Because we're not willing to pay £35-£40 to see a 3D film of any length...No...Not even The Hobbit...There was absolutely no way we were going to see the 90 minute film, Dredd, in the cinema, as it was only in 3D over here...

So when I was ambling around the nearest Tesco and found the completely 2D DVD for £7 I thought, "Wha-hey!!" and bought it...

Watched it last night...It was a truly amazing bit of film making, and had they let it out into the realm of ye bog-standard 2D cinemas, it probably would have been a huge hit and thusly have made its production costs back...

That said, the obviously-intended-for-3D bits were pretty damned glorious actually, even on t'tele...*Impressed face*...Karl Uban was really damned good as Judge Dredd...And the one that played Judge Anderson was really really pretty damned pretty... ... ...

Damned good film...If you see it cheap, well worth 90 mins of your time... ...

What kind of insane cinema charges £35-£40 for a ticket?!

The nearest two cinemas are either The Vue or Cineworld...Both are now charging for teen tickets at 13...And the daughter's 14...And we tried the "Only thirteen" ruse a couple of times, but we got a funny look the last time and never bothered again...

So, going by the prices I just looked at at the Vue, Adults are £10 each, boy would be £7.50 and girl would be £7.85...

They've dropped the price of the family ticket from the £35 it was...I think they were pricing themselves out of bums on seats... ...

Right, that makes sense.

Second question: Why the hell were you taking young children to see a film as insanely violent as Dredd 3D? (which, if you ask me, should be viewed in 3D, because that film is absurdly pretty)

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A fair point...

Yes, I may have spoken wrongly there... ...

Yes, Dredd was an 18 Cert and therefore taking the kids were never an option...But the pricing point remains, just the difference between £15 for 2D and £20 for a 90 min 3D film instead...

That's a difference of a fifth of one standard 2D family film...And we'd rather keep the money to go see another film as a family than go see a film that, as was proved, reasonable enough on DVD...

So we're definitely reluctant to go the 3D route with the pricing, let alone the migraines we'd get... ...

I think I was just stuck on the family film prices when I first tried to make the point... ... ...

I just started watching Babylon 5 once again. In spite of how rough the pilot episode was, damn, this is good sci-fi! It is good to hear those old quotes again:

"The sky was full of stars, and every star was one of our ships... exploding."

and of course.

"There is a hole in your mind."

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

OOooh, we saw Tamlyn Tomika in Bones last night...It were lovely to see her...

My fave quote line from B5 is - "You have forgotten something."...Always gives me shivers...



Men In Tights is a class film... ...

It was funny. We were gonna watch Blazing Saddles, but I had to call it a night. I want to spend as much time with my Snuggles tomorrow and I can't if I'm sleeping off a hangover lol

Sherlock with my friend. First episode and wow.

Is this the "modernized" UK version? If so- I second the "wow". I love the opening when he hacks all the cell phones during the police briefing.

"WRONG!"

We just finished the final episode of "Homicide: Life on the Street". All that is left is the movie.... It is so interesting to look back and remember how DIFFERENT the show was for its time- a "police show" that was about the CHARACTERS instead of car chases and shootouts.

Yeah, it is. My friend stayed the night and begged me to watch it with her, so I did this morning. When I pay attention, it's funny and interesting. I don't like watching movies and show too much, though.

Spartacus season finale was today. An epic conclusion to the entire series. Though history dictates the protagonists of the tale all meet their fate, it was nevertheless a great climax. Sad, but great!

The Hobbit on DVD, for the 3rd time in a row.

*Robert is jealous of DE*...I gotta wait till Wednesday morning...*Wails*...

Though, I know that Manu Bennett, who played DE's fave character in Spartacus - that of Crixus - plays Azog the Defiler (the white orc) in The Hobbit...

Therefore being relevant to...

I just watched The Hobbit!!!...I usually don't do Blu-ray, but that's the only way I could get the extras...SnassnFrassn...So, we've spent the late morning watching the making ofs and then we watched the film...

I may have to watch it meself again in the wee small hours of the morning...By myself...Again...*Sigh*...I love that film...

The Hobbit is my favorite book. I wasn't expecting to like the movie, bit I did, as did hubster. He hates movies that take a long time to get to the action.

I just finished re-watching the first season of Babylon 5. Even after all this time, wow, just wow.

"And so it begins..."

"We were at a crossroads, and there's no going back."

and of course

"Nothing's the same anymore."

Now watching hilarious whitest kids you know clips on youtube!

Red vs Blue on Youtube. Ye gods, I forgot how insanely moreish that series is; "Oh, I can watch just one more episode, it's only five minutes long. Yeah, I can watch just one more. One after this one'll be the last, and then I'll go to sleep.'

The next thing you know, it's 4am...

I had the same experience with Red vs Blue.

Still watching B5. Damn, this show is good.

"I searched for days, going from one system to another. Then, on dark deserted worlds, where there should be no life, where no living thing has walked in over a thousand years, something is moving, gathering its forces, quietly, quietly...hoping to go unnoticed. We must warn the others, Na'toth. After a thousand years, the darkness has come again."

Watching Vikings. I love this show. History Channel made a smart move here. The fact that they found ways to make us sympathize with a tribe of men and women who rape, murder and pillage for a living is some good and unexpected stuff. I gotta say I like the character of Rollo and his tattoos are badass.

*Wails*...I am sooo bloody jealous... ...

*Attempts to schedule B5 episodes into - what is laughingly refered to as - Spare Time™*...

*Wails some more*...

Rewatching the new Man of Steel trailer over and over.

Ye gods and little fishes, this looks like something. A clean break with the Donner-verse and the only thing I can think is "This is the fear the Ancient Greeks felt when revering Zeus and Heracles."

