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  • NickFitz
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    Tonight's major motion picture premiere was prequel A Quiet Place: Day One (2024). It's OK, but it breaks the cardinal rule of a prequel: it shouldn't contradict the original film.

    In the first one, there are various indications that the knowledge that hearing is the primary sense of the invaders was something that wasn't immediately understood, and also that their invasion was relatively gradual - not over weeks or months, but certainly over days. I assert this on the grounds of the chap in the first film having loads of bits of information pinned to the wall in his cellar, including a newspaper front page with the headline "It's Sound!" This suggests that society cohered long enough for newspapers to be written, printed, and distributed, so the story of the invasion must have been long-running enough that the "It's" was sufficient explanation in the headline of what the story was about, and it must have previously been unclear what made people susceptible to attack.

    SPOILER ALERTS: In this film, the fact that "It's sound" appears to have been recognised immediately by the people in New York, where this one is set. There's some vague indications that New York is just where it starts, which might suggest that word hasn't spread more widely straight away; but there's also a bit at the start showing what are presumably the aliens arriving by whatever means it may be, and if they're coming in at those angles and altitudes, they're going to be landing all across the northeastern USA and probably in Canada too. Fair enough, that could just be for effect in this film, but the fact remains that the original film suggested that the sound aspect was only understood relatively slowly, as might be the case if the invasion was scattered and attacks sporadic, but this film shows it being understood immediately as a result of the attacks being concentrated. So overall, I'm going to say it breaks the rule and thus gets marked down. Other than that, it's an aliens-attack-New-York-City film which means it has to meet the very high bar set by Cloverfield, and I don't think it does. But it's OK, I suppose

    To follow, a rewatch of Babylon (2022) which I think is good, even if it didn't do as well as expected at the box office

    And then a further episode of S5 of The Wire

    Goodnight all

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  • NickFitz
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    Tea, delivered fresh today from sunny Taff's Well near Cardiff, was Sunset Red Tonkotsu Ramen soup (or broth). Very nice indeed

    Accompanied by some Trucking Hell

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  • NickFitz
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    Lunch: a chunky fish finger bap (wholemeal) with red sauce

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  • ladymuck
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    Afternoon all

    Dry and sunny with lumps of fluff. A light breeze wafting about. Currently 16 with a high of 17 expected. Barometer steady at 1019 mBar.

    Clothings have been laundered, and the airer put out in the garden to dry.

    HWMBO and I are planning a visit to Morrisons as they have this week's tonic water offer.

    Someone put non recyclables in my recycling bin

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  • xoggoth
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    Darn it. At Sainsburies yesterday brought the same Viz again. Thought it looked familiar but it said October on the front.
    Last edited by xoggoth; Yesterday, 10:15.

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Morning.

    Friday.

    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    For those who feel there aren't enough apocalyptic nightmares around at the moment, BBC4 is showing Threads next Wednesday, accompanied by several more-or-less related programmes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2024/10/09
    I think I'll watch Maigret instead.

    Dry.

    Grey.

    Wan sunshine.

    Chilly in here at 15.2 deg, 16 deg in the kitchen, 14 deg in the leanto.

    1015 mBar, 29.97 in Hg, 761.3 Torr, 14.72 psi, (down from 1017 last night), 75% RH (Lidl electric).

    Meanwhile on the 19th of November 2019 it was cold and Neath still had an M&S, though said M&S was totally devoid of fish.

    Walk (unabbreviated) walked.

    Hair now abbreviated thanks to the barber. Apparently I last visited in May.

    Lunch: there was.

    Entertainment: Freecell. Dire.

    Book.

    Tea: scrambled egg etc.

    Entertainment: bit of The News Quiz. Seems a long time since it was a quiz.

    Weatherman Walking: Newport Allt yr un.

    Ghosts.

    Thing about The Cold War on PBS.

    Thing about Boris Karloff on Talking Pictures. Never realised he was AngloIndian.
    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 23:10.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

    Matsudai? HWMBO has ordered from them lots of times, long before Jay Rayner caught wind of the place. Very good, apparently.
    Yes, they're the ones! Supposed to be the best Japanese food Wales, or maybe even Japan, has to offer

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  • NickFitz
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    Morning denizens

    It's another bright start to the day, though it may get cloudier by lunchtime. Colder again at 5°C but soaring to 16° for a brief period in the middle of the afternoon. The barometers are down a touch at 1009/1018mB

    But most importantly: it's Friday!

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Just got a reminder that some ramen kits are arriving from Wales tomorrow. I'd completely forgotten ordering them last weekend. Jay Rayner recommends them, so I'm quite looking forward to them - well, one of them; the others are for the freezer. Anyway, that's tomorrow's tea sorted out
    Matsudai? HWMBO has ordered from them lots of times, long before Jay Rayner caught wind of the place. Very good, apparently.

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  • NickFitz
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    I watched an old Traffic Cops earlier, just for a change

    And a bit more of Eternity has been read

    Friday tomorrow!

    Goodnight all

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  • NickFitz
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    Tea has been spag bol. Turned out very nicely

    This was served in a "pasta bowl" which was one of the last items of crockery brought from my parents' place. I wasn't really aware such things existed, but it turns out to serve its intended purpose very well

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  • NickFitz
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    For those who feel there aren't enough apocalyptic nightmares around at the moment, BBC4 is showing Threads next Wednesday, accompanied by several more-or-less related programmes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2024/10/09

    This will, I believe, be only the fourth time it's been broadcast by the BBC in forty years

    I assume they'll be showing the recent HD restoration, which I have on Blu-ray.

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  • NickFitz
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    Just got a reminder that some ramen kits are arriving from Wales tomorrow. I'd completely forgotten ordering them last weekend. Jay Rayner recommends them, so I'm quite looking forward to them - well, one of them; the others are for the freezer. Anyway, that's tomorrow's tea sorted out

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  • ladymuck
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    Afternoon all

    Cloudy but with blue patches. Dry. Currently 16 degrees and that's the high for the day. No rain forecast. Barometer up to 1019 mBar.

    Got offered an interview for a perm role. Waiting for the email with a selection of dates and times to choose from.

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  • NickFitz
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    Lunch: a bowl of Heinz oxtail soup with white toast

    Still quite sunny here, though with lots of cumuli and the like floating about too

    The morning has been quite enjoyable, as all I've been doing is sitting in on a Slack call with a couple of other people who are actually working on something. It's supposed to give me a chance to see how they work, get a general idea of the underpinnings of the project, and maybe even help out if I happen to notice anything that would help. So it's all very undemanding

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