One of the greatest musical talents of all time. And also one of the world’s nice guys.
Take a couple of hours out of today, and watch Mick Ronson’s story.
You’re welcome.
One of the greatest musical talents of all time. And also one of the world’s nice guys.
Take a couple of hours out of today, and watch Mick Ronson’s story.
You’re welcome.
Britishland’s Radio Times has published a Top 100 list of TV shows (from the beginning, i.e. early 1950s, until yesterday).
I read through the whole thing (so you don’t have to), and apart from the inexplicable inclusion of American shows (e.g. Hill Street Blues and M*A*S*H*) on the list, it’s not bad. Of course, I haven’t seen all of them — give me a break, we didn’t even have TV in South Africa till I turned 21 — but I thought I’d share my thoughts on the ones I have.
What the hell, it’s the weekend, right?
The Comedies
Drama
Cops ‘n Robbers
Sci-Fi
Never watched any of them. I did watch one episode of Doctor Who, and it was awful.
Documentaries
Missing from this Top 100 compilation (inexplicably, and shamefully):
All the above omissions should have been slotted in ahead of the American transplants; not that the Yank shows are bad — they aren’t — but they were essentially rebroadcasts.
If you haven’t seen any of the above shows, try to do so. You won’t be sorry.
No, this tattooed tartlet has been cast for her outstanding acting talent.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, of course.
Still not going to watch the stupid movie.
I’ve moaned about this nonsense before:
Since hitting UK cinemas last month, the atomic bomb thriller Oppenheimer — which stars Cillian Murphy in the titular role — has been given a slew of five star ratings while critics branded it Nolan’s ‘best and most revealing work’.
However:
BBC News star Jane Hill revealed she walked out of Christopher Nolan’s film halfway through after spotting a major flaw that left her ‘disappointed’.
I was thinking “historical inaccuracy” or “gratuitous sex/violence”, but no:
It appears Jane was certainly not in agreement as she shared that she was frustrated at not being able to hear the film’s dialogue properly due to the loud soundtrack — and was even more astounded to learn that the issue occurs in almost ‘all’ of Nolan’s films.
She told her followers: ‘Saw Oppenheimer. Well, managed half of it. Disappointed that music & effects often drowned out the actors, I missed whole chunks of dialogue.
Well, that takes the movie off my “to watch” list.
Till fairly recently, I thought that this degraded sound in movies was simply the result of my age- and tinnitus-ridden hearing, but now I know the truth. It seems that the new trend in cinema verité is now to muddy up the dialogue either by having the actors mutter their lines — and sometimes in thick, incomprehensible accents withal — or else to submerge the speech with over-loud sound effects and / or “background” music. Or in the case of this weasel Nolan, both.
Sorry, but there’s not much verité when you can’t hear it being spoken.
I know, the answer is to wait for the movies to appear on a streaming service, and then tap the “subtitles” button.
Nah I’m not going to do that. If I’m going to have to use subtitles, then I’ll just watch furrin stuff like gloomy Scandi detective shows or Belgian whodunnits, which quite frankly are often better than their “English” competition anyway.
The Son&Heir suggested that I get a sound bar for my TV so that I can turn up the “mids” (mid-range audio) and compensate, but I’m not going to do that either.
This little trend is like an artist covering his painting with sheets of thick gauze so you have to strain your eyes to see what’s on the canvas. I wouldn’t bother looking at those, and I’m not going to watch these shitty movies either.
A pox on all of them.
Related: Oppenheimer director Nolan tells us all to fuck off.
Here’s a brief video of a man speaking the absolute truth on the topic of slavery grievance:
I should point out that this appeared on one of the reprehensible Piers Morgan’s TV shows, but as said asshole doesn’t say anything during the clip, that’s not important. As for the actual comment:
First we see this (no links):
…and then we see this:
The first headline makes me want to sharpen my bayonet; the second makes me giggle like a little schoolgirl.
Afterthought: Possession of an AK-47 is illegal in Frankistan, so that gun control law is obviously working well.