a) We could not send Vulcans over willy nilly. We did it once. It was a massive logistical operation involving multiple refueling planes refueling each other to finally get a Vulcan over Stanley. It was a one off. So again you are talking nonsense.
Sea Dart and Sea Wolf are not air to air missile. They are a defence of last resort for ships. You haven't a clue have you? Also Sea Wolf was limited in numbers so it caused huge problems using it as a defence.
C) It was the harriers with their sidewinders that provided the first line of defence. Without them the ships would have been overwhelmed.
You have already wrecked most of my evening having to reply to you and are continuing now with your inability to ever let go. I am not going to ever concede to you. Just get that into your skull. Even if this lasts the rest of the year. Yet you continue from thread to thread continuing on again and again.
This thread could have ended 2 threads ago. But no, being the tedious bore you are you had to carry it over again and again onto the next thread and the next….
At least this will be an end to those who go on about HY is so polite….
Even I have limits...
Yes, but then I never saw your relentless passive-aggressive obstinance and stubborn refusal to engage in any real discussion of the points being put to you, as particularly polite in the first place.
I've been lurking for a million years, I've never see HYUFD this unhinged, even with the "keep the union together" plans. I suggest he shows his wife his posts and asks what she thinks, women very unlikely to put up with this sort of silliness. The idea that an evening was wrecked reminds me of that "someone is wrong on the internet" xkcd cartoon.
Putin should be happy to go - if the Death of Putin is as good a film as the Death of Stalin he can rest easy.
I was disappointed by some of the negative reviews when the film was first released. Thankfully most of them seem to have changed their mind.
It and Grand Budapest Hotel are my favourites of the last ten years.
I recommend Colette. Caught it last night on BBC2.
It has hints of Grand Budapest Hotel. Obviously not as good - that would be hard - but still captures that early 20th century European bohemian feeling rather well. It's all about the bisexual French writer (played brilliantly by a luminous Keira Knightley) and her older libertine partner and publisher, played expertly by Dominic West (him off The Wire, et al)
Thank you I shall have a look. If nothing else it’ll be nice to look at.
I'm not a massive film enthusiast, but I thought Death of Stalin was brilliant. And I liked Grand Budapest Hotel very much, but felt a little let down by the ending. But if Collette is recommended based on those two I will definitely take a look. I've been enjoying Bullitt on ITV4 tonight. I came in partway through and had the volume too low so wasn't really following the plot - but oh to be in San Francisco in 1967!
I personally never believed that Boris's inept and stupid comments when he was FS had anything to do with how long Zaghari-Ratcliffe was kidnapped by Iran. It suggested that rationality and even legality had something to do with her kidnap and ransom which is ridiculous after a moment's thought. Nevertheless, it is another stick removed from those who cannot resist beating him for any reason that comes to hand and will probably give him another small boost.
You are once again giving Johnson another free pass, this time for his lazy incompetence whilst FS.
Whether or not his foolhardy comments had any bearing on Mrs Ratcliffe's fate is not the issue. We should expect senior Ministers to avail themselves of their brief. Johnson did not, and you want to give him "a small boost".
Both Lammy and Sadiq put party politics aside and commended Liz Truss today. They remained stinging in their analysis of Johnson's tenure as FS. He deserves no credit for Mrs Ratcliffe's release whatsoever.
DavidL is probably Boris’s #1 apologist.
I must confess I can’t understand why someone who works in the legal profession should so easily be taken in by someone who has spent his career flouting the rules.
I admit I cracked a smile when he suggested that the Radcliffe news will give Boris a “small bounce”.
This is bonkers
Aye, just so, there are much stronger contenders for that coveted #1 position.
The Speaker of the Russian parliament says that Joe Biden needs to be held accountable for the Nazifcation of Ukraine and says he is guilty of crimes against humanity.
The Tories here were never really calling for Johnson to go, not really.
Those who called for him to go seriously had some principles and had quit voting Tory when he became the leader.
No idea what you are talking about
I have been clear that now is not the time for him to go, but the time will come and his mps will take the decision
And as the next vote is in 2024, you will need to wait and see how many do not vote for him, but there is more than a chance that he will be gone in 2023
The Speaker of the Russian parliament says that Joe Biden needs to be held accountable for the Nazifcation of Ukraine and says he is guilty of crimes against humanity.
On better news my daughter had what she described as her best trip to Tesco ever (she is not a natural shopper) tonight spending the money we had collected for the pick up for Ukraine on Friday. When the staff saw what she was doing they started giving her money too. She has got a serious collection together.
There is an overwhelming sympathy for Ukraine in this country which is why it is so weird that someone as politically attuned as Boris has not pulled the plug on this ridiculous visa nonsense sooner. A Ukrainian passport is all they ever should have needed.
You have already wrecked most of my evening having to reply to you and are continuing now with your inability to ever let go. I am not going to ever concede to you. Just get that into your skull. Even if this lasts the rest of the year. Yet you continue from thread to thread continuing on again and again.
WTF is wrong with you?
Many have asked the same question
OGH, grant me the strength to accept the arguments proving I am wrong, the courage to change the opinions I can, and the wisdom to never argue with HYUFD.
Putin should be happy to go - if the Death of Putin is as good a film as the Death of Stalin he can rest easy.
I was disappointed by some of the negative reviews when the film was first released. Thankfully most of them seem to have changed their mind.
It and Grand Budapest Hotel are my favourites of the last ten years.
I recommend Colette. Caught it last night on BBC2.
It has hints of Grand Budapest Hotel. Obviously not as good - that would be hard - but still captures that early 20th century European bohemian feeling rather well. It's all about the bisexual French writer (played brilliantly by a luminous Keira Knightley) and her older libertine partner and publisher, played expertly by Dominic West (him off The Wire, et al)
Thank you I shall have a look. If nothing else it’ll be nice to look at.
I'm not a massive film enthusiast, but I thought Death of Stalin was brilliant. And I liked Grand Budapest Hotel very much, but felt a little let down by the ending. But if Collette is recommended based on those two I will definitely take a look. I've been enjoying Bullitt on ITV4 tonight. I came in partway through and had the volume too low so wasn't really following the plot - but oh to be in San Francisco in 1967!
There are certain times and places aren’t there? And it’s one of the beauties of cinema - future generations get time capsules.
"Chelsea fans chanting 'Roman Abramovich' throw bottles at French riot police who respond with tear gas ahead of Champions League tie with Lille Chelsea fans drank throughout the day as they clashed with Gendarmes in Lille Police fired tear gas cannisters and sent in squads to arrest the ringleaders Around 2,500 fans who bought tickets before sanctions have travelled to France "
On better news my daughter had what she described as her best trip to Tesco ever (she is not a natural shopper) tonight spending the money we had collected for the pick up for Ukraine on Friday. When the staff saw what she was doing they started giving her money too. She has got a serious collection together.
There is an overwhelming sympathy for Ukraine in this country which is why it is so weird that someone as politically attuned as Boris has not pulled the plug on this ridiculous visa nonsense sooner. A Ukrainian passport is all they ever should have needed.
Brexit means Brexit
It’s another classic case of one of those face-eating leopard party voters complaining about his face being eaten off by a leopard.
The Speaker of the Russian parliament says that Joe Biden needs to be held accountable for the Nazifcation of Ukraine and says he is guilty of crimes against humanity.
The Russian elite really haven't a clue how to make any coherent message, have they? They look more deranged by the hour. Externally, at least. Internally, who knows how it is playing out, 3 weeks on.
You have already wrecked most of my evening having to reply to you and are continuing now with your inability to ever let go. I am not going to ever concede to you. Just get that into your skull. Even if this lasts the rest of the year. Yet you continue from thread to thread continuing on again and again.
WTF is wrong with you?
That HYUFD post above is the greatest post of the month. It could be written by Armando Ianucci or Graham Linehan or one of those fellas. In five pithy sentences he brilliantly satirises internet arguments. I keep reading it and re-reading it and cannot stop laughing. I want to point out the best bits but there is none of it which isn'tthe best bits. It's utter genius.
Putin should be happy to go - if the Death of Putin is as good a film as the Death of Stalin he can rest easy.
I was disappointed by some of the negative reviews when the film was first released. Thankfully most of them seem to have changed their mind.
It and Grand Budapest Hotel are my favourites of the last ten years.
I recommend Colette. Caught it last night on BBC2.
It has hints of Grand Budapest Hotel. Obviously not as good - that would be hard - but still captures that early 20th century European bohemian feeling rather well. It's all about the bisexual French writer (played brilliantly by a luminous Keira Knightley) and her older libertine partner and publisher, played expertly by Dominic West (him off The Wire, et al)
Keira Knightly is quite enough to persuade me. Bisexual is but a bonus.
