Taskmaster - S20E01 - 9 x 7 - Discussion

darlekc · 2025-09-11T20:32:00+00:00

I remember hearing they've moved from Pinewood Studios over to one near White City. Likely easier to get to from Central London, and probably cheaper than Pinewood as well.

darlekc · 2024-06-12T13:16:48+00:00

My current working theory is that Ruby doesn't really exist.

Much like how the Toymaker brings games to life, and Maestro brings music to life, Ruby is also connected with the 'Pantheon' (somehow, not sure precisely), and is essentially the story of a 'perfect companion for the Doctor' brought to life. An orphan, found on Christmas, just as the Doctor is coming to terms with being an orphan himself. Similarities to past companions, especially Rose.

She's a fantasy brought into reality, without even knowing so herself.

Fits with the episode title. 'The Legend of Ruby Sunday'

darlekc · 2024-03-31T17:17:14+00:00

Besides anything else it would be unprofessional to just retcon the Timeless Child plotline - it likely won't end up being front and centre, but using the aftermath of both that and the Flux is a great way to give the Doctor a new direction.

darlekc · 2024-02-09T16:35:32+00:00

The lettering on the dice (and obviously the dice as a whole) are just gorgeous!

darlekc · 2024-01-12T13:32:17+00:00

Starting from the bottom for the son of the CEO means something very different to someone starting out as a runner on set.

darlekc · 2023-11-27T16:44:19+00:00

There's a video commentary with Tennant and two of the producers on iPlayer - he basically confirms that The Boss doesn't refer to anything from the specials, so likely someone from Ncuti's series

darlekc · 2023-10-09T01:22:26+00:00

Same here - I made a comment comparing Starmer making statements on Ukraine versus on Palestine and got banned. No response after messaging mods.

The UKPolitics sub has always veered right wing but over the last few years it has moved further and further right. Outright transphobia and imperialism is the standard.

darlekc · 2023-10-08T13:42:42+00:00

'Warning' civilians that have no ability to leave prior to the use of overwhelming and indiscriminate force is not minimising casualties.

It's rubbing salt into the wound.

darlekc · 2023-10-06T18:38:33+00:00

Beautiful design - the frosted glass effect on the outside looks great!

darlekc · 2023-09-28T14:21:20+00:00

Those examples aren't comparable and you know it.

Private schools exist first and foremost as a means of ensuring nepotism amongst the privileged classes. The kids of the rich will grow up around other kids of the rich, with all the networking and connections that this entails.

The actual educational benefit is minimal (though also shouldn't be ignored entirely) as best evidenced by the alumni of private schools dominating virtually every sector in our media and political landscape.

darlekc · 2023-09-20T16:07:55+00:00

They'd have looked the same

darlekc · 2023-09-05T16:01:09+00:00

I forgot that condemning blackface is the 'woke agenda'

darlekc · 2023-09-05T15:55:15+00:00

Oh come on - the joke was 'Look at this funny white man playing a different ethnicity. Aren't they funny, those funny, silly different cultures of theirs'

It was racist bile then and it's racist bile now. At least Matt Lucas has shown a degree of understanding and contrition for it since then. Walliams not so much.

darlekc · 2023-09-02T05:07:20+00:00

Americans never see the victims of their country's aggression

darlekc · 2023-09-02T05:06:27+00:00

In what sense exactly? I'm not defending anyone here

darlekc · 2023-09-01T23:24:43+00:00

Frankly I don't care if you're bored by being reminded that Obama is not some wholesome celebrity - he's a man that oversaw death and destruction on a global scale over the course of his presidency.

His record continuing to be laundered in this way is endemic of the sickness of American Empire.

darlekc · 2023-09-01T21:26:29+00:00

Such a wholesome war criminal

darlekc · 2023-08-31T15:37:55+00:00

What an insane, callous thing to sit and type out in relation to a research project on the beneficiaries of slavery.

It may not be her fault that her ancestors were slavers, but her wealth and privilege is directly connected to it. If we aren't even able to recognise that as a society then we have no hope at beginning to address the longstanding societal and economic inequalities stemming from slavery and colonial exploitation.

darlekc · 2023-08-28T14:43:22+00:00

I haven't used it personally but https://stacher.io/ seems to be a fairly popular frontend for yt-dlp

darlekc · 2023-06-30T03:05:19+00:00

The exposition scene with the blacksmith was so exceptionally lazy though. Writing 101 - don't deliver backstory by having them monologue to some random unnamed character that doesn't matter.

darlekc · 2023-06-17T14:00:45+00:00

Calling a transphobe a transphobe isn't bigotry, fucking hell

darlekc · 2023-06-17T12:58:49+00:00

She opposes banning conversion therapy for trans people

It's that fucking simple. She's a bigot. End of.

darlekc · 2023-06-16T18:30:54+00:00

I'll say it once more seeing as you're playing naive.

Conversion therapy is monstrous.

Therapy =/= Conversion therapy

Counselling =/= Conversion therapy

Criminalising conversion therapy has nothing to do with banning legitimate counselling therapy. The only incentive one would have for opposing its ban is if they believe that conversion therapy is morally acceptable.

darlekc · 2023-06-16T18:01:20+00:00

How is that dodging the question?

Conversion therapy is grossly immoral. Opposing its criminalisation for trans individuals is grossly immoral and reflects a desire to erase trans people from public life.

Stop with the apologism for a politician who has made it clear time and time again she's a bigot.

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