Couldn't understand why there was a big hole left in the 'wall' :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
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Couldn't understand why there was a big hole left in the 'wall' :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
The ongoing tale of 2 'normal' guys and their slave in ancient Rome
Most amusing
Saw the trailer to that - is it anything like Chelmsford 123? That was a great show.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeMusic
In a similar vein.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Perhaps not quite so funny. Well worth watching though
I was sure it had been mentioned in this thread, but can't find it now... Battle: Los Angeles (2011) - watched a couple of nights ago - real adrenalin rush of a film - even my missus was on the edge of her seat and she's not a massive Action or Sci-Fi Film fan. Well worth it if you like that sort of thing.
Yes, I'm fairly sure I mentioned it. A real surprise for me as I was expecting the usual sub-intelligent crap. It was superb!
Watched again, 2nd time
Good film about the Tour de France 2009
Mostly about the HTC team and Cavendish the super sprinter
Enjoyable even the 2nd time around and that's with Liggett and Sherwen commentating
S'funny HTC pulled the plug on what must have been cheap advertising, especially since cycling has now become so big
I'm guessing £10m a year would run the team nicely and I believe they paid a lot lkess than that.
Still find it hard to believe they just stopped. Winning team, walk away. Bonkers
Wonderful, gentle comedy.
Clever with more going on in the pauses and silence than many others
Could be life in the old dog yet
Rossi makes life so much more interesting when he has a decent bike.
Fairly sure I heard the roar of the crowd when he really got going
Hopefully MotoGP will be well worth watching this year, especially as I rate Qatar as a boring track
I don't think F1 has a Rossi have they ?
I'm not in touch with F1
Do they have a Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Marquez, Crutchlow or any of the other guys including the supporting Moto2 and Moto3 ?
F1 is very different Mike. Not knowing MotoGP very well, I can't compare drivers for you.
Thought Rossi was a byword for MotoGp and other things exciting.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
I imagine parallels between some of the different riders/drivers with Rossi out somewhere else.
It was odd watching it and realising that this was exciting stuff as Rossi fought his way forward
The circuit lets the whole spectacle down so I'm hoping for even better to come.
I used to watch F1 avidly for years but gave up when I reckon it became too boring
Think the real question I'm asking is there a F1 driver with a huge talent and real character. James Hunt is possibly the closest I get. Jimmy Clark comes to mind but I didn't know him well enough. He may well have been supremely talented and quiet
I have heard of Rossi! Yes, of course: Hamilton, Raikonnen and possibly Webber fit that category. Alonso is an all-round great. Vettel is the spoiled brat we all love to hate - gifted the best car in F1. The one thing F1 is not is boring!
My guess is that Rossi stands alone with the talent to gain 9 world titles, so Schumacher esque but with a character.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
Difficult to explain if you haven't seen him performing over a period.
I watched him come up from 125, through 250 and into the top class.
An entertaining nutter with talent very rarely seen. Probably the best bike rider ever.
Not just my imagination I don't think as spectators in many different countries come to races all over the world to see Rossi perform.
He seems to have something I can't quite describe in words.
There are other very talented riders, some now may even be better than him, but not that bonkers character
Definitely not Schumacher then. Perhaps Hunt is a good comparison. Mansell too.
Senna probably the greatest of them all, but my goodness was he single-minded.
But here is not the place. Shall we continue in the F1 thread?
Before we go there.....Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
The MotoGP season continues in 2 weeks at a new track, Austin TX
To see the very best track, IMO it has to be Philip lsland in Aus. around September/October -too tricky for F1 :)
Think Rossi is still something special and hopefully will show it in the forthcoming rounds
A F1 thread eh ?
Will I have to become less exciting ?
:D
:guns:
The F1 thread is here.
Do I have to be quiet in case I wake anyone up ?Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
:)
:rfl:
Mad Max on VHS :eek: 'The Bronze, they keep you from being proud...'
The Band - The Last Waltz
1978
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Watching the 2002 re-release collectors edition.
Planet Of The Apes.
"Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape."
Love it! Can't beat ol Chuck Heston. . .
Vanishing Point
This was on Film 4 last week very late so I taped it and watched it last night. Not seen it in thirty years, it's much better than I recalled. For those who are not familiar a speed freak (in both senses of the word) named Kowalski has to drive a Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in 2 days, avoiding the cops and scoring gas and amphetamines where and when he can. Great soundtrack too.
After a cuppa cha Venus In Furs (1969)
Love that film! Primal Scream wrote an album after being inspired by it which I also love, and will now have to play!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
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The Impossible
Heart wrenching, moving, hard to watch at times but uplifting too, based on a true story about how events that day affected María Belón's family.
