Sam's Thread of Chattin' w/ Jake & Other Robust Subjects

[Uncle Sam]

I don't have a Blu Ray player

It's 2013. Get one, get Speed Racer for it.

 

[JGlass]

It's 2013. Get one, get Speed Racer for it.

But I just bought Speed Racer on DVD. And I don't like spending money.

 

[Uncle Sam]

You spent $5 tops on Speed Racer. It's almost impossible to find it for more than £2 over here.

 

[JGlass]

You spent $5 tops on Speed Racer. It's almost impossible to find it for more than £2 over here.

Actually I think it was just slightly more than that. Still, it's the principle of the thing.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

Hey, what goes on in here...

 

[Uncle Sam]

I'm not sure if that's approval or a joyful apathy.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Hicks the best character in Aliens? Come on, Sam. The best non-Ripley character is Hudson (smart enough to voice how terrified he is so people know not to rely on him) followed by Vasquez and then Apone.

He doesn't die in Aliens either does he. He dies at the beginning of Alien 3. He get's speared during the crash landing.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I meant Hudson, didn't I? I really think I should get checked for dementia or a tumour or something. But now I think about, it is Hicks. Maybe.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Bill Paxton (Hudson) or Kyle Reese (Hicks) from The Terminator.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. Maniac ★★★★
2. Django Unchained ★★★★
3. The Impossible ★★★★
4. End Of Watch ★★★★
5. Flight ★★★★
6. Gangster Squad ★★★★
7. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★
8. Stoker ★★★
9. A Good Day To Die Hard ★★★
10. The Last Stand ★★★
11. Jack Reacher ★★★
12. Song For Marion ★★★
13. Bullet To The Head ★★★
14. I Give It A Year ★★★
15. Wreck-It Ralph ★★★
16. Pitch Perfect ★★★
17. Les Misérables ★★
18. Movie 43 ★
19. Lincoln ★

I've never liked a film so much and had so much about it that I hated. Well, maybe The Dark Knight. That final 45 minutes still get's on my nerves.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

So, is Elijah Wood any good in Maniac?

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Yeah, I'd say so overall. It's from his POV so you don't see much of him and his voice works well. The only time he really fails is when he's forced to be animated.

 

[Lee]

Haha I saw a brazzers video and she said she bought her clothes from primark.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

You can't buy that kind of promotion!

 

[Uncle Sam]

Who buys whose clothes from Primark? Are we calling me a "she" now?

And I know the difference between Hicks and Hudson - it was just escaped me for a few moments is all.

Will try and see Welcome to the Punch at one cinema, for some reason, and then a quadruple bill of Oz, The Croods, Compliance and The Spirit of '45 at another if I can summon the energy. The list is all that matters. Oh, and I might try to track down Maniac at some point. They were showing it in Stoke?

 

[Dave]

Oz was fantastic, in all honesty. 4/5.

 

[Uncle Sam]

You realise your username is pronounced "Jave Unchained," right?

 

[Lee]

Well she said Primani.

 

[Dave]

You realise your username is pronounced "Jave Unchained," right?

Totally.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Oh, and I might try to track down Maniac at some point. They were showing it in Stoke?

I know, right!

1. Maniac ★★★★
2. Django Unchained ★★★★
3. The Impossible ★★★★
4. End Of Watch ★★★★
5. Flight ★★★★
6. Gangster Squad ★★★★
7. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★
8. Stoker ★★★
9. A Good Day To Die Hard ★★★
10. The Last Stand ★★★
11. Jack Reacher ★★★
12. Song For Marion ★★★
13. Bullet To The Head ★★★
14. I Give It A Year ★★★
15. Wreck-It Ralph ★★★
16. Pitch Perfect ★★★
17. Parker ★★★
18. Les Misérables ★★
19. Movie 43 ★
20. Lincoln ★

Going to double-bill all next week. Welcome To The Punk, Oz, umm, whatever else is on that I haven't seen.

 

[Uncle Sam]

If I handed in my season ticket every time I witnessed a shower of shite then, well-- Charlton have won four games at home this season. Four. Out of seventeen. That's all I'm saying.

Four out of nineteen.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

One win & two draws all year, Sam. Wouldn't happen if we still had Fuller!

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

Just finished watching Rain Man for the first time and also watched A Few Good Men for the first time last night too. Late 80s/early 90s Tom Cruise wasn't too bad. Still not seen Top Gun though, is it worth viewing to round off my Cruise hat-trick?

Also, my system of packing things today has essentially turned into binning a shit load of old film magazines and broken appliances.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. Stoker ★★★★★
2. Django Unchained ★★★★
3. Cloud Atlas ★★★★
4. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★
5. No ★★★★
6. Flight ★★★
7. Lincoln ★★★
8. Wreck-It Ralph ★★★
9. Robot and Frank ★★★
10. Warm Bodies ★★★
11. Les Misérables ★★★
12. Welcome to the Punch ★★
13. Side Effects ★★
14. Gangster Squad ★★

I'd accuse Welcome to the Punch of being written by a twelve-year-old, only it's so needlessly convoluted. Creevy's obviously got a knack for the shooty shooty bang bang stuff, so why not tailor the script to that, rather than making what's really just a rather wooden cop thriller? A couple of good set pieces aside, it feels like something which could be on ITV on a Wednesday evening. It's beneath Martin Clunes.

One win & two draws all year, Sam. Wouldn't happen if we still had Fuller!

But-- but you've won six at home. I don't understand. And Fuller's not that good. You and Chris Powell seem to have an inflated opinion of him.

Just finished watching Rain Man for the first time and also watched A Few Good Men for the first time last night too. Late 80s/early 90s Tom Cruise wasn't too bad. Still not seen Top Gun though, is it worth viewing to round off my Cruise hat-trick?

Oh, right, Top Gun, I should finish watching that.

Also, my system of packing things today has essentially turned into binning a shit load of old film magazines and broken appliances.

My dozens of issues of Empire will be worth something one day, damn it!

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Fuller was good. I just like to maintain that age hasn't got the better of him and he could still have been an asset to Stoke.

Top Gun is a 3 star film/5 star 80's film if I've ever seen one.