ARRRGH! KILL IT! KILL IT!
>> ^Kofi:

But, she's ginger!
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>> ^Deano:

Oh dear. Is this some sort of bid for making the worst film ever? Clichés abound, the trailer shows the whole film and I'm betting even Ewan McGregor passed on this.
Mind you if it was directed by Christopher Nolan and it was posited as a series of dreams I bet people would say it was the best thing ever.

It's strange. I'm not exactly sure why but if I was reading a book with this storyline I would be completely into it, but when it's a movie the concept just seems ridiculous. I do feel it has some fairly good actors in it though.

Oh dear. Is this some sort of bid for making the worst film ever? Clichés abound, the trailer shows the whole film and I'm betting even Ewan McGregor passed on this.

Mind you if it was directed by Christopher Nolan and it was posited as a series of dreams I bet people would say it was the best thing ever.

>> ^shimfish:

Wait? Roy had to be shown how to turn it off and on again?


The saber. Is it glowing? No?
Yeah, you need to turn it on... The button turns it on.
You do know how a button works don't you? No, not on clothes...

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Not at all.

It is Ewan MacGregor and his friend going around the world on motorbikes. Of course there is a camera crew so they aren't all alone, but it is rough and tumble. Sleeping outdoors in Siberia, if memory serves. Getting miffed at each other, for real, since they are such good pals. Meeting extraordinary people. Then hopping on their bikes and heading out!

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>> ^bareboards2:

I've watched the whole series. Great.


Is it anything like Michael Palin's specials?

>> ^bareboards2:

I've watched the whole series. Great.


Is it anything like Michael Palin's specials?

If I may recommend some, as some artists are better shows-men than others. Freddie McGregor, Half Pint, and Barrington Levy. Barrington Levy is full of pep for an old fart. He really knows how to amp you up. Also, any chance to see the Specials, you should take.

In reply to this comment by SlipperyPete:
Agreed - his voice & cadence were among my favourite from that era of reggae.
I've only had the pleasure of seeing Toots & the Maytals, The Abyssinians and Lee Perry live - as more and more of them drop off the planet, I realize I need to get out & hear them in person before its too late.

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
I'm sad I've never seen him live. I've seen many reggae legends perform but never him.

In reply to this comment by SlipperyPete:
Saw this in the news yesterday. Very sad indeed

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
RIP Gregory

*promote

Holy shit, Ewan McGregor has gotten OLD!!

Award for the least convincing American accent goes to... Ewan McGregor!

What a cast, tho. I'll see it.

An Aussie trying to be snobby. Isn't that kinda hard to do? "Oh, I've totally fucked more sheep than you! Just ask farmer McGregor." Kidding, kidding.

You walked out, dag?! But you missed the best part at the end when (SPOILER ALERT) Ewan McGregor parachutes back to earth unconscious and violently takes out a group of pedestrians with his limp appendages. I kid you not, that is in the movie, and it is hilariously out of place. The movie wasn't terrible, but then again I didn't go in with high expectations.

@KP, that probably had more to do with the volume set by the projectionist. Although, when a movie is perceived as "loud" it could just be that the mix has proper highs and lows without it being compressed -- don't think compression with a codec, but compressing the high and low ranges into middle ranges so explosions and dialogue can coexist in the same shot without the explosion overtaking the dialogue like it would in reality.

The Incredible Hulk sound mix also has a wide spread between lows and highs, which I'm a fan of. But, yeah, Terminator was a huge let down. So was Wolverine. Being an avid comic reader of Wolvie back in the day, I think they missed a number of opportunities with revealing his bone claws, but whatever...

So far, Star Trek is the big summer movie to see. Sad.

Here we go again, the never-ending whiners' argument. UK actors always cast as villains by Hollywood? Puhh-leaz.

Forgot your own cinema legend Laurence Olivier, did you? Oh, we're in the 21st century now? What about Jack Bauer? Huh? Forgot Hugh Laurie, America's No.1 male sex-symbol, too? Christian fucking Bale? Gerard Butler? James McAvoy? Starting to remember some, are you now? Jude Law. Idris Elba. Sir Ian McKellen. Patrick Stewart. Ralph Fiennes. Michael Caine. Clive Owen. Ewan McGregor. I bet I could name thrice as much if I started googling.

If you want to whine about Brits occasionally being cast as baddies, first acknowledge that Arabs, Russians, and Chinese have long had it way worse. Wankers.