
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| Author: | Morte [ Tue May 13, 2014 5:00 ] |
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markg wrote: At what point did fucking Robocop come to be revered as some sort of masterpiece of cinema? It was always just some daft, ultraviolent crap with tacked-on, hamfisted satire. To you sir I say good day Good Day 
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Thu May 15, 2014 21:48 ] |
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BertyBasset wrote: "Out Of The Furnace" : Dark, gritty drama/thriller. Great cast : Christian Bale, Casey Afflek, Woody Harrelson, Willem Dafoe, Forrest Whitaker etc. Generally unsurprising & unoriginal, but great acting (Harrelson in particular is a right nasty c**t you wouldn't want to meet up a dark alley !) , mood & direction kept me hooked. My type of film basically.... 8/10 also. This has been on my watch list since the first reviews came out last year, and it is now 'obtainable' (well it has been for a while I believe, still not on bastard Netflix though). I agree it's rather formulaic and unoriginal but by christ the talent on display, Forrest Whitaker alone can do more acting with a single expression than the entire cast of most other films between them (I swear sometimes with Whitaker it's like looking into the eyes of a conflicted god). Harrelson is off-the-scale effective as the baddy (not in a chewing the scenery sort of way, but so genuinely sinister I was happy to pause the film and go for a piss at one point). Affleck and Bale are excellent too, in fact, everyone's excellent, just the little bit-part of 'meth man' is wonderfully done. Very much a genre film but done in a different way and with a different focus, no glory or happiness at the end, even though it ended up where it was 'supposed to' by the terms of the genre. TBH I think there's enough here to make a decent season of a TV series, there's so much going on the film could have easily been three hours long and still been captivating, but then again to get so much into a two hour film is a remarkable achievement. Very downbeat and depressing, which is where I want films to take me to sometimes. I concur, 8/10. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Mon May 19, 2014 20:41 ] |
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Watched 'A New Hope' yesterday. Surprisingly good. Obviously cheesy as all hell, but better than I remembered. Watching X-Men right now. Again, quite entertaining. During a mystique infiltration: Wolverine: "It's me!" Cyclops: "Prove it." *pause* Wolverine: "You're a dick." *pause* Cyclops: "Okay." |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Mon May 19, 2014 21:46 ] |
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Ha ha! We're rewatching all of the films ready for next week. Just finished First class, last one next Monday ready for the cinema on Tuesday.
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