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- Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:15 am UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Game of Thrones: The TV Show (novelisation coming soon)
- Replies: 2102
- Views: 295823
Re: Game of Thrones: The TV Show (novelisation coming soon)
"Character Teleports" happened pretty much every time the show-writers took hold of the plot. The fact remains: the Game of Thrones TV audience doesn't have easy access to a map, while the "book audience" has a map at the back of each book. So the show writers take advantage of ...
- Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:08 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: The Darker Side of the News
- Replies: 3664
- Views: 444834
Re: The Darker Side of the News
Alas, these days people seem to die by the dozen every day in the Mediteranean Sea. Estimation of 2000 dead between january and june 2017.
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:10 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3704
Re: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
The Fifth Element already felt like Luc Besson had suddenly found a few tons of cash.
(This movie isn't available here yet).
(This movie isn't available here yet).
- Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:03 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Anime Thread of Doom
- Replies: 4408
- Views: 705826
Re: Anime Thread of Doom
Critics from Annecy festival were quite positive about In This Corner of the World, a movie that I plan to watch in a theater when it is available in my country.
I have just seen Mai Mai Miracle (2009) from the same director, it was very beautiful.
I have just seen Mai Mai Miracle (2009) from the same director, it was very beautiful.
- Tue Jul 11, 2017 11:46 am UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Bad Movies You Love
- Replies: 270
- Views: 34045
Re: Enjoyably shitty films
Yes, I was tricked by imdb to see that Luc Besson has directed another sci-fi save-the-universe film. I do have my reservations though, because the trailer suggests it's all so serious . I hope the film itself will show us society, like Fifth Element did. It is the adaptation of a comic series; I d...
- Mon Jul 10, 2017 7:58 am UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Anime Thread of Doom
- Replies: 4408
- Views: 705826
Re: Anime Thread of Doom
I really liked Kobayashi. I am also following Re:creators (I may have mentioned this before). The direction it is taking is a bit weird, but so far they have managed to make everything interesting.
- Sun Jul 09, 2017 8:42 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Anime Thread of Doom
- Replies: 4408
- Views: 705826
Re: Anime Thread of Doom
Summer has started with its anime series. So far I mostly noticed Made in Abyss which looks very good. I may read the manga if the anime disappoints me with some cheap episodes (as happens often these days), because it really *look* good. Episode 1 of Centaur no Nayami was nice as well, although I d...
- Sun Jul 09, 2017 7:55 pm UTC
- Forum: Language/Linguistics
- Topic: Regional Dialect and Idiolect Oddities (pronunciation)
- Replies: 938
- Views: 212017
Re: Regional Dialect and Idiolect Oddities (pronunciation)
Oh, that last syllabic is stressed as opposed to -tan in Satan which is unstressed. I always forget that thing about English. Thanks for your explanation.
Edit: What a difficult word.
Edit: What a difficult word.
- Sun Jul 09, 2017 5:23 pm UTC
- Forum: Language/Linguistics
- Topic: Regional Dialect and Idiolect Oddities (pronunciation)
- Replies: 938
- Views: 212017
Re: Regional Dialect and Idiolect Oddities (pronunciation)
I expected people to say tan in orangutan [tən], like I understand they do with Satan. Not a native speaker, but I can't see how someone would hesitate between [teɪŋ] and [tɛən].
- Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:47 pm UTC
- Forum: Language/Linguistics
- Topic: Regional Dialect and Idiolect Oddities (pronunciation)
- Replies: 938
- Views: 212017
Re: Regional Dialect and Idiolect Oddities (pronunciation)
I can confirm that in French, the decimal point is read as virgule ("comma") rather than point . So 1,234 ("1.234") would be un virgule deux trois quatre ("one comma two three four") or un virgule deux cent trente-quatre ("one comma two hundred thirty-four")....
- Fri Jul 07, 2017 12:09 pm UTC
- Forum: Language/Linguistics
- Topic: How to write in plain language
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4131
Re: How to write in plain language
Its criticism is that it focuses only on word and sentence length. gmalivuk's claim regarded only sentence length. So it is possible that Hemingway did use long sentences but that his words were almost all monosyllabic. I think that's unlikely, though. Even so, does using shorter words (as in fewer...
- Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:03 am UTC
- Forum: Language/Linguistics
- Topic: Nounal and pronomial
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1770
Re: Nounal and pronomial
One would normally use noun as a adjective, as in a noun phrase. I suppose nominal wouldn't be ambiguous in the contexts* where noun wouldn't fit.
* (contexts that I don't imagine at the moment).
* (contexts that I don't imagine at the moment).
- Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:49 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Anime Thread of Doom
- Replies: 4408
- Views: 705826
Re: Anime Thread of Doom
Lately I watched (7 episodes of) Seikaisuru Kado ; this series has some merits, but every crisis is eventually solved because the ET can solve everything (which bored me). Fun thing is, I think the protagonist is the ugliest character in the show. Among positive things about this show, it is apparen...
- Mon Jun 26, 2017 2:51 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Anime Thread of Doom
- Replies: 4408
- Views: 705826
Re: Anime Thread of Doom
Just to clarify, I can't indeed argue about boring, but I mostly meant so slow I am bored. I am also uninterested in the story, but I wouldn't claim it is especially bad. Regarding ugliness, I don't mind Toriyama's designs, but I am not impressed by the way they move. (Maybe I am misusing the word u...
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 12:37 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Anime Thread of Doom
- Replies: 4408
- Views: 705826
Re: Anime Thread of Doom
I tried watching Dragon Ball Super, but it's quite ugly, and very slow and boring (but then DBZ was also very slow). Regarding Gohan, he was supposed to be the main character in the first half of DBZ, except for all these parts where Goku eventually saved everyone. But he has been weak and useless s...
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 7:47 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Anime Thread of Doom
- Replies: 4408
- Views: 705826
Re: Anime Thread of Doom
I first dismissed Re:Creators as yet another Re:Re:Zero, but I am now watching it and I really like it. I especially like Mamika and how she evolved from super naive to an interesting character. These days I am also watching Alice to Zouroku ; not very pretty but I am interested in the story. Lately...
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 1:48 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British Snap Election - Theresa, Meh; Corbyn near-win; So long, Farron, auf wiedersehen goodbyeee
- Replies: 127
- Views: 16521
Re: British Snap Election - Meh result
No it isn't, I just made it up. I suspect a larger number of Brits are vegetarian (not necessarily vegan) than the French for instance, and that animal rights are more serious as well. But I don't think this is a well set stereotype.
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 1:22 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British Snap Election - Theresa, Meh; Corbyn near-win; So long, Farron, auf wiedersehen goodbyeee
- Replies: 127
- Views: 16521
Re: British Snap Election - Meh result
And I thought everyone was vegan in the UK. Can they really use goat's skin?
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:50 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Trump presidency
- Replies: 4641
- Views: 344025
Re: Trump presidency
I wish quite a few foreign head of states and princes would take a hint.
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 2:33 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: The Darker Side of the News
- Replies: 3664
- Views: 444834
Re: The Darker Side of the News
Likewise, Prometheus 2 was not dark enough.
- Sat Jun 03, 2017 8:14 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Trump presidency
- Replies: 4641
- Views: 344025
Re: Trump presidency
A few weeks ago, I heard someone from French government say that they wouldn't negociate with Trump on this topic. They said they weren't interested in a lose-lose agreement, whatever that means. But it certainly makes no sense for countries that care about ecology to be nice with countries that don...
- Fri May 26, 2017 7:49 pm UTC
- Forum: Language/Linguistics
- Topic: “good big”
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2419
Re: “good big”
Is it really a matter of word order, is "big good" more or less likely to happen? Could big (or good) be replaced with a synonym for some reason?
- Mon May 22, 2017 8:46 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Trump presidency
- Replies: 4641
- Views: 344025
Re: Trump presidency
Diadem wrote:I have to say, the 242nd season of The United States is definitely the best so far. I hope they'll renew the show for another season, though it's hard to see where they can go from here, plot wise.
Let's hope it doesn't end in a big cliffhanger.
- Tue May 09, 2017 8:02 pm UTC
- Forum: Language/Linguistics
- Topic: Parlons Français ! [French practice]
- Replies: 616
- Views: 180745
Re: Parlons Français ! [French practice]
C'est une possibilité (il a pri s le nom de X ). Ce n'est en effet pas très pratique, en français on dit Il s'appelle X là où en anglais on dirait His name is X . On peut aussi dire Il se fait appeler X ou encore Il dit se nommer X pour exprimer l'idée que c'est un comportement de sa part, et pas ju...