She seduces Eleanor Tomlinson no less…
Eleanor Tomlinson has had a range of very different character parts the last few years. Amazingly versatile filly, improving sort, won’t let you down if the going turns soft 😆
I thought Spielberg’s West Side Story excellent. Power of the dog does have amazing cinematography carefully based on art works, but the story didn’t engage me.
a) We could not send Vulcans over willy nilly. We did it once. It was a massive logistical operation involving multiple refueling planes refueling each other to finally get a Vulcan over Stanley. It was a one off. So again you are talking nonsense.
Sea Dart and Sea Wolf are not air to air missile. They are a defence of last resort for ships. You haven't a clue have you? Also Sea Wolf was limited in numbers so it caused huge problems using it as a defence.
C) It was the harriers with their sidewinders that provided the first line of defence. Without them the ships would have been overwhelmed.
You have already wrecked most of my evening having to reply to you and are continuing now with your inability to ever let go. I am not going to ever concede to you. Just get that into your skull. Even if this lasts the rest of the year. Yet you continue from thread to thread continuing on again and again.
This thread could have ended 2 threads ago. But no, being the tedious bore you are you had to carry it over again and again onto the next thread and the next.
A) We had multiple Vulcans in the Falklands over the course of the War, all of which could have been used to bomb Argentine airfields.
All we needed to get our troops on our ships to the Falklands was to defend those ships. Sea Dart and Sea Wolf were fine for that and did indeed down many Argentine planes.
C) Sidewinders were not the sole missiles that could have been used by Harriers. Having them was a help but if we did not have them we would have had other air to air missiles.
Plus again we had submarines with nuclear missiles unlike Argentina as a last resort
A) Is plain wrong. It took a fleet of refuelling planes, refuelling each other. There is a documentary on it and @Sandpit posted about it earlier. It was the most complex refuelling operation ever done. Damage was minimal, but it had a deterrent effect. We couldn't just lob them over willy nilly.
Nonsense. I think we only had sea wolf on 3 ships and it was the only deterrent against exocets. I think one was shot down on the last attack on an aircraft carrier. Sea dart was for planes and that was successful, but ideally you want to intercept the planes beforehand.
If you think they were a fine deterrent how come so many of our ships were bombed?
C) So the experts at the time were all wrong then and only you are right. Interesting. Even Thatcher's advisors were wrong who disagrees with you.
Re continuing - You can stop any time,? You have made a complete fool of yourself today so I suggest it might be a good idea.
Does it never cross your mind when everyone tells you are wrong and all the evidence and experts on the subject in history also disagree with you that maybe it is you that is wrong?
Finally you have once again moved the goal posts. You said the USA was neutral. Do you concede they supplied over 100 sidewinders at point blank notice? No off course you won't even though it is all there for the rest of us to see.
Your inability to ever admit you are wrong is pathetic.
I assume the Ratcliffe deal is happening now in part because the US is easing off a little bit on Iran (despite that country's unfortunate habit of launching missiles in the direction of US bases). Iran is now perceived to be not quite so bad relative to Russia and usefully has oil.
a) We could not send Vulcans over willy nilly. We did it once. It was a massive logistical operation involving multiple refueling planes refueling each other to finally get a Vulcan over Stanley. It was a one off. So again you are talking nonsense.
Sea Dart and Sea Wolf are not air to air missile. They are a defence of last resort for ships. You haven't a clue have you? Also Sea Wolf was limited in numbers so it caused huge problems using it as a defence.
C) It was the harriers with their sidewinders that provided the first line of defence. Without them the ships would have been overwhelmed.
You have already wrecked most of my evening having to reply to you and are continuing now with your inability to ever let go. I am not going to ever concede to you. Just get that into your skull. Even if this lasts the rest of the year. Yet you continue from thread to thread continuing on again and again.
This thread could have ended 2 threads ago. But no, being the tedious bore you are you had to carry it over again and again onto the next thread and the next.
A) We had multiple Vulcans in the Falklands over the course of the War, all of which could have been used to bomb Argentine airfields.
All we needed to get our troops on our ships to the Falklands was to defend those ships. Sea Dart and Sea Wolf were fine for that and did indeed down many Argentine planes.
C) Sidewinders were not the sole missiles that could have been used by Harriers. Having them was a help but if we did not have them we would have had other air to air missiles.
Plus again we had submarines with nuclear missiles unlike Argentina as a last resort
A) Is plain wrong. It took a fleet of refuelling planes, refuelling each other. There is a documentary on it and @Sandpit posted about it earlier. It was the most complex refuelling operation ever done. Damage was minimal, but it had a deterrent effect. We couldn't just lob them over willy nilly.
Nonsense. I think we only had sea wolf on 3 ships and it was the only deterrent against exocets. I think one was shot down on the last attack on an aircraft carrier. Sea dart was for planes and that was successful, but ideally you want to intercept the planes beforehand.
If you think they were a fine deterrent how come so many of our ships were bombed?
C) So the experts at the time were all wrong then and only you are right. Interesting. Even Thatcher's advisors were wrong who disagrees with you.
Re continuing - You can stop any time,? You have made a complete fool of yourself today so I suggest it might be a good idea.
Does it never cross your mind when everyone tells you are wrong and all the evidence and experts on the subject in history also disagree with you that maybe it is you that is wrong?
Finally you have once again moved the goal posts. You said the USA was neutral. Do you concede they supplied over 100 sidewinders at point blank notice? No off course you won't even though it is all there for the rest of us to see.
Your inability to ever admit you are wrong is pathetic.
If you were in charge we would have lost the Falklands War, on that there is no doubt as you did not have the guts to see it through.
Putin should be happy to go - if the Death of Putin is as good a film as the Death of Stalin he can rest easy.
I was disappointed by some of the negative reviews when the film was first released. Thankfully most of them seem to have changed their mind.
It and Grand Budapest Hotel are my favourites of the last ten years.
I recommend Colette. Caught it last night on BBC2.
It has hints of Grand Budapest Hotel. Obviously not as good - that would be hard - but still captures that early 20th century European bohemian feeling rather well. It's all about the bisexual French writer (played brilliantly by a luminous Keira Knightley) and her older libertine partner and publisher, played expertly by Dominic West (him off The Wire, et al)
Did you try Paris Police 1900? Almost exactly the same period with added antisemitc ladies who lunch shooting up while listening to Fauré, plus a bit of serial killing chucked in.
Putin should be happy to go - if the Death of Putin is as good a film as the Death of Stalin he can rest easy.
I was disappointed by some of the negative reviews when the film was first released. Thankfully most of them seem to have changed their mind.
It and Grand Budapest Hotel are my favourites of the last ten years.
I recommend Colette. Caught it last night on BBC2.
It has hints of Grand Budapest Hotel. Obviously not as good - that would be hard - but still captures that early 20th century European bohemian feeling rather well. It's all about the bisexual French writer (played brilliantly by a luminous Keira Knightley) and her older libertine partner and publisher, played expertly by Dominic West (him off The Wire, et al)
Thank you I shall have a look. If nothing else it’ll be nice to look at.
I'm not a massive film enthusiast, but I thought Death of Stalin was brilliant. And I liked Grand Budapest Hotel very much, but felt a little let down by the ending. But if Collette is recommended based on those two I will definitely take a look. I've been enjoying Bullitt on ITV4 tonight. I came in partway through and had the volume too low so wasn't really following the plot - but oh to be in San Francisco in 1967!
I don't want to oversell it. This is not a life-changing masterpiece. But if you want some smart, witty, lushly photographed and lightly erotic diversion (and, quite frankly who doesn't, right now?) this hits the spot
It also reminded me of a relationship quite close to my own heart. It's a sweet movie
Putin should be happy to go - if the Death of Putin is as good a film as the Death of Stalin he can rest easy.
I was disappointed by some of the negative reviews when the film was first released. Thankfully most of them seem to have changed their mind.
It and Grand Budapest Hotel are my favourites of the last ten years.
I recommend Colette. Caught it last night on BBC2.
It has hints of Grand Budapest Hotel. Obviously not as good - that would be hard - but still captures that early 20th century European bohemian feeling rather well. It's all about the bisexual French writer (played brilliantly by a luminous Keira Knightley) and her older libertine partner and publisher, played expertly by Dominic West (him off The Wire, et al)
Keira Knightly is quite enough to persuade me. Bisexual is but a bonus.
