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Film & TV / Re: On telly this week

« on: 18 August, 2022, 03:24:59 PM »

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. If the first episode is anything to go by, this series is gonna' be an absolute blast.

Can't wait to watch it, the trailers have been brilliant.

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Off Topic / Re: RIPs

« on: 17 August, 2022, 09:03:36 AM »

Das Boot, particularly the extended TV version was simply epic, glorious tension. And that ending was brutal. Such an amazing piece of work.

Amazing. Quite the formative experience when I saw it as a young'un.

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Games / Re: Gamebooks

« on: 12 August, 2022, 06:05:14 PM »

For you knowledgeable Gamebook-ers, what would you say is the current state of the art in this genre?

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Off Topic / Re: This is the News!

« on: 10 August, 2022, 09:08:56 AM »

The FBI raided Trump's home in Florida to execute a search warrant and opened his safe.

I have a nasty feeling that, short of a prison conviction prior to the 2024 election, this is going to be a massive boost for him, sadly.  He'll play the martyr card successfully as he's always done.

I think/hope that with Murdoch turning on him, he's done for. Of course, with DeSantis in the wings to take up the throne of most despicable Republican/human, I'm in two minds whether this is a good thing.

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Other Reviews / Re: Sandman TV Series

« on: 08 August, 2022, 04:37:39 PM »

I love the comic and liked the first episode of the adaptation. The latter didn't blow my socks off. Between styling and performance, the lead actor is spot-on.

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Off Topic / Re: This is the News!

« on: 26 July, 2022, 09:15:21 AM »

Seems like Steve Bannon is heading for the slammer, and Alex Jones is about to lose a whole lot of money.  It's not all bad news this week.

I wish there was better news than this to celebrate, but I'll take it. Two of the most detestable humans I've ever seen.

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Games / Re: Gamebooks

« on: 20 July, 2022, 03:37:37 PM »

Ditto with the enjoying of the play reports. I might have to seek out that Way of the Tiger series, it sounds incredible!

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Off Topic / Re: Life is sometimes sort of okay because...

« on: 20 July, 2022, 09:17:27 AM »

Congratulations, Pops!

I'm no stranger to post-exam middle-of-the-night panics. Despite the immense anxiety I endured getting my degree, it's the good old maths A-Level that does it for me. In one recurring dream, it's the morning of the exam and I suddenly realise I've not attended any of the classes or done any of the work. What dream-me was actually doing for those two years I have no idea.

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Film & TV / Re: Star Trek: Strange new Worlds

« on: 18 July, 2022, 08:19:45 PM »

Bloody great, a Nu Trek for me to love with no obvious flaws to overlook!

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Creative Common / Re: PJ Holden's Holiday Comics

« on: 15 July, 2022, 11:27:24 AM »

City of Angles...it was 90 degrees out...

:snort:

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Film & TV / Re: Last movie watched...

« on: 05 July, 2022, 12:27:47 PM »

And they kind of get better and better.

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Film & TV / Re: Stranger Things 4 *SPOILERS*

« on: 05 July, 2022, 12:13:30 PM »

I've seen some people saying it's the best series yet but I'd challenge that. For all the above, still the best thing I've seen on TV this year though (I don't watch much tv) and I will watch the next series...

I enjoyed every second and binged Volume 2, but there was definite weirdness around the ending. I didn't want Max to die (great character), but neither did I want her to be in a 'she died just enough for Vecna to win, but is still out there somewhere' purgatory. Kill her off, or don't. It's a cake and eat it situation. Stop at the cake. And Vecna's Jason Vorhees-like disappearance after being shot out that window was a serious eye-roll. It was all kind of a mess.

Neither did the Henry/'001' retro-fit work for me, despite raising the stakes nicely for Eleven. He's a much less interesting villain than the Mind Flayer, which it now looks like he...tamed? Captured?

I'm also a bit confused by the world-building. My assumption is that Eleven created the upside-down as a snap shot of Hawkins when she killed Henry the first time, but what's its relationship with the world that she actually sent Henry to when she defeated him? Is the upside-down the bridge between the two? And which one of them is bleeding into Hawkins, now? Or am I wrong, and they're the same thing, or something I just missed entirely?

Sincerely, confused of UK.

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Film & TV / Re: The Boys Season 3

« on: 04 July, 2022, 10:54:38 AM »

Hilarious, bleak, utterly gross, and right at the top of the pile in a summer full of amazing television.

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Off Topic / Re: TV Adverts that make you wish for death.

« on: 30 June, 2022, 11:39:44 AM »

We ditched Sky last year but ironically switching to catch-up services means we're exposed to way more adverts than we were on regular telly, where we time-shifted everything and could FF through the advert breaks.

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Film & TV / Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ (High Chance of SPOILERS)

« on: 01 June, 2022, 11:22:52 AM »

Heads up! Disney has moved Obi-Wan to Wednesdays, so there's a new episode out now. Possible Ep3 spoilers may occur from this point onwards.

(I haven't watched it yet, but wanted to drop a marker here for people, like me, who weren't expecting to see the next part until Friday.)

That's weird. Is there a replacement for the Friday slot?