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1 hour ago, Rample said:

Meg 2. Pants.

No spoilers as it happens in the opening 5 minutes, but we open on Jurassic Park before Statham goes eco-friendly James Bond/Ethan Hunt.

Saw a 10am screening and was still dozing off.

To be fair I only gave the first one 5 out 10, and only went to this because my elderly mother loves shark movies. I was hoping that my low expectations would stand me in good stead to enjoy it a bit, but its a mess. 4/10

On the other hand I caught up with Air the other night and thought that was okay. Not great, but engaging enough to sit through without fiddling on my phone. 7/10

You missed the important bit. You gave it 4/10. But what would your mother score it??

40 minutes ago, Comrade 86 said:

It's a tough watch in that it explores some very disturbing themes, but I think it does so in a way that steers clear of anything exploitative and it's certainly not graphic in terms of how these themes are illustrated. Whilst some 'dark recesses' are explored, it's sensitively and sympathetically done. 

*Sorry if this sounds vague, but it's hard to explain without spoilers! 

That's perfect. Thank you. I'll give it a go .

10 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:

Great shout @Archied 

Watched this on the weekend and thought it was great. Holland is excellent in a challenging role, as is Seyfried and despite being a lengthy 10 episodes long, the story fairly rattles along. My one tiny gripe is that they rather telegraph the hook, but as it turns out, it's insignificant in the grander scheme and I'd say this is up there with anything I've seen in the last few years. A really solid show.

I read a review that said this was a tough watch. I'm not sure, as it didn't specify, what was tough about it. Any thoughts as to what they were on about?

18 minutes ago, richinspain said:

Day 5, port 4. Palermo

 

Are you getting off this time?

3 minutes ago, CBRammette said:

This is fun A14 not moving. Going to be late at this point!

Should be ok once you get past junction 16! Good luck!

1 minute ago, CBRammette said:

This is fun A14 not moving. Going to be late at this point!

Where on the A14?

14 hours ago, Bob The Badger said:

Update on The Newsroom.

I'm a tad disappointed tbh.

It has some stand-out brilliant bits mixed in with slapstick writing that feels way out of place.

Still got 4 episodes to go, but I'm not at all bothered there's no season 3.

Next up The Sixth Commandment or The Bear.

I know a few in here like The Bear, but heard good things about The Sixth Commandments, although not really in here unless I missed it.

I loved the Newsroom, but like you, the slapstick style of humour bits, didn't fit at all. 

It's a long time since I saw it, but from memory, a lot of that was in the first season. 

Either make it mostly like that, in which case I wouldn't have been watching it in the first place, or just leave that for some other show. 

41 minutes ago, therealhantsram said:

Each to their own I guess.

I watched 4 episodes and quit.

Just felt it was lots of people shouting at each other. Found I didn't like any of the characters. 🤷‍♂️

Another one I gave up on . I'm on a roll today!

Not a single likeable character. Terrible script. Way too shouty, and awful camera work. 

3 hours ago, 86 Hair Islands said:

I'll have a look mate. Been a bit dry recently, so will have a look at this and Caliphate, as recommended by Bob. Both seem well regarded. 

I gave up on Caliphate after two episodes. It's not the language/ subtitles thing. Probably 75% of my viewing is foreign. It just didn't work for me. Not sure why. 

Glad you reached out to the forum about this. 

17 minutes ago, Chester40 said:

Mission Impossible- Dead Reckoning part 1

Everything you want and expect. Personally it doesn't quite hit the heights of Fallout which I absolutely love, but the set pieces are amazing and all the usual boxes are ticked.

The franchise is streets ahead of Bond, Bourne, Fast n Furious for me. 8.5/10

I'm so far behind, as usual. I watched the first one last night from 1996. Had thought of seeing the latest one, but having no idea what the films are actually about, I decided probably not a good idea to start at number 7. 

Didn't really enjoy it. A lot of people say don't bother with the second one. So, I either jump to 3. Or, jump to 5 and 6. Or just give up.

I think the Bourne films raised the bar for this sort of stuff, and the first MI looked very dated. 