She seduces Eleanor Tomlinson no less…
Eleanor Tomlinson has had a range of very different character parts the last few years. Amazingly versatile filly, improving sort, won’t let you down if the going turns soft 😆
I thought Spielberg’s West Side Story excellent. Power of the dog does have amazing cinematography carefully based on art works, but the story didn’t engage me.
I'm more interested in hard or firm going. Although it tends to be more good to firm these days. Sure Kiera could help.
You have already wrecked most of my evening having to reply to you and are continuing now with your inability to ever let go. I am not going to ever concede to you. Just get that into your skull. Even if this lasts the rest of the year. Yet you continue from thread to thread continuing on again and again.
WTF is wrong with you?
Many have asked the same question
OGH, grant me the strength to accept the arguments proving I am wrong, the courage to change the opinions I can, and the wisdom to never argue with HYUFD.
I have found it very wise policy to simply ignore certain posters. It’s done wonders for my blood pressure.
Putin should be happy to go - if the Death of Putin is as good a film as the Death of Stalin he can rest easy.
I was disappointed by some of the negative reviews when the film was first released. Thankfully most of them seem to have changed their mind.
It and Grand Budapest Hotel are my favourites of the last ten years.
I recommend Colette. Caught it last night on BBC2.
It has hints of Grand Budapest Hotel. Obviously not as good - that would be hard - but still captures that early 20th century European bohemian feeling rather well. It's all about the bisexual French writer (played brilliantly by a luminous Keira Knightley) and her older libertine partner and publisher, played expertly by Dominic West (him off The Wire, et al)
Keira Knightly is quite enough to persuade me. Bisexual is but a bonus.
She seduces Eleanor Tomlinson no less…
Eleanor Tomlinson has had a range of very different character parts the last few years. Amazingly versatile filly, improving sort, won’t let you down if the going turns soft 😆
I thought Spielberg’s West Side Story excellent. Power of the dog does have amazing cinematography carefully based on art works, but the story didn’t engage me.
WSS is truly excellent, but it is very sadly overlooked I think because it is a remake. I happen to think it’s possibly the best thing Spielberg’s done since Jaws.
It needs to be watched on the big screen. I was privileged to watch it at pretty much the precise location it is set.
Power of the Dog - although I am a big Jane Campion fan - is simply dull, agree.
a) We could not send Vulcans over willy nilly. We did it once. It was a massive logistical operation involving multiple refueling planes refueling each other to finally get a Vulcan over Stanley. It was a one off. So again you are talking nonsense.
Sea Dart and Sea Wolf are not air to air missile. They are a defence of last resort for ships. You haven't a clue have you? Also Sea Wolf was limited in numbers so it caused huge problems using it as a defence.
C) It was the harriers with their sidewinders that provided the first line of defence. Without them the ships would have been overwhelmed.
You have already wrecked most of my evening having to reply to you and are continuing now with your inability to ever let go. I am not going to ever concede to you. Just get that into your skull. Even if this lasts the rest of the year. Yet you continue from thread to thread continuing on again and again.
This thread could have ended 2 threads ago. But no, being the tedious bore you are you had to carry it over again and again onto the next thread and the next.
A) We had multiple Vulcans in the Falklands over the course of the War, all of which could have been used to bomb Argentine airfields.
All we needed to get our troops on our ships to the Falklands was to defend those ships. Sea Dart and Sea Wolf were fine for that and did indeed down many Argentine planes.
C) Sidewinders were not the sole missiles that could have been used by Harriers. Having them was a help but if we did not have them we would have had other air to air missiles.
Plus again we had submarines with nuclear missiles unlike Argentina as a last resort
A) Is plain wrong. It took a fleet of refuelling planes, refuelling each other. There is a documentary on it and @Sandpit posted about it earlier. It was the most complex refuelling operation ever done. Damage was minimal, but it had a deterrent effect. We couldn't just lob them over willy nilly.
Nonsense. I think we only had sea wolf on 3 ships and it was the only deterrent against exocets. I think one was shot down on the last attack on an aircraft carrier. Sea dart was for planes and that was successful, but ideally you want to intercept the planes beforehand.
If you think they were a fine deterrent how come so many of our ships were bombed?
C) So the experts at the time were all wrong then and only you are right. Interesting. Even Thatcher's advisors were wrong who disagrees with you.
Re continuing - You can stop any time,? You have made a complete fool of yourself today so I suggest it might be a good idea.
Does it never cross your mind when everyone tells you are wrong and all the evidence and experts on the subject in history also disagree with you that maybe it is you that is wrong?
Finally you have once again moved the goal posts. You said the USA was neutral. Do you concede they supplied over 100 sidewinders at point blank notice? No off course you won't even though it is all there for the rest of us to see.
Your inability to ever admit you are wrong is pathetic.
If you were in charge we would have lost the Falklands War, on that there is no doubt as you did not have the guts to see it through.
Goodnight
Given up then. Still haven't admitted you said it was easy. Still haven't admitted you didn't know about the sidewinders. Still insist there were 4 aircraft carriers. Still think all the experts at the time and since were wrong in everything they said.
Only you are right even though we can all see your errors here. History degree? Worthless in your case.
I assume the Ratcliffe deal is happening now in part because the US is easing off a little bit on Iran (despite that country's unfortunate habit of launching missiles in the direction of US bases). Iran is now perceived to be not quite so bad relative to Russia and usefully has oil.
It all makes me wonder if we’re 8/10ths of the way to a reheated nuclear deal.
The Speaker of the Russian parliament says that Joe Biden needs to be held accountable for the Nazifcation of Ukraine and says he is guilty of crimes against humanity.
Interesting debate on R5L. Which was better Phoenix Nights or The Office? Phoenix for me. Or maybe that's the world I know? Regardless. A sign of how sitcoms have declined. Mrs. Brown's Boys these days.
Love the Office and Phoenix Nights, but Phoenix Nights is better. On the surface it’s simpler, but there are many more layers to it.
Also I’ve been in those clubs.
Phoenix Nights is cleverer in its humour, but the Office clever in the way its narrative unfolds so beautifully. The most moving bits of telly are sitcoms. Drama feels unreal - nothing is that serious all the time. And you have your guard up for drama; you know it's trying to make you feel something. Whereas when the emotional moment comes along in a sitcom you're not guarding against it. If you don't have a lump in the throat at the end of the Office, or at the end of either of the first two series of the Royle Family (which basically invented the modern sitcom), or at the end of Gavin and Stacey then you possibly aren't human. I'm sure there are dozens of others too. (Anyone remember the end of Ever Decreasing Circles?)
On which subject, can I put in a word for Detectorists? Rather belatedly, I have been pointed towards it, and it is brilliant. Very much a 21st century sitcom - things happening, slowly, some of which is funny, but in an understated way - but give it an episode and a half and you will be hooked. Not least because it is so beautifully shot. It is written and directed and starring MacKenzie Crook - I think it's quite uncommon for a sitcom to owe so much to one man - and this comes across in the sheer artistry of it. Even the theme tune is wonderful. I find myself wondering how the show reflects MacKenzie Crook's worldview.
Putin should be happy to go - if the Death of Putin is as good a film as the Death of Stalin he can rest easy.
I was disappointed by some of the negative reviews when the film was first released. Thankfully most of them seem to have changed their mind.
It and Grand Budapest Hotel are my favourites of the last ten years.
I recommend Colette. Caught it last night on BBC2.
It has hints of Grand Budapest Hotel. Obviously not as good - that would be hard - but still captures that early 20th century European bohemian feeling rather well. It's all about the bisexual French writer (played brilliantly by a luminous Keira Knightley) and her older libertine partner and publisher, played expertly by Dominic West (him off The Wire, et al)
Keira Knightly is quite enough to persuade me. Bisexual is but a bonus.
She seduces Eleanor Tomlinson no less…
Eleanor Tomlinson has had a range of very different character parts the last few years. Amazingly versatile filly, improving sort, won’t let you down if the going turns soft 😆
I thought Spielberg’s West Side Story excellent. Power of the dog does have amazing cinematography carefully based on art works, but the story didn’t engage me.
Power of the Dog is an OK movie elevated way above its stature. It looks beautiful, but that's pretty much it. Cumberbatch is faintly ludicrous in his chaps. The script is ponderous, sometimes arduous. The message is hammered home with inelegance. Nothing happens. It is dull
If it had been made by a cishet white man it would have got zero attention. Wokeness is the enemy of great art
a) We could not send Vulcans over willy nilly. We did it once. It was a massive logistical operation involving multiple refueling planes refueling each other to finally get a Vulcan over Stanley. It was a one off. So again you are talking nonsense.
