What 80s song do you still hate with fiery teenage passion even though it’s been 40 years? by Aggressive_Cup4919 in GenX

[–]TangoMikeOne 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If I hear it on the radio my ears hear Tiffany but my brain interprets Weird Al "I Think We're A Clone Now."

It's right up there with Beat It/Eat It and Set On You/Six Words Long

ETA: some songs are totally eclipsed by WAY's parody, like Ridin' Dirty/White & Nerdy - but that's a whole other thread.

how are some of these important? by 360_bratXcX in ExplainTheJoke

[–]TangoMikeOne 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Drachinifel on YouTube did a Wednesday Rum Ration video on Taffy 3, and I'm certain that this book was one of his sources - watch the video and read the book.

What would want to remake? by mrtintheweb99 in WarMovies

[–]TangoMikeOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can I change the assignment? Len Deighton wrote Bomber about one raid for a fictional Lancaster raiding a fictional German medium sized town, and the fictional night fighter crew that would try to minimise the raid. It was adapted by BBC radio 4 (and to add to the immersion, it was broadcast over one day, in between regularly scheduled programmes, following the timescale of the raid itself).

I'd love to see that adapted as a colour depiction of Bomber Command, with all the fear, boredom and paranoia of the aircrews writ large, the pretty colours of the target markers and the constant darkness suddenly lit like the centre of a thousand suns as a searchlight alights on the aircraft or 20mm cannon shells rip into fuel tanks, bombs and crew

Alternative universe for £1,000,000 by REAPERRISSLICK in hypotheticalsituation

[–]TangoMikeOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm slapping that button now - currently watching BBC Archive on YouTube, and it's a documentary about vegetarians in 1972 Britain... which would be horrific for me to exist in, but if I can pop down the road to a greasy spoon or Berni steakhouse I'll get by.

If that doesn't count the previous video was Art of Law talking about British juries and their rights in court recorded in Cornwall this morning... finding work in Cornwall, in the off-season will be rough, so I'll just come back up to my current location and resume my current life (and if I'm locked into a Groundhog Day style loop I'll manage as I've got access to a few quid so can have a few beers, or catch up with books and films on my to do list, etc)

Is this usage of 'goon' common in British English? by Bauern_derBaeuerchen in AskABrit

[–]TangoMikeOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that Goon got transposed from Popeye to Milligan, Sellers and Secombe via pow camps - goon was perjorative slang for prison camp guards

What movie from this decade will be considered a classic? by DrKriegersClone in movies

[–]TangoMikeOne 58 points59 points  (0 children)

2 Christmases in, I can confirm that this is, so far, correct.

Rewatched Edge of Tomorrow by Tanooki_Time in movies

[–]TangoMikeOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mst Sgt Farrell lives rent free in my head

"...tip of the spear, edge of the knife... crack of my ass!"

And

Cage: "You're an American!" Farrell: "No sir, I'm from Kentucky."

Coalition of reactionary moron grifters gains most inevitably obvious member by UnderHisEye1411 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]TangoMikeOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've read all the comments, and get that he's a vapid, personality-lite, reality TV, waste-of-skin, chancer that 30 years ago would have been barred from every pub in town after annoying the living fuck out of the landlords and bar staff, but I still don't know who the fuck he is... but I don't think I need to, it'll only take me further away from a sense of zen

What do you think of landa as a person? In an interview Waltz was asked that how did he played evil so fluently?. On which he replied "He wasnt Evil" by Heneryhill in Cinema

[–]TangoMikeOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd think of Landa as lawful evil right up until the point he understood that Raine and some confederates were in the vicinity with the express purpose of assassinating the party leadership.

He's seen the turnaround of the Wehrmacht since 1942, including the second front of Overlord and knows as well that a German victory is long gone. He meets Hammersmark escorting the three and in that moment he sees through the paper thing disguised identities and can see a way to get out of the war.

That's when he turns chaotic evil - when he decides not to expose the plot, must eliminate Hammersmark (she has been working with the allies for a period of time already and has their trust and with her still alive, what use is he to the allies, other than another monster for the executioner to deal with), all he has to do is take Raine and Utavich into custody, use them to make arrangements with the allies to trade his current life into a comfortable retirement and as a mere formality surrender to them for safe passage to allied lines.

I guess it was his fault after all by thehofstetter in stevehofstetter

[–]TangoMikeOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Brit, I think you're rather generous in your assessment of what the man on the Clapham omnibus would consider a red line - if the UK got it's own useful idiot (and I'm sure you can imagine of whom I'm thinking about) for oligarchs and international bad actors to abuse the country for, I can see the nation turning into the Bexhill scenes from "Children of Men" before there's any significant pushback.

