Haven't watched/played/listened to any of these except Django Unchained. It was terrible.
― pandemic, Monday, 6 January 2014 13:45 (ten years ago) link
I'm not a gamer so I have no idea about those, but I've seen or heard 10 of these and I say it's Iron Man 3 by a fucking mile.
― tench and pike, scaup and snipe (NickB), Monday, 6 January 2014 13:45 (ten years ago) link
FIFA 14 I guess comes closest to having a positive purpose, but I hate football/videogame interfaces nowadays so idk
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Monday, 6 January 2014 13:47 (ten years ago) link
Fifa 14 is a fun game, I play it a lot. Enjoyed Django Unchained and Life of Pi.
― subaltern 8 (Michael B), Monday, 6 January 2014 13:47 (ten years ago) link
and yeah i've heard of nine but have actually consumed zero apart from the first 10 minutes of skyfall which was boring
― lex pretend, Monday, 6 January 2014 13:48 (ten years ago) link
Lex, have you really never heard of Grand Theft Auto 5?? Not necessarily played it but at least know what it is. If so I'll have little time for you chastising Dog Latin when he claims not to have heard whatever ubiquitous #1 smash record that turns up on the ILX Tracks poll.
― pandemic, Monday, 6 January 2014 13:48 (ten years ago) link
is it a computer game? name rings a faint faint bell but i've really no idea what it is or anything
― lex pretend, Monday, 6 January 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
Yah it's a computer game that there's a moral panic over every time a new version is released.
― pandemic, Monday, 6 January 2014 13:52 (ten years ago) link
ok. i've literally never played or even handled a computer game in my life
― lex pretend, Monday, 6 January 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
Grand Theft Auto V - v much want to play but i know in my heart it's been downhill since San AndreasSkyfall - i really enjoy this and f the haterzFifa 14 - just buy the last one 2nd hand for about a quarter of the price if you mustThe Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - nein dankeCall of Duty: Ghosts - online shooters nein dankeLes Miserables - i'd probly like this but it seems a bit up itselfDespicable Me 2 - ugh sequelsTwilight Saga - Breaking Dawn Pt 2 - i am not the target market tbfNow That's What I Call Music 86 - fair enough but you know it'll be half rubNow That's What I Call Music 85 - fair enough but etcMonsters University - wanna see this but ugh sequelsStar Trek - Into Darkness - i cannae be arsed, CaptainDjango Unchained - sure i'll enjoy this when i eventually stumble into watching itLife of Pi - didn't fancy the book, certainly don't fancy thisBattlefield 4 - destructible environments look lulz but yaaaawnMan of Steel - eff a comic book movieDespicable Me - IT'S SO FLUFFYIron Man 3 - eff a comic book movie 3Taken 2 - unintentional humour way funnier than deliberately camp retreadAssassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - just give it up you boring gits
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 January 2014 13:57 (ten years ago) link
Now That's What I Call Music 86 - fair enough but you know it'll be half rub
It's actually 80% rubbish afaict which is kinda sad in such a good year for pop music.
― tench and pike, scaup and snipe (NickB), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:02 (ten years ago) link
the ongoing success of the now compilations seemed charmingly quaint at first but by now it just elicits an eyeroll of vague contempt because 2014
― lex pretend, Monday, 6 January 2014 14:02 (ten years ago) link
i got it for our Han for Christmas but i haven't even looked at the track list. Now has been pretty rub for years independent of what's happening in the actual charts
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:03 (ten years ago) link
I have experienced a grand total of 2; Skyfall, which I enjoyed a little, and Iron Man 3, which I enjoyed quite a bit. That's all.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:07 (ten years ago) link
it's weird b/c like every other pop fan my age i have v fond memories of it as a formative series in my childhood but i always disliked a good third of it and i remember how annoying it would be forwarding through it every time; the ability to excise that from the music i choose to own is basically the dream
― lex pretend, Monday, 6 January 2014 14:07 (ten years ago) link
they do tend to put all the indie crap in one easily skippable block
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:10 (ten years ago) link
Ticking the box to remove ilm from sna is imo an ilx equivalent
― i kid because i glove (darraghmac), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:11 (ten years ago) link
i imagine killfiling darragh is the ilx equivalent
― lex pretend, Monday, 6 January 2014 14:13 (ten years ago) link
Probably, probably
― i kid because i glove (darraghmac), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
If you have Now 86, this is otherwise known as the Arctic Monkeys song
― tench and pike, scaup and snipe (NickB), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
Was gonna say if i thought there'd be 30% indie crap on it id take a look tbh
― i kid because i glove (darraghmac), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:16 (ten years ago) link
i'm not saying all indie = crap, just the kind of indie crap they put on Now comps
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link
appreciate that doesn't impinge on your interest, dmac
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link
never heard of GTA V!??!?!?!