Sea Dart and Sea Wolf are not air to air missile. They are a defence of last resort for ships. You haven't a clue have you? Also Sea Wolf was limited in numbers so it caused huge problems using it as a defence.
C) It was the harriers with their sidewinders that provided the first line of defence. Without them the ships would have been overwhelmed.
You have already wrecked most of my evening having to reply to you and are continuing now with your inability to ever let go. I am not going to ever concede to you. Just get that into your skull. Even if this lasts the rest of the year. Yet you continue from thread to thread continuing on again and again.
This thread could have ended 2 threads ago. But no, being the tedious bore you are you had to carry it over again and again onto the next thread and the next.
A) We had multiple Vulcans in the Falklands over the course of the War, all of which could have been used to bomb Argentine airfields.
All we needed to get our troops on our ships to the Falklands was to defend those ships. Sea Dart and Sea Wolf were fine for that and did indeed down many Argentine planes.
C) Sidewinders were not the sole missiles that could have been used by Harriers. Having them was a help but if we did not have them we would have had other air to air missiles.
Plus again we had submarines with nuclear missiles unlike Argentina as a last resort
A) Is plain wrong. It took a fleet of refuelling planes, refuelling each other. There is a documentary on it and @Sandpit posted about it earlier. It was the most complex refuelling operation ever done. Damage was minimal, but it had a deterrent effect. We couldn't just lob them over willy nilly.
Nonsense. I think we only had sea wolf on 3 ships and it was the only deterrent against exocets. I think one was shot down on the last attack on an aircraft carrier. Sea dart was for planes and that was successful, but ideally you want to intercept the planes beforehand.
If you think they were a fine deterrent how come so many of our ships were bombed?
C) So the experts at the time were all wrong then and only you are right. Interesting. Even Thatcher's advisors were wrong who disagrees with you.
Re continuing - You can stop any time,? You have made a complete fool of yourself today so I suggest it might be a good idea.
Does it never cross your mind when everyone tells you are wrong and all the evidence and experts on the subject in history also disagree with you that maybe it is you that is wrong?
Finally you have once again moved the goal posts. You said the USA was neutral. Do you concede they supplied over 100 sidewinders at point blank notice? No off course you won't even though it is all there for the rest of us to see.
Your inability to ever admit you are wrong is pathetic.
If you were in charge we would have lost the Falklands War, on that there is no doubt as you did not have the guts to see it through.
Goodnight
Well I wouldn't presume to be able to run a war unlike you, but I wouldn't assume it was easy. So I suspect I might be more successful than you as I wouldn't be so arrogant. I have a feeling I have a lot more guts than you, an armchair general.
Interesting debate on R5L. Which was better Phoenix Nights or The Office? Phoenix for me. Or maybe that's the world I know? Regardless. A sign of how sitcoms have declined. Mrs. Brown's Boys these days.
Love the Office and Phoenix Nights, but Phoenix Nights is better. On the surface it’s simpler, but there are many more layers to it.
Also I’ve been in those clubs.
Phoenix Nights is cleverer in its humour, but the Office clever in the way its narrative unfolds so beautifully. The most moving bits of telly are sitcoms. Drama feels unreal - nothing is that serious all the time. And you have your guard up for drama; you know it's trying to make you feel something. Whereas when the emotional moment comes along in a sitcom you're not guarding against it. If you don't have a lump in the throat at the end of the Office, or at the end of either of the first two series of the Royle Family (which basically invented the modern sitcom), or at the end of Gavin and Stacey then you possibly aren't human. I'm sure there are dozens of others too. (Anyone remember the end of Ever Decreasing Circles?)
On which subject, can I put in a word for Detectorists? Rather belatedly, I have been pointed towards it, and it is brilliant. Very much a 21st century sitcom - things happening, slowly, some of which is funny, but in an understated way - but give it an episode and a half and you will be hooked. Not least because it is so beautifully shot. It is written and directed and starring MacKenzie Crook - I think it's quite uncommon for a sitcom to owe so much to one man - and this comes across in the sheer artistry of it. Even the theme tune is wonderful. I find myself wondering how the show reflects MacKenzie Crook's worldview.
Never seen Phoenix Nights apart from that famous clip, the one they always show.
AlternativeHistory.com is reporting (rumours only obviously at this stage) that something is going on in Belarus. Either false flag attack, coup or Poland has invaded.... (probably not the latter). Anyone know anymore, or is it just false information?
Interesting debate on R5L. Which was better Phoenix Nights or The Office? Phoenix for me. Or maybe that's the world I know? Regardless. A sign of how sitcoms have declined. Mrs. Brown's Boys these days.
Love the Office and Phoenix Nights, but Phoenix Nights is better. On the surface it’s simpler, but there are many more layers to it.
Also I’ve been in those clubs.
Phoenix Nights is cleverer in its humour, but the Office clever in the way its narrative unfolds so beautifully. The most moving bits of telly are sitcoms. Drama feels unreal - nothing is that serious all the time. And you have your guard up for drama; you know it's trying to make you feel something. Whereas when the emotional moment comes along in a sitcom you're not guarding against it. If you don't have a lump in the throat at the end of the Office, or at the end of either of the first two series of the Royle Family (which basically invented the modern sitcom), or at the end of Gavin and Stacey then you possibly aren't human. I'm sure there are dozens of others too. (Anyone remember the end of Ever Decreasing Circles?)
On which subject, can I put in a word for Detectorists? Rather belatedly, I have been pointed towards it, and it is brilliant. Very much a 21st century sitcom - things happening, slowly, some of which is funny, but in an understated way - but give it an episode and a half and you will be hooked. Not least because it is so beautifully shot. It is written and directed and starring MacKenzie Crook - I think it's quite uncommon for a sitcom to owe so much to one man - and this comes across in the sheer artistry of it. Even the theme tune is wonderful. I find myself wondering how the show reflects MacKenzie Crook's worldview.
I agree, sitcoms can reach places drama can’t when they are on form. Unless they slightly over do it, like MASH at its moralising worst.
I know of, but haven’t watched the Detectorists. Will give it a go.
Putin should be happy to go - if the Death of Putin is as good a film as the Death of Stalin he can rest easy.
I was disappointed by some of the negative reviews when the film was first released. Thankfully most of them seem to have changed their mind.
It and Grand Budapest Hotel are my favourites of the last ten years.
I recommend Colette. Caught it last night on BBC2.
It has hints of Grand Budapest Hotel. Obviously not as good - that would be hard - but still captures that early 20th century European bohemian feeling rather well. It's all about the bisexual French writer (played brilliantly by a luminous Keira Knightley) and her older libertine partner and publisher, played expertly by Dominic West (him off The Wire, et al)
Keira Knightly is quite enough to persuade me. Bisexual is but a bonus.
She seduces Eleanor Tomlinson no less…
Eleanor Tomlinson has had a range of very different character parts the last few years. Amazingly versatile filly, improving sort, won’t let you down if the going turns soft 😆
I thought Spielberg’s West Side Story excellent. Power of the dog does have amazing cinematography carefully based on art works, but the story didn’t engage me.
Power of the Dog is an OK movie elevated way above its stature. It looks beautiful, but that's pretty much it. Cumberbatch is faintly ludicrous in his chaps. The script is ponderous, sometimes arduous. The message is hammered home with inelegance. Nothing happens. It is dull
If it had been made by a cishet white man it would have got zero attention. Wokeness is the enemy of great art
“Power of the Dog is an OK movie elevated way above its stature. It looks beautiful, but that's pretty much it. The script is ponderous, sometimes arduous. The message is hammered home with inelegance. Nothing happens. It is dull.”
That sums it up perfectly 👍🏻 And I didn’t really get the ending. No reason why it can’t win all awards for cinematography though
AlternativeHistory.com is reporting (rumours only obviously at this stage) that something is going on in Belarus. Either false flag attack, coup or Poland has invaded.... (probably not the latter). Anyone know anymore, or is it just false information?
Interesting debate on R5L. Which was better Phoenix Nights or The Office? Phoenix for me. Or maybe that's the world I know? Regardless. A sign of how sitcoms have declined. Mrs. Brown's Boys these days.
I think The Office was consistently better, but some of the Phoenix Nights episodes were really some of the best television you had in 2001.
That was a good year for telly. Phoenix Nights and The Office. I suspect you may have found Phoenix Nights funnier if you were from the North of England and remembered the sort of clubs Kay was sending up from the 70s and 80s. Him casting Jim Bowen in season two really showed where he was at.
Putin should be happy to go - if the Death of Putin is as good a film as the Death of Stalin he can rest easy.
I was disappointed by some of the negative reviews when the film was first released. Thankfully most of them seem to have changed their mind.
