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A year ago today I did a historical predictions thread. Look at it now. Who won at fortune telling.
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post877742
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 13:44, 136 replies, latest was 14 years ago)
It looks as though none of them came true though, or was the winner further down?
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 13:49, Reply)
zozimus predicts the arab spring.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 13:51, Reply)
Zozimus needs to predict that we all get loads of money and sex this year.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:00, Reply)
And easily adaptable. Celebrity Death Race - who dies before Chompy republishes this thread next year?
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:22, Reply)
Terry Wogan or Billy Connolly will die (only one of them mind)
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:23, Reply)
*double-checks they're still going*
Yep, them.
In the local pub in the village my Mum lives in they had a 'dead pool' going. I was in the pub when news of Mother Theresa dying came in and they all (my Mum included) rushed to the notice board to see who the lucky punter was. Black-affronted so I was.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:29, Reply)
Marvel's lawyers will doubtless have been in touch
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:32, Reply)
Nope, so..
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:35, Reply)
but my Marvel chronology is shonky at best. I was surprised to discover that The Falcon was the first African-American Marvel superhero. Older than he looks.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:37, Reply)
I only got the reference because I remembered the character name from the Wolverine film.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:40, Reply)
Maybe I'm not quite the Grand High Arch Geek I like to believe
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:42, Reply)
harpoons.....actually, I haven't seen the film for ages so there's probably other stuff. Great stuff.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:44, Reply)
..and that was 21 years ago. Great bit of overacting (by the character) in that when he slips out of the room before the helicopter attack. Always cracks me up.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:38, Reply)
I cannot remember helicopters
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:39, Reply)
..but its' certainly a disappointment overall. I think the opera house finale is superb.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:42, Reply)
But it really does besmirch the legacy. Mind you, how many really good trilogies are there? I don't mean planned trilogies so you can't have Star Wars or Back To The Future. I mean trilogies where the three films are made separately and are all brilliant.
Romero's Trilogy of the Dead is the only one off the top of my head. Don't give me any of that Three Colours shit.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:45, Reply)
And as for the third one well what can you say about such a genius bit of film.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:50, Reply)
Then again it's donkey's since I saw it.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:51, Reply)
The second one was more entertaining though
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:53, Reply)
I note that Thor is out on DVD on Monday. I missed it at the cinema so I might treat myself.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:54, Reply)
The missus' one in/one out policy on DVDs means I'd have to chuck something to buy it
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:58, Reply)
Shelf space is getting tight. Still got about 100 VHS tapes as well.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:59, Reply)
It's definitely a prelim story to a bigger film, doesn't stand up brilliantly on it's own.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:00, Reply)
But I heard it's a bit "meh" too.
I have high hopes for the Avengers.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:02, Reply)
Basically has to be an origin story as well as having a suitbaly dramatic storyline and apocalyptic threat (who's the villain? A decent version of Doctor Doom would be nice please) whilst juggling seven major characters, all played by top Hollywood stars. Very tricky balancing act.
But Joss Whedon is bloody good at ensemble pieces, so you never know.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:06, Reply)
so all it needs to do is have the emergence of the baddy, which I guess is your origin story, so you're right, but then Nick Fury just goes "Avengers! Assemble! I've had it with those mother fucking baddies on my motherfucking planet!"
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:09, Reply)
reserving judgement on the new Superman, though. Not sure about the costume for starters.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:11, Reply)
And he made that brilliant Dawn of the Dead remake. And 300 was ok, Sucker Punch was utter wank, but Watchmen was good.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:14, Reply)
The costume just doesn't look right though. I'm not bothered about the 'no pants' look, but the colours are too dull and it needs a belt at least.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:15, Reply)
Completely confounded my expectations, which were along the lines of "Really? But WHY?"
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:21, Reply)
Or pleasantly horrified to be more accurate.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:22, Reply)
An excellent combination of hyperkinetic direction, excellent casting and FUCKING LOADS OF VIOLENCE
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:25, Reply)
They will need to do a bit of origin for the team though, and Black Widow is massively underwritten thus far and Hawkeye hasn't been introduced at all.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:12, Reply)
that I can't categorically state that Hawkeye hasn't been introduced without having seen Thor or Captain America. Can't imagine he'll have much to do in Avengers anyway. The trick will be getting the rest of the cast to stop glaring at Robert Downey Jnr for being much, much better than them.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:14, Reply)
Hawkeye the character was, as you might expect, an expert archer. Not as much fun as Bullseye, sadly. And he had a really bent costume.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:19, Reply)
but Jennifer Garner was in it, and she's quite lengthworthy
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:23, Reply)
that is Ben Affleck.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:24, Reply)
That man is a total charisma vacuum. It's no wonder everyone abhors him.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:27, Reply)
Pete Postlethwaite had a good role in The Town, one of his last ones
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:34, Reply)
It's not a patch on 2, but as a vengeance type road movie, it's pretty good.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:53, Reply)
Not technically linked together so it's a bit of a cheat.
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(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:54, Reply)
All good films though, Lady Vengeance not quite as good as the other two.
If only he'd done I Saw the Devil. That is a revenge film.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:55, Reply)
They go from great to really good to really good until the lame ending. Er, what else...The Naked Gun trilogy? Lots of them fluff it on the third film like Superman, X-Men, Alien (although Alien 3 seems to get a lot more apologists as time goes on). Evil Dead maybe, even though the second is a remake of the first and the third is a bit slapdash. Ah yes, got one, Toy Story, I love all three of them.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:54, Reply)
Superman 3 is a fucking masterpiece.