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link
You know i pine for the days man xp
― i kid because i glove (darraghmac), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:29 (ten years ago) link
life of pi as in the book that's over a decade old???
It doesn't take a genius to think, maybe, just maybe, they might have made a film out of this incredibly successful decade-old book.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
Or a videogame
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
Raspberry Life of Pi
― emil.y, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
But yeah, anyway, what a list of shite.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
i'm genuinely envious of Lex's apparent ability to filter out cultural phenomena he is not interested in
― soref, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
Or another book. I wonder - has anyone ever 'covered' a novel?
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
BORGES TO THREAD KLAXON
― emil.y, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
Go on
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link
Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote (warning, pdf)
See also the Uncreative Writing movement.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
gonna dedicate my life to becoming imago's Pierre Menard.
― Merdeyeux, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
On fone so will check later. Merdeyeux feel free but I warn you, shit's 100k and not halfway done
― VENIET IMBER (imago), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
I mean, also a 'cover version' of a novel could be pretty easily expanded - I guess imagined sequels/prequels/novels from a different perspective ('Wide Sargasso Sea' types) would be more like answer songs, but things like graphic novelisation would definitely fit as covers.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and its ilk are basically cover versions I guess
― Number None, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
at the less conceptually sophisticated end, there are 'modern versions' of things - Austen the big one, so for instance all of the novels coming soon
― woof, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
that was xp, i meant less conc. sophis. than Borges, not P&P&Z
― woof, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
I don't play video games at all, but I have played GTAV and like the others it's hilarious fun.
Oh and I've seen Life of Pi - at the cinema. Lovely 3D, the plot maybe less so.
― An embarrassing doorman and garbage man (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
trying to think if there's a literary equivalent to the slowed-down acoustic/indie cover of a lively chartpop tune.
― woof, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
I'm kind of pleased the Now! albums are still going. Now 17 was the first bit of music I ever bought with my own money (think I was 9) and I still have it. Is it still Side 1: AOR/Adult Pop/Mega hits, Side 2: Indie/Rock, Side 3: Dance/Pop/Rap, Side 4: Novelty songs/Everything else?
― An embarrassing doorman and garbage man (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
given that i don't think it's released on vinyl or cassette now, not exactly
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
but things that are similar are still chunked together i think
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah.
― An embarrassing doorman and garbage man (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
Tracklist for Now 86:
CD 1 Roar - Katy PerryCounting Stars - OneRepublicTalk Dirty - Jason Derulo feat. 2 ChainzWe Can't Stop - Miley CyrusWake Me Up - AviciiLook Right Through (MK Vocal Edit) - Storm QueenAnimals - Martin GarrixBurn - Ellie GouldingHold On, We're Going Home - Drake feat. Majid JordanYou're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - James ArthurDo I Wanna Know? - Arctic MonkeysRoyals - LordeYouth - FoxesApplause - Lady GagaGorilla - Bruno MarsBest Song Ever - One DirectionIt's My Party - Jessie JCan We Dance - The VampsJuliet - LawsonShow Me Love (America) - The WantedBonfire Heart - James BluntSomewhere Only We Know - Lily Allen CD 2 Eat Sleep Rave Repeat (Calvin Harris Remix) - Fatboy Slim and Riva Starr feat. BeardymanThinking About You - Calvin Harris feat. Ayah MararYou Make Me - AviciiEarthquake - DJ Fresh vs. Diplo feat. Dominique Young UniqueSonnentanz (Sun Don't Shine) - Klangkarussell feat. Will HeardSummertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix) - Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric GervaisBang Bang - will.i.amWhat I Might Do - Ben PearceCount On Me - Chase and Status feat. MokoChildren Of The Sun - Tinie Tempah feat. John MartinOther Side Of Love - Sean PaulR U Crazy - Conor MaynardLifted - Naughty Boy feat. Emeli SandéLost Generation - Rizzle KicksBoom Boom (Heartbeat) - Ray Foxx feat. Rachel K CollierCheating - John NewmanBig When I Was Little - Eliza DoolittleDisco Love - The SaturdaysAfterglow - WilkinsonBooyah - Showtek feat. We Are Loud & Sonny WilsonSomething Really Bad - Dizzee Rascal feat. will.i.amThe Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) - Ylvis
― tench and pike, scaup and snipe (NickB), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:44 (ten years ago) link
It's been on in the car and I can make it about seven songs in and then basically I want to jump out of the window
― tench and pike, scaup and snipe (NickB), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
yeah Ellie Goulding looks like my "get this shit off now" point too
― Emilia Fabbo (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
They put the tracks before the artists? PHILISTINES!
― emil.y, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
you tell 'em!
