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MartyJ wrote:

Is it more palatable to Britons?

It is not.

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I just finished Hemingway's "A Farewell To Arms" Oof. What a gut punch!

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The trailers make it look like a lot of fun in the it's wasted on kids variety. It's disappointing it's not doing well, but I can't actually think of the last time a live action film aimed at kids was popular. The Goonies?

I've been a fan of Joe Cornish since New Years Day 1999, so I hope this doesn't stop him doing more.

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I've not used it for a few years but you've had me dig it out and follow you. Congratulations!

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Britain has an authority to check claims from people, or their heirs, who lost property during the Nazi era, which is now held in UK national collections. known as The Spoliation Advisory Panel.

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live- … ed-1175816

Michelle Yeoh is getting a 'Discovery' Spinoff.

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Top job that man!

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Saniss gets me to help him write his forum posts at work

He also neglected the opportunity to say the volcano "sparked" the revolution.

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MartyJ wrote:

Ant-Man And The Wasp was a letdown after Infinity War

Probably just me, but I actually enjoyed it more.


Bigger isn't always better!

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I only went to the cinema a handful of times this year and twice of those were for Marvel. I get everyones points about Marvel not really having consequences but then Benedict Wong says something about Doctor Stranges favourite take away and I realise I'm really enjoying myself.

We watched MI: Fallout a second time on Blu-Ray the other night and that totally holds up.

I've not had a chance to see Spiderverse yet but I'll probably catch it when it comes out on disc.

I took the piss on twitter over your including Death Of Stalin, which is a great film and more people need to watch it because we often do not get Oscar nominated films released until after the awards have come and gone and many times I have been told that my best of the year choices were invalid because a film had been released somewhere else in a different year.

Glad to hear your work is picking up, I know that isn't the case for all publishers, but I hope it allows you to take on a bigger team so there is not as much pressure on yourself.

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January
Owen finally catches the last Pokemon is later found weeping in a Liverpool boozer because there are no worlds left to conquer.

February
Blade Runner happens.

March
Teague makes his triumphant return to podcasting with one of those trendy true crime podcasts devoted to drunk crimes. Beerial is a huge hit.

April
Abbie appointed film critic for the Chicago Sun Tribune and receives a written apology from Marvel and a bouquet from DC.

May
A snap election is called in London after months of political gridlock. Regan is rushed to power as leader of the “Calm Down Dear” Party. They win a majority of 95 seats on a platform of “Let's just not”.
The first northern Prime Minister since Harold Wilson. The Regan Administration is considered a breath of fresh air.

July
Saniss puts himself forward to lead Frances 2025 Moonshot. Declaring “Je vais ramener tout ce fromage à la Maison!”

August
Withryn becomes convinced a super intelligent asteroid, angered by the last episode of The Sopranos is about to hit the earth.

September
Jimmy B is commissioned to produce a tv pilot and is paralyzed with self doubt when he realises it would be a good episode of his podcast if it fails.

October
Tomahawk endures the second Norwegian Butter Crisis.

December
Zarban continues to enjoy his retirement.

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This time, Me and Tom are joined by Jimmy to look back on the year in movies.

2018 Movies In Review

Teague wrote:

This ain't the show. Just to be clear. wink

Owen: I can't believe I get to be on Down In Front!
Teague:  Yeah... This isn't Down In Front
Owen: I can't believe I get to be on Friends In Your Head!
Teague: Nope.
Owen: Can I at least get a balloon animal?

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We did a podcast!

Doctor Who, Medicine Woman

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I'm sending this to my friend Malcolm, he bloody loves maps.

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I've been meaning to check out Welles movies, I hear he's quite good. I did get A Touch Of Evil on Blu Ray for Christmas shortly before putting my film collection into storage.

Yeah well, you said that 5 years ago! tongue

So, the point Teague is making that while once all music came from the radio, all film was found in the cinema we now have more and more sources of entertainment meaning the audience to support a $200 Million is getting smaller and smaller.

Perhaps I should start a new thread for being unfoundedly optimistic but the thing Teague somewhat overlooked was what he described as the "static" that is taking up the space radio once dominated, The Andy Weir's who published directly to kindle, The Jonathon Coulton's who built an audience through releasing music as MP3's directly online.

The movie is no more doomed than the play was. The cinema might be, however I think it could have a few years left in it.  Film Reviewer Mark Kermode was asked on his radio show if he thought there had been a decline in quality movies and I was somewhat surprised to hear him say no. He argues that while the multiplexes showed Superhero movies constantly, the number of films getting smaller releases was up even if many didn't break through into the mainstream.

So , I don't think Movies are dying, I think they've died. Movies have become TV, TV has become novels, Novels have become radio (Audible and all that)

Fifteen years ago people declared the television drama dead and we would only have reality shows forever more. Now there is more dramas than ever and each one on it's own streaming service (Which is a whole other discussion)

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Upon seeing the darkside of the moon, the Apollo 8 Astronaughts almost radio'd back the sighting of a large black monolith in reference to 2001.

According to Arthur C. Clarke in the forward to the copy of novel I'm currently reading.

Teague wrote:

But your disappointment fuels me, so that's nice.

I was just pointing out that you said something I sometimes say on a podcast, it's like I own it or something wink

Teague wrote:

In the meantime.

neutral

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I suggest any fans of little factoids seekout a podcast called "No Such Thing As A Fish". It's by the team that research and write QI and it's basically this thread in podcast form.

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Joe Cornish of Attack The Block fame has a new film in the works which looks like it should be terrible but might just be awesome.

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More people have played Ian Fleming than James Bond