Very true, although the Metro has Nemi and I bloody love Nemi.
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Very true, although the Metro has Nemi and I bloody love Nemi.
Musha_Soturi
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Oh shit Spacker your tag is hilari
Deaf Spacker
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Thanks, I've only just notic
Musha_Soturi
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Happy birthday Reknoc!
Happy birthday Jedeye Sniv!
Happy birthday Volotaire!
And happy belated birthday for Saturday to CyanideStrike, wherever you may be, you'll always be in our hearts and thoughts :'(
Happy birthday Jedeye Sniv!
Happy birthday Volotaire!
And happy belated birthday for Saturday to CyanideStrike, wherever you may be, you'll always be in our hearts and thoughts :'(
Screaming Meat
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Happy Birthday, you 'orrible lot!
Screaming Meat
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^Dafuq is that thing on the right?
EDIT: Found it.
EDIT: Found it.
NinjaBoiX
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dapperbandit
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Happy Birthday all
Stayed up to watch GoT last night.
Really rather good, happy the show is back. I love the guy who plays the Hound (who also played Yarp in Hot Fuzz). The script is great but the edge he gives it is so good.gif
Stayed up to watch GoT last night.
Really rather good, happy the show is back. I love the guy who plays the Hound (who also played Yarp in Hot Fuzz). The script is great but the edge he gives it is so good.gif
dapperbandit
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You leave the old vita out of this.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Dude I knew what was coming beat for beat and it's still one of the most harrowing things I ever saw on TV. Catch up boyo!!
New episode today is the best pressie ever (shhh don't tell Ellie)
dapperbandit
Banned
Oh yeah I saw Noah on the weekend.
I recall Son of D asking for my thoughts, boy that film is a bit of head scratcher.
First thing I would say is that, for a Biblical tale, I would stress that it get's quite creative with some of the implied things in different versions of the Bible; be prepared for some stuff that just looks like straight up Fantasy.
If you're apprehensive about the religious themes, I would say the film is, in a modern, self-aware way, very accomodating of various conflicting theories. The big-bang and evolution feature. The word God is not used once in the film. One thing I would say is that the film is very concerned, if not obsessed, with the concept of human coupling and reproduction albeit without much in the way of on screen hank panky. Much is made of a man needing a woman, and having a woman makes a man a man and this makes him happy et cetera. Although there is a certain kind of simple but essential reasoning behind this.
In terms of just how it is as a movie and not how it might be controversial, most of the performances are good. Russell Crowe plays quite a complex Noah (there's a good chunk of the film where you'll end up despising him.) Ray Winstone is also good but the rest of the cast is so-so. Noah's wife is played by Jeniffer Connelly, an actress I've never taken to personally. There's not a lot of on screen chemistry between her and Noah, their relationship lacks a certain warmth. Emma Watson is pretty good.
The film isn't boring by any means, but it would be very easy to divide the film into parts where the pace and tone changes quite a lot. The first half hour reminded me a little of The Road, later on it really gets quite dark in a different way. The flaw with the film I think is that there's a clear bit in the movie where there could have been a resolution and then an ending. Instead the film does something different which isn't entirely satisfying and adds unnecessary running time.
Overall it's a film that takes quite a dry fable in a lot of unexpected directions and is interesting for doing that. But whether or not you'll enjoy it or not is not for me to say. For me it's a 3/5 that conjures up some interesting discussion.
I recall Son of D asking for my thoughts, boy that film is a bit of head scratcher.
First thing I would say is that, for a Biblical tale, I would stress that it get's quite creative with some of the implied things in different versions of the Bible; be prepared for some stuff that just looks like straight up Fantasy.
If you're apprehensive about the religious themes, I would say the film is, in a modern, self-aware way, very accomodating of various conflicting theories. The big-bang and evolution feature. The word God is not used once in the film. One thing I would say is that the film is very concerned, if not obsessed, with the concept of human coupling and reproduction albeit without much in the way of on screen hank panky. Much is made of a man needing a woman, and having a woman makes a man a man and this makes him happy et cetera. Although there is a certain kind of simple but essential reasoning behind this.
In terms of just how it is as a movie and not how it might be controversial, most of the performances are good. Russell Crowe plays quite a complex Noah (there's a good chunk of the film where you'll end up despising him.) Ray Winstone is also good but the rest of the cast is so-so. Noah's wife is played by Jeniffer Connelly, an actress I've never taken to personally. There's not a lot of on screen chemistry between her and Noah, their relationship lacks a certain warmth. Emma Watson is pretty good.
