The Silver Fern

The Delta Force (1986) - starring Chuck Norris

• Everything you need to know is in above line
  -- It's called "The Delta Force"
  -- It was released in 1986
  -- It's got Chuck Norris in it

If you can't figure out what this movie is, from those three facts, you don't deserve to watch Chuck Norris riding a motorcycle firing rockets from both front and rear.

@Bones Upvoted by a motorcyclist.
I've never understood it. Unless it's Harley riders who don't trust their engine to keep ticking over.

@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:

@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:

I loved how they absolutely dove into the idea of a kid being a "baddie" - and taking advantage of it.

The mad scientist chick was pretty hot too, definite MILF qualities.

Robocop 1 and 2 still hold up despite the horrific “this is what the future will look like from our 80s perspective” but I remember 3 being absolute shit…..didn’t he get chopped up by some robotic ninjas ?

Robotic ninjas, and flying Robocop. It sounds like it should be awesome, but...

I loved how they absolutely dove into the idea of a kid being a "baddie" - and taking advantage of it.

Robocop
Robocop 2
Robocop 3
Robocop (2014)

• What beautiful examples of 1980s/1990s movies
• What beautiful examples of a "franchise" devolving into a parody of itself
• Some fucking BEAUTIFUL racism... absolutely ZERO understanding of the difference between Chinese and Japanese cultures in Robocop 3.
• What a beautiful example of a franchise-reboot that I'd completely forgotten even existed... despite starring Samuel L fucking Jackson, Michael goddamn Keaton, the guy from For All Mankind, Omar, and Gary freakin' Oldman

Also beautiful examples of:

• 1980s/1990s - do NOT fuck around. The jacket says "Robocop". There is VERY little time until there is a Robocop. And Robocop does Robocop shit.
• 2014 - nearly 30 minutes in, we finally see what we always knew what was going to happen - Murphy getting seriously hurt, and a freakin' Robocop.
• • but eventually... little throwbacks to the original
• • and PC gone mad! The black male cop captain becomes a black female! The white female partner becomes a black male! Agendas! Agendas everywhere!

Robocop!

@Bovidae I've had Rival Sons on my playlist for quite some time now, but for some reason always thought they were Scandinavian, or some such, with english as a second language.
I must have mixed them up with somebody else.
But songs like "Electric Man" - with lyrics such as "oh hot lady hot lady, ... gonna drive you like a cadillac, ... gonna take you to the sugar shack, ... coz I'm electric, I'm the electric man, oh yes I am"... and I'm sure some other nonsense thrown in... always re-affirmed to me that they were non-native english speakers just plucking random rock cliche words and throwing them together.
Great fun, but a parody of generic rock.
But - I still chose, and continue to choose, to focus on the "great fun".

I've just now discovered that I seem to have accidentally deleted all their shit when I did a full "refresh" of the music on my phone... so now downloading their back catalogue to throw back in the mix.

@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:

When you into a Hi Fi shop just wanting to look at a pair of speakers and get salespeople wanking on about how this amplifier or other "gives a warmer, deeper sound-stage", how £200 speaker cables "enhance the bass presence" or how vinyl records "contain more melodic information than digital".

No, they fucking well do not, now piss off and study some basic physics and audio engineering you pimply-faced twat.

Walking into any sort of electronics store, and engaging (with grave misgivings) with any staff about anything - and the subject of charging/connection ports comes up.
"Oh - so are you wanting/preferring Samsung or Apple?"
No, you fuck-bag, I am not a cretin, and if you asked me the correct question, I would have a strong preference for USB-C, would settle for micro-USB, and Apple "lightning" can fuck right off.
But, on the other hand, being in an electronic store with my aunt - who's looking for a new phone, tablet, AND laptop - and hearing some fucking nerd try to be overly technical. Also... fuck off. Nerd.
There's a balance to be had, and I realise that shop-floor monkeys are unlikely to be capable of recognising/actioning that, but... I reserve my right to get fucking annoyed by them anyway.
But that fucking "Samsung or Apple" question does my head in. Anytime somebody asks for a charger. Retards.

That's similar to how I'd like ALL spot-kicks to be taken.

@booboo said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:

@Kruse said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:

@booboo said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:

@Frank said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:

So, Roigard scores a brilliant 70m individual try against the Boks, is man of the Match in his 1st start. And Christie is bloody average at best.

Let's see just how stubborn Foster is.
If he picks him, it's a tacit admission, he got it wrong by persisting with Christie.

Can't win can he?

Jesus, just soft-ball it in there, why don't ya?

Please explain?

Hmm, perhaps only something "gotten" by watchers of Archer.
They regularly use the term "you're just going to soft ball it in there?", when somebody's said something setting up an obvious joke/gag.
Like ....
"Foster ..."
"He just can't win, can he?"
....setting up some wag to come back with something like...
"Well, no, judging by the last 4 years", or some such.

@booboo said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:

@Frank said in RWC Week 2: All Blacks v Namibia:

So, Roigard scores a brilliant 70m individual try against the Boks, is man of the Match in his 1st start. And Christie is bloody average at best.

Let's see just how stubborn Foster is.
If he picks him, it's a tacit admission, he got it wrong by persisting with Christie.

Can't win can he?

Jesus, just soft-ball it in there, why don't ya?

@booboo said in Foster's Firsts.:

Not quite in the spirit of the thread but ...

Could've, should've, been 4 years ago.

330k for a kilo?
$330 per gram... BULK?
Fuck - how much does a gram go for on the street?

@MN5 said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@Kruse said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

Interviewing drunk kiwis in a FanZone. Fuck... I thought THAT was a new low.
And then they pull out the inane "up the wahs" - whatever the fuck that means.

Some inane catchphrase about some other sporting organisation I believe

The wahine? Is this PC mandated supporting of ladies' sport gone mad?

Interviewing drunk kiwis in a FanZone. Fuck... I thought THAT was a new low.
And then they pull out the inane "up the wahs" - whatever the fuck that means.

Well done Bleus.
Wish I was in France, congratulating some French hotties, and allowing them to console me.

@gt12 said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

Fuck Jordan again why are we doing this shit kicking gane

What I was especially pleased by - we had it in the 22, clean possession... then run it out of the 22 for a phase, then pass it back inside the 22, then kick it.
Just... what the actual fuck?

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@Joans-Town-Jones said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@Victor-Meldrew said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@Joans-Town-Jones said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

France have done absolutely nothing in this game yet lead.

Are you watching on a radio?

You wanted Foster to play a different 15 every test with 9 tests til the RWC. I'm not going to argue with you.

The knob normally marked "Tuning" changes the station...

I think we've got sufficient evidence - knobs never change stations.

@Bones said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

Jordan has to be one of the slowest guys on the field outside of running.

But... but... he had his eyes on the ball!

@Stargazer said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

@Tim said in RWC: France v All Blacks:

Canterbury player - yellow

Tasman.

Same thing.

What's all this about then?

(livestream on Stuff starts at 5.45am, kickoff at 7.15am)

... this looks like actual coverage of the game, but... how have I not heard about this before? Is it just because I'm a hermit, or... am I misinterpreting this?

Edit:

A dedicated multimedia hub located on Stuff features 12 streamed games, including live coverage of the opening match between the All Blacks and France, two quarterfinals, a semifinal and the RWC final, ...

... and all the AB pool matches delayed.
But - they seem to be keeping it remarkably quiet - presumably as part of the deal with Sky.