
hexstatic link below minded me of this dvd. [youtube playlist]
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( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 22:45, Reply)

its always been one of the best moments of my life watching this. Over 20 years old!
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 23:46, Reply)

It instantly takes me back to seemingly endless summer holidays.
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 9:00, Reply)

And instantly started singing the song. Don't need to watch - Click!
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 9:22, Reply)

But I am neither in the Pointer Sisters nor did the animation.
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 10:17, Reply)

What are the chances...
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 21:38, Reply)

..and fIREHOSE
Have you seen 'We jam econo: the story of the minutemen'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmKGusadv08
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 5:19, Reply)

Someone did this and I reckon they did a good job.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 18:42, Reply)

The one on the left is what she looks like the morning after.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:25, Reply)

if from now on, studios just said...
'' we're not making ads any more, you fucks will have to make your own in your own time''.
THIS is what we'd get.
And I'd be happy with that
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 18:44, Reply)

They've been pretty creative with the advertising for this film, showing the trailer tiny was really funny.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 18:59, Reply)

Rudd to know what's good to do on the internet.
He talks about it here...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5le9sYdYkM
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:49, Reply)

It should just be words on a screen saying - Manchildren of the world here is the next product to get excited over.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:29, Reply)

it's just the most vocal people on the internet really.
To be fair, it's just a film, and it may actually be decent (not seen it yet, although I haven't watched a marvel film all the way through since iron man 1) but I'm not sure about the whole man-child thing.
Some vocal excitement on the internet doesn't mean any more than people who watch soaps or super into music. I wouldn't label something manchild like and be done with it. You could miss out, same as you would with labelling other things.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:55, Reply)

I doubt I miss anything apart from silly costumes and lots of CGI.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 20:15, Reply)

but surely you've watched and enjoyed some hollywood blockbusters?
This is no different really, I mean I hate the Marvel crap and all the fanboys, but I give them a look.
Or is it Bergman, Tarkovsky and Fellini all the way? I doubt it.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 20:24, Reply)

I stopped watching anything "Hollywood" many years ago. I do not own a TV and if I do want to watch something I torrent it.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 20:32, Reply)

There Will Be Blood, Interstellar, No Country for Old Men, Saving Private Ryan, Pulp Fiction, Whiplash, Nightcrawler... so many films.
Cabin in the woods too! I like horrors and that one was fun. Could easily have ignored it, turned out really well.
I think your problem is more with the fans and the catering for them.
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( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 20:41, Reply)

Worth a watch then?
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 20:57, Reply)

Ok I have seen a few of them - There will be blood - found it terribly boring and wanted to punch Daniel Day Lewis in the face for boring me.
I did like No Country for Old men but it is not the best Coen brothers.
I have seen Pulp fiction and at the time it came out I thought it was good.
The rest I have not seen or would want to.
The funny thing is I work for production companies and I have a free cinema pass and last year I used it twice to see Alpha Papa and Citizen Four. This year I have not used it at all and gave it to a mate who goes nearly every week.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 21:34, Reply)

Skyfall?
Inception?
Zero Dark Thirty?
The Bourne Trilogy?
A History of Violence?
Gran Torino?
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 21:47, Reply)

None of the above apart from Bourne which was alright but as always with all franchise movies was total shit in part 3.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 21:58, Reply)

Pulp friction?
Gang bangs of New York?
Clockwork orgy?
School of cock?
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 22:02, Reply)

Amateur...
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 22:13, Reply)

I have a great interest in cinema but not manchild films or Hollywood blockbusters.
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 1:03, Reply)

I would think more so if you don't like the whole superhero thing.
It's a heist film with improbable-tech bits that's never too far from taking the piss out of itself and what an absurd concept it is. The big climax especially. It's probably less ridiculous than the trailer for the latest Mission Impossible that preceded it when I saw it.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 23:27, Reply)

Its good because its not as shit as Mission Impossible - LOL I am really wanting to see it now!
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( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 22:56, Reply)

Our man in Amsterdam seems about as open-minded and tolerant of other people as a nazi having a really bad morning
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 10:00, Reply)

And our old man Daily Mail reader does not like it!
Dont worry your house price is not going down and I have stopped bringing in Forrins when I drive back to the UK.
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 13:52, Reply)

Enter at least 100 words to get your personality analysed.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 18:15, Reply)

The IBM Watson supercomputer finds your star sign based on numerous linguistic features, then retrieves your astrological data with the precision of a Sagittarius.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 18:59, Reply)

I tried three different pieces of writing I've produced and got wildly different results.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:08, Reply)

LOAD OF BOLLOCKS.
AMAZING.
REBELLIOUS.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:10, Reply)

