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39 minutes ago, BFTD said:
Has been since the credit crunch. The people who put the money up to make films do so on the understanding that they'll make a worthwhile profit, not on whether something entertaining or worthwhile will be made, and they're still gambling on safe bets. People like to say that nobody has any ideas anymore, but it's all about risk aversion.
I'd guess we'll see that change fairly soon, considering that more and more of the $300m franchise films have been losing money of late. The theory used to be that it was virtually impossible for a film to lose money past a certain budget, but that's been blown out of the water well and truly. The industry no longer has the huge DVD market to shore up disappointing box office now either, which is why they're all desperate to establish their own subscription services, which is pushing people back towards piracy again...
It's not a working model anymore and we'll probably see a trend back to smaller films that do something different, both in public tastes and investment. Or maybe in ten years TikTok will have killed all forms of entertainment longer than 30 seconds.
Its been like that pre CC since the late 90's and getting worse. Since COVID its now at saturation point where the whole mainstream industry seems focussed on recycling old ideas. Sad to see its seeping into the TV series market now since that has been a breath of fresh air over the last 20 years. But that is another topic.
Indie films are largely where to look for something that gets your brain working and is a rewarding watch.
It worth mentioning that adapting from books is probably OK, I've seen some very good films over the years/decades originating from that source.
Dune needed to be done and done properly, that was well overdue. I'm looking forward to seeing the second one.
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Is anything actually new coming out, like new ideas? It really looks as if no one attached to the big studios is coming up with something original. Its all sequals and remakes. It seems no one wants to take risks or gives a shit. Not surprised.
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8 hours ago, tamthebam said:
You're like the dyslexic agnostic who sat up all night wondering about the existence of Dog.
More like the BBC News auto subtitles.
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1 hour ago, Stag Nation said:
The other half of the country seem to have even more reason to be fearful:. the four south clubs relegated to the LL so far have just finished 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th.
The other side of it is that 3 promoted clubs finished in the top 8 in the LL and a further 2 are already in the SPFL. Clubs finding their level both up and down.
But Brechin shouldn't fit, having spent much of the last 20 years yoyoing between level 2 and 3 before their hitting-every-branch-on-the-way-down nosedive into the HL quicksand. It's ironic that Cove Rangers are almost a like for like replacement so far in their short history in the SPFL.
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3 minutes ago, SandyCromarty said:
Beaten by 5 goals at home by a team that had only 1 point out of their previous four games seems to give some substance to Fergusons remarks on Arbroath 'players downing tools on their club and manager' after relegation confirmed.
Doubt we'll see a Statement from the Arbroath Board.
You never know though, some of them might be up the road supporting us vs Montrose in the playoffs.
If we stay up, I would be slightly sad to lose Arbroath, probably one of the better away days in the league, plus their fans aren't really that bad, also taking into account the absolute binfire that replaces them.
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Its the only place where the local kids throw stones and bottles into the ground at random supporters for fun.
I can't imagine that catching on in the SPFL.
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Winning is in their DNA.
Just ask a Vale fan.
They need their dose of win each week. When you go to Buckie there isn't much else to do other than watch football at the weekends, can't imagine living there and looking forward to a 5-0 pumping by East Fife the next Saturday.
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13 minutes ago, welshbairn said:
A Buckie director told me last year that Peterhead and Cove directors warned him that visiting officials get lousy hospitality in the SPFL compared to the Highland League and he had no interest in promotion.
The whole point might have been all about stopping Brechin from escaping. It should create shudders down the spines of clubs in the SPFL from this half of the country to avoid becoming club 42.
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Years ago I was at a cup game between Elgin and Buckie and I asked about Buckie getting their old derby back on by winning promotion. The answer was that they preferred being a big fish in a little pond than going up and ending up going nowhere and losing most of their games like Elgin City. Maybe that still applies today and this absent mindedness was actually someone's idea of doing it without receiving the flack Brora Rangers got a few years ago for throwing the playoffs and then getting accused of lack of ambition.
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Arbroath to win to prove Big Dunc is wrong.
As for us another 0-0 beckons.
I'm going for us to win 1-0.
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Walked passed the Baptist Church yesterday and out of the corner of my eye I read the sign that sits out front as 'He is a kitten'. When I looked directly at the sign it read as it has always has done 'He has risen'.
It was on my mind for the rest of the day. Did I suddenly see things as they really are?
I mean cats watch us and the pass judgement on our behaviour all the time, God's own living security cameras?
Or should I just get a decent pair of glasses?
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53 minutes ago, accies1874 said:
When a public toilet has a weak hand dryer and no option of hand towels (paper or otherwise).
That's probably health and safety. Someone could probably (with emphisis of probably) hurt themselves by using a hand dryer inappropriately. There is alway potential for a f**king idiot to do harm to themselves and blame the Shopping Center for having too powerful a drier. So its reduced down to a safe level. The paper issue is to stop wee b*****ds from flooding the toilet cubicles. So the choice is either flapping your arms from side to side doing an impression of a brain damaged penguin or find someone with long hair.
