Windows 11 is so incredibly shit it’s barely usable, lol…
And I’ve largely had that experience across different hardware sets, so I blame the OS, at this point.
Unfortunately “going back” to Windows 10 isn’t really an option, on my current set-up, so I’m largely stuck with it.
It’s very frustrating, to say the least…
Hahaha that’s brilliant. Not sure if it’s intentional (Lion King 1 was mostly in Zulu, after all), but nonetheless.
Doing God’s work, there.
I think he’s English, but yeah, it’s usually like… Washed-up posh guy who’s barely even trying, lol.
Then again, I haven’t seen him in anything much since Eragon, if you remember that abomination…
I loved that book, and have even met the author, so going into it I was like, “Wait what? What is this?”
He really phoned that one in, lol.
Gladiator is (like the Lion King) mostly not his work, though he does deserve credit for it. Same with Pirates, of which the most well-known bits were composed by other people.
So I do agree that they are great, but all three of these were collabs that he has mostly taken all the credit for, lol…
Well, they even gave it a baby, so that it “could be a parent”…
Yeah, I’m really not joking. The Australian media absolutely loved this shit…
“Sphen”. shivers…
Most worrying part of that judgement? The precedent that, “on its ordinary meaning sex is changeable”.
Fuck, even the trannies themselves mostly didn’t argue that, a decade ago… And this is a judge!
Pretty sure “Roxanne Tickle” is “pre-op”, too, which makes that judgement even more dubious…
What an insane time to be alive.
If I was the defendant, I would take this to the High Court, if possible. Make the Feds say this shit out loud, if indeed they truly believe it…
Nah, I didn't really get that vibe from the trailer (we mostly just see them as cubs and as juveniles/teenagers, though) - more like, "Mufasa was the usurper all along, and the throne was rightfully Taka/Scar's to take!"
Which is an odd flex for them to go with, but anyway.
They also made them unrelated by blood (which contradicts canon), and made them look... Pretty much the same. Which I suppose makes sense (i.e. lions in real life don't look like Scar in the animated film), but just makes the whole thing a bit... Off.
As I said, this seems like what "Wicked" is to the "Wizard of Oz", or as "Maleficent" is to "Sleeping Beauty" - a spinoff that largely contradicts the original story, and uses the same characters, but with entirely different characteristics, motivations, etc...
Oh, I know there’s snow in some mountains down there - specifically the Drakenburg, which I used as a convo starter with a Saff’s girl once, lol. And I guess Lesotho might get snow, too.
But as I recall that’s fairly irregular, vs this trailer which looked like the ducking avalanche scene from Mulan, or something, lol…
I don’t think anywhere in Africa ever gets that much snow, even Morocco or Kili.
But then again this is a movie about talking lions, so… Yeah.
I think Scar also has an American accent in this, so they clearly don’t give a shit about continuity or logic at this point…
Honestly, watching the trailer, I really can’t square how this story follows into the Lion King, lol. Though apparently it is only canon for the “live action” version, not the original animated one, so… Eh.
But yeah, making Scar the hero of this prequel (and seemingly the rightful heir to the throne) is… An odd choice, to say the least.
Your explanation is as good as any I can give, lol.
Nah, just *one of.
Not even in my personal top 5, but it’s still pretty great, lol.
This is also a reminder that, whatever Disney does with this, the soundtrack to the original, by Zimmer and co, is just fucking awesome. As is most of the stage show version that I have seen.
Listening to it now. Some of his best work, imho. Though I refuse to listen to the new, woke, “live action” movie soundtrack, lol.
I mean, yeah, it is that now, you’re right. Though unfortunately some people still use it as a “communication tool”, of sorts.
But yes, that.
I do remember when it still used to be more “hobby posts”, and the like. Those were the days…
Also of note - I know a lot of women from non-Anglo countries, yet almost every one of them only bothers captioning things in English, and from what they post, you really wouldn’t know they were French, or German, or Swedish, or whatever. You would just assume they were a rich Anglo expat.
Which is rather sad, given that I know that they aren’t even fluent, but they’re just trying to “game the algorithm” for so-called “maximum engagement”…
Crazy to see these same girls, who a few years ago were fairly normal chicks, become wannabe “influencers” who only post bikini/boat/party pics…
What a world.
I believe Charles’ coronation was the first to feature an iman and a rabbi (in addition to a Catholic bishop, lol), so that’s… Something.
Charles has always been a woketard, though. Like, for decades. So it’s not like this is breaking a pattern or anything…
As has Starmer, obviously…
I dunno, Rambeau Knifetean could almost pass for a toff name, if spelled that way. Almost.
