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RE: Back to the Future Trilogy Blu Ray

The Stoltz footage is in the documentary, is 3 short excerpts and has no sound with it, just the interviews over the top of it - nothing to get too excited about, sadly!

RE: So my faith in the justice sytem has gone up the swanny.

Bloody ridiculous isn`t it? 200 hours of community service and an 18-month ban, wow, that`ll teach him.

I may be over simplifying here, but if they locked the buggers up and made them work off their debt to society while they`re in there then they would 1) be off the street and 2) be doing something useful for everyone else. Does that sound wrong?

My sympathies, Neiliboy.

edit: And none of that `sentenced to 4 years, automatically out in 2 on licence` crap either. Sentence should equal time served.

This item was edited on Monday, 18th October 2010, 23:17

RE: Doctor Who could have been a woman

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The problem with Colin Baker was that he is on record of hating being doctor who and it showed in his episodes. To him it was just an acting job to further his career, and not specifically loved by him at all.

>:(

What the deuce? I`m sorry but that`s complete and total bollocks. In fact the only actor who played the role that I can even think approximates that attitude was Christopher Eccleston, and he was a great Doctor. Colin Baker is on record pretty much anywhere you care to look as saying the complete opposite - he`d been a fan of the show for a long time and was looking forward to seeing what he could do with the role. He did the best he could with what he was given and has never been anything less than a superb ambassador for the show for the past 25 years. When Big Finish started their range of audio adventures in 1999 he finally got the chance to show how great he could be as The Doctor and has gone from strength to strength ever since.

If you want someone to blame, the finger should be pointed squarely at the ego-centric producer at the time, John Nathan Turner. The man who never failed to make the decisions which suited him at the expense of the show. Pulling the main cast out of rehearsals and telling them to appear in the panto he was directing, basing important production decisions around where he fancied going for a holiday, buggering off to conventions on the other side of the world rather than keep his hand on the tiller while everything was going to hell. This is the man who came up with the frankly ridiculous ideas and decisions which Colin had absolutely no say in - such as the costume and `unlikeable Doctor` idea. I would direct you towards the `Trials And Tribulations` documentary on the Trial Of A Time Lord DVD to see just how bad things were and what everyone else had to deal with.

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I have seen all the doctors (on B&W video from the 1st doctor and the 2nd doctor and then live on telly in colour from the 3rd doctor onwards) and Colin Baker was by far the worst believable actor as the doctor and did great discredit to the series, causing it to hit an all time low, even for fans like myself.

Each to their own I know, but even aged 8 I could see from the very start how much of a mis-fire Sylvester McCoy was. By the time Andrew Cartmel began turning the show onto a much more interesting path (the Doctor as an arch-manipulator) and Sylvester started to find his way it was far too late and the show got axed.

RE: So sick of the "racist" card I nearly smashed the f**k outta this one!

*pulls up a chair, cracks open a beer and waits for Mercury In Glass to find this thread*

;)

RE: Don`t worry, Bee happy (or not...)

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One of them has stung the wife, so I guess they`re not so bad after all.

:D

RE: Doctor Who: The Next Regeneration...

Great series, came on in leaps and bounds as it progressed - right up to that gloriously wonderful finale. Matt Smith has completely become one of the finest Doctors yet, and Moffat playing a long game with the Silence and the story of River? Damn you sir, I hate you and love you in equal measure for that. And there were moments in that episode where I really did start to well up (the legend of the centurion, mainly).

This one will need several viewings to make full sense of (in fact, the whole series will) but I never for a moment sat there last night thinking `huh?`. Tied the whole series together beautifully.

Roll on Christmas! :) (River Song as the villain, then?)

Oh, and nice to see the new fatleks CAN look alright - when not in dayglo plastic and shot a bit more sympathetically to hide the hunchback. That stone one was almost scary.

This item was edited on Sunday, 27th June 2010, 12:37

RE: Doctor Who: The Next Regeneration...

Bear in mind this is part 1 of 2 though, so all may not be quite as it appears - I`m withholding final judgement until Saturday, but I really enjoyed that.

Scariest Cyberman scene ever, by the way... *shudder*

RE: So, you`re a fading 80`s pop star. The Playboy shoot did nothing and you want to break into movi

Dear god, and I thought Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus was craptacular - can`t wait to watch this one with a few cans and the brain switched off!

RE: Did anyone see the re-release of The Thing at the cinema?

Blues Brothers was definitely on as I saw it, think Spartacus was one of the earlier films they showed.

RE: Watched Mulholland Dr. last night

I find it downright saddening that I know exactly which two scenes you mean.

*runs off to put on Mulholland Dr.*

RE: Four lions update

Saw it on Monday - bloody hilarious!

RE: Super-8

So is this anything to do with Cloverfield?

