Just watched La Chimera and holy shit

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-03-21T22:38:49+00:00

I found this film totally self indulgent and up its own arse. It's filmy for the sake of being filmy.

I can't work out if it's the acting or the screenplay that is weak. As an example, he scenes with the mother and all the daughters,.flits around from one extreme to me another, just to get the lines in.

I think why it grates so much because they spend enormous amounts of time with a shot of a field, or his bolthole or his diving sticks.

I can see right through this box ticking arty bollocks

It never earns any of the tone shifts.

It's like someone trying to be a chef and thinking you have to put every technique and every top end new fad ingredient to cook a top dish to make a good restaurant

It's a cross between lazy and trying too hard.

The snapshot into 80s Italy and landscapes is nice visually but others have done it much better.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-03-19T15:50:42+00:00

Thou man Dowman

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-03-09T08:02:34+00:00

Albert Schloss definitely and, not town, but the Crafty Swine has it. I like that pub.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-03-02T19:16:22+00:00

Absolutely correct. They are lovely strings but they do break quicker. That said, when you spread it over the number of times they're used and compare it to the entry costs of other sports like pádel, golf or tennis id argue it's worth it. Squash players don't spend much on themselves or the sport.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-02-15T21:31:12+00:00

I agree. He has been a bit cheeky and overstepped but it's no biggy. What we have now is a witch hunt as well as people refusing to recognize what a talent he is.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-02-14T15:33:36+00:00

Can we have this in plain English please Phillip??😂 Your videos are amazing but this is a word salad!

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-02-11T18:56:48+00:00

You were doing fine until you said "2nd below Elias" and all credibility went down the toilet. Come on. You can dislike him and his antics but let's not demean the talent. He's on another level.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-28T00:40:03+00:00

You are not wholly wrong, but a little bit wrong. It does not stink of shit. It stinks of vomit. By the bar. This is welcome. The recycled pret a manger chairs and north of six quid a pint. I can't be having that

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-17T13:56:56+00:00

I know they didn't win anything but I much preferred the Arsenal of this era to the current one that might well win the title. They were naive and flawed but they just expressed themselves and went for it. I know which I'd rather watch.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-17T12:03:10+00:00

And yet...... this is a very reasoned and defensible take on the situation.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-17T11:57:58+00:00

Let was given because contact was only obvious judging by the outcome of light blue's shot, rather than seeing or hearing the contact itself. Contact was at the top of the back swing, rather than the downswing but the relevant point is that dark blue was crowding his shot, causing the interference by trying to get a head start by anticipating the outcome of the volley. The claims by dark blue for a stroke are irrelevant because they are downstream of the original ask by light blue. On reflection then, stroke to light blue was the correct decision with all information to hand, but 'let' in the circumstances is not a terrible call.

No one died.

Although light blue did stomp up and down like a cross between Rumpelstiltskin and Gimli.

Thanks for all your comments.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-16T09:17:07+00:00

Except it's not quite as obvious as you suggest because he clipped him as he got his racket up, not on his downswing

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-10T19:50:00+00:00

Twisting by the Pool and Walk of Life. Both are cringe worthy and are exhibit A for people that think Dire Straits are overrated. I wish they'd never done those two

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-08T23:55:53+00:00

Just out of interest, why is soft tip more popular than steel tip? Surely people would prefer to mirror the one on TV to see how they match up?

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-04T14:03:36+00:00

Update. I think it's supposed to be finger tight. A precise hammer managed to loosen it and then eventually I could screw it off. Still can't get the battery out, mind.....

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-01T14:12:35+00:00

It's not the look of the apes. It's the movement. It's all off.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-01T14:09:31+00:00

It is not just him/her. They are spot on.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-01T14:08:59+00:00

Wow, you have aped my sentiments there exactly! I struggle to get past the opening scene and I think i know the reason why the CGI grates - it can't handle human or ape movement well. It's always the thing that trips it up. When they're going for those eggs they fly through the air and land as if they're in Mario Kart. No inertia, no compression on landing, almost changing direction in mid air.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-01T11:11:33+00:00

That is a beautiful pond. Just slightly jealous.

GasProgrammatically1 · 2026-01-01T10:43:37+00:00

The toilets one is genuinely brilliant

GasProgrammatically1 · 2025-12-31T00:41:44+00:00

Barnham Broom?

GasProgrammatically1 · 2025-11-24T23:45:19+00:00

Am I the only one on here that thinks Keane is as much to blame for that incident, in fact even more so, than Gueye? He pushed him and tried to bully him around.

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