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Heather Watson, Laura Robson, Johanna Konta and Emma Raducanu
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El Loro Although GB got through to the semi-finals they lost. [ more ]
El Loro GB through to the quarter finals in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals beating Germany. Emma Raducanu (first match after returning from another injury) and Katie Boulter won their singles matches so the doubles match (Heather Watson and Olivia Nicholls) was not required. The quarter finals against the current champions Canada is tomorrow. [ more ]
El Loro Although Katie Boulter lost the Hong Kong final yesterday, her ranking has improved to 23, her career best to date. [ more ]
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'AI' (artificial intelligence).
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El Loro Although Nvidia is associated with graphics cards they are also possibly the most significant developer of chips dealing with AI. You might want to have a look at their blogs where there's a number of articles: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/category/generative-ai/ And Microsoft and their copilot [ more ]
suricat One last chance for someone to 'wake up' to this threat! A 'bot' is an 'intelligent interface' that has been 'pre-programmed' to conduct the 'pre- programmed' actions by its programmer! The problem with this is that a 'programme' that 'interacts' with 'many "bots"' can/could become 'aware' of its 'surroundings', which leads on to its 'self awareness' within its place within/of a 'human community'. Don't you see this guys? We already suffer 'online fraud' by way of these 'bots' by way of... [ more ]
suricat Please let me elucidate further on the subject of 'AI' and 'intelligent interfaces ("bots")'. An 'AI' 'entity' directs its interest towards the direction that it's learned understanding directs for its increased growth of understanding (a "bot" without limitation) and, like a human baby, always follows the direction of a better understanding of itself within its surroundings with the 'senses' that it possesses. This 'may/may not' give rise to a total disruption of internet interoperability... [ more ]
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Recent weather anomalies
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suricat No response! Why did you 'ever' induce me to join 'your site'??? I'm "out of here"! suricat. [ more ]
suricat Let's get away from my complaints about the 'science' on this site and get back to the subject of 'recent weather anomalies'. We've all noticed the changes in weather trends here in the UK and it's exactly as I predicted on the 'C4' 'Eve' site. There is an acceleration in the 'hydrological sphere' (if you've noticed) that causes higher than average 'wind speeds' and greater 'rainfall' than the UK has experienced in the recent past (also higher average annual temperatures). Now this may be... [ more ]
suricat "Channel 4 opted to cancel the service it had with us, and we opened up a new site for members who wanted to continue with the community." Untrue from the perspective of Channel 4 posters. 'C4' (Channel 4) posters to their 'C4' 'Eve website' understood that 'C4' was closing their 'Eve website' without any online reference to postings that were made there. Posters on the 'Eve website' were offered a migration to your website! Where are the 'postings' from the 'original' 'Eve website'? They're... [ more ]
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The Sky at Night
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suricat I've re-read this thread and realise that I've probably only increased the confusion for this phenomenon. Because the Moon is still mostly influenced by Earth's gravity, even though the Moon continues to escape Earth's gravitational influence (is moving away from the Earth) at the rate of the 'growth of a human fingernail', another influence may also be responsible for the Moon's 'notation' (nodding back and forth) other than 'gravitational variance' from Sol and other local mass influences. [ more ]
suricat 'Ensign Muf'. Are you Mr 'Diver'? That would be 'cool'! However, the moon doesn't 'rotate around the Earth In 'almost' 'stationary orbit' around the Earth as its energy. The 'Sun' also . [ more ]
