Lenny Solidus wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 27, 2026 4:45 pm

Is it any good? I liked the original series until it vanished up it's own arse with endless bloody ninjas and dogshite like Iron Fist.

I asked co-pilot to look at the list and tell me "Which of these leaders govern in systems viewed as authoritarian or illiberal?" It summarised them in three ways: “Not Free” countries → widely viewed as authoritarian or ruled by entrenched leadership. “Partly Free” → hybrid systems with significant...

Funnily enough yes I have, and I would imagine it was a perfect counterpoint to the book

Ah original Star Trek, a key part of my childhood but it really hasn't aged well. Much like old Bond films watching with modern sensibilities makes for awkward viewing. Must say at risk of causing massive offence to friends here, I also struggle with TNG these days too. Absolutely loved it when it w...

Car trouble. Those who know me know I am a total petrolhead and my car wants for nothing. To have it start to misfire on the motorway this morning, causing a hurried move onto the hard shoulder, was therefore frankly rude, the ungrateful little bastard! Four and a half extremely cold hours waiting f...

Animalmother wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 10, 2026 8:18 pm

The Spy Who Loved Me, interesting choice. Always found that (and Octopussy) to be the weakest Moore films.

Lotus submarine. Nothing more needed.

Just because they remind me of my childhood, not because of any real preference, so pretty interchangeable:

1 The spy who loved me
2 You only live twice
3 The man with the golden gun
4 Goldfinger
5 Diamonds are forever

So, state sanctioned terrorism and murder then. And you know why they have kicked back as hard as they have of course - they have murdered one of their own. If the victim had been black or hispanic the narrative would have been completely different, but they murdered a white christian woman, so the ...

I approve of the Bond discussion! I have chuckled mightily at the last few posts.

This is turning into a proper debacle. I've got them to reduce the DD payments back to where they were, but they're still refusing the £100 credit refund despite my legal right to it and their failure to provide any reasonable grounds on which to deny it. They claimed (as expected) that it's so I d...

Happy new year to you all, I love our little cornet of the net

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/ ... jr-dies-71

Well sheeeeeeee-it! Denizens of The Wire are dropping like flies.

I'm reading The Fisherman by John Langan at the moment. I picked up The Fisherman on a whim on the back of this post and enjoyed it, quite a whiff of HP Lovecraft to it which I enjoyed. Now that I have finished it moving on to the third and final book by Jay Kristoff in his Empire of the Vampire se...

Achtung Englander wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 25, 2025 11:08 am

Merry Christmas fellas. Sorry I have been away for so long, I got caught up in 4K Blu Ray collection and moved away from gaming a tad, but I'm glad to say I'm coming back for a pint!

Welcome back