If you cut it down, there might be one good movie in there, but in its current state, there are not good.
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Martin Freeman is a good Bilbo.
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ohh, you mean ‘Hot Rassilon’ 
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That is true. I don’t think the casting/acting is the movie’s problem.
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Going off topic???
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You blame me for going off topic and then you ngo on a tangent yourself, whih includes throwing in a me-meme? Okay then, youre on!
That “This is a bad idea!” could be the new “Well, that’s alright then!”.
I’m quite fond of the Hobbit movies, to be fair. They aren’t nearly as good as the LOTR movies, and they made some weird changes and additions that didn’t need to happen, but I still enjoy them for what they are: fantasy adventure movies. The weird decision to use a higher FPS also makes some scenes look fake, and somehow the CGI-heavy environments look less realistic than the mostly physical sets and effects from the LOTR films.
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Anyone else watching I’m A Celeb?
Really liking Danny and Oti at the moment. Danny is hilarious and Oti seems so lovely.
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I’ve only ever watched it when there has been a Doctor Who alumni in it - so Colin’s year and Barrowman’s. We did watch the Welsh Castle year out of interest and actually really enjoyed it because it was a pretty nice cast of people. But it’s not a must watch for us.
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Watched the first couple of years, but not since.
Did see McFly at the O2, London last month though.
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We watched the second episode of Junior Taskmaster yesterday in an attempt to make up for the lack of the main show on Thursdays. We watched the first one as it went out. I have mixed feelings about it. I think Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniack are well suited to their roles. The problem I think is that to make the format work, they have to pick very precocious kids. As a society, and certainly for people of my age, I think we have a bit of a problem finding intelligent, articulate and witty children all that charming. Some of them were genuinely funny and took an interesting approach to the tasks. A couple semed hyperly self aware and just smart alecky. It’s a very fine line. Children are not professional comedians or comic actors. Getting genuinely natural acting from children is rare, which is why there are few successful child actors, and, of course they grow up quickly and making the transition from successful child actor to successful adult actor is even rarer. I digress, but part of the Taskmaster format requires performance skills, particularly the studio based recording, with the prize task and reactions to how they did in the prefilmed ones. All the kids they’ve had on have been articulate and witty, but some of them seem to have been well rehearsed in their responses. I found ut a slightly uncomfortable watch and yet I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Junior Bake Off.
I wonder if the problem with Junior Taskmaster is that it has kept very closely to the format of the parent show, and perhaps it might benefit from scaling back just a little on the need for snappy comebacks and so on? That might make it easier to cast kids who are a little less primed for performance and those who could come out with more natural reactions. The episode that we watched last night had a very self assured girl who practically went into a full on stand up routine around her prize task pick and she’s clearly quite talented, but it wasn’t a comfortable watch. It all felt a bit middle class and pleased with itself (the show, I’m not calling the girl “it”). I have a feeling that it could be a great show if there was a way to make it feel like the cast were average kids, rather than especially funny ones. I’d do away with the studio audience and look at trying to do the whole thing in the location. Silly tasks, children competing and interacting with the comedian hosts, but without linking it all up later in front of an audience. That’s where the cringe factor kicked in for me. Kids can be hilarious, but putting them on the spot to perform in the manner of a seasoned comedian is rarely a recipe for success.
There’s a reason why we don’t have Junior QI.
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Then there’s the thing where Rose and Mike clearly don’t want to snap back and be mean to the kids, which means there’s no real back and forth, so the kids are just saying mean things into the air. Combine that with the elimination-style format giving us a different cast each week, and it’s hard for a dynamic or rapport to naturally develop. All of Rose’s lines especially feel very generic and slightly patronising.
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We’re catching up on Grey’s Anatomy and we just watched the penultimate episode before the series finale and 
when this show hits it really hits
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I know right! My wife and I watched it last night and felt the same and we have to wait until March to see what happens next!
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Currently watching Dragon Ball Daima week by week. Loved the original manga, but never really got the appeal of the anime versions (soooo slooooow 
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Dragon Ball Daima so far captures the vibes of the original manga quite well. I like it. 
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I’m really enjoying Daima. Not a fan of the original voice cast, but it’s solid. It’ll definitely get a rewatch when the dub comes out.
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I’ve finally started on The Avengers. I love Mrs. Peel and Tara… not as big on Mrs. Gale! It’s fun and I love it, but the one thing I really don’t like is that it almost never has any dénouement. It basically ends when they unmask the baddie or stop their dastardly plan, and you never get to learn what their motivations are.
Like, presumably the baddie in “Look (Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before)” wants to take control of the company, but does it actually have anything to do with CUPID? And why does the baddie in “Castle De’ath” want to disrupt the fishing industry???
It’s probably because I’m watching (and enjoying) it as a mystery/drama/thriller rather than an action show where the mystery is just an excuse for Diana Rigg to kick ass.
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Another ITC show, the preposterously entertaining Jason King. Created by Dennis Spooner.
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Oooh!
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I do have fond memories of Box of Delights but we showed it to the kids a couple of years back and whilst the generally enjoyed it they were hugely disappointed by the it was all a dream ending. They actually said ‘is that it’, when it finished. And I couldn’t help but agree with them.
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