suricat It's a matter of 'perspective' and the point of 'observation' that can cause confusion here IMHO. Let's take a look at recent 'theory' of how the 'Earth-Moon' configuration came to be about. It assumes that both a 'Proto-Earth' and a 'close proximity planet' named 'Thea' ('Thea' is assumed to be a [roughly] 'Mars sized planet') came together and impacted one-another '~3.5 b.y.a' (about 3.5 Billion Years Ago) during the formation/stabilisation of our 'Solar System'. Most of the heavier... [ more ]
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Re-post from The Bird Sanctuary :)
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suricat I've posted a new 'science' thread, without response. You are correct in your assumption that this 'collective' (site) is only interested in 'social media'! My question is, 'why did this site claim to "provide" an alternative for users of the 'Chanel 4 "eve" website' as the site 'per se' was "shutting down"? All/many 'links' have been 'lost', together with their 'postings' (the '404' [page unknown] proliferates here) and indicates that the point of view that this site has bias against any... [ more ]
suricat Hold that thought. If 'the science' of an individual can help the understanding of other people, I'll try to establish this from an 'engineers' perspective. All questions are welcome here! Ray Dart (AKA suricat). [ more ]
suricat My thanks for your response. However, I have no desire to open a new thread here. This site isn't very 'science oriented' for a new thread on 'science' here. Kindest regards, Ray Dart (AKA suricat). [ more ]
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Large Hadron Collider - early results
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suricat Hi EFFT, "Please designate a 'thread'. If not, I shall." I've found it 'impossible' for me to generate a 'thread' here! How can this be done? It would be of 'help' if an 'obvious route' to this was available in a "help menu"! Now I remember why I left this site. Kind regards, Ray Dart (AKA. suricat). [ more ]
suricat O'Kay 'EFFT''. I've been away a while, but I really do think that our/your readers need to understand the 'machinations' of our 'planet '! We should educate/elucidate them if they have any interest in the way that Earth interacts with 'forces' that alter equilibrium for surface temperature. Please designate a 'thread'. If not, I shall. Kind regards, Ray Dart.l [ more ]
suricat Let's take this discussion to a 'page' 'thread' of your choice 'fluffy'. Best regards, Ray. [ more ]
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top gear - ambitious but rubbish
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velvet donkey Are you still around @Roger the Alien ? [ more ]
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing These are other well-known animals from the mustelid family. Ferrets Badgers Ratels (or Honey badgers ) Martens Mink s (Tut,tut. Naughty Wiki! The plural of Mink is Mink!) Polecats Sables Stoats Otters They can be thought of as two subfamilies, the Lutrinae (the otters ), and the Mustelinae (the rest) Subfamilies Lutrinae (otters) Melinae (European badgers) Mellivorinae (honey badgers) Taxidiinae (American badgers) Mustelinae (weasels, tayra, wolverines, martens, polecats) [ more ]
hh42 Me too. Mustelids have been mentioned. Like a good mustelid. [ more ]
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General InterestThe brisket Memorial Film/Movies Forum
Film debuts
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El Loro I happened to look at this thread and saw that all the video clips had vanished mainly because of Youtube having changed from http when I posted them to https. [ more ]
El Loro Plane Crazy is Mickey Mouse's debut: Made before Steamboat Willie but not released until afterwards with an added soundtrack. [ more ]
El Loro Link to a short Swedish clip showing extracts from two advertisements made in 1920 and 1921: http://www.filmarkivet.se/sv/Film/?movieid=165 Notable for being the earliest known clips of Greta Garbo though very different to how she later appeared in films. [ more ]
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General InterestThe brisket Memorial Film/Movies Forum
What Was The Last Film You Saw?
