Chris B

Not if the old bill agree with Gorilla Monsoon about whether or not he's in a chokehold.

Sorry, but that's absolute shite. There's some interesting stuff in there - the idea of using AI to uncover aspects of how a game works and make a video about that? Cool - that point about checking positions as often as they do? I liked that. But it really says a lot about how AI works that he spent all his time building 'promo' and 'storyline' sections, while producing something unplayable. It looks the part enough to make a video about and otherwise is just poorly replicating what people actually made that we all responded to back in the day. Fuck's sake, the actual games are out there and you can emulate them.

Who is the character you hate the most? I don't mean 'find unfunny', I mean in terms of sheer revulsion/negative response - for me, it's Tip Top Tony. I hate him so much, and it's partly because I recognise the nostalgia - I'm terrified of him in a lot of ways, because I would literally make life changes to avoid being him.

I love it as well - yes, it's not the original, but it definitely has its moments. There are some smart reversals too - I love the sequence where Jennifer Tilly has just showered, and finds the peephole into Mother's room. And while I get the ending being unintentionally funny, I also love how tragic it is. Perkins is incredible in the entire film. I'll be interested in your thoughts. I didn't think much of it when I first watched it, but saw it again as part of a queer horror night double-bill with II, and the host gave it some decent context - pointing out that Perkins was working through some stuff with it. He was also clearly looking at european horror at the time as a bit of an influence, all of which makes it more interesting. It still doesn't fully work for me, but I like it a lot more than I did. Fucking Mick Garris, man. The king of movies and TV shows that I kind of like that are kind of competently made, but I'd like a lot more if anyone else did them. Him spending a decade as Stephen King's nominated movie-guy is such a waste.

I think the Acaster stuff has been somewhat overblown - I know it's been talked about elsewhere as if he had a bit of a breakdown and screwed everything up, when I think it's more likely that he just screwed up a bit on something he said, and they refilmed a bit to cover. It's also possible that they paused after he acknowledged being a traitor to figure out how to proceed. I may be missing something, but I've not seen anything around panic attacks etc outside of speculation - all that I've seen is that filming was paused. I've seen some stuff about the show's counsellors checking in on people, and that kind of thing is important in a pressured environment like this. But some of the 'I don't know why he agreed to take part if he couldn't handle it' or 'he ruined the show' responses I've seen online seem really overblown. Personally, him acknowledging it and the way he did were one of the best bits of the second half of the series (along with James Blunt absolutely fucking the final in the most hilarious way). And if he did screw up and unintentionally out someone, that's part of the game. People make mistakes, people get caught out. If neither of those things had happened, this would have felt like the most bland and vanilla possible follow-up to the last series.

Subtitled but One Cut of the Dead. It's hilarious and sweet.

Yeah, but that's overlooking that a lot of the appeal of the feud to a bunch of people is the idea that they're best enemies ever, in a Kate Beaton 'Nemesis' kind of way. If anything, Swerve is like this because they're not teaming.

I went to this and thought it was fantastic. To whatever extent you were involved, well done - took my time and really enjoyed it.

This trailer he did for it is the most coked-up thing you'll ever see: It's not that bad a movie at all, in a cheesy, silly way. As first-time directors go, King's got judged against his fame far more than his ability. If it was any other first-time director, I think it'd be more generally well-regarded. It's probably for the best because I do prefer his novels, but he never went back to it. Oddly, I think it's a bit like when Mick Foley wrote Tietam Brown and got some middling reviews, and pretty much gave up after that - he didn't immediately have the same level of success as with his non-fiction, so he was done.

After Effects/DaVinci Resolve (and, I suspect, a bunch of other editing software) now offers a 'Magic Mask', which is sort-of AI generated, but not in the way it might sound. I suspect he's done that - if you don't do it well, it can look weird in exactly the way it does.

