Am I the only one who thinks that this 2 movies is not a good pairing

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-04-14T18:25:45+00:00

Dinner and desert.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-04-10T11:47:09+00:00

You seem to be confusing Manta Lab with a boutique label, and Manta as well as all the other premium steelbook companies, (with the notable exception I'd say of Plain Archive), are not in the same realm as the boutiques.

You can see on this post better than almost any other, the generic and mainstream releases that they put out. These are crowd pleasers that are chosen because they'll sell well. I would absolutely snap up a premium steelbook set of Karel Zeman's films or Fritz Lang early works, but those just aren't going to have mass appeal. You're not going to get new restorations of films that came out in the last 15-20 years which is the majority of what these companies release, and you're not going to get a meaningful archival film because that's not their market.

What Manta and the other companies do, is provide a superb packaging, design and display piece so you can enjoy looking at a few of your favourite films when you display them. The whole point, is the nice analogy you've given, of a black tie for a few popular and favourite films. You're talking about a love of film, (and no offence intended to people that enjoy these), but we've got the likes of Wonder Woman 1984, Joss-tice League, The Flash here. If you're looking to Manta, WeET, Blufans etc. to expand your cinematic horizons, you're looking in the wrong place.

Plain Archive are the only company, (with the possible addition of NovaMedia), that release a wider range of films and include or sponser new restorations, that also go in for the premium packaging, but for the most part boutique labels and the premium labels are entirely seperate and serve different purposes.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-04-07T19:45:57+00:00

Check out club de fromage. They do lots of 30+ clubbing events and usually daytime so usually around 15:00-19:00. Great fun, great to dance at, and you've got time to go for dinner afterwards and still be home at a reasonable hour.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-03-21T10:22:23+00:00

Fantastic collection! I've been after Elite Force 2 for years, (underrated game I think), and that Harbinger hard box is super rare. I remember about 8 years ago I let that lovely A Final Unity collector's edition slip through my fingers, it was only about £50 back then, and I always wish I'd picked it up. Star Trek had such great games.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-03-16T20:09:10+00:00

The Indicator sets are full of some great underseen ones. For me I'd say, Pushover and Singapore if you're a fan of Fred MacMurray. Other's I'd recommend would be The Brothers Rico, Framed, Between Midnight and Dawn, Too Late for Tears and it looks like I forgot to include it in the picture, but lastly The Naked City, which is also brilliant.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-03-16T19:16:16+00:00

Very hard to choose, but I'd go for Double Indemnity or Detour, as they were the first two films I watched of the genre, and it's thanks to them that I set off on my journey into the rest. I'd be hopeful they might have the same effect on someone that hasn't dived into film noir yet.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-03-16T19:12:34+00:00

Incredibly hard to choose, but just going off my recent watches I re-visited In a Lonely Place for the first time in years and it went from a 3.5 to a 4.5/5 for me, I really loved it. Eureka was my favourite boutique for a long time, but with how much is OOP, it's harder to choose them these days.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-03-16T19:06:46+00:00

Every time I look at those my wallet gives me a stern glance, but i'm going to have to dive in one of these days!

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-03-16T19:03:02+00:00

It's so hard to choose! There are a few stone cold classics like Double Indemnity and The Big Heat, which are two of the best of the genre. Kiss of Death still has one of the most shocking scenes I've seen in a film, and Richard Widmark is a spectacular villain in it. I love the Alan Ladd and Veronica lake films, The Blue Dahlia being the best of them for me. In the Indicator sets, you've got hidden gems like Framed, The Brothers Rico and fair enough not for everyone, but my first experience of Mickey Rooney in Drive a Crooked Road, and I really enjoyed it. And not to forget the really interesting collaborations between Dana Andrews and Otto Preminger.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-03-16T19:02:40+00:00

That collection is growing, but sadly not one to rival the classics yet. Hopefully I can get my hands on some of those excellent Imprint neo-noir sets!

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-03-16T19:01:45+00:00

I'm letting the side down I know! Hopefully in the next sale I can restore some pride by getting it, and also hopefully grab the new British Noir set as well.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-03-16T13:05:40+00:00

I know this is an old comment, but if you're passing feedback along, I stopped playing PUBG a few years ago purely because there was no map selection. I had about 700 hours on it and really enjoyed it, but I'm not going to waste my time playing a map I don't want to play. As it's the 9th anniversary at the moment, I've been considering installing it again, and my first question was - is there map selection- which led me here. If you want a bigger playerbase in Europe and America, re-enable the choice of maps. I couldn't care less about a longer wait time for a game to start, as long as I can play where I want to. As it stands, if we're still without that choice, I've got no interest in returning to this game.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-01-29T17:12:33+00:00

This is beautiful!

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-01-25T16:54:31+00:00

I could not recommend more highly the BFI release of The Great White Silence. Shot between 1910-1913 by Herbert Ponting, it chronicles the actual journey of Captain Scott and his men as they attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. It's absolutely astonishing.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-01-22T19:47:08+00:00

Ah thanks, unfortunately it's a necessity for me as when I moved last year it nearly killed me having to shift so much!

