Mudface

26 minutes ago, SilverSong said:

Also, in the book Paul dispatched with Feyd very very easily. As you said the biggest deviation was Chani sulking off when actually she totally understood the score. Irulan was set-up to have a life devoid of love.

11 hours ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

Dune part 2

 

Just seen this at the pictures, some thoughts (may contain spoilers)...

 

The film sounded and looked amazing in the cinema, the desert scenes quite beautiful in their own way and, at times, very reminiscent of Mad Max Fury Road.

 

The acting was really poor I thought. Little Timotei Chalomet might have lovely curly hair but he just doesn't have the gravitas or acting chops to carry a film such as this.

 

The love interest petered out without barely a flicker. Utterly pointless.

 

The death of the Baron was a huge anticlimax, as was that of his boneheaded wrestler nephew.

 

Will there be a 3rd installment? Do I care? Not sure.

 

As a spectacle Dune pt 2 was fantastic, as a coherent film and story though it was far less convincing. Really patchy af.

 

About 7/10 seems about right.

They deviated from the book quite a bit towards the end and compressed the timeline too, there are actually 3 years or so from the Harkonnen attack to the end of the film. Chani has a son that dies in a sietch attack, and she understands that Paul has to take the Emperor's daughter as his wife, but that she'll be his concubine and his 'true love'. Jessica has her daughter, Alia, who is born with all the capabilities of a Bene Gesserit mother superior and is considered an abomination. Alia- barely 2 years old- kills the baron, her grandfather. The Emperor chooses Feyd as his champion, hence the fight to the death. No idea why they chose to have Chani act like a jilted spoiled brat and take off on her own, that's completely against her character- I hope they're not setting her up as a girl boss for the next film, that'd be really shit. Also, Paul is supposed to be 15 at the start of Dune, and I think about 18 by the end, so Chalomet was a pretty good choice. Certainly more so than Kyle MacLachan in the 1984 version, who was far too old.

The next one will be Dune Messiah, about a decade later, where Paul realises just how terrible the jihad he's started has become and has to fight against an alliance ranged against him.

8 minutes ago, Elite said:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4aw9pg/monitor-lizard-gang-rape-bestiality-expert-india

 

Said it before but some people will shag anything.

7 hours ago, Supremolad said:

I dont know if I was being naive but when I watched Match of the Day I had expected a bit of balance regarding their analysis of the drop ball incident. But it was an actual disgrace as Dave also said. No talk of the high foot on Konate, no talk of the similar drop ball incident which went against Liverpool in the first half. No talk of how Forest had enough chances to defend properly in the lead up to the goal.

 

Rather we are all expected to believe that Forest would definitely have held on for a point or won the game if the drop ball had gone their way. Who says we wont have nicked the ball off them and still scored anyway? Hysterical cunts, all of them. Fuck them.

Given that they subtitled the start of their analysis with 'Kloppage time', I kind of guessed what was coming.

4 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

The wage bill for the whole club is about £366m and they employ 1000 people so an average enployee is on £3.6m. A lot of that 1000 will be on less than £50k so it gives you an idea of how much the players are making. Meanwhile the clubs official charity gets given about £1m per year. Beer and circuses 

I'd check your Maths there...

7 hours ago, Nelly-Szoboszlai said:

Andrew Bridgen having another normal one…

 

You have to laugh at Matt Le Tissier being on his list of “experts.”

 

 

TK and Iceman will be gutted they're not on that list. Or maybe they are??

3 minutes ago, polymerpunkah said:

She's running for '28 as well.

 

Presumably she thinks the longer she stays in this time the louder she can shout "I told you so!" next time.

 

Either at the clusterfuck Trump creates or the fact that they lost to Biden again.

Not sure there'll be an election in '28 if Trump gets in again. 

24 minutes ago, Carra_is_legend said:

Purslow looks like someone who only goes to a wine bar to pick up girls but comes home every night empty and has a wank.

He looks nothing like me.

20 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Purslow on Villa sailing close to the wind regarding PSR - but of course, Christian. But of course.

 

https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/financial-fair-play-record-losses-28756962

 

 

 

 

Anyone left who still thinks the man isn't a thoroughgoing cunt?

Sounds like he wants a future where clubs are owned by rich nation states' sovereign wealth funds or money laundering gangsters like Usmanov and Abramovich.

42 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

 

The Royal is full of them. Always looks like the Jeremy Kyle show outside. People who look about 72 but are probably in their 30s in pyjamas with one leg smoking Marlborough lights. 

