Mr_Danger

Shogun. Game of Thrones without the dragon nonces and being set in Japan? Fuck yes. Never read the books don’t know if that’s an accurate summation based on the first episode but it looks glorious.

Banned Aid.

Bit disappointed in this thread. I thought I was getting a Rooney versus Vardy that I could be invested in but it turns out we're all just a sad bunch of old men with varying senses of humour. I was fantasy booking a Frankie Crisp heel turn and everything.

Seth Rollins is the wall they threw all of the shit at except all of it stuck.

Is it just me that appreciates Keith's tedium even more now? Not sure what David's up to like but that's because tl;dr.

Edit- @SuperBacon it's sausage fingers. Every. Single. Time.

1 hour ago, Weezenal said:

Watched The Iron Claw and now All of Us Strangers this week. Fuck me, two sad, sad films. What do I need for the hat-trick? 

Sad but great films. All of Us Strangers is haunting. 
 

Manchester By The Sea, it’s always Manchester By The Sea.

Could be self preservation mode kicking in or it could be Cena being Cena. He’s kind of like Perfect Peter to Brock’s Horrid Henry so maybe he wasn’t in on it but you wouldn’t bet against him being in some dodgy Vince WhatsApp chat groups.

Imagine basing your identity on Greggs and not Pound Bakery.

19 minutes ago, Loki said:

I watched the first episode and it just didn't click for me.  The mix of setting and supernatural/scifi felt odd - plus it dragged a lot.  Is it worth going back to and seeing the series out?

Probably not, it doesn’t get better as it goes. There’s some things to like in it but they never got the balance right. That being said I’d give a second series a go just to see if they build on any of the good stuff.

17 hours ago, wordsfromlee said:

True Detective: Night Country

Considering they seem to completely forget about the main storyline for four of the six episodes, it's was decent. Jodie Foster is great as expected, Kali Reis should have stuck to boxing, and theres some very dodgy American accents from Fiona Shaw and Christopher Ecclestone. It's really well directed though and looks lovely except for the odd dodgy bit of CGI - they can't seem to quite crack CGI snow storms, but really can do people getting shot in the head from point blank range.

I didn't think it was as good as the first season, but loads better than the second (well, the two episodes I watched). I haven't the third but I may give it a go after watching this.

Definitely give the third series a chance. It’s better than 2 and 4. Quite underrated considering the praise the first series got and whilst it never hits the highs of that it’s more akin to that series than the others. They’ll never top seedy Woody Harrelson having a right good go on Alexandra Dadarrio’s titties or licking his lips at the prospect of bum bum time with his young side lady.

19 hours ago, gmoney said:

That's Jesse Armstrong of Peep Show and Succession fame to right of Khan.

Must be doing his research for his Kendall spin off.

Sick of feeling like a nonce watching Euphoria? Then pick up The Voyeurs where at least Sydney Sweeney and her GOAT nattys are meant to be age appropriate. Nice bit of Peter Beale V.3  action too if you’re in to that sort of thing.

Obviously Team America wins for best film shagging.

Iron Claw. Fuck that for a Sunday nights viewing, Zac Effron made me cry.

On 2/14/2024 at 6:39 PM, wordsfromlee said:

Mr & Mrs Smith

Way better than I expected. Great chemistry between the two leads. Brilliantly acted and beautifully directed. 
Im glad Phoebe Waller-Bridge dropped out as Maya Erskine suits the role way better. 
Donald Glover should be in charge of every show. He’s the man. 

I almost feel like they should have called it something else because the completely average film is doing the series no favors at all. Donald Glover is indeed the man. Don’t turn out to be a wrong’un Donald!

Masters of the Air is everything you’d expect it to be based on it’s predecessors. The action is absolutely gripping and visceral. Really pulls you in. Callum Turner is really great in it. Austin Butler needs to fuck off though being an even more handsome Nic Cage and an  even more handsome Brad Pitt and being a charismatic on screen presence. Stupid sexy Elvis. 

100% one of those is a  star spangled lucha masked wrestlers under some ‘Patriot’ gimmick. Extra indy points if they’re the UK American Patriot under a star spangled lucha mask.

51 minutes ago, BomberPat said:

I am trying to envision a way Hangman might end up costing himself the match just to spite Swerve, that wouldn't seem cheap, but would still be clear enough what the intention is. Maybe being caught in a Joe submission and tapping out just as Swerve is about to break it up.

Yeah it has to be better than a finger poke of doom for sure. To be believable it has to be a rush of blood moment where Page lets his obsession get the best of him because obviously pinning Joe would be the best way to deny Swerve.

The triple threat seems fairly predictable to me. There’ll come a point where Page has to choose between trying to finish off Joe or incapacitating Swerve and he’ll choose Swerve allowing Joe to retain. Joe feels better than a transitional champ and it’d be nice for them to make him a bigger deal before crowning Swerve.

Now I’m convinced that The Rock is infiltrating The Bloodline to take them down from the inside. That promo was so bullet pointy and pretty much everything you want from a heel Rock promo that it feels fake but as stated that is Rocky’s style and it sticks out a bit in the modern era. I won’t pretend that I wasn’t grinning like a loon though, always love The Rock using insults that my 6 year old would use on a crowd full of inbreds.

2 hours ago, air_raid said:

Or they took you on the Tuesday night because they didn't want to miss Brookside. Understandable.

Nah, he was on in Rhyl town hall on the Thursday.

They could do with Drew getting the Brock treatment going forward. Even if he doesn’t win his opponent should come out feeling lucky to have survived. His character is on point and could just as easily go anti hero as heel the way it’s portrayed he just needs a bit more aura around his matches.

As one zadddy to another I obviously throw my support behind Pascal and he definitely could pull Vanessa Kirby or a woman her age but it’ll be interesting to see how that’s portrayed.

Marvel should probably forget about setting up their next phase and concentrate on X-Men, Blade and Fantastic Four at this point. Nobody needs more films featuring the shit Avengers teaming up.

Just imagine the heat as Cody is about to hit his 5th Cross Rhodes in a row to seal the long awaited victory only to be smashed in the back with a steel chair as the camera cuts to Seth’s face with his big gormless tongue flopping out of his mouth as he does his “Hahahahaha” villain laugh.

13 hours ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

Absolutely in pieces at Cody's promo.

I'm not sure he even checks that the fancy words make sense in the context of what he's saying anymore.

What an absolutely wonderful lunatic.

Seth saying he'll be Cody's 'shield'... the fix is in lads. Roman Reigns, #AndStill.

Yeah my heart sank a little bit there. Seth fucks over Cody and the story continues only with Cody chasing the runners up cup for a bit will be quite shit indeed. 

Coming over here, taking all our sausage rolls.

The Sliders gimmick could work but given that Seth was stood there dressed like a twat practically invisible to everyone but Cody I think they could could pull off a Quantum Leap gimmick. “Oh no Sam, Cody was never meant to give his shot up, there’s now a 94% chance he’ll have to do his Stardust gimmick again!”