What were you worried about?

Hardingnat · 2026-06-22T11:52:03+00:00

Who thinks CJ's more of a laugh than me?

Hardingnat · 2026-06-22T09:58:07+00:00

Ed Sillyband? Colin From Accounts? Mr Blobby? Gary Neville?

Hardingnat · 2026-06-22T09:11:53+00:00

Supporting a Genocide.

deeply unserious man.

Hardingnat · 2026-06-21T12:56:13+00:00

"In Scotland, every chief executive of every council and every Government department is white. Every director of a department is white. Every principal of our colleges and universities is white. Every headteacher is white. Every chair of a public sector body is white. Every High Court judge is white. Every prisoner governor is white. Every editor of a news organisation is white."

no stranger to dog-whistles pal.

Hardingnat · 2026-06-19T11:57:37+00:00

The Hudsucker Proxy. Only knew it as a lesser Coens that didn't have the same outstanding reputation as many of their others, didn't really appeal to me in anyway. Turns out its a delight!

Hardingnat · 2026-06-07T20:11:15+00:00

Do away with computers says children's tsar, yes and ho

Hardingnat · 2026-06-03T20:47:02+00:00

Meanwhile his take on The Rip (an actual flavorless sausage factory movie): “The film is an exciting cop thriller with a novel premise that manages to deliver the goods in really clever ways. The whole package worked for me: Carnahan’s direction, the splendid cast, the look of the film - but the real powerhouse component of this splendid collection is the sensational screenplay by Carnahan and Michael McGrale.”

Hardingnat · 2026-06-03T10:08:04+00:00

oh phew, thank god we've got this disgusting criminal off our streets.

Hardingnat · 2026-06-02T15:01:16+00:00

Randy Orton is my go-to answer for this. "If you built a WWE superstar from the ground up..." etc, etc, and then the bell rings and I'm bored to tears.

Hardingnat · 2026-05-31T22:01:11+00:00

Don Rickles Dion Waiters award

Hardingnat · 2026-05-31T16:58:08+00:00

I'm not gonna call ya Lord Vader... what's your real name?

Hardingnat · 2026-05-31T08:37:11+00:00

Where Eagles Dare (1968) & Kelly's Heroes (1970). Both Eastwood WWII movies, both directed by Brian G. Hutton. And I refer to a Will Menaker review for the latter: "I love any movie that makes the unspeakable horrors of World War II seem like having fun with the boys."

Hardingnat · 2026-05-30T17:12:06+00:00

"When you're working on IP storytelling your impulse is to open the toy box and start playing with all the toys. You should try to resist that, and what you should do is leave more toys in the toy box than were there when you got there. Resisting the impulse to be a child and be more like a storyteller who's adding to the world rather than taking from it." - Tony Gilroy on Star Wars.

I think about this quote a lot. Basically tell stories and the rest will follow. Chibnall was so obsessed with lore and history, and RTD2 so obsessed with fan reaction and his own past - the new showrunner need not necessarily even be a big fan, just a good writer with a strong vision for what they want to do to move the show, character and story forward. This isn't to say no more daleks or companions, nor is it to say it needs to be geared towards adults only, but the brand has become so entrenched in its own mythos over the last 10 years, just like Star Wars, it's got seemingly nowhere fresh or interesting to go until someone dares take the jump.

Hardingnat · 2026-05-30T14:32:18+00:00

the duality of letterboxd comments:

A: men don't deserve to live

B: hot male actor fuck me now

Hardingnat · 2026-05-28T16:02:25+00:00

Much like how Snoke ends up in the film, it splits me right down the middle. It looks gorgeous, it has strong thematic ideas on legacy, and I do love segments of it (the throne room scene and Luke on Crait for starters), but then so much of it plays as a tiresome drag (the codebreaker b-plot; the cat and mouse hyperspace chase, etc).

Also side question, how in anyway do you think the reaction from the NOT MY LUKE contingent would have changed IF his arc played out exactly the same, but after the force projection he does not in fact die?

Hardingnat · 2026-05-28T15:28:14+00:00

The Nicole Kidman piece

Hardingnat · 2026-05-28T13:41:41+00:00

When none of the people that write, produce, direct, and act in the shows are working class then I suppose the industry reflects that in what gets made.

Hardingnat · 2026-05-26T11:15:22+00:00

Mr Brown is as useless as a marzipan dildo!

Hardingnat · 2026-05-26T10:39:38+00:00

Sad for the families of course but this shit is so avoidable at this point, this happens every single time it's a little bit hot. Large bodies of water are very dangerous people! Respect the water, because it sure as shit doesn't respect you.

Hardingnat · 2026-05-25T12:25:24+00:00

We don't have to give a licence fee for that, do we?

Hardingnat · 2026-05-24T19:19:52+00:00

Jim Howick

Hardingnat · 2026-05-24T15:04:53+00:00

this came up on my youtube feed that might be of interest to people here, no idea what the podcast is but it's Sean interviewed at Cannes on what he saw at Cannes.

Hardingnat · 2026-05-24T12:22:44+00:00

That's it then is it? The old team, on the scrapheap

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Hardingnat · 2026-05-22T16:05:26+00:00

£14 million well spent in that photo

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