It and Grand Budapest Hotel are my favourites of the last ten years.
I recommend Colette. Caught it last night on BBC2.
It has hints of Grand Budapest Hotel. Obviously not as good - that would be hard - but still captures that early 20th century European bohemian feeling rather well. It's all about the bisexual French writer (played brilliantly by a luminous Keira Knightley) and her older libertine partner and publisher, played expertly by Dominic West (him off The Wire, et al)
Keira Knightly is quite enough to persuade me. Bisexual is but a bonus.
She seduces Eleanor Tomlinson no less…
Eleanor Tomlinson has had a range of very different character parts the last few years. Amazingly versatile filly, improving sort, won’t let you down if the going turns soft 😆
I thought Spielberg’s West Side Story excellent. Power of the dog does have amazing cinematography carefully based on art works, but the story didn’t engage me.
I'm more interested in hard or firm going. Although it tends to be more good to firm these days. Sure Kiera could help.
“ tends to be more good to firm these day “
Then it needs a good watering. You don’t want it to be too fast.
Ironically, this is exactly what happened at Cheltenham on Wednesday, forecasts said no rain, so they watered the course! And then it rained all day. The two big match ups probably ruined by the ground getting heavy. Many punters had probably selected on understanding good to soft or even ante bet on horses last minute removed 🤦♀️
AlternativeHistory.com is reporting (rumours only obviously at this stage) that something is going on in Belarus. Either false flag attack, coup or Poland has invaded.... (probably not the latter). Anyone know anymore, or is it just false information?
Only confirmed facts are that Belarus Opposition figures are tweeting cryptically about [confirmed] explosions/sonic booms heard in several major cities and 30+ aircraft taking off: https://twitter.com/PavelLatushka/status/1504200509481173006
"❗️❗️❗️Over the past 3️⃣ hours, about 3️⃣0️⃣ fighter jets, transport planes & helicopters lifted into the sky from #Belarusian airfields in Baranovichi, Gomel, Lida, Luninets❗️ 6️⃣ missiles launched near the city of Kalinkovichi. Explosions are heard in various cities of #Belarus."
"A number of pro-Lukashenka telegram channels publish information that supposedly the sounds of explosions are heard because of drills at the “Brestski” training ground.❗️But: on average, a shot from a firearm on flat terrain in summer is heard at a distance of up to 3 km. A gun shot can be heard at a distance of up to 5 km, and gun fire can be heard at a distance of 15 km. And Pinsk is the nearest to the point where they heard the sounds of explosions – 165 km from the “Brestski” training ground, not 3 or 5 km."
Could be anything from supersonic drills to a false flag to a coup, but more likely nothing.
You have already wrecked most of my evening having to reply to you and are continuing now with your inability to ever let go. I am not going to ever concede to you. Just get that into your skull. Even if this lasts the rest of the year. Yet you continue from thread to thread continuing on again and again.
WTF is wrong with you?
Many have asked the same question
OGH, grant me the strength to accept the arguments proving I am wrong, the courage to change the opinions I can, and the wisdom to never argue with HYUFD.
I have found it very wise policy to simply ignore certain posters. It’s done wonders for my blood pressure.
Putin should be happy to go - if the Death of Putin is as good a film as the Death of Stalin he can rest easy.
I was disappointed by some of the negative reviews when the film was first released. Thankfully most of them seem to have changed their mind.
It and Grand Budapest Hotel are my favourites of the last ten years.
I recommend Colette. Caught it last night on BBC2.
It has hints of Grand Budapest Hotel. Obviously not as good - that would be hard - but still captures that early 20th century European bohemian feeling rather well. It's all about the bisexual French writer (played brilliantly by a luminous Keira Knightley) and her older libertine partner and publisher, played expertly by Dominic West (him off The Wire, et al)
Keira Knightly is quite enough to persuade me. Bisexual is but a bonus.
She seduces Eleanor Tomlinson no less…
Eleanor Tomlinson has had a range of very different character parts the last few years. Amazingly versatile filly, improving sort, won’t let you down if the going turns soft 😆
I thought Spielberg’s West Side Story excellent. Power of the dog does have amazing cinematography carefully based on art works, but the story didn’t engage me.
WSS is truly excellent, but it is very sadly overlooked I think because it is a remake. I happen to think it’s possibly the best thing Spielberg’s done since Jaws.
It needs to be watched on the big screen. I was privileged to watch it at pretty much the precise location it is set.
Power of the Dog - although I am a big Jane Campion fan - is simply dull, agree.
Is it really a remake of west side story, or west side story a remake of Romeo and Juliet, so a new west side story not remake of west side story but a remake of Romeo and Juliet rather like a Rhine gold staging staged in seedy 50s American motel done a second time by someone else set in sleazy 50s American hotel, is not remake of first staging just another Rhinegold staging.
a) We could not send Vulcans over willy nilly. We did it once. It was a massive logistical operation involving multiple refueling planes refueling each other to finally get a Vulcan over Stanley. It was a one off. So again you are talking nonsense.
Sea Dart and Sea Wolf are not air to air missile. They are a defence of last resort for ships. You haven't a clue have you? Also Sea Wolf was limited in numbers so it caused huge problems using it as a defence.
C) It was the harriers with their sidewinders that provided the first line of defence. Without them the ships would have been overwhelmed.
You have already wrecked most of my evening having to reply to you and are continuing now with your inability to ever let go. I am not going to ever concede to you. Just get that into your skull. Even if this lasts the rest of the year. Yet you continue from thread to thread continuing on again and again.
This thread could have ended 2 threads ago. But no, being the tedious bore you are you had to carry it over again and again onto the next thread and the next.
A) We had multiple Vulcans in the Falklands over the course of the War, all of which could have been used to bomb Argentine airfields.
All we needed to get our troops on our ships to the Falklands was to defend those ships. Sea Dart and Sea Wolf were fine for that and did indeed down many Argentine planes.
C) Sidewinders were not the sole missiles that could have been used by Harriers. Having them was a help but if we did not have them we would have had other air to air missiles.
Plus again we had submarines with nuclear missiles unlike Argentina as a last resort
The Speaker of the Russian parliament says that Joe Biden needs to be held accountable for the Nazifcation of Ukraine and says he is guilty of crimes against humanity.
The Speaker of the Russian parliament says that Joe Biden needs to be held accountable for the Nazifcation of Ukraine and says he is guilty of crimes against humanity.
@KyivIndependent ⚡️Moldova calls on Russia to withdraw from Transnistria.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu called for the removal of munitions and “complete and unconditional withdrawal of Russian forces” from the unrecognized breakaway region during a UN General Assembly meeting on March 16.
@KyivIndependent ⚡️Moldova calls on Russia to withdraw from Transnistria.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu called for the removal of munitions and “complete and unconditional withdrawal of Russian forces” from the unrecognized breakaway region during a UN General Assembly meeting on March 16.
The Speaker of the Russian parliament says that Joe Biden needs to be held accountable for the Nazifcation of Ukraine and says he is guilty of crimes against humanity.
(Guardian) Biden calling Putin a war criminal is ‘unforgivable rhetoric’, says Kremlin
The irony is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
But here's the thing: they don't care that you can see through their shit. You are not the audience.
The question is how long this will keep traction with their domestic audience, though. Even state media as tightly controlled as Russia’s can’t hide the reality on the ground indefinitely. The huge Russian casualties alone will make that obvious.
No doubt many will accommodate the shift from ‘liberation of Ukraine’ to the reality of all out bloody invasion of their neighbour, but what happens to public opinion when that invasion fails ?
Reassuringly strong messaging from France. (Guardian) …Russia is only “pretending to negotiate” with Ukraine and is engaging in a “dramatic process of long-lasting brutality”, France’s foreign minister has said.
“There is only one emergency: the cease-fire, the cease-fire, the cease-fire. ... It is only on this basis that you can negotiate, because you don’t negotiate with a gun on your head,” Jean-Yves Le Drian told French newspaper Le Parisien in an interview on Wednesday.
Le Drian added that France would consider Russia responsible for any use of chemical or bacteriological weapons in the war in Ukraine.
If chemical or bacteriological attacks took place in Ukraine, we’d know who would be solely responsible for them. It would be Russia.”…
It seems as though western governments have decided the idea imposing a settlement unacceptable to Ukraine in order to save face for Putin is nor a good one.
Bit of a reverse ferret from China. (Guardian) China’s ambassador to Ukraine has praised the Ukraine’s unity and resistance in remarks which appear to contradict the country’s earlier stance.
Fan Xianrong said China “will never attack Ukraine” but will support it economically and politically during a meeting with Lviv’s regional military administration, Ukrainian media outlet Ukrinform reported, citing the administration’s press service.
