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Author: | Cras [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 14:38 ] |
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MrChris wrote: On third watch, I've decided I quite like Alien Covenant and to hell with you all. You must surely agree that everyone in it is astoundingly stupid and everything that happens to them is a direct result of them being astoundingly stupid though, right? |
Author: | MrChris [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 14:51 ] |
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Cras wrote: MrChris wrote: On third watch, I've decided I quite like Alien Covenant and to hell with you all. You must surely agree that everyone in it is astoundingly stupid and everything that happens to them is a direct result of them being astoundingly stupid though, right? Well, no. Spoilers: ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! But you’ve got similar stupid things in all the Alien films – and indeed any film where anyone is in anyway in peril. That’s usually how they end up in peril in the first place. |
Author: | Cras [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 14:53 ] |
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Letting anyone out onto the surface of an alien planet without full hazmat and quarantine? |
Author: | Cras [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 14:54 ] |
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Risking a ship full of colonists to rescue three people on a planet? |
Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 14:58 ] |
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So what you are saying is this laundry list of very stupid decisions are all things you'd decide to do if placed in the same situation? |
Author: | MrChris [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 15:05 ] |
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Cras wrote: Letting anyone out onto the surface of an alien planet without full hazmat and quarantine? One can only assume that's the approach they were going to take with the original planet they were heading to. |
Author: | MrChris [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 15:06 ] |
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Cras wrote: Risking a ship full of colonists to rescue three people on a planet? That one paid off. |
Author: | MrChris [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 15:06 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: So what you are saying is this laundry list of very stupid decisions are all things you'd decide to do if placed in the same situation? Well, I've explained why I don't think they were astonishingly stupid. Feel free to provide some sort of counterfactual beyond "they were stupid". |
Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 15:08 ] |
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MrChris wrote: Feel free to provide some sort of counterfactual beyond "they were stupid". I haven't even seen the film, I just like winding you up. |
Author: | Cras [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 15:21 ] |
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MrChris wrote: Cras wrote: Risking a ship full of colonists to rescue three people on a planet? That one paid off. That is absolutely the criteria required when assessing risk, yes. WAIT NO, THE OTHER THING |
Author: | GazChap [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 15:40 ] |
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MrChris wrote: The decision to head to the new planet was a sound one. It was closer, and clearly habitable. Jeopardising a carefully planned mission by throwing in a million unknown variables? Not sound. |
Author: | MaliA [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 15:49 ] |
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GazChap wrote: MrChris wrote: The decision to head to the new planet was a sound one. It was closer, and clearly habitable. Jeopardising a carefully planned mission by throwing in a million unknown variables? Not sound. Oh, you were in that subterfuge game, too. It was quite the talk on Monday night. |
Author: | Cras [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 16:17 ] |
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GazChap wrote: MrChris wrote: The decision to head to the new planet was a sound one. It was closer, and clearly habitable. Jeopardising a carefully planned mission by throwing in a million unknown variables? Not sound. Also it was seeded with organisms that kill you mercilessly. An odd definition of clearly habitable. |
Author: | MrChris [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 17:32 ] |
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Not visible from orbit though! Or indeed from the ground. And there was just as likely to be something inpleasant on the other planet. |
Author: | Cras [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 18:31 ] |
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MrChris wrote: Not visible from orbit though! Or indeed from the ground. And there was just as likely to be something inpleasant on the other planet. Which is why you have the aforementioned inviolable quarantine procedures. |
Author: | MrChris [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 18:35 ] |
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If you'd been in charge we'd never have had an empire. "Oh don't get off the ship Smithers, those delicious pineapples and locals will give you a horrific gene altering disease". |
Author: | Pundabaya [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 18:37 ] |
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The problem, of course, is that the whole series is stupid. Quarantine! That's a great idea... It's never been seen in the entire series, though. |
Author: | Cras [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 18:54 ] |
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MrChris wrote: If you'd been in charge we'd never have had an empire. "Oh don't get off the ship Smithers, those delicious pineapples and locals will give you a horrific gene altering disease". I also, of course, wouldn't be horribly dead. |
Author: | MrChris [ Fri Oct 27, 2017 20:24 ] |
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Neither are 99% of the people on the Covenant! |
Author: | Grim... [ Sat Oct 28, 2017 10:08 ] |
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Pundabaya wrote: The problem, of course, is that the whole series is stupid. Quarantine! That's a great idea... It's never been seen in the entire series, though. Except Alien. |
Author: | KovacsC [ Sat Oct 28, 2017 16:27 ] |
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Seen Thor 3, bloody great film. It is one of the funniest Marvel films. It is in my top 3 Marvel. GOTG, Deadpool and Thor 3 |
Author: | KovacsC [ Sat Oct 28, 2017 16:32 ] |
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MrChris wrote: Cras wrote: MrChris wrote: On third watch, I've decided I quite like Alien Covenant and to hell with you all. You must surely agree that everyone in it is astoundingly stupid and everything that happens to them is a direct result of them being astoundingly stupid though, right? Well, no. Spoilers: ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! But you’ve got similar stupid things in all the Alien films – and indeed any film where anyone is in anyway in peril. That’s usually how they end up in peril in the first place. Investigating a new planet without a environment protection suit... just silly |
Author: | MaliA [ Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:55 ] |
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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/201 ... ng-classes Kathy Burke is great, but not solely because of this: Quote: “The year was 1996 and Bonham Carter complained on record that people didn’t take her seriously because she was pretty and middle class.