You are a bit compulsive, somewhat critical and shrewd.
You are melancholy: you think quite often about the things you are unhappy about.
You are self-conscious: you are sensitive about what others might be thinking about you.
And you are intermittent: you have a hard time sticking with difficult tasks for a long period of time.
More than most people, your choices are driven by a desire for organization.
You consider both taking pleasure in life and independence to guide a large part of what you do.
You are highly motivated to enjoy life to its fullest. And you like to set your own goals to decide
how to best achieve them.
*Compared to most people who participated in our surveys.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:26, Reply)

I did a hundred and one words on it and I thought it got me perfectly.
As a result I hate computers like Linda Hamilton hated the Terminator and I've been fucked one or two of them too.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 21:03, Reply)

Most of the writing I do day-to-day tends to be in technicalese, and most of my online communications tend to be fairly back-and-forth conversations.
I fed it two b3ta posts that met the requirements and got the following:
www.b3ta.com/links/1322518:
"You are confident, expressive and shrewd.
You are calm under pressure: you handle unexpected events calmly and effectively. You are self-assured: you tend to feel calm and self-assured. And you are unstructured: you do not make a lot of time for organization in your daily life.
More than most people, your choices are driven by a desire for self-expression.
You are relatively unconcerned with both taking pleasure in life and helping others. You prefer activities with a purpose greater than just personal enjoyment. And you think people can handle their own business without interference."
www.b3ta.com/links/1316835:
"You are shrewd, skeptical and tranquil.
You are philosophical: you are open to and intrigued by new ideas and love to explore them. You are laid-back: you appreciate a relaxed pace in life. And you are proud: you hold yourself in high regard, satisfied with who you are.
You are motivated to seek out experiences that provide a strong feeling of well-being.
You consider helping others to guide a large part of what you do: you think it is important to take care of the people around you. You are relatively unconcerned with taking pleasure in life: you prefer activities with a purpose greater than just personal enjoyment."
Now there's some common themes in there, and parts that I'd recognise, but also some blatantly contradictory things too. I'd say it's a 60% score at best.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 21:39, Reply)

Gave them 100 words (just some random thoughts that came into my head) and it gave me incorrect broad platitudes.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 22:20, Reply)

" You lack patience and don't suffer fools glady"
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 22:23, Reply)

Loads of them then, big queue of the fuckers.
EDIT: your edit means this all makes even less sense.
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 0:37, Reply)

Which took fucking ages on my phone and it said it didn't have it in its lexicon.
Dick
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 8:31, Reply)

Lexicon. Stick that up your lexicon and smoke it.
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 21:16, Reply)

is just how uninteresting it turns out to be!
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 11:04, Reply)

Warning: twitter link
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 17:44, Reply)

It does as well. It tastes like the burnt ash of a dry roasted peanut.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 17:46, Reply)

Early in my experience with Scotch I picked up a bottle of Laphroaig quarter cask for the "smokiness".
It immediately reminded me of an awful experience as a youth where I mistakenly took a sip from a soda can someone had been using to ash their cigarette into.
I now use the bottle as a joke for guests to taste the worst scotch they've ever had.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 18:09, Reply)

No wonder cats are such cunts ,teaching their young bad stuff!!
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 17:40, Reply)

If you have ~15 mins to watch
So interesting, I love space.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 17:28, Reply)

The international orbiting dustbin but still amazing.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 20:59, Reply)

My question is has anyone had sex in space yet, and if so was it more difficult than on gravity. Which is tough enough. Flppin' brill video though
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 22:43, Reply)

Hubble Telescope cannot find my last encounter.
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( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 8:48, Reply)

in order to get soundbites from a busload of random nutters, and then laugh in a deaf woman's face??
Also... Did that guy say something about Prince George being a black boy?
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 13:49, Reply)

GC says no but I don't believe that for a second
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 17:02, Reply)

is being organised by an Al Jolson tribute act.
No sense of irony Americans.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 15:51, Reply)

Even if they refurbished it and tarted it up then it would still be pretty fowl.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 15:02, Reply)

I assume the video is done by the people/person who did the similar but nude person spasming down the street?
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 15:00, Reply)

That video was comped really well, this one, not so much, interesting though.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 16:44, Reply)

I'm out
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 14:39, Reply)

"THIS WAS AMAZING,HAD IT PUT UP MY ASS AND I USED IT SO MUCH GAE MYSELF A RED SOCK :/"
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 15:47, Reply)

She seems to be under the impression that in order to do her job she has to be needlessly antagonistic and aggressive with everyone, obviously unless they're rich and famous, rich and famous people are better than everyone else because they're rich and famous.
Her desk probably has an higher iq than her.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 13:01, Reply)

.. for popularising this unnecessarily sneering and bullying style of media interview. The kind where the interviewer clearly has an agenda, and fishes repeatedly for an idiotic sound-bite response that they know they won't get, then try to browbeat the interviewee when they refuse to play their silly game.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 13:27, Reply)

I hope she's gone digital otherwise it must take days to fill in each year
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 13:12, Reply)

