‘The Best of the Quarter-Finals!’ video, from FIFA…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXuP661DSCo
I’d like to compliment the camera operators at the World Cup so far - some great shots of the crowd enjoying themselves - thankfully usually shown when the ball is not in play! 😃
Not just of erm… attractive women, but also images like this…
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^ I think there may be some pet threads in the Index thread for Cantina (and maybe some more knocking around in the forum too) - though who cares? Cool pics of your dog, mate 😃
(and from experience I wish you well for keeping him white and clean - he looks like a bundle of fun 😃)
‘The Last Jedi is amazing and you are all insane.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXCLJp541Pw
^ Someone’s opinion on the film (Maj0r Lee) - has some decent insights and viewpoints that haven’t really been delved into much before (which is somewhat surprising - given the endless repetitive nature of debate on TLJ).
It also addresses some of the criticisms of the film - which is a strange surreal watch (and humourous), given the claims and emotions by some of those criticising it (mainly vloggers & youtubers etc - whom seem to be the people being referred to in the title of his video).
A monowheel, also known as the Dynasphere spherical car, in the UK in 1930…
Looks a lot of fun - not sure how good the forward vision would be on a busy modern road though 😉
I’ve been awake for about 18 hours and I so very desperately want to sleep but I don’t feel like it?
Put The Holiday Special on, my friend - a non-medicinal wonder for those wishing get some kip 😃
I salute the 27 million Soviets that died in WWII and defeated the Nazi War Machine!
Raboche-krest’yanskaya Krasnaya armiya
WAIT! WRONG COUNTRY!
Sorry folks
Victory Day! (9th May?)
Jedit: Yes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(9_May)
Respect and remembrance to all those who fought (not just on the battlefield) to defeat the Nazis & Axis Powers in World War Two.
A question re college football (and probably a wider American football discussion) - what happens to those that don’t progress to the pro-leagues? Are there amateur leagues, or local leagues in which teams play? (people who may not be ‘good’ at it - though just enjoy playing), Social games even?
Or do people just stop playing? Take up another sport or do something else?
There seems to be many courts around for basketball, and you only really need a patch of grass and some ‘jumpers for goalposts’ for soccer - yet what of Amercian football?
Saw a packet of these for sale yesterday…
Used to love these as a kid - most kids around us did too. The corner shop would often sell out (handily located around the corner from the school - doing a cracking trade of sugary goodness).
I mistakenly thought jawbreakers had been banned selling them 25+ years ago - man, those fireballs were hot - probably the reason why I thought they stopped selling them - or were banned - plus all the sugar, artificial colouring and flavourings etc 😃
Fireball, sour, original and fruit flavours… mouth… you’re about to go on a nostalgia trip 😃
‘The church brutalised Ireland. People have a right to protest the pope’s visit’…
Ireland’s political leaders are calling protests against Pope Francis’s visit ‘petty’. Have they forgotten the decades of abuse?
^ as ever with The Guardian - sources, events and information are linked to in the article itself.
On the topic of the Catholic Church blaming the victims for abuse:-
‘The Catholic church must stop blaming victims: children cannot consent to sex’…
&
‘Catholic Church claimed child sex abuse victims ‘consented’’…
Behold…
The C64 Mini!
https://thec64.com/ & https://thec64.com/games/ (there are 64 built-in games - though you can add more)
A review by ‘TheRealCatGoneCrazy’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWfuO6LYRfY
IGN’s review - http://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/03/30/the-c64-mini-review
Guardian review - https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/mar/28/c64-commodore-64-mini-review-everyones-a-wally-boulder-dash-speedball
£64 seems a bit steep - may wait a little until it comes down in price. One for the core nostalgia buffs maybe?
Star Wars fandom hits new depths - a couple of days ago someone posted up ‘Rian Johnson had died’ online - with the text of ‘Rian Johnson has been found dead this morning in his L.A home, details are still arising but suicide has yet to be ruled out’.
I don’t even…this is getting beyond sick. Whatever happened to Don’t give into hate?
As dysfunctional as it gets around here, it’s telling that projects are underway to preserve the theatrical TPM and even the 1997 Special Edition.