At that time it was only actresses like Helena that were getting interviewed: people thought all actors or actresses thought the way they did,” Burke says. “Helena was doing a lot of work – and I think that’s where my umbrage came from. So I just wrote a letter to Time Out, that’s the only way I could think to express what I felt.” The letter, which was printed, said: “As a lifelong member of the non-pretty working classes, I would like to say to Helena Bonham Carter (wholly pledged member of the very pretty upper-middle classes): shut up you stupid cunt.” |
Author: | MaliA [ Sun Oct 29, 2017 16:05 ] |
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The wee joke in Moana is brilliant |
Author: | ApplePieOfDestiny [ Sun Oct 29, 2017 18:10 ] |
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MaliA wrote: The wee joke in Moana is brilliant Improved only when you realise it’s grim... doing it. |
Author: | Grim... [ Sun Oct 29, 2017 20:49 ] |
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I should really watch Moana. |
Author: | Findus Fop [ Sun Oct 29, 2017 23:11 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: I watched The Princess Bride for the first time last night. Was the perfect film to round off a busy weekend with the family. I too watched this for the first time today. It was a very pleasant way to spend a couple of hungover hours with Mini Fop. I hadn't realised what a star-studded affair it is. It was Mini Fop's first exposure to Peter Cook and she seems to be a fan. Will get some Derek and Clive for her 6th birthday. Also, I had always thought the spanish sword fighter was played by Timothy Dalton. Because he looks like Timothy Dalton. I certainly wasn't expecting him to be played by SAUL FUCKING BERRENSON. I felt mighty confused for some time about that. I think I might still be. Was also surprised to see lots of familiar scenery, with many of the countryside scenes being filmed in places I spent a lot of time as a kid in Derbyshire, like Wynetts Pass outside Castleton. |
Author: | Mr Russell [ Mon Oct 30, 2017 10:31 ] |
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Findus Fop wrote: Zardoz wrote: I watched The Princess Bride for the first time last night. Was the perfect film to round off a busy weekend with the family. I too watched this for the first time today. It was a very pleasant way to spend a couple of hungover hours with Mini Fop. I hadn't realised what a star-studded affair it is. It was Mini Fop's first exposure to Peter Cook and she seems to be a fan. Will get some Derek and Clive for her 6th birthday. Also, I had always thought the spanish sword fighter was played by Timothy Dalton. Because he looks like Timothy Dalton. I certainly wasn't expecting him to be played by SAUL FUCKING BERRENSON. I felt mighty confused for some time about that. I think I might still be. Was also surprised to see lots of familiar scenery, with many of the countryside scenes being filmed in places I spent a lot of time as a kid in Derbyshire, like Wynetts Pass outside Castleton. Don't forget Christopher Guest, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Andre The Giant, Robin Wright, Columbo, Kevin from The Wonder Years, Mel Smith, and Cary Elwes!! |
Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Oct 30, 2017 10:49 ] |
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Findus Fop wrote: Wynetts Pass *chuckles* |
Author: | Findus Fop [ Mon Oct 30, 2017 14:54 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: Findus Fop wrote: Wynetts Pass *chuckles* traffic can be horrific up there, it gets terribly snarled up. |
Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Oct 30, 2017 15:19 ] |
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Findus Fop wrote: DavPaz wrote: Findus Fop wrote: Wynetts Pass *chuckles* traffic can be horrific up there, it gets terribly snarled up. You should klingon to a positive. Like the views. |
Author: | Pundabaya [ Mon Oct 30, 2017 18:48 ] |
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Thor 3 is really good. Ace music, too. Not just the licensed tunes, but the soundtrack as well. Dude from Devo isn't it? Lovely synth. |
Author: | devilman [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 22:37 ] |
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'Killer App' was added to Netflix today. I managed 8 minutes before turning it off. |
Author: | Bamba [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 22:46 ] |
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I watched The Girl With All The Gifts last night and really, really enjoyed it. It's ostensibly a post-apocalyptic zombie film but it's done with a slant I doubt you'll have seen before and a surprising amount of time goes by before they even bother explaining that's what's going on (which I mean as a compliment). Atmospheric as all shit and brilliant performances throughout, not least from the titular 'girl' who's fucking incredible despite being only about 12 when it was filmed. The rest of the main cast is Glenn Close, Paddy Considene and Gemma Arterton if you need that further hook. Very good stuff indeed. |
Author: | Satsuma [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 23:15 ] |
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Bamba wrote: I watched The Girl With All The Gifts last night and really, really enjoyed it. It's ostensibly a post-apocalyptic zombie film but it's done with a slant I doubt you'll have seen before ... ... unless you’ve played The Last of Us. |
Author: | Bamba [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 23:24 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: Bamba wrote: I watched The Girl With All The Gifts last night and really, really enjoyed it. It's ostensibly a post-apocalyptic zombie film but it's done with a slant I doubt you'll have seen before ... ... unless you’ve played The Last of Us. Yeah, sure, it has similarities with TLOU that it doesn't share with most zombie flicks. I still think it's unique though given that ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! |
