James Bond: Spectre

[daddy cool]

Halb said:

Also people keep saying they're pissed....been drinking have we sir?

TruFax - in this scene in Shaun of the Dead, the original script was "shes so pissed!" and they had to change it to "shes so drunk!" so that it would make sense if it was shown in the US.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhW75reAPfE

[RichB]

"I could care less"... Nope, it's I could not care less. Otherwise it's incorrect for the context in which it is used. Not that many Americans would even understand that statement.

What I sometimes wonder, but only briefly, is how such simple expressions get corrupted? It's as if no one actually pauses to think if what they are saying makes sense.

[Halb]

LIke it's like, you mean, get corrupted, like?



Aarrrrrggghhhhhhhh

[johnxjsc1985]

considering its the same plot repeated many times over 50 years I enjoyed it. It had all the usual stuff,Car chase, fight on a train etc bit of frumpy pumpy lots of noise from explosions and the bad guy lost . It will be the same again next time just with a different bad guy . ....can't wait

[Northern Munkee]

Fell asleep during the last 10mins, it was long, a bit preposterous. Which I'm trying not to spoil. But Blofeldt's motivation behind everything he's done is absolutely ludicrous.

[RegMolehusband]

I think everybody takes things too seriously. It's just a bit of light entertainment

[Ayahuasca]

Watched it for the second time (flight, bored, nothing much else on offer). Stripped of the weight of expectation of a film hopefully better than Casino Royale, and taken for what it is - a lightweight, bubble-gum flick to while away a couple of hours - it was not that bad.

Expecting Bond films to live up to their expectations is like expecting England to win the World Cup, and Casino Royale was our 1966.

[droopsnoot]

Out on DVD and Bluray today.

[anonymous-user]

Didn't see it at the cinema so bought it on dvd, oh dear what a piece of st. Really wish I hadn't wasted a tenner on it.

[BigBen]

RichB said:

"I could care less"... Nope, it's I could not care less. Otherwise it's incorrect for the context in which it is used. Not that many Americans would even understand that statement.

What I sometimes wonder, but only briefly, is how such simple expressions get corrupted? It's as if no one actually pauses to think if what they are saying makes sense.

I could not care less is clearly correct but I could care less if said in the right tone could imply I don't care much but if I thought about it I could care less....

[Disastrous]

BigBen said:

RichB said:

"I could care less"... Nope, it's I could not care less. Otherwise it's incorrect for the context in which it is used. Not that many Americans would even understand that statement.

What I sometimes wonder, but only briefly, is how such simple expressions get corrupted? It's as if no one actually pauses to think if what they are saying makes sense.

I could not care less is clearly correct but I could care less if said in the right tone could imply I don't care much but if I thought about it I could care less....

It would be quite an unusual set of circumstances where I wanted to express to someone that I didn't care very much but if I thought about it, I could care fractionally less.

I'm a man who deals in absolutes, you see. I could *NOT* care less, is far more powerful. Leaves them in no doubt that whatever the issue at hand is, you simply could not even apply one percentile less care to it. That's not fking about. That's serious business.

Saying you could care less is just wishy washy and frankly, a bit sissy.

[Halb]

Disastrous said:

BigBen said:

RichB said:

"I could care less"... Nope, it's I could not care less. Otherwise it's incorrect for the context in which it is used. Not that many Americans would even understand that statement.

What I sometimes wonder, but only briefly, is how such simple expressions get corrupted? It's as if no one actually pauses to think if what they are saying makes sense.

I could not care less is clearly correct but I could care less if said in the right tone could imply I don't care much but if I thought about it I could care less....

It would be quite an unusual set of circumstances where I wanted to express to someone that I didn't care very much but if I thought about it, I could care fractionally less.

I'm a man who deals in absolutes, you see. I could *NOT* care less, is far more powerful. Leaves them in no doubt that whatever the issue at hand is, you simply could not even apply one percentile less care to it. That's not fking about. That's serious business.

Saying you could care less is just wishy washy and frankly, a bit sissy.

I think, 'I could care less' if said in the withering tones of a voice like ALan Rickman, would be rather good.

[Halmyre]

Halb said:

Disastrous said:

BigBen said:

RichB said:

"I could care less"... Nope, it's I could not care less. Otherwise it's incorrect for the context in which it is used. Not that many Americans would even understand that statement.

What I sometimes wonder, but only briefly, is how such simple expressions get corrupted? It's as if no one actually pauses to think if what they are saying makes sense.

I could not care less is clearly correct but I could care less if said in the right tone could imply I don't care much but if I thought about it I could care less....

It would be quite an unusual set of circumstances where I wanted to express to someone that I didn't care very much but if I thought about it, I could care fractionally less.

