Forum | Site-Wide Activity https://thecarrier.net/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Wed, 13 May 2026 10:39:08 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 668d9f7282cb330c0222e1ef8545cef5 Ben replied to the topic Star Wars Thread: Episode II in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/star-wars-thread-episode-ii/page/7/#post-147552 Tue, 12 May 2026 22:35:35 +0000 They were, they had James Mangold for it, but last I read, it was on ice.

]]> 3a65ee042045a2fbc658bc3d080d09f3 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-147551 Tue, 12 May 2026 21:25:48 +0000 Yeah for a country that is playing the defensive side in a war scenario all they have to do to win is endure.

 

Iran has a terrible human rights record and I sympathize with Iranians who want regime change, but it’s an interesting country. It’s a sort of mix of theocracy and democracy. All the candidates and laws have to be approved by a…Read more

]]> 442666af1fbcc6380a39a1ada005acbc lorcan_nagle replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147550 Tue, 12 May 2026 21:05:33 +0000

]]> 279d7aeeae727df118dcf20b92498fd2 Uncle Retrospective replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147547 Tue, 12 May 2026 20:43:43 +0000 dcace16cd34c87255d5d24e80dbb9712 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Star Wars Thread: Episode II in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/star-wars-thread-episode-ii/page/7/#post-147546 Tue, 12 May 2026 20:15:13 +0000 Am I correct that they’re going to do some kind of origin of the Jedi movie? Or am i misremebering that?

 

I would be interested in that. I’m not very enthusiastic about the other projects that are going on…

]]> e799b329a2fb27283bfdbd0278b0bb16 Todd replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-147544 Tue, 12 May 2026 20:11:13 +0000 And in other news, water is wet. ;)

In all seriousness, that was always going to be an unwinnable war. Benjamin Netanyahu has been wanting this fight for decades. Previous, US leaders always said no to him. Trump was finally in a susceptible enough state to say yes. Trump was told this was a bad idea, but he ignored his own military and…Read more

]]> f59706c7f9cc1db5a85636fb9738b7ce Ben replied to the topic The Trades Thread: Collected Editions in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions/page/7/#post-147543 Tue, 12 May 2026 19:58:26 +0000 Also, Claremont’s Wolverine is far more mortal than the version since Civil War, where you can nuke him and he won’t even feel it. Claremont’s version is technically unkillable, but he can be hurt and, if hit hard enough, incapacitated for a time.

]]> 43f072a799c5b198f01e8774038ab852 Ben replied to the topic The Trades Thread: Collected Editions in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions/page/7/#post-147542 Tue, 12 May 2026 19:52:58 +0000 Yeah, so much of what Claremont does is how Marvel would come to operate.

]]> c33e930b4d181ff7671f2f86144d250f Todd replied to the topic The Trades Thread: Collected Editions in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions/page/7/#post-147541 Tue, 12 May 2026 19:51:11 +0000 I didn’t come onto Uncanny X-Men until much later. While I started around Gambit’s first appearance, I got back issues to 244.

The Claremont era of the X-Men titles was truly groundbreaking. It not only defined an era of comics, but it also influenced the medium for decades to follow. Due to the nature of the industry today, we will never see a…Read more

]]> 074611388633f1d9c8934237def6dc87 Al-x replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/5/#post-147537 Tue, 12 May 2026 19:40:58 +0000 And now:

‘What In the World!’: White Women Exposed for Allegedly Coaching Each Other on How to Lock Down Black Athletes After Leaked Texts Go Viral

]]> f0c26afc3b6c79518ff4e1d3b3de73c3 Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-147536 Tue, 12 May 2026 19:13:41 +0000 Bob Kagan, perhaps the most prominent neocon is American academics, has written an article in the Atlantic saying the US and Israel have utterly lost the war in Iran.

