Alex 35567 Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 On 18/11/2024 at 12:04, spongebob toonpants said: Slow Horses is magnificent and gets better and better @Renton start it immediately Watched the first two seasons now. I think 2 was a slight improvement. Really enjoying it so far. Glad to hear it’s been renewed for another couple of seasons as I don’t think it’ll take me long to get through 3 & 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21979 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Dunno where to put this really but thought I'd drop it here. It's bascially a tech demo for AI graphics but is also somewhat poignant and sad for all trekkies. I know most on this board aren't massively fussed about games but honestly the level of graphical fidelity from tools like Unreal Engine 5 is incredible, every year it gets harder to distinguish reality from GGI graphics or deep fakes. As usual, this will be for good and bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22141 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 On 23/11/2024 at 22:19, Meenzer said: Boybands Forever on the BBC is genuinely interesting. No, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43060 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Watched the Lucan documentary mentioned a few pages back. Firstly, poor bastard- adopted to then find out your bio mam was murdered by Lucan. No wonder the bloke is a bit messed up. The end left me more than a little frustrated. The argument that Neil put forward for it being Lucan was just as valid as the argument against, I thought, but, presumably since the old fella hasn’t been nicked, there’s more compelling proof to keep him at liberty. Surely DNA would settle the issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15716 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 On 15/10/2023 at 00:33, ohhh_yeah said: Higuita : The Way of the Scorpion Finally got round to watching this. It was good. Though maybe not quite as good as Boybands Forever... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 4125 Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 Say Nothing True story of two sisters who were in the IRA and the disappearing of a mother of 10 in the Troubles I thought it was superb, though I'm sure it's portrayal won't be uniformly popular The performance of the actors who played the two young sisters were stunning. The actor who played Gerry Adams was unrecognisable from dumb Marco in the Responder It seemed quite an honest account to me, I read somewhere it was shown as more of a class struggle than a religous one, not a point of view you see very often on British TV I followed it straight away with "I Dolours" that interviews one of the protagonists 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21979 Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 19 minutes ago, spongebob toonpants said: Say Nothing True story of two sisters who were in the IRA and the disappearing of a mother of 10 in the Troubles I thought it was superb, though I'm sure it's portrayal won't be uniformly popular The performance of the actors who played the two young sisters were stunning. The actor who played Gerry Adams was unrecognisable from dumb Marco in the Responder It seemed quite an honest account to me, I read somewhere it was shown as more of a class struggle than a religous one, not a point of view you see very often on British TV I followed it straight away with "I Dolours" that interviews one of the protagonists Fancy this, what's it on again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11542 Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 18 minutes ago, Renton said: Fancy this, what's it on again? Disney+ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 (edited) It’s complete nonsense. Gerry Adams was never in the IRA. Edited November 29 by ewerk 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21979 Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 20 minutes ago, ewerk said: It’s complete nonsense. Gerry Adams was never in the IRA. Absolutely. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 10365 Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 36 minutes ago, ewerk said: It’s complete nonsense. Gerry Adams was never in the IRA. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 9917 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 On 29/11/2024 at 10:19, spongebob toonpants said: Say Nothing True story of two sisters who were in the IRA and the disappearing of a mother of 10 in the Troubles I thought it was superb, though I'm sure it's portrayal won't be uniformly popular The performance of the actors who played the two young sisters were stunning. The actor who played Gerry Adams was unrecognisable from dumb Marco in the Responder It seemed quite an honest account to me, I read somewhere it was shown as more of a class struggle than a religous one, not a point of view you see very often on British TV I followed it straight away with "I Dolours" that interviews one of the protagonists Just finished it last night, followed it with The Miami Showband massacre (a re-watch from ages ago) just to see the other side of the coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35567 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 On 29/11/2024 at 14:00, Dazzler said: The bit in the 11 o’clock Show when he was in Norn Iron btw including when he asked if Terry Wogan used to be in the IRA. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4411 Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 I finished the first season of Silo - I really liked the double triple counter bluff of what's outside. And Rebecca Ferguson - definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6782 Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 1 hour ago, NJS said: I finished the first season of Silo - I really liked the double triple counter bluff of what's outside. And Rebecca Ferguson - definitely. She has shot to my number 1. Ruth Wilson is finally demoted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11549 Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 6 hours ago, Holden McGroin said: She has shot to my number 1. Ruth Wilson is finally demoted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6782 Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 4 hours ago, RobinRobin said: live footage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43060 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 So, Mrs. F. and I are watching the latest episode of The Jackal. Events in the story prompted a minor disagreement where, obviously, I’m right and she’s wrong It’s spoiling nothing to say that the Jackal is ex-military. I stated that what he’s doing now-being a paid assassin, is, from a purely moral P.O.V., absolutely no different to what he did in the Army- he’s paid money to kill targets given to him by his employers. Mrs. F. disagrees. On what basis, I don’t know, as she’s just said “ But it’s WRONG!”… … which is a different argument entirely. Who’s right, and why is it me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21979 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 7 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: So, Mrs. F. and I are watching the latest episode of The Jackal. Events in the story prompted a minor disagreement where, obviously, I’m right and she’s wrong It’s spoiling nothing to say that the Jackal is ex-military. I stated that what he’s doing now-being a paid assassin, is, from a purely moral P.O.V., absolutely no different to what he did in the Army- he’s paid money to kill targets given to him by his employers. Mrs. F. disagrees. On what basis, I don’t know, as she’s just said “ But it’s WRONG!”… … which is a different argument entirely. Who’s right, and why is it me? You're That was going to be the Trump "wrong" gif but when I pressed the gif button this came up and I thought you'd appreciate it. You're wrong because there is a moral difference between serving your country and being a hired gun. You're acting in the national interest, not your own. Mrs MF can thank me later. Christ, that came out wrong. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4411 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 There have been no wars or conflicts since 1945 where "National interest" has been anything other than serving the interests of the establishment and the rich and absolutely fuck all to do with making the world a safer place for the average citizen. So I'm with MF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21979 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 You live in a relatively free prosperous country and enjoy a high standard of living alongside millions of others. I'd say "winning" the cold war is quite important in that. Like it or not, we live in a world of nation states and I want the interests of mine protected. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43060 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 You’re kind of missing the point I was making to Mrs. F. though- a military sniper is paid money to kill targets given to him by his employer. A hitman/assassin is also paid money to kill targets given to him by his employers. The political or ethical reasons for whatever conflict the military lad is in are as irrelevant as the reasons the assassin’s employer want the target dead. Neither one is morally superior to the other. Where they stand on the moral scale is an entirely different question, but my point is that they are essentially the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11549 Posted December 6 Share Posted December 6 3 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: You’re kind of missing the point I was making to Mrs. F. though- a military sniper is paid money to kill targets given to him by his employer. A hitman/assassin is also paid money to kill targets given to him by his employers. The political or ethical reasons for whatever conflict the military lad is in are as irrelevant as the reasons the assassin’s employer want the target dead. Neither one is morally superior to the other. Where they stand on the moral scale is an entirely different question, but my point is that they are essentially the same. Mrs F 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 10365 Posted December 6 Share Posted December 6 10 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: You’re kind of missing the point I was making to Mrs. F. though- a military sniper is paid money to kill targets given to him by his employer. A hitman/assassin is also paid money to kill targets given to him by his employers. The political or ethical reasons for whatever conflict the military lad is in are as irrelevant as the reasons the assassin’s employer want the target dead. Neither one is morally superior to the other. Where they stand on the moral scale is an entirely different question, but my point is that they are essentially the same. I'd possibly even argue that a freelance assassin has more freedom to be morally superior than someone in the military tbh. A hitman says no to a job because it's against his own ethical code then the job goes to someone else - no biggie. A marine sniper refuses to take a shot his career could (and most likely is) ruined. Both still kill people for money, but the "bad" one has much less pressure to accept a job that doesn't sit right with him than the "good" one. So in that case which one is truly bad here? Both is probably the answer, but still..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35567 Posted December 6 Share Posted December 6 On 03/12/2024 at 07:51, Holden McGroin said: live footage Post coital? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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