“China will never attack Ukraine, we will help, in particular in the economic direction.
In this situation, which you have now, we will act responsibly. We have seen how great the unity of the Ukrainian people is, and that means its strength”.…
Bit of a reverse ferret from China. (Guardian) China’s ambassador to Ukraine has praised the Ukraine’s unity and resistance in remarks which appear to contradict the country’s earlier stance.
Fan Xianrong said China “will never attack Ukraine” but will support it economically and politically during a meeting with Lviv’s regional military administration, Ukrainian media outlet Ukrinform reported, citing the administration’s press service.
“China will never attack Ukraine, we will help, in particular in the economic direction.
In this situation, which you have now, we will act responsibly. We have seen how great the unity of the Ukrainian people is, and that means its strength”.…
China is realising that the benefits to themselves are going to be economic rather than political, that they’re better staying neutral in the war than attracting sanctions themselves, and when the Moscow stock market re-opens it’s going to be ripe for picking.
Mike took the words out of my mouth. I said it would happen by the end of April and it happened on March 17th. I was derided for saying so but was right.
I'm afraid that if the fighting in Ukraine continues but is contained it won't remain the front page story here that many think it should.
Between now and end of April there will be further instances of this and probably increasingly so. It doesn't take long for British people to fatigue of a story that isn't in their own back yard.
Mike took the words out of my mouth. I said it would happen by the end of April and it happened on March 17th. I was derided for saying so but was right.
I'm afraid that if the fighting in Ukraine continues but is contained it won't remain the front page story here that many think it should.
Between now and end of April there will be further instances of this and probably increasingly so. It doesn't take long for British people to fatigue of a story that isn't in their own back yard.
Just as a matter of interest, has the "British people to fatigue of a story" resulted in any diminution of support for the Ukrainians?
Congrats to Astra Space, whose small rocket has successfully launched customers satellites for the first time. This is a fast turn-around after a failure last month.
Mike took the words out of my mouth. I said it would happen by the end of April and it happened on March 17th. I was derided for saying so but was right.
I'm afraid that if the fighting in Ukraine continues but is contained it won't remain the front page story here that many think it should.
Between now and end of April there will be further instances of this and probably increasingly so. It doesn't take long for British people to fatigue of a story that isn't in their own back yard.
Just as a matter of interest, has the "British people to fatigue of a story" resulted in any diminution of support for the Ukrainians?
Hopefully not.
But it's a disappointing feature of life that if things aren't personally affecting them, stories have a limited shelf life. I'm sure I read a study of this somewhere which put a figure on it.
Attention spans have generally shortened in this social media instantaneous age:
Mike took the words out of my mouth. I said it would happen by the end of April and it happened on March 17th. I was derided for saying so but was right.
I'm afraid that if the fighting in Ukraine continues but is contained it won't remain the front page story here that many think it should.
Between now and end of April there will be further instances of this and probably increasingly so. It doesn't take long for British people to fatigue of a story that isn't in their own back yard.
Nazanin is a big story though. Back to Ukraine tomorrow I guess. Her husbands family live locally to me so it will still be big when I get back home.
Congrats to Astra Space, whose small rocket has successfully launched customers satellites for the first time. This is a fast turn-around after a failure last month.
Russia's increasingly going to fall behind in space. Now all we need is for ESA to develop a crew launcher...
The big worry is the ISS, an amazing project over more than two decades which has, up until now, remained outside any and all political tensions between the countries involved.
If Russia pulls out, the $200bn station, the most expensive item ever produced by humans, will quickly end up in the sea.
Yes if only we too could have a leader who looks macho while sitting half naked on horseback and absolutely not homoerotic at all because good Russians aren’t into that sort of thing.
Brent below $100. That wasn’t part of the plan was it. Particularly as no one in the West will touch Urals with a barge pole so it’s being let go for a ($30?) discount to the Indians.
Mike took the words out of my mouth. I said it would happen by the end of April and it happened on March 17th. I was derided for saying so but was right.
I'm afraid that if the fighting in Ukraine continues but is contained it won't remain the front page story here that many think it should.
Between now and end of April there will be further instances of this and probably increasingly so. It doesn't take long for British people to fatigue of a story that isn't in their own back yard.
Nazanin is a big story though. Back to Ukraine tomorrow I guess. Her husbands family live locally to me so it will still be big when I get back home.
Great so see the war kicked off the front pages by a good news story, on what was a thankfully slow day in Ukraine. The poor lady has a seven year old daughter and has been stuck in the Iranian ‘justice’ system for six years.
A careful balance now needs to be drawn between re-engaging with old enemies, and avoiding the domestic crisis that can result from the more immediate Russia problem causing inflation. That said, if we can bring countries like Iran and Venezuela back a little towards stable democracy, then that’s good for the world.
Interesting debate on R5L. Which was better Phoenix Nights or The Office? Phoenix for me. Or maybe that's the world I know? Regardless. A sign of how sitcoms have declined. Mrs. Brown's Boys these days.
Love the Office and Phoenix Nights, but Phoenix Nights is better. On the surface it’s simpler, but there are many more layers to it.
Also I’ve been in those clubs.
Phoenix Nights is cleverer in its humour, but the Office clever in the way its narrative unfolds so beautifully. The most moving bits of telly are sitcoms. Drama feels unreal - nothing is that serious all the time. And you have your guard up for drama; you know it's trying to make you feel something. Whereas when the emotional moment comes along in a sitcom you're not guarding against it. If you don't have a lump in the throat at the end of the Office, or at the end of either of the first two series of the Royle Family (which basically invented the modern sitcom), or at the end of Gavin and Stacey then you possibly aren't human. I'm sure there are dozens of others too. (Anyone remember the end of Ever Decreasing Circles?)
On which subject, can I put in a word for Detectorists? Rather belatedly, I have been pointed towards it, and it is brilliant. Very much a 21st century sitcom - things happening, slowly, some of which is funny, but in an understated way - but give it an episode and a half and you will be hooked. Not least because it is so beautifully shot. It is written and directed and starring MacKenzie Crook - I think it's quite uncommon for a sitcom to owe so much to one man - and this comes across in the sheer artistry of it. Even the theme tune is wonderful. I find myself wondering how the show reflects MacKenzie Crook's worldview.
The Detectorists is superb. Gentle, calming and life affirming. And yes the theme song by Jonny Flynn rounds it off, particularly as he pops up in the pub open mic episode to sing it.
Interesting debate on R5L. Which was better Phoenix Nights or The Office? Phoenix for me. Or maybe that's the world I know? Regardless. A sign of how sitcoms have declined. Mrs. Brown's Boys these days.
Love the Office and Phoenix Nights, but Phoenix Nights is better. On the surface it’s simpler, but there are many more layers to it.
Also I’ve been in those clubs.
Phoenix Nights is cleverer in its humour, but the Office clever in the way its narrative unfolds so beautifully. The most moving bits of telly are sitcoms. Drama feels unreal - nothing is that serious all the time. And you have your guard up for drama; you know it's trying to make you feel something. Whereas when the emotional moment comes along in a sitcom you're not guarding against it. If you don't have a lump in the throat at the end of the Office, or at the end of either of the first two series of the Royle Family (which basically invented the modern sitcom), or at the end of Gavin and Stacey then you possibly aren't human. I'm sure there are dozens of others too. (Anyone remember the end of Ever Decreasing Circles?)
On which subject, can I put in a word for Detectorists? Rather belatedly, I have been pointed towards it, and it is brilliant. Very much a 21st century sitcom - things happening, slowly, some of which is funny, but in an understated way - but give it an episode and a half and you will be hooked. Not least because it is so beautifully shot. It is written and directed and starring MacKenzie Crook - I think it's quite uncommon for a sitcom to owe so much to one man - and this comes across in the sheer artistry of it. Even the theme tune is wonderful. I find myself wondering how the show reflects MacKenzie Crook's worldview.
The Detectorists is superb. Gentle, calming and life affirming. And yes the theme song by Jonny Flynn rounds it off, particularly as he pops up in the pub open mic episode to sing it.
The episode that opens with the sequence in Roman Britain is extraordinary.
As to your question: I think Worzel Gummidge and Detectorists as a body of work for MacKenzie Crook tells us everything we need about the way he feels about the world. If he's faking it I don't want to know.
What an amazing feat of engineering. The pictures so far have been little short of stunning.
Actually, I'd argue Ingenuity (*) on Mars is a much bigger (okay, smaller in size) achievement. Something that would have been a mission success if it just flew has done 21 flights, and is actually being used for science, scouting out the route ahead for the Perseverance rover.
