Devon Malcolm

48 minutes ago, Jazzy G said:

The front of today's i was pretty grim reading today as well. Starmer and members of his shadow cabinet going to meet with Trump and his inner circle, and the Trump reps saying they preferred them compared to their government equivalents? I know you have to try and keep the Americans onside, but to actually resonate more with Trump than the Tories do? Scary.

In fairness, I wouldn't read much into that.

As much as the easy answer would be to say that this proves Starmer is a Tory, there's also the fact that Trump sees the writing on the wall. He knows Starmer will be the next Prime Minister so he's going to get himself onside with him for his own personal relationship benefit as soon as possible.

Of course, Starmer's mob should have told him to fuck off. But he's a spineless prick and it does indeed prove he's a Tory. That's who you're all voting and advocating for. 

Apparently he's a big wrestling fan, which should immediately disqualify anybody from standing for any kind of political position.

But at least he's electable and that's really all that matters, apparently.

The film as a whole did, but this is superb too.

24 minutes ago, Merzbow said:

Yeah the Lynch Dune is perfectly decent if you know the story going in to it, you fill in the gaps yourself but at the time I think many went in thinking it'd be Star Wars. I actually think it still looks amazing today, gorgeous set designs.

Kenneth McMillan's a great Baron Harkonnen too, I think I even preferred him to Stellan Skarsgard.

The Fall Guy (cinema)

As expected and promised, excellent fun. Hit and miss with its comedy but Gosling and Waddingham are absolute treats, Winston Duke gets to batter some lads, and it's a nice tribute to stunts and stunt performers. Will rewatch a lot.

Perfect Days (cinema)

Glad I waited patiently to see this at the cinema. Wim Wenders is another old director still making stuff of a high quality when he should be long retired but this might actually be the best film of his whole career. I enjoy films about nice people just getting on with their lives and with each other almost as much as dumb action-comedies. Wonderful.

Dune (1984)

I mean, this is fine? It doesn't even feel slightly like a David Lynch film but I didn't think there was anything awful here. Its main problem is that it clearly couldn't fit everything into one film, making the recent two-parter make even more sense. So many characters and so much exposition and inner thoughts, it's ridiculous. But also quite good fun.

Dead Man's Letters

Amazingly depressing post-nuclear apocalyptic Soviet film. I've watched a few of these lately (Testament is excellent, too) but this might be the most depressing of the lot. Brilliant film, though.

Screamers

Still a perfectly adequate sci-fi actioner. 15 minutes too long but more than enjoyable even if the effects are terrible. You can tell it's Canadian.

Blade Runner / Blade Runner 2049

One of the biggest cinematic travesties is both these films being box office failures and us not getting more of them despite them both being two of the greatest sci-fi films ever made. 

29 minutes ago, Lorne Malvo said:

6) Thread tags abolished

Especially homophobic ones.

Sounds better on cassette.

I don't think he's shit but he has variously come across as such when booked badly. The Reigns feud and that fatal four-way when he chucked a chair at his head was great. The tag team with Ricochet was a good laugh.

9 hours ago, andrew "the ref" coyne said:

Did you SEE that Usos match? Fuck me. I refuse to believe the Bucks, as bad as they are with the superkick, have ever produced anything THAT dire.

If you've ever seen a Young Bucks match, you've seen something that dire.

It was only a matter of time.

I hate this cunt more than Sunak. At least with Sunak you know exactly what you're getting. With Starmer it's under the banner of being different from the Tories. And that horse is about a dozen miles away now.

1 hour ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

Not especially. They basically got funding pulled early in production and had to find loads of ways of getting stuff done. I’m sure that included filming on iPhones. I did read an article about it just after it came out, but I’ve slept since then and my memory is hazy. But it basically is a miracle that not only did the end product look so good, but it got rescued from being straight to Netflix as well.

Jordan Peele rescued it, didn't he? Said it needs to go out in the cinemas. I can see this happening more and more going forward.

Vote Labour!!

They rejected my Archer of Infamy one

I've never given the slightest shit about the draft but it was very funny reading the results on Bleacher Report this morning and seeing almost everyone announced as staying where they are.

6 minutes ago, TheBurningRed said:

Now if you liked that Civil War, have I got a film for you about an all American hero. 

Love this.

18 minutes ago, Snitsky's back acne said:

Speaking of not being able to read - you're aware of the title of this thread, right? 

I believe @Chest Rockwell said some time ago that threads like these should be treated as overall discussions of the person or people covered so we don't get daft 'Tony Khan's Alright, Actually!' counter-threads. So the title should be changed, really.

Both sides are as bad as each other, albeit in slightly different ways. The moment you start 'what about-ing' what's going on here then you lose the right not to be called a tribal idiot.

There's horrible shit and people in both companies. That's the most important thing in all this. Saying "Yeah but they've done this" gets us nowhere and makes you look a twat.

Civil War (cinema)

I enjoyed it despite huge apprehension about it. Sticks its muddled politics in the background to a really well told story about photojournalists and some excellent action scenes. Cailee Spaeny is brilliant, and this is Kirsten Dunst's best work outside of Fargo for a decade.

Abigail (cinema)

A great laugh. Not *quite* as good as Ready or Not but very, very close. Dan Stevens is absolutely ace in everything and you never know where he's going to appear next. Kevin Durand the clear MVP though.

Kung Fu Panda 4 (cinema)

I haven't seen the first three. It didn't seem to matter. It was quite funny. Jack Black's cover of Baby One More Time the highlight.

Summer Time Machine Blues (Prime)

Japanese time-travel comedy from the same guy who wrote the similar Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes and River, which I also think are on Prime. They're all really funny, silly and feelgood films and this one is especially so.

Solarbabies

Alexei Sayle does pop in at some point and is very funny, otherwise it's too daft for its own good. Full marks for effort but I was quite bored.

Looper

Yeah, this is still great. Reminder that Rian Johnson still has a 100% record. 

Death Race (2008)

One of the very few Jason Stathams I hadn't watched mainly because it was directed Paul WS Anderson. It's fun though, especially during the ridiculously long race scenes. Reminder that Jason Statham got good films out of Ben Wheatley and Paul WS Anderson. He's my hero.

Miracle Mile

God this is fucking great. I can see why it tanked on release because how the fuck do you market this? It's a romcom and then it's a nuclear apocalypse thriller. One of the most underrated American films of the 1980s.

Extraterrestrial (2011) (Prime)

Enjoyable alien invasion comedy from the guy who made Timecrimes (another great time travel / loop film). Not at all what I expected but better for it.

Journey to the West

Brilliant Chinese mockumentary about an obsessed UFO investigator. Surprised this isn't better known considering how well received it was in its home country. Lovely stuff.

Ikarie XB 1 (YouTube)

Extremely influential Czechoslovakian sci-fi film. Looks incredible, an obvious turning point for the genre once Hollywood saw it. Largely unknown but it shouldn't be.

I bought a new Chromebook today and I found out they've rolled out Steam on new Chromebooks. At fucking last. So I've unexpectedly been playing Peggle all evening.