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[Duque de Bragança]

Everybody has their own standards on that kind of thing. 

I used to have mine but eventually one tires of shouting "Objection - Sustained" every time a TV lawyer asks an improper question (i.e most of them).

UK lawyers get very annoyed at people shouting "objection" or judges having gavels in UK legal dramas, because we've just stolen it from US TV

Votre Honneur for "Your Honor" instead of "Monsieur le juge" pissed off Ségolène back in the day.  It's partly motivated at least by lipsync though it sometimes shows up in subtitles (dubtitles I guess).

[The Brain]

Evil Dead (2013). Kids gather in a cabin for an important mission, but old secrets are disturbed. I haven't seen the original, only Army of Darkness, so I cannot compare it. I thought it was OK, but not really with a lot of oomph. And there's a weird imbalance, one of the characters gets pretty much no character info before bodies start dropping. Anyway Jane Levy is so fucking hot, I was going nuts because I couldn't place her, but of course Suburgatory. That was a great show.

[Eddie Teach]

She reminds me of the woman who played Britta on Community.

[Admiral Yi]

How do British counsel voice objections?

[The Brain]

She reminds me of the woman who played Britta on Community.

Indeed.

[Sheilbh]

How do British counsel voice objections?

Same as CC's description for Canada. Often they won't even need to fully stand-up, either the judge will have looked at them or they'll be half-way standing up and the judge will take their point - obviously that only happens when it's particularly outrageous/opposing counsel were really pushing their luck.

RIP Leslie Bricusse. One of those figures in film I'd never heard of, but you read his obituary and look at his body of work and realise how much his work's been in your imagination:

Leslie Bricusse, songwriter behind Goldfinger and Willy Wonka, dies at 90
The Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter, whose work drew acclaim on stage and on screen, has died
Benjamin Lee
Tue 19 Oct 2021 21.13 BST

The Oscar and Grammy-winning songwriter Leslie Bricusse has died at the age of 90.

London-born Bricusse was known for writing the lyrics for the theme to James Bond adventure Goldfinger as well as songs for films including Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Doctor Dolittle.

His son Adam Bricusse announced news of his death on social media, saying he "passed away peacefully". His close friend Joan Collins also posted on Instagram, paying tribute to "one of the giant songwriters of our time".

Bricusse won a best song Oscar for writing Talk to the Animals from 1967's Doctor Dolittle as well as one for best adaptation and original song score (later retitled best original score) for 1982's Victor/Victoria.

Some of his best-known work comes from 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, with Bricusse writing both Candy Man and Pure Imagination alongside Anthony Newley.

"On the next soundstage, they were shooting Cabaret," Bricusse said of the production in an interview from June this year. "And I thought how wonderful it was. And I was a bit nervous about the amateur style of our show compared with the professionalism of Bob Fosse."

Bricusse also collaborated with John Barry for the themes to Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice. His stage work included 1989's Sherlock Holmes: The Musical and 1961's Stop the World – I Want to Get Off with Newley. Their song What Kind of Fool Am I?, from the latter musical, made them the first Brits to ever win the song of the year Grammy in 1963.

The pair also wrote the song Feeling Good for the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, which was later made famous by Nina Simone. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989.

Tributes have also been paid by stars including Elaine Paige on Twitter. "Shocked & saddened by the news that the brilliant & wonderful Leslie Bricusse has died," she wrote. "One of our great songwriters. My first ever professional role was in Roar of the Greasepaint musical. We've been friends for many years."

When talking of Pure Imagination earlier this year, Bricusse said: "It's a good thought for people, especially young people, to carry with them through life. You'll be free if you truly wish to be at the end is, to me, the most important line in the film. It's a reflective thought on how to make a life work."

He is survived by his son Adam and wife, the actor Yvonne Romain.

[Berkut]

https://www.gq.com/story/inside-amazons-wheel-of-time

Damn, I am kind of getting excited about this....

[Jacob]

Amazon series will have less sex and nudity than HBO, right?

I'm asking because I'm wondering how suitable it will be for the young ones, of course.

[Berkut]

Amazon series will have less sex and nudity than HBO, right?

I'm asking because I'm wondering how suitable it will be for the young ones, of course.

I cannot imagine how it could possibly NOT have less...


This was interesting, from the article above:

Judkins proposed emphasizing the most progressive elements of the books—their female characters, however shakily drawn; their many nations and many races; their modern, skeptical view of how power is wielded between the sexes—and building a series from there. The show, in Judkins's version, would be a corrective to the hypermasculine world of [/size]Thrones,[/size] with its casual presentation of bare breasts and ruthless treatment of its female characters. "Even the great women in [/size]Game of Thrones,[/size] Cersei Lannister, First of Her Name," Judkins said, "they're the exception to the rule. And in this show they're not."

[Jacob]

I cannot imagine how it could possibly NOT have less...

I was more speculating on whether Amazon would take a page from HBO's book since it appears successful.

This was interesting, from the article above:...

Yeah, that is interesting as well.

[viper37]

Everybody has their own standards on that kind of thing. 

I used to have mine but eventually one tires of shouting "Objection - Sustained" every time a TV lawyer asks an improper question (i.e most of them).

Fortunately for me, there are very few tv shows & movies dedicated to the valiant SMB accountant tirelessely working on his books, so i do not really have any standards related to my profession

[viper37]

Everybody has their own standards on that kind of thing. 

I used to have mine but eventually one tires of shouting "Objection - Sustained" every time a TV lawyer asks an improper question (i.e most of them).

UK lawyers get very annoyed at people shouting "objection" or judges having gavels in UK legal dramas, because we've just stolen it from US TV

Yeah, watching Canadian shows where counsel carry on like lawyers on US TV is a bit off putting.  And would probably get a lawyer in a bit of trouble in reality.  Here we rise if we wish to make an objection and wait for the Judge to indicate that they wish hear what we wish to say.  Normally it goes something like : CC stands up - and thankfully that it rather noticeable; then the judge says Mr. CC do you have an objection?

I had no idea. I only read the transcripts, so it doesn't show.

[Syt]

Damn those woke SJWs who made "I love Lucy".

[Syt]

This is a seriously impressive continuous shot (Soy Cuba, 1964): https://twitter.com/NickDale/status/1450617359375343617

[celedhring]

Ah yes, this shot is legendary. The entire film is shot like that, it's certainly worth seeing.