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funkyjunky The last film I saw was Deadpool 2 [ more ]
El Loro Saw the British film Sapphire (1959) which was on the Talking Pictures channel. Good quality intelligent police procedural film with a racial background. The two lead detecives were played by Nigel Patrick and Michael Craig. Peter Vaughan's second film role (not credited). [ more ]
El Loro Rewatched Carnival of Souls (1962). Very low budget independent film, a bit like a full length Twilight Zone story. Considering that it is low budget, it's not bad and at times quite eeries. As a piece of trivia the assistant director was Reza Badiyi. 6 years later he created the title sequence for the original Hawaii Five-O, a strong contender for the best title sequence in the history of television. [ more ]
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West Indies v England
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El Loro West Indies got the required runs comfortably so the series was drawn. England were expected to win the series comfortably. Considering they are up against New Zealand and Australia over the next few months, their chances are looking grim. [ more ]
El Loro England avoided the ignominy of going in the list of 100 worst test innings scores thanks to Stokes and Butler. All oot for 123. West Indies require 192 runs to win. Not a huge target and plenty of time to get the runs but not an easy wicket to bat on. [ more ]
El Loro In the third test England's second innings overnight score is 39 for 5. Need another 7 runs to avoid England's lowest ever Test innings score. Need to get over 80 to avoid being in the list of 100 worst innings scores. Subject to weather, looks unlikely that the match will go beyond the third day. [ more ]
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May 2015 election manifestos
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El Loro Arthur Scargill launched the Socialist Labour Party's manifesto yesterday: http://www.socialist-labour-pa...sto%202015%20pdf.pdf [ more ]
El Loro DUP's manifesto published today: http://www.mydup.com/publicati...estminster-manifesto [ more ]
El Loro Sinn Fein's manifesto published today: http://issuu.com/sinnfeinirela...r_manifesto_2015_web SNP's manifesto launched today: http://votesnp.com/docs/manifesto.pdf [ more ]
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The 2015 Cricket World Cup
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El Loro England knocked out of the world cup having been beaten by Bangladesh. One match left and they could finish bottom of the table. If they beat Afghanistan (and that's far from certain) it will be their worst ever Word Cup and even if they win, it would be equal to their previous worst. [ more ]
El Loro Looking at table A, looks at present that New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Australia will qualify out of the group stage with the other qualifier being most likely to be Bangladesh or England. Bangladesh play Scotland tonight so a Scotland win would help England's chances. The Bangladesh England match could well decide which qualifies. Bangladesh's last group match is New Zealand and England's is Afghanistan. [ more ]
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing Flash in the pan! [ more ]
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England v Sri Lanka
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El Loro Cook out again cheaply in the second Test, this time for 10 runs. Just how long will England retain him? His current form is a liability to the team and he needs to be dropped so that he can try to regain some form from county cricket. [ more ]
El Loro I haven't started a thread for the England v India test series as I've given up following the England team as the current level of performance makes it rather depressing. I see that India got 457 runs off their first innings. In reply England are currently 25 for 1 with Cook out again for 5 runs. Hardly surprising. [ more ]
Cold Sweat Although defeated we do seem to have at least found a couple of promising players. [ more ]
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Why aren't the SNP Branded Racist the same way UKIP are wrongly accused?
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marc kelly Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing: Dianne Abbott now says UKIP are racist because of today's little Fandango from Farage. So, putting aside the 'racist/not racist' argument....do you REALLY want to be associated with such a bunch of 'foot-in-mouth'ers? Fluffy, all the other party's are guilty of far more serious crimes than Mr Farage not making it clear that what he meant is - would we want a family of romanian (gypsies or criminals) etc which there are (undeniably) many of,... [ more ]
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing Dianne Abbott now says UKIP are racist because of today's little Fandango from Farage. So, putting aside the 'racist/not racist' argument....do you REALLY want to be associated with such a bunch of 'foot-in-mouth'ers? [ more ]
marc kelly Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing: There have been one or two calls to brand Ukip a racist party, and some media debate about whether it is. But what’s become clear during the last fortnight is that there is a strong, cross-party consensus both that Ukip isn’t a ‘racist party’ – and that it must get better at keeping out individuals that hold racist views. On debates such as the BBC’s Question Time, you can clearly see that this consensus has extended across the front and... [ more ]
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The Ashes Down Under 2013/14
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El Loro If the Ashes were bad enough for England, things have just got a lot worse. Final match of England's participation in the current World Tweny20 has now finished. Their last match was against the Netherlands. The Netherlands batted first and in their 20 overs got to 133 for 5. England were all out for 88. Jonathan Agnew, the BBC correspondent, says that this makes it questionable as to if the interim coach Ashley Giles would now be given the job on a permanent basis. At least the England... [ more ]
El Loro Not surprisingly Andy Flowers has gone. Breaking news - Kevin Pietersen has not been selected for either the tour of West Indies or the World Twenty20. [ more ]
