Devon Malcolm

23 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

She’s in Toni Storms corner

"And her opponent, accompanied by Krystle Carrington...."

Who is Alexis Carrington booked to face?

You could make a cause for almost all Flaming Lips album artwork, but especially this.

27 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said:

Happy late birthday! Watched some Disney movies in your honour.

I was rewatching that Rhea Ripley / Liv Morgan segment and it really looked like Morgan sconed her with that chair. She's crap, isn't she? Not looking forward to Rhea wasting her time with her at all.

'Rarified Air of Jericho' shows at least some semblance of self-awareness that he looks like he pongs.

Btw I tried the birthday trick with the restaurant down the way but no free linguini bolognese. Should have gone to the chippy again.

5 minutes ago, Frankie Crisp said:

Jaws is shit.

1 hour ago, johnnyboy said:

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.

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

57 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

*yes its nearly over, what do you want from me, I'm arguing with my kids about ears on faces.

17yo says no, so do I.

47 minutes ago, deathrey said:

Happy birthday @Devon Malcolm

31 minutes ago, IANdrewDiceClay said:

He's the best. He's the must. He puts all the rest in the dust.

Cheers, you two.

I watched Nope and ate crap and finally got my ceiling/roof fixed, for anyone who remembers that saga. Or at least I hope it is, we'll see when it pisses down if this is the fifth false dawn.

40 minutes ago, Gus Mears said:

Not planning on using a parachute. Will that impact my odds?

It'll impact something.

You might think you're a loyal customer to your local chippy. But I just got a birthday card and a free chip barm off mine. 

Maverick was everything that big budget Hollywood filmmaking should be more often. Just an unapologetic feelgood great time at the movies, absolute escapism from a guy who just wants to cheer us up by nearly killing himself. I was really upset I didn't get the chance to see it on IMAX.

2 minutes ago, LaGoosh said:

I've said this before but Tony needs to hire an absolute fucker to be his bearer of bad news. Just have a complete cunt on the payroll to keep people in line. Vince always had a total bastard whose job it was to be the bearer of bad news, listen to all the complaining and draw all the heat from the boys. That's why you'd get released wrestlers complaining in shoots about Johnny Ace, Jim Ross or whoever fucking them over while at the same time saying "Vince was a nice guy, we were cool" and completely oblivious to the fact that the absolute fucker was always acting on Vince's orders. That solid as a rock, loyal, pain sponge figure is essential when dealing with a bunch of headcase wrestlers.

I honestly think such a hire could be a huge turning point for AEW in terms of viewership and a more consistent level of product when looked at from a neutral perspective, if there is such a thing in this daft sport.

The question is, though - would such a hire damage the type of product that most AEW fans, from what I've seen, seem to like? In a way, AEW distinguishes in a major way from WWE precisely because it's run by a guy who's competely ill-suited to being in charge of a wrestling company - but a guy who's giving his audience what they seem to want. And Chris Jericho. It's an e-fed brought to life. There's never been anything like it on this scale.

Even as someone who only watches the PPVs, a big part of me doesn't want him to change anything at the top. The PPVs are fast-moving with a lot of action and a decent range of matches, compared to the WWE's much slower style that allows stuff to breathe. Yet it's looking inevitable that he might have to.

A touching tribute here.

7 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

But not Ruddless.

I'm sorry!

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (cinema)

Harmless fan service nonsense. A shame it just went back to New York and shoved the kids into support after at least doing something different with Afterlife. This series has been rudderless since the first one though, what did anybody expect.

Infinite (Film 4)

I'm glad they didn't release this at the cinema because I'd definitely have gone to see it and I would have been livid. One of those awful films where everybody's forgotten how to act and the director has given up on it halfway through the shoot.

Muppets from Space (Film 4)

Shame the human cast is full of cunts (Ray Liotta innocent) but this is very funny, it's the Muppets ffs. Beaker will always be the Muppet MVP though.

Midnight Special

Still excellent. A shame it's become somewhat forgotten but it's easily one of the best sci-fi films of the last decade. Joel Edgerton is great, isn't he? Let's hear it for him. Love that guy.

Village of the Damned (1995)

One of the very few John Carpenters I hadn't seen and it's perfectly decent. Not a patch on the original (or its sequel) but a good time. The bit with the barbecue is awesome.

