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2017/12/19 23:26:08
Subject: Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'
I'll probably see this in the theatre. I missed Dunkirk there and I regret it.
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2017/12/20 00:41:14
Subject: Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'
Sure is funny how there's so much "'member WW2? 'member when Britain was great? 'member when we had an empire and stood alone(Russia cough cough cough) against evil from the continent? Iiii 'member!" stuff oozing out of the entertainment industry in the last wee while.
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2017/12/20 00:57:10
Subject: Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'
Yodhrin wrote: Sure is funny how there's so much "'member WW2? 'member when Britain was great? 'member when we had an empire and stood alone(Russia cough cough cough) against evil from the continent? Iiii 'member!" stuff oozing out of the entertainment industry in the last wee while.
Well, from Fall 1939 until Summer 1941, the Commonwealth was alone vs the Axis powers, and it's not like Canada or Australia or India faced the same (perceived) imminent existential threat the the UK did.
I do agree there is definitely a market for nostalgic material about the good ol' days, though. I like WW2 stories these days because they bring me back to when i was 10 or 12, invincible, innocent, and fascinated by my grandparent's war.
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We were once so close to heaven, St. Peter came out and gave us medals; declaring us "The nicest of the damned".
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
2017/12/20 01:40:28
Subject: Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'
BlaxicanX wrote: A young business man named Tom Kirby, who was a pupil of mine until he turned greedy, helped the capitalists hunt down and destroy the wargamers. He betrayed and murdered Games Workshop.
2017/12/20 14:10:45
Subject: Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'
Yodhrin wrote: Sure is funny how there's so much "'member WW2? 'member when Britain was great? 'member when we had an empire and stood alone(Russia cough cough cough) against evil from the continent? Iiii 'member!" stuff oozing out of the entertainment industry in the last wee while.
Shut your face you! Gary Oldman!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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2017/12/20 21:09:05
Subject: Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'
According to the interwebs, this has a US release Dec 22, and UK release Jan 12. I would have thought this movie could have an Xmas UK release.
We were once so close to heaven, St. Peter came out and gave us medals; declaring us "The nicest of the damned".
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
2017/12/24 14:41:52
Subject: Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour'
Wouldn’t have clue, does look pretty good to be fair. On a side note a few Xmas’s ago was chatting to the wife’s grandfather and it turns out he was one of the guards that lined the route of Churchill’s funeral. Who’d have thought.
