tinkerbelle Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 . There are a couple of them in Edinburgh and they are opening a new one in the place of the old Chinese restaurant which, to be honest, was not the best. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Question for the 30+ demographic: You see when you now watch 80s / 90s films and you see some rather dated special effects (e.g. Superman flying across the Niagara or whatever), do you remember thinking "well that's utter pish" at the time or did it completely bypass your thoughts because it was all cutting edge stuff at the time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Question for the 30+ demographic: You see when you now watch 80s / 90s films and you see some rather dated special effects (e.g. Superman flying across the Niagara or whatever), do you remember thinking "well that's utter pish" at the time or did it completely bypass your thoughts because it was all cutting edge stuff at the time? Watch Monkey clips on Youtube and prepare to have your childhood memories shattered to smithereens. I can remember being mesmerized by him flying in on his cloud as a boy - it's a fucking plastic model on a bit of cotton wool. I was devastated when I watched it recently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I don't mind it. I actually prefer the older special effects in movies like Clash of the Titans as opposed to the shitty CGI like in Spiderman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) Question for the 30+ demographic: You see when you now watch 80s / 90s films and you see some rather dated special effects (e.g. Superman flying across the Niagara or whatever), do you remember thinking "well that's utter pish" at the time or did it completely bypass your thoughts because it was all cutting edge stuff at the time? You could see it wasn't real at the time, like the little blue haze around people on poorly-done bluescreen scenes, but generally you didn't mind unless it was really egregiously bad. I really miss the old Harryhausen stop-motion animations, as they can be done so well these days that the results piss all over most CG creatures. I still think even the old ones look great now; the slightly jerky nature gives them a bit of life, and made things like the skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts seem slightly unpredictable and creepy. I miss the old matte painting backdrops too. Some were poor, like every type of effect, but sometimes you'll see a lovely one in an Indiana Jones film or something and realise it would've been done in CG today, and it would've lost the beauty that the artist put into it. Quite a lot of the time it didn't even occur to the viewer that they were looking at a painted backdrop because they were so well done - or if it did, it was only in the same way that you know you're not really looking at an actual city in flames in the latest CG extravaganza. CG's great, but it should be used with the old technologies to best effect, and Hollywood isn't quite ready to admit that yet; everything has to be the latest tech. See the prequel to The Thing for the worst example of that Edit: I guess what I'm trying to say is that you viewed the old effects as a piece of artistry that someone had created for your entertainment, like a painting, rather than the high-definition photograph that modern computer effects are usually seeking to create. And both have their place. Edited October 12, 2015 by BigFatTabbyDave 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Watching Star Trek TOS on tv here and it's amazing how well it stands up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 TOS was the best Star Trek series. Shatner was a dreadful actor though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 He was the greatest shakespearian actor of his age from Canada though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Watching Star Trek TOS on tv here and it's amazing how well it stands up I watched most of the repeats digitally restored a few years ago and was amazed how well they stood up. I remember thinking as a kid how boringly similar all the alien planets and inhabitants were, second time around it didn't seem to matter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeboy Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Anybody heard from Deeboy? no, he's dead. I went for a sleep and was rudely awakened by my before mentioned complaint. Another long night ahead it appears. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) Shatner was a dreadful actor though.Take that back.Now. Edited October 13, 2015 by KnightswoodBear 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Shatner was a dreadful actor though. Like a poor marksman, you keep missing the target! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Watch that and tell me he's a dreadfui actor. WATCH IT!!! You've made a very powerful enemy today P45. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 To be fair he got better when he got older but his early TOS stuff was hammy as f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginge123 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I'm doing a bit of fundraising just now and I'm looking at putting on a five a side tournament. I've never played in one before so I'm not sure how much you'd generally expect to pay per team. Has anyone played in one, and if so, how much was the entry fee? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeboy Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Usually £50 up this way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 To early for heating on? At most an hour or two at night as our daughters room is a bit chilly as its laminate and we don't have a rug at the moment to try keep the heat in as much as possible, the room is pretty empty which isn't helping anything I suppose and the sun doesn't shine in that way during the day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 To early for heating on? At most an hour or two at night as our daughters room is a bit chilly as its laminate and we don't have a rug at the moment to try keep the heat in as much as possible, the room is pretty empty which isn't helping anything I suppose and the sun doesn't shine in that way during the day. Don't worry, social workers have been called and are on their way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 If you're in the market for an electric blanket, give me a shout.Swop it for his daughter, he obviously doesn't give a f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Swop it for his daughter, he obviously doesn't give a f**k. Settle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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