The lad who posted about Rian Johnson dying even knocked up an obituary picture with RIP and other text on it to go with his sick claim.
I’m somewhat surprised the 2/3 people in here who’ve made inappropriate comments haven’t started their own ‘Continuing with The Toxic Fandom - Our Stand’ type of thread… instead they try and derail and/or negate this thread, or give feeble hypocritical remarks or explanations as to why it’s okay to do - that it’s fun - that’s it’s actually pathetic someone is actually hurt or affected by them (‘victim blaming’?)… almost like they didn’t think much at all.
It seems he’s just a kid and English may not be his first language. I’m sure he meant well but he kept commenting on every single one of the pictures in my ESB comparison albums saying variations of:
“This Shot Needs To Replace With 35mm Print Scan (Team-1) or Poita’s 35mm 4k scan For The Empire Strikes Back Despecialized v2.5”and he kept at it even after I replied a few times with:
“I know you’re probably trying to be helpful here but all you’re doing is spamming my email (I get a notification every time someone comments) because I know very well which shots need to be replaced using 35mm sources - all of them. There’s no reason to use old standard definition sources in the new versions any more and all shots need to be redone, since the next versions will be 1080p.”
So, I ended up blocking him from commenting.
Ok, Ok, Fine, I Will Stop
Could you explain you posting this as a reply to what Harmy wrote? I don’t get it.
Are you implying anything he said around it made sense to you?
Hopefully, he’ll start making sense soon, mate. Very soon.
^ PM sent mate
It seems he’s just a kid and English may not be his first language. I’m sure he meant well but he kept commenting on every single one of the pictures in my ESB comparison albums saying variations of:
“This Shot Needs To Replace With 35mm Print Scan (Team-1) or Poita’s 35mm 4k scan For The Empire Strikes Back Despecialized v2.5”and he kept at it even after I replied a few times with:
“I know you’re probably trying to be helpful here but all you’re doing is spamming my email (I get a notification every time someone comments) because I know very well which shots need to be replaced using 35mm sources - all of them. There’s no reason to use old standard definition sources in the new versions any more and all shots need to be redone, since the next versions will be 1080p.”
So, I ended up blocking him from commenting.
Ok, Ok, Fine, I Will Stop
Could you explain you posting this as a reply to what Harmy wrote? I don’t get it.
I’ve written like 10 responses to that so far but none seem quite right.
Don’t let them not see the light of day - take them to the ‘posts I typed out, but didn’t seem quite right, so I didn’t hit the ‘submit your reply’’ thread 😃
It’s all about the tense mate 😉
Am currently listening to Pet Shop Boys’ Left To My Own Devices - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCo1XdKtIjw - yet has not finished playing yet.
Followed very likely ‘The Anfield Wrap’ podcast later - though that’s not a song…
Think by Kaleida
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CurN2Fg-2E
(seems it featured in the ‘John Wick’ film)
Has a lovely calming voice - yet with a soul/energy to it. Some nice keyboards to it as well.
I would flame jar jar binks actor too, but then again i would also accept same role for that money and wouldn’t give a flying f about flaming… we grow through contradiction plus its fun ;D
‘Racism, Misogyny & Death Threats: How Star Wars Fans Turned to the Dark Side’:-
http://observer.com/2018/05/star-wars-fandom-toxic-disney-lucasfilm/
(^ wrote before Ahmed Best’s reveal that he contemplated suicide due to the vicious backlash he received)
Fun, eh? Still want to ‘flame’ Ahmed Best himself? (rather than offer a genuine & reasoned criticism of the character he played?)
Well, I disagree entirely. First off, it is obvious we are supposed to side with Poe. Holdo is expecting Poe to follow orders. That he doesn’t is not surprising because she doesn’t share what she is doing. And ultimately it is Poe who turns Holdo’s cunning plan into a disaster. Poe sends Finn and Rose off to solve the problem his way. A daring venture full of risks with a possible payoff. But because they do not find the hacker that Maz recommends (probably because he can be trusted) and they end up with DJ and DJ learns of Holdo’s plan, when the mission goes sour he uses that to get himself out of trouble. As a result most of the resistance is destroyed, rather than losing the one ship and hiding out on Crait until someone came to get them. Poe is a hotshot pilot but that is not what makes a leader. Knowing when to not be the hotshot and play it safe is the lesson he needed and he got it the hard way. However the movie makes it very clear that if he hadn’t gone ahead and destroyed the dreadnaught at the beginning, it would have wiped them out later. So his first reckless act that he got demoted for turned out to be the right thing to do at the time, but after the fallout, Poe is making wiser decisions. Not bad for a character Abrams almost killed off.
