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Post by theatremadness on Aug 22, 2017 18:22:55 GMT
So after sampling the Lemon & Lime jaffa cakes from M&S a while ago, I thought it only fair to give the same opportunity to the Dark Chocolate & Mango ones today. And oh my lord they are absolutely DELISH in my opinion. Favourite jaffa's I've ever had! And to keep it scientifically fair, I had to eat the entire pack as that's what mysteriously happened to the last ones. So sue me.
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Post by Jon on Aug 22, 2017 18:27:58 GMT
*confession, I have never seen any Spider-Man films. Me neither. The TV cartoon was OK when I was a kid, but never read the paper comic strip either, now I think about it. I'm shocked anyone not seen at least one Spider-Man film in their life time! It was only just on television last Saturday!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 18:31:16 GMT
*confession, I have never seen any Spider-Man films. Me neither. The TV cartoon was OK when I was a kid, but never read the paper comic strip either, now I think about it. I'm shocked anyone not seen at least one Spider-Man film in their life time! It was only just on television last Saturday! Nope not a single Spidey has crossed my path. But funny enough my Mum flicked on it and sent me a message asking if 'My' Spiderman was on TV. (given I've no idea which one was in what film I have no idea) We've had this conversation before but I've also never seen a Star War. I also didn't see The Wizard of Oz until I was 25 and I hated it. There are amazing amounts of cultural references I have gaps for.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 18:40:16 GMT
Me neither. The TV cartoon was OK when I was a kid, but never read the paper comic strip either, now I think about it. Another cultural experience I never got into. Frasier, Cheers and Rosanne, yes. Friends, never did. Similarly I was obsessed with the X Men cartoons on TV but not so much the films.... ...Ah Monkey I've never seen Cheers or Rosanne and only Frasier in dribs and drabs on Saturday mornings. I got into Friends relatively late, but being a 90s teen it was kind of the law. Cheers is brilliant from the very first scene.
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Post by Jon on Aug 22, 2017 18:49:13 GMT
Nope not a single Spidey has crossed my path. But funny enough my Mum flicked on it and sent me a message asking if 'My' Spiderman was on TV. (given I've no idea which one was in what film I have no idea) We've had this conversation before but I've also never seen a Star War. I also didn't see The Wizard of Oz until I was 25 and I hated it. There are amazing amounts of cultural references I have gaps for. [/quote] Next you'll telling me, you've not seen The Godfather or Gone with the Wind! I'm still catching up on theatre staples, I haven't seen any Chekov or Ibsen or any Stoppard or Pinter. TV wise, I never saw Seinfeld but that's because in the UK, it was relegated to a late slot on BBC Two.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 18:59:33 GMT
Godfather and Gone with the Wind - nope and nope. (Have you SEEN how long Gone with the Wind is...?!)
I'm crap with films, really really am.
I can quote series 1-3 of Seinfeld because we had the DVDs in one of my student houses, but otherwise nothing...
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Post by Jon on Aug 22, 2017 20:35:49 GMT
Oh now, that one I only caught up with in my mid-30s too - but it's worth it. Oddly, it's one time VHS is superior to DVD. It runs non-stop on a tape, but has to pause to change layer on a disc. I'm shocked anyone not seen at least one Spider-Man film in their life time! It was only just on television last Saturday! Was it? I did record and watch "Tron Legacy" instead - decent effects, plot holes, but satisfactory. I guess I don't have that much time for films - but I do see a lot of plays to make up for it . I saw the remastered 4K version of Gone with the Wind at the BFI IMAX and it looked amazing. I love films as much as I like theatre, it does depend on the year whether i see more films than plays.
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Post by Dawnstar on Aug 22, 2017 20:40:19 GMT
I'm shocked anyone not seen at least one Spider-Man film in their life time! It was only just on television last Saturday! I've never seen any Spider Man films, nor any other superhero films. I've never seen Star Wars, apart from a few minutes on TV once when channel hopping. I don't even know which of the films it was, there was a robot & a very hairy chap (looked a bit like @theatremonkey actually!) wandering around a rocky landscape. Gone With The Wind I gave up on when it stopped being about Vivian Leigh in lovely frocks & started having people dying. I really don't do films nowadays. The last film, as opposed to livescreening, I saw at the cinema was Die Another Day in 2002. The last new film I can remember watching on TV was Down With Love, which, having checked, I see was made in 2003. Basically once I got into frequent theatregoing I gave up bothering with films.
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Post by poster J on Aug 22, 2017 22:03:02 GMT
I've never seen a Star Wars film either, though I have seen one of the Spiderman ones (no idea which one though).
My cinematic knowledge really isn't great. On the other hand I probably know most of the Harry Potter books off by heart and could probably recite the plot of each season of Friends without much difficulty - definite 90s child symptoms!
