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Post by Tim on Nov 16, 2018 9:30:21 GMT
Has anyone else wasted several hours of their life watching the final season of House of Cards on Netflix?
They should've just cancelled it when they dumped Kevin Spacey because they've clearly used that event as a trigger to completely lose the plot.
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Post by PetrolEd on Nov 16, 2018 10:37:08 GMT
A remake of DAS BOOT starts on Sky next week. Should be good.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 10:38:19 GMT
Tomorrow's World is coming back, apparently. Good. I want to know when my flying car is being launched (no pun intended)...
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Post by Roadrunner on Nov 16, 2018 10:41:02 GMT
Tomorrow's World is coming back, apparently. Good. I want to know when my flying car is being launched (no pun intended)... It won't be the same without Raymond Baxter. |
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Post by Roadrunner on Nov 16, 2018 10:42:10 GMT
A remake of DAS BOOT starts on Sky next week. Should be good. It will have a job on its hands to be better than the original. |
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Post by PetrolEd on Nov 16, 2018 14:02:20 GMT
A remake of DAS BOOT starts on Sky next week. Should be good. It will have a job on its hands to be better than the original. Ain't that the truth |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 17:20:10 GMT
They Shall Not Grow Old, Peter Jackson's colourised and restored WW1 documentary.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2018 17:27:33 GMT
I have the original on a disk, the writing and the cast are epic, one of the best produced programs/films ever.
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Post by scouse on Nov 17, 2018 15:24:20 GMT
Just seen an advert in Smiths for a new George RR Martin book - it’s another bloody prequel!! :-( :-(
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 21:03:35 GMT
The Billy Monger story on bbc 2, now.
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Post by Boxer6 on Nov 19, 2018 22:09:45 GMT
The Billy Monger story on bbc 2, now. What an inspiring young man he is to be sure. Outstanding. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2018 22:20:47 GMT
I see him as talented but not the whole deal yet, loss of legs has set him back a bit but, with the right backing he could be the first Billy Monger rather than the next Lewis Hamilton etc. I hope he goes all the way.
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Post by ChrisM on Nov 20, 2018 8:00:28 GMT
..... with the right backing he could be the first Billy Monger rather than the next Lewis Hamilton etc. I hope he goes all the way. He already is the first Billy Monger. I've not yet seen last night's programme but I've seen a few others including when he met Alex Zanardi, and his courage and enthusiasm is amazing especially in the face of adversity. Would be great to see him in F1, and am amazed at the FIA's discriminatory attitude towards disability which has only recently started to change. Trevor Carlin saw something in him and gave him a chance that he's grabbed with both hands; long may this continue |
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Post by humphreythepug on Nov 20, 2018 8:33:58 GMT
The Billy Monger story on bbc 2, now. Just watched it, as positive as he comes across I can't help feeling that there is a very deep sadness in there. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2018 13:19:24 GMT
..... with the right backing he could be the first Billy Monger rather than the next Lewis Hamilton etc. I hope he goes all the way. He already is the first Billy Monger. I've not yet seen last night's programme but I've seen a few others including when he met Alex Zanardi, and his courage and enthusiasm is amazing especially in the face of adversity. Would be great to see him in F1, and am amazed at the FIA's discriminatory attitude towards disability which has only recently started to change. Trevor Carlin saw something in him and gave him a chance that he's grabbed with both hands; long may this continue Badly put, sorry. I was talking about getting to the sharp end of racing. F1 or perhaps whatever they call prototype racing now. |
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Post by Tim on Nov 29, 2018 11:20:27 GMT
The Cure are playing in Glasgow next summer but I think its part of a festival of some sort and 2 tickets would cost around £150. I'm not fussed although Mrs Tim is a fan but even she's reluctant, not just because of the price but add in an open air festival in summer in Scotland! Plus it's Glasgow  Meanwhile, courtesy of Spotify, I've been indulging myself on stuff that I had on vinyl 30 odd years ago including cock rock such as Rainbow, Kiss, Def Leppard and at the risk of severe embarassment Vinnie Vincent! |
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Post by Boxer6 on Nov 29, 2018 21:03:38 GMT
The Cure are playing in Glasgow next summer but I think its part of a festival of some sort and 2 tickets would cost around £150. I'm not fussed although Mrs Tim is a fan but even she's reluctant, not just because of the price but add in an open air festival in summer in Scotland! Plus it's Glasgow Meanwhile, courtesy of Spotify, I've been indulging myself on stuff that I had on vinyl 30 odd years ago including cock rock such as Rainbow, Kiss, Def Leppard and at the risk of severe embarassment Vinnie Vincent! It's the Summer Sessions I think, with them headlining Friday night and the Foo Fighters the Saturday. I couldn't get on the internet at 9a.m. last Friday, thus no tickets. I only wanted the Saturday, but even the Platinum tickets are all gone!  Twickets it is then. |
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Post by Tim on Nov 30, 2018 11:33:56 GMT
That sold out quickly. I'm gutted.
