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    A Growing indifference to Cinema Going

    I remember those days.
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    A Growing indifference to Cinema Going

    I see a lot of responses talking about the concessions pricing. We do realise these aren't compulsory, don't we? Apart from nachos. No nachos, no Bedlamite.:cautious:
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    Has Hollywood become too Dependent On Blockbuster films?

    I think that there are plenty of thought provoking and well crafted movies out there which aren't tentpole events - all we have to do is look out for them. Here's just a few from the last few years that I recently caught for a second time on TV after seeing them in the cinema: Birdman, The...
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    What was the last movie you saw?

    Logan. It was quite good. Went because Mrs B, who is now to be known as Rojo Cariente is a big Hugh Jackman fan.
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    A Growing indifference to Cinema Going

    Lucky to have a few local community cinemas that are well set up at great prices, so pretty much every 2-weeks Mrs B and I will get to the cinema, and will take nephews/nieces to the kids movies in between as well. Also go to a local cinema club for some of the stuff that doesn't get to the...
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    Gathering (Chronicles of Empire 1) is now available

    Just through a haul, and purchased! Looking forward to starting tonight. Taking Mrs B to the flicks, and going to dig in later.
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    Ripley's Moving Coffins of Barbados

    In my grandmother's house, there was an old 'Ripley's believe it or not' book. Very battered, but with cracking illustrations. I wish I'd got that now. Two things that I remember from it: 1. A chicken that lived for weeks after having it's head chopped orf, and 2) A chap who used to put a candle...
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    Your Favorite Comic Book Story

    I was a big fan of Thor and the Submariner when I was a kid. I also read a standalone strip when I was young (the 70s), about massive shadow people who resided on earth, unseen, as they were in another dimension. Stayed with me for 40 years, that, but I can not find out what it was.
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    Stranger Things - Season 1

    Only just binged the whole lot on the weekend, and really enjoyed every episode. Can't wait for season 2.
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    What was the last movie you saw?

    Hang 'em high (1968). One word review: Lacking An enjoyable enough watch, but IMO suffers from gaps in the narrative, sketchy/lazily drawn characters with motives and actions that seem at odds. Like a stew that's had too much water added too it - you can eat it, but you know it could have been...
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    Some mammals may see magnetic fields

    I see and feel sounds in terms of colour and texture, if that's of any interest. Used to drive other people in bands mad - 'can you make it more cardboardy?' I never realised until that point (about 18) that anyone was any different. It makes for confusion in my head though, 'Back to black' by...
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    The Thread of Abandoned Places

    Oh, I'm taking my time around it; getting round every castle in Wales will take about two years I'm thinking - I'm not rushing! A helicopter is a good idea though, Steelyglint!
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    The Thread of Abandoned Places

    Love it. What was the water bowl for - water, obviously it seems, but decorative, functional, ceremonial? Got a project I've just started - am going to visit every castle in Wales. We have more than anywhere else, so I'm going to celebrate that fact with my mission.
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    The Thread of Abandoned Places

    Another local one. This is Weaver's flour mill - vast building that stood on the North Dock in Swansea, now the main approach for the town. First reinforced concrete building in Europe, this was. Demolished for a Sainsbury store. Here, in its pomp, with mad bridges connecting the various...
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    The Thread of Abandoned Places

    This is a blast from my past. This barge was abandoned on the Swansea Canal. As you can see, the towpath was well overgrown - this picture is from the 50s! The towpath was the back lane into my house - this barge was about 100 yards from us. There was another fully submerged barge which I...
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    Hannibal (NBC)

    Ah, I'm gutted to hear that it's canned. The best series I have seen for a very long time, with the best art direction I have ever seen on television. I like my Game of Thrones, but I find that it's getting cruder, like they've tested it on teens. This, though, was sophisticated - I wouldn't let...
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    100 Greatest Britons

    Am stunned that folks on here did Shakespeare in Primary education. I wasn't allowed near a pencil sharpener until I was 12.
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    100 Greatest Britons

    I can see the validity of that reason; a lifer bookworm like most on here probably are never needed the push that other kids may have needed. Good point. But surely the age of the kids is different? Shakespeare doesn't happen in their lives at the age they meet young Potter? I've always thought...
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    100 Greatest Britons

    Boy George and J K Rowling are eye openers on the list. Like it was a list made by Alan Partridge.
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