RE: Doctor Who: The Next Regeneration...

Thoroughly enjoyed that episode, nice and creepy. Wish I had kids so I could have seen them spooked by the Angel on the screen (god knows, I was freaked enough!).

RE: Doctor Who: The Next Regeneration...

It`ll be lovely to see a return for Jo, curious to see what they do with the story - part of me was worried there would be no referencing of the SJA or Torchwood with the new production team on DW so Matt turning up to is an added bonus :)

RE: Doctor Who: The Next Regeneration...

Just saw the new Radio Times - Jesus Christ, what have they done to the Daleks?!? >:(

RE: The Wolfman

The make-up and practical effects work (not the CGI) were great, Anthony Hopkins added some class ham which the material really didn`t deserve, it was a lot more graphic than expected and Emily Blunt always looks lovely.

Everything else was pretty bad though, sadly. Not a total disaster but no classic by any stretch.

RE: So what do you think to this trailer?

Chevy Chase!

I`m sold :)

RE: Doctor Who: The Next Regeneration...

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Water on Mars ,more like p*** and p*** poor at that,I wish that R T Davis bloke would (the one with the BBCs tongue up his arse) actually f*** off like he promised he would do so many months ago.

He has done - the new guy starts after Tennant goes at New Year. Breathe... take a deep breath... now hold it until the next series starts :p

RE: Batten down the hatches, Ma. Storm`s a-comin`

P***ing down and getting windier in Edinburgh.

RE: Zombieland

Agree that some of the fairground logic was daft, but loved it - knew there was a cameo but didn`t know who it was or what happened (think it`s the best cameo I`ve yet seen in a movie, actually), and although the payoff for it was well signposted, when it came I just about wet myself. Brilliant stuff.

RE: I wonder where Stephen King got his idea from?

I thought The Stand was well over 1000 pages?

I`m thinking The Simpsons Movie, but if he had the idea first...

RE: The Beatles Remasters

The mono version of Past Masters is different as well (think it`s called Mono Masters in the boxset) - removes some of the later stereo singles and b-sides and replaces them with the original songs from the Yellow Submarine soundtrack (Hey Bulldog etc).

I think I`ll buy the later, stereo-only albums by themselves and save up for the mono set. Were it any other band I wouldn`t bother, but I absolutely bl**dy love The Beatles so it`s something a bit special.

DVD / BD drive woes

Bit of a strange one this.

Turned on my laptop yesterday, popped a disc into the BD drive and... nothing. Went into Explorer (or whatever the Vista equivalent is) to check and there`s no mention of my disc drive there at all.

So took my external DVD writer through, plugged that in and... the same! Nothing.

Into Control Panel> Hardware and Sound> Device Manager and under the `DVD/CD-ROM drives` section both are listed, but with those infuriating little exclamation mark roadsigns in the bottom right corner. And within the Properties section reads (in both cases):

Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)

Uninstalling and re-installing doesn`t solve the problem, just the same again. It`s doing my nut!

Any help would be appreciated... as always.

RE: Star Trek Movie Blurays get DNRd

Well, watched Wrath of Khan today and bar the opening scenes (which looked a tad rough) it`s a superb job. Very rich, detailed picture - can`t say I particularly noticed it looking `blue` - and the model work simply shines. Nary a mark on it, but the grain is there (as it should be). Of course, I`m aware that it`s downhill from here but still...

RE: Dead arm. I mean REALLY dead arm (medical subject)

Woke up last week in my new flat (new bed) and had obviously had a very disturbed sleep as the duvet was all over the place, pillows were on the floor and bizarrely, my right arm was sticking straight up in the air.

It was only when I noticed it that whatever spell that had been holding it up was broken, and it dropped down and smacked me in the face. Tried to move it and it was stone cold, took a good few minutes for the circulation to come back.

What I`m baffled about is how it managed to stay upright like that until I picked up on it!

RE: Doctor Who: The Next Regeneration...

Hmm, just saw the RTD interview from BBC Breakfast News. Get the impression we`re in for Pitch Black meets Flight of the Phoenix.

Also, companion confirmed for the Christmas 2-parter (second special to be shown "Novemberish"). It`s...

SPOILER:
Bernard Cribbins! Wilf returns!

RE: ..........@

Moving flat here - only a hundred yards or so up the road but a right struggle nonetheless...

RE: Doctor Who: The Next Regeneration...

Nice to see a darker looking episode in tone - but does anyone else get a Pitch Black vibe off of this?

RE: Let The Right One In....

Saw it the other week - wonderful little film.

RE: Doctor Who: The Next Regeneration...

Hmm, pinch of salt time methinks! If she IS going to make an appearance, I reckon it`ll be in a Logopolis / Caves of Androzani hallucination or flashback.