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Post by Patrick on Jan 28, 2009 10:07:24 GMT
What are computers but mere electronic abacuses!
(sp.? Abacii?)
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Post by swl on Jan 28, 2009 10:39:37 GMT
I hate how erratic net speeds can be. Ours fluctuates all the time. Having said that, it's not bad just now -  |
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Post by Patrick on Jan 28, 2009 10:53:20 GMT
Is it just as maudlin to say the Obituaries are sometimes the best read in the papers? I only started noticing them as a good read because I read them to my blind cousin sometimes but they're usually very interesting indeed even if you're not that interested in the person. Damn! I was writing this earlier and the board seized up - I copied my work in time then accidentally copied something else a little while later  Bloody Proboards! Try again! The best Obits are those who bother to tell you what they died of! The Independent doesn't and it's bloody annoying - You're reading about some chap in his 30's who seemed reasonably fit - yet his death is a complete mystery! Thank Zark for the Grauniad which will always begin; "Blah blah has died aged 88 after a short illness/in a hang-gliding accident/in the car park at Waitrose etc You want to know what they went of - especially if they're around our age! It's vital! Also, the papers do give you people you might not have noticed - a very formidable actress died recently - she didn't have a name you'd recognise, but you'd know the face - having seen her in umpteen costume dramas and some comedy. She didn't seem to have been mentioned elsewhere. Back in 1995 for instance, I used to be glued to my radio - it helped me escape the misery of my existence at the time - but I didn't hear anything said about the BBC Newsreader Peter Woods dying - Shame on the BBC - I don't think they bothered - used to quite like him when I was young. One of the Big Four alonside Kenneth Kendal, Richard Baker and Richard Whitmore (or five if you throw in Robert Dougal too!). He had a small corner of The Grauniad though at least. |
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Post by Patrick on Jan 28, 2009 10:54:10 GMT
I hate how erratic net speeds can be. Ours fluctuates all the time. Having said that, it's not bad just now - Show off!  |
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Post by everso on Jan 28, 2009 10:56:55 GMT
I saw that on t.v. a while back. The girl in it needed a good slap, but the end bit when they go into the house and that chap is standing looking at the wall. Brrrr. It was really creepy. I like creepy. Blair witch was a cool idea, badly executed. And yes, the annoying chick should've been staked out as bait while everybody else made their escape IMO. BTW, The chap is standing against the wall like that because that's what the Blair Witch used to make her victims do before a-killing 'em...some folks miss that.  AH Oh yes, I got that, Alpha. That's what made me feel so creepy. Don't you think that "creepy" is better than inyourface slash and stab? |
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Post by trubble on Jan 28, 2009 21:03:15 GMT
Well, we all have our pets at the BBC, Patrick. Woods didn't do it for me but Sissons...my god, what a man.
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Post by trubble on Jan 28, 2009 21:31:30 GMT
I hate how erratic net speeds can be. Ours fluctuates all the time. Having said that, it's not bad just now - Hmm. And here's mine.  <<patiently waits for someone to analyze this*>>  *not an oscar winning film |
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Post by Patrick on Jan 28, 2009 22:43:50 GMT
Well, we all have our pets at the BBC, Patrick. Woods didn't do it for me but Sissons...my god, what a man. As I recall - aged five or so - I was fascinated by the size of the bags under his eyes! My 90 odd year old Nan had a thing for Dermot Moynaghan. Oh yes - she'd have "liked" him!  |
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Post by trubble on Jan 28, 2009 22:44:54 GMT
I remember them and I'm not certain they aren't the reason I never took to him.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 28, 2009 22:47:05 GMT
Well, Richard Baker had the edge - I mean! The voice of Mary Mungo and Midge!! How cool was that! (when you were five - obviously)
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Post by trubble on Feb 9, 2009 17:30:35 GMT
Anyone watch Slumdog Millionaire yet? It's such an award grabber I think I will have to see it before I go off it. Not much hope for Sean Penn in the Oscars, I think, Mickey Rourke from the Wrestler got the Bafta AND the Golden Globe.  |
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Post by everso on Feb 9, 2009 19:03:05 GMT
Anyone watch Slumdog Millionaire yet? It's such an award grabber I think I will have to see it before I go off it. Not much hope for Sean Penn in the Oscars, I think, Mickey Rourke from the Wrestler got the Bafta AND the Golden Globe. Slumdog certainly did well at the BAFTAs. Thing is, whenever I've seen an Asian type film, I've always thought the acting spectacularly bad. However, looking at the few clips I've seen so far of this film, certainly the leading man/boy seems pretty good. I shouldn't be surprised if Micky Rourke gets an Oscar - not that I've seen The Wrestler but, again, the clips I have seen indicate good acting. I like Sean Penn, though, and he always gives a good performance, but I fear that gays are not "in" this season. Time was (remember Philadelphia?) when it was a fashionable theme, but I think nowadays we've grown used to the subject. However, India and the whole Bollywood thing are in vogue now, so I wouldn't be surprised if Slumdog gets best film. Hope so anyway. Sadly, I think that much of the award-giving relies on what's "now". |
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Post by riotgrrl on Feb 9, 2009 20:08:36 GMT
I used to really fancy Mickey Rourke. I still have 91/2 weeks on video somewhere . . . oh that was fairly erotic back in the day.
