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#2851 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 671 weeks ago
The show and the film are two completely different things, and in that sense it's obviously a bad "sequel". But I like how a traditional cops and robbers film is played out like an arthouse flick. For a 150 million budget the movie is one of a kind. And Gong Li is hot, come on!
#2852 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 672 weeks ago
Couple of rewatches.
Miami Vice - This film just continues to grow. Severely underrated though people are starting to catch up. A modern classic.
The Insider - Another "forgotten" classic. What a cast!
Public Enemies - Stellar period piece, just not as captivating as his other work.
Heat - Still the best film ever made. Pacino, DeNiro, Kilmer, Sizemore, Wes Studi, Tom Noonan, Ted Levine, Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman, Danny Trejo, William Fichtner, Jon Voight, Mykelti Williamson, Dennis Haysbert, Natalie Portman and Diane Venora. Are you kidding me? Greatest cast in the history of film.
#2853 Re: Guns N' Roses » Your Opinions on a Axl/Slash Reconciliation » 673 weeks ago
Lol he's not great but he's not Van Halen territory either. If Mick Jagger can command stadiums with the voice of a 90 year old surely Axl can pull off a legitimate reunion tour for at least some years to come. And that prospect will still be worth more than enough to eclipse any current or future offers the members can get on their own. Even if it happened and he was shit, you'd see glowing reviews from every major outlet and people would still end up coming in droves.
#2854 Re: The Sunset Strip » James Gandolfini dead at 51 » 673 weeks ago
What a blow. He was behind one of the greatest performed characters in cinematic history. Arguably he was the reason an otherwise niche show became a major hit, ending up creating a completely new standard for scripted television. Whatever happened to him, he'll be sadly missed.
#2855 Re: Guns N' Roses » 6 - 05 Buffalo, NY Outer Harbor » 675 weeks ago
How large a crowd are these shows generally pulling in nowadays?
#2856 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's A Game of Thrones » 675 weeks ago
I prefer to watch the show or movie first myself. In my experience the book is always better so might as well save it for later, unless it's by Stephen King 
#2857 Re: The Garden » London tourist takes injured magpie home to Edinburgh » 675 weeks ago
God bless this woman.
#2858 The Garden » London tourist takes injured magpie home to Edinburgh » 675 weeks ago
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A tourist was so concerned about an injured magpie in London she took it home - all the way to Edinburgh on a train.
The pensioner discovered the fledgling being attacked by crows in the Kilburn area and took him in as he was too young to feed himself.
The bird lover was still concerned for the magpie when she was due to return to Scotland and decided to take him on the train in her handbag.
She contacted SPCA and the bird was taken to their National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Clackmannanshire.
The lady from Edinburgh, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: "The magpie was very traumatized when I found him.
"I knew he was too young to feed himself so I took him in and began hand-feeding him. I even nicknamed him 'Pie'.
"When I was due to leave he still wasn't self-feeding, so I cleared out my handbag and popped him inside.
"I don't think anyone on the train realized I had a baby magpie with me.
"My family have always looked after birds and I initially thought Pie wouldn't survive, which was really upsetting.
"People have always said I'm eccentric and I'm sure they'd think that even more so if they knew about this.
"I'm so happy to hear he's been released and I'm very grateful to the Scottish SPCA for helping him, they've done a fantastic job."
Centre manager Colin Seddon said, "Usually we advise people to leave fledglings alone, but in this case the magpie was being attacked by other birds and had sustained injuries.
"We'd recommend anyone who finds a bird in need of help to contact an animal rescue organization such as ourselves for advice and assistance.
"While it was certainly unusual to take the magpie on the train, this lady had taken very good care of him and it's clear she must care a great deal about birds.
"The magpie made a fantastic recovery and it was wonderful to release him back into the wild fit and healthy after his rather long journey."
#2859 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 675 weeks ago
Sounds almost over elaborate. If they can make it work though it's exactly what is needed in modern games. Use the increasing computing power on something other than graphics.
#2860 Re: The Sunset Strip » HBO's A Game of Thrones » 675 weeks ago
Yeah, I've been spoiled about pretty much everything myself lol. It doesn't necessarily hurt that much though. In this instance it was pretty fun just waiting for what I knew would happen. I also knew Jamie would lose his hand, but I didn't know exactly when (or who) so it was still a great surprise when it finally did.
