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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostEddie Hobbs is some drool monkey.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Yeah I thought it was excellent, Turing is portrayed not too dissimilar from his Sherlock character which he's obv brilliant in so while perhaps not doing his versatility as an actor any favours he's quite clearly masterful at playing that reclusive genius role.
It was depressing though, not sure you can tell his life story with accuracy without it being so.Profit before people.
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Originally posted by The Situation View PostIf any film goer of decent taste needs their faith restored in good cinema after Interstellar check out the Imitation Game.airport, lol
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post- Do you know what they call a euro in England?
- They don't call it a euro?
- Nah, man, they got the sterling system. They wouldn't know what the fuck a euro is.
- What do they call it?
- They call it a pound.
Is that how you crash a wedding? yes it is, Bionic Barry, yes it is.
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Anyone who didn't enjoy Interstellar is doing it wrong imo.
The trick is not to overthink these things, let yourself get carried away in the entertainment.
Some of the shite in the film review thread in the other place is loltastic...like, why didnt NASA put the effort into reducing the nitrogen levels in the atmosphere first...cos you wouldn't have a space film then you thick cunt.This too shall pass.
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Originally posted by The Situation View PostIf any film goer of decent taste needs their faith restored in good cinema after Interstellar check out the Imitation Game.
Great example of it there tbf. You could have said 'Imitation Game' is class but no - you had to go a little harder than that. Good stuff."Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard Keynes
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Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View PostThe housemate was arguing recently that there is a curious male phenomenon (largely the preserve of males under the 30 mark apparently) about needing to push their opinions on music / films / culture onto others in an aggressive way. This was part of a conversation on gender and feminism so I obviously didn't concede the point at the time but on reflection I realised I was definitely massively guilty of the behaviour when I was younger.
Great example of it there tbf. You could have said 'Imitation Game' is class but no - you had to go a little harder than that. Good stuff.
Interstellar was still a crock of shite though.Profit before people.
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Originally posted by Megatron View PostIs it true you can read other peoples PMs once you hit 20k posts?
Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostThats such an excellent boards first post. c u @ 40k m8
Originally posted by Mellor View Post20k Posts, can't stop now Danny
Originally posted by 5starpool View PostTechnically any of us admins are able to do it, but I'd be amazed if any other than me know how to. I think your inner ravings are generally safe though.
Originally posted by Lord Finkel View PostWtf Danny, no titties.
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I watched Veronica Guerin last night and in the epilogue it stated that the government changed the constitution during an emergency session to set up CAB. Ruined the whole movie for me.Last edited by Denny Crane; 17-11-14, 18:39.
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Originally posted by oleras View PostCant understand how people could love Guardians of The Galaxy and find plot holes in Interstellar...the mind boggles, they are not documentaries.
For a film that tried to explain a lot of the science involved as it went along, Interstellar just got so much so wrong, but it was still the bad dialog and signposting that was the main reason I disliked it. Plot holes I can glaze over when the rest of the film is engaging, but in this case it certainly wasn't for me.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostIts just an application of group theory really?
Android fan is not just a fan of Android, but an active disliker of Apple
XBox fan is not just a fan, but a disliker of PS4
For the group to be strong there needs to not just be a reason for the group to exist, but some sense of dislike directed at those outside the group.
In the small circumstance here, the group is those who like the new movie, with the added bonus of the group disliking the old movie.
Although this could all be pseudo-science, and the analogy to group behaviours doesn't quite fit in this circumstance.
There is no requirement to like both at the same time or like one and dislike another. I personally actually like both Apple and android.
They are two different films. Perfectly ok to like one and dislike the other or like them both. Purely down to personal preferance...No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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Originally posted by oleras View PostCant understand how people could love Guardians of The Galaxy and find plot holes in Interstellar...the mind boggles, they are not documentaries.
GOTG was charming, had characters with a far greater emotional core that engaged the viewer far more deeply. It also had very witty dialogue and full of genuine funny moments throughout.
Interstellar never drew me in beyond the admittadly impressive visual effects and accompanying score but it failed in so many ways where GOTG worked, had a very formulaic big budget feel to it.Profit before people.
