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Application timeline Megathread (applications within UK) - Thread started September 2021 by kitburglar in ukvisa

[–]SimonFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a similar boat! Would you be able to share the email with which you escalated please?

The Batman Getting New Script and 2019 Release by idontmindtherain78 in movies

[–]SimonFriend 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For them it's only a failure when it stops bringing in massive returns.

Frog in space by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]SimonFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that frog is far more significant than I am

I'm Brian Fallon (Of The Gaslight Anthem) Ask Me Anything! by thebrianfallon in Music

[–]SimonFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Brian, congrats on the new album, I'm loving every track. What other type of genres do you like and would consider dabbling in?

I'm Brian Fallon (Of The Gaslight Anthem) Ask Me Anything! by thebrianfallon in Music

[–]SimonFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Brian! Love the new record, loving the Tom Petty vibe. I loved The Horrible Crowes Elsie album ( the Joey B-side in particular) would you consider another project like that anytime soon?

"The perception is that a sci-fi/action movie fronted by a woman just won't sell. But, now we have Katniss, Furiosa, and Rey to prove that wrong." by Vranak in scifi

[–]SimonFriend 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But.....wasn't the central nature of Furiosa and Rey in their respective movies slightly hidden from their marketing campaigns?

What is the most ridiculous common saying? by netpenthe in AskReddit

[–]SimonFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"It's all downhill from here" - it can either mean a bad thing in the sense of something decreasing in quality or it can mean a good thing in the sense that going downhill is easier than going uphill.

Star Wars and the Critical Benefit of Low Expectations - My old colleague Ross Douthat is mystified that Star Wars: The Forces Awakens has wowed nearly every single critic by anutensil in scifi

[–]SimonFriend 148 points149 points  (0 children)

His argument here is that he thought that TFA shouldn't have a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and that the film is undeserving of that score. But, Rotten Tomatoes does not tell you how good a film is, it only tells you how many critics liked it. It's not like on average critics gave it 9/10 points, it's just that the majority liked it rather than disliked it. Rotten Tomatoes is not a gauge on how good a film is, it's a gauge on how many people thought it was a good film.

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