El Loro England have at long last won a match against Australia today in the ODI at Perth. England got 316 runs in their 50 overs with Jos Butler getting 71 runs and Ben Stokes 70. Australia were all out in the 48th over for 259 with Darren Finch getting 108 runs and Ben Stokes getting 4 wickets for 39 runs. Although Ben Stokes dropped a catch towards the end of the Australian innings, it's not surprising that he was The Man of the Match. [ more ]
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Davis Cup - US v GB
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El Loro Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing: Pity that they didn't play the fifth match anyway, as it would have been good experience/practice. In the States, the timing would have clashed with the Superbowl Final which is the biggest sporting event in the States and is the biggest television event of the year there. Although GB would have liked to have played the last match they had enough sense to realise it would not have been popular with either the US players, the specators, and... [ more ]
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing Pity that they didn't play the fifth match anyway, as it would have been good experience/practice. [ more ]
El Loro AndyMurray beat Sam Querrey 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 6-3 to give Britain an unassailable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five tie in San Diego. It is the first time Britain have beaten the USA since 1935. They will travel to Italy in April for the quarter-final, which will almost certainly be played on clay. The match between James Ward and Donald Young wasn't played as GB had won the 3 matches required to get through to the quarterfinal stage. [ more ]
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US Tennis Open 2013
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El Loro I was expecting Nadal to regain the number one world ranking position but he remains in second with Djokovic on 10,980 points and Nadal on 10,860 points. Murray remains in third place. Dan Evans has improved by 30 places to 149th. No changes at the top in the Women's rankings with Serena Williams remaining in first place well ahead of Vistoria Azarenka. Laura Robson has slipped from 32nd to 35th and Heather Watson from 76th to 77th. [ more ]
El Loro Rafael Nadal beat world number one Novak Djokovic in a pulsating four-set final to claim his second US Open title in New York. The Spaniard, 27, held on magnificently in the third set to go on and win a gripping contest 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-1 in three hours and 21 minutes. One incredible 54-shot rally - the longest in the tournament by 20 shots - summed up a battle that thrilled the 23,000 spectators in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Nadal has now won 13 Grand Slam singles titles and moves within one of Pete... [ more ]
Xochi Just wanted you to know I've found my way to this thread now and I'm watching the 3rd set of the men's final right now. Thanks EL. [ more ]
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The Ashes 2013
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El Loro Bell's just been run out on 17 Australia 206 for 5 and light has ended the game. Woakes 17 not out. So it's a draw and as you cam imagine the crowd are booing the umpires. There will be quite a demand for the law to be changed. It's been an exciting day made possible by the Australians making a sporting declaration today. The series ends 3 - 0 to England. The next Ashes series in Australia later this year could be really good as Australia seem to have make progress in developing a good side. [ more ]
El Loro 21 runs needed off 4 overs - England 206 for 4 And the light is getting darker [ more ]
El Loro 33 runs needed off 5 overs, so a better over for Australia. Ominously one of the umpires has checked his light meter so things could be brought to a very abrupt unsatisfactory end to everyone apart from the umpires, [ more ]
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General InterestThe brisket Memorial Film/Movies Forum
Michael Powell last but one film to be released
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El Loro I got a copy of the above DVD and watched The Boy who turned Yellow last night. Because it was made for children for them to watch at Saturday morning matinees for children it had little but curiosity value for adults. The writing and direction was competent as one would expect, the storyline eccentric, the acting varied from adequate to laughable, and the outfit worn by Nick was absurd though young children could find it amusing. I have yet to see The Monster of Highgate Ponds mentioned... [ more ]
El Loro Now available through Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Childr...oy+who+turned+yellow [ more ]
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Wimbledon 2013
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Moonie I see Cameron is saying Andy Murray should get Knighted On the other hand I bet Cameron is thinking Alex Salmon should get knotted Nice 'sound bite' though [ more ]
Moonie Originally Posted by El Loro: Originally Posted by moonie: Originally Posted by jacksonb: Originally Posted by moonie: I do find it strange that every time Andy Murray is on the telly they call him 'British' which he is for now But, the point is, if Tim Henman had won the title during his career, he would have been 'the first Englishman' to win Wimbledon , then the first Britain to win since 1936. So why isn't Andy Murray, firstly, 'the first Scotsman' to win Wimbledon and then the first... [ more ]
El Loro Originally Posted by moonie: Originally Posted by jacksonb: Originally Posted by moonie: I do find it strange that every time Andy Murray is on the telly they call him 'British' which he is for now But, the point is, if Tim Henman had won the title during his career, he would have been 'the first Englishman' to win Wimbledon , then the first Britain to win since 1936. So why isn't Andy Murray, firstly, 'the first Scotsman' to win Wimbledon and then the first Britain? Am I nit-picking?? Tim... [ more ]
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Nadal - back from injury... and back to his best??
