Baint from round yer. West Country boy went up near Cambridge. Sci-fi, fantasy, horror, 80s indie, and TTRPGS. Not necessarily in that order.
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I personally didn't think you were being misogynistic or sexist. But I'm not a woman. I think men can appreciate the effort and admire another man's physique. I'd also argue that women will generally find men who are in shape more attractive than those who are overweight. There are always outliers.
But then they'd have no plot.
And whatever walked there, walked alone.
Classic.
Classic.
How very...cavalier!
Yeah you'd think that they have orbital defences or would have picked it up sooner, or tried to alter its course somehow so that it didn't crash into an urban area.
It's fantastic. And massive.😁
Spaced meme. Yeah it is. Very portentous and takes itself way too seriously. That's why it's so enjoyable. I'm not sure which movie Palance thinks he's in but he's hilarious! Actually, maybe he knew exactly which movie he was in...
It made perfect sense when I was twelve and full of hormones. Swords and cleavage, who cares about "writing"?😜
What do you mean bro? Bro?
They briefly touch on the interesting idea that our brains change with our bodies (hormones etc) but it goes nowhere. The idea that the genius Kavalier would think sending powerful androids with the minds of eight year olds into a traumatic crash zone and no training is a good idea "because"..
Just you wait...my money's on Kavalier complex being destroyed and all the tech is "lost".
I think this qualifies.
The plan is working I'd say!
I just tend to rewatch the original series and II, III, IV and VI these days. The first movie isn't awful, they just didn't quite get the characterisations right. V is just a bit...daft.
Everybody seems to be "Don't worry about people who bleat about canon/lore" but canon is-to me at least-world building and about being consistent within the fiction and therefore important for my engagement. See also Disney Star Wars,Kurtzman Trek,any post II Terminator movies,The Rings Of Power. 🤦♂️
Prometheus. Covenant. Ugh. Don't remind me. Sometimes producers should just tell Ridley "No". I knew Prometheus was going to be terrible when I saw Lindelof of Lost "fame"was writing it. Same MO. All questions and no answers. The Abrams fucking "Oooh mystery box" school of scriptwriting.
I find myself frustrated watching it. The characterisation is very thin and so is the world building. I don't buy the corporations overtaking governments premise. I think they're going to have a hard time explaining why all this far more advanced tech isn't in Alien or Aliens.
I think that all things considered, you should be treating yourself. Here's to your maintained recovery.
It's Paul. Mr Baldowski knows how to design games, maaaaan.
You know what I always say..
By interesting did you mean "underwhelming and laborious"?
Don't do it! Just kidding...
Fantastic. Your art is so evocative.
Same 😀
Euripides trousers you menda dese trousers!😜
Are you on holiday again???!! Enjoy. A heel visiting the heel. Geddit?
I suppose what I'm saying is our happiness ultimately doesn't rest with someone else. Look to someone else to make you happy and there will probably be two unhappy people. We are shaped by our thoughts, we become what we think.
Can one be disconsolate all the time? I don't know. I do think you have to be able to see value in yourself for that value to be seen by others. Think you're unworthy and that's how you may present yourself to the world. "Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."
That's what HE thinks 😂
AHH Space Above and Beyond 😭
Equally the intro club scene in Blade
That was an interesting movie.
Shared the last movie you watched #FilmSky
Class 😁
Class.
Nearly 10K! Let's raise it further!
Don't get me wrong, I don't think he's terrible in the movies he is in, he picks roles that suit him, but she can hardly argue any of those really call for dramatic range. I really enjoyed John Wick; for example, but it's hardly peak emoting.
Worth it. Man's gotta feed those babies.
Women
Keanu still hasn't really learned to act though, in my opinion. Except in Bill and Ted: I think he's acting in that.
Farewell cozy cabin
Exciting!
Delta Green, Mausritter, Cairn, Frontier Scum.
Paging @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social
The bathroom door does make a great horror movie creaking sound though, so swings and roundabouts.
Still no murderers or eldritch horrors. Maybe I should sacrifice something on that altar-sorry, fire pit-to summon them. Where are those cats?
