In many ways what the old TG team did ( and will continue to do on Amazon) was
make it look easy, So many think they can just take over. I don't mind Chris
Evans but with this he has a massively successful programme and team to be compare to.
Odd with the new TG they haven't bothered to go for Car, Presenters or journalists but
for some personalities and one big problem they'll have is, Jeremy Clarkson wrote most
of the scripts. We're always told Bond needs better scripts, and TG has lost it's best script
writer, and several of the new dream team have already left Chris Evan's TG.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
I don't have very high hopes for the new TG at all. The thing that made the original TG so good was its spontaneity. They weren't copying anything else, they were totally original. They did what they wanted to do, and it worked. As it became more and more successful and their budgets increased exponentially, they simply continued to do the same thing they'd always done just with better cars (and fighter planes and ships and tanks etc) and in more and more exotic locations.
TG was Jezza, May and the Hamster. Like them or not, there was no disputing that they made the show. I just don't think it's possible to replicate what they did using anyone else at all, and especially not Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc.
The Danish/Swedish crime drama "Bron" ("The Bridge") is very succesfull and has been sold to 120 countries. This is pretty much the only Swedish/Danish cooperation that works nowadays, much because of one of the leads named Saga Noreen (Sofia Helin). Saga is a briliant detective, but she also has Asbergers. This makes her very difficult, but also entertaining and facinating. Here are some highlights from her straight forward and wacky ways:
The Danish/Swedish crime drama "Bron" ("The Bridge") is very succesfull and has been sold to 120 countries. This is pretty much the only Swedish/Danish cooperation that works nowadays, much because of one of the leads named Saga Noreen (Sofia Helin). Saga is a briliant detective, but she also has Asbergers. This makes her very difficult, but also entertaining and facinating. Here are some highlights from her straight forward and wacky ways:
I like happy detective shows like " Death in Paradise" a few funny scenes and
They still catch the murderer, in only an hour not over 13 episodes
British Detective you see.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
The Danish/Swedish crime drama "Bron" ("The Bridge") is very succesfull and has been sold to 120 countries. This is pretty much the only Swedish/Danish cooperation that works nowadays, much because of one of the leads named Saga Noreen (Sofia Helin). Saga is a briliant detective, but she also has Asbergers. This makes her very difficult, but also entertaining and facinating. Here are some highlights from her straight forward and wacky ways:
On the subject of Top Gear, I can just hear Clarkson making a running
Joke about how his job has been taken by an " Immirgrant " in the
Shape of Matt Leblanc.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
Right now there is an exhibition of the works of painter Nikolai Astrup (1880-1928) at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. Both the Guardian and the Telegraph write very nice things about his works. Astrup grew up a bit south of where I live and some of his paintings show the landscape quite well. This painting, "Winter night", shows the landscape, mood and colours outside on an evening like this perfectly:
Depending on the size of windows. Would it be possible to make ( From cardboard sheets) covers to
Block the light entering the room ? I'm sure a local business could donate some large cardboard packaging
Sheets, with a few velco fasteners to keep them in place and stored for use as needed ?
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
I still think either a cardboard panel ( which could be folded for storage)
With a couple of Velcro strips top and bottom to hold it in place ( as it would
be very light) and could be very quickly put up and taken down. Or a light frame
Covered in dark material.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
How about some thick dark material and some adjustable props? Then you can ratchet the props tight to the window reveal or ceiling in front of the windows? The props I'm talking about are used by tradesmen to hold plasterboard etc and extend from about 4' to around 10' you simply trap the material and keep it tight.
I like to complain of how few foreign movies are made in my native Norway. Here is a twist: a shot of Norway that shouldn't have been in a movie! "The Danish Girl" has gotten rave reviews, but some have wondered about one scene near the end. Look:
This scene, like the rest of the movie, is supposed to be in Denmark. But Denmark looks like this:
Can you spot the differnce? )
Against the advice of all the Danes in the crew the director used a greeen screen shot taken from the coast of Norway, not far from where I live.
Stag, one of the most effective ways to block light from coming through a window is tin foil. Of course, it's fiddly and has all of the other negatives that you're trying to avoid, but it's better than cardboard, black paper etc. Likely not a solution for what you need and want, but thought I'd throw it in there.
How about some thick dark material and some adjustable props? Then you can ratchet the props tight to the window reveal or ceiling in front of the windows? The props I'm talking about are used by tradesmen to hold plasterboard etc and extend from about 4' to around 10' you simply trap the material and keep it tight.
That's a good idea. The whole setting up & removal of things to the windows is rather impracticable because of their size & height. Thinking further on the subject I may approach the owners of the hall to put forward the following idea: If I had some bi folding window shutters made would they be willing to have them left in place. As well as providing a darkened environment for the film club they could aid security if they were made lockable.
Hopefully when the initiative is launched it will prove successful enough to encourage more people who live in isolation to get out for the afternoon where they can enjoy a free film show, free hot drinks & light snacks, meet new friends & generally socialise for the afternoon. Our 'pop in' club for senior citizens has proved so popular that it is sadly now oversubscribed so I see this as a way of reaching out to those who are unable to attend for that reason.
Of course cheaper than shutters would be to ask permission to fit some black out roller blinds, fitted in minutes and when rolled up very unobtrusive.
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At least we'll know what he's doing of a night, now
Thank you very much...now...has anybody got a black sweater I could borrow ?
make it look easy, So many think they can just take over. I don't mind Chris
Evans but with this he has a massively successful programme and team to be compare to.
Odd with the new TG they haven't bothered to go for Car, Presenters or journalists but
for some personalities and one big problem they'll have is, Jeremy Clarkson wrote most
of the scripts. We're always told Bond needs better scripts, and TG has lost it's best script
writer, and several of the new dream team have already left Chris Evan's TG.
TG was Jezza, May and the Hamster. Like them or not, there was no disputing that they made the show. I just don't think it's possible to replicate what they did using anyone else at all, and especially not Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvLEKf-W2Eg
Fascinating. I'll keep an eye out for that. I guess we can expect a U.S. re-make pretty soon!
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Bridge get them ?
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
They still catch the murderer, in only an hour not over 13 episodes
British Detective you see.
There is already a French/British version called The Tunnel and a US/Mexican version simply called "The Bridge".
Joke about how his job has been taken by an " Immirgrant " in the
Shape of Matt Leblanc.
Thomas Kinkade paints a nice picture, I wonder if he's related to Bond's kincade.
God, I hope not
Block the light entering the room ? I'm sure a local business could donate some large cardboard packaging
Sheets, with a few velco fasteners to keep them in place and stored for use as needed ?
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Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
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Fairly easy to put up and down.
With a couple of Velcro strips top and bottom to hold it in place ( as it would
be very light) and could be very quickly put up and taken down. Or a light frame
Covered in dark material.
This scene, like the rest of the movie, is supposed to be in Denmark. But Denmark looks like this:
Can you spot the differnce? )
Against the advice of all the Danes in the crew the director used a greeen screen shot taken from the coast of Norway, not far from where I live.