Seen any good films lately? [3]

Mrs Figg wrote:

chris63 wrote:Just got back from watching Jupiter Descending.
Great in 3D
Great special effects,
but unfortunatly an average film.

yeah shame I thought it might be like that. Isnt Eddie Redmayne in it?

Never heard of him.

I could watch the RLM guys and bungo make fun of Boyhood all day.

It is pretty entertaining.
Unlike the film in question...

by the way Seventh Son wasn't too bad... it wasn't great and could have been better but it wasn't horrible IMO

Pettytyrant101 wrote:No hint of controversy for you then Sin? No feeling it was propaganda,or that the portrayal of the Iraq people was racist and one dimensional?

(I havent seen it yet, just some of the stuff thats its been accused of Ive read about)

Having heard stories from people who have actually been there ( I have a cousin over there for her 3rd time now)... NOPE! The people over there for the most part live up to the stereotype from everything I have been told. It was however a damn good movie IMO

azriel wrote:Ooh-er  thats not good.
I watched "Flash of Genius" the other day, its about Robert Kearns  & his windscreen wiper invention & how FORD screwed him over. I dunno, some people are money mad & relentless.

Ford screwed alot of people over, my great grandfather designed the modern battery system (the way it was wired originally was in the back of the vehicle with very thick wire to bring the charge forward and did not hold a charge very long) Henry Ford gave my great grandfather $1000 dollars back in the day for the idea and then patented it after seeing the idea on one of my great grandfathers tractors while he was driving it in the dark. Great Grandpa had his battery in the front with very thin wiring and it held a charge MUCH longer than the system Ford had. I've heard the story thousands of times and have seen the "contract" that was drawn up and notarized and signed by both my Great grandfather and Henry Ford. Something that I am very proud of and always will be.

I just wish my family had opted for a piece of the profits but I don't think that offer was ever on the table sadly enough.

It's a shame to see an opportunity like that slip away. I think that happens a lot: if someone in big business offers you what looks like a decent amount of money for something, think long and hard before you sign away ownership.

halfwise wrote:It's a shame to see an opportunity like that slip away.  I think that happens a lot: if someone in big business offers you what looks like a decent amount of money for something, think long and hard before you sign away ownership.

agreed... back then $1000 dollars would have been like a few million esp in the poor community where my family lived

Wow, thats a story to be proud off Sin, such a shame companies can grow big on the backs of people who DO have the ideas & then, have the growing power to shit on everyone willy nilly when it suits them, AND have the bare faced cheek to claim all the credit Goes to show I guess, you gotta be a bigger bitch & one step ahead.

I invented something once but didn't know how to patent it or make a prototype, so I gave up. Too lazy. If somebody wants my idea and are prepared to make the damn thing when you make millions give me a cut.

Was it a new type of bustle?

nope. Its poo related actually.

do you wanna make it?

its bloody useful

srsly. nobody has had this idea before.

you could be rich, and by default make me rich in the process, so fucking get on with it.

why does nobody take me seriously?

its also ecological

and easy to make

but I cant be bothered

we could go on that Dragons tv programme and blow their minds

I will buy a new pair of shoes

you do the talking

I will do an Amy Pond and just stand there nodding in agreement