Possibly a long-standing point settled on the latest WrestleMe - or possibly one I'm remembering being a 'no, that didn't actually happen' thing, and it wasn't, so it counts in a different way. Bob Holly's finisher being renamed the 'Holly-Caust' did happen on a WWE broadcast - it was just on the Over The Edge '99 show, so hardly anyone has gone back to rewatch it.

I was thinking that, but there's the difficulty with the numbers advantage making the heels look weak. 3 against 2 is one thing - but if they eliminate one, it's 3 against 1. Iron Man Pins do the same thing, but at least the numbers difference isn't so big.

I wonder if you could do something that slightly amends the rules, allowing pinfalls during the build section - or if that would just cause wider problems. I'm thinking maybe it's like a team Iron Man match until 5 minutes after everyone's in. At which point, it goes to sudden death for the reminder of the match if a winner isn't declared.

Fuck me, @Supremo, that made me laugh. Is that anywhere online shareable before I steal it and claim it as my own on social?

I know it's not going to feel it right now, but better a week after you picked up the keys than a month before.

At least we're getting a bit more clarity on this mystery from the survey thread.

What a weird 'mare this thread is, eh chums? Two points around this. Weirdly, I know the guy in charge of the secure young offender facility where one of the kids that killed James Bulger was kept. My dad worked in child care for years, including around young offenders and was the guy's mentor. As a result of hearing his thought processes after dealing with kids that did absolutely heinous things, I've got a strong belief in the power of change and rehabilitation. I believe in society. And while the kid that grew up to have more problems has tended to dominate headlines, the other hasn't. And I kind of see the work involved in that rehabilitation as incredibly valuable - and part of that is not writing people (especially kids) off. The other point is around Leslie Van Houten, who took part in the Manson murders. After half a century in jail, she was released on parole. The idea that members of the Manson Family could become part of society again was unthinkable for so long. But that's the power of rehabilitation. And comparing that to Manson himself, becoming less and less relevant over the decades feels far more potent than a swift death would have been. Society can be an incredible thing. The idea that we can rehabilitate people who have done the worst things is, to me, as close to a miracle as we can see. And I think that's far, far more powerful than society killing people, no matter how sordid a fantasy we can put together to justify it.

I could have sworn this was part of another thread.

The Streisand Effect. The Mandela Effect is people misremembering things that they genuinely believed (Mandela died in prison, Fruit of the Loom had a cornucopia in the logo, etc). The Streisand Effect is when Barbra Streisand tried to stop people seeing information about her mansion, leading to lots of people sharing information about her mansion. ...or is this now a case of the Mandela Effect?

More zebra crossings in built-up areas. It *should* be a pain in the arse to drive through heavy foot-fall areas, and people should be the priority rather than cars. Go up the road to the wealthier part of town, and there are loads of zebra crossings - which feels kind of telling. Also, the ability to add bluetooth headphones in some cinemas. Especially my local Vue when it's busy. These are both small ideas because I'd take it just happening close to me.

Being announced the same week as it was revealed they censored a dancer's "Protect the Dolls" t-shirt, and a month after they dropped Drag Race UK, I think it's understandable that a lot of people don't trust the BBC around trans issues at the moment.

Plus mirrors just confuse children, as they keep swiping on them trying to watch TikTok.

You'd think being the first wrestler on a new show would lead to more.

Two (presumably inter-promotional) angles that never went anywhere that I don't think have been mentioned: Jeff Jarrett attacking Hulk Hogan in NJPW, bloodying him up with a guitar shot. Atsushi Onita and The Sandman getting into it in ECW. I remember the Onita one seeming like a big deal very briefly - there was an assumption that we'd get a no-ropes exploding deathmatch or something.

I honestly think it's one of the most important films of the 20th Century. I also saw Digger over the weekend, and thought it was neither a disaster nor a masterpiece. It was fine. You're not missing out that much if you don't see it. You didn't make a mistake if you do see it. I do think it was a brave move to cast John Goodman in the film considering he would have knocked the ball out of the fucking park if he'd played Digger. I thought Cruise was just okay. With Goodman in the role, it'd have cost a lot less money and probably made less. But I'd have liked it more.