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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 03:08:06 AM

....in a dingy room with cheap and uncomfortable plastic seats....

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Off the Record / Re: Best movie prologue

Last post by celedhring - Today at 03:01:42 AM

I also quite like explicit narration - and the contrast between Lynch's Dune opening and the music also stuck with me a lot, but that may simply be because my dad loved the movie, and it played a lot at home when I was a kid.

Funnily, I believe the opening narration for Lynch's Dune was imposed by the producer - since Lynch had in the script a different prologue featuring the reverend mother in Arrakis talking about the main players of the story much more vaguely, which was shot and then cut. While I've always liked Irulan's monologue (hence why I put it on the list), the original opening was more enigmatic. Probably too much and hence the removal

If you're curious, it's the second scene in this collection, after the cut bits of Irulan's speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKiG_TN5p6U

Oh, and I love the soundtrack of Lynch's Dune too. From Toto of all bands, never thought they'd have that in their pocket.

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Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by garbon - Today at 02:13:30 AM

Not learning the lesson they should already have been learning from the Green surge then....

Oh apparently refugees can settle, they will just need to wait 20 years...

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Off the Record / Re: Best movie prologue

Last post by celedhring - Today at 02:05:10 AM

Patton
Kane
2001

Yeah, I was torn between adding Kane or not. I don't think the Rosebud scene is what I was looking for, but the newsreel part that follows certainly is and an amazing example.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Sophie Scholl - November 15, 2025, 09:47:37 PM

VY was my god tier qb in every Madden Dynasty mode game I played. 

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Gaming HQ / Re: News from the lovely world...

Last post by Sophie Scholl - November 15, 2025, 09:45:42 PM

So. Jacob. Any comment?   

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Gaming HQ / Re: Valve Announces the Steam ...

Last post by HVC - November 15, 2025, 09:26:54 PM

Saw it called the GabeCube

Nintendo suing in T minus...

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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by The Minsky Moment - November 15, 2025, 08:32:44 PM

Wayne did several pictures with Kirk Douglas despite strong differences in opinion.  Wayne specifically requested Douglas for War Wagon I think.  Whatever you say about John Wayne, he was a pro when it came to business.

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Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Valmy - November 15, 2025, 08:28:24 PM

Pretty sure I do remember a dev report where they looked at the data and said basically nobody chooses any dates but the earliest ones.

I haven't played a lot of CK3, but I *never* did the 867 date. Mostly 1066 and one game in 1178.

Yeah I certainly was not one to only play the starting dates in Paradox games.

Though the HoI series is totally different. The game is already pretty short and now you want to remove a quarter of it?

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Off the Record / Re: Best movie prologue

Last post by The Minsky Moment - November 15, 2025, 08:27:11 PM

Patton
Kane
2001