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by Pearly Di
Fri Dec 13, 2019 11:44 am
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Brexit Carried - Endgame
Replies: 450
Views: 198911

Re: Brexit Carried - The Blue Tide

*waves at everyone* This is Labour's worst defeat since 1935. :shock: For the Conservatives to take Labour strongholds in the North East, where people will suffer most from Tory policies, is astonishing. But it's the Brexit factor. Many working-class Leave voters are in the North East. And even if L...
by Pearly Di
Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:42 pm
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: Movies we are looking forward to seeing
Replies: 110
Views: 56978

Re: Movies we are looking forward to seeing

Is it just me or is the Dune movie shaping up to be really exciting? It's got a great director and a fantastic cast so far. :wave: I've never been interested in Dune. At all. BUT. This Dune will be starring Timothée Chalamet, a wonderful young actor who broke my heart in the exquisite Call Me By Yo...
by Pearly Di
Tue Dec 18, 2018 7:11 pm
Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
Topic: Revisiting Rings
Replies: 102
Views: 73829

Re: Revisiting Rings

I am late to this party ... but I'll play. :) I prefer the FotR EE to the FotR TE - although I do hanker for the opening sequence of FotR TE, with the main title appearing under Frodo reading his book ... :love: That worked so well! I very much prefer RoTK TE to RotK EE. I hate nearly all the extend...
by Pearly Di
Tue Nov 20, 2018 6:28 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Brexit Carried - Endgame
Replies: 450
Views: 198911

Re: Brexit Carried - Cameron Resigns

Voronwë - :rofl: To me, the whole thing smelled of folly from the start. I can't say I'm enjoying watching Britain go through this, but it's an interesting tale of populism and hubris. Indeed, River. And not just folly. Seems there are dark forces behind it all: :( This makes for a disturbing read: ...
by Pearly Di
Wed Feb 21, 2018 5:40 pm
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: The last movie you saw Thread
Replies: 1884
Views: 657393

Re: The last movie you saw Thread

Phantom Thread ... hmmmm. Worth seeing for the gorgeous cinematography, the soundtrack ... and Lesley Manville, who is the only character I had any sympathy for. I'm delighted that American critics have discovered just how great this wonderful actress is. Vicky Kriepps is very good, but the story g...
by Pearly Di
Thu Jan 04, 2018 4:22 pm
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: The last movie you saw Thread
Replies: 1884
Views: 657393

Re: The last movie you saw Thread

I loved Lion. 8) Especially being an adoptee myself. The film deals with the pertinent issues in a sensitive and responsible way. Dev Patel is excellent in it - also gorgeous, lol. And as for that darling little boy playing his younger self ... :love: I normally don't care for Nicole Kidman, but she...
by Pearly Di
Tue Jan 02, 2018 1:34 pm
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: Star Wars, Episode VIII
Replies: 110
Views: 84070

Re: Star Wars, Episode VIII

Not gonna see this film after the last one made the original series, let alone the prequels, utterly pointless for absolutely no believable reason (except cynical nostalgia money). And from everything I've heard, this just reinforces it. Talk about beating a dead horse, they went further and butche...
by Pearly Di
Mon Nov 13, 2017 3:33 pm
Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
Topic: Idle thoughts on LOTR for TV
Replies: 13
Views: 68368

Re: Idle thoughts on LOTR for TV

Ooooh, it's just like old days! I'll play. I remember the BBC take on Bombadil. I liked him, and Goldberry, but did NOT like Nigel Planer as Frodo. :( Come back, Ian Holm! Keep the hobbit age differences, have Frodo act his age, and keep Merry and Pippin distinct. Pippin must easily be identified as...
by Pearly Di
Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:58 pm
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: The last movie you saw Thread
Replies: 1884
Views: 657393

Re: The last movie you saw Thread

Well, I've now seen gay romance Call Me By Your Name twice , and I want to see it AGAIN. ;) I love, love, LOVE this film. It's a first love, rites of passage story, set in the summer of 1983 in a sun-drenched Italy, and it's gorgeous and dreamy and heartfelt and deeply moving. It all feels intensely...
by Pearly Di
Sun Mar 26, 2017 2:29 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter
Replies: 16
Views: 13875