(Happy memories . . may have to go for early night. Sorry, is that too much information?)
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Post by trubble on Feb 9, 2009 23:00:44 GMT
I'm considering a smite for it. I know what you mean, everso. Bend It Like Beckham was good but apart from that... I once fooled myself for a few weeks that Bollywood wasn't complete rubbish but I sobered up eventually. Biopic type roles don't seem to attract Oscars either. The actress who played Tina Turner in her biopic was easily the winner that year but lost out. Sean Penn made me like Harvey Milk so much and I don't think he was easily likeable : a middle aged guy picking up younger men in subway toilets who took every decision on a single issue basis. I haven't seen the Wrestler but unless and even if rjpageuk tells me different, I believe Penn is being robbed of his prize. I think Rourke is getting a prize for having dropped out, gone mad, and come back. And Ledger's getting one for being dead. How the hell can Penn compete? |
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Post by rjpageuk on Feb 10, 2009 9:41:25 GMT
He should kill himself before next years awards!
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Post by everso on Feb 10, 2009 11:54:38 GMT
It does kind of make you a bit cynical, doesn't it? Whatever the film subject, if the actor is the best one then they should get the award.
I admit I've never heard of this bloke Milk, but Sean Penn does a very good gay bloke I must say!
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Post by trubble on Feb 12, 2009 14:36:54 GMT
Remember Judi Dench winning an Oscar for her walk on part in Shakespeare in Love? All because she had been wronged the previous year and should have got it for Mrs Brown. Tsk.
Good programme here on Radio 4: "And the Academy Award Goes to..." Paul Gambaccini investigates the background stories to Oscar winning films. I missed last week (The Godfather) but caught this one - Shakespeare in Love.  Listen Again - only one day left to! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00h3wjq |
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Post by rjpageuk on Feb 12, 2009 15:23:32 GMT
I watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button yesterday and it could have been good but ended up mostly rubbish.
Will probably win awards for technical stuff though.
I am really getting into the spirit of this thread I think.
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Post by everso on Feb 12, 2009 16:16:23 GMT
Remember Judi Dench winning an Oscar for her walk on part in Shakespeare in Love? All because she had been wronged the previous year and should have got it for Mrs Brown. Tsk.
Good programme here on Radio 4: "And the Academy Award Goes to..." Paul Gambaccini investigates the background stories to Oscar winning films. I missed last week (The Godfather) but caught this one - Shakespeare in Love. Listen Again - only one day left to! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00h3wjqI loved Judy Dench (and Cate Blanchett) in Notes on a Scandal and although they were nominated, both failed to win either an Oscar or a Bafta (but they did win other awards - according to Wiki) |
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Post by Patrick on Feb 13, 2009 0:23:54 GMT
Remember Judi Dench winning an Oscar for her walk on part in Shakespeare in Love? All because she had been wronged the previous year and should have got it for Mrs Brown. Tsk.
Good programme here on Radio 4: "And the Academy Award Goes to..." Paul Gambaccini investigates the background stories to Oscar winning films. I missed last week (The Godfather) but caught this one - Shakespeare in Love. Listen Again - only one day left to! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00h3wjqI heard bits of that - people (Dame J?) Saying it was worth being a part of for the costumes alone? I remember it - vaguely - and I think one misguided soul gave it to me as a pressie on VHS, A bit faffy if I recall correctly. |
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