Paid Members mim731 Posted March 8, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 8, 2021 26 minutes ago, Carbomb said: ...that the "Renegade Edition" of Highlander II: The Quickening was actually a complete re-working of the premise to mitigate the shit sci-fi plot-hole. I never bothered with it because I thought it was just one of those director's cuts and figured it probably couldn't do much to improve it, but having been given a précis of the synopsis by a mate, I'm now intrigued and would like to see it. Said mate did inform me that it's still not brilliant, but that it's still miles better, and at least a lot more fun, which the original patently was not. It's a marked improvement on the original (which was such a stupid left turn for what seemed like a very simple concept and one that damaged the Highlander property massively), but it's still a bit bonkers/ropey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Elizabeth Olsen is the sister of the Olsen twins. Wonder if she’ll ever work on anything as strong as It Takes Two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 9, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 9, 2021 TIL “Scottine” is a girls name in, at least, North America. For people that wanted a boy called Scott but had a girl, I guess. Terrible name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 9, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 9, 2021 ...something that the more pop-culture-savvy on here will probably know already, that Tracy Grandstaff, who voices Daria, was in the pilot (or "Season 0") of The Real World, and was a production assistant on a couple of later episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 9, 2021 Moderators Share Posted March 9, 2021 2 hours ago, air_raid said: TIL “Scottine” is a girls name in, at least, North America. For people that wanted a boy called Scott but had a girl, I guess. Terrible name. Still better than "Nigella". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted March 9, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 9, 2021 Bernadette is worse than both really, but it's a famous (and great) song so is normalised to some extent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, gmoney said: Bernadette is worse than both really, but it's a famous (and great) song so is normalised to some extent. It really is.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted March 9, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 9, 2021 That rogue fish sellers are a thing. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 9, 2021 Moderators Share Posted March 9, 2021 4 hours ago, SuperBacon said: It really is.  Really annoying that the loop is slightly off in its timing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 18 minutes ago, ReturnOfTheMack said: That rogue fish sellers are a thing.   One pound fish man was one until he got deported Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted March 9, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 9, 2021 Seems some people have been going round the nearby estates selling fish from a van. We live far too close to a lake for this not to be dodgy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 10, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 10, 2021 23 hours ago, gmoney said: Bernadette is worse than both really, but it's a famous (and great) song so is normalised to some extent. I’d really never made the connection before to Bernard. Good job really, I only ever knew one Bernadette and she was one of the most beautiful women I ever met. Having “Bernard” stuck in my head at the time would have been very inconvenient. Still not sure it’s as bad as when women are called Stevie, Brett or Peta to rhyme with Peter. Still waiting to encounter little girls called Keith, Derek or Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, air_raid said: I’d really never made the connection before to Bernard. Good job really, I only ever knew one Bernadette and she was one of the most beautiful women I ever met. Having “Bernard” stuck in my head at the time would have been very inconvenient. Bernard is a perfectly acceptable name for a woman though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted March 10, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 10, 2021 They love giving girls boys' names, the Yanks, and surnames too. Seen at least two girls called Rory, several called Spencer, Clarke or Taylor, and there's a whole slew with a "Mc/Mac" (which is just annoying). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, air_raid said: Still not sure it’s as bad as when women are called Stevie, Brett or Peta to rhyme with Peter. What's wrong with this? Edit: @Carbomb We call our daughter Rory, but thats short for Aurora. Also is sometimes used as short for Lorelai as in Gilmore Girls. Edited March 10, 2021 by SuperBacon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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