Ok you got your one second, now geddouttahere.
Childs, Mac wants the flamethrower! I'll get me coat.
That's enough shows for you young man 😜
It's not an easy thing for us to do and we can only try. I hope you feel brighter soon anyway and don't stop talking. The best thing about the sometimes toxic aspects of social media is that it can connect us with people in positive ways. That's why I like coming on here. Grogtogetherness!
Hey I was doing a bit. I hope you all had fun. I was looking forward to spending quite a few hours gaming as I haven't in a while but I've had a really nice time here. Onward to Autumn Leaves!
He he he
You're also doing the best thing now. Not keeping it to yourself, sharing how you feel. So then you understand you're not alone in experiencing these things. It's okay to sit with these things. Thoughts arise unbidden in our minds multiple times a day. We don't have to give them our attention.
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Mmmmmm. Eva Green.
Do something nice for someone else-I will cook something nice for my wife-giving to others is positive for you. A nice hot shower whilst listening to a podcast, audiobook or music I enjoy. A nice long walk. Either order. Watch one of my happy place movies-for me that's the Original Trilogy.
This thing doesn't want to show itself, it wants to hide inside an imitation. It'll fight if it has to, but it's vulnerable out in the open. If it takes us over, then it has no more enemies, nobody left to kill it. And then it's won.
I expect @elevatedpachyderm.bsky.social will probably hunt me down later for withdrawing from his online Dolmenwood game. Sorry Simon! Haven't played in so long too! If you all don't get me I shall be spookifying myself later with this:
"So far" Ha ha Simpsons jokes. Well, there's still one more night to get me. Only nighttime visitors so far have been the Cats of Ulthar
Spoooooooooky
Weekend "Cabin in the woods". Wooooooooh. Not really, it's on a old farm. No supernatural shenanigans or masked killers as yet.
Oh I see!
Sweeeet
The 50th anniversary documentary is really interesting if you haven't seen it.
Where on Earth are you going?
Wendy is the Princess. All Disney product has a Princess. Even Star Wars. Except Andor.
I did not realise they were releasing it in 3D. I'd like to see it on the big screen though.
"Stupid git"
Is there a small but vicious dog there?
There is a big difference in tone between Goldsmith and Horner..and if you listen to Horner on Aliens and Star Trek II, well...
"Don't give me that you snotty faced heap of parrot droppings!"
Ha ha ha. Now do the insults riff at the beginning.
Great movie.
I think this is misleading advertising. Where is the princess?
That's a pretty sing. I do love English, Irish and American folk. My condolences.
Bloody hell that takes forever. Think I'll stick to soda bread.
C'mon everybody, let's all play gritty, despairing and covered in snow!
See also Free League-most of their games now have Starter Sets.
A great zine.
Well now I have to watch it!
Sorry, I've been watching a lot of Alien stuff this last week 🤣
See, now you're part of the problem
As long as it's quiet food I don't care. I agree with Kermode and Mayo on that one. Popcorn should be banned from cinemas!
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I went the other night to see Weapons, and I'm sure about ten people came in after the movie started🙄 and then at least another ten were in and out during the movie 🤔. Goodness knows why! At least there was no talking or phone light on that occasion though.
Original and best. I don't mind cleaned up matte lines, but sometimes I think he tinkered too much. The official Blu-ray is not as good as versions I've seen remastered from 35mm prints. They're a labour of love by certain groups with impressive technical know-how and not distributed for profit.
Which I totally get. I just like to replicate the moviegoing experience as much as I can, and a big screen just does that for me. I still love going to the cinema, I just find it frustrating that some people can't behave appropriately and observe proper cinema etiquette.
I would definitely lean towards another LG. I think they supply OLED screens to plenty of other companies. Different processing chips, obviously.
Despecialized Editions, mind.
I have a Cambridge Audio soundbase which they don't make any more now. I only get to crank it up when nobody's home and then I annoy the neighbours by blasting out Star Wars.
Shut it you two. 😜
