oojason

ZigZig said:

Greetings from Belgium to all British friends!
Enjoy the match!

You too mate 😃

Edit - Congrats on the win, and good luck vs Japan.

RicOlie_2 said:

oojason said:

^ Wisconsin Horizons by Phil Koch

I follow that guy on Flickr. He’s one of my favourite photographers.

Just had a look - ta for the heads-up 😃

Some breathtaking photos on his flickr site.

^ Wisconsin Horizons by Phil Koch

^ from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38325319

by Sergey Polyushko, Ukraine

TV’s Frink said:

oojason said:

Dear Comrade Frink,

We have authorised the geneat oojason

Take it to the What Are You Eating thread, maybe.

Ha, no. It seems some around here are confused enough with the new sub-forum.
 

Back on the footy…

Well in Costa Rica - them scoring tonight made it so that all 32 teams have now scored a goal at this World Cup, plus it also being a creditable draw against a team that has only lost one game in two years.

Though Serbia lost 2-0 to Brazil, they created some very decent chances and were a threat until the 2nd goal went in, was an enjoyable game overall.
 

That looks a cool set 😃

These site smay be of interest mate - they convert inches to pixels for you (many covers seem to have a DPI of 300):-

https://www.ninjaunits.com/converters/pixels/pixels-inches/

http://www.nationsphotolab.com/pixelchart.aspx
 

A few people on here have bought old 3-disc boxsets from the local thrift/charity store (it doesn’t even have to have any discs in them etc) - and use that to take apart and learn how these box sets are made - as well as measuring dimensions etc. Some prefer 7mm slimline cases, or the 12mm spine cases - so sizes may vary depending upon preference.

Good luck with it!
 

Dear Comrade Frink,

We have authorised the geneat oojason to convey our message to you (his ‘Russian Thought Policing’ earlier on the OT.com brought him into our good graces again - though please read this message in stern Russian accent - not that indecipherable Scouse).

Fear not - the US has been under complete Russian control for nearly 18 months. Before you know it, you’ll be on Moscow-time too. It’s gonna be great - the best, it’s gonna be beautiful, as my puppet your President would say (after approval by myself, of course).

Sincerely,

Donald (sorry - very confusing running this many countries)
Vladi @ The White House
 

PS - Go Eagles!

Germany go out of the World Cup at the Group Stage losing 2-0 to South Korea.

Sweden finish top of the Group, with Mexico also going through to the Last 16 - finishing in 2nd place.

Portugal were a 94th minute 1v1 away from being eliminated in the Group Stage by Iran . Germany have been eliminated in the Group Stage, losing 2-0 to South Korea. Argentina were four minutes away from being eliminated in the group stage by Nigeria.

This World Cup has been extraordinary so far - hope it continues.
 

DuracellEnergizer said:

The circle of fart jokes is now complete.

I sense something… a presence I’ve not felt since…

Back to the more serious matter of Canon…

The idea and purpose behind dividing the EU it into Canon/Legends in 2014, for “one consistent narrative”, and then ignoring that whenever Dave Filoni re-writes or retcons another creative’s work; be it from Canon or Legends - for his own projects…
 

• Lucasfilm clarifies the future of the EU (a 2014 thread; re the 25th April announcement from Lucasfilm about the EU)

• The Star Wars Expanded Universe: Past, Present, & Future (2014 official Star Wars ‘Legends/Canon’ announcement video)

^ Dave Filoni: “It feels real when everything is in line. And I think that is the challenge for all of us going forward with Star Wars. How are we responsible with what was? And how do we still move forward even if things become very different? I think the EU will be a legacy that is mined forever.”
 

He is like the Terminator - ‘Can’t be reasoned with. Doesn’t feel pity, remorse, or respect. And he absolutely will not stop… ever’.

Edit: Caston’s “info post” chronicling Dave Filoni’s re-writes / retcons of other creatives’ EU & Canon work for his own projects…

…in the The 2008 Clone Wars messes up continuity - or how Lucas is still destroying Star Wars thread.
 

Emre’s follow-up “info post” in the same above thread, chronicling…

1. Various creatives’ EU projects actually being canon at the time - contrary to Lucasfilm’s recent claims.
2. George’s actual involvement with various EU projects - again contrary to Lucasfilm’s recent claims.
    

The whole thread is well worth a read through.