- Tue May 09, 2017 2:56 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Things you remember watching but can't remember the name of
- Replies: 747
- Views: 236469
Re: Things you remember watching but can't remember the name of
I haven't seen either movie, but the wikipedia page for The Island says the story is very similar to Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979).
- Mon May 08, 2017 4:25 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14464
- Views: 2113538
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
Well, let's say that is quite surprising.
- Mon May 08, 2017 3:34 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14464
- Views: 2113538
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
CorruptUser wrote:Le Pen did get something around 1/3 of gay voters
Citation needed, perhaps?
- Mon May 08, 2017 7:21 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14464
- Views: 2113538
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
(Ninja2: From my own reading of the article, the Instructor had to be brought to the stopped vehicle (from the Test Centre, and the Examiner at least would have needed to get a lift back there anyway). And, good catch: the Instructor doesn't run the exam. They're usually only involved as far as bei...
- Sun May 07, 2017 8:59 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14464
- Views: 2113538
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
Soupspoon wrote:Bitter-sweet humour: Learner prevented from passing driving test due to instructor. (As a bonus, though, police Twitterer fails basic grammar test.)
But then couldn't the examiner give the learner their license? How do police have their say in this?
- Sun May 07, 2017 7:39 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14464
- Views: 2113538
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
Mutex wrote:Hoping this is the high point of the FN and not the direction politics in France are going to continue.
We will see; quite a few people predict much unrest for five years, and higher FN results in 2022.
- Tue May 02, 2017 5:42 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14464
- Views: 2113538
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
Exactly, he is showing no humility. He apparently expects people to be shamed into voting against the other candidate.
- Tue May 02, 2017 4:53 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14464
- Views: 2113538
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
I still think Macron will be elected, but he's doing a great job at making everyone hate him.
- Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:15 am UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: The Great Recommendation Thread (Movie, TV, Anime, Cartoon)
- Replies: 290
- Views: 141401
Re: The Great Recommendation Thread (Movie, TV, Anime, Cartoon)
Sorry for suggesting you would be mocking me, I may have been playing games with trolls and become paranoid.
- Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:53 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: The Great Recommendation Thread (Movie, TV, Anime, Cartoon)
- Replies: 290
- Views: 141401
Re: The Great Recommendation Thread (Movie, TV, Anime, Cartoon)
That was a typo for animation. Not sure if your post is sarcasm or sincere.
- Thu Apr 27, 2017 11:33 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: The Great Recommendation Thread (Movie, TV, Anime, Cartoon)
- Replies: 290
- Views: 141401
Re: The Great Recommendation Thread (Movie, TV, Anime, Cartoon)
I haven't finished watching it yet, but I think I should make some free advertising for Lastman ( English teaser ). It seems to be the first French animated tv series aimed at adults ever. (There was animated movies for adults before). It looks like American animation of American comics, and actuall...
- Sun Apr 23, 2017 7:10 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: In other news... (humorous news items)
- Replies: 14464
- Views: 2113538
Re: In other news... (humorous news items)
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-french-election-is-way-too-close-to-call/ French elections are too close to call as herding poisons the polling data. Still better than any UK polling though. Apparently Le Pen and Macron were ahead today, which should lead to a very predictable second round...
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 6:27 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Anime Thread of Doom
- Replies: 4408
- Views: 705826
Re: Anime Thread of Doom
I have just watched Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, a Gainax movie from 1987. I wouldn't say I am fond of the story, but it looks so good especially characters.
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:13 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: Kubo and the Two Strings
- Replies: 61
- Views: 10747
Re: Kubo and the Two Strings
I saw this movie lately (for free, in a plane). It was very good. I would only complain that the humor lacks subtlty, for instance the funny grandma in the beginning is a stereotype of all cool American movie grandmas. (Also she doesn't feel like a Japanese character). (I have nothing bad to say abo...
- Wed Apr 05, 2017 2:26 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
- Replies: 1119
- Views: 135203
Re: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
That sounds much more reasonable.
- Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:38 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
- Replies: 1119
- Views: 135203
Re: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
These 70+ pounds are quite similar to the cost of renewing m'y French passport (86€).