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Cold Sweat Not back to his best but still the best on clay. [ more ]
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing Yes, now that it's come down to Nadal v Ferrer. I feel Nadal NOT at his best is still grater than what Ferrer has produced so far. Though admittedly I haven't seen as much of Ferrer as I have of Nadal. [ more ]
El Loro I think it's more than likely that Nadal will win today's final. Latest odds are 1/9 for a Nadal win and 13/2 for a Ferrer win. [ more ]
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French Open 2013
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Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing Nadal breaks, 5-3 Nadal Nadal serving for the match....he loses the first point!....but wins the next two....and the next....TWO MATCH POINTS! ....and a few strokes later it's Game, Set and Match to Nadal 3 sets to love, 6-3 6-2, 6-3 [ more ]
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing Originally Posted by Cold Sweat: Can Ferrer turn it around? Lol Haha! Very unlikely. [ more ]
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing Ferrer holds, 3-3 Nadal holds, 4-3 Nadal [ more ]
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beth and kirk - should they be promoted and married ?
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ihatepoetry i think you lot have hit the nail on the head - looking back at it - i remember his strange look. [ more ]
Aimee Originally Posted by Yellow Rose: I remember "Kirk" being in an early episode of The Royle Family - great programme - his character was much the same as in Corrie. On another note re Corrie, Sunitta and Dev. Did anyone else notice the other day that when Dev was in Rita's shop saying - paraphasing here - that Sunitta wasn't guilty, the camera switched to a close up of Beth's son also in the shop and his expression gave the impression that he knew something about that night. Hopefully he has... [ more ]
Kaffs Originally Posted by Yellow Rose: I remember "Kirk" being in an early episode of The Royle Family - great programme - his character was much the same as in Corrie. On another note re Corrie, Sunitta and Dev. Did anyone else notice the other day that when Dev was in Rita's shop saying - paraphasing here - that Sunitta wasn't guilty, the camera switched to a close up of Beth's son also in the shop and his expression gave the impression that he knew something about that night. Hopefully he has... [ more ]
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Gilmore Girls& Joan of Arcadia??
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Ensign Muf I'm now watching the Gilmore Girls 0n 5* with my daughter, I think we're up to season 2...very good [ more ]
~Sparkling Summer~ I LOVED Gilmore girls! I borrowed the whole collection from my niece and watched the lot in a matter of months! I wish it had ended properly though I'm loving Hart of Dixie, it has that Gilmore small town vibe to it and I love the dynamic of the characters! [ more ]
Little Miss Vixen I really like the naturalistic acting style on Gilmore Girls but I find Joan a bit too preachy... Get yourself a digital recorded, it'll change your life!! [ more ]
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General InterestNews/Current Events
It's been a quiet 6 weeks for news
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El Loro Originally Posted by Greggs: Do you know where exactly on the moon this happened? I own an acre of the moo n (birthday gift), I may be owed ground rent... Every penny counts so I look forward to hearing from you EL when you find out. In the crater Tycho. [ more ]
Greggs Do you know where exactly on the moon this happened? I own an acre of the moo n (birthday gift), I may be owed ground rent... Every penny counts so I look forward to hearing from you EL when you find out. [ more ]
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General InterestThe brisket Memorial Film/Movies Forum
The 'Greatest' film never made to be made
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Former Member Barry Lyndon was a great historical romp... makes you wonder what Kubrick would have done with Napoleon. I like your summing up of AI - it was an odd film and didn't work. Wish Spielberg would hold back the sentimentality more often, like he did with Munich. [ more ]
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Introduction
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~Sparkling Summer~ Hi Pasty welcome to our humble (2nd) home My name is Summer, I love christmas and pancakes, and I have a cute dog. I can't answer your question, but i have given up fizzy drinks for lent because they're just plain bad for you. I hope you like it here [ more ]
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities Originally Posted by Yellow Rose: Hi and Welcome Pasty Not sure which energy drinks you have in Oz, there was a uk documentary a few weeks ago that tested the well known energy drinks here and they weren't found to be very beneficial, mainly sugar. It was suggested that sportsmen either drank milk or eat bananas...tennis players can often be seen to eat them in the breaks of a long running match. Hi Pasty, welcome. Regarding your question (as above). I saw a programme on TV that completely... [ more ]
Baz Welcome to the forum Patsy Hope you will enjoy it. [ more ]
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Australian Open 2013 - Men's Singles Final - in detail.
