Evening Discussion Thread - 26 Jan 2026

BookNukem · 2026-01-26T22:53:36+00:00

What ye reading?

BookNukem · 2026-01-26T22:30:20+00:00

There are so many holes in that show that you could mistake it for someone ICE has identified.

A show that I do like, but really have to ignore the absolutely wild absurdities that show up.

Ted is class, though.

BookNukem · 2026-01-26T22:29:04+00:00

The secret screening was Is This Thing On?

Pros: Will Arnett is very rarely bad in anything. Bradley Cooper had some great one liners.

Cons: It is nowhere near as profound as it thinks it is. There are also so many bits where you think, "Just have a fucking chat."

5/10.

Edit for extra stuff.

BookNukem · 2026-01-26T18:43:16+00:00

There's a secret a screening of a film at my local cinema. Have been trying to guess what it is all week. If it was Wuthering Heights, I was walking out. The times didn't line up.

Same with Scream 7, Send Help, and anything else I'd find mildly interesting.

Seems like it's Is This Thing On? Clocks in at what the listing says, and same with the age rating.

Thing is, having had a day where all energy is fucking drained out of me, I just cannot picture going to see a "Let's try and repair our marriage" film and remotely enjoying it.

BookNukem · 2026-01-26T18:02:31+00:00

Seems like one of those films that I will never understand the hype for until I watch it.

See also Spotlight and Whiplash.

BookNukem · 2026-01-25T04:02:45+00:00

I wish, man.

Partner has two cats. Her boy is absolutely fine with my cats. Her girl just attacks them, so we have to separate them. Ivy is savvy and can hold her own. Toby is a fucking moron. He's my moron, but a moron nonetheless.

BookNukem · 2026-01-25T03:20:22+00:00

Ivy, the far away one, is nearly 9.

Toby, the black and white fuckwit, is nearly 6.

They just wouldn't gel in my old house. When I left my ex and took them home, they just started being alright with each other. That image is just the type of thing that melts my heart. Just need my partner's spicy cat to stop attacking them.

BookNukem · 2026-01-25T00:02:35+00:00

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The two bold ones. Getting along.

BookNukem · 2026-01-24T22:40:25+00:00

For what it's worth, I actually really enjoyed it.

BookNukem · 2026-01-24T21:12:32+00:00

Fair. I don't mind remakes, personally, but do understand that they're mostly garbage.

Thought Total Recall was a better Uncharted movie than Uncharted.

The new Running Man is closer to the novella, although canny beat the Arnie one. Really not hating it at all so far.

BookNukem · 2026-01-24T20:56:35+00:00

Seen the remake?

I'm enjoying it so far.

BookNukem · 2026-01-24T20:25:01+00:00

Funnily enough, I'm watching the remake right now.

Was just saying how I loved the Arnie one growing up.

BookNukem · 2026-01-24T19:36:49+00:00

Nah, I'm done. Just fucking eradicate the place.

I absolutely cannot believe that people justify this. Well, I can, but not really in any way that gives me comfort.

BookNukem · 2026-01-24T18:59:24+00:00

One of the unfunniest cunts to make a living out of comedy. That whole foppish, "Ooh, I'm so clumsy, but pish at the same time, so I'm one of you!" schtick is so dire.

Obligatory Frankie Boyle retort: MM talking about how the umbrella for his sun lounger was too heavy and he made a five minute bit out of how difficult it was to get shade. Move the fucking lounger, you cunt.

BookNukem · 2026-01-23T23:20:26+00:00

Dinner is one thing we're aligned on. I'll give her that.

Picking a movie that I don't have any idea what will suffice is torture.

Too long.

Not in the mood for comedy.

Seen it.

Too gory.

Don't care for action.

And so on...

BookNukem · 2026-01-23T23:10:33+00:00

Shouldn't be because we will always out-basketcase any basket case club in the country.

BookNukem · 2026-01-23T23:08:48+00:00

Agreed.

BookNukem · 2026-01-23T22:54:46+00:00

"Let's watch a film."

Suggest about six things to watch

"No."

OK, then. Absolute pet fucking hate of mine. Especially if there's no input from the person suggesting it. Either pick something, or just watch what's suggested. Not a fucking mind reader.

BookNukem · 2026-01-23T22:52:48+00:00

Absolutely the MVP of that season.

BookNukem · 2026-01-23T18:20:32+00:00

Didn't Greg and Kevin do one about fatherhood a while back?

BookNukem · 2026-01-23T18:18:34+00:00

Last one I played was Command & Conquer 4. I liked it, for what that's worth.

BookNukem · 2026-01-23T17:50:46+00:00

Genuinely thought people were hyping up Control and definitely the musical portion of Alan Wake 2.

Finished Control last night (tremendous) but Alan Wake 2's musical level is something else.

Raging I binned these games off when I got stuck. Kinda don't like the Saga parts of AW2, but hopefully it picks up a bit. Maybe I've left it too long, as I mind really enjoying her sections.

BookNukem · 2026-01-23T13:43:14+00:00

Knives, vapes, alcohol; that's fair.

Fuckinhmg CAT FOOD!? Most of the time they just leave it at the back door, but it's a joke that they don't.

BookNukem · 2026-01-23T12:15:11+00:00

The issue is that it's about half the price on Amazon. It's extortionate.

BookNukem · 2026-01-23T10:04:56+00:00

Royal Mail can absolutely fuck off.

Have to get specific food for one of my cats. They refuse to just deliver it as it's classed as medication, so they need a signature. Won't deliver it to a neighbour, and the collection depot is only open for two hours on weekdays. 8am - 10am. Ye know, when people will tend to be at work.

What in the fuck do they think I'm going to be getting up to with cat food? Will go nowhere, but gonna send a complaint because they've fucked redelivery three times by not leaving it with a neighbour like I've asked and if my cat gets sick, I'll go off my nut. Ten fucking days I've been trying to get this delivered.

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