That's ridiculous, at least go for JPS or Capstan Full Strength and be a man about it.

6 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

 

It feels like they're trying to bully the premier league into caving in on the take over. I guess if there's no cash, the first thing that will stop is the stadium. I wonder if they have the cash to pay wages until the end of the season? Or if moshiri can find a way to get money out of uncle uzzi without detection?

I would imagine any other prospective buyers would prefer to pick them up once they're on administration- I assume they would pay less? Although why anyone would want to buy them with that amount of debt and the rest of the stadium costs, I don't know.

53 minutes ago, The wanderer said:

Ah OK , seem to remember a horrific game involving Celtic and an Argentinian team.

You need a bit of this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Intercontinental_Cup

8 hours ago, Lee909 said:

Everton's financial future will be put into major doubt by the end of the month if 777 Capital's proposed takeover remains unresolved. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Fingers crossed then.

6 minutes ago, Pete said:

What a load of shit.  Just do it all as fucking knock out!

Ah, but what happens if one of the big clubs goes out first round? Loss of revenue etc, can't have that.

Dogshit.

8 hours ago, Section_31 said:

 

They're termites, always have been, whenever they leave office there's nothing left, then the stupid bastards vote them in again.

 

I was shitting my kecks at the 2010 election, absolutely nothing that's happened since has surprised me in the least.

I remember my wife being genuinely frightened on election night, then the massive sense of relief when they fell short. Didn't last long of course.

6 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

The Mormons spawned a good musical, though. Funny as fuck.

Seeing that later in the year, can't wait.

7 hours ago, Anubis said:

Look, I’m not saying Howe is going to be our manager. He isn’t. I’d burn the entire place to the ground before I’d let that happen. 
 

 

If it looks like it will happen I’m going to hold you to that.

Maybe Champ could run a fundraiser, I'd happily chip in for petrol.

18 minutes ago, an tha said:

To be fair they are around it - usually 39,000 odd...

 

Don't think the pit quite holds 40,000

Yeah, I know, was just wondering. Must be a while back.

31 minutes ago, Chip Butty said:

Dune 2

 

Loved it. If I as going to critique - the emperor should have been like the 80’s original…. sorry, but Christopher Walken, whilst being a boss actor, ain’t no universal emperor and the other one being it felt rushed at the end, seems odd for a film at 2hrs 40-ish, but the last hour or so, felt rushed.

Anyway, sound as, and I’ll undoubtedly go and watch it again. 

Saw that this afternoon, absolutely brilliant, I actually got goosebumps at some points. The Chani stuff near the end was a bit annoying and superfluous, but the rest was astonishingly good- 9.5/10.

26 minutes ago, Bad Red Bull said:

 

I wonder when was the last time they actually got 40 thousand for a game.

23 minutes ago, Elite said:

The Long Walk (Richard Bachman) - 8/10

 

The first book I've read from King under the Bachman alias. I love a macabre, dystopian story and this perfectly fit the bill. Loved all the characters and their back stories, no one does the coming of age type stuff better than King even in this morbid backdrop. Wasn't overly keen on the ending, so lost a point on that but overall very enjoyable book.

The other books in the original collection are also good to excellent- he withdrew Rage after some 'copycat' school shootings, but you should still be able to find a copy online or second hand. The Running Man novel is so much better than the ridiculous film as well. Thinner is a nicely nasty story published after King was outed as Bachman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bachman_Books

10 hours ago, Creator Supreme said:

I'm done with match of the day, they can fuck right off.

 

Fucking pricks with their agendas, it's fucking pathetic.

They put up 'Kloppage time' as a caption when they were reviewing the goal. Dickheads.

35 minutes ago, Josef Svejk said:

 

I've been traumatised by '80s music, so the saxophone is a complete turn-off for me.

 

If she were to switch to the trombone, however... 

She's only got a rusty one, OK if she plays that?

3 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

 

That depends doesn't it. Some of those loans will be secured against the club and the stadium. Image and Media Rights I think has their debt secured against something like 25% of the club, but the club owns the stadium (all be it by a different vehicle), so in effect they own 25% of that. The thing is here, everton have borrowed from a load of carpet baggers who want their return. The only one who may be willing to reduce in any significant way I think is moshiri himself.

He'd have to pay Usmanov back though, wouldn't he... Not a man you want to owe money to, unless you want to end up with a Liverbird inside you.