JoetheRam

Got tickets for Kovalev v Shabranskyy in a couple of weeks at MSG.

Is Kovalev still decent or have the losses to Andre Ward done for him?

Gamboa v Sully Barrera on the U/C.

23 hours ago, loweman2 said:

I've got the same scarf as the one that Arthur's got round his neck.

Always wondered what approximate age it was.

I sense a new thread in the same vein as the "mugs" one...

Withnail & I

11/10

I demand to have some booze!

Eniola Aluko.

Just shut up.

Fireworks on every day except 5th November and New Years Eve.

It's 3 weeks until Guy Fawkes' Night, why the feck are you launching 5 megatons of explosives on the windiest night of the year at 11pm? 

Sticky ginger and miso beef with pak choi.

Beaut and even I can cook it.

FedEx.

On 16/10/2017 at 07:29, Moist One said:

(music) compilations that don't use the original recording.

It annoys the hell out of me when certain compilations dub out certain words or shorten songs. If you don't want the song 'as is', then don't put it in your compilation. Main offenders of this are those wanky Indie-anthems compilations that cut off the excellent musical outro on I am the Resurrection by The Stone Roses, and those Ministry of Sound compilations, there is a Hip Hop one where they've silenced all the N-words and Swear Words! Pointless! Grrrrr

Jukeboxes that do the same. I want my 9 minutes worth when I put my 50 pence in.

Football's possession obsession.

Tried this cooking lark out me sen tonight. 

Lemon roast chicken breasts with bombay potatoes.

14 hours ago, froggg said:

Dry aged rib of beef, simply served, medium rare, roasties cooked in the beef fat, with buttered cabbage and carrots, the pan juices finished off with red wine and port, all washed down with Rioja tinto.

No Yorkshire's. -1.

2 hours ago, Carl Sagan said:

I'm curious because I can't imagine what bits you mean. Can you specify (absolutely fine if you don't wat to bother, but I am genuinely puzzled)?

I'd say Nolan is the last director who would cheat his audience - just the opposite in that he accepts they're a bright bunch who don't have to be spoonfed everything. So, there's a lot of depth in his films and the audience is well-rewarded by repeat viewings.

I'll also add that my counter-post to your original post was a little tongue-in-cheek and just my interpretation of the film. I didn't mean to pick on you! But as well as many viewings I have read the screenplay (the shooting script) several times to come to that particular interpretation. But like all good films there's no "right" interpretation.

Trying to remember some specifics...

I will probably have to watch again.

The bit I most remember is where they need to access deeper dream levels so that they've got more time to do something, which is made out to be a problem, but then hey-presto they find a guy who just happens to have some extra strong prescription that allows them to do that.

Also, is it ever explained how Di Caprio is somehow able to get inside people's dreams and why he's even doing that? 

I also never understood why there's people after him if he makes the dream seem unrealistic. It's his dream, he can surely just dream that they're not after him? 

The maths of how time slows down seems pretty arbitrary. Why is ten hours in a level 2 dream 6 months in real life?

Why is gravity affected in two levels because of the van falling?

As I said, not my usual genre and maybe I wasn't paying enough attention but I just didn't ever really understand why certain things were happening.

On 11/09/2017 at 00:19, Carl Sagan said:

Wash your mouth out!

Inception is one of the finest movies ever made. Only Cobb has real depth because all the other characters are shallow representations of people in his subconscious, as he explains to his missus at some point. That's after she's explained to him that being pursued around the globe by nameless organizations is because he's in a dream. But he refuses to wake up. You're waiting for a train...

Extraordinary conception. How do you know you didn't dream up DCFCFANS? Do you remember how you got here?

Fair points and I understand why there's no character depth to the others (I just don't agree with Nolan doing that) and maybe some of it went a bit over my head - definitely not my usual genre. It just all seemed a bit silly and like an episode of Dr. Who whereby things happen and there is a problem and then through some previously unknown mechanic the problem gets solved. Kind of cheating the audience.

1. "I'm not being funny, but..."

2. "To be honest..."

3. People coughing. 

1. I know you're not being funny - you've never made me laugh in the 3 years we've known one another.

2. Surely this goes without saying. Do I presume every sentence you don't preface with this is a lie?

3. Just don't come in if you're going to be making that awful noise and spreading your illness.

When you tie your, erm, tie and you get the length bob on at the first attempt.

7 minutes ago, 1of4 said:

People who still have their company ID badge hanging round their neck while they do their shopping etc.  I've even seen someone still wearing one to a game at Pride Park. Take it off and put it in your pocket or handbag you're no longer at work you've finished for the day or on your lunch break.

Company ID's in general.

You work at a place with 15 employees, you've been to colleagues' weddings, your boss knows your brother, yet you've still got to wear some shitty lanyard to prove you're not coming to work mundane 8 hour days under false pretenses.

Unless you actually work in the Bourne Identity they're a waste of time.

Burglar Alarms.

If someone's robbing your house, letting the whole street know it's being robbed isn't going to do anything. I'm not going to risk my life for your CD player.

On the other hand, your dog setting it off every ten minutes whilst you are out will result in a brick through the window.

14 minutes ago, eddie said:

We are having individual chilli and pepperoni pizzas tonight - trinidad scorpion and bhut jolokia on mine, jalapeno on the memsahib's one.

Crikey, that's some serious Scoville's. I draw the line at Habeneros.

Looks a stormer of a breakfast that @froggg.

For me, chicken fajitas with scotch bonnet, birdseye, jalapeno and red chillis.

Hotter than the sun.

Washed down with Fanta Naranja.

"I'll have a Coke please".

"We've only got Pepsi, is that OK?"

"No, I'm a f**king Radical Coca Cola Company Fundamentalist, of course it's OK."

The moaning that goes on when someone calls us County. We have county-wide support (sorry Chesterfield), and county is in our name. Why it's so hated I don't know.

Gwaaaarn Caaannty.

That chord change/fadeover in Band on the Run where it shifts from "...gonna give it all away, to a registered charity"... dum dum dum dum dum "well the rain exploded with a mighty crash as we fell into the sun"...

Las Vegas casino smell. Cigar smoke, rum, pineapple, hope and despair.

Wetherspoons carpets.

Had a marathon recently.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 10/10 hands down one of the best films I've ever seen. Bought the book as well.

Apocalypse Now - 8/10 - Weird. Epic. Feels like too much film to take in in a single viewing.

American Beauty - 8/10 - A bit pretentious, but love me some Kevin Spacey and a great dark comedy.

Inception - 5/10 - Just plain stupid with zero character depth. Great special effects. 

Lad culture.

Eating challenges.

Spinach tooth.