]]> e8b1c2aa0c0c96c3470589060268a3c0 Ben replied to the topic The Trades Thread: Collected Editions in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions/page/7/#post-147535 Tue, 12 May 2026 18:42:42 +0000 Uncanny X-Men Omnibus 5

Uncanny X-Men 194-205, New Mutants Special Edition 1 and Uncanny X-Men Annual 9

Absurd as it sounds, this was published 2019. The first omnibus was 2006. 13 years to get these five omnibuses!

Unfortunately, while this set of issues was overall good, it’s the first time where I felt some weaknesses crept in. At the same…Read more

]]> cad2ff23d452b8c2e45d93e9f1959489 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Television News in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/television-news-2/page/6/#post-147534 Tue, 12 May 2026 13:53:14 +0000 The detectives and prosecutors of Law & Order will remain on the job for another season.

NBC has renewed the long-running drama for a 26th installment in 2026-27, and the sixth season since L&O was revived in 2022. The pickup comes later than usual for Law & Order — the official word comes just before the start of NBCUniversal’s upfront pre…Read more

]]> 74d609891a64a71d13c1cee53d6c7c51 Andrew replied to the topic Thread for random art in the forum Creative Central https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/thread-for-random-art/#post-147528 Tue, 12 May 2026 12:58:36 +0000 I’ve been doing silly little victory cartoons based on who the NRL team I support is up against – sadly they lost their last four matches so I didn’t get to put these up (but I’ll save them for when they play them again – and win!).

There is a yearly fixture between the Bulldogs and the Bunnies on Good Friday:

The Eels are one of the Bulldogs’…Read more

]]> eb2cd2d955432154c10d2c4806f43de4 Andrew replied to the topic The Toy Thread in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-toy-thread/page/10/#post-147524 Tue, 12 May 2026 12:33:23 +0000 I got Kranix – and since then picked up Hound and Sunseeker too even though their movie appearances are very fleeting! And I got Astrotrain – he is pretty poor in robot mode, the worst at that price point and size.

Kranix should go on the Autobot shelf but I’m running out of room there, so he’s on the Decepticon shelf with the odd-bods in a…Read more

]]> 046e11feea4d5fe0e117ef4ac8ad7e9a Ben replied to the topic Star Wars Thread: Episode II in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/star-wars-thread-episode-ii/page/7/#post-147523 Tue, 12 May 2026 09:54:07 +0000 Two-Boots I find more interesting as he seems to have some ability to resist his programming, but it’s not total.

The bulk of the series is on what happens when the Empire comes to town, which I think it did well but if that’s of no interest then it’ll be boring.

]]> b2b1b00ad8a6910c39581573936a05c6 Uncle Retrospective replied to the topic Star Wars Thread: Episode II in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/star-wars-thread-episode-ii/page/7/#post-147522 Tue, 12 May 2026 08:23:17 +0000 I thought there was a lot of filler in there, and I hate Two Booots, but that last episode is a master class in peak Star Wars.

]]> a364f57ccd5028e791a089c6db2ae2cf Dave replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147519 Tue, 12 May 2026 08:01:33 +0000

]]> 107cd077ec0ba6be020b79c7d570b7a7 Uncle Retrospective replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147516 Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:51 +0000 d295f91f40d644911f60afc267783705 lorcan_nagle replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147515 Tue, 12 May 2026 07:23:47 +0000

]]> 6bf115e7f3da90c01f2452f0264f52ed JRCarter replied to the topic DC Movies & TV - The Gunn Show in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv-the-gunn-show/page/3/#post-147514 Tue, 12 May 2026 03:52:29 +0000 ‘Man of Tomorrow’ Enlists Sinqua Walls (Exclusive)

]]> 8325464db2603fe20fabcd17e8258fb8 Ben replied to the topic Marvel Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marvel-comics-thread/page/13/#post-147513 Mon, 11 May 2026 23:09:45 +0000 For five issues.

]]> e6d3878b110f9cd8b5652447c7f3842e Todd replied to the topic Marvel Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marvel-comics-thread/page/13/#post-147512 Mon, 11 May 2026 21:49:30 +0000 So, Absolute Marvel?

