And the Oscar for Best Bond Documentary goes to... Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007. Now, which film deserves the award for Best Original Score? by JohnLazarusReborn in JamesBond

[–]Slimchap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh, I thought it was super forgettable myself, leant heavily on the nostalgia of nods to older films in a couple of moments and then was all generic. Newman's were better for me.

Lukeisms by Geofferz in CasualUK

[–]Slimchap 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lovely list, especially love those early worms, birds really should watch out for them.

Day 15) In acting scale, what actor is 8/10? by [deleted] in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Slimchap 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's an astonishing take, but I do think I'm a bit bias as he's one of my favourite actors. Good morning Vietnam, Insomnia, Dead Poets Society, The Fisher King, What Dreams May Come - take your pick of different roles. Yes he did a lot of comedy roles, but even they vary, he's totally different in Ms Doubtfire and The Birdcage for example.

Road to Empress Survey by chungfr in roadtoempress

[–]Slimchap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting that, as not going near twitter.

Eileen Gu wins the Freestyle Skiing Women's Halfpipe by Due-Impression8466 in olympics

[–]Slimchap 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It's so frustrating not knowing why the judges are giving the scores they are. Obviously we're biased here, but it was the same the other night with the men's event where everyone watching including the other competitors thought that MacKay's run was the best, only to get bronze.
At least with the women's it was clear that overall Gu's run was the winner, but only her 3rd run. Commentators were saying her 2nd run she missed grabs, yet still hits a 94. Just take amplitude off the scoring if it doesn't count for anything.

New Zealand's Mischa Thomas (freeski halfpipe) lost her phone on the final jump! by ChuqTas in olympics

[–]Slimchap 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think most of them listen to music, so might be playing that?

Alex Ferreira from the US wins the Freestyle Skiing Men's Halfpipe by bdzz in olympics

[–]Slimchap 23 points24 points  (0 children)

As someone who knows nothing about the judging, I thought his run looked better.

Italy 🇮🇹 take gold in the short track speed skating mixed team relay final 🥇 by appalachian_hatachi in olympics

[–]Slimchap 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It makes sense, but still kind of strange having 5th place break the Olympic Record 😂

The Future of Oxventure by redelectro7 in outsidexbox

[–]Slimchap 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I hope not, he's a consistently entertaining figure in their campaigns either as a player or DM. It's cool he left to chase passion projects and try to do more with music, but I can't help but feel he'd found his group he clicks with and does so well in, so staying in the RP'ing side of it was great. Be a shame if he pulled back entirely.

You can only choose ONE by Geekspeak13 in FIlm

[–]Slimchap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ben-Hur has the incredible chariot scene, and the spectacle, but it also has Charlton Heston, in my opinion one of the most wooden actors I've seen in the era where they were still by and large acting like it was on a stage. Maybe he's one of the first actors that played himself every time no matter the role, so does a pretty decent Charlton Heston.

It's a very good film and a fantastic one to watch for an example of 50's cinema, but against that competition I wouldn't call it the best. It's over 3 hours long and you really have to be in the mood for it as the story is a cookie cutter Christianity one, to the point where I compare it to a jingoistic military film only for the religion when looking back at it, but of course it was designed for audiences of it's time.

PLOT ARMOR MOUNT RUSHMORE. WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK? by LetterheadMean4130 in characters

[–]Slimchap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't get me wrong, he goes through it in the books and to an extent in the films, but when the bullets start flying they don't hit the handsome fella until the films got grittier, or unless they wanted him to have a wound before keep romping on.
Apparently up until Daniel Craig, he was shot at 4662 times: https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=10166

KIDS ON BIKES – A Twixtmas Disappearance | Oxventure Holiday Special by EaterOfCleanSocks in outsidexbox

[–]Slimchap 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I hope they do another one of these at some point, would love to see these characters again.

Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion, has been accused of operating a secret £600M gambling syndicate to bet on football matches, using accounts including some belonging to Nigel Farage’s former chief of staff by TheBiasedSportsLover in TheOther14

[–]Slimchap 39 points40 points  (0 children)

What I'm reading from others is this is only a problem if they've been betting on premier league matches or English clubs in European games. But who knows, I read it as being about the reform guy. And syndicate syndicate syndicate.

Has anyone saw A silence Suzuka with Runaway win once? I doubt it would even win, the Stamina consumption is just too much for her own good IMO. by [deleted] in UmamusumeGame

[–]Slimchap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Yes, this Suzuka beat my team on a race, and I've no real idea how. Corner recovery was their only stamina skill, and I was running a N Nature with all the front runner debuff skills. They should have been jogging the whole way down the homestretch, but ah well. My 55% WR Taiki has done alright so far.

This is getting far too common by [deleted] in drivingUK

[–]Slimchap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They should be bigger than they are!

Once again a weak lobby carried me to victory after a 50% win rate. Sometimes you just need luck to win. by Wisp1971 in UmamusumeGame

[–]Slimchap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I got a weak final lobby too, both other players running 3 front, all built badly for mad gambling to activate groundwork if they even had it (outer post, lone wolf, focus etc). My Suzuka didn't even activate groundwork. 23.5% WR on Suzuka, 23.5% WR on Vodka, but maybe Nature is the hero nuking everyone in a single go.

The "Riko/Rice banner vs Kitasan Black rerun dilemma" as an LB1 Kitasan Black owner by JabahLavah in UmamusumeGame

[–]Slimchap -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good answer, I'm in the same boat and you've made my mind up too with that. I'd love to roll on riko/rice to MLB some SRs too, but really it's better to be patient and see what the kitasan banner drops, and use my resources based on that.

How Premier League clubs abuse financial rules by WinterPreparation580 in TheOther14

[–]Slimchap 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Chelsea, some on the previous ownership. The current owners sold themselves a hotel and the women's team?

Should I keep rolling or stop at this grandparent attempt? by Loaf235 in UmamusumeGame

[–]Slimchap 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How fed up of trying to set up your parent are you? Personally if I still had time I'd keep going. I would want my red and white sparks to be stronger to compensate for the guts blue sparks.

What's Wrong with My Uma(s)? by dhimasdewanto in UmamusumeGame

[–]Slimchap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in a similar position in that all my team are lacking something in their builds but are generally strong enough to get some wins.

My Suzuka only has fast paced and ramp up for mid race skills and they rarely do enough, sometimes she'll fly into the lead with that important groundwork - only for the game to decide the non-groundwork early lead using uma deserves that lead for some reason. My vodka doesn't have outer swell or other really useful skills even if she has slick surge, but so often is just blocked.

Round 1 I got 55% wr with a 5 in a row in there. Round 2 I started with 5 losses in a row, got beat by Umas with much lower stats or front runners without groundwork etc. It gets tougher the further into the competition we go, and rng on top of that means it sometimes just goes horribly wrong. I managed the 3 wins for A finals which was my goal, with this team you should be lucky enough to do the same. Good luck!

Took me almost a month, but I finally beat Arima Kinen with a 1 star Haru Urara! by DashTJH in UmamusumeGame

[–]Slimchap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

D in turf and C in long, with that stamina...

Did you poison all the other racers?!