Excalibur Squadron OOC 2: The Song Remains the Same

by **Morrdh** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:37 am

Fatal crash of F18 near RAF Lakenheath.

Crap year for the USAF and UK aviation in general.

by **Goram** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:03 am

Len Hyet wrote:
The Two Jerseys wrote:If Wikipedia is correct, it was a WWI-vintage destroyer.

Glorious DD-163 Walker
Destoyermen strong like US Navy
Filthy Grik go home

Not sure what Walker did to be glorious...

by **Len Hyet** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:06 am

GOram wrote:
Len Hyet wrote:Glorious DD-163 Walker
Destoyermen strong like US Navy
Filthy Grik go home

Not sure what Walker did to be glorious...

It's from the Destroyermen series. Good Alt-History Fantasy style.

by **Goram** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:10 am

Len Hyet wrote:
GOram wrote:
Not sure what Walker did to be glorious...

It's from the Destroyermen series. Good Alt-History Fantasy style.

Yeah, just found that online. Looks...odd. Lemur people?

by **Len Hyet** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:11 am

GOram wrote:
Len Hyet wrote:It's from the Destroyermen series. Good Alt-History Fantasy style.

Yeah, just found that online. Looks...odd. Lemur people?

Lemurians thank-you-very-much

I enjoy it.

by **Goram** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:15 am

Len Hyet wrote:
GOram wrote:
Yeah, just found that online. Looks...odd. Lemur people?

Lemurians thank-you-very-much

I enjoy it.

I do need something to readr...might give it a go.

by **Grenartia** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:52 am

GOram wrote:
The Two Jerseys wrote:Yesh. Thish ish true.

I love the way he doesn't even attempt to hide his accent in that film.

Shean Connery'sh acchent ish too aweshome to shuppressh.

by **Gibberan** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:15 am

Happy Back to the Future Day. Enjoy your flying cars and hoverboards.

by **Goram** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:17 am

Gibberan wrote:Happy Back to the Future Day. Enjoy your flying cars and hoverboards.

Was literally just now thinking "It's odd that no one on ES has posted about Back to the Future Day".

Thanks for fixing that, Gibb.

by **Grenartia** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 1:40 pm

GOram wrote:
Gibberan wrote:Happy Back to the Future Day. Enjoy your flying cars and hoverboards.

Was literally just now thinking "It's odd that no one on ES has posted about Back to the Future Day".

Thanks for fixing that, Gibb.

I, for one, am disappointed that bike helmets shaped like bedpans and tacticool vests aren't the height of modern fashion.

by **The Two Jerseys** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:58 pm

GOram wrote:
The Two Jerseys wrote:Yesh. Thish ish true.

I love the way he doesn't even attempt to hide his accent in that film.

Yesh, I'm a British shecret agent.
Yesh, I'm a mershenary and a god in Kafirishtan.
Yesh, I'm a Berber chief who kidnapsh Americansh.
Yesh, I'm an immortal Shpanish swordshmith.
Yesh, I'm a nineteen-twentiesh Chicago police offisher.
Yesh, I'm an archaeologisht sheeking the Holy Grail.
Yesh, I'm a Russian shubmarine commander.
Yesh, I'm an eshcapee from Alcatrazh.

Gibberan wrote:Happy Back to the Future Day. Enjoy your flying cars and hoverboards.

Sod that, Happy Trafalgar Day!

by **Altito Asmoro** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:12 pm

Gibberan wrote:Happy Back to the Future Day. Enjoy your flying cars and hoverboards.

I wish I have DeLorean time machine for real.

Then I can go to the past and introducing time traveling to the people.

by **The Tiger Kingdom** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:07 pm

Good Lord, I really WANT to like that million-part History of WW2 podcast - it's just about the most in-depth historical analysis you can ask for - but the poor guy who delivers it is just the worst speaker. It's not that his voice is necessarily unpleasant; it's just that he reads his stuff like he's being shown no more than three words at a time. Emphasis is all over the place. I'm pretty sure there are some pretty severe mispronunciations. He pauses constantly, to the point where you can't tell a comma break from the end of a sentence.

Your research is good, dude! Just don't be so stilted!

by **Goram** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 3:31 am

The new trailer for Dad's Army is out. It looks...well...not good.

by **Len Hyet** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 6:26 am

The Tiger Kingdom wrote:Good Lord, I really WANT to like that million-part History of WW2 podcast - it's just about the most in-depth historical analysis you can ask for - but the poor guy who delivers it is just the worst speaker. It's not that his voice is necessarily unpleasant; it's just that he reads his stuff like he's being shown no more than three words at a time. Emphasis is all over the place. I'm pretty sure there are some pretty severe mispronunciations. He pauses constantly, to the point where you can't tell a comma break from the end of a sentence.

