Gibbo

I don't mind new Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Mad Max and lets not forget the new Jurassic Park, Terminator etc....as long as they are well done....usually when these films come out they are well financed and therefore worth checking out....as for original ideas well check out Jupiter Ascending and Interstellar....it is not a lack of new ideas that is the problem, the problem is that people don't pay to see these original idea movies which means that it is hard to get new ones made..........

Yeah, I know ... studios won't risk losing money, the public won't go to see something new/different ... and I agree that if a film is done well, it will stand on its own merits. I just wish they wouldn't trot out sequel/pre-quel/re-boot (etc.) after sequel/pre-quel/re-boot without appearing to put any thought into it. So many series/franchises/original ideas have been ruined (IMHO) by film-makers looking to make easy money.

Disney are producing a seventh 'Star Wars' film; 'Ghostbusters' is being re-vamped/re-booted with an all-female cast; Disney (again) are considering making another Indiana Jones film (with a younger actor playing the lead); there's a new Mad Max in town ...

What the hell happened to original ideas? Yes, yes - I KNOW the studios are all about making money, and I know there are plenty of people out there who have never seen the 'original' films (and thus don't harbour feelings of resentment when they see another childhood memory being kicked in the balls), but, sweet baby Jeebus, this sort of thing pisses me off ...

Much prefer this to TNT

I'm with Glen on this ... it must be something in the water around here ... I love both Starbreaker albums ...

 

Pretty much any 'Metalcore' band sucks, as far as I'm concerned ... a lot of the music is pretty good, then you get some idiot screaming all over the shop ... *shudder*

Carcass is a pretty kick ass death metal band, give them a listen.

 

I like death metal - I was fortunate enough to see Carcass when they toured with Amon Amarth, and they were FANTASTIC! It's the floppy-fringed, metalcore shite I can't stand ... on the same bill were Bleed From Within, and they were truly dire!

Pretty much any 'Metalcore' band sucks, as far as I'm concerned ... a lot of the music is pretty good, then you get some idiot screaming all over the shop ... *shudder*

I had forgotten about this thread

 

Earlier this week I was re-reading thru a bunch of my old Metal Edge mags from the mid/late 90s and damn, some of the crap bands they were trying to pass off as "metal" were killin' me. Anyone ever wonder whatever happened to...

 

Apartment 26

Puya

Cold

Crazy Town

Jesse and the 8th Street Kids

Days of the New

Dope

 

....nahh, me neither.

I quite like(d) Cold - 'When Angels Fly Away' is a bloody good song ... but I'm with you on the rest of 'em ...

I like Motion In The Ocean.

 

I have Above The Noise, Radio Active and Room on The 3rd floor, but for some reason this one stands out in my noodle most...

 

I'd go with 'Motion In The Ocean' and/or 'Radio: Active' (which has got 'Lies' on it ... turns out, this is one of my favourite McFly toons.)

'Watching War Films With My Dad - A Memoir' by Al Murray - very funny (and pretty interesting!)

To be honest, I'd rather read his book ... at least then, you're (probably) reading HIS view, rather than someone else's interpretation of what he had to do, and why he had to do it.

I really want to see this ... the work done at Bletchley Park fascinates me ...

Parenthood (with the kids) ... we spent most of the film trying to decide which of my kids was most like the kids in the film

We also agreed that I ride a horse about as well as 'Cowboy Gil' ...

Spent a lot of time in the car this weekend ...

Bon Jovi - These Days (which is actually better than I remember it being)

Eluveitie - Slania

Steve Earle - Angry Young Man

Mansun - Attack Of The Grey Lantern

Del Amitri - Some Other Sucker's Parade

Sheryl Crow - C'Mon, C'Mon

Slash's Snakepit - It's 5 o'clock Somewhere

In Flames - Reroute To Remain

Muse: Black Holes And Revelations

I like it, but I enjoyed McFly as well. Gonna have to investigate this Busted.

To be honest, I don't rate Busted that highly - a couple of good songs, but I'd say that McFly have the edge.

 

 

The Inbetweeners Movie

Hold up. What? There's a film?

 

 

Damn, there are two, now. I'm gonna have to watch these.

 

As a wise man said to me not so long ago: "Damn. What took you so long?"

I know that instantly people will hate the idea of this and want to stone me and rape me, I mean beat me and call me gay and queer and homothesexual. But in 2014, McFly and 2 of the 3 members of Busted combined together as a band called McBusted to release an album that would be absolutely HATED by most people here. It's a tacky, silly album, but I kinda don't mind it at times.

 

Anyway, regardless of what you think of the band or the album, there is one song from it that made it onto my 'Very Best of 2014' CDR and after I spin the disc it's one of the songs that stands out afterwards; one I can't (and don't want to) get out of my head. It's a little ditty called 'Gone,' and a love it:

 

 

I'm with you on this one, Geoff - McBusted are a guilty pleasure for me (as are McFly, if I'm honest.) My better half and her daughters are BIG fans, so I've kind of absorbed this album by osmosis over the past few weeks ...

They write annoyingly catchy, entertaining songs. Good on 'em!

I was reminded of this topic last night, after hearing the edited version of Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker Street' on local radio ... the same radio station plays the butchered version of 'Sweet Child o' Mine' ... *sigh*

 

 

 

I don't blame Chris Holmes for getting the fuck out of America, he is almost spot on with his comments I would love to leave and move to Europe as well.

...except that right now he's in France, which is having problems of its own in recent weeks, haha.

France has been a problem for ever.

 

Oh, "having problems." I got ya.

 

;}

 

From what I hear France is over 50% Muslim.

 

Fuck it, I'm just going to sell everything and move to Tibet and ride a Yak to work.

 

If you heard that from Fox News, you might want to check again ...

Currently:

My Life With Deth: Discovering Meaning in a Life of Rock & Roll by David Ellefson

 

on deck:

The Man Who Saved Britain: a Personal Journey into the Disturbing World of James Bond by Simon Winder

Is Ellefson's book any good? I really enjoyed Dave Mustaine's effort, and I'm a big 'Deth fan, so this quite appeals ....

'We Fought At Arnhem' ... three veterans who dropped into Arnhem with the 1st Airborne share their memories of Operation Market ...

Dispatched: Motherwar (which includes possibly the most ferocious take on Europe's 'The Final Countdown' that you're ever likely to hear ....)

Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third

Pure Reason Revolution - Hammerand Anvil

PRR - Cautionary Tales for the Brave (e.p.)

Criminally under-rated band!

The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection ... I've never really been that bothered about Malmsteen's stuff, but I have to admit there are some pretty good songs on here!

I really need to dig out my box sets of LZ as I have not listened to them for years.....Physical Graffiti and Presence were always my favorites...

I love 'Presence' - it was the first Zep album I ever heard. 'Achilles Last Stand' and 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' are both fantastic songs ...

I was put off them for years, simply because EVERYONE raved about them, and I kept thinking 'They can't be THAT good, surely?' But they are - and if you look beyond the obvious ('Stairway ...', 'Whole Lotta Love', etc.), there are some stunning songs in their canon.

Taken ... did they miss a trick casting Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher when they could've asked Liam Neeson?