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Post by silverdragon on Sept 18, 2014 6:57:58 GMT
I married a Treckie. Aint I lucky?... and she knows more than I do. Sci-Fi, if its good, we both watch. If its bad, we dont.
I am lucky we have similar tastes, but I think that partially why we got together in the first place.
She HATED four-weddings....and thinks the (deleted) who plays Bridget Jones has spolied the story... she read the book before the film kinda thing, (I think?..) I have no interest.
I also think that twit Huge Grant is a fop, dandy, idiot, and he gives British Actors a bad name. As a character in some shakespere thing, he would be the one we all love to hate, but as a real life person, can anyone be that much thick and be real?... he is a twerp. I cant watch him When he speaks, I cringe.
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Post by mrfatso on Sept 18, 2014 12:38:12 GMT
The trouble is I know that that kind of person exists, when I was at Uni and I know I am mentioning it again, it was the middle of the Poll Tax issue, whilst most of us where worried about raising the funds to pay, one person was overheard complaining he had to pay here and on the flat in Chelsea and the Holiday cottage.
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Sept 18, 2014 12:48:23 GMT
The trouble is I know that that kind of person exists, when I was at Uni and I know I am mentioning it again, it was the middle of the Poll Tax issue, whilst most of us where worried about raising the funds to pay, one person was overheard complaining he had to pay here and on the flat in Chelsea and the Holiday cottage. Taking issue on paying taxes on multiple properties he owns? Perhaps he doesn't need so may properties. Idiot.
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Post by mrfatso on Sept 18, 2014 13:30:08 GMT
The trouble is for him it was not even real a major problem more a slight inconvenience, I am sure he or his family had the money to pay, from his accent.(I it's a stereotype but there is a certain one). Royal Holloway , or RHBNC as it was called at the time is a good university, but it also attracts in small proportion a certain type of person, rich kids who could not get Iinto Oxbridge, St Andrews etc because it is in a very specific location. It is close to Windsor Castle, Runnymede, The JFK memorial, Eaton and more importantly to people of a certain set is on the road less than 7 miles away to Royal Ascot, close to Henley etc. You could go to University in the leafy Surrey countryside but still be part of the social scene.
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Post by the light works on Sept 18, 2014 13:46:20 GMT
The trouble is for him it was not even real a major problem more a slight inconvenience, I am sure he or his family had the money to pay, from his accent.(I it's a stereotype but there is a certain one). Royal Holloway , or RHBNC as it was called at the time is a good university, but it also attracts in small proportion a certain type of person, rich kids who could not get Iinto Oxbridge, St Andrews etc because it is in a very specific location. It is close to Windsor Castle, Runnymede, The JFK memorial, Eaton and more importantly to people of a certain set is on the road less than 7 miles away to Royal Ascot, close to Henley etc. You could go to University in the leafy Surrey countryside but still be part of the social scene. the more money you have, the more afraid you might be forced to part with some of it.
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Post by mrfatso on Sept 18, 2014 19:43:28 GMT
That's one of the reasons the rich remain rich.
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Post by OziRiS on Sept 23, 2014 22:28:50 GMT
On the subject of actor/director/producer combos, yes there have been some terrible ones, but it all comes down to ego and some people are good at keeping that in check and actually making a worthwhile movie. Clint Eastwood springs to mind and so does Denzel Washington (he co-starred and directed both "Antwone Fisher" and "The Great Debaters", both amazing movies). I'm sure there are plenty of other examples, but those were just the ones I could come up with off the top of my head. So why do Women drag the fella along to see a chick flick?... I see it as a method of torture "If you loved me you would", and I see that as degrading?.... Simple: A woman liking "chick flicks" is as big a part of her identity as you liking, say, motor sports. While your male brain may not mind that she doesn't like motor sports and might not even want her to, because you'd honestly rather have that to yourself, women in general have a greater desire to share things with the people close to them. If you reject what she likes and finds interesting and entertaining, she might take that as a rejection of a part of who she is. That's where the "if you really loved me..." part comes in. She actually, genuinely feels that if you outright reject something she likes, you're rejecting her. Guys do this too, but mostly only when we're younger. We're just not as aware as most women of why we do it and in some cases that we're even doing it at all. And we're not as emotional about it. At least not in the "mushy, girly" sense. How many of you guys, when you were young (because these feelings are often stronger when you're younger and trying to fit in) met a girl and hit it off and at some point wanted to play her a piece of music that you loved, hoping she would love it too? How did it feel when she didn't? How did you react? Let me venture a guess: You realized, either by her lack of enthusiasm or just by her saying it outright, that she didn't like it. Your response was to start arguing why this was the best piece of music ever written. When that didn't take, you may even have gone into full on "you're crazy/have no taste if you don't like this" mode. You weren't aware of why, but you felt shut down. Rejected. You felt like her not liking this piece of music that was important to you, meant that maybe she didn't like you as much as you thought she did. Hell, maybe you all of a sudden didn't like her as much as you thought you did. In all honesty, how many of you have tried to push a movie, a TV series or a comedy show that you thought was freakin' brilliant on your girlfriend/wife and felt disappointed when she didn't like it? How many of you have put on a movie that you thought was hillarious, laughed your head off and then peeked in her direction to check her expression when you realized she wasn't laughing? Did you laugh as loud for the rest of the movie? Probably not. What you like is an extention of who you are. When someone you have feelings for don't like the same things as you do, you feel like that's a part of you they don't like and that's not a very nice feeling. The big difference between men and women here is that men just aren't as verbal about this as women are. We're not as "in touch with our emotions", as the popular saying goes. What men and (most, but not all) women have in common though, is the ability to realize with age that it really isn't all that important. We can have different interests and still be perfectly compatible in other ways. Try saying that to a teenager or 20-something still trying to figure out who they are and what their place in the world is, thinking "this is the greatest movie/TV show/piece of music ever made!" and you'll get the result I just described above.
