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1 hour ago, Big Salad said:

Finished the first season of Resident Alien. Pleasantly surprised how much I liked it and looking forward to the next season whenever it comes out (Probably next year).

Yep.  Was funny and also easy going family entertainment.  The alien actor is superb. Me and my 9 year old daughter but enjoyed it  

7 hours ago, mikeyp102 said:

. When they do eventually go back to martial sex, all these things will be going on in her head, and possibly his. 
 

Sounds painful. 

13 hours ago, Designer1 said:

Enjoyed Black Widow much more than I thought I would.

Decent story, good pacing and some very well done Bourne esque fight sequences. I also think the casting of the co-stars was bang on, especially F.Pugh and D.Harbour who I thought were both excellent in their respective roles.

Agreed.  Though I actually went in with high hopes and they weren't dashed. 

Some genuine LOL moments in the film too. A solid 7.5/10 for me.  

Harbour and Pugh given the best material, and they didn't waste it. 

For anyone interested, there's a really good 6 part documentary on Sky History that's just started. The Secret History Of Comics. E1 was all about the evolution of Marvel comics and the relationship between Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. 

1 hour ago, Rds1983 said:

The wife and I were cycling up a hill a few years ago and had slowed somewhat. A car whizzed past us and yelled something out the window.. 

"Keep going Figgins" 

No idea who or what Figgins is but it cheered us both up and gave us a boost up the hill. We've been using the saying ever since. 

If Figgins is actually something bad please keep it to yourself and don't ruin it for us. 

Wiggins.  

17 hours ago, PieFacE said:

Tomorrow War is complete trash.

My take, having watched it this morning, was that is was just typical Hollywood schmaltz.  Various plot holes notwithstanding, most of the film was done well, to a Hollywood epic action template. It borrows heavily from jurassic park and alien/aliens, but is nowhere near as good as either. 

But it's relatively diverting and engaging, despite also being a bit rubbish. 

6/10. WNB

19 hours ago, sidcow said:

It doesn't seem to be getting very good reviews but I've just finished watching the second series of Intelligence. I think it's just good daft comedy and really enjoyed it.  Thought this series was better than the first. 

It's obviously cheap as chips though, no idea how they managed to get David Schwimmer for it. Maybe he's the entire budget. 

Yeah I enjoyed it too. As you say, mostly daft comedy but there some genuinely funny moments. 

"Roadhouse". 

Didn't realise bin laden was known for his boring, defensive terrorist tactics.  

The new Arab Strap album "as days get dark" is absolutely sublime.  Their best album imo. 

7 hours ago, bickster said:

She's always been vile but I think she may be approaching peak word removed

 

She's not worded it too well, but I agree with her.  

On 30/11/2020 at 16:46, WhatAboutTheFinish said:

Shout out from me for The Devil All the Time, I really enjoyed it (even if the subject matter is quite bleak). Although maybe my expectations were just so low (not a big fan of the little fella from Spiderman) that it just took me by surprise .

Yeah good film.  It is indeed bleak, and most protagonists end up dead, but it was gripping.  Spidey was ok in it.  

The new Frost and Pegg programme, "Truth Seekers", is pretty good. Quite creepy, well acted and scripted and some genuinely amusing moments too. On amazon prime.

13 hours ago, choffer said:

Surprised by how much I enjoyed The Queen’s Gambit. Was recommended it by a friend and presumed it totally wouldn’t be my thing but I thought it was great. 

Yeah, it's actually really good.  Like you I was suspicious about the premise, but it seems really good.  I'm only 2 episodes in though.  

1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said:

From here: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7483/CBP-7483.pdf

Education section begins on p12.

EDIT: Sorry, to answer your actual question - proportion of MPs.

Ta. 

I'm going to go out on a limb here by suggesting that the figure for de pfeffel's cabinet is somewhat higher.  

1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said:

I agree that it would be better if fewer politicians went to fee-paying schools, both because it would be nice for Parliament to better reflect the life paths of constituents, and because I want to seize on an opportunity to decrease the value-added of fee-paying schools. But the 2019 intake of Tories should be sufficient to demonstrate that 'not having gone to Eton' is not sufficient to pursue policies that expand welfare provision; the proportion of Tories who went to fee-paying schools is down to 41%*, the lowest it has been since people started counting (down from 73% in 1979), but the attacks on the social safety net don't diminish.

*To be fair, this is still huge - only 7% of the wider population go to fee-paying schools.

Where are those figures from Hanoi? It just says 'the proportion of tories'. Does that mean party membership? MPs? Cabinet members? 

On 26/10/2020 at 09:19, Wainy316 said:

There’s definitely more honey trapping later in the film.  The republican rally is pretty startling.

Due to him being widely recognised the daughter character is used to keep the schtick effective and the Bulgarian that plays her is bloody brilliant.  
 

Aside from that the story itself all comes together pretty nicely at the end too.  They definitely capitalised on the circumstances.

Yeah, the film gets better the longer it goes on.  And it's more of a 'film' than the first one.  The first one was hilarious as an expose of crazy ass Americans. This one was more overtly politically aimed at the right wing republicans, and had more of a storyline.  And the daughter character was superb.  I found the first half hour a bit crap and scripted, but it has to be seen as a different type of film to the first.  Once I'd understood that, the film grew on me. 

I'll give it a solid 7.5/10.

3 hours ago, ferguson1 said:

Well it's good, but his line was always: "Nice to see you, to see you ..... nice ". 

The chuckle brothers meme is better and more accurate.  

He was always going to be Blair MKII, sadly.  

14 minutes ago, rjw63 said:

5 episodes in, it's rather good! Although anything with Mandy Patinkin usually is.

Sadly he's only in it for a couple of seasons.  

Ps. Really helps to have villatalk in times like these.  Can't really offload those kind of thoughts with my mates, great though they've been. 

Fred Willard. US comedic actor. In loads of comedy series and films.  

2 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said:

I think I have hit crisis point. I just can’t face going into work. There’s a growing resentment between the employees working in the office and those at home.  Those at home are all perceived to be sitting in their gardens with a cappuccino and croissant and doing half the work of the poor sods going into the office. To make matters worse people going in have to pay their own travel and parking costs. People at home have just been given a small monthly increase in pay to cover their extra home costs.  The atmosphere is toxic. Everyone is stressed. No-one has a holiday to look forward to.  

I’ve had a couple of minor panic attacks. It feels terrible to let people down but I am not going to ruin my long term mental health. 

Why are some people still having to physically go into the office? What line of work is it?