Re: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter

Here's the link I was speaking of - survivors and families speak out: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-39337760 I'm not offended by Al opening this thread: the adage that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter is a vexed one indeed. Gerry Adams' eulogy whitewashes McGuinne...
by Pearly Di
Sun Mar 26, 2017 8:36 am
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter
Replies: 16
Views: 13875

Re: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter

I would agree, and I would also point out that the IRA always delivered a warning before a bomb attack, to allow the area to be cleared. So when people died in IRA attacks, as they certainly did, is that because they didn't heed the warning? The IRA left bombs in cars and railway stations and so on...
by Pearly Di
Thu Mar 16, 2017 5:31 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Scotland's historic vote and the possible end of the UK
Replies: 47
Views: 39966

Re: Scotland's historic vote and the possible end of the UK

Jude wrote:I hadn't heard that - do they want to join Scotland, or become yet another country? (and have they picked a name?)
https://www.change.org/p/the-uk-governm ... n-scotland

I'm not sure what they want to be called ...
by Pearly Di
Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:47 am
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Scotland's historic vote and the possible end of the UK
Replies: 47
Views: 39966

Re: Scotland's historic vote and the possible end of the UK

Well. My original post seems positively quaint now. ;) The 2014 angst pales into comparison with the complexities and chaos of Brexit. :roll: The issue of Scottish independence is more complicated than it was in 2014. For example, there are some people who in 2014 voted for Scottish independence who...
by Pearly Di
Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:18 pm
Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
Topic: Fifteen years on...
Replies: 8
Views: 16328

Re: Fifteen years on...

I'm sorry you've been disappointed, Anduril. :( I loved Rogue One!!!!!!!!!!! I am very far from being a hardcore SW fan. But I saw it twice. Loved it. Al, I can't count the number of times I watched each and every one of those trailers, and then shared the excitement online. The early days, and the ...
by Pearly Di
Wed Nov 23, 2016 11:59 am
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: The last movie you saw Thread
Replies: 1884
Views: 657393

Re: The last movie you saw Thread

I really enjoyed Arrival. :) It's wonderfully atmospheric, it all feels very real, and Amy Adams is very good indeed - and how refreshing to have a female academic as the main character! :love: (I also really like the 1998 film Contact , with Jodie Foster, which is very similar in many ways.) I have...
by Pearly Di
Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:57 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Brexit Carried - Endgame
Replies: 450
Views: 198911

Re: Brexit Carried - Cameron Resigns

I freely admit that I am in something of a Remain bubble. Many of my friends, both RL and 'imaginary', including quite a few church friends, voted Remain. Yes, the Brexit vote was a big populist rebellion against the political elite. Yes, it has exposed a huge faultline in Britain. The Leave voters,...
by Pearly Di
Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:35 am
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Brexit Carried - Endgame
Replies: 450
Views: 198911

Re: Brexit Carried - Cameron Resigns

Anthy, :hug:

This week in British politics continues to be a mixture of Game of Thrones meets Monty Python. :blackeye:
by Pearly Di
Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:26 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Brexit Carried - Endgame
Replies: 450
Views: 198911

Re: Brexit Carried - Cameron Resigns

Hi, all! :wave: * Anthy!!!!! :) Again, in my toe-in-the-cauldron kind of outsider-who-knows nothing way, I wondered this exact same thing. From what I have read, the EU may seem to many people as an important symbol of European unity, rather than a favorable political construct. The loss of perceiv...
by Pearly Di
Sat Jun 18, 2016 8:12 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Brexit Carried - Endgame
Replies: 450
Views: 198911

Re: Brexit

Jo Cox's dreadful murder: the link with right-wing extremism has been confirmed. :nono: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/18/jo-cox-murder-suspect-thomas-mair-told-police-he-was-political-activist What a deluded soul. :( And yes, he does seem to have had mental health issues. People are g...
by Pearly Di
Tue May 17, 2016 5:05 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Brexit Carried - Endgame
Replies: 450
Views: 198911

Re: Brexit

Voronwë the Faithful wrote:Including here in the good ol' U. S. of A.
Indeed. :neutral: These are ... challenging times.