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Post by stefy69 on Aug 23, 2017 6:26:25 GMT
Oh now, that one I only caught up with in my mid-30s too - but it's worth it. Oddly, it's one time VHS is superior to DVD. It runs non-stop on a tape, but has to pause to change layer on a disc. Was it? I did record and watch "Tron Legacy" instead - decent effects, plot holes, but satisfactory. I guess I don't have that much time for films - but I do see a lot of plays to make up for it . I saw the remastered 4K version of Gone with the Wind at the BFI IMAX and it looked amazing. I love films as much as I like theatre, it does depend on the year whether i see more films than plays. Ah ! a man after my own heart Jon, love films
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 7:32:00 GMT
I've never seen a Star Wars film either, though I have seen one of the Spiderman ones (no idea which one though). My cinematic knowledge really isn't great. On the other hand I probably know most of the Harry Potter books off by heart and could probably recite the plot of each season of Friends without much difficulty - definite 90s child symptoms! We'll have our own Harry Potter/Friends film club then
Oddly, I have about 1/4 of a degree in film studies having done a lot of it as part of the 'American Studies' half of my degree. However it is a very niche knowledge of 40s and 50s films, autobiography and 80s blockbusters...funny enough I remember rolling my eyes at a Prof who said she preferred TV to film because you had more time to get invested in the characters, my 18 year old film snob thought that was ridiculous but now I'm far more a TV person than a film one.
I was a film obsessed teen, but my tastes were a bit ....odd. Nowadays anything that breaks the 2 hour mark has me rolling my eyes...but I'll happily sit through 4 (or 8) hours of theatre.
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Post by viserys on Aug 23, 2017 7:47:09 GMT
I can easily do a +2 hr movie when it's actually interesting and zips along with plenty of story to tell, but often those over-long movies are just self-indulgent twaddle by some director taking himself way too seriously. I watched the wildly overhyped and seemingly endless "Boyhood" on a long flight once and was ready to jump out of the plane lon before it ended. I'm afraid my interest in "arthouse" movies was killed by a boyfriend long ago who considered himself some sort of film buff who dismissed everything entertaining and mainstream in favour of bizarre nonsense from exotic countries. Even though I got rid of him a long time ago, I still can't deal with overly earnest arthouse stuff taking itself wildly seriously. I'm also the kind of person who can't resist checking out hypes, if only to feel that once I dismiss them as utter nonsense, I will at least have given them a chance. This includes the first Twilight book and even the first Fifty Shades of Grey book, both of which I found unbearably awful and a kick in the face of 100 years of feminism. I also can't stand Lord of The Rings in any shape or form, but I managed to sit through all three movies and forced myself to finish the bloody book by making it the only thing to take along on a long bus ride once. Once in a while I get rewarded for checking out hypes though, as never in a million years I had expected I would like Game of Thrones when it first started (and I knew people who had been trying to get me to read the books for years) and it drew me in from the first season on and it's still a wild ride of crazy as of today. Also love Harry Potter and the Star Wars universe
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 7:48:11 GMT
Another one here who used to be a serious movie buff (in hindsight I could probably have made a deposit on a house with what I spent on my VHS collection, oh the innocence of youth) until theatre took over. I do still like a good film but in the same way I like a good book, or album, or TV series. I'll just quietly enjoy it for myself, then get back to blaring on about theatre.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 8:31:44 GMT
Another one here who used to be a serious movie buff (in hindsight I could probably have made a deposit on a house with what I spent on my VHS collection, oh the innocence of youth) until theatre took over. I do still like a good film but in the same way I like a good book, or album, or TV series. I'll just quietly enjoy it for myself, then get back to blaring on about theatre. Never mind deposit I could have physically built a house with my VHS collection haha! But yeah, similarly my music interest (hello 90s Britpop) has waned to casual enjoyment. While my previously non-existent theatre interest is well...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 8:39:37 GMT
An ironic Monkey, who knew...
Meanwhile, my very married (but not much older than me) colleagues are talking about how terribly tragic it would be to be single. One of them just used the word 'Spinster'. I'll be taking my Spinster self on a bunch of lovely theatre trips and holidays and answering to nobody thankyouverymuch.
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Post by poster J on Aug 23, 2017 9:10:15 GMT
An ironic Monkey, who knew... Meanwhile, my very married (but not much older than me) colleagues are talking about how terribly tragic it would be to be single. One of them just used the word 'Spinster'. I'll be taking my Spinster self on a bunch of lovely theatre trips and holidays and answering to nobody thankyouverymuch. I feel your pain, I'm the only unmarried, childless woman in my department at work. My spinster self is off on holiday by herself next month, and has been on solo trips to the Proms and theatre several times this month alone...it's almost strange when I go with someone now!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 9:12:04 GMT
Getting some work done & five episodes in to a rewatch of Cheers.
