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2 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said:

It's winter, so I'm in these most of the time

I’ve got a pair similar, but a bit more desert boot than trainer. They are ace. 

On 15/01/2021 at 15:20, MCU said:

Always struggled to get into the X-Men movies, but Apocalypse is probably the only one I remember liking. (Can't be that good as I can't remember much about it!)

While we're on Superhero movies... I've just found out I've got to isolate for 10 days so setting myself a task of whipping through the DC movies again..

• Man of Steel – (June 14, 2013)
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (March 25, 2016)
• Suicide Squad – (August 5, 2016)
• Wonder Woman – (June 2, 2017)
• Justice League – (November 17, 2017)
• Aquaman – (December 21, 2018)
• Shazam! – (April 5, 2019)
• Birds of Prey – (February 7, 2020)
• Wonder Woman 1984 — (December 25, 2020)

(Ignore the dates... just copy + pasted from my notes)

Looking a that list Vs the MCU just makes me sad. I’d probably just about take Suicide Squad over Iron Man 2 and that’s it. Maybe WW over Thor 2 as well at a push. 

I’m looking forward to seeing the ‘Snyder Cut’ of Justice League, it looks pretty good, but it’s not going to undo the mess they made of this ‘universe’.  

Growing up I was always DC over Marvel and the Nolan Batman trilogy remains undefeated IMO, but they couldn’t have done any worse with the DCU if they tried. 

Just ‘Sold’ ours again for the 2nd time in 12 months, but can’t find an upgrade that works for us and it’s proper slim pickings. I  absolutely hate the whole thing. Dealing with agents, having to speak to other people, going round looking at houses - it’s all proper shite. 

These would be worth about £6-7k now if I hadn’t worn them. Possibly more. 

1 hour ago, MCU said:

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I must be blind. Where was the House of M reference(s)? Also, if that’s the case are we to assume they’re going down the storyline of Magneto / X-Men ? 

 

2 hours ago, Chindie said:

WandaVision is... Well it's hard to say off 2 episodes.

I can see what it's doing, and there's nods to where it's going, but wow is it a bit a severe left turn for the series. 

The big problem it has, for me, is it's doing a satire/pastiche of American sitcoms but the satire isn't funny and it's versions of these classic sitcoms aren't funny either. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing but I'm not sure Vision and Wanda are good enough characters to carry series where the fundamental mystery of what exactly is going on is drip fed at snails pace.

As for what we see...

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There's numerous references to SWORD, the version of SHIELD for intergalactic threats, which no doubt is going to be important.

There's also been a reference to Baron Strucker, who was the Hydra leader who made Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver in the MCU timeline.

And of course the entire thing is a House of M reference...

House of M was a fairly dark storyline where Wanda has a mental breakdown and recreates the world in a manner to her liking.

 

I really enjoyed the first two episodes, but I’d imagine it’s going to be quite polarising. My wife hated it and got up half way through episode 2.

I thought Bettany and Olsen were excellent. They mix elements of mania and confusion into their performances really well, underneath the over-the-top sitcom caricatures.

I agree on the humour, it isn’t particularly funny despite the delivery being good, but I think it’s deliberate? The jokes are a bit too obvious, the characters a bit too over the top, even the canned laughter seems a bit too loud to me. Deliberate or not, it adds to it when I’m trying to see the show through the perspective of Wanda’s mind.  

I think it’s more enjoyable if you know a bit about the character in the comics and where it’s heading movie-wise in terms of Dr Strange and Spider-Man 3.  

Enjoyed looking for the Easter eggs too and looking forward to episode 3.    

On 14/01/2021 at 15:25, MCU said:

Incredible Hulk and Thor 2 are the worse for me.

My top 5...

1) Endgame 

2) IW

3) Avengers

4) Ragnorok

5) Civil War

Cannot tell you how many of them are just so utterly fantastic that I actually feel gutted they miss out on my my top 5. 

I really hope this next phase of films are just as good. Can't see how they can top the infinity saga but we'll see.

Mine would be: 

1. IW

2. End Game

3. Ragnarok 

4. Civil War

5.  GOTG 

Deadpool 3 confirmed to be in the Marvel universe and will be ‘R’ rated. 
 

Just now, snowychap said:

He will do his absolute nut.

That’s why it’s so fecking good. A lot of people will be like ‘eh Golf - who cares’, but he will be absolutely raging over it 

7 hours ago, snowychap said:

It has. The PGA of America voted yesterday to terminate the agreement to have the next year's US PGA at Bedminster.

Beeb:

 

AP are reporting that not only is the 2022 PGA championship being taken away, they are instigating a lifetime ban on any Trump course being used for a PGA event. 