Its terrible that vacuum cleaners are not as powerful as they used to be either, is this health and safety again? Back in the day a good vacuum cleaner was strong enough to lift the carpet as you cleaned. I can't imagine anything other than some stupid EU regulation over power usage. Not that anyone has been stupid enough to complain after ending up in hospital due to not using a vacuum cleaner in a way it was never built for.
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22 minutes ago, BFTD said:
Yeah, it was a big non-news news story a few years back - the Kardashians were getting the blame at the time but, as you say, it's been around for a while. I think it's the Californian Valley Girl thing.
I saw a video a while back about how it used to be the thing men did who were trying to be effortlessly masculine (Connery, as you say, who picked it up from Ian Fleming himself, and it was almost ubiquitous with men who wanted to give the impression of being in charge without having to give a damn). Nobody appears to have given a shit about it then, but it's only when women started doing the same thing that it made people really annoyed by their perceived couldn't-care-less attitude. There's definitely a double standard at play.
Frankly, if I was as wealthy as the Kardashians without having to do any kind of actual work, I'd go beyond lazy vocal affectations and just pay someone else to speak on my behalf.
Another annoying speach habit is the over use of adding the word 'like' in a conversation at every opportunity. In Scotland where as the word 'f**kin' ' used to be popular and and often used in a sentence every two or three words has now almost been completely replaced by the word 'like' ' which is equally as annoying. Again I've heard Californians do this adding even more irritation to the way they speak.
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Have you ever heard of vocal frying? I couldn't put a name to it before, now I know what its called.
Its very annoying when you hear it and I'm sure you have heard it at some point from American female celebrities or influencers. Now common everywhere for English speaking girls or woman that can do it. It's when they focus on creating a sound when they speak that sounds like a cupboard door creaking loudly, very raspy. Britney Spears as an example would impersonate a creaky door while singing. Another culprit was Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy the Vampire Slayer who's voice creaked louder than a coffin lid opened by one of her foes. Seems to be mostly a California thing. It's hugely irritating.
Someone mentioned that Sean Connery did this as James Bond, though he was neither Californian nor a girl.
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On 25/04/2024 at 13:40, gannonball said:
3 o'clock KO confirmed again.
Does this mean the FA Cup makes way to avoid a clash?
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14 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:
It been moved to Dens?
Makes sense with the Dundee Union fleg brigade and Lochee on the doorstep.
Saw this and it brought to mind the rolling delights of Lochee Utd's pitch before the improvements. The cliffs around it is a bonus, puts me in mind of how the armies of orcs in LOTR met their doom. Would it be an advantage to play down the slope in the first half? I think this is based on Alpine extreme football which actually a thing, obviously the pic isn't real, the nets look stupid. Still better than the pitch at Livingston.
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35 minutes ago, FairWeatherFan said:
The Scottish pyramid is now 10 years old.
The English pyramid had plenty of teething problems in the first 10 years and beyond. It didn't just magically come together the way it is now.
Since the English pyramid came about its had good number of casualties, clubs going bust, promoted clubs unable to go up due ground issues, clubs being kicked down a league, clubs going into administration and getting belted with huge points deductions. Bit of a graveyard, some big non league names gone.
Scottish clubs so far since the pyramid started up here have been rather well behaved in comparison.
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Clyde 2-2 East Fife
Dumbarton 2-1 Elgin City
Forfar Athletic 2-1 Stranraer
Stenhousemuir 1-1 Bonnyrigg Rose
Spartans 1-2 Peterhead
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Airdrie 2-0 Dundee Utd
Arbroath 1-1 Queen's Park
Dunfermline Ath 0-1 Inverness CT
Morton 1-3 Raith Rovers
Partick Thistle 3-2 Ayr Utd
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Surely Arbroath fans aren't stupid enough to fall for that?
If Arbroath beat Queen's Park certainly not one of them would on the match thread or on this one ever tell Big Dunc to GIRFUY.
Surely not.
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38 minutes ago, GordonS said:
I knew someone would pretend they thought that wasn't a joke, not to be taken literally even though it's obvious to absolutely everyone and yep, there it is.
For future reference, when someone actually wants you to die they tend not to communicate it by means of a cartoon meme.
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On 20/04/2024 at 19:21, SandyCromarty said:
Statement pretentious when it states that Ferguson’s remarks are "damaging to the Scottish game as a whole".
What fuckin nonsense and ironic in that while complaining over Ferguson’s remarks they in turn attempt to discredit him to Scottish football, petty and childish.
No doubt Ferguson was wrong in what he said but the Arbroath board should have acted above it and not copied it with a tit for tat.
Big Dunc likes fishing.
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I hope it gets called off with a waterlogged pitch.
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St Mirren v Sevco 2012 Sunday 28th April
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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No, its perfectly fine as it is.