In the second edition of the "Really Quite* Extremely Long Film" Sundays, we watched the collectors extended edition version of Avatar...

Having watched it once and been thoroughly underwhelmed, when the wife announced that that would be our sunday afternoon done, I was somewhat apprehensive...

But...

It seems to have been a case of second time's the charmer really...I thoroughly enjoyed it!...Much better this time...

Still don't think it was worth a tenth of the hype that came out around the time...And the idea that people were ringing therapists because they were feeling suicidal at the fact that they couldn't live on Pandora...Ayyy...But no, I really enjoyed it...

Watching some random TBBT clips on youtube. Hard to find a good one I haven´t seen but every now and then I actually manage to find one

I remember Avatar. Not too bad a film, very pretty, but probably not worth the hype around it; much of it was, if I remember correctly, to do with it being the first major film to use stereoscopic 3D.

Anyway, it's technically not watching I'm watching now, but yesterday was a day of sublime movie-based badassery. Started off with the absolutely awesome, if insanely violent, short film Bad Motherf***er (warning: contains an awful lot of blood and gore and a very sweary soundtrack), then later on I re-watched the Karl Urban Dredd film (not as good in 2D on a television, but still awesome) and then saw a Fistful of Dollars.

Oh Clint, you so badass and cunning...

Game of Thrones was pretty good! For three episodes one of the main characters plans on buying a slave army from this wealthy merchant and throughout those episodes he always calls her vulgar names thinking she doesn't understand them

Joke was on him. Me and my family were laughing so much when it was revealed that she did speak his language. Best scene of the entire season so far. Never liked a female character in a live action series so much.

If you like dragons, medieval-style politics, fantasy, action . . .I recommend this show!

My boxed-set of the thoroughly non-P.C. British comedy, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, turned up yesterday...I shall be trawling slowly through that for a while... ...

Altogether now..."SHHAAATT AAAAAAHPP!!!!"... ...

South Park Movie.

Ahhh the classics.

Terrence and Philip.

I almost made it to the end lol

-Kick the baby
-Don´t kick the baby!

I love South Park! The other night I saw one of the new shows out, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" - It is a comic response to "The Housewives of Beverly Hills" - staged, of course. Hilarious!

Haven´t seen an episode in years but I still remember many of them Was it Kyle who had the Canadian cousin?

The Coming of Shadows. What an episode. It is no wonder this won a Hugo.

Sheriden: "No regrets then?" "A few. But just a few. You?"

The Centauri Emperor: "Oh, enough to fill a lifetime. So much has been lost, so much forgotten. So much pain, so much blood. And for what, I wonder. The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us. And our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast terrible inbetween. But there is still time to cease that one last fragile moment. To choose something better, to make a difference, as you say. And I intend to do just that."

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Refa: (after hearing the Emperor is near death): "Our competitors are moving into position, setting themselves up to ascend the throne the moment he dies. Before that happens we must arrive above the others. We must do something extraordinary. Something unparalled."

Londo: "He said 'just pick a target'. I believe there is a Narn colony on the border of Centauri space, quadrant 14."

Refa: "A colony, its a listening post! They've been using it to spy on us for years. By all rights that entire planet should be ours."

Londo: "Well then, let's take it back!"




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Londo: (after the Emperor's death) "He said, 'Continue. Take my people back...to the stars."

Refa: "Mollari. What did he say, really?"

Londo: "He said .. that we are both damned."

Refa:"Well. It's a small enough price to pay for immortality."



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Sinclair's message to Garibaldi: "Hello, old friend, It's been a while. I'm trusting this message to an associate of mine who is sworn to bring it to you at any cost, including his own life. My job on the Minbari homeworld is more than just representing Earth. The President doesn't know about that part yet, and, I don't think it would be wise of you to tell him. There's a great darkness coming, Michael. Some of the Minbari have been waiting for it a long time. The bearer of this message is one of my Rangers. Some are Minbari. Most are Human. They have been drawn here to learn to work together and prepare for the fight ahead. Their job, for now, is to patrol the frontier, to listen, to watch, and to return with reports too sensitive to trust to regular channels. They are my eyes and ears. Where you see them, you see me. In the name of our friendship, I ask that you give them every courtesy and cooperation. I wish I could tell you more...I wish I could warn you. But the others don't think it's time yet. Stay close to the Vorlon, and watch out for shadows. They move when you're not looking at them."
- Sinclair


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G'Kar: "Before coming here I received a communique from my government. For a hundred years, the Centauri occupied our world. Devastated it. We swore we would never let that happen again. This attack on our largest civilian colony has inflicted terrible damage and loss of life. They've crossed a line we cannot allow them to cross. As a result, two hours ago my government officially declared war against the Centauri Republic. Our hope for peace is over. We are now at war. We are now at war."

Jim and Yahtzee's Rhymedown spectacular! Huzzah!

The nanny. It's a pretty funny show. Niles the butler is hilarious

He´s the best in the whole show!

I couldn't agree with you more in that. I love how he's always makin fun of C.C, lol

And then they end up with each other.

HAAA.

Lol. I love that show, Lol

Whoa! Spoiler alert!


Kidding, I know they hook up Best part with the butler is when he thinks everyone is gone and he runs around in his underwear, shirt and sunglasses, singing along to Old Time Rock n´Roll and C.C walks in on him!!

Now watching Hawk the Slayer. This movie is bad in a way only an 80s fantasy movie can be. Which is to say, tons of schlocky fun!

*Applauds heartily*

Love that film!!!!.... ...

Now watching a longplay of Wizards and Warriors on youtube

I remember Wizards and Warriors! With Jeff Conaway. I loved that show.

No, the NES game!

"If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die."

Whew, that still gives me goosebumps.

...Kosh....*Wails*...