I like Alien 3, it has an unrelenting grimness to it that appeals. I don't really think they could have done Aliens again.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:56, Reply)
I call these "the bits where David Fincher was allowed to do what he wanted without the fucking studio sticking their oar in"
The majority of the film is devoid of these moments, and ruins the damn thing. DG is right though, following Aliens was always going to be a near-impossible task.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:59, Reply)
as most of his character seemed to end up on the cutting room floor first time around.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:03, Reply)
it was meant to be set on a wooden space monastery populated by monks which included it's own internal corn fields which were set on fire as the climax of the film.
There was a big thing in Empire devoted to this a while back. Real shame it never got made.
I'm looking forward to Ridleys prequel though.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:01, Reply)
You can read them here:
www.alienexperience.com/index.php?Itemid=18&option=com_docman
I've read the one you mentioned and it sounded like it could've been excellent but it would've taken a massive budget to pull it off.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:05, Reply)
It did sound like a genuinely interesting direction for the film to take. Shame.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:08, Reply)
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:09, Reply)
Not without a time machine
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:16, Reply)
How was your London adventure? Didd Mrs DF have a lovlely time?
I missed gloating over you when we smashed your back doors in AWAY. Hahahaha!
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:42, Reply)
were to to smash in the Foxtrot Gentleman's entrance
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:47, Reply)
after getting your back wheels into a Foxtrot
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 16:02, Reply)
Yeah we had a brilliant time thank you. I gave Monty a message for you as he said he might see you - "Upton Park is off unless McLaren goes". He was well confused, bless him.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 16:08, Reply)
I'm glad you enjoyed the smoke. Always a bonus if you don't get mugged.
Monty gave me the message. I don't blame you, McLaren is a walking fucking disaster. I reckon that Dutch league title was a completet fluke.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 16:14, Reply)
but nonetheless he's taken a team who finished 3rd and 6th the last two seasons and kept masses of clean sheets in doing so into the relegation zone, and lost to 10-man Derby at home for fucks sakes. That takes skill.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 16:24, Reply)
At least Superman III had the ace Superman vs Clarke scene in the junkyard.
The extended cut of Alien 3 I've got is an improvement on the theatrical realease and I can enjoy watching it for certain moments (and the excellent soundtrack) but I don't love it like I do the first two films.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:01, Reply)
I read that it had its budget cut by about a third, hence why it looks so ropey. Personally I don't think that even a decent budget could have saved it. I still own it though as I picked up the box set for a tenner a few years ago.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:03, Reply)
Alien 4 was OK in a meh sci-fi film way + it had Ron Perlman in, who is cool
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:51, Reply)
"so shit they filmed part of it in milton keynes" should be a more commonly used phrase
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:16, Reply)
Oh, and surely, Oscar Niemeyer, the Brazilian architect. 103!
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:41, Reply)
if only because it might happen live on air on SCD, or between shows - be intriguing to see if the Beeb will drop their flagship show to allow a NATIONAL TREASURE (ffs) to be mourned.
But he's obviously going to live forever, isn't he
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:34, Reply)
is to be able to watch the moment when Bruce Forsyth just totally loses it and asks for his blanket live on TV
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:38, Reply)
It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if she spotted John Connor in the audience and waded through the crowd brandishing a Minigun
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:43, Reply)
Still good though. Bet Vernon is on them every night
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:55, Reply)
Better tits and actual talent to go with
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:55, Reply)
I like watching SCD. They do need better female contestants though
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:56, Reply)
And those rictus grins annoy the fuck out of me.
Don't get me wrong I'd fuck Ola but I'd be thinking of Tess.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:59, Reply)
"He'd be the one eyed get"
Libya to be declared a new island resort ala Isle of White. Jim Bergerac to be DCI there.
Sly Stallone get new starring role in Eastenders as "Cockney John"
Manned spaceflight to Uranus cancelled
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:33, Reply)
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post877846
Techno things
- Widgets in iOS-5,
------------ Semmi correct, they're in the new Notifications system, but not publicly makeable.
- apple 'facetime' to be launched on every platform out there,
------------ Nope, just all Apple platforms, i'd say 50% right guess though as they were opened up to Macs
- Windows Mobile 7 to take a 25% market share,
------------ Waaaaay off the mark
- Nintendo and Sony to launch new consoles.
------------ Well, I menat announce rather than launch, and correct here, Vita and 'Wii-U'.
- A massive attack on Google by China or North Korrea.
------------ Correct, china attacked google.
- Google TV
------------ Correct
- Spotify for Films.
------------ Lovefilm, but not as good as what I wanted.
World Things
- Inevitable international desaster, along the lines of floods or eathrquake.
------------ Japanese earthquake/tsunami
- The next phrase of the 'war on terror' to move into a new country, maybe forcably go into Pakistan with pakistan's permision.
------------ That's where they found Bin Laden, and the 'Arab Springs' seems like maybe 25% correct.
Deaths
- Bob Forsyth
------------ Nope
- double-or-nothing for the 10th time Maggy Thature.
------------ Nope
- Someone from a boy/girl band at a young age.
------------ Amy Winehouse
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:39, Reply)
Greece to drop out of the Euro zone (may happen quite soon).
Mike Tindall to end up in a tragic 'car accident'
BBC to announce a remake of 'Love they Neighbour'
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:40, Reply)
if he wanted me to suck his cock, he wouldn't be so gay now, would he?
oh.
wait.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:16, Reply)
hahahahahhahaha
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 14:56, Reply)
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(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:19, Reply)
Amazing.
(, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 16:30, Reply)
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