The Fish

Wiping out the money they owe him is one thing, but paying off the external creditors is another. If he's done that, they should erect a statue for the poor sap. Bank rolling them, spending a fortune on players and managers, the man's a saint. Don't they still owe money on transfers too?

I thought it was common knowledge that Donald hasn't a pot to piss in compared to other owners of recent Premier League clubs? Even some League One owners are wealthier than him (Portsmouth & Scunthorpe e.g.). These mystery backers need to be willing and able to pump a lot of money into that club.

I knew there was a reason Parky didn't like him.

It's weird, when I was a kid nobody read comics, and they were very much counter culture, but now they're mainstream af

Time doesn't necessarily equal quality though. Some terrible films are years (and hundreds of millions) in the making, and others take no time and have a modest budget but are great. The world doesn't need 99% of the movies that come out, and there are far far worse movies that cost similar amounts. The Michael Bay movies are a prime example. There's not a finite number of movies that can be produced and the fault doesn't lie with Marvel for being successful and dominating the box office, it's the other studios not coming up with anything to challenge their current dominance. Does it drag it down, or are you just getting older and find yourself outside the demographic that make up majority of the cinema going public? I don't see them recycling the ideas now, and even the recent origin movies are markedly different to those that began the "universe". Were it not for the deliberate effort to tie them all in, you'd not necessarily know that Guardians of the Galaxy was in anyway linked to Captain America: Winter Soldier, or Thor. The ratings and reviews are a side issue for me, I think that some critics rate them for what they are, rather than against things like the Godfather or Three Billboards, which is why you'll never see a Superhero movie actor picking up an Oscar for his portrayal of a talking tree. Take away all the superpowers and maybe, but by their very nature they won't receive genuine critical acclaim (and rightly so). I tend to go off the opinions of people I trust, rather than IMDB or whatever.

Lee Hurst?

I often see right leaning people state that left leaning folk don't have a sense of humour. Yet the overwhelming majority of successful comedians are left leaning in their act or off stage. If the left have George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Frankie Boyle and the right have Mrs Brown's Boys and Mind your Language, I know who I'd accuse of a humour deficiency.

Started and stopped reading there, tbh. Aren't there plenty of Action movies out there, that aren't based on a comic book? Off the top of my head; Rampage, Jurassic Park, Fast & the Furious, Robin Hood, Pacific Rim, King Kong/Godzilla, whatever vehicle for Jason Statham is on at the minute etc. ?

There's not a finite number of films produced a year. Marvel Studios pumping out 2 blockbusters a year doesn't stop Manchester by the Sea or Get Out coming out. I don't think your issue is the number of Superhero movies, I think it's the quality of some of them. If each one was as good as, say, Logan or Deadpool, you surely wouldn't mind?

Then they're too stupid to live. If you're incapable of seeing the difference between Ant Man and Winter Soldier e.g., you should stick to Big Mommas House and Sherlock Gnomes. What movie did you want to watch?

Give over man, a good film is a good film. It doesn't matter the genre. If Nolan releases a new trilogy of critically and commercially successful Aquaman movies you'd enjoy them fine. You could go to the cinema every week and watch a non-Marvel movie if you wanted, so if you're watching all of them and complaining about it, you're a putz. I don't really understand the complaints about the number of Superhero movies coming out, when there's still variety at the cinema and when TV is outstanding. You have an array of options to choose from, Disney's conveyor belt of superheroes isn't preventing you from watching whatever you want. I think modern chart music is terrible, so I listen to Radio 6Music instead. The good news is that Marvel are trying to vary the style and tone of their movies so it mitigates the saturation for poor lost souls like you. Ragnarok was excellent, as was Black Panther and the two were very, very different styles of movie. Ant Man 2 looks like another heist movie. New Mutants looks like a light-horror. These aren't simply Origin movie clones. fwiw Disney's take on the Star Wars franchise have, thus far, been a success imo and much, much better than the previous trilogy.

I apologise, Pinball Wizard, perhaps you can talk about some of the movies you've recently watched that aren't comic book movies? And then, if people give a shiny rats ass about the things you want to talk about, maybe they'll reply? If not, take a hint. Honestly was just being creative. I get why, if you've recently watched the origin tale of two iterations of the same character, plus 2 underwhelming sequels, why you'd not be bothered about Homecoming.

You guess? It's utterly tribal. CT is a perfect example, he votes Tory now because he's picked his team and he's sticking with them. Even though the area he lives in was benefiting from EU membership he, and his mackem mates, voted Leave. Either because they're little Englanders or because they're Tory through and through. Anyway, the only thing to look forward to now is the last game of the season against Chelsea, where hopefully we can see a bit of effort, a bit of commitment and professionalism.

Just shouting into the void here Essembee

The Singleton. Nice.

Lake Bells Tits returns.

Like a Christmas friendly Turkey. I've stayed out of the political discourse, but I cannot imagine an aware human thinking Brexit is anything but an unmitigated clusterfuck, voted for by bigots and Kool Aid swilling Conservative sycophants. CT would support a cull on taxi-drivers if the Tories announced it. Sooner the Western world moves away from picking a political team to support, the better.

Maybe the Wolves fans would have dressed up to mock the Sunderland fans if they were notable for anything other than being our rivals? It's hard to dress up as a half empty stadium, a financial mess, or a sex offender.

Do you think it's Spider Man fatigue? Maguire, Garfield and now Holland have 6 and a bit movies between them. I enjoyed Homecoming, but it felt aimed at a younger audience, younger even than the rest of the Marvel films.

Setting my geekness aside, it's a cracking blockbuster with humour and immense action scenes. If predictability is a turnoff for you, I'd swear off blockbusters entirely

Sorted it myself because I'm geet smart as fook

Better safe than sorry, Spoily Spoilerson. I enjoyed Civil War, a lot. Despite it's Hulk sized plot holes. Homecoming was very good too, mostly because, like Loki and Thanos, Toomes is an antagonist with some depth to him. Not a lot I can say to defend Ultron though. It could have been much better had Spader had more development.

H'yah, a canny few of uz manij...maneg... mannagh... went to Univorsetee.

The Hell I did! You take that back. I went to highschool in Seaton Delaval; the crucible of learning for the North East.