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Interstellar could easily have been 30 mins shorter, more inclined to look for faults when attention is starting to wander and enjoyment is decreasing.Low fee Euro/UK money transfer, 1st transfer free through my referral
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostIts just an application of group theory really?
Although this could all be pseudo-science, and the analogy to group behaviours doesn't quite fit in this circumstance.
This is part of a massive area of intellectual thought in the 20th century which was initially based on the French structural linguist Ferdinand de Saussure's work, and taken up by French intellectuals in the structuralist movement such as Levi-Strauss who founded structural anthropology, and people like the psychoanalyst Lacan, and then post-structuralists such as Derrida and Foucault.
My strong advice is to not touch structuralism, post-structuralism, deconstruction etc. with a fucking bargepole as there is little as abstruse as a French intellectual's writings due to the cultural fact that unlike, say, an analytical philosopher from US/UK, in France the less penetrable one's ideas are the more they are considered to be impressively intellectual.
But if you are interested in this tendency to frame things in opposition to what it is not then this is where you would look to.
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fwiw I'd like to watch more of the Nolan film about Cooper and his children chasing after military surveillance drones through corn fields. That was cool. I kept thinking that the whole way through the film. It was like he had all these set piece ideas that he thought were cool and connected them in a pretty awful way.
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Originally posted by The Situation View PostYeah plot holes was far from the reason why I didn't think it worked. Wouldn't know nearly enough about Astrophysics to call them out on inaccuracies.
GOTG was charming, had characters with a far greater emotional core that engaged the viewer far more deeply. It also had very witty dialogue and full of genuine funny moments throughout.
Interstellar never drew me in beyond the admittadly impressive visual effects and accompanying score but it failed in so many ways where GOTG worked, had a very formulaic big budget feel to it.
I am a very good target audience in fairness, i just look for a good story that entertains, i dont go into that dialogue arc and score bullshit. I dont know what signposting is either.This too shall pass.
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Originally posted by oleras View PostI am the complete opposite to you and Tom then, it completely drew me in, i was very much emotionally involved with the whole family and shed more than one tear near the end.
I am a very good target audience in fairness, i just look for a good story that entertains, i dont go into that dialogue arc and score bullshit. I dont know what signposting is either.
One of many examples wasSPOILERwhen it was obvious Matt Damon was hiding something and going to go rogue when he made up a flimsy excuse for why the robot had been dismantled and told them not to bother looking at it.. Not the best example by any means, but there were lots.
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Originally posted by thechamp87 View PostWas meant to be away this weekend and plans changed. Long shot but looking for a ticket or a couple of tickets to the Australia game. If anyone has any leads or ideas please let me know. Thanks, Adam
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There is no surer sign that we need a vicious and prolonged world war than grown adults tweeting about how the new John Lewis ad brought a year to their eye.
Speaking of world war just saw sainsburys effort at flogging mince pies by using the Christmas truce from ww1, utter cunts
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I know we all love a good protester beatdown on here, but that footage of the guards slamming that woman into the bollard outside the dail was nasty
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Sunday sport really is special
People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by PSV58 View PostThere is no surer sign that we need a vicious and prolonged world war than grown adults tweeting about how the new John Lewis ad brought a year to their eye.
Speaking of world war just saw sainsburys effort at flogging mince pies by using the Christmas truce from ww1, utter cunts
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostMuch more profound and essential than group behaviour. We are talking about binary opposition, the meaning and value of things being grounded in their position within a structure. What is is good about a "good" film is in contradistinction to what is bad in a "bad" film.
This is part of a massive area of intellectual thought in the 20th century which was initially based on the French structural linguist Ferdinand de Saussure's work, and taken up by French intellectuals in the structuralist movement such as Levi-Strauss who founded structural anthropology, and people like the psychoanalyst Lacan, and then post-structuralists such as Derrida and Foucault.
My strong advice is to not touch structuralism, post-structuralism, deconstruction etc. with a fucking bargepole as there is little as abstruse as a French intellectual's writings due to the cultural fact that unlike, say, an analytical philosopher from US/UK, in France the less penetrable one's ideas are the more they are considered to be impressively intellectual.