Ingenuity will change the way we explore other planets - and it's done so really, really cheaply. James Webb shows the worst of NASA - they did it, but at massive cost. Ingenuity shows the best of NASA when they JFDI.
Congrats to Astra Space, whose small rocket has successfully launched customers satellites for the first time. This is a fast turn-around after a failure last month.
Russia's increasingly going to fall behind in space. Now all we need is for ESA to develop a crew launcher...
The big worry is the ISS, an amazing project over more than two decades which has, up until now, remained outside any and all political tensions between the countries involved.
If Russia pulls out, the $200bn station, the most expensive item ever produced by humans, will quickly end up in the sea.
Yeah, but the ISS is near the end of its life anyway. It'd be a shame if it goes down before Axiom Space sends up their modules (*), but it will be replaced, probably by something private. As long as everyone on board gets down safely.
As an aside, would you like to be the American astronaut who is scheduled to come down on a Soyuz in the next few weeks?
(*) Axiom are a private company building a space station. Their plan is to send modules that connect to the ISS, and when they have enough of them, they will disconnect them to form an independent space station. They are also hopefully sending up a private crew to the ISS at the end of this month. They are serious players.
Congrats to Astra Space, whose small rocket has successfully launched customers satellites for the first time. This is a fast turn-around after a failure last month.
Russia's increasingly going to fall behind in space. Now all we need is for ESA to develop a crew launcher...
The big worry is the ISS, an amazing project over more than two decades which has, up until now, remained outside any and all political tensions between the countries involved.
If Russia pulls out, the $200bn station, the most expensive item ever produced by humans, will quickly end up in the sea.
Yeah, but the ISS is near the end of its life anyway. It'd be a shame if it goes down before Axiom Space sends up their modules (*), but it will be replaced, probably by something private. As long as everyone on board gets down safely.
As an aside, would you like to be the American astronaut who is scheduled to come down on a Soyuz in the next few weeks?
(*) Axiom are a private company building a space station. Their plan is to send modules that connect to the ISS, and when they have enough of them, they will disconnect them to form an independent space station. They are also hopefully sending up a private crew to the ISS at the end of this month. They are serious players.
It’s due to be retired in 2030, so it’s about 70% though its life.
I would hope NASA are looking at the Dragon option for the stranded astronaut, even if it means sending up another crew to rescue him. There’s a non-inconceivable chance that he ends up as a PoW once the Russians pick him up in Kazakhstan.
Not heard of Axiom before, but sounds like a feasible plan to initially bolt on to the ISS, where they could transfer more long term experiments etc. The replacement of the old-fashioned business model of NASA, by private capital risk, has brought about a revolution in space transport.
Really brilliant to see Nazanin back home and holding her daughter, some much needed good news in these dark times. And a genuine achievement for Liz Truss, who has clearly approached the task of bringing her home with more application than her predecessors. Her stock must be much risen as a result, presumably she should be favourite now to replace the PM if he goes before an election?
Really brilliant to see Nazanin back home and holding her daughter, some much needed good news in these dark times. And a genuine achievement for Liz Truss, who has clearly approached the task of bringing her home with more application than her predecessors. Her stock must be much risen as a result, presumably she should be favourite now to replace the PM if he goes before an election?
Yep. Fizzy Lizzy will sign anything for headlines.
Really brilliant to see Nazanin back home and holding her daughter, some much needed good news in these dark times. And a genuine achievement for Liz Truss, who has clearly approached the task of bringing her home with more application than her predecessors. Her stock must be much risen as a result, presumably she should be favourite now to replace the PM if he goes before an election?
I'd give some credit to Truss on this but I suspect it's largely just fortuitous timing - Iran seems to have chosen a more accommodating path - I know they were unhappy over the invasion of Ukraine but I really don't know whence the rapprochement has come, welcome as it is.
Really brilliant to see Nazanin back home and holding her daughter, some much needed good news in these dark times. And a genuine achievement for Liz Truss, who has clearly approached the task of bringing her home with more application than her predecessors. Her stock must be much risen as a result, presumably she should be favourite now to replace the PM if he goes before an election?
I'd give some credit to Truss on this but I suspect it's largely just fortuitous timing - Iran seems to have chosen a more accommodating path - I know they were unhappy over the invasion of Ukraine but I really don't know whence the rapprochement has come, welcome as it is.
One couldn't make this up. A friend has a family member who is Ukrainian, and who, understandably, wants to get a couple of relations over here and to safety. The refugees had escaped to Moldova, so a Brit went over the help them. They found the British authorities unhelpful and obstructive, so, in desperation my friend appealed to her MP, who was helpful. The friend, like me, lives in Witham constituency!
Really brilliant to see Nazanin back home and holding her daughter, some much needed good news in these dark times. And a genuine achievement for Liz Truss, who has clearly approached the task of bringing her home with more application than her predecessors. Her stock must be much risen as a result, presumably she should be favourite now to replace the PM if he goes before an election?
I'd give some credit to Truss on this but I suspect it's largely just fortuitous timing - Iran seems to have chosen a more accommodating path - I know they were unhappy over the invasion of Ukraine but I really don't know whence the rapprochement has come, welcome as it is.
Trump gone. Money paid. Oil needed.
Jobs a good 'un.
Yes but Trump's been gone a while now and the oil was needed either way. No idea what your last sentence means.
Good morning everyone. Bright and sunny here today with ne'er a trace of sand. Except, I suspect, on our car which lives outside.
The ultimate tragedy here last night was our failure to pick up Ms Cyclefree's thoughtful piece.
3C here, with a very nice day in prospect, not a cloud in the sky and the morning sun glinting off the sea as a Portuguese freighter chugs by. A shame I have to stay in and wait for the guys to come and replace my flooring.
Last night’s nuclear threat to Argentina seems like a distant dream.
Really brilliant to see Nazanin back home and holding her daughter, some much needed good news in these dark times. And a genuine achievement for Liz Truss, who has clearly approached the task of bringing her home with more application than her predecessors. Her stock must be much risen as a result, presumably she should be favourite now to replace the PM if he goes before an election?
I'd give some credit to Truss on this but I suspect it's largely just fortuitous timing - Iran seems to have chosen a more accommodating path - I know they were unhappy over the invasion of Ukraine but I really don't know whence the rapprochement has come, welcome as it is.
Trump gone. Money paid. Oil needed.
Jobs a good 'un.
Yes but Trump's been gone a while now and the oil was needed either way. No idea what your last sentence means.
It's easy to make a deal when Iran gets what it wants.
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But if Collette is recommended based on those two I will definitely take a look.
I've been enjoying Bullitt on ITV4 tonight. I came in partway through and had the volume too low so wasn't really following the plot - but oh to be in San Francisco in 1967!
I have been clear that now is not the time for him to go, but the time will come and his mps will take the decision
And as the next vote is in 2024, you will need to wait and see how many do not vote for him, but there is more than a chance that he will be gone in 2023
I'm old enough to remember him being Sleepy Joe.
Hope we can finish third bottom...
It is now!
Can we all agree we will not talk about the war at all tomorrow
'The Falklands War' !!!!!!!
Have a good night rest folks
Eleanor Tomlinson has had a range of very different character parts the last few years. Amazingly versatile filly, improving sort, won’t let you down if the going turns soft 😆
I thought Spielberg’s West Side Story excellent.
Power of the dog does have amazing cinematography carefully based on art works, but the story didn’t engage me.
If you think they were a fine deterrent how come so many of our ships were bombed?
C) So the experts at the time were all wrong then and only you are right. Interesting. Even Thatcher's advisors were wrong who disagrees with you.
Re continuing - You can stop any time,? You have made a complete fool of yourself today so I suggest it might be a good idea.
Does it never cross your mind when everyone tells you are wrong and all the evidence and experts on the subject in history also disagree with you that maybe it is you that is wrong?
Finally you have once again moved the goal posts. You said the USA was neutral. Do you concede they supplied over 100 sidewinders at point blank notice? No off course you won't even though it is all there for the rest of us to see.
Your inability to ever admit you are wrong is pathetic.
Goodnight
Will try. Ta
It also reminded me of a relationship quite close to my own heart. It's a sweet movie
I happen to think it’s possibly the best thing Spielberg’s done since Jaws.
It needs to be watched on the big screen. I was privileged to watch it at pretty much the precise location it is set.
Power of the Dog - although I am a big Jane Campion fan - is simply dull, agree.
Only you are right even though we can all see your errors here. History degree? Worthless in your case.