That story line is full of old war movie tropes. How Holdo treats Poe, how Poe reacts, and how he learns. That may not be your real world experience, but it is many people’s. And Holdo doesn’t seem like she is much of a people person. One of those who rose to command through brilliant tactics. She obviously is a friend of Leia’s. So her tough treatment of Poe makes a lot of sense. Military methods of leadership are not the same as private sector methods. The military needs people who will follow orders without question plus brilliant strategists. So using civilian leadership techniques to critique a military interaction doesn’t work well. The same rules don’t apply. There is a reason why the traditional drill sergeant is tough and gruff. Dressing down a subordinate in a military setting isn’t about their well being, it is about their discipline and willingness to follow orders. In a military setting you need someone who will not panic and will act on their training no matter the price. In a civilian setting an employee’s life is rarely on the line and you rarely need blind obedience. So it is comparing apples to oranges.
So both on the writing side and on the realism side, this part of the story reflects some brilliant writing. I find the entire movie to be brilliant. I love it more the more I watch it. And it is definitely very Star Wars. War movies and samurai movies were very much a part of the original trilogy and Rian Johnson captured that part far better than Abrams did in TFA. I watched Twelve O’Clock High and Three Outlaw Samurai after I heard they, plus To Catch A Thief, were classics Rian Johnson was watching to prepare for this movie. Three brilliant films that definitely had an influence.
Maybe you should read the link I posted from someone with actual military experience
Still leaning on this I see.
C’mon Frink, no-one in the military has ever got it wrong! We should read everything anyone who has fought says - or else we may not think as others think we should, as our lives may depend on it some day, otherwise an ER tv doctor will not save us - or something…
How does SW or war movie logic equate to anything in the real world though? These are broad character archetypes and well worn arcs. This is a series where people are promoted to Commander and even General whenever anything vaguely heroic happens.
Well said Captain Mocata 😉
Here’s an excellent article on The Last Jedi and why it has elicited such a backlash from fans.
Hmm
Insightful look on the film and its response (I guess I should say I don’t agree with everything said, but it’s worth reading):
http://observer.com/2018/07/film-crit-hulk-the-beautiful-ugly-and-possessive-hearts-of-star-wars/
A further article from the Observer.com - in a similar vein of those linked above…
‘Racism, Misogyny & Death Threats: How Star Wars Fans Turned to the Dark Side’…
http://observer.com/2018/05/star-wars-fandom-toxic-disney-lucasfilm/
Apologies if it’s already been posted - it’s kind of difficult to keep track with just how many topics are endlessly repeated on here about TLJ these days, and those of which haven’t…
As ever with content I link to… the article / link may contain content I don’t agree with - yet think it may be of interest. It’s also completely up to you whether to read them or not, believe them, dismiss them, or ignore them.
Quality work lads - love Gorramnerd’s ‘film stip’ cover… (and am a big fan of inksaver style covers 😃)
…and both the reverse covers from him and Mark69.
Quality disc art choices too - and love that pic of Leia on the back cover of Mark69’s cover as well.
Star Wars fandom hits new depths - a couple of days ago someone posted up ‘Rian Johnson had died’ online - with the text of ‘Rian Johnson has been found dead this morning in his L.A home, details are still arising but suicide has yet to be ruled out’.
It’s fascinating and tragic how people have been victimized by the Star Wars fandom. Kelly Marie, Ahmed Best, and Jake Lloyd have all been crucified by obsessed and mean-spirited fans.
Rian Johnson too - similar abuse to what the above have endured - including death threats and announcements of his death too. JJ Abrams received a quite a bit of abuse too if I recall. Kathleen Kennedy as well.
^ PM sent mate
^ PM sent mate
