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I should really rewatch The Mummy.

I’d eat just about any of the breakfasts posted in this thread but it’s a good laugh to have a dig isn’t it.

Mushrooms et al.

It sounds like daft praise to give, but the first ever live wrestling show me and my mates ever went to was one of the 3CW ones he was on, and knowing nothing about British Wrestling assumed the lad called Pac was just going to be an X Pac tribute. Obviously you only had to see him once to know how far from true that was.

Absolutely awful news. I mentioned briefly in the UKFF anniversary thread I was minorly involved in Britwres as a trainee back around 2005-2007 and this was around the time PAC, while still having matches at working men’s clubs like Billingham Synthonia, was starting to get bookings for Dragon Gate, PWG and ROH. He was the example of someone who made it. As a young lad from the Northeast not much older than me, he had a quality even way back then that stood out amongst everyone else and it was no surprise he was the one making it to greener pastures out the other side. It was very little surprise to see him make it to WWE and AEW. 40 years old is no age to go at all. His friends and family have my condolences.

You just reminded me we watched this a couple of weeks ago and you have the same thoughts as me mostly. The bit you have in spoiler tags went on way too long to remain funny, and then the end stretch felt rushed and all over the place.

Resident Evil (2026) 90 fast paced minutes of slapstick comedy and gore. Like a violent Mr Bean. Don’t care if it wasn’t related to any of the games, I felt it fit into the universe absolutely perfectly and the games nearly all have confusing shit plots anyway so this did it a service ignoring them. Blockers Was worried this wasn’t going to be that good but it ended up being really funny. A lot better than expected. Feels like it’s going to be a Superbad knockoff but comes into it’s own. The Departed Had high expectations of this but it’s a slow slog, even by Scorcese standards. Everyone has mental BAWSTON accents. Turned it off maybe just over an hour in. Might go back to it. The Heat Felt like for a while Melissa McCarthy was in everything and thank god she’s not anymore. Sandra Bullock does not have the charisma to keep up so it’s a one man show. Moonstruck Cemented now as one of my favourite films. A real comfort watch. Smart, funny, a little odd. Despite it being mostly about cheating it has a real romance to it.

To think in another timeline we’d all be celebrating 20 years of OTTER Forum

I’ve always been keen to know this too as whenever I donate I worry it might be a drop in the ocean.

Been posting here since I was a teenager after TAFKA Marky B Kraze introduced me to it while watching Misawa tapes after a training session. I have inadvertently met probably a few of you at shows when I was a trainee, and some of you may possibly remember me once as a crowd plant Dragon Aisu and Magik “attacked” at some random show in Coventry back in like 2005. I also worked the merch stand at the 1PW show where Kid Kash assaulted a camerawoman. I never stuck with the wrestling training and thankfully to be honest as nearly everyone I met during my brief period in BritWres got either publicly or privately outed during the #MeToo movement. Early days of this place I was no good. Childish, immature, posted just real braindead shit and made enemies out of the likes of Mr Seven, Kendal Mintcake and probably a few others. Thankfully I did a lot of growing up and I do remember getting a genuinely nice feeling when Devon Malcolm and Butch off-handedly said I was a decent poster. Really felt like I’d shaken the shit reputation I had. Eventually became a bit more vocal when it came to off-topic and after all these years got voted Poster of the Year which is bonkers when you think of how I started on here. I’ve debated leaving a a few times lately, not in a stroppy “won a tenner on the horses” way but more that I’m almost entirely detoxed from the internet these days and this is the last consistent website I visit other than BBC Sport. Couldn’t bring myself to do it though, it’s a very comforting place to know is always around.

Completed Shadow of The Beast II for the first time ever today. Only took me 30+ years to manage it and now I can do it on Easier Mode in 11 minutes. More a lesson in memory than actual skill but I’ve always had a soft spot for the series.

Yeah this is the fella. My wife watches a lot of 90 Day Fiance bollocks and despite being a cretin this little neckless chode seems to show up every season because he’s a nightmare that gets people talking. Really horrible little goblin man.

I’m not someone that cares much about internet drama, and I care even less about Ed Sheeran. That being said Ed Sheeran’s entire public persona collapsing has been a blast to explain to my wife who loves the gossip, and he’s now the third most talked about Ed in our house, behind Big Ed and ED-209.

Practical Magic My wife made me watch this ahead of her going to see the new one. It’s not Hamilton levels of rubbish but I wouldn’t say it’s a good film. Thankfully she was going to see the new one with her Mam and Sister so it means last night I was home alone with the dog. I bought a spatchcock chicken, a bottle of red and put How The West Was Won on, which is much more on my level. Loved the presentation of it with the intermissions and overtures, thought the narrative thread of the one family going through all the individual stories kept things interesting too. It’s got a cast to end all casts but it’s Gregory Peck and James Stewart that really stand out in their respective segments. It was filmed in some sort of Panavision I think it’s called? But basically 3 screens taped together almost like a big curved widescreen monitor. At times you can see the lines where the screens connected but thankfully the DVD seems to be restored to the point this is barely visible for the most part, but you do get some weird shots clearly made for that screen, similar to when you watch a 3D film in 2D.

I’m the opposite in that it’s exactly what I wanted. The original game but it looks better, plays better and has a load of QoL improvements. I enjoyed FFVII Remake but it padded it with so much bollocks and turned an already convoluted story into more of a mess. Rebirth I’ve tried and gave up on twice now because it’s such a long paint by numbers slog, it may as well be a Ubisoft game. Stretching it over 3 games in the space of 7 years is criminal to retell the story of a PS1 game as well.