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 24, 2014 6:14:56 GMT
I get what you are saying... however....If its that important for us guys to like what she likes, how come when its reversed, the girl will trash what YOU like, whilst still trying to force what she likes?.... No give and take. You MUST change to like everything they like and stop liking what they dont. They expect as a guy that you have no personal identity.
I am glad that isnt the case in my life any more.
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Post by OziRiS on Sept 24, 2014 11:32:46 GMT
I get what you are saying... however....If its that important for us guys to like what she likes, how come when its reversed, the girl will trash what YOU like, whilst still trying to force what she likes?.... No give and take. You MUST change to like everything they like and stop liking what they dont. They expect as a guy that you have no personal identity. I am glad that isnt the case in my life any more. And ditto to that. I've been with a woman who was like that and puppylove made me fall in line. For a while... Notice I said I've been with a woman like that. There's probably no easy explain-all answer to why they do it, just as there's probably no easy explain-all answer to why some guys are really controlling with their women, keeping them away from their friends and such. I'm thinking part of it is insecurity. The "If you're not completely devoted to me, I don't believe you really love me," kind of thing. "Anything that takes your attention away from me is a threat," maybe...?
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Post by the light works on Sept 24, 2014 14:06:10 GMT
I get what you are saying... however....If its that important for us guys to like what she likes, how come when its reversed, the girl will trash what YOU like, whilst still trying to force what she likes?.... No give and take. You MUST change to like everything they like and stop liking what they dont. They expect as a guy that you have no personal identity. I am glad that isnt the case in my life any more. And ditto to that. I've been with a woman who was like that and puppylove made me fall in line. For a while... Notice I said I've been with a woman like that. There's probably no easy explain-all answer to why they do it, just as there's probably no easy explain-all answer to why some guys are really controlling with their women, keeping them away from their friends and such. I'm thinking part of it is insecurity. The "If you're not completely devoted to me, I don't believe you really love me," kind of thing. "Anything that takes your attention away from me is a threat," maybe...? because females can be possessive and controlling just as much as guys can.
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Post by wvengineer on Sept 24, 2014 14:49:47 GMT
My wife and I have very different interests. Part of what we like is getting the other to like something new. I am a big Scifi and and she is into horror/slasher movies. I introduced her to Blade Runner and she introduced me to Silence of the Lambs. Movies that we have grown to love. Also both genres have plenty of really bad movies that are ripe for picking apart and mocking MST3K style.
At the same time, there are days that we get tired of the other's preference. My wife dedicates October to horror movies for Halloween. I defiantly get sick of them by the end of the month. She gets tired of my Star Trek Marathons.
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Post by OziRiS on Sept 24, 2014 18:28:38 GMT
My wife and I have very different interests. Part of what we like is getting the other to like something new. I am a big Scifi and and she is into horror/slasher movies. I introduced her to Blade Runner and she introduced me to Silence of the Lambs. Movies that we have grown to love. Also both genres have plenty of really bad movies that are ripe for picking apart and mocking MST3K style. At the same time, there are days that we get tired of the other's preference. My wife dedicates October to horror movies for Halloween. I defiantly get sick of them by the end of the month. She gets tired of my Star Trek Marathons. For me and my girlfriend it's mostly music and comedy we disagree on. I'm a rock fan and mostly into lyrics. The music itself and the singer's voice is of course important, but if the lyrics aren't there, I'm not either. For her it's the other way around, so the lyrics can be as meaningless as "hey, hey, I've got gum in my hair", as long as she likes the music. Needless to say, that's mostly pop music, which I can't stand. (I swear, if I have to hear the phrase "love sent from above" or anything resembling it ever again, someone will get hurt!) We have managed to find bands that we both like, but they're few and far between. Regarding her sense of humor, well... Let's just say that Monty Python and the like can't even make her fake a smile and leave it at that. On the other hand, we've both influenced each other's tastes in TV shows. I've become fond of ER, Criminal Minds and the original CSI series, and she's come to like Band of Brothers and Person of Interest.
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 25, 2014 8:53:03 GMT
I have been looking at a friends relationship with his wife. Purely because it makes sense on this thread..... She is "Controlling", and she knows it, and she knows its one of her weaknesses..... So they work on it. She wants a PINK bedroom..... He does NOT want pink and frilly. They have settled for a compromise, and have gone for a deep maroon accessory pack to a basic White wall and ceiling, and as much PINK on her side as she can manage, whilst his side is whatever is functional..... The bed remains neutral ground, White and Red. She wants a BLUE bathroom...... Thats bloody cold?.... Its now again basic clean magnolia white, white furniture, and a few splashes of colour where needed... but not blue... more purple.....