But I doubt it would be in her diary.
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( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 13:53, Reply)

viz: "Go and water your leaks, You sheep shagging, Welsh cunt." beautifully written
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( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 14:38, Reply)

Being the editor of a newspaper that ran dozens of stories sourced from phone hacking is the hallmark of a genius.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 15:59, Reply)

You could see real fear in his eyes for a moment.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:18, Reply)

I get the impression that interviewees are now enjoying humiliating her on live TV.
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( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 12:12, Reply)

And to think people paid to see that level of journalism and of course the adverts every 10 minutes.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 12:26, Reply)

What's wrong with looping footage and repeating questions?
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 12:46, Reply)

In most of the world, you have no choice if you want British news. It's Sky News or nothing. BBC World has gone off somewhere, trying to compete with CNN and Al Jazeera; they no longer cover British news.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 15:51, Reply)

Fucking hell, she must be a vacuous person as it must have been apparent to everyone other than her how power-mong she went with that.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 12:27, Reply)

"I'm not even sure Kay Burley could pass the Turing test, it's quite eerie watching her attempt meaningful interaction with human beings"
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 12:38, Reply)

i was a bit taken aback at her first response "yeah it is and it's cool" and her patience with cunt burley was excellent. :D
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:37, Reply)

...the more it seems like a job anyone could do.
If they knew their shit, they'd should just shut up and maintain a bit mystery.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 16:00, Reply)

To be fair, she has her producer's questions popping up on her screen which, given the format of a spoken interview, lose any power in seconds. The anchor has the freedom to sometimes wing it - rather badly here. Why producers favour this method over earpieces is anybody's guess. Live interviews must be stressful for all, especially when the anchor is a muppet of the two-sticks-to-work-the-arms/brain variety.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 16:53, Reply)

she could still have realised that she was repeating herself herself. :D
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 19:34, Reply)

In triplicate.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 20:38, Reply)

But that made my toes curl more than being taken roughly up the arse while wearing tights.
( , Fri 24 Jul 2015, 11:07, Reply)

However they are using all of the same constructs; fixed cockpit for viewpoint, HUDs for information etc.
I'm really looking forward to the Rift's release now, thankfully my PC is 100% ready.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 12:13, Reply)

Ohh another Trek Wars game, manchildren the world over are wanking into socks.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 12:27, Reply)

And I suspect they're rail shooters.
Still really looking forward to mainstream VR.
IMO Valves Vive has edged past the Rift with it's room scale tracking.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 12:31, Reply)

However where are you going to be able to set up your own dedicated room with no clutter for your gaming rig..unless you're one of those MTV Cribs sort with a dedicated games room, cinema, pool and VR room of course.
VR for me at least is going to need a load of games we can play in the middle of a sitting room (or from a sofa) or its unusable for Joe Public.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 13:33, Reply)

Space will be an issue for me to but it's VR!
I'll find a way.
All those VR promises of the 90's are finally coming true.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 14:05, Reply)

Whereas the reality is more like that excellent video where a dad smacks his daughter up the back of the head as they stand side-by-side to play tennis.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 15:22, Reply)

without the motion cues to your body, it's hard to not get seasick when the landscape tips and rolls around you, or even just turns left and right. Your head movement to look around isn't the problem - it's what the outside scenery does when you're sat still in a seat inside a moving virtual vehicle.
It's why smarter indie developers are coming up with games like FIRMA, where although you can chuck your lunar lander pod around like a nutter, it remains in a level orientation at all times, so your seated position still feels real to you.
And similarly it's better to put the player in some sort of in-game hover-chair, rather than trying to impose that FPS lurching walking effect onto someone who's sitting down.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 15:18, Reply)

At least on the MK1 Rift dev kit that I have. Things that work brilliantly are ones with fixed frames of reference and smooth movement; Eg. Being the cockpit of something, be that a car, spaceship or indeed speeder bike.
Your body is already somewhat used to floating around in cars without any significant tactile input from its external surrounds so I'm assuming it works as an extension of this.
People that get car/train sick get sick in about 5 minutes no matter what you put on though (its much better with the later versions though).
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 16:26, Reply)

You're right though, best experience is in a fixed frame of reference like the cockpits of Elite Dangerous.
Half Life 2 was fun until Valve killed it with a patch though.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 16:30, Reply)

It's near-to-ground stuff like an FPS or that Rebel Squadron, where you're shown a horizon lurching about and thus know it doesn't feel right. Rolling and pitching is a lot worse than just turning on the spot. A car is fine, but those Speeder Bikes can be seen to lean into the turns, and if you're not leaning yourself, having the game do it for you is just weird. Not sure a motorbike game could cut it, unless like Super Hang-On, it actually uses your weight shifting as the steering control.
( , Thu 23 Jul 2015, 17:23, Reply)
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