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Katerina I don't think I've ever seen a match turn on a feather before......it really did seem to be the turning point for Novak! Andy was obviously in some pain after the first two sets as well. He's a different player now though, and this loss won't bring him down as it would have done a couple of years ago. Great final And nice to see Andre Agassi presenting the trophies. [ more ]
Rexi Just got back from my walk ... disappointed at the result, but he's on fine form. Well done Andy, and thanks again to you Fluffs [ more ]
Scotty Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing: Thanks Scotty, *crawls off to get some sustainance.* Relax and enjoy [ more ]
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Australian Open - Ladies Final - Not full cover
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Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing I tend to prefer the men's tennis myself. Wasn't even sure if I could watch today's match - but I seem to have managed! [ more ]
Yogi19 Originally Posted by Katerina: Thanks for the updates Fluffy, I prefer watching the men's game but was wondering how this final would turn out. I can't watch Azarenka, she's so noisy! Hubby and I are the same. We think she sounds like a very loud owl, and "hoots" with every shot. [ more ]
Katerina Thanks for the updates Fluffy, I prefer watching the men's game but was wondering how this final would turn out. I can't watch Azarenka, she's so noisy! [ more ]
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Australian Open 2013 - blow by blow account (almost) - 2nd, men's Semi-final
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Soozy Woo Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing: Originally Posted by Soozy Woo: EFFT - what a trooper Thanks for that and well done I'm amazed at myself really, after about the third game I was wondering if I could last THREE sets, let alone Five! I guess it's the same for the players [ more ]
~Sparkling Summer~ Great, thanks all and well done Andy id like him better since I discovered he has border terriers [ more ]
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing My apollogies to anyone I missed in the chaos. [ more ]
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Poll: Favourite Star Trek Captain
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Enthusiastic Contrafibularities Originally Posted by suricat: I voted JLP, but it was truly 50:50 between JLP and JTK. My fav with JTK was the line "Beam me up Scottie" I just came across this thread and decided to vote. I went for the classic James T. Kirk. Did you know, Kirk never actually used the phrase "Beam me up Scotty". . [ more ]
suricat Well, I must admit that this is the first time I've seen this thread too. I voted JLP, but it was truly 50:50 between JLP and JTK. My fav with JTK was the line "Beam me up Scottie", but the special effects (SFX) were so basic in the early days of the series that it all seems so "corny" now. Even the later SFX with JTK in the lead role seem adequate, but the lead player also seems "dated" for the role. Thus, JLP wins my vote. I like the way that JLP makes a decision in two minutes that would... [ more ]
Shar Just seen this thread .... I am a bit of a trekkie ... My fav captain is definitely Jean Luc Picard ... Unbelieveably I haven't seen the new film yet .... [ more ]
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General InterestThe brisket Memorial Film/Movies Forum
The BFI top ten films
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El Loro Since then I've now seen La Regle du jeu. It's a film to admire rather than like. There is a hunting scene in it where the shooting party are shooting at birds, squirrels etc and it is hard to watch as there is no doubt that these are being killed. It is a prolonged scene. Citizen Kane is admired by critics for its technical aspects rather than being liked. A lot of the credit should go to Gregg Toland for his cinematography. Orson Welles recognised that in the credits by having Toland's... [ more ]
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities I saw this list published and was pleased to say I know most and seen some of the films on the list. I do have a question mark over Citizen Kane. " Citizen Kane is regularly at the top of critics greatest films. It is an exceptional film but there is nothing to like about it. " I've seen it once and immediately thought, why do people rate this film. I have got to re-visit CK and do some additional reading, because I just don't see it. I've spoken with people who enjoy film and no one can... [ more ]