This is a beautifully done, respectful movie about the horror of boxing day 2004 when so many died horribly, swept away. The figure who died is a mind numbing 280000....
The acting is powerful particularly the children involved.
I watched the Blu ray and I am not convinced its much better than the DVD would be.
Worth watching but I would be very surprised if you won't need tissues - I did.
Regards Neil
Me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L
Star Trek - Into Darkness
What can I say, very little without ruining it but what I can say is this is in my opinion a fantastic film, amazing to look at, with excellent action scenes, special effects and brilliant acting particularly from Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch :eek:
Well worth going to see, a 9 out of 10 :cool:
Regards Neil
Good - I have it planned for next weekend.
Watching this for a 2nd time as you cannot take it all in in one sitting
Surprising story in may ways and well worth the 4 hours.
A nice guy and not daft.
If you don't know much ab out the story you are in for a lot of big surprises
I picked it up on BBC4 courtesy of my Tivo.
May come back to TV, if not you can get the set of DVDs
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shaving ryans privates for the 100th time
No Country For Old Men
Kept me entertained - worth a watch.
Agreed - though not, in my opinion, the best of the Coen brothers' works.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Which do you rate then, Barry? For me it's Big Lebowski and Fargo. Otherwise I can take them or leave them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
+1, especially TBL, but I really like NCFOM too, Javier Bardem is outstanding in it. But to be honest, I enjoy everything they do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I've seen them all. Of the Coen brothers' canon, I like 'Raising Arizona', 'Big Lebowski' and of course 'Fargo'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
But I especially like 'O Bother, Where Art Thou?'. Mainly for the word play (as in 'Fargo') and for the music (which I have on CD).
I forgot they did Raising Arizona. Actually I didn't know that No Country.. was a Cohen Brothers film until the closing credits although I suspected it might be a little way into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
And I agree Bardem is brilliant. Everyone is really good in fact. I like the nineteen -seventy's setting as well.
Saw it last night (in 2D, of course) and loved it. It has great respect for the characterisations and humour of TOS, good simple storyline, superb action sequences and a top menacing performance from Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan. Pine and Quinto, especially, have truly embraced the original characters and are believable as them, quite a feat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L
I saw it last night at the cinema in 3d. Got to say I could do without the 3d which was blurred in places. Some flaws in the story annoyed me. Kirk and the baddy flying through space from Enterprise to the other ship. They had to reach a hatch opened by Scotty. It wasn't an airlock so there would have been explosive decompression of the vast engineering bay.
But loved the characters who totally understand the original TV series and are fantastic in their own right.
Various ST series have depicted openings to space where a 'force field' keeps the air inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Covenant
I suppose if they can transport when they are on the move they can hold back a room full of air and allow two bodies to fly through the force field.
Clever these trekkies.
In fairness Scotty is the man who protests that he cannot change the laws of physics whilst simultaneously travelling around the galaxy in a space craft that can go many times faster than the speed of light...
Them laws aren't our laws :eyebrows:
but not in normal space, only in hyper space ;)lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Its a plot device that stops stories and films etc running in real time lol if it was real and the speed of light was as fast as ships could go well 8 years there and back to our closest star. So any further would require hibernation devices, or generation ships. Startrek is sci-fantasy not hard science fiction which could become true.
Anyway loved the film and despite a few flaws I think its one of the best Trek films of the lot so far.
Regards Neil
It's also well known that the transporter was a plot device to accommodate instant 'arrivals' as the original ST budget didn't go far enough to create ship landings.
I watched The Sweeney (Film) today and whilst I know many with you are not fans, I thought it was pretty good.
P.
BBC1........
What complete web of lies and deceit woven by the police, coroner, judges and politicians involved in everything following the Hillsborough disaster. I'm so ashamed.
Yes - it left a bad taste in my mouth as well. 24 years on and we are only now unearthing the truth!Quote:
Originally Posted by UV101
At times, I'm ashamed of my country. :steam:
Watched this today, better than I thought it would be, pretty good film :)
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The History Boys
Really don't know what to make of this. I have never seen the original 'Play For Today' or the stage version, but I recall the furore that surrounded it at the time. Nothing was remotely realistic or believable about it and graphic sexual dialogue is pretty old hat nowdays. Or was it meant to be some adolescent fantasy along the lines of 'If...' - not really sure.
That's me finished with computers for the day . . .
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Not expecting much from this TBH, but I like the cast.