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I'm struggling to believe these photos are genuine. I thought that bus stop one was a Photoshopped "bus wankers" joke, and have no idea what it's actually supposed to portray.

"The only evidence of his allegedly violent behaviour, was his previous conviction for violent behaviour".

I'm so glad someone else has pointed out the Earthsea comparison, because it was one of the first things that sprung to mind when I watched the first film (I've not read any of the books, and apart from the first, I've only seen a bit of the one where he turns into a fish).

When I watched the first film, I got an almost feeling of deja vu, because it was just a shopping list of ideas from other fantasy books/films. I'd already read The Hobbit, The Worst Witch, and the Earthsea trilogy (as it was at the time), some Discworld, etc. and so it offered nothing. My younger sister - who only likes things before they become popular - insisted that it wasn't derivative, but that Rowling was "re-interpreting classic fantasy themes for a new audience".  

Considering she regards Rowling as some sort of Goddess, but she also puts herself out as being the most inclusive person ever, I'd be curious as to what her thoughts on this are, but that means I'd have to endure a conversation with her.

54 minutes ago, Carbomb said:

I'd fucking love it if he started up another promotion and it bombed, leaving the vile old cunt completely pruned. 

I'd love it even more if he just signed up a load of fitness influencers, thinking that all they need to provide is the physique, and he'll use his genius to turn them into another Hogan and Warrior.

And instead we get the worst wrestling promotion ever, with a bunch of "megastars" that can't handle even a light wrestling schedule, and every rejected Attitude era idea getting blasted all over it.

6 hours ago, gmoney said:

Makes you think that someone found a Reddit filled with Kurt Cobain's artwork and thought "I could do that".

Sorted.

7 hours ago, Gus Mears said:

Mrs Mears passed her driving test today. Very proud, especially as she's in her 30's and from foreign lands without roundabouts.

Stoke?

On 4/12/2024 at 11:23 AM, BomberPat said:

I watched Top Gun Maverick for the first time last night, and thought it was bang average.

Apart from the last 20 minutes or so, when there was actually a bit of drama, I thought it was one of the dullest films I've seen in a long time. Far too long, and far too much of nothing really happening.

2 hours ago, Gus Mears said:

I'm sad to report that I didn't make it. Was great fun until the parachute didn't open. Thoughts are with my family at this difficult time.

For the benefit of any Flat Earthers reading, can you confirm whether or not that gravity stuff is real?

On 4/12/2024 at 11:25 AM, lanky316 said:

Of course it's all just typical overblown nonsense, getting upset over a fictional character with little to go on as far as descriptions is typical of how things are these days but when you've already had Romeo and Juliet with seals, MacBeth with Samurai, Hamlet avenging his fathers death with the help of a meerkat and the million other adaptations it's just rage over nothing. 

There's now a version of The Tempest where Ariel is a robot. It's bad enough that she's the subservient to the Patriarchy in the form of Morbius Prospero, but now she's literally dehumanised too. 

I'm predicting riots. 

7 hours ago, Tommy! said:

The woman with the green underwear who takes a massive piss before her meeting in the air up advert.

Don't ever change, UKFF.

Don't ever change.

5 hours ago, Loki said:

 If I’m washing my face, I’m not washing my ears.

Whoa, now. Washing behind your ears has always been part of washing your face. Did your grandmother never check that you'd done it?

2 hours ago, westlondonmist said:

I find it all so odd, people even complaining about drag queens? Drag queens have been around for years, as a kid Barry Humphreys and Paul O'Grady were household names, doing family TV in the 80s and 90s and I feel like nobody batted an eyelid? Am I remembering it wrong. 

To this day. I've never met or spoke to anyone that gave a fuck about Wendy Carlos being trans, or responded with anything other than mild curiosity when they found out.

I absolutely adore Brion James. He's one of those faces that instantly makes a film more enjoyable the moment he appears, like Lance Henriksen or Richard Lynch.

45 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

Tom Scott video?

The chap that's shitting himself when stood on the mesh?

The roof dome of the Royal Albert Hall isn't actually attached to the rest of the building. It's just sat on top, kept in place by its own 600 ton weight.

Today I learned that Rob Bottin, the special effects God that created The Thing, was the drummer in the cantina band in Star Wars: A New Hope. 

""Look at Mario! His eyes are magnets! Ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

It's laugh-a-minute around here.

21 minutes ago, Loki said:

Can you imagine Vince buying TNA or MLW because he can’t stand being out of power?  

Yes.

Yes I can.

Young Sherlock Holmes (possibly with a Pyramid of Fear).

The boy has discovered Sherlock Holmes, and he loves things to do with Egypt, so what better than to mess his head up with stained glass knights and kidnapped girls being scalded to death with boiling wax?

I will go to my grave insisting that this was a missed opportunity for a brilliant series of films.

I never have, and I'm not sure whether I ever would. I am genuinely intrigued by them, and wonder what they'd say to me if I went, but I also know people (mostly workmates) that have been to them, and what they've recounted has been the most obvious carny cold-reading shit, and often taking advantage their past griefs. 

Edge returning at the 2020 Rumble. That audience reaction is incredible.

New Day did a grand job of making the audience think that they were going to insert themselves into a match, and then hit them with the Hardyz. Brilliant.

I watched Carry On Don't Lose Your Head today, as I'd recently learned that Jacqueline "Servalan" Pearce makes a small appearance in it. The lack of short black hair (and bodies at her feet) were probably why she'd gone unrecognised before now.

I don't know why, but this isn't one I've watched very many times before, maybe only once or twice, and really I should because it's Ffing marvellous (two Fs).

It looks lovely, like a proper film that had a proper budget. There's big sets, location shooting, and a lot of extras in period dress. I suspect a lot of it was borrowed/leftover from another production, similar to how they made Carry On Cleo.

There's quite a few of the core cast missing. There's no Hattie, no Kenneth Connor, no Bernard Bresslaw, no Babs, and none of the semi-regulars (Terry Scott, Patsy Rowlands, Bernard Cribbins etc.), but those that are there are in fine form. Jim Dale in particular is great in not having the manic clumsiness of his Doctor roles.

Fortunately, I'm so cool and so massively respected that nobody would ever been talking shit about me on another forum.

13 hours ago, Just Some Guy said:

Just in Abroad when the writers were subtly trying to tell him he was an alcoholic.

He didn't take the hint and never made another Carry On.

His firing was also due to him having a massive ego. He regularly clashed with the producers because he wasn't getting top billing. 

The nightclub I used to work at went through a stage where they'd bring in soap stars as an attraction. A lot of them took themselves very seriously and were utterly humourless (cough.... Koss Remp ..... cough), but Savidant was an absolute star. 

Considering that he's naturally quite softly spoken, he had no reservations about putting on the Fred Elliot voice and announcing "I say, I'm not a fat bastard, I'm a fat cunt!", and then cosying up the naked lady painted to look like a can of red stripe.