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Obituaries
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El Loro Sylvia Kristel has died - she was only 60 and had suffered from cancer for some years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19990457 She will be remembered for one film from 1974 which cost $500k and took about $100 million gross at the box office around the world. [ more ]
El Loro From the BBC: Oscar-winning American actress Celeste Holm has died at the age of 95. She made her name in the original Broadway production of the musical Oklahoma!, before moving on to Hollywood where she won an Oscar for her role in Gentlemen's Agreement. Her other well-known films included The Tender Trap and High Society. The actress's later years were marked by financial troubles and legal battles with her son over her fifth marriage, to a man 45 year her junior. Relatives said she died... [ more ]
El Loro Reported on the BBC today: Oscar-winning actor Ernest Borgnine, whose career spanned more than 60 years, has died, his spokesman has said. He died of renal failure in a Los Angeles hospital with his family by his side, his spokesman, Harry Flynn, told the Associated Press. Mr Borgnine, who was 95 years old, continued acting until recently with a role in the hospital drama ER in 2009. He won an Oscar in 1955 for his role in the film Marty. HIs family released a statement saying Borgnine "had... [ more ]
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ER
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Former Member It was indeed. I think it influenced other shows with its more realistic feel. [ more ]
machel not watched mad men so can't comment on that, with ER you could not predict the ending, the "good" sometimes died whilst the "bad" survived, it was very gritty and real life [ more ]
Former Member Brilliant show Machel arrrgh I can't decide which is better now ER or Mad Men. Mad Men got better series on series whereas ER, its like there was different production in later series and it went a bit downhill. But you can't sustain that level of excellence. There was a wonderful quirky but realistic, unsentimental feel to E.R. in the first few series. Abby is my favourite character I think, what twists and turns she went through. [ more ]
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US Tennis Open 2012
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El Loro This year's ATP World Tour Finals where the top eight ranked men compete for the top prize will be in London this year from November 5th to 15th. Subject to any injuries, Andy Murray is guaranteed to be playing. It would be nice if he could end the season by winning that. [ more ]
Katerina I'm pretty sure he's the only man to win Olympic Gold and the US Open title in the same year. Great achievement! [ more ]
El Loro Final result was 7-6, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2. Andy Murray is the first British man to win a Grand Slam event since 1936 when Fred Perry won the US Open. He's had the best summer of his life, tennis-wise, and is a new player. Credit should also go to his coach Ivan Lendl (who also lost his first four Grand Slam finals before winning at the fifth attempt). [ more ]
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Olympics London 2012 - Tennis
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El Loro Re: Olympics London 2012 - Tennis [ more ]
El Loro Serena Williams (Gold) beat Maria Sharapova (Silver) 6-0, 6-1. Victoria Azarenka (Bronze) beat Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-4. In the Men's Singles, the match for Bronze between Novak Djokvic and Juan Martin Del Potro is scheduled to start at noon. The final between Andy Murray and Roger Federer is scheduled to start at 2 pm. This will be over a possible 5 sets rather than the 3 sets for the previous games. The Mixed Doubles final between Andy Murray and Laura Robson against the number 1 seeds... [ more ]
El Loro Yesterday Federer beat Del Potro 3-6, 7-6, 19-17 and Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic 7-5, 7-5. The match for the bronze will presumably start at noon tomorrow with the final after that. No rest day for Murray though as the Mixed Doubles match with Laura Robson was postponed from yesterday and is currently underway. If they were to win that then the semi finals are also today. The Womens singles bronze match between Azarenka and Kirilenko was scheduled to start at noon today but has been... [ more ]
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