After hearing how poor the IT infrastructure in the British government is, I got wondering if it was time for them to implement a better solution than people running amuk on WhatsApp because there are no better options....
I noticed in Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Gromit cares for a vegetable in his garden that they either call a ‘marrow’ in British English or ‘melon’ in the localized American export of the film.
“How’s that marrow/melon of yours coming on?” -Wallace
Jurassic Park for me. I had an amazing JP jumper when I was like...maybe 6. It was far too big for me but I loved dinosaurs. Naturally this meant I wanted to watch the film because...well I'm 6 and it's got dinosaurs....
The Incredibles was the biggest offender in my childhood: it was sensory overload for me from the workplace scene to the jokes to the villain all done in a viciously brutal Pixar story formula.
Despicable Me was another contender because that film I don’t consider friendly to kids now, because characters are jerks and the villains are the minor ones pulling all the strings (Miss Hattie and Mr. Perkins scared me badly).
Tangled, mostly because of Mother Goethe verbally abusing Rapunzel and stabbing her boyfriend in the stomach only to get killed.
Wreck-It Ralph also has everyone hating on Ralph for being a villain, Vanellope gets shoved into a puddle of chocolate by her own kind, Calhoun is an abusive bastard, Turbo doesn’t even belong in a movie meant for kids as a villain even though he dies a goofball later.
Transformers: Age of Extinction, mostly because of Joshua Joyce abusing his role although the rest of the movie was okay.
Marvel’s Avengers was fine, but Bruce Banner/Hulk and Loki were convincingly scary.
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The Boy and The Beast was a brutal coming-of-age film, but I saw it when I was a teenager.
If you are interested in sharing book recommendations with other, or just manage your books, then bookwyrm is great for that! The .world team also has a bookwyrm instance up and running at bookwyrm.world with a community here on lemmy as well at !bookwyrm. Read Ruuds original post about it here: https://lemmy.world/post/5904792...
Nostr and Mastodon have both positioned themselves as "twitter alternatives" and both offer some degree of federation. I have done quite a bit of reading and testing with both and am writing this in case you are curious about which one may work best for you....
Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!...
Any more British zombie films?
So far I’ve seen Shaun of the Dead and Colin which were pretty good films in my opinion....
Atari Revives Infogrames As A Publishing Label ( atari.com )
What are some good B&W British films and shows?
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon ( lemmus.org )
What's your favourite sarnie/butty? ( metro.co.uk )
The BLT has been crowned the UK’s favourite sandwich for 2024 in a recent poll, with 28% of respondents saying they were a fan....
Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live ( m.youtube.com )
Cody Jinks - Rock and Roll ( piped.video )
Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts ( www.theverge.com )
Centipede: Recharged for the Atari VCS ( lemmus.org )
Should the UK government embrace the Fediverse?
After hearing how poor the IT infrastructure in the British government is, I got wondering if it was time for them to implement a better solution than people running amuk on WhatsApp because there are no better options....
Are there certain Peertube instances for animation, retro gaming, and comic books?
Have you replaced any British words with their American versions?
For example, switching out the word 'boot' for 'trunk', or ditching the word 'rubbish' for 'garbage'....
How do you play classic Mortal Kombat?
Neil Young - Harvest ( m.youtube.com )
Which Mortal Kombat games across the years should I start with?
NOTE: I have the very first one for the Sega Genesis but any will do.
What film did you watch when you were too young, and how did it traumatize you?
Jurassic Park for me. I had an amazing JP jumper when I was like...maybe 6. It was far too big for me but I loved dinosaurs. Naturally this meant I wanted to watch the film because...well I'm 6 and it's got dinosaurs....
Brits, what are your favorite places across the country?
Could Xbox Soon Become The Next Dreamcast? ( www.msn.com )
Cody Jinks: Adobe Sessions - Loud and Heavy ( m.youtube.com )
The fediverse Goodreads alternative: Bookwyrm ( bookwyrm.world )
If you are interested in sharing book recommendations with other, or just manage your books, then bookwyrm is great for that! The .world team also has a bookwyrm instance up and running at bookwyrm.world with a community here on lemmy as well at !bookwyrm. Read Ruuds original post about it here: https://lemmy.world/post/5904792...
Cody Jinks - Loud and Heavy ( piped.video )
Cody Jinks - Must Be The Whiskey ( m.youtube.com )
Nilay Patel tells Decoder guest host Hank Green why blogs are still great ( www.theverge.com )
Lemmy Active Users looking good ( discuss.tchncs.de )
Source: https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy
Running Debian on my budget laptop ( lemmus.org )
Nostr vs Mastodon and why I'm using both
Nostr and Mastodon have both positioned themselves as "twitter alternatives" and both offer some degree of federation. I have done quite a bit of reading and testing with both and am writing this in case you are curious about which one may work best for you....
The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion ( lemmy.world )
Have you been spending hours trying to pass a level? Or maybe you are completely addicted to a newly bought game. Do you have a question about a game or would like to share something else? In the Weekly Discussion Thread, you can do it all!...