Inseminoid (Talking Pictures TV)

Judy Geeson gets knocked up by an alien so 5 stars obviously.

Yannick (Mubi)

The latest film by Mr. Oizo, by his standards almost normal but also still hilariously stupid. Like all his films. Raphael Quenard is going to be one of the best actors on the planet, save this tweet.

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. 

Snack Shack

Coming-of-age comedy that's getting a lot of critical attention. In truth, it's nothing more than alright. You've seen it dozens of times before but it's still funny and an easy watch.

Stopmotion

Disappointing new British horror, badly paced and acted and a waste of a pretty decent idea. It's about trauma, you know!

Starman (Film 4)

Possibly John Carpenter's most under-appreciated film after Prince of Darkness? Yes, I think it is. 

There are so many things about this that don't make sense to me. But the one I can't stop thinking about is that they are probably using this as a way to bring back and elevate Jack Perry, who is a heel, by showing him being bullied like a babyface by a WWE babyface wrestler who they are trying to paint as the heel, even though he'll be received as a babyface in the company he doesn't work for anymore.

It's almost Lynchian.

2 hours ago, Briefcase said:

I read on Twitter (I know I know) the other day from Everton fans saying that if the title goes to the last day of the season and they are safe or relegated they want to lose 15-0 to Arsenal (who they play last game) to stick their fingers up to Liverpool and also the PremIer League (guessing because of the docked points).

It's Everton, this is entirely probable anyway.

37 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said:

Easily the most consistently rubbish, bad faith discussion that's had on this forum. Completely pointless, goes absolutely nowhere, constantly derails good debate, never has anything to do with the topic being discussed.

10 minutes ago, TheScarlettChad said:

WWE may be "garbage" (Its not, that's just utter hyperbole), AEW ain't setting the world on fire is it?

I changed my mind. It's this.

11 minutes ago, The Gaffer said:

Can't believe this cynical, shit segment has inspired some more endless, Pro Wrestling is a Twat, "Just remember you're watching something that I'm well above now" chit chat. 

Easily the most consistently rubbish, bad faith discussion that's had on this forum. Completely pointless, goes absolutely nowhere, constantly derails good debate, never has anything to do with the topic being discussed.

7 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

One of the things that low-key boils my piss is how that fucker Brandreth has managed to rehab his image from Tory MP to (still Tory) jolly, jumper-wearing uncle. Fucking snake. Prototype Boris Johnson.

See also Michael Portillo. Train nonce (but not in a good way, like @Fatty Facesitter)

24 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said:

Secondly - and this is where the tricky personal stuff comes in - the Harry Potter series has played a huge part in my life. I've made many friends because of it. It has brought me closer to my mum and her favourite place in the world is the studio tour. We've always made it our thing to go there every year. And our eldest daughter loves it too.

So thinking about letting it all go is something I really struggle with. I know a lot of people feel the same. Probably in the same way about walking away from WWE when you've watched it for nearly your entire life. It's tough. I guess I have been justifying it by thinking well I'm not paying for stuff because I like JK or anything like that. But having read stuff on here, I get why that's incredibly problematic while still claiming to want to be an ally. So it's definitely something I need to try and reevaluate somehow.

I competely acknowledge this isn't easy. This is a discussion that's been had in both on and off topic on this board in numerous topics and in a lot of cases there are no easy answers, and you can't boycott/stop consuming everything! There are all kinds of reasons why you may be prevented from doing that. Case in point - my 15yo daughter is largely non-communicative autistic and she loves a McDonalds. I don't want to be putting money in their pockets right now but she won't understand the reasons why if I explained them to her. She has her routines and things she needs/likes. There's nothing I can do about that.

In your case, I'm assuming you're not tramping round the web and your offline life shouting about being a trans ally, and as you point out this is a topic that hasn't really intersected with your day-to-day life. I'm not expecting you to suddenly boot all your Potter merch and so on into touch just because I made a post on an off-topic board, and I wouldn't ask you to do that. But you're aware and understanding and thinking about the topic in an open-minded and accepting way. Progress of any kind is good and important, because instant change is quite often difficult to achieve in many circumstances.

Very much enjoyed seeing Kerry Howard on House of Games tonight.