Might not seem like a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but this will hurt both his pride and his finances 

Assume the Euro Tour will follow, which means he’ll never get the open at his course in Aberdeen.

Some very  promising early reactions to Wandavision, with 3 episodes released to critics. 

The best comment I’ve read is ‘Wandavison looks like if David Lynch made a superhero sitcom’

Apparently very funny, weird and mysterious. Rave reviews for Olsen and Bettany. 

Can’t wait. 

5 hours ago, It's Your Round said:

Watched Contagion this morning, whilst doing the ironing (living the dream). Although a much more severe disease than Covid-19, there were a lot of similarities in how it spread and the steps taken to stop it. Add in some looting for effect and it was okay. I was with it all the way up until they decided the best way to prioritise the vaccine was to draw a lottery. Wtf was that all about? The other thing that surprised me is that the torys didn’t copy this and charge £10,000 for a ticket. 

We watched this a couple of weeks back and it was a pretty surreal experience given the state of the world right now. 

4 hours ago, theboyangel said:

Enjoyed the two seasons of Warrior on Sky, totally daft in a Banshee style way but good wholesome no thinking about it TV!

Shame there might not be a third season although read HBO might do it.

 

Will be starting the Serpent this week on BBC iPlayer.

Yeah there’s talk of HBO Max picking it up for the third series. Fingers crossed. 

5 hours ago, sidcow said:

Oh man, that's going to destroy Eaton and Harrow. 

‘Biting the pillow’ is on the list of exemptions, along with hunting. 

On 06/01/2021 at 16:54, TheMelvillan said:

Servant on Apple TV is one of the best things I've watched in ages. Binged 10 thirty minute episodes in two days. Very creepy drama produced by M Night Shyamalan (sp?) 

Sadly no one will ever see it cos it's on Apple TV. Ron Weasley is in it too!

Given how absolutely shite the Apple TV UI is, I’m surprised subscribers could even find it!  

On 02/12/2020 at 23:11, Xela said:

The one toy I never got as a kid were the bigger Transformers. Like Ultra Magnus or Megatron etc.

Talking of Megatron, can you imagine a toy converting into a realistic gun being allowed today.

I had that, it was ace. 

1 minute ago, It's Your Round said:

Not sure but I don’t think he’s had a particularly bad injury record. This hamstring injury could well be a one off rather than a reoccurring issue. 

He’s had three hamstring issues, this being the 3rd. Worryingly, he has been out quite a while each time. 

Just watched Hitsville: The Making Of Mowtown on Sky Docs. It’s excellent. 

2 minutes ago, Seat68 said:

Is the Abba stuff on there?

No. I don’t think they’ll ever get clearance for that early stuff! The ABBA sample story is great though! 

It’s just the ‘hits’ from 1988-91 at the moment. 

Happy New Year VT.

The KLF have officially released some of their back catalogue onto streaming platforms, so we are already up on last year, although I fear this might be the peak.  McGrath bless, I hope you all have a good one. What a time to be alive eh?  

They said Tammy, stand by the Jams 

20 hours ago, markavfc40 said:

Anyone seen Godfather of Harlem on amazon prime?

No, but it’s on my list and it’s getting good reviews. Looks decent. 

13 hours ago, Chindie said:

Death to 2020 is a bit disappointing.

It's literally a weak episode of Broker's old Screenwipe year reviews with a budget and big names and heavy focus on America. 

It's really really weird hearing clastic -wipe style Brooker lines being read by Laurence Fishburne, whose delivery doesn't have Brookers dry sarcastic cutting edge.

Agreed. I thought it was decent, nothing more. There were some funny lines here and there, but the gags were generally hit and miss. 

Diane Morgan’s ‘average citizen’ character was particularly disappointing. 
 

The Queens Gambit is some proper good   TV. 

1 hour ago, sne said:

Watching it now. Since I'm also on VT at the same time you can imagine I'm not too invested in the story.

Been a bunch of similar really slow sci-fi light movies in the last few years who have all failed to be interesting although some have been OK-ish. Interstellar, The Martian, Gravity, Passengers, Aniara, Geostorm  and a bunch of others I can't bother to find the names of. Guess they have become relatively cheap to make unless you aim to make a blockbuster.

As for this one, meh. The IMDB score of just over 5/10 is about right. It's a nothing movie that I guess was supposed to be deep and profound, but wasn't. At least I didn't care about anything that happened.

 

I don’t know what it was supposed to be?    It looked gorgeous and there were a couple of decent scenes, but overall I just couldn’t see what they were going for. It was neither here nor there and there was no real reason to invest in, or care about the characters, despite Clooney turning in a decent performance. 

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