]]> 0a76f4ff861412132dd6cc90060de589 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Marvel Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marvel-comics-thread/page/13/#post-147509 Mon, 11 May 2026 21:07:32 +0000 97e2c7abb14bbdc1cd832041406d092d Sean Robinson replied to the topic Marvel Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marvel-comics-thread/page/13/#post-147508 Mon, 11 May 2026 21:07:09 +0000 Marvel is stepping into darker territory this August with the launch of the Midnight Universe, a new publishing line that reimagines its biggest heroes through a horror lens. Teased last week, the series launches with Midnight X-Men by Jonathan Hickman and Mateo Della Fonte.

After more than 80 years of stories built on hope, Marvel is…Read more

]]> 3e9e3702f23e9ff34f128348235c9724 Dave replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-147507 Mon, 11 May 2026 09:16:42 +0000 <p style=”text-align: left;”>
That’s right. He also features here but not in such a leading capacity – this is more of an ensemble piece, although nominally I guess the leads of the movie are Johnny Cage (played by Karl Urban who does a decent if unremarkable job and plays it exactly how you’d expect) and Kitana, who gets a surprisingly decent…Read more

]]> 0909ff458f5a1ce5ecacf2ca8e4b4660 Martin Smith replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-147506 Mon, 11 May 2026 08:53:56 +0000 It was a serious question, though I realise it sounds a bit silly, as I’ve not seen the first but I understand it focused on some new character (Cole?) rather than the ones from the game.

]]> 971b2a752fe14528bf78a9274618a08f Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-147505 Mon, 11 May 2026 08:50:15 +0000 Some psychos in the Netherlands came with this flag to an asylum centre.

 

]]> ee61b721070b6331df9f555f080d6e8f Sean Robinson replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147502 Mon, 11 May 2026 03:06:22 +0000 47e6793e465c28308d25df5cc7cc7362 JRCarter replied to the topic Politics and Current Affairs in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/politics-and-current-affairs/page/32/#post-147499 Mon, 11 May 2026 02:27:26 +0000 ce2f5491d87552b65da85931e7a63dee lorcan_nagle replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147498 Sun, 10 May 2026 22:04:56 +0000

]]> 3badf8fbcac4d81a3f5e3a5e39ef127d Ben replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-147497 Sun, 10 May 2026 21:05:01 +0000 Legends

From the writer of The Gold, a pair of series with a focus on what happens after a gold bullion robbery, this new Netflix series shifts to 1990 and the dying months of the Thatcher government amid a heroin flood. In response Customs mounts an undercover operation to nail the drug trade.

There’s a wry cynicism running through the story,…Read more

]]> 91fea5a4d0c3dabda746956e7eb8d097 lorcan_nagle replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147496 Sun, 10 May 2026 19:38:44 +0000

]]> e9eb1d62fd2cbb057840eda08088079c Arjan Dirkse replied to the topic Mind-Expanding (non-science) things in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/mind-expanding-non-science-things/page/3/#post-147494 Sun, 10 May 2026 18:09:52 +0000 I follow some mennonites on bluesky (yes there are mennonites who use the internet) and they have interesting posts sometimes. I like these more peaceful Christian traditions.

 

They also have an interesting online magazine:

 

https://anabaptistworld.org/from-hegseth-to-rfk-jr-leaders-are-using-religion-as-symbol-not-substance/

]]> 17ef4b2a2cecf09d63b66b7d93ed981c Ben replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-147493 Sun, 10 May 2026 17:15:15 +0000 I mean, Mortal. Kombat. What more info do you need?

]]> 9fcc846cf7beae2755456c15c2798fb2 Dave replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-147492 Sun, 10 May 2026 17:06:23 +0000 I’m not sure how serious this question is, but no, not really. There are a few characters that return from that movie and a bit of backstory but it’s all recapped in this one.

