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[Joolz]

Withnail & I Not quite playing the drinking game

 

[Sister Jennifer]

Withnail & I Not quite playing the drinking game

What drinking game?

 

[DaveC]

Withnail & I Not quite playing the drinking game

What drinking game?

Lol.

Basically you drink whenever and whatever they do. Which means you die... More or less

 

[Firannion]

Saw 'John Carter' yesterday and had to come here just to point out that Woola is John Carter's Luggage! It's obsessively loyal, tenacious, fast-moving, multi-legged, has lots of teeth, follows him everywhere he goes and attacks anyone who threatens him. Makes me wonder if Terry Pratchett read the Barsoom books in his youth.

 

[Tonyblack]

I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if Terry read them.

Welcome to the site Firannion!

 

[DaveC]

Saw 'John Carter' yesterday and had to come here just to point out that Woola is John Carter's Luggage! It's obsessively loyal, tenacious, fast-moving, multi-legged, has lots of teeth, follows him everywhere he goes and attacks anyone who threatens him. Makes me wonder if Terry Pratchett read the Barsoom books in his youth.

Amazing observation! I am only going to see the luggage now whenever I watch it again! I really enjoyed the film too.

Welcome to the site!

 

[Catch-up]

Funny! I didn't know there was a Luggage in John Carter. We'll probably wait for DVD.

Saw Hugo last night, thought it was really good! Thing 1 loved it. Thing 2 liked it a lot but there were stretches where it started to lose her attention. Still, I was really impressed that she sat through it!

 

[DaveC]

Funny! I didn't know there was a Luggage in John Carter. We'll probably wait for DVD.

Saw Hugo last night, thought it was really good! Thing 1 loved it. Thing 2 liked it a lot but there were stretches where it started to lose her attention. Still, I was really impressed that she sat through it!

John Carter's dog acts like the Luggage...


Oh and I loooooove Hugo too! :dance:

 

[Tonyblack]

Season 1 of Red Dwarf, which I found in a charity shop. I've very fond of those early episodes.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I saw John Carter today it was good, I don't know how close to the book it was as it has been many years since I've read it, great action scenes and a happy ending.

 

[Penfold]

Just watched the first 'Alien' film again. Despite being made 33 years ago, I don't think it has aged that much and is still pretty scary. (Although the scene where the "chest-burster" runs along the table is a bit iffy)

 

[Tonyblack]

Just watched the first 'Alien' film again. Despite being made 33 years ago, I don't think it has aged that much and is still pretty scary. (Although the scene where the "chest-burster" runs along the table is a bit iffy)

Have you seen the spoof of that in Spaceballs?

 

[Quatermass]

Just watched John Carter. Special effects were good, the acting was decent, but the story? I know this was based on the first real planetary romance story, and that everything from Flash Gordon to Avatar owes something to Edgar Rice Burroughs, but John Carter feels to me like a cliched also-ran, and fairly dry of entertainment to me.

BTW, anyone notice the Rome reunion in John Carter's cast?

 

[Quatermass]

Just watched the first 'Alien' film again. Despite being made 33 years ago, I don't think it has aged that much and is still pretty scary. (Although the scene where the "chest-burster" runs along the table is a bit iffy)

Have you seen the spoof of that in Spaceballs?

"Ohhh, no. Not again..."

"Check, please!"

 

[pip]

Just watched John Carter. Special effects were good, the acting was decent, but the story? I know this was based on the first real planetary romance story, and that everything from Flash Gordon to Avatar owes something to Edgar Rice Burroughs, but John Carter feels to me like a cliched also-ran, and fairly dry of entertainment to me.

BTW, anyone notice the Rome reunion in John Carter's cast?

Three memebers from Rome that i noticed Did I miss anymore
I liked John Carter . Manic and a tad brainless in parts but fun.

 

[Quatermass]

Just watched John Carter. Special effects were good, the acting was decent, but the story? I know this was based on the first real planetary romance story, and that everything from Flash Gordon to Avatar owes something to Edgar Rice Burroughs, but John Carter feels to me like a cliched also-ran, and fairly dry of entertainment to me.

BTW, anyone notice the Rome reunion in John Carter's cast?

Three memebers from Rome that i noticed Did I miss anymore
I liked John Carter . Manic and a tad brainless in parts but fun.

Don't think so. Ciaran Hinds, James Purefroy, and Polly Walker. :think:

 

[pip]

Dats der bunnies

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Even the cat agree's Pip.

 

[Conforumist]

We watched the "Marilyn Bell" story last night.

She's the Canadian girl which swam across Lake Ontario (32 miles) at the age of 16.

She also achieved:
1955 Youngest person to swim the English Channel

1956 Swam the Straights of Juan de Fuca

1993 Cliff Lumsdon Award for outstanding achievement in solo marathon swimming


She even has her own plaque:
http://www.torontoplaques.com/Pages_ABC ... tario.html

 

[chris.ph]

just watched john carter, i dont know how true to the book it is but if it was you can see where people got a hell of a lot of ideas for other films especially george lucas. i enjoyed the film and thought the mutt was cute