It’s notable that in many of these shows and movies, being human is portrayed as “a weakness”.
That seems to be a recurring theme in children’s programming now, too. But obviously it’s there in everything from X-Men to Grimm to the Australian show Glitch (about people coming back from the dead, lol). And instead of humans proving their worth by fighting back, and overcoming the supposedly “superior” others, the characters turn themselves into the monsters, instead, to gain “powers”…
I would be fairly confident this is a deliberate, if not necessarily always conscious, trend…
I told you that this wouldn't be over with just the Olympics...
The Paras already had a much higher proportion of "alphabet mafia" folks, so this is just the logical next step...
Same is happening in Aus, with a crackdown on "Christian extremists", while nothing is done about actual violence perpetrated by Aboriginals and Muslims...
And the general populace just eats it up. Because only "deluded, paranoid" Christians like the ones at Wieambilla would dare question the state, evidently... /s
Lol, I don't recall that specific medal-biting moment. Remember which sport it was in, by any chance?
Honestly, I think the general lack of any particular disasters (sans la Seine making people ill, as you mention), major fights (apart from the hockey final perhaps), outbreaks or terror attacks, and indeed fairly decent crowds at most events (only the ones in Paris though. Not in other cities so much) is probably a fairly positive reflection of how Paris handled the thing.
The boxing and soccer tranny indiscretions are mainly just down to the IOC being stupid, rather than anything to do with the French themselves. Although the Opening Ceremony shit was entirely on the French, I must admit, lol.
But sports-wise? They've done a pretty decent job, I think.
It seems that they somehow managed the logistics (mostly) better than the Germans did with the Euros, only a couple of months ago, which, given the respective reputations of each country/culture, is somewhat of a surprise... Although some of that may have just been hidden, because I went to the RWC there last year (in the same stadium, specifically), and that was shambolic, even though the media barely addressed that aspect at all...
All of this has the caveat that we're only 2/3 of the way through "Paris 2024". We can reflect on it in full once the Paras are over, lol.
Theoretically that should be an easier logistical exercise (less people, less spectacle, shorter, less disciplines, presumable less expense), but I wouldn't necessarily count on it yet.
That happens quite a lot, I believe…
The guy who nearly murdered Salman Rushdie a couple of years back being but one example…
Also Shemima Begum (the IS girl, from England), and the teenager who stabbed the Syriac bishop in Western Sydney recently…
All of those were second or third-generation Muslim “citizens”…
It’s a recurring theme, in many Western countries…
Australia isn’t really known for its urban ghettoes (anymore), but if you spend time in the Muslim, African or Pasifika-dominated parts of any of the big 4 capital cities, it really, really doesn’t feel safe in any way. Particularly Western Sydney, lol…
Honestly, as far as women’s sport goes, it was… Not bad. Not necessarily because of the performances as such, but because, hot damn, I do not mind watching some of the fittest, most in-shape women out there go at it.
By that I mean aths and swimming, mostly.
Honestly though, it was better than Tokyo, for the most part.
Because it’s Paris, and if Paris knows one thing, it’s how to show itself off and put on a show.
But then, I am both a Francophile (to some extent) and an Olympics fanatic, so this is pretty much my birthday present to myself, to allow myself the time off to watch it, lol.
I’ve just always been very into it. And I played a number of these sports at times during my life (vs others who played AFL, soccer or League, for instance). So I may be a bit biased.
Would recommend the canoe slalom though, if you have time. That was actually very cool. Didn’t notice anything woke about it either.
They’re also very good at (field) hockey, both men’s and women’s. They dominated it for decades.
However they sort of went downhill after it moved from grass to astroturf, though that “blip” in results seems to be more the aberration than anything…
Hockey is technically their national sport.
They absolutely killed it this Olympics. Even I, as an Australian, have to give them that.
They completely smashed us in canoe sprint, rugby and rowing, and the men’s high jump of course. And we did roughly even in track cycling.
They’re doing phenomenal for a less-wealthy, less-populated country, compared to Aus…
Except athletics. Which is largely dominated by Africans and their descendants. Especially long-distance running…
But yeah, it doesn’t hold for China and India, granted.
It was, however, interesting to see that, in the women’s marathon, the Christian Ethiopian and Kenya looked much more normal, and played fairer, than the immigrant Muslim who moved to the Netherlands as a refugee (and unfortunately won)…
Which suggests that even growing up partly in the West, a Muslim immigrant has less in common with the rest of us than a Christian African who was born and raised on that continent, lol…
I feel like I aged 5 years just by reading this…
As a fellow (to sushi girl) Australian, this is all just so damn tiresome…
But also, he looks just like I expect he would, even in his “posed” picture, lol…