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absolutely. should have added that also. Edit. I have seen the original.

oh and Contraband....

in no particular order (and some controversial choices I concede): Heat; The Departed; Let The Right One In; Assault on Precinct 13; True Grit; The Fly; The Thomas Crown Affair; The Force Awakens ; 12 Monkeys; Oceans 11; The Italian Job; Taking of Pelham 123.....there are more.... With say something like Assault on Precinct 13, I love John Carpenter but with a lot of films of that period, I find the pacing terrible. Whereas the remake may not be as fresh or as interesting, the more tighter pacing really makes it a better movie for me. If they had just used Carpenter's score in the remake it would have been a lot better. Of course to even class Carpenter's Assault as an original, I am glossing over the Rio Bravo/Rio Lobo/E Dorado debate. Is Assault a homage, has been influenced or is in fact remake of the Hawks westerns?

more often than not, I prefer remakes to the original movie.

Borg. surely.

sure but if you see someone like Shonda Rhimes' name attached to a show it is best to run a mile. Hence why I try and get a little background info beforehand.....

I think that only applies if you know a bit about it and there is something that attracts you to it to begin with ie a writer, an actor or producer etc. Otherwise I know within 20 mins of watching something whether I should continue based on premise, quality of writing and production value. Pilot into commission is not going to have a significant impact on any of those......

we are currently at the stage where I no longer know how to categorise people as seasonal wankers or year round wankers when it comes to poppies in their car grills.......

and also in the event of a crash to alert paramedics to the presence of a Princess or other royalty

Labour - they really are a shower. To a person. Maybe the point of Labour is to be as toxic to an average sensible voter in Scotland as the Tories are/were......

tangled headphones. trainer laces in a knot. Older I get, the more and more angrier I am at these repeat occurrences.

Wilson, Foulkes and "politicians" of that ilk share an escalating hatred of the SNP and independence largely informed by bitterness and booze......

I have two teachers who are neighbours. they seem to enjoy a nice lifestyle - therefore based on my own experience, BYOS' description would seem about right.

one redundant word there. I'll give you a clue.

I agree with Slayer. I couldn't understand why manager after manager since Paw Broon stuck with 4 at the back- it was as if formations were fashionable or trends and 3 at the back was soooo last season.

I don't believe you can suggest that abstaining is opposing. if you oppose something, you normally vote against it - even if such a vote is symbolic. Otherwise you are seen to be not having a real problem with what is being passed and therefore it becomes legislation without any real ruffles being caused. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/these-are-the-184-labour-mps-who-didn-t-vote-against-the-tories-welfare-bill-10404831.html Labour’s leadership recommended an abstention against the bill as a whole, though a group of 48 rebel MPs backed an alternative motion that wholly opposed the package.

UC - a Tory policy that a large number of Labour MPs have no issue with....

the late great Jimmy Hood. Even if Scotland and his constituents were better off in an independent Scotland, he would still have voted against it.....

Good to see there's no denial of Labour not being trusted to deliver their policies, we're getting somewhere. you had Original Labour, then you had New Labour and the splinter Scottish Labour, and now we have Left Wing Labour - all making promises in opposition that their track record shows will be completely shelved if they manage to get into power.

so those MPs that abstained are no longer MPs under Corbyn? good to know.

well, Labour in opposition is a measure of their ability to (potentially) govern and legislate properly. you refer to the welfare system - the Welfare Reform Bill included the introduction of Universal Credit and the overall reduction of welfare spending by £12bn. Labour were instrumental in the passing of that Bill. So when you talk about an existing Welfare System, we are talking about a punitive system that punishes the most vulnerable in society and Labour were instrumental in the introduction of that current system. A real measure of their progressive credentials.

the issue I can't fully understand is how a TV programme switches from BBC 2 to BBC 1 the ratings increase ie some/a number of "viewers" will never stray to BBC 2......

anyone who watches UK Saturday night prime time TV are morons.

Guitarists. all of them. particularly when recounting stories involving famous (to them) session musicians.....