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Post by viserys on Aug 23, 2017 9:15:45 GMT
At least I'm an unmarried childless woman working alone from home, so I don't have annoying colleagues (anymore).
I do have a friend, who has just been on a three week's holiday with her man and couldn't once send me a holiday greeting by text message or anything, whereas, when she went to see a show with me a while ago, I spied her messaging her man with "I wish you were here" and "Looking forward to be home" which made me feel like chopped liver. But also kinda sorry for her, because how fixated can you be?
(and here we are again - these rants seem to recur almost as frequently as the loo debate)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 9:22:16 GMT
Oh yes...have I told you the story of the friend who told me she 'couldn't really talk to me anymore because you don't have a husband' ...like wow, I didn't realise signing a piece of paper and cohabiting with a human male meant I couldn't hold a conversation?! I'm amused now more than outraged, but I really despise women who dump their friends for a man (or woman). Your partners are important but you also need friends...
But I will never understand the kind of co-dependant relationships where you can't be apart for even a couple of hours. Sure sometimes it would be nice to have a romantic/life partner, but I'd sure as hell manage to cope for a night at the theatre without. Fittingly, 'I am What I am' just came on and I like to think I know WHO I am as well, independent of any partner.
Oh and don't get me started on the no kids thing...I generally stand by the belief it should be an opt-in rather than opt-out but apparently we all have to justify our opt-out (whether deliberate or not) at fairly regular intervals.
Anyway how about those toilets then?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 9:29:44 GMT
Without doubt, I would rather be single than in a relationship where I couldn't be alone for a couple hours. How absurdly suffocating.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 9:35:36 GMT
Same, definitely. Give me a loving husband with his own hobbies who misses me if he doesn't get to say hi at least once a day but doesn't really mind if I go off grid for a few hours (or longer by prior arrangement, I'll go on holiday without him but not without telling him I'm off!). I'm an introvert, I need to be able to recharge my batteries, and if it's a binary choice between someone all up in my grill forever and ever amen vs lonely solitude for the rest of my life, you bet your ass I'm taking the latter. Happily, my complete lack of interest in having children means I'm not under any biological pressure to settle down (and settle) before it's too late!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 9:42:16 GMT
*high five* all of the above both of you! I'll take being alone than having to account for/be shadowed for every waking hour. I'd love a partner who shares some interests (for something to talk about) but you'd better damn well have your own hobbies, because I am not entertaining you 24/7.
And luckily there's no biological cut off for becoming a mad-dog-lady so I'm in no hurry. (Also luckily my Mother shares my own wild indifference to children so there's no family pressure for any of that either)
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Post by michalnowicki on Aug 23, 2017 9:45:10 GMT
Oh yes...have I told you the story of the friend who told me she 'couldn't really talk to me anymore because you don't have a husband' Wow... maybe she's one of those people who can only talk about one thing? Like people from work, constantly talking about work...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 9:48:46 GMT
Oh yes...have I told you the story of the friend who told me she 'couldn't really talk to me anymore because you don't have a husband' Wow... maybe she's one of those people who can only talk about one thing? Like people from work, constantly talking about work... Maybe....and as nice a chap as he is I hate to tell her that her husband really isn't all that interesting....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 9:58:31 GMT
Also luckily my Mother shares my own wild indifference to children Was it something you said?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 10:07:06 GMT
Also luckily my Mother shares my own wild indifference to children Was it something you said? haha she has in the past paraphrased Bridget Jones' Mother and said 'honestly given the choice again I don't know that I'd have children' I feel so loved haha
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 10:08:18 GMT
Give me a loving husband with his own hobbies who misses me if he doesn't get to say hi at least once a day but doesn't really mind if I go off grid for a few hours (or longer by prior arrangement, I'll go on holiday without him but not without telling him I'm off!). you'd better damn well have your own hobbies, because I am not entertaining you 24/7. Just for the record, works from the other side of the fence too . ??
I can't speak for my esteemed colleagues above but I think we're saying that we want to be in a couple where both parties don't want the other to entertain them/be mercilessly co-dependant on them...so we're bloody well banking on someone from the 'other side of the fence' feeling that way
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 10:12:42 GMT
Exactly, @emicardiff , exactly. There is indeed a sizable number who are with you, I assure you. Ah I see. Forgive me I've just checked bank details on about 50 accounts and can barely see straight.
Well, well these mythical creatures DO exist then (and one is a rare Monkey it seems...should have gone to the zoo)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 10:13:12 GMT
MONKEY'S FLIRTIN' serious question bud, how many free +1s do you get
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 10:15:20 GMT
MONKEY'S FLIRTIN' serious question bud, how many free +1s do you get More importantly what's the leg room like generally on those comps?
(that sounds more filthy than I intended, but I'll still leave it)
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