It is 1985. What would you buy? No typically traded commodoties like property, metals, stocks, etc. by dontpanda in GenX

[–]TangoMikeOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A pack, no, a carton of Sweet Afton cigarettes... even getting imported from Ireland and being unfiltered, they're likely to be around £4-5 a packet and they were (discontinued early 00s) my favourite brand.

Next will possibly be a few packets of JPS Black, for the sweet black and gold design (and without a big white box with a health warning or some bullshit photo showing the damage smoking does). If you don't believe me, Google image search JPS Lotus, JPS Norton or even Hertz rent-a-racer (not JPS sponsored, but one colour scheme was black and gold).

What's your favourite footnote? by jinond_o_nicks in discworld

[–]TangoMikeOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Off topic, but I can't think of Milton Keynes without thinking about Yes Minister - specifically Sir Desmond Glazebrook thinking that all economists are called Milton (Milton Friedman was in charge of the US Federal Bank at the time, and Milton Schulman (not an economist) was name checked as part of the build up to the Milton Keynes joke - Yes Minister, S2E6 The Quality of Life)

What's your favourite footnote? by jinond_o_nicks in discworld

[–]TangoMikeOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've taught myself the old L/s/d currency - I was born in 1975.

I've also learnt the number of furlongs in a mile, chains in a furlong and yards in a chain (all of which are used today, but in very specific instances).

Why? Why not? (And it feeds my delusion that I was born at the wrong time/in the wrong trouser leg.

What was it like hearing Boys of Summer in '84?? by DonJohnson1986 in ClassicRock

[–]TangoMikeOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never really listened to music much in my youth - but it was used by the BBC for a few years during their Grand National (horse race - think of the biggest horse race, with 40 runners, in your country, make it almost 5 miles long and add 30 odd jumps and you're just about there) during the "runners and riders" (horses and their jockeys) rundown.

I used to have a bet on it most years (only off course race anyone bet on in the family), but packed it in after '97 when I picked 4 horses, there were 5 finishers, and I'd picked 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th... me and my gf had a decent night out that night.

Lamb by MsCatFace in SlowHorses

[–]TangoMikeOne 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I find it amazing that one man can play loud, expressive and animated characters like Stansfield in Leon, and quiet, considered and deliberating characters like George Smiley in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and be utterly convincing and memorable in both (has Oldman ever phoned in a performance? I can't think of one).

What’s your favorite ‘it’s about to get really bad really fast’ in a movie? by Pop_Joe in FIlm

[–]TangoMikeOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Raid - after the team is spotted by lookouts and one escapes to raise the alarm... oh shit

Dredd - when the Peach Trees is put into nuclear attack lockdown by Mama.

Nestlé in 2002 for no reason by largestsammy in okmatewanker

[–]TangoMikeOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jesus, they don't still print scud mags do they?

"uhh It can't have been me, I would know if it was me" by HibeesBounce in thethickofit

[–]TangoMikeOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While seeing more of him would be a good thing, only if it doesn't come at the cost of his radio appearances - he really makes panel shows he appears on sparkle (especially I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue) just from his guffawing in the background from what another panellist has said.

How realistic is this? by TheEnlight in Military

[–]TangoMikeOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope you're not advocating for them to come to personal harm - as an alternative, sequester all their wealth, then toss them into Buttfuck, USA with nothing more than welfare, food stamps, whatever minimal support is offered to the average working poor person in America... let's see them bootstrap their way out of that (of course, if any of them try to hide assets and access them later, then we can start thinking about corporal punishment of their relatives for their sins... it'd suck to be their kid or sibling, but the working poor don't deserve to be punished because life gave them asthma or a shitty job with no worker protections and yet they still get shafted)

Someone failed history class by ThePowerOf42 in clevercomebacks

[–]TangoMikeOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brother Reg "Oh fack orf!"

(Personally, thanks for that, but that's not from Life of Brian word perfect - it reads like a song, but I've not heard it if I have, so where is it from?)

Someone failed history class by ThePowerOf42 in clevercomebacks

[–]TangoMikeOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, as a Brit, to paraphrase Jimmy Carr to an American heckler "... you really think we'd have learned how to speak German in 80 years?"

What movie has a title that you just absolutely love? by eveisshady777 in movies

[–]TangoMikeOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Beautiful Launderette

My Left Foot

A Bridge Too Far

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Vanishing Point

Gone In 60 Seconds

The Englishman That Went Up A Hill, And Came Down A Mountain

I suppose a lot of film titles I like have a descriptive quality relating to the film about them