SuperBacon Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 If something isn't on one of the streaming services, I can find a copy of that film 99.999999% of the time within a few minutes. Cable from laptop to TV, and we're off. Last night I wanted to watch Dazed & Confused. Wasn't on anything I had so found it through Google. Come on old boys, get with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 23, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2023 The trope of filming someone entering the room, sitting down or drinking from a glass of water while the narrator explains who they are, before clips start of them talking. Usually it’s totally superfluous anyway and the tagline “forensic scientist” or whatever underneath their name on screen is adequate to give weight to what they’re saying without the voiceover, but it’s the filming style especially that irritates me. Plus 5 pts for them staring off wistfully into the distance. Plus 15 for the shot of them looking away from the camera then turning to look towards the camera in slow motion. Plus 50 if we’ve already had clips of the expert talking 2-3 times earlier before this ridiculous intro is randomly inserted mid-episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Pretty sure that's been mentioned before. The filming of the interview set up is a massive irritant. "Are we rolling? Quick sip of water....ooooh that's cold, too cold maybe? Haha, ok let's do this" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 39 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: If something isn't on one of the streaming services, I can find a copy of that film 99.999999% of the time within a few minutes. Cable from laptop to TV, and we're off. Last night I wanted to watch Dazed & Confused. Wasn't on anything I had so found it through Google. Come on old boys, get with it Yeah I ended up doing that with Top Gun. My mum wanted to see it again before the new one and it just wasn't on anything at the time. Easy enough to find through other means of course. But I haven't done that too much since pre-Netflix really. I used to do it a lot when our gaps on US tv series were ridiculous before we started getting same day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 3 hours ago, air_raid said: The trope of filming someone entering the room, sitting down or drinking from a glass of water while the narrator explains who they are, before clips start of them talking. Usually it’s totally superfluous anyway and the tagline “forensic scientist” or whatever underneath their name on screen is adequate to give weight to what they’re saying without the voiceover, but it’s the filming style especially that irritates me. Plus 5 pts for them staring off wistfully into the distance. Plus 15 for the shot of them looking away from the camera then turning to look towards the camera in slow motion. Plus 50 if we’ve already had clips of the expert talking 2-3 times earlier before this ridiculous intro is randomly inserted mid-episode. Brooker did a joke on that in the end of year review. Think it was Samuel L Jackson saying something like “If you’re filming don’t use it in the intro, I hate that bullshit” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 23, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2023 26 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Brooker did a joke on that in the end of year review. Think it was Samuel L Jackson saying something like “If you’re filming don’t use it in the intro, I hate that bullshit” Indeed it was, I believe on Death To 2020! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 9:10 PM, Keith Houchen said: Just put my back out by sneezing. Vince may actually be onto something. Turns out I didn’t and I actually have Shingles. On the plus side I scored some tramadol from my girlfriends dad so every cloud and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted April 26, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2023 Game adverts in which none of the footage is from gameplay. If I want to watch a film I'll go to the cinema. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted April 26, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2023 34 minutes ago, Gus Mears said: Game adverts in which none of the footage is from gameplay. If I want to watch a film I'll go to the cinema. Yes. This should be illegal in my opinion. You’re basically trying to sell a product with nothing representative of that product. It’s like a movie trailer containing no actual footage from the movie it’s advertising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weevil Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 On 4/23/2023 at 11:38 AM, Uncle Zeb said: I'm housesitting this weekend with the whole of Netflix and Prime Video at my command, a novelty for me. So I've just searched for twenty of my favourite non-Disney films - all mainstream staples (I'm a man of simple tastes) - and only eight of them are available on either of these two leading platforms, without paying extra to buy or rent them. If any of them are fox films they might be on disney plus. I noticed that the Die Hard films are on there for instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted April 28, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted April 28, 2023 I think Top Gun is on Paramount Plus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted May 1, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted May 1, 2023 Watching working class people waste money to celebrate the passing of a ceremonial seat of inherited status and uncountable wealth from the figurehead who died, to the next in line. Gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 (edited) 28 minutes ago, air_raid said: Watching working class people waste money to celebrate the passing of a ceremonial seat of inherited status and uncountable wealth from the figurehead who died, to the next in line. Gross. Whilst I really don't have any extreme feelings towards the royals either way, and would prefer it if they didn't have a coronation, if people want to spend their money on things that they want to in order to celebrate something, then that's fine IMO. Who am I to judge? A lot of older working class people are massive royalists (my grandmother certainly was) and I'm sure if she was still alive she would be buying all sorts of tatty shit to enjoy the day as it would've been a special occasion to her, same for millions of others. I'd rather Charlie didn't roll through London in a gold carriage but then I'd rather a lot of things didn't happen. Maybe Just Stop Oil will get involved and give us all a right laugh. Something that was annoying was professional grifter Jack Monroe in The Guardian with their "poverty porn" food bullshit with a ridiculous recipe on how to make a coronation quiche for less than 50p a portion. You know the sort where you use <1p worth of salt, and need cupboard basics to actually make it, when they could've just said "If you want a quiche for the day, Asda do them for £2" Edited May 1, 2023 by SuperBacon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Coconut Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 (edited) I'd find it hard to make kwesh that costs more than 50p a portion. Although I do keep chickens who shit kwesh ore, so I'm maybe not the target audience. Edited May 1, 2023 by King Coconut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 19 minutes ago, King Coconut said: I'd find it hard to make kwesh that costs more than 50p a portion. Although I do keep chickens who shit kwesh ore, so I'm maybe not the target audience. Apologies it was "from 41p a portion" https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/apr/29/jack-monroes-cheaper-coronation-quiche-for-the-big-help-out-recipe HEY LAD! HEY HEY LAD! LIKE A BIT OF THE ROYALS DO WE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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