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#16
Off Topic / Re: Day of Chaos 2: a.Covid-19 thread.
27 March, 2020, 09:17:44 AM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 26 March, 2020, 08:21:53 PM
I've started this post several times with a few different reports from the NHS but can't really find the words.

Just this: whatever social distancing and personal hygiene regime you're currently practicing please double it. Really. Step it up again.

That's all. I'll see you on the other side.
Eamonn

Definitely.

Take care Eamonn, looking forward to buying you many pints once this is over.
#17
General / Re: Carlos tribute video
25 March, 2020, 07:44:15 AM
Thanks, yeah the early stuff was new to me, and of course his character designs were amazing.

Glad people who didn't get the chance to see it at the conventions can watch it.
#18
General / Carlos tribute video
24 March, 2020, 04:55:18 PM
Something I put together for the Lawless/Enniskillen conventions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0f-BFBeOzg
#19
Off Topic / Re: Day of Chaos 2: a.Covid-19 thread.
18 March, 2020, 09:12:31 PM
Take care Eamonn,

I would have hoped pictures of a temp morgue being erected in London might persuade people, but seeing clips of fuckwits in gyms wanting to 'take it on the chin' just makes me despair.
#20
The UK government is currently building a temporary morgue in London to house the victims of Covid 19.

Their optimistic death toll is 20,000 people in the UK, with no vaccine for a long while, coupled with a massive economic slump.

Maybe a sense of perspective is in order.
#21
Off Topic / Re: Day of Chaos 2: a.Covid-19 thread.
14 March, 2020, 12:59:36 PM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 14 March, 2020, 10:07:51 AM
Avoid crowded places or events.

Scottish contingent meet-ups were well ahead of the curve there.
#22
Film & TV / Re: Inside No. 9 (BBC2)
09 March, 2020, 07:51:30 PM
Series 6 and 7 have been commissioned.
#24
Off Topic / Re: Day of Chaos 2: a.Covid-19 thread.
06 March, 2020, 10:53:46 PM
#25
Cheers, there are a few things planned, but no idea on timescales yet.
#26
Great, I'm glad to see we're in the final stretch of these.

I'd asked Dan to e-mail out with estimates for the remaining orders, as people were asking on facebook and I don't have access to orders, as I just handle facebook as a favour while Dan's in the workshop.

Apologies for them taking longer than expected.
#27
Film & TV / Re: About Those New Film Studios
22 February, 2020, 12:22:30 PM
I just think it's a little unfair on them - still a terrible name though, most people would be unaware of Kangaroo, so just think they're being reactive and late to the game.

It wasn't their fault that someone but the mockers on it before it had a chance to fly.

Whether it would have made any difference/slowed the rise of Netflix is debatable - and the same for Netflix's long-term survival too.

Amazon's service is more of a bonus, whether people think of that as a recurring streaming cost like Netflix or Disney+, I don't know.

#28
Film & TV / Re: About Those New Film Studios
22 February, 2020, 11:57:12 AM
The Kid Who Would be King wasn't Netflix, it was Fox.

Re:Britbox being 'late to the party' - the BBC/C4/ITV tried to develop a similar VOD service in 2008, back when Netflix were posting DVDs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_(video_on_demand)

Competition regulators said they couldn't and the rest is history.
#29
Film & TV / Re: About Those New Film Studios
22 February, 2020, 09:13:16 AM
Just because something's been announced, it doesn't mean it's imminent or ever likely to happen.

There's a theme park in Kent that's been trying to get off the ground for 8 years - Paramount pulled out of the consortium, then were sort of back in allowing use of their IP...

Now currently scheduled to start construction next year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Resort


As for the content.

Physical media has peaked, we're in the middle of a fight over streaming services, with companies booking out studio space to produce content, and new film/tv studios built to fill that shortage.

I think the bigger worry is what happens if one company 'wins' or there is a major crash/bubble bursts and we're left with lots of sheds that no-one wants to (or can afford to) use.

I don't watch much sci-fi/fantasy stuff these days, even though I have Netflix and Amazon Prime there's too much to wade through.

Obviously there's a market for it, but how long that can be sustained, who knows.
#30
Assuming planning permission goes as planned...



There's also a proposed studio near Bicester - not sure what stage that's at.

https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/tech/two-major-tv-and-film-studios-to-open-in-oxfordshire/5135055.article