Author: | Satsuma [ Wed Nov 01, 2017 23:27 ] |
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I’ve considered the ending and I’ve decided it was garbage. I did write some words about it on here a fair while back I think. Essentially I thought it was brilliant until the last 20-odd minutes when it got very shit very fast. Still, as you say, very good (until then). |
Author: | Bamba [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 0:07 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: I’ve considered the ending and I’ve decided it was garbage. I did write some words about it on here a fair while back I think. Essentially I thought it was brilliant until the last 20-odd minutes when it got very shit very fast. Still, as you say, very good (until then). Eh, I thought the ending fit very well with the characters as they'd been shown up until that point. Indeed the general consistency of characterisation was one of the major selling point for me. |
Author: | Bamba [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 0:11 ] |
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Also, having bothered to search back on your previous posts, you never actually bothered to explain what you didn't like about the ending even at the time so it's genuinely impossible to comment meaningfully. |
Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 0:21 ] |
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Bamba wrote: Also, having bothered to search back on your previous posts, you never actually bothered to explain what you didn't like about the ending even at the time so it's genuinely impossible to comment meaningfully. I probably didn’t want to spoil anything... and now I can barely remember apart from “the *hnngh* children” bit. I’ll have a think. |
Author: | markg [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 0:42 ] |
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devilman wrote: 'Killer App' was added to Netflix today. I managed 8 minutes before turning it off. I don't even have any idea what that's about so I'm completely out on a limb but I'm guessing that they started with the title and just went from there. |
Author: | Grim... [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 1:41 ] |
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I've not seen the movie of The Girl With All The Gifts, but the book was okay. I remember thinking there was no way in hell I wouldn't have shot the girl right at the start, though. |
Author: | devilman [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:54 ] |
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markg wrote: devilman wrote: 'Killer App' was added to Netflix today. I managed 8 minutes before turning it off. I don't even have any idea what that's about so I'm completely out on a limb but I'm guessing that they started with the title and just went from there. Pretty much. Quote: A young hacker creates an "antisocial" networking app that matches enemies instead of friends. When her enemies start turning up dead, she must uncover who or what is behind it before it's too late It seems like a cross between Circle, I.T. and maybe a little Black Mirror, but you're watching the actors reading the script for the first time. |
Author: | Curiosity [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 12:30 ] |
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Grim... wrote: I've not seen the movie of The Girl With All The Gifts, but the book was okay. I remember thinking there was no way in hell I wouldn't have shot the girl right at the start, though. I enjoyed the book; the writer has done a lot of cool stuff over the years, like the Felix Castor series about an exorcist, and a load of Marvel comics and suchlike. There’s a sequel out now, I think, or at least due very soon. |
Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 12:33 ] |
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Curiosity wrote: There’s a sequel out now, I think, or at least due very soon. What Do You Get For Christmas For The Girl Who Had All The Gifts Last Year |
Author: | Bamba [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 12:48 ] |
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Curiosity wrote: the writer has done a lot of cool stuff over the years...a load of Marvel comics and suchlike Most notably the original run of Lucifer (the Sandman spin-off that was made into a TV series recently) which was brilliant stuff. |
Author: | Curiosity [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 13:56 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Curiosity wrote: There’s a sequel out now, I think, or at least due very soon. What Do You Get For Christmas For The Girl Who Had All The Gifts Last Year *applause GIF* |
Author: | myp [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 14:43 ] |
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Curiosity wrote: Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Curiosity wrote: There’s a sequel out now, I think, or at least due very soon. What Do You Get For Christmas For The Girl Who Had All The Gifts Last Year *applause GIF* |
Author: | Pundabaya [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 15:03 ] |
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How can you fuck up Poirot's facial hair so badly? |
Author: | Grim... [ Thu Nov 02, 2017 15:16 ] |
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The Orient Express was / is in St Pancras today. Attachment: 2017-11-02 08.55.50.jpg Attachment: 2017-11-02 08.55.19.jpg
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