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Biggest let down for me is the Sopranos finale - David Chase got a little to carried away with himself. That along with the dream episodes were a complete waste of time and self iundulgent nonsense - maybe i'm just not into the "art".

 

However, one of the single best eposodes of any series i've seen is "pine barrens" - directed by Steve Buscemi. Its worth watching time and time again for the dialogue between Chrissy and Paulie. Sopranos at its best for me.

Sopranos is still the best tv series I've ever watched by quite a long way. Was gutted when Gandolfini died because like you, I wasn't thrilled with the ending and would've loved to see a film or additional episodes to wrap it all up properly.

A couple of years ago I watched every episode from start to finish in less than 3 weeks. Was like a full time job but loved every minute of it, will never be another tv series as good as that IMO.

 

Watched the 1st season, thought it was very good. Some questionable accents like!

 

Deserved much better than getting panned by the BBC. Waiting for season 2 to appear on Netflix.

Loved both series. Was reading the other day that they have finished filming season 3, so hopefully be out in a few months with any luck.

Basically we were robbed.

Pretty much, still p*ssed off about it today.

So, this is (extremely) dark. It's a claymation Simpsons couch gag.

 

Well that escalated quickly.

David Bowie has died :'(.

Can't believe he's dead, f*cking cancer strikes again. My parents played Bowie nearly every day in the house when I was growing up, love his music. Sad day.

 

agreed i love that show. great actors and clever writing. hoping for a new season but those guys are so busy not sure if they have time hence the one off episode.

Yeah they are both in high demand so not expecting a new season any time soon unfortunately. For all the rubbish the BBC throw money at, they should be writing a blank cheque to all involved in Sherlock as it's the best thing they produce by a country mile.

 

I thought it was one of the weaker episodes when compared to the previous seasons, but still enjoyed it. Loved the twist.

Yeah I would probably agree with that. The problem they have is that they have set such a high standard that it's going to be very difficult to keep producing future episodes that are as good as what has come before.

Thought the BBC Sherlock on new year's day was good, which was to be expected. The previous ones have been brilliant.

Wish all the members a happy new year and all the best, here's to a better second half to the season than the first too!

Hope everyone had a good xmas.

Cracking night of boxing last Saturday, could get used to that every weekend. Andy Lee v Billy Joe Saunders this weekend, think Lee will have to KO him as he will likely struggle against a good defensive boxer if he has to go the full 12.

Like a few of you I have also been suffering with the Sky broadband, and am moving flat soon so will be able to get the previous unavailable fibre optic (up to 80mbps one, Virgin super fast is not available however).

I was wondering if anyone who has this type of fibre optic, seems to be the top offering of Sky/BT/PlusNet etc, could tell me if like Mike has said, they will always be able to provide the minimum of 68mbps? Or is this on a case by case basis?

I don't want to buy in to the top package and then be stuck with a crap sub 10mbps speed after it's all been installed. Having had to put up with a average of 2.5mbps at my old flat with Sky's normal 'broadband', the prospect of 68mbps seems almost too good to be true!

the man in the high castle. only on amazon prime. based on the book. what a show.

Just seen the adverts for that the other night, looks class. Will get on this tonight I think.

Many believe it does, and it certainly does no harm.

That's the saddest part about the whole religious praying thing for me, amazes me that people still genuinely believe it can be real in the amazing age of science we are in now, and the understanding of the universe and evolution that we have.

 

Praying as a means of reflecting on what they do, how they can be better, how others may feel - it can only be a good thing. It can focus a person in to be less selfish, more compassionate.

 

To quote Martin Luther King:- "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that"

So many amazing acts of humanity have come out of this tragedy.

I agree with everything you said in your first sentence 100%. Self reflection and thinking about others more are great things, I just don't really associate those things with prayer. To me prayer has religious connotations, and anything that promotes any religion in any way doesn't sit well with me, especially on that scale.

Thanks a lot for the welcome lads.

welcome, are you still in england or abroad?

Still in England but based down south now, but often have to travel abroad for work too which is a pain.

In the aftermath of all this, the biggest thing that's getting to me, is the amount of uneducated idiots there are in the world.

 

So many people who don't either understand the situation at hand or ignore the facts that are there but not highlighted, using this as an opportunity to slander and use racist remarks, is mind blowing.

 

Disgusting behavior by some people of social media. My recent status highlighted this trend.

 

"If people put as much energy as they put into writing these statuses and updates, linking videos and sharing articles of "muslims", "terrorists" and all the other bad stories that have cropped up of late and actually did something about it, the world might be a better place. Continue to sit behind a screen and vent your rage and incredible anger at the very selective acts of violence carefully portrayed in the media and continue to do naff all about it. If you truly want to make a difference, cancel your table at Nando's, swap your Nike's for boots and get yourself signed up to the army. Or alternatively, study politics become an MP and force your views in the 'house'. Wrongly, these "terrorists" are actually doing something about what they believe in, not updating their social media accounts. I'm off for a while."

I feel your frustration regarding the social media side of things, so many idiots talking sh*t. The whole 'pray' for Paris thing got tedious as well. I know people's hearts are in the right place, and it is terrible what happened, but it just makes absolutely zero difference writing it over and over again. Actually praying makes even less difference.

Suppose this counts as odd news: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34845630

One of his former girlfriends have come out and said he never told her about it while they were together either, jail-able offence apparently.

Worst flight of mine was coming back from Ibiza and some guy was ODing on the plane. Had to land in Lyon to let the idiot off the plane, and then we couldn't get a spot to take off for another 3 hours. Then the jokers on the plane were telling us they can't serve food or drink while stationary on the runway, was absolute chaos on the plane, everyone was going mental.

I used to love sitting on swings for hours and just day dreaming. I would still love to do it now and then, but don't have any kids to take to the park. I would probably scream paedo sitting on the swings day dreaming nowadays.

Always dreamed of building my own house, first thing going up in the garden will be a swing.

Put on the first episode of that Mr Robot the other night and ended up watching the whole lot over the next 2 days. Good if you're in to your conspiracy theory and computer hacking stuff. I have no idea about either but found it really interesting, definitely worth a watch.

Hi all, long time toffees man thanks to my old man, but a long distance one now unfortunately due to work. New to this forum malarkey so may take a while to get used to it, but hoping to stick around for a bit. ta.