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A good movie, watched it in the cinema back then and rewatched it again recently. However, I thought the ending was a bit abrupt, wasn't it?

I never really played the games myself and didn't watch the film, but my ex was a big fan back when it first came out (so I spent quite some time watching him play ), and I also quite enjoyed the book series in the same universe! Think the story is very interesting and can translate well into a TV series...

Watched the 1979 French GP a few days ago... Villeneuve vs Arnoux battle for 2nd in the last few laps of the race is easily one of the best F1 battles I've ever seen. Fantastic stuff...

Ha, I knew it... Crew-1 launch delayed for 24 hours, now scheduled for early Monday morning GMT. @CaaC (John) you can turn off that alarm for now...

And hope it doesn't get delayed

Starship SN8 experienced some problems during the 3rd static fire test last night. Hopefully that won't delay the test flight for too long. In the meantime, NASA Crew-1 is 70% GO at the moment based on the weather forecast, and the launch is scheduled for 00:49 GMT early Sunday morning.

Decent, but it's not much of a race if you barely have any participants...

Not sure I'll bother this time. Very small grid, only the two Toyotas in the LMP1 class, only 7 cars in LMP2 class. Both classes already have their winners. Aston Martin also already secured their title in GTE Pro, so it leaves only the champion of GTE Am undecided. Will maybe watch as it's the last race for LMP1 as it will be gone next season.

Four endurance races this weekend...each of them is the final race of 2019/20 season in their respective series. WEC - 8 hours of Bahrain IMSA - 12 hours of Sebring GT World Challenge - 6 hours of Paul Ricard 24H Series - 12 hours of Mugello

Toprak picked up yet another injury during today's friendly against St. Pauli We should sue BVB for tricking us into buying a cripple for 5 million.

You're welcome... Been ordering from them for the past 20 years; it's great. Customer service is also very good, if you ever have to use it. I think their international website has been acquired by Amazon, but the original UK one is still the same.

David Abraham set to retire in January.

Get in there

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Ex Machina (2014) Whoa. A very well executed, cerebral movie about a young programmer who gets tasked with performing the Turing test on a highly advanced AI. Just the perfect balance of sci-fi and psychology. Really enjoyed this one. 9/10

47 Ronin (2013) Really enjoyed this take on the 47 Ronin with Keanu Reeves and some fantasy elements mixed into it. A typical Oriental story 7/10 Europa Report (2013) A found footage film about the first crewed mission to Europa. Really surprised with this one, it had only a small budget so the visuals are not stunning, but the acting is good, the story is plausible, and there's insane attention to technical details - they apparently consulted NASA when making the movie, and it shows. An enjoyable indie scifi flick. On a side note, if we ever make it up Europa for real, I fully expect trouble, given how numerous movies portray it 7.5/10

Yeah

Did you miss the reveal in the end this time?

Slightly related... This is amazing.

Any kind of whipped cream... It's aaaaaaawful.

The only dessert I like is yogurt on fresh berries. Everything else I can eat, but I'd rather not. I just don't like sweet taste at all; in fact sugary foods make me nauseated. Even worse if it's sweet and fat. Looking at you, whipped cream *puke* also honey is vile.

I'm one of those weirdos who don't like desserts altogether.

Two new animal species discovered in Australia. Just look at it...