I will not go into Carpets in the hallway... that was a deep falling out..... His view was why the (beep) would anyone want a white or very light coloured floor right inside any front or back door?.....
She wants what she wants.
They have settled for a white coloured stone effect laminate tile... which she has to clean..... he wont touch it.... A Month later, there is one of those huge super-mats down inside the door which everyone should wipe their feet on. And he is not allowed to say "I told you so...."
His view?... sometimes, if it doesnt matter, its wise to let them have what they want, as long as they take responsibility for it, and are there to fix it when it goes wrong?.... For that reason, he has bought her her own toolbox.....
OWN toolbox?... this is because she "Borrows" his and forgets where she put them?.... She now has to refill her own tools when they go missing.
And as he says, just how the hell do you 'forget' a Mole Grip in the bottom of the kitchen utensil draw anyway.
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Post by the light works on Sept 25, 2014 13:54:34 GMT
I have been looking at a friends relationship with his wife. Purely because it makes sense on this thread..... She is "Controlling", and she knows it, and she knows its one of her weaknesses..... So they work on it. She wants a PINK bedroom..... He does NOT want pink and frilly. They have settled for a compromise, and have gone for a deep maroon accessory pack to a basic White wall and ceiling, and as much PINK on her side as she can manage, whilst his side is whatever is functional..... The bed remains neutral ground, White and Red. She wants a BLUE bathroom...... Thats bloody cold?.... Its now again basic clean magnolia white, white furniture, and a few splashes of colour where needed... but not blue... more purple..... I will not go into Carpets in the hallway... that was a deep falling out..... His view was why the (beep) would anyone want a white or very light coloured floor right inside any front or back door?..... She wants what she wants. They have settled for a white coloured stone effect laminate tile... which she has to clean..... he wont touch it.... A Month later, there is one of those huge super-mats down inside the door which everyone should wipe their feet on. And he is not allowed to say "I told you so...." His view?... sometimes, if it doesnt matter, its wise to let them have what they want, as long as they take responsibility for it, and are there to fix it when it goes wrong?.... For that reason, he has bought her her own toolbox..... OWN toolbox?... this is because she "Borrows" his and forgets where she put them?.... She now has to refill her own tools when they go missing. And as he says, just how the hell do you 'forget' a Mole Grip in the bottom of the kitchen utensil draw anyway. Mrs TLW has decided we require a headboard on the bed. her first idea was a $600.00 reclaimed wood assemblage, OR I could make it for her. to compensate for exchange rates, a $600 headboard adds nearly two years to the time I am sentenced to PBJ sandwich and water for lunch. making it burns at least two workdays. and she wanted to order it off the internet "free shipping" my compromise position: we have a perfectly good furniture store 6 miles away - they are locally owned, and their website shows they have a good stock of headboards available at under $200.00; and we can actually look at the quality before we commit.
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Sept 25, 2014 14:31:24 GMT
Mrs TLW has decided we require a headboard on the bed. her first idea was a $600.00 reclaimed wood assemblage, OR I could make it for her. to compensate for exchange rates, a $600 headboard adds nearly two years to the time I am sentenced to PBJ sandwich and water for lunch. making it burns at least two workdays. and she wanted to order it off the internet "free shipping" my compromise position: we have a perfectly good furniture store 6 miles away - they are locally owned, and their website shows they have a good stock of headboards available at under $200.00; and we can actually look at the quality before we commit. Sounds like the type of logic my wife uses. I can build a shed for about $1000 in materials (plus $200 for beer & pizza to get friends to help) or I could buy a prefab for $3000+. Seems like a no brainer. Though she will still incessantly ask "Why don't you just buy one?"
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Post by silverdragon on Sept 26, 2014 7:53:35 GMT
I made a Wardrobe. Its solid. It LOOKS solid. "Right, make the rest of the bedroom furniture then........" How do you say "Shot in the foot" again?....
I am half way round, I will get there, but, the bed, hand-built by a good friend of mine in Oak, STAYS.... aint no way I am replacing that. Plus, it works, so I dont fix it?... It was custom built to be solid..... I couldnt do that for what he charged.
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Post by the light works on Dec 7, 2014 0:24:16 GMT
I stumbled across a great movie review in the funnies today: "this film should have a warning not to operate heavy machinery after watching it"
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Post by ironhold on Dec 8, 2014 0:13:22 GMT
Some more "winners" - "Under The Skin" - $5.4 million global take compared to a $13.3 million budget, for a total loss of $7.9 million. "Only Lovers Left Alive" $1.9m take on a $7m budget, for a loss of $5.1m. "The Rover" $2.3m on $12m, for a total loss of $9.7m. Given that a very large percentage of the low-performing films I'm seeing have "N/A" as their production budget, I'm thinking that we may well have a number of films which should be on this list as well.
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Post by ironhold on Dec 8, 2014 1:04:37 GMT
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