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by Maturin
Thu Jan 22, 2026 12:18 pm
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: Everyone seen it....except you
Replies: 45
Views: 16240

Re: Everyone seen it....except you

He's very good in Con Air, but the film is ridiculous & totally suits his OTT delivery.
by Maturin
Sun Jan 11, 2026 2:11 pm
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series
Replies: 2259
Views: 689369

Re: Good TV (aka, the TV series spamthread), the second series

Yeah, TOS is 70% hokum - but it was the start of something special. The original films (apart from V) were better. Probably best to check out the ten highest rated episodes and stick to those. When I did a binge several years ago, tbh I just went 'Nah' about 15 minutes into quite a few episodes and ...
by Maturin
Sat Jan 10, 2026 7:26 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: The Room 102 thread - for things you love or just having a bloody good praise!
Replies: 582
Views: 190247

Re: The Room 102 thread - for things you love or just having a bloody good praise!

My turn. 8-) 1. From Russia With Love 2. Casino Royale 3. Dr No 4. The Spy Who Loved Me 5. Licence To Kill Controversial opinions: 1. You Only Live Twice is a fucking awful film. Terribly directed, atrociously acted, sloppy & tiresome. Only Die Another Day is worse IMO. 2. For Your Eyes Only is just...
by Maturin
Wed Dec 31, 2025 12:57 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan
Replies: 2386
Views: 605370

Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

Fortunately, they've just promised to give full function to switch all AI elements off. So hopefully it won't have any impact in real terms.
by Maturin
Mon Dec 15, 2025 6:20 pm
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: I Just Watched (Films)
Replies: 2223
Views: 560664

Re: I Just Watched (Films)

Doctor Dolittle (1967) I loved this. It is so whimsical, so funny, so charming. It rarely puts a foot wrong (how it handles the female lead is a bit rubbish and a joke about cooking sausages next to a pig is way out of character), even when it features a tribe of spear wielding Africans its handled...
by Maturin
Mon Nov 10, 2025 1:20 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: Aaand, In Other News...
Replies: 1242
Views: 298625

Re: Aaand, In Other News...

The rot set in 30 years ago when they didn't give Alan Partridge his 2nd series.
by Maturin
Wed Nov 05, 2025 8:58 am
Forum: Music & Literature
Topic: Currently Reading
Replies: 372
Views: 177207

Re: Currently Reading

A series I have tried to get into on a few occasions now but have always put the first book down before the halfway point. Almost everything good in that book is in the 2nd half, so I can understand some frustration reading the first half. :lol: Some fans of the series even tell people to start wit...
by Maturin
Mon Nov 03, 2025 9:01 pm
Forum: Music & Literature
Topic: Currently Reading
Replies: 372
Views: 177207

Re: Currently Reading

Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson Getting back into my reading a bit more lately and these books have been a revelation, 10 of them in all. Erikson may not have the smoothest prose out there, some people struggle with the denseness, especially early on in the series - but boy is he a visio...
by Maturin
Thu Oct 09, 2025 12:55 pm
Forum: General & Real World
Topic: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan
Replies: 2386
Views: 605370

Re: The Room 101 thread - for things you hate or just having a bloody good moan

It's why I only use Tracked 48 with signature for parcels, instead of regular tracked 48 when selling. Stops things getting nicked - it sometimes means a buyer has to arrange a redelivery or collect it if they're not in but it's worth it to ensure nothing happens to it. Postage costs are higher thou...
by Maturin
Thu Sep 18, 2025 3:47 pm
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: I Just Watched (Films)
Replies: 2223
Views: 560664

Re: I Just Watched (Films)

Yeah, I always liked Red Heat. It's not perfect, but I think it's actually a better film than Raw Deal and Running Man. They're all kind of in that same grouping though, variations on the same 80s, cheesy, quotable nonsense. I'll happy sit and watch it if it pops up on TV in the evening. Can't say I...
by Maturin
Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:58 pm
Forum: General Gaming Discussion and News
Topic: General Gaming News
Replies: 1402
Views: 257563

Re: General Gaming News

BL2 was lightning in a bottle, so I don't think they'll ever find that again. All the locations/story events were memorable and it was just so much fun. It ran great at launch across all PC specs too. BL3 I completed, but they lost the plot with the story/characters/dialogue/locations. It was irrita...
by Maturin
Thu Aug 21, 2025 10:23 am
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: The Last Of Us
Replies: 37
Views: 11581

Re: The Last Of Us

Finally got round to watching season 2, what a load of pish after the great first season. It's actually pissed me off at how poorly written it was compared to the first one.

Really, really peculiar follow-up that did absolutely nothing for me.
by Maturin
Sat May 10, 2025 9:58 am
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: Film analysis
Replies: 59
Views: 11400

Re: Film analysis

Yeah, I've got a dark brown leather jacket I use in the winter/early spring - although it's a thicker, more modern looking one compared to those old-fashioned leather jackets. I couldn't care less whether it's in fashion or not. Besides, it still looks a million times better than all those anoraks a...
by Maturin
Mon Feb 24, 2025 12:48 pm
Forum: PC Gaming
Topic: Xbox Game Pass for PC
Replies: 271
Views: 95960

Re: Xbox Game Pass for PC

Funny you should mention Rogue Trader, it was going cheap on CD Keys for less than a tenner so I picked it up last week (I don't have Game Pass since I barely play much these days).

It's one of the few modern games my old PC can run smoothly. :lol:

Enjoying what I've played of it so far.
by Maturin
Sun Feb 02, 2025 5:39 pm
Forum: TV & Film
Topic: I Just Watched (Films)
Replies: 2223
Views: 560664

Re: I Just Watched (Films)

I actually prefer the theatrical cut of Fellowship (which is still overwhelmingly the best individual film of the trilogy IMO). It flows much better and the added scenes don't really change anything narratively. TTT is a no-brainer though, the extended edition fixes a whole bunch of problems with th...