I'm a man who deals in absolutes, you see. I could *NOT* care less, is far more powerful. Leaves them in no doubt that whatever the issue at hand is, you simply could not even apply one percentile less care to it. That's not fking about. That's serious business.

Saying you could care less is just wishy washy and frankly, a bit sissy.

I think, 'I could care less' if said in the withering tones of a voice like ALan Rickman, would be rather good.

Absolutely.

[Disastrous]

Halb said:

Disastrous said:

BigBen said:

RichB said:

"I could care less"... Nope, it's I could not care less. Otherwise it's incorrect for the context in which it is used. Not that many Americans would even understand that statement.

What I sometimes wonder, but only briefly, is how such simple expressions get corrupted? It's as if no one actually pauses to think if what they are saying makes sense.

I could not care less is clearly correct but I could care less if said in the right tone could imply I don't care much but if I thought about it I could care less....

It would be quite an unusual set of circumstances where I wanted to express to someone that I didn't care very much but if I thought about it, I could care fractionally less.

I'm a man who deals in absolutes, you see. I could *NOT* care less, is far more powerful. Leaves them in no doubt that whatever the issue at hand is, you simply could not even apply one percentile less care to it. That's not fking about. That's serious business.

Saying you could care less is just wishy washy and frankly, a bit sissy.

I think, 'I could care less' if said in the withering tones of a voice like ALan Rickman, would be rather good.

As in a 'from beyond the grave' style thing?

I like the supernatural element but I dunno tbh. Regardless of who had said it, you would just answer "But you *do* care a bit...at least that's something" wouldn't you?

Just doesn't work for me. Plus the Americanism of it would just grate and I would have to ask whoever was channeling Rickman's voice if I could put some questions to his spirit. "Why the Americanism, Alan? Why??" I would ask plaintively. "You buy your suits from the same maker as Arafat, for God's sake! Have some standards man" and that would be the end of that.

[BigBen]

Disastrous said:

Halb said:

Disastrous said:

BigBen said:

RichB said:

"I could care less"... Nope, it's I could not care less. Otherwise it's incorrect for the context in which it is used. Not that many Americans would even understand that statement.

What I sometimes wonder, but only briefly, is how such simple expressions get corrupted? It's as if no one actually pauses to think if what they are saying makes sense.

I could not care less is clearly correct but I could care less if said in the right tone could imply I don't care much but if I thought about it I could care less....

It would be quite an unusual set of circumstances where I wanted to express to someone that I didn't care very much but if I thought about it, I could care fractionally less.

I'm a man who deals in absolutes, you see. I could *NOT* care less, is far more powerful. Leaves them in no doubt that whatever the issue at hand is, you simply could not even apply one percentile less care to it. That's not fking about. That's serious business.

Saying you could care less is just wishy washy and frankly, a bit sissy.

I think, 'I could care less' if said in the withering tones of a voice like ALan Rickman, would be rather good.

As in a 'from beyond the grave' style thing?

I like the supernatural element but I dunno tbh. Regardless of who had said it, you would just answer "But you *do* care a bit...at least that's something" wouldn't you?

Just doesn't work for me. Plus the Americanism of it would just grate and I would have to ask whoever was channeling Rickman's voice if I could put some questions to his spirit. "Why the Americanism, Alan? Why??" I would ask plaintively. "You buy your suits from the same maker as Arafat, for God's sake! Have some standards man" and that would be the end of that.

It is not something I would ever say, just pointing out how it is not necessarily as nonsensical as it first appears.

[gregs656]

RichB said:

"I could care less"... Nope, it's I could not care less. Otherwise it's incorrect for the context in which it is used. Not that many Americans would even understand that statement.

Not at all, it's perfectly correct; it's an idiom and many idioms do not follow logic or make sense when taken literally.

[sealtt]

RichB said:

"I could care less"... Nope, it's I could not care less. Otherwise it's incorrect for the context in which it is used. Not that many Americans would even understand that statement.

What I sometimes wonder, but only briefly, is how such simple expressions get corrupted? It's as if no one actually pauses to think if what they are saying makes sense.

I would imagine people started saying a sarcastic 'like I could care less' and it got shortened with the 'like' being dropped.

Said sarcastically the 'I could care less' still works, though it sounds strange as in UK English we are used to saying 'I couldn't care any less'.

[RichB]

Do you know what? I couldn't care less

[Pesty]

sealtt said:

I would imagine people started saying a sarcastic 'like I could care less' and it got shortened with the 'like' being dropped.

Said sarcastically the 'I could care less' still works, though it sounds strange as in UK English we are used to saying 'I couldn't care any less'.

Probably who cares? Maybe some do a little anyway, their country their rules.


This about covers it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

Now are we all agreeing yet that spectre was a big pile of steaming st or are a few of you still lying to yourselves

[SpudLink]

I'm still lying to myself. It was OK. Not great, but far from them pile of manure you guys have relegated it to.