‘Star Wars: Rogue One - Sacrifice’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hrz-7W-fTA

^ massive spoilers therein, though a quality 5 minute video highlighting the overall theme of Rogue One (to me, anyway).
 

‘Heterosexual couple win right to civil partnership’…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44627990

Good news for the 3.3 million co-habiting couples in the UK.
 

^ Pleasing to see and hopefully there’ll be more to come.

A similar thing has occurred with the Labour Party in the UK - a once proud leftist party that chased the central/floating/business vote for so long… it lost it almost became detached from it’s roots and it’s traditional support (many of whom left or became disillusioned) - and lost ground in doing so.

Now things in the Party are considerably different (with the Party being re-structured to give average people a larger say in how the Party is run) - and the last election, where many analysts and pundits thought Labour would be almost wiped out, actually came close to defeating the Tories. With more young and disaffected people joining Labour all the time… whilst the Tories resort to clinging to power with £b bribes with some unsavoury characters from Northern Ireland on a power-grab - people see that - and won’t likely forget it… let alone the uncertainly and lack of plan for Brexit and post-Brexit deals, Grenfell, NHS and so on…
 

Back to the US…

I hope this (and hopefully other similar results) can be a catalyst for the Democrats - right now I don’t know who your leader is, what the Party is standing for, what they are calling up Trump and Republicans on, what their plan is - how they plan to defeat Trump… as the news cycle seems to be dominated by Trump and the circus he has created. As a Brit, that’s not a problem here in the UK - though I hope this view isn’t representative of what is actually happening in the US.
 

Well done Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
 

‘South African photographer David Goldblatt dies aged 87’…

Documenting the racial divide during apartheid, he was credited with bringing a strong moral and ethical dimension to his work

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jun/25/david-goldblatt-south-africa-dies-aged-87-photographer

&

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jun/26/david-goldblatt-south-african-photographer-apartheid

Your English is very good - there are lots of native English speakers who’ve made made a lot more mistakes on their covers & art work too! Me included 😃

It’s a quality boxset you have come up with - well done mate.

There is a very small error on the text on the back of the box - it should say ‘Other characters include Luke’s sister’ - though it’s hardly noticeable.

Westworld’s Season 2 soundtrack is up on the official WaterTower Music youtube channel - some quality work from Ramin Djawadi:-

https://www.youtube.com/user/WaterTowerWB/videos
 

Love his piano arrangement of Nirvana’s ‘Heart Shaped Box’ too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c34N6JFLAsM

The Specials - Ghost Town (Original Promo - 1981)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXjr92SflTY

Good idea for a thread, CHEWBAKAspelledwrong 😃

Though no embarrassment for mfm at all mate. mfm was correct, as stated in his linked thread above, that cuisine falls under the category of culture - yet in this case I though it best to move his intriguing The Terrible Restaurant Experience Thread to The Cantina - where all the other food and drink related threads are.
 

suspiciouscoffee said:

Random thoughts on political themes of sports movies?

Along with the other political threads in the Culture section is probably a good place, mate.

An enjoyable listen that, mate - nice one. And will follow Travis’ instruction to give you a hard time 😉

^ from https://mymodernmet.com/star-wars-death-star-dome-tent-the-monster-factory/ (with more pics)

Seems the Target exclusive Solo blu ray release will feature a 40-page gallery book… with a shipping date of 10th Sept:-

https://www.target.com/p/solo-a-star-wars-story-target-exclusive-4k-uhd-2-blu-ray-digital-code/-/A-53666816

Warbler said:

I have been wanting the ability to create polls Is this feature by any chance in the works?

I believe so - it’s either being considered by Jay - or is on his list of things to do.
 

Re an ‘ignore’ feature? I don’t know for sure - yet don’t think it’s being considered. Personally, I hope not, anyway.

There is always the option to scroll past posts from members you may not wish to view.
 

Just noticed that the OT•com twitter is now up to 1,000+ followers - nice one 😃

Wow… well played Croatia (and tactically superb too), though Argentina… that was tough to watch if you’re a fan of them.

Looks like Argentina will go out in the Group Stages!

2 minute highlights of Argentina vs Croatia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcM5n71XmBo

Cracking day of footy on Saturday - 13 goals from the 3 games - with some high quality and eventful footy too.

England continue the goals today, winning 6-1 vs Panama…