― tench and pike, scaup and snipe (NickB), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
40 - Allah-Las: Allah-Las (who?)39 - Mystery Jets: Radlands (what is this? sounds dumb)38 - Best Coast: The Only Place (never heard of this)37 - The Invisible: Rispah (REALLY Invisible if you ask me)36 - Liars: WIXIW (they put out an album this year? LOL)35 - Howler: America Give Up (Who-ler is more like it because i dont know WHO they are)34 - David Byrne & St. Vincent: Love This Giant (Ok wau D Byrne is still alive? what?!)33 - Animal Collective: Centipede Hz (Didnt these guys just put out an album?!)32 - Beach House: Bloom (Am I thinking of Beach Fossils? WHAT?)31 - Here We Go Magic: A Different Ship (Great DISAPPEARING ACT because i have never heard of you)30 - Graham Coxon: A+E (Huh+What?)29 - Poliça: Give You The Ghost (Is this Stings band idk)28 - TOY: TOY (never heard)27 - Chairlift: Something (more like nothing because you are nothing to me wanted yall 2 know)26 - Bat For Lashes: The Haunted Man (Saw the pube on the cover and passed)25 - Melody's Echo Chamber: Melody's Echo Chamber (Accidentally deleted from iTunes)24 - Daughn Gibson: All Hell (Not on Spotify so #NEAUX1CURRRRR)23 - Twin Shadow: Confess (is this rap i dont listen to rap)22 - Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan (lost CD before I could play it fuck)21 - The Cribs: In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull (British band, refuse to play on principle)20 - King Tuff: King Tuff (King Nothing is more like it who are these bands is the The Wire's list hahah)19 - Diiv: Oshin (megaupload down can any1 get this for me help)18 - Pond: Beard Wives Denim (sounds dumb)17 - The xx: Coexist (heard one of their songs in a commercial two years ago PASS)16 - The Vaccines: The Vaccines Come Of Age (THIS IS STILL A BAND HOW IS THIS A THING IS THIS A THING)15 - Purity Ring: Shrines (Thought I heard this but it was "Grimes")14 - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Mature Themes (This came out in 2008 I thought. Wait)13 - Grizzly Bear: Shields (My file was corrupted idk)12 - Alt-J: An Awesome Wave (?????)11 - Lana del Rey: Born To Die (People really like this huh? I had no idea. People?)10 - Tame Impala: Lonerism (Wow. Tame Impala is still around huh. Wow.)9 - The Maccabees: Given To The Wild (\O_o/)8 - Kindness: World You Need A Change Of Mind (??????????? where do you people even find this music)7 - Field Music: Plumb (wut)6 - Django Django: Django Django (how do i even google this HELLO)5 - Jessie Ware: Devotion (i dont like metal it's stupid)4 - Cat Power: Sun (Did we even have a thread on this?)3 - Frank Ocean: Channel Orange (dumb pop R&B crap, next)2 - Grimes: Visions (thought i heard this but it was Sky Ferrari)1 - Sharon Van Etten: Tramp (never heard of this)
― tome crues (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, November 22, 2012 6:07 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― it was a cool and cutting-edge prank in October 2013 (wins), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 13 January 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
oh cool some americans voted
― a solid one word retort congealed in the vaginal orifice you call (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 00:05 (ten years ago) link
Interesting that among the films you've got a Bond film, and then mainly comic book adaptations and then a Tarantino – not so many big action/thriller/horror films anymore? Altho I guess the comic book adaptations cover for that
― cardamon, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 04:41 (ten years ago) link
I wd have voted for the Now compilations, I get about every other one of them, like the radio in greasy spoon cafes you're in it with everyone else, regardless of whether I particularly like the music there's a warmth in that communal listening
― cardamon, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 04:43 (ten years ago) link
Got the feeling quite a lot of that dance pop interzone UKG Duke Dumont 'vibe' made it on to the album in this case which can only be good
― cardamon, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 04:44 (ten years ago) link
jesus, you people
― secede already you Tory cowards (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 09:06 (ten years ago) link
I could swear I saw Life of Pi before Xmas in 2012, definitely saw the first Hobbit in 2d before then anyway since I saw it a 2nd time in early Jan in 3d
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 10:08 (ten years ago) link
― subaltern 8 (Michael B), Monday, 6 January 2014 08:47 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
sorry for the revive, but was wondering - did you ever play online? is it me, or has the AI defense gotten to be terrible? I used to play the FIFA games on prior generation systems and while I often had trouble scoring, I never had this much trouble defending.
against players who play actual soccer, I'm good, as I mark well and defend headers well and double team frequently so I force lots of turnovers. I've noticed though most of the dickfingers who play online do nothing but launch through balls and downfield crosses all game on the off-chance that one out of ten will succeed, and when they do, even though I'm marking him from one side, the AI defenders just let the guy blow past. if he crosses it into the box before I can switch players, my AI defender doesn't even attempt to stop the header or volley.
It's infuriating. and it doesn't happen when I play the computer - only when I play other people.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link