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@blenkinsopthebrave   Yikes! That does look like a very dark version of ye olde Christmas Carol. I will probably watch it but I kinda like the Alastair Sim version and  Bill Murray’s Scrooged  to get me in the spirit. I agree with @pedant about the Muppets Christmas Carol being pretty sweet and it has some nice songs also. There are so many ver…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Hopefully it will be better than the trailer. I am looking forward to it (despite the trailer) especially with Andy Serkis playing a ghost… I love A Christmas Carol and now seems like a good time for a remake. Sad that the message never goes out of date. I usually watch at least one version of it, (strictly no Muppets) before…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave it sounds wonderful and I am envious. Any excuse for people to congregate in a inclusive social atmosphere is great and dressing up is so much fun. It breaks down social barriers, something I observed back in my working days, though of course it is not for everyone. Oddly enough it was the more extroverted people who disliked…[Read more]

@Winston @JanetteB and youse all 🙂 @Blenkinsopthebrave the “youse” is for youse. 😉

We had kids around from 4 pm but by 6 pm when it’s still light, they’d gone. I normally do have choccies but forgot about them. Thane asked his mates (most drive) if they could go out by they were without spirit as well & thought as they’re 18 a bunch of tall…[Read more]

@pedant thanks for that trailer. I had not seen it and  I have been regularly checking up on news about WotW as I am really looking forward to it.

@winston, it is the first adaptation to be set in the U.K. There is also another version in the works which is set in present day. The book passed out of copyright just over a year ago, hence the rush…[Read more]

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As @bluesqueakpip  says, that looks distinctly promising, not least because it clearly isn’t going to glamorise or romanticise the vampire.

I disliked the episode of Buffy which featured Dracula precisely because, despite one or two nods to Bram Stoker’s novel, it depicted him as a youthful looking and magnetic, even…[Read more]

@pedant @blenkinsopthebrave  “they are coming.”

Whoa!! I hope we end up accessing both….sounds good

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That looks promising.

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Agreed about John Arnatt. On one of the DVD commentaries (currently unavailable to me, grrrr) Louise Jameson was making very complimentary noises about his performance. She also thought he was a perfect ‘Prime Minister’ Chancellor.

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but both times not got a chance to post my comments because of R.L.

Cursed, I tell…[Read more]

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@mudlark! Good to see you on the music thread. Great song. Lady Hale, however is lost to me? Is she married to a time lord, at all? Or an earth Lord? 🙂

I know. Not very funny. My humour’s a work in progress.

@blenkinsopthebrave

Totally agree: the singer and the feelings of certain times attached to certain music. It’s incredibly important to…[Read more]

Hi @blenkinsopthebrave – thanks for the jeannie lewis songs.
I’ll admit I’d not heard these nor in fact of her (sorry!).
Her vocal delivery is really clear and even noticing that makes me realise that most of the people I listen to aren’t!

{blumminmummblerrrsss}

Though the song ‘Gary’ made me think of a certain band, but… although a the track…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Oh it is all fine here. Our P.M is praying for rain… Yes that is the solution to the current crisis being offered by our government. What really depresses me is this incompetent bunch of fools who so clearly care only for their billionaire mates got voted back in despite the overwhelming evidence that they barely share a…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave – ah, interesting…
Maybe its memory but it could be as the sound is now through different amps and speakers and possibly even slightly sped up videos.

However, I also believe that pulse may affect this too!

;¬)

And yes, Bananarama were ridiculous in many ways (many of them the right ways!).

@blenkinsopthebrave the ladeez in stocking??  Didn’t do it for you?

@whisht OH YEZ!  Just to be lecture-y we’d use terms like “locked” for what we’d call “the modern music” 🙂

The Sinatra is flippin’ LOCKED! And LOADED! Seriously though, that’s one clever as shit producer. Could’ve been a really unrighteous bass sloppy and loud with the horns s…[Read more]