The film isn't boring by any means, but it would be very easy to divide the film into parts where the pace and tone changes quite a lot. The first half hour reminded me a little of The Road, later on it really gets quite dark in a different way. The flaw with the film I think is that there's a clear bit in the movie where there could have been a resolution and then an ending. Instead the film does something different which isn't entirely satisfying and adds unnecessary running time.
Overall it's a film that takes quite a dry fable in a lot of unexpected directions and is interesting for doing that. But whether or not you'll enjoy it or not is not for me to say. For me it's a 3/5 that conjures up some interesting discussion.
Question Time is Jeremy Kyle for people with jobs.
I've not seen it in some time, but I don't expect it have changed much if Farage is on it as often as I've heard.
I haven't seen more than 20 minutes of Breaking Bad, just enough to form the opinion that the lead character was a wank and I didn't care what happened and I've never been able to enjoy fantasy so very little point in trying Game of Thrones.
Screaming Meat
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How about The Wire?
QuicheFontaine
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I don't remember anyone actually spoiling that for me. But somehow I just knew anyway.
Very nicely put. I thought the first half was great gonzo cinema and the second half was Captain Phillips on an Ark (I'm repeating myself). Noah 's two eldest sons were very easy on the eye though.
Love, I read the Wire. I don't watch it. BURN
Seriously though, I just don't watch that much TV to be honest. For the past however many years my diet has just been Simpsons, Futurama and Question Time. I tried once to branch out but I can't make the commitment.
That's why I love it! It's very therapeutic. I love it when you get some random moron in the audience who begins ranting too. It's great.
The last time it had an effect on me was when Saddam Galloway was on it and did nothing but make sense. It was unnerving but I ended up liking him.
Screaming Meat
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Sweetie, that has to be the single most cultured burn I've ever encountered. Bravo!
I think you'd like The Wire. It's very thoughtful. Incredibly ambitious too, without sacrificing the personal tales of the characters. Most people say it is The Best Television Show Of All Time... but I think they're under selling it a bit.
Futurama is a damn fine show.
"All I know is my gut says, maybe."
Sweetie, that has to be the single most cultured burn I've ever encountered. Bravo!
I think you'd like The Wire. It's very thoughtful. Incredibly ambitious too, without sacrificing the personal tales of the characters. Most people say it is The Best Television Show Of All Time... but I think they're under selling it a bit.
Futurama is a damn fine show.
"All I know is my gut says, maybe."
It's so good!
(imagine I'm posting a hypnotoad gif)
My last boss tried to get me to watch it. It didn't work out though, although I did find out about Steve Earle because of it.
dapperbandit
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QT can be really good but it's at its best when there's someone like Peter Hitchens on to rile things up, or just someone getting slaughtered in general. The last episode I watched was hilarious. One of the questions that came up was about racism in the police. This Scottish woman stood up and started talking and every time she used the words "police station" it sounded like she was complaining about Playstation.
Obligatory video on the topic of QT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3tUqRBiMVo
Screaming Meat
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It's so good!
(imagine I'm posting a hypnotoad gif)
My last boss tried to get me to watch it. It didn't work out though, although I did find out about Steve Earle because of it.
I could listen to that noise he makes all day. So... relax...ing...
NinjaBoiX
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Ah, Steve Earle fan eh? You should check out Treme, another David Simon HBO show. He plays Harley Watt in it.
It's set in New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina as people try to come to terms with it and put their lives back together. So so good man, and the music is phenomenal as you'd expect from the setting. Watch it!
That's an awful lot of writing for a terrible pun.
dapperbandit
Banned
You've lost me.
Screaming Meat
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"dry fable"
dapperbandit
Banned
Sometimes I'm literally so good I can't even tell
I'm literally not sure whether you're using literally figuratively. :-/
I can respect that.
Well Peaches Geldof has died. So that sucks really.
dapperbandit
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Can't you tell? I've not even never been quite as great as I was tomorrow!
Well there's a few quotes that I never thought to have seen on GAF... or any gaming forum. Not that I'm complaining mind.
Thanks for the write up. Seems interesting still, I'll consider seeing it myself.
You funny!
Musha_Soturi
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Pretty good opening ep to the season. I won't say anymore for you slowpokes who haven't watched it yet, but I am excited for what's to come!
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
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You're a big guy.
Holy shit Filth is a hilarious movie. Watching James McAvoy snort cocaine, fuck anything, drink everything, be racist and swear at children could not be more fun. I'd definitely recommend it for a fun, trippy watch.
I had some doubts about McAvoy as Robertson was a bit older in my mind, but his performance is fantastic. Also, the early sequence where Robertson & partner bust the dealer with the underage girlfriend was filmed 5 minutes walk from where I used to live in Glasgow so I was delighted to see that area again.
Still, at least the council aren't blowing these ones up for a few seconds of entertainment when opening the Commonwealth Games.
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