Or not!
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Post by PG on Dec 6, 2018 13:39:25 GMT
Finally got to see Bohemian Rhapsody - we thought it was excellent. The critics clearly have no idea what they are doing.
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Post by PG on Dec 6, 2018 13:40:16 GMT
Just seen an advert in Smiths for a new George RR Martin book - it’s another bloody prequel!! :-( :-( Why doesn't he just get a ghost writer in to finish the GOT series! |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Dec 6, 2018 15:53:41 GMT
Just seen an advert in Smiths for a new George RR Martin book - it’s another bloody prequel!! :-( :-( Why doesn't he just get a ghost writer in to finish the GOT series! Given that the next series will be the last of the current timeframe with Jon Snow, Daenerys, etc and that he has passed the story arc onto other writers we're OK there. I loved reading all the GOT books and watching the TV series but I got a prequel, history of Westeros book and got completely lost. Even setting it aside in the toilet to read a bit when in there I quickly calculated that, at my age, I don't have enough bowel movements left to finish it and gave up. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2018 16:31:53 GMT
Macbeth by Jo Nesbo, normally one of the authors I think highly of. I get that Macbeth is a take on the Scottish play but it is dire with a capital 'S'. Write up there with a certain American alternative history riter who cannot construct a paragraph. I had to give up.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 16:17:46 GMT
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Post by Andy C on Dec 15, 2018 20:45:49 GMT
Saw the bootleg Beatles in the symphony hall on Tuesday. Fantastic night. The vocals and looks are absolutely spot on. Great venue too. I’ve seen them a few times at the NIA, but the acoustics in the SH were as you’d expect (brill)
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Post by Boxer6 on Dec 15, 2018 21:12:15 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 21:58:28 GMT
Enjoyed that! Me too.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 12:34:13 GMT
Good, but I'd expected a little more. Beautifully shot, though.
Absolutely fantastic drama. I always wait until drama series are finished before watching, so as to allow bingeing.
Interesting so far, though rather less well-written than I was hoping for.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 12:44:30 GMT
I thought the Revenant was terrible and turned it off before it finished. I thought the way it was filmed where the camera moved around the action was interesting but the story was just too far fetched to be believable.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jan 10, 2019 12:48:40 GMT
The Trump book is interesting- I read it last year, although it ends a bit abruptly. It just confirms what we already know about that idiot in the White House. I read How Not to be a Boy as well and I must admit it did disappoint a bit and felt a bit self-indulgent. I just though Webb would be funnier. A good 7/10 though.
I've just finished The Spy and The Traitor by Ben Macintyre about MI6's most successful spy inside the KGB at the height of The Cold War. Really enjoyed it and it reinforces Thatcher's part in the thawing of relations between East and West. I also liked the bit about confusing Russian sniffer dogs with Cheese and Onion crisps as they'd never encountered anything like them in their training!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2019 14:07:11 GMT
I'd have thought that writing an autobiography of any sort could be viewed as self-indulgent!
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