Most notable thing was how young TC looks, and then realising this was 10 years after Top Gun. 🤔

1 hour ago, Anag Ram said:

Late to the party on this one but thoroughly enjoying The Newsroom.

Jeff Daniels is the TV news anchor who used to go out with Emily Mortimer as his producer. Verbal sparks fly between them but they make a great team.

Sam Waterstone is the supportive boss and Dev Patel probably the best known of the news writers.

Alison Pill also excellent as the keen young journalist paired with the wrong guy, whilst the right guy is in front of her face.

Witty, clever and thoroughly enjoyable.

It's brilliant. Shame there's only 25 episodes.

Question for the regular gig crowd. 

Let's say three of us going to gig. I'm the one who bought the tickets. So they're all on my phone, within the TM app, or in Google wallet whatever. The TM site specifically says screenshots won't work. Now I've sent screenshots loads of times for stuff like west end shows, train tickets, boarding passes, galleries museums etc, and they've always worked . 

How do the three of you get in with the tickets on one device. Especially if it's being scanned by a turnstile rather than someone manually scanning them?

1 hour ago, Carl Sagan said:

I was going to say:

but when I look at their longitudes, Edinburgh is 3.1883 deg west and Cardiff only 3.1681 deg west, so Edinburgh is maybe 2km west of Cardiff.

Unbelievable, Jeff!

.....and.....I think, Greenland is North, South, East, and West, of Iceland.

@Eddie !

46 minutes ago, Kinder said:

My missus thinks £104.50

I've just looked on Ticketmaster and viagogo, and oddly for similar blocks, it looks like viagogo is way cheaper.  £350 ish v £205. 

The whole ticketing system is a mess . Taylor Swift will absolutely melt Ticketmaster when they go on sale later this month.

3 hours ago, Kinder said:

We got Foos tickets for London, but the price was obscene. It was through Ticketmaster and other than being right at the back, all we could get were platinum seats at £260 a pop. I think they should have been £137.50 but it was demand-based pricing. Disgraceful, but we’re big fans and will find the money when the credit card needs paying. I appreciate we’re very lucky and most people just can’t afford or justify paying that. It’s really p1ssed me off.

I’ve just looked and seats in the next block are now priced at £352. Fans are getting ripped off across the board. I appreciate artists struggle to make money from record sales now, but these prices are outrageous. I don’t even know how much the artist gets and how much is trousered by Ticketmaster.

What price were the ones at the back?

If you buy tickets from viagogo , is there a possibility of turning up at the venue and then not getting in?

Lot of unhappy people again. Kicked out when trying to pay etc. Only 200 people in front of you at 9am, and still failed etc. 

Tons of those sold in that first five minutes immediately available on other sites at more than double the price.

I've no idea what the answer is, but somehow it needs to be stopped. 

5 hours ago, 1977 Ram Raider said:

Got tickets sorted this morning for foo fighters next June. 🤘

Was that in the pre sale? I wonder how many tickets, out of say, a 50,000 stadium capacity, get sold in pre sale. 

I also think that almost everybody who really wants to go to a certain gig, would get themselves a pre sale code . So they must be quite hard to get.

28 minutes ago, CBX1985 said:

Doubt it.  He would make far more money should he make it to the Kremlin.  Putin is believed to world's richest man.  The general was scared - he himself is now a dead man walking (his men might be spared).

No value in money when you are dead.  He cannot travel as he is wanted by the International Criminal Court, so can only go to Belarus, where Putin can very easily have him killed.

I presume he's aware of that. So why go there?

57 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

We do that now!
eg:  "C'mon love, let's go out, and I'll tret yer ter lunch"! 

Started off as a piss take, along with "That'll learn 'em", but it seems to have become a habit we can't now shake off!

Pretty sure we only use it with each other though... I hope so, as others will think we're proper thickos!  🤣

 

Bit like Semt, for the word seemed. 

Maybe he'll then invade Ukraine from Belarus.🤔

48 minutes ago, TimRam said:

Royal Blood and Foo Fighters were good.

Royal Blood, not really my thing, though not far away from it, but I love the overall sound from the two of them, and the way he plays bass like its a six string guitar. 

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