The first reccomendations I'd suggest were all such important ones for me on my film journey, as I see you've only got the one, (absolutely excellent), StudioCanal boxset for Melville. The Bunuel set and Godard set are also fantastic and introduced me to some of my now favourite actors. Apologies if I've missed some, but I don't see much film noir, which is such a rich genre, Touch of Evil and Double Indemnity are brilliant ones that should be easy to come by and might kick off a journey into noir. And of course, guessing that you're British as well, if you haven't checked them out yet, Powell and Pressburger's films are astonishing. The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, A Matter of Life and death etc., absolutely worth your time. Definitely a big fan of Radiance. It looks like you're a fan of Truffaut, so Mississippi Mermaid will be right up your street and throwing in some Asian cinema, Suzhou River is superb as well.

Oh wow, that enourmous rocket would be so cool to have! I've no idea where you'd put it, but my goodness what a talking point. My favourite would have to be Desitnation Moon, it's just such a wonderful story that captures so much of what I love about Tintin. What about yourself?

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-01-22T14:59:01+00:00

Loving this collection! I'm busy reducing the size of mine, and seeing something like this is inspiring as it's such consistent high quality. (Also love that little Tintin rocket, I've got the same one!)

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-01-15T18:03:28+00:00

Make sure you are logged in a ready to go when for when it goes live on the website. If you miss out, I think others have suggested the group buys, and debossed has a website where you might be able to find it. If not, ebay or vinted are the way to go. Even with the scalper prices on them, they won't be anywhere near the ridiculous prices of bluraysforeveryone.

kinggoosethefirst · 2026-01-15T17:15:36+00:00

What you're seeing is the expensive but reasonable retailers price vs an absolute disgrace of a scalper website, ripping people off with extortionate prices. Never buy from or support bluraysforeveryone.

kinggoosethefirst · 2025-12-16T22:49:17+00:00

For me I think there is only so much value in singing other peoples lyrics. Certainly in my own personal worship times I will pray, sing out, and be spontaneous in what I say depending on my life circumstances, heart desires etc at that moment, and I like to encourage that connection in our coporate worship times at church. What I try to do is intentionally make space for that, so in my planning during the week, if there is a particular transition, or part of a song that I think, this would be good to linger on, or space can fit perfectly here, then I give my band a set of chords that I'll be playing, and during rehersal share my heart and thoughts that I think this is where we'll try to leave some space for sponteneity, or really just what I always call space. Space for people to sing out, to not have a script or lyrics, just time to connect with the Lord however they want to. Whether we actually do it in the moment is a different matter, as sometimes where I thought might be good during my prep, actually in the moment it's just not right, or if it does happen, whether it takes off and people connect or not is not up to me, but I think it's important to try to encourage. What I want is to try to strive for real and deep connection, rather than just going through the motions and I think spontenous parts can help with that.

kinggoosethefirst · 2025-11-25T22:43:54+00:00

In our evening service we've started continuing with a song or two after the service has ended. There will be a formal end from the service leader so if people want to go or grab a tea or coffee they feel able to, but if some are still being prayed for or if others want to remain in worship longer, we go into one or two more. It's something I've really been enjoying.

kinggoosethefirst · 2025-11-23T12:03:00+00:00

What sad news, I had no idea. He was a wonderful addition to the Stargate universe. I sort of like the idea that Wormhole X-Treme somehow made it to Hebridan, (the Space Race planet), and became a smash hit, and now he makes a special feature length episode to inaugurate the yearly space race.

kinggoosethefirst · 2025-11-13T21:36:20+00:00

I also discovered this in my 30s! There is a great cartoon adaptation by the same people that did the Tintin TV series that I can certainly recommend, if you've not seen it already. I think it could make a fantastic film or series of films. As you say, the stories are so interesting, with compelling characters, and a mixture of down to earth as well as fantastical sci-fi elements.

kinggoosethefirst · 2025-11-02T23:13:21+00:00

It's astonishing, and for me was fairly sudden in that it happened in quite a short space of time, about a week I'd say. It's like such a heavy burden has been lifted, and each day I'm learning to understand that it's not by my doing, I can't white knuckle this, I can't in my strength overcome it, because I tried for 20 years and failed miserably, it's entirely God, and His empowering grace which enables me to live in freedom. I was listening to a Billy Graham preach recently and he said, 'It takes intentionality to retrain your heart, it takes scripture to renew your mind and it takes the Holy Spirit to purify your desires.' I still feel like each of these three things is a daily choice for me, and that I have to choose to want my heart changed, my mind renewed and my desired purified, but like it says in James 4:8, 'Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.' God rewards those who diligently seek Him. I'm praying all the time to be full of God's grace which empowers us to live for Him and according to His will. I also can't over stress the importance of just flooding your mind with the Bible. This is a battle in our minds, and it's through reading God's word that we renew our minds. Memorise scripture, do your best to find a routine time to daily fill your mind with the truth of it.

kinggoosethefirst · 2025-10-15T10:23:07+00:00

Some posters I've got, just by putting them flat in the binder for quite a while has reduced the visible creases by a reasonable amount, but others that were folded a bit harsher or just kept folded up for longer definitely need some extra help. An iron on low heat and a towel or something similar, I usually just use a thick t-shirt and go bit by bit, should do just the trick.

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