The most moving bits of telly are sitcoms. Drama feels unreal - nothing is that serious all the time. And you have your guard up for drama; you know it's trying to make you feel something. Whereas when the emotional moment comes along in a sitcom you're not guarding against it. If you don't have a lump in the throat at the end of the Office, or at the end of either of the first two series of the Royle Family (which basically invented the modern sitcom), or at the end of Gavin and Stacey then you possibly aren't human. I'm sure there are dozens of others too. (Anyone remember the end of Ever Decreasing Circles?)
On which subject, can I put in a word for Detectorists? Rather belatedly, I have been pointed towards it, and it is brilliant. Very much a 21st century sitcom - things happening, slowly, some of which is funny, but in an understated way - but give it an episode and a half and you will be hooked. Not least because it is so beautifully shot. It is written and directed and starring MacKenzie Crook - I think it's quite uncommon for a sitcom to owe so much to one man - and this comes across in the sheer artistry of it. Even the theme tune is wonderful. I find myself wondering how the show reflects MacKenzie Crook's worldview.
If it had been made by a cishet white man it would have got zero attention. Wokeness is the enemy of great art
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60746557?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=623202f8980bea49f4b7ccc8&Woman finds captive lion in neighbour's ruined home&2022-03-16T22:10:32.574Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:83defbfd-d8b6-4a48-9bf2-fd60ef9ef457&pinned_post_asset_id=623202f8980bea49f4b7ccc8&pinned_post_type=share
Either false flag attack, coup or Poland has invaded.... (probably not the latter).
Anyone know anymore, or is it just false information?
I know of, but haven’t watched the Detectorists. Will give it a go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd79Ie_vWyQ
That sums it up perfectly 👍🏻 And I didn’t really get the ending. No reason why it can’t win all awards for cinematography though
That was a good year for telly. Phoenix Nights and The Office.
I suspect you may have found Phoenix Nights funnier if you were from the North of England and remembered the sort of clubs Kay was sending up from the 70s and 80s. Him casting Jim Bowen in season two really showed where he was at.
Then it needs a good watering. You don’t want it to be too fast.
Ironically, this is exactly what happened at Cheltenham on Wednesday, forecasts said no rain, so they watered the course! And then it rained all day. The two big match ups probably ruined by the ground getting heavy. Many punters had probably selected on understanding good to soft or even ante bet on horses last minute removed 🤦♀️
Sorry, am I still in sports betting mode 😀
"❗️❗️❗️Over the past 3️⃣ hours, about 3️⃣0️⃣ fighter jets, transport planes & helicopters lifted into the sky from #Belarusian airfields in Baranovichi, Gomel, Lida, Luninets❗️
6️⃣ missiles launched near the city of Kalinkovichi. Explosions are heard in various cities of #Belarus."
Followed by some very unconvincing explanations from the regime: https://twitter.com/MotolkoHelp/status/1504220790027440136
"A number of pro-Lukashenka telegram channels publish information that supposedly the sounds of explosions are heard because of drills at the “Brestski” training ground.❗️But: on average, a shot from a firearm on flat terrain in summer is heard at a distance of up to 3 km. A gun shot can be heard at a distance of up to 5 km, and gun fire can be heard at a distance of 15 km. And Pinsk is the nearest to the point where they heard the sounds of explosions – 165 km from the “Brestski” training ground, not 3 or 5 km."
Could be anything from supersonic drills to a false flag to a coup, but more likely nothing.
https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1504254775575076868
You know what I mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0lqyPQfP2o&t=11s
Either way Spielberg West Side Story is a triumph that will be much loved till the end of the world.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/few-facts-much-speculation-as-explosions-heard-in-belarus/
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Biden calling Putin a war criminal is ‘unforgivable rhetoric’, says Kremlin
But here's the thing: they don't care that you can see through their shit. You are not the audience.
⚡️Moldova calls on Russia to withdraw from Transnistria.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu called for the removal of munitions and “complete and unconditional withdrawal of Russian forces” from the unrecognized breakaway region during a UN General Assembly meeting on March 16.
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1504283852101070853
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/16/nasa-telescope-star-photo-ancient-galaxies
Gorgeous.
No doubt many will accommodate the shift from ‘liberation of Ukraine’ to the reality of all out bloody invasion of their neighbour, but what happens to public opinion when that invasion fails ?
https://twitter.com/lilika49/status/1504277391966978052
(Guardian)
…Russia is only “pretending to negotiate” with Ukraine and is engaging in a “dramatic process of long-lasting brutality”, France’s foreign minister has said.
“There is only one emergency: the cease-fire, the cease-fire, the cease-fire. ... It is only on this basis that you can negotiate, because you don’t negotiate with a gun on your head,” Jean-Yves Le Drian told French newspaper Le Parisien in an interview on Wednesday.
Le Drian added that France would consider Russia responsible for any use of chemical or bacteriological weapons in the war in Ukraine.
If chemical or bacteriological attacks took place in Ukraine, we’d know who would be solely responsible for them. It would be Russia.”…
It seems as though western governments have decided the idea imposing a settlement unacceptable to Ukraine in order to save face for Putin is nor a good one.
(Guardian)
China’s ambassador to Ukraine has praised the Ukraine’s unity and resistance in remarks which appear to contradict the country’s earlier stance.
Fan Xianrong said China “will never attack Ukraine” but will support it economically and politically during a meeting with Lviv’s regional military administration, Ukrainian media outlet Ukrinform reported, citing the administration’s press service.
“China will never attack Ukraine, we will help, in particular in the economic direction.
In this situation, which you have now, we will act responsibly. We have seen how great the unity of the Ukrainian people is, and that means its strength”.…
I'm afraid that if the fighting in Ukraine continues but is contained it won't remain the front page story here that many think it should.
Between now and end of April there will be further instances of this and probably increasingly so. It doesn't take long for British people to fatigue of a story that isn't in their own back yard.
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2022/03/15/astra-space-places-satellites-into-orbit-for-first-time/
Russia's increasingly going to fall behind in space. Now all we need is for ESA to develop a crew launcher...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/03/16/blow-boris-johnsons-oil-export-hopes-walks-away-empty-handed/
But it's a disappointing feature of life that if things aren't personally affecting them, stories have a limited shelf life. I'm sure I read a study of this somewhere which put a figure on it.
Attention spans have generally shortened in this social media instantaneous age:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/16/got-a-minute-global-attention-span-is-narrowing-study-reveals
https://muckrack.com/blog/2020/07/14/how-declining-attention-spans-impact-your-social-media
What’s up there? Coup attempt, Russians bombing, Belarusians bombing, Ukranians bombing Russians, NATO bombing Russians but not in Russia?
If Russia pulls out, the $200bn station, the most expensive item ever produced by humans, will quickly end up in the sea.
Brent below $100. That wasn’t part of the plan was it. Particularly as no one in the West will touch Urals with a barge pole so it’s being let go for a ($30?) discount to the Indians.
What’s the optimism level now ?
A careful balance now needs to be drawn between re-engaging with old enemies, and avoiding the domestic crisis that can result from the more immediate Russia problem causing inflation. That said, if we can bring countries like Iran and Venezuela back a little towards stable democracy, then that’s good for the world.
"Almerians heading to work"
As to your question: I think Worzel Gummidge and Detectorists as a body of work for MacKenzie Crook tells us everything we need about the way he feels about the world. If he's faking it I don't want to know.
Ingenuity will change the way we explore other planets - and it's done so really, really cheaply. James Webb shows the worst of NASA - they did it, but at massive cost. Ingenuity shows the best of NASA when they JFDI.
(*) The helicopter on Mars
As an aside, would you like to be the American astronaut who is scheduled to come down on a Soyuz in the next few weeks?
(*) Axiom are a private company building a space station. Their plan is to send modules that connect to the ISS, and when they have enough of them, they will disconnect them to form an independent space station. They are also hopefully sending up a private crew to the ISS at the end of this month. They are serious players.
Except, I suspect, on our car which lives outside.
The ultimate tragedy here last night was our failure to pick up Ms Cyclefree's thoughtful piece.
I would hope NASA are looking at the Dragon option for the stranded astronaut, even if it means sending up another crew to rescue him. There’s a non-inconceivable chance that he ends up as a PoW once the Russians pick him up in Kazakhstan.
Not heard of Axiom before, but sounds like a feasible plan to initially bolt on to the ISS, where they could transfer more long term experiments etc. The replacement of the old-fashioned business model of NASA, by private capital risk, has brought about a revolution in space transport.
Money paid.
Oil needed.
Jobs a good 'un.
The friend, like me, lives in Witham constituency!
Last night’s nuclear threat to Argentina seems like a distant dream.