What are you watching?

[The Creeping Spleen]

Just saw CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER.

Big silly Marvel comics smile on my face.

Bloody good, wasn't it?

Loved the Stan Lee cameo.

[Botanic Squirrel]

It was way better than I expected. Best bit of all for me was the in-credit sequence at the end. I long for the days when baddies wore monocles, so this just made me SO pleased.

How it ties into Age of Ultron, thought, I just can't figure out.

Stan is The Man.

[The Creeping Spleen]

It was way better than I expected. Best bit of all for me was the in-credit sequence at the end. I long for the days when baddies wore monocles, so this just made me SO pleased.

How it ties into Age of Ultron, thought, I just can't figure out.

We've got "Guardians of the Galaxy" to come next in August, then "Avengers: Age of Ultron" next May. Phase Three begins with "Ant Man" next August.

Stan is The Man.

Certainly is. I had the pleasure of meeting him at a signing in Forbidden Planet about twenty odd years ago.

[Botanic Squirrel]

Last night, in DVD mood, I watched THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD. Bleak, grim stuff. Very much not SKYFALL. Richard Burton giving it his wearisest-looking man-worn-down-by-deception performance.

Recommended.

[Scotty100]

Danny Makaskill's Imaginate on Dave. Filmed in the old Kelvin Hall transport Museum. Some great shots of the West End and Partick. A great insight on how much hard work these guys put in.

http://imaginate.redbull.com/

[Vinegar Tom]

I'm a bit behind the times. In the last week we have watched "A field in England" and "Dig your own grave" which were both black & white, and very good films and the first 5 episodes of the first series of "Breaking Bad".

[Fat Cat]

I'm a bit behind the times. In the last week we have watched "A field in England" and "Dig your own grave" which were both black & white, and very good films and the first 5 episodes of the first series of "Breaking Bad".

A Field in England was great. That tent scene

[Botanic Squirrel]

Watched this last night:



One I've often heard about but never got around to seeing. It's a genuinely creepy, low-budget take on 'what if the Nazi's conquered us.' There are the obligatory scenes of German soldiers sightseeing in Trafalgar Square and marching through the streets of London, but where it really chills is in scenes of the British SS Legion and the British Fascist collaborators who act as puppet governments of the Reich. Some of these characters were apparently real fascists, happy to air their views. ( There was one who gave a 'rights and responsibilities' speech that could have come out of the mouth of a modern Tory, which was unsettling and amusing ).

The story of the film follows a district nurse, evacuated to London, who is so sick of not being able to practice her skill that she joins the administration. This leads to all manner of moral dilemmas and a really chilling third act.

If it had any flaws, it was the USA riding to the rescue near the end. I'm not so sure this would have happened.

[The Creeping Spleen]

Watched this last night:



One I've often heard about but never got around to seeing. It's a genuinely creepy, low-budget take on 'what if the Nazi's conquered us.' There are the obligatory scenes of German soldiers sightseeing in Trafalgar Square and marching through the streets of London, but where it really chills is in scenes of the British SS Legion and the British Fascist collaborators who act as puppet governments of the Reich. Some of these characters were apparently real fascists, happy to air their views. ( There was one who gave a 'rights and responsibilities' speech that could have come out of the mouth of a modern Tory, which was unsettling and amusing ).

The story of the film follows a district nurse, evacuated to London, who is so sick of not being able to practice her skill that she joins the administration. This leads to all manner of moral dilemmas and a really chilling third act.

If it had any flaws, it was the USA riding to the rescue near the end. I'm not so sure this would have happened.

Nah. Ol' Joe Kennedy and his Skull & Bones cronies would've very publicly kept the US out of it, while privately kissing the Nazis arses.

[dimairt]

Pathe News' archive is now available on YouTube. You could lose hours on it.


Durachdan,

Eddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21_ddVcx94s

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/n ... uTube.html

[The Creeping Spleen]

Pathe News' archive is now available on YouTube. You could lose hours on it.


Durachdan,

Eddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21_ddVcx94s

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/n ... uTube.html

Oh! Oh! Does it have the one of the Nazi Stormtroopers doing the "Lambeth Walk"?

[Fat Cat]

Gogglebox. Really quite funny.

[yoker brian]

Paint Dry.... But to be honest it's pretty boring.

[Botanic Squirrel]

Paint Dry.... But to be honest it's pretty boring.

The sequel is much better.

[sandabound]

Pathe News' archive is now available on YouTube. You could lose hours on it.


Durachdan,

Eddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21_ddVcx94s

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/n ... uTube.html

Oh! Oh! Does it have the one of the Nazi Stormtroopers doing the "Lambeth Walk"?

Talking of youtube, I've been trawling it for the BBC 1970 world cup ending sequence of the Pipkins, Gime dat ting, no joy though