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2 hours ago, Carbomb said:

Not what you wanna be

Stop right now!  Thank you very much.

Happy Birthday Dev.

34 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said:

One of them's got Goldberg in it, hasn't it? How have I not seen it yet.

Goldberg is in Return, which JCVD also returned for.  II and III were retconned out of existence, as well they should have been, by The Return.  The Return itself was ignored when they started off again with Retaliation.  So if you're keeping track of this, in a six film series you have 3 films retconned out of existence.  The Return was perfectly fine, certainly infinitely better than II and III, but...

II and III are direct sequels of Universal Soldier.

II and III are ignored by The Return, which itself is a direct sequel of Universal Soldier.

Retaliation, and subsequently Day of Reckoning, are a new line of sequels spawning from the original Universal Soldier thereby ignoring both The Return branch and the shitty cable movie II and III branch of sequels.

<Jesus Fucking Christ.gif>

Edit: II and III, if you fancy torturing yourself, are available to watch free on Plex.

23 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said:

Universal Soldier / Universal Soldier: Regeneration / Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

So for those of you who don't know the chronology of this series, the latter two titles are direct sequels to the first film, both made by John Hyams who recently made the excellent Alone and Sick. His dad, the also great Peter Hyams, was director of photography on them! Anyway, the first one is obviously great but these two are genuinely superb, too. Especially the last one, which is about as weird and risk-taking a DTV action sequel as I've ever seen. I expected nothing and got loads from them both. 

Complete the set and "treat" yourself to Universal Soldier II and Universal Soldier III starring Burt Reynolds from the late 90s.  Straight to video sequels with none of the leading actors of the original film.  Two of the worst films I've ever had the misfortune to watch.  The budget must have been in the pounds.

Edit: Both films should have 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, but a positive review of Regeneration has been attributed to III in error.

Happy Curry Day!

Vintage Trisha.

11 minutes ago, CharlesTuckerTheThird said:

...even if a lot of the "fans" are angrily sharting themselves to death over it being "woke", whatever the hell that means nowadays.

Made by a gay woman in this instance.

Phantom Menace 25th anniversary re-release at the cinema went onsale today for the May 4th weekend.

7 hours ago, SaitoRyo said:

8mm

...

Anyway, I really liked.  It's got a great Nic Cage central performance, an engrossing plot and is very well made. Mad to think mainstream studios were greenlighting stuff like this at such expense at the time, but I'm glad they did.

Saw this in the cinema back in the day as 90s Cage was some quality Cage.  It stayed with me to the point that I couldn't look at anything saucier than the Freeman's catalogue for a few weeks.

2 hours ago, Kane said:

Well Greonging is a Master Mason. Possibly in the know of some things that will happen.

*Stonecutter.

2 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

I think Pro Ev 3 is the pinnacle (Collina on the cover!) but by the time we were playing on the PS2, with tournaments every Friday night. Great days.

Pro Evo 3 took 3 long years to come out from the PS2's release so for a fair while the PS1 release of Pro Evo 2 was the best football game on the PS2.

On 2/17/2024 at 8:00 PM, westlondonmist said:

Honestly, who the fuck is paying for this?

I probably would pay £25-30 at a theatre type venue.  When it said O2 on the poster I assumed it was the Indigo as a lot of acts will bill that as "playing the O2" but it is actually in the main arena with floor seats at £90.  You're not Beyonce lads.

9 hours ago, waters44 said:

Past Lives is now on Netflix. I’ve heard it’s alright 

Just have the tissues handy (for tears, not wanking).

On 2/6/2024 at 10:09 PM, MVP RULZ said:

Kansas City Chiefs (AFC) VS San Francisco 49ers (NFC)

- QB: Mahomes (KC)

- RB: CMC (49ers)

- WR: Samuel (49ers)

- TE: Kelce (KC)

- K: Butker (KC)

- DST: 49ers

- Pick the result: KC 27 - 49ers 31

- Winning Margin: 14

- 1st team to score any points: KC

- 1st team to score Touchdown: KC

- Player to score 1st Touchdown: Aiyuk 49ers

- Total Number of Touchdowns scored: 7

- Total Number of Interceptions made: 2

- Will the game go to Overtime: No

- MVP: CMC

- Time and quarter of 1st Touchdown: 1Q 11:26

- Total Rushing yards: 49ers - 222

- Total Passing Yards: KC - 333

- Total net yards: 888

Advantage at the end of each quarter

- 1st quarter (Chiefs, 49ers, Tie) - 49ers

- 2nd quarter (Chiefs, 49ers, Tie) - Tie

- 3rd quarter (Chiefs, 49ers, Tie) - KC

- 4th quarter (Chiefs, 49ers, Tie) - 49ers

I took my old dad to see a Rolling Stones tribute act who sounded really good.  During the interval they changed outfits to illustrate the passage of time.  "Mick" came out in a jumpsuit which appeared to have a Sunday roast sized chicken, complete with giblets, down the front.  It was needlessly distracting.

I once really enjoyed his music, and whilst I wouldn't wish it on anyone I can't pretend that I wasn't a fully paid up member of Friends United in Truth and Kindness.

4 hours ago, Scratch said:

TIL Graham Souness was Dale Winton’s best man at his wedding.

Apparently they were really good mates, but that was a bit for a show rather than a real wedding.  I can't remember if Graeme Souness was in on it though or if he thought Dale Winton really was marrying Nell McAndrew.

3 hours ago, Carbomb said:

I liked Jayston in the original Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - he had one of those really distinctive, solid, stern British voices

He was the voice of every John LeCarre audiobook I've listened to.  The perfect narrator for a Cold War thriller.

2 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

Might just be me, but a bit like Emilia Clarke. 

Yes, the scrunched up meme face picture of her is what was being triggered.  Cheers.

I know Dynamite looks like someone, but I can't put my finger on it.  Who does she look like?

14 minutes ago, Tim Healys Chutney Spoon said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68181128

 

The spa is gone! 

"How many more times are you going to watch that video?" says Mrs JB on the sofa next to me.  I reckon I've got a few more in me.

Hell of a handshake.

4 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

Lightning McPeen more like.

A hole new world.

36 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

The beans are thankful to be trapped in the ramekin. 

Can we confirm there are actually beans in that?  It appears to be a ramekin full of bean juice 🤮

On 1/24/2024 at 5:11 PM, MVP RULZ said:

Championship Round

QB: Mahomes - Chiefs

RB: CMC - 49ers

WR: Samuel - 49ers

TE: Kelce - Chiefs

K: Tucker - Ravens

DST: Lions

MOST YARDS: Chiefs

MOST POINTS: Lions

TOTAL NET YARDS: 1234

AFC1: Chiefs

NFC1: Lions

Edit - had 3 49ers picked.

1 hour ago, SuperBacon said:

That just highlights how much waste and idiocy there is in local government. 

A video message from Carole Baskin is council tax well spent.