But if you are interested in this tendency to frame things in opposition to what it is not then this is where you would look to.
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostWhat is is good about a "good" film is in contradistinction to what is bad in a "bad" film.
This is part of a massive area of intellectual thought in the 20th century ... the structuralist movement such as Levi-Strauss who founded structural anthropology, ...
People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostMuch more profound and essential than group behaviour. We are talking about binary opposition, the meaning and value of things being grounded in their position within a structure. What is is good about a "good" film is in contradistinction to what is bad in a "bad" film.
This is part of a massive area of intellectual thought in the 20th century which was initially based on the French structural linguist Ferdinand de Saussure's work, and taken up by French intellectuals in the structuralist movement such as Levi-Strauss who founded structural anthropology, and people like the psychoanalyst Lacan, and then post-structuralists such as Derrida and Foucault.
My strong advice is to not touch structuralism, post-structuralism, deconstruction etc. with a fucking bargepole as there is little as abstruse as a French intellectual's writings due to the cultural fact that unlike, say, an analytical philosopher from US/UK, in France the less penetrable one's ideas are the more they are considered to be impressively intellectual.
But if you are interested in this tendency to frame things in opposition to what it is not then this is where you would look to.
I read a lot of your posts, then re-read them and half the time don't understand them...
tl;dr feel like a gobshit
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Originally posted by smurph View PostHave to be honest here....
I read a lot of your posts, then re-read them and half the time don't understand them...
tl;dr feel like a gobshit
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Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View PostHe can be a bit sesquipedalian alright.
I went for years using the word hyperbole when friends exaggerated pronouncing it hyper bowl. Id never heard the word said out loud only read it in booksPeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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This is a great episode of Horizon from 2004 that's closely aligned to the field I work(ed) in. It's about a guy who claimed to have made organic transistors work which is a kind of holy grail in electronics. He was in line for a Nobel prize and baffling everyone with his amazing results. He was found out as having made up his results in the end by some very astute people.
I guess not many people will have the time or interest to watch it, but just putting it out there. Ignore the first three minutes of sensationalist framing.
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Can anyone recommend a good employment law solicitor? My mother may have been dismissed unfairly and we would like to look into it.
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Originally posted by brady23 View PostHas anyone come across dark chocolate advent calendar, I can't seem to find them anywhere.
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Originally posted by Elshambles View PostThis too shall pass.
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Originally posted by GimmeabreakIF she has been dismissed unfairly then go for a big firm as she won't end up paying their bill as her former employer will when they are through with them, they will also end up presenting your mam with an oversized novelty cheque. Otherwise tread carefully with a cheaper solicitor I guess. I have to say that I think you would probably be a bit more committal than "may have been" if she had in fact been unfairly dismissed.
There is also another angle in so far as many big firms have a policy of never being in front of a judge on a charge such as this and will just cut a cheque to preserve public face.
Yeah I can't really be committed as I'm in Canada and I'm just getting info through whatsapp. It's obviously biased info and I'm being non committal because I don't actually know.
I'd be fairly sure she has. No warnings. No letters or formal meetings. Unrealistic goals and threats if targets not made etc. Could I maybe pm you about it?This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Originally posted by 5starpool View PostHow are you getting on now SatNav?Her sky-ness
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Originally posted by Theresa View PostThanks Noel.
Yeah I can't really be committed as I'm in Canada and I'm just getting info through whatsapp. It's obviously biased info and I'm being non committal because I don't actually know.
I'd be fairly sure she has. No warnings. No letters or formal meetings. Unrealistic goals and threats if targets not made etc. Could I maybe pm you about it?
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Lazare car update: We have a bid, lowball.
Originally posted by SatNav View Postah I'm alright. Still very very angry and still thinking about it from waking to sleeping but I kind of realise I cant do a thing and hoping Karma will rear its head at some point and look after me. in he meantime I have a weekend with friends in Manchester to look forward to and a few other blessings in life to keep me going. thanks for asking .X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Update: Kicking off now.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by smurph View PostHave to be honest here....
I read a lot of your posts, then re-read them and half the time don't understand them...
tl;dr feel like a gobshit
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