Your research is good, dude! Just don't be so stilted!

Link?

by **The Tiger Kingdom** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:03 pm

Len Hyet wrote:
The Tiger Kingdom wrote:Good Lord, I really WANT to like that million-part History of WW2 podcast - it's just about the most in-depth historical analysis you can ask for - but the poor guy who delivers it is just the worst speaker. It's not that his voice is necessarily unpleasant; it's just that he reads his stuff like he's being shown no more than three words at a time. Emphasis is all over the place. I'm pretty sure there are some pretty severe mispronunciations. He pauses constantly, to the point where you can't tell a comma break from the end of a sentence.

Your research is good, dude! Just don't be so stilted!

Link?

Yo!
It looks AMAZING - he's up to 140 episodes over three years and he's just started covering Barbarossa and the summer of '41, which means he's on about the same time frame as ES (HAHA, funny funny), and there's all kinds of great linked maps and recommended primary sources and long, 10-episode digressions about Churchill's life story (I eat that stuff up with a spoon), but Jesus, it is a chore to actually sit and listen to.
Hire a voice actor, dude! Hell, hire me, I could probably do a pretty good job!

by **Altito Asmoro** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 6:49 pm

The Tiger Kingdom wrote:
Len Hyet wrote:Link?

Yo!
It looks AMAZING - he's up to 140 episodes over three years and he's just started covering Barbarossa and the summer of '41, which means he's on about the same time frame as ES (HAHA, funny funny), and there's all kinds of great linked maps and recommended primary sources and long, 10-episode digressions about Churchill's life story (I eat that stuff up with a spoon), but Jesus, it is a chore to actually sit and listen to.
Hire a voice actor, dude! Hell, hire me, I could probably do a pretty good job!

Perhaps we can advertise you to him.

by **Morrdh** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:03 am

GOram wrote:The new trailer for Dad's Army is out. It looks...well...not good.

Anything in particular or just the entire thing?

I always watch trailers with a pinch of salt since we've had epic trailers for really crappy films and vice versa.

That said I imagine the biggest problem with the new film is going to people's nostalgia for the TV series.

by **Goram** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:27 am

Morrdh wrote:
GOram wrote:The new trailer for Dad's Army is out. It looks...well...not good.

Anything in particular or just the entire thing?

I always watch trailers with a pinch of salt since we've had epic trailers for really crappy films and vice versa.

That said I imagine the biggest problem with the new film is going to people's nostalgia for the TV series.

It just struck me as, I don't know, poor. We'll see, I suppose, but I'm not optimistic.

by **Morrdh** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:34 am

GOram wrote:
Morrdh wrote:
Anything in particular or just the entire thing?

I always watch trailers with a pinch of salt since we've had epic trailers for really crappy films and vice versa.

That said I imagine the biggest problem with the new film is going to people's nostalgia for the TV series.

It just struck me as, I don't know, poor. We'll see, I suppose, but I'm not optimistic.

Well it can't be as bad as the Star Trek reboot.

by **Goram** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:43 am

Morrdh wrote:
GOram wrote:
It just struck me as, I don't know, poor. We'll see, I suppose, but I'm not optimistic.

Well it can't be as bad as the Star Trek reboot.

I actually quite enjoyed those. Mind you, I'm not a Star Trek fan.

by **Morrdh** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:45 am

GOram wrote:
Morrdh wrote:
Well it can't be as bad as the Star Trek reboot.

I actually quite enjoyed those. Mind you, I'm not a Star Trek fan.

I didn't really see much point in doing them, I'd rather have a new crew, new ship and new stories.

And then they decided to rip off Wrath of Khan.... :palm:

by **Altito Asmoro** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 5:09 am

GOram wrote:
Morrdh wrote:
Well it can't be as bad as the Star Trek reboot.

I actually quite enjoyed those. Mind you, I'm not a Star Trek fan.

Star Trek reboot actually allows me to know Star Trek characters and story.

by **Gibberan** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 6:02 am

Morrdh wrote:I didn't really see much point in doing them, I'd rather have a new crew, new ship and new stories.

And then they decided to rip off Wrath of Khan....

Wrath of Khan (original, not JJ Abrams's half-hearted version) will always be, at least for me, the pinnacle of Star Trek. The Abrams reboots are fine, but don't do justice to the original material.

On another note, I have purchased my Star Wars 7 midnight screening tickets.

by **The Two Jerseys** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 11:39 am

For your reading pleasure,
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34617986
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-33057839

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