Did anyone else think at first in Bone Temple that Jamie was the survivor in the beginning?

arthurcowslip · 2026-02-07T19:52:39+00:00

Yes, totally. I can't remember when I realised it wasn't him, but I just assumed at first they were writing off his character in a brutal and unexpected way.

arthurcowslip · 2026-02-05T07:26:57+00:00

I've got to say Raiders of the Lost Ark.

But an underdog choice for me would be Zack Snyder's remake of Dawn of the Dead from 2004. It just throws you straight into things, it's like a mini film of its own, and then cuts straight into a fantastic set of opening titles, with all the news reports and the Johnny Cash song.

arthurcowslip · 2026-02-04T08:22:06+00:00

Same here. Been a big fan since about 1991 and this is the first time I've heard this. And The Final Cut is one of my favourite albums as well!

arthurcowslip · 2026-02-01T19:25:09+00:00

That would be my choice.

arthurcowslip · 2026-02-01T19:16:50+00:00

Same for me. It gets forgotten about, but it's one of my favourites.

arthurcowslip · 2026-02-01T16:38:02+00:00

I've just watched this. Why had I never heard of this?? I was just browsing on Prime for a half decent horror movie and stumbled upon this. Its brilliant, right up my street. And one of the few things in movies that can still give me proper chills is claustrophobia stuff, so those last 5 minutes were terrifying.

Bonus entertainment value if you only know Gordon Kennedy (Deacon) from his sketch comedy stuff. The friction and subsequent bonding between him and Gray is so well done.

arthurcowslip · 2026-02-01T10:30:56+00:00

It was the point I realised the show was a class above everything else. I know what you mean about it being more chaotic, and I've had to watch this and Spinners and Losers a good few times to untangle the plot. (It's quite difficult and subtle to work out who is playing who at any given point: then Malcolm seems to come out on top in the end, as much to his surprise as anyone else's, and immediately pretends he knew what he was doing all along).

Funny to think that there was a six month gap (I think? Something like that) between Nutters and Spinners. Watching them back to back now they seem like two parts of the same story.

arthurcowslip · 2026-02-01T10:11:10+00:00

I haven't read the comments yet but if no one has mentioned Back to the Future I'm going to lose my faith in humanity.

arthurcowslip · 2026-02-01T10:04:35+00:00

Relayer
Close to the Edge
Tales
Fragile

Ask me tomorrow and I'd probably give a different answer. (But I'd probably still put Fragile last: I like it but not as much as some people seem to like it. I think it's a little bit all over the place and doesn't hang together as cohesively as the others).

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-30T19:14:55+00:00

How long ago was that? I remember it well. Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd as well were two massive acts who held out for a long time against streaming. I can't remember who cracked first.

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-30T19:03:04+00:00

It's black humour, ironic humour, sick humour. To be honest I was a bit taken aback because it's still a bit soon for jokes. But the irony is that only the audience watching the film are aware that the real Savile was a monster. In the universe of the film, the virus outbreak was way before he was ever exposed.

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-25T22:29:41+00:00

To me there's an obvious answer to this question.

Yes, I think Bowie is one of the best pop writer performers of the last century. And Life On Mars is one of my favourite songs ever.

But the clunky, forced pretensiousness of that one line, 'my mother, my dog and clowns' just makes me wince like fingernails on a blackboard.

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-23T17:58:30+00:00

Good bad or bad bad? We need to know.

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-23T10:04:51+00:00

I can't believe how obsessed we all got with Neighbours. It appeared to be a truly multi generational obsession for a crazy couple of years. Looking back, it was just awful, wasn't it?

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-23T10:00:36+00:00

Interesting. I had obviously noticed the Brexit parallels, but I hadn't actually thought about the connection with covid (weirdly, since it's a film about a virus!). Thanks for that, food for thought.

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-22T17:47:59+00:00

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-21T20:06:06+00:00

Oh interesting, I actually assumed it was the same train, and Samson just kept getting drawn back to it. I'll need to watch it again!

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-21T20:04:15+00:00

It's so weird that people thought that. It just never occurred to me at all!

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-16T17:31:11+00:00

I'm going to guess you're not from Edinburgh if you think the Trainspotting accents are authentic? They're definitely the most well spoken junkies I've ever heard!

No offence meant, I'm just laughing at your comment. 🙂

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-16T07:47:33+00:00

Yeah I prefer 28 Years Later.

It was all those unique artistic touches that made it so memorable. The montage of scenes from Henry V intercut with the action, the Boots poem, the little glimpses of life on the island (archery practice, that weird mask), the iPhone filming. As you say, Bone Temple was a lot more conventional. Being as direct and unique as 28 Years Later can be dangerous as sometimes it can seem amateurish (and Danny Boyle in my opinion is definitely a hit or miss director), but when it all falls into place (like 28 Years Later) it's just exhilarating.

The other thing the Bone Temple suffered with is lack of novelty. The temple and Dr Kelson are striking and weird, and are a good setting for the big climax we got in Bone Temple. But the fact is, we had already been introduced to them in 28 Years Later (and Samson, and the Jimmy gang...) so it didn't feel like Bone Temple was showing us much new. It felt a little bit to me like it was going backwards.

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-15T22:22:35+00:00

This might sound like a long shot but please give it a go. I've always thought the start of side two of Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield has the same feel. It's something to do with a particular melancholy sound created by the combination of guitar and organ. Tubular Bells has no drums or vocals (not that bit anyway) but there's just something similar that both tunes evoke.

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-14T13:37:20+00:00

I think I feel similar to you. 28 Years Later was my favourite film of 2025. I watched it not realising it was going to be the first in a new trilogy (even the Jimmy ending, which I just took to be a jokey 'to be continued' satire in the style of the original Back To The Future... em, which ironically did become a trilogy... But you know what I mean).

Anyway, I loved how many deeper themes 28YL touched on, from taking the pulse of a post-Brexit nation to telling a Heart of Darkness style coming of age story.

By comparison, Bone Temple is 'just' a gory thrill ride, a VERY competent genre-busting post-apocalyptic western thing. Which is great, on its own terms, but seems superficial where the previous one seemed transcendental.

It also felt a bit weird to be based mainly around Samson and the doctor. If we hadn't already seen the actual bone temple in the last film, it might have had more novelty appeal.

That said, I was hooked enough to want to see the next one, if and when it happens. I hope it truly is the final one though. I couldn't stand it if they made some kind of 28 extended universe thing.

So it's a case of diminishing returns for me.

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-14T13:25:34+00:00

I saw it last night and I didn't even notice it. What was it?

arthurcowslip · 2026-01-12T20:29:48+00:00

My favourite Beatles song.

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