There wasn’t even a fighting tournament in the first one – that happens in this one – so in retrospect the whole first movie feels like a glorified prologue for this…Read more

]]> 1483bb4cfe30338d81c1b2026407f640 Martin Smith replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-147491 Sun, 10 May 2026 16:35:14 +0000 Would I need to have seen the first one to follow it?

]]> f0a6bf774b9f997bfdd717b6ff024a4f Dave replied to the topic You Have Been Watching in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/you-have-been-watching-2/page/15/#post-147490 Sun, 10 May 2026 15:44:51 +0000 I saw Mortal Kombat II. it isn’t going to win any Oscars but it’s a fun time if you like Mortal Kombat. Compared to the previous film (which I thought was good but not great) this one learns some lessons and features lots of great fights, plenty of fun personalities, less extraneous storytelling detail and a simpler, more fun plot that is just an…Read more

]]> 3d70ed8225602cc0be55deac18d85986 Ben replied to the topic The Trades Thread: Collected Editions in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions/page/7/#post-147489 Sun, 10 May 2026 14:57:33 +0000 Uncanny X-Men Omnibus 4

Wolverine and Kitty Pryde 1-6, Uncanny X-Men 189-193, Uncanny X-Men Annual 8, X-Men and Alpha Flight 1-2, Marvel Fanfare 40

For 40 plus year old comics, the Uncanny X-men issues in this part of the omnibus have a very sharp edge, as hatred towards mutants rises and the dark future of Days of Future Past remains far from…Read more

]]> 2ce3283cbab15ce04492c02f095814cd Uncle Retrospective replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147486 Sun, 10 May 2026 08:29:18 +0000 807e70ca85f561a7dbe565472de5fad7 Dave replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147483 Sun, 10 May 2026 06:36:09 +0000 4ba101cfe709f0f7063b507eb5c09760 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147480 Sun, 10 May 2026 06:32:00 +0000 16112a466739a0d9d5d6e40401bcfe47 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/5/#post-147479 Sun, 10 May 2026 06:05:22 +0000 @Rocket

Vancouver loses draft yet again and I’m okay.

The two wingers can go 1 & 2, hold on, San Jose mat take a D-mam in 2nd

Hmm, best d-man shoots left, premium on right hand D in the League.

Vancouver may end up with options of other winger, other D-man, or Caleb Malhotra (Manny Malhotra (former NYR, SJS, VCR, and current Vancouver farm…Read more

]]> 450731de298df8acd74473895f07f6a3 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/5/#post-147478 Sun, 10 May 2026 05:51:36 +0000 @Rocket again

Colorado is destined to meet Carolina
I know you don’t want to hear that they’re fast and young and awesome and coached to the teeth (still womdering how old school Rod Brind’amour is doing it).

Look out

]]> a8a69f29ca076918857453b9fcf0c645 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/5/#post-147477 Sun, 10 May 2026 05:48:00 +0000 So @Rocket

It’s been a year since I replied

This board…

I’ll copy and paste…

You
what do you think of Foote’s hire?

Me
Hey man! Great to hear from you and so sorry I didn’t get back to you last time.

Well, as for Vancouver, Petterson is our cross to bear, worthless in a trade.
Tocchet realizes he’s not the one to get through to him,…Read more

]]> 36a55b3887b22de278ffa0e802531e77 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Music news and discussion in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/music-news-and-discussion/page/3/#post-147476 Sun, 10 May 2026 02:05:20 +0000 Don’t blame me, blame Uncle Ramblamamdada

]]> 6f42157656aff27cea5635761ec7cf33 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/4/#post-147475 Sat, 09 May 2026 22:52:17 +0000 Ah, remembered why I came here

In Philly, they went with “God Bless America”
Not very well done.

I honestly love “America The Beautiful”
Okay, right now my American friends need to (insert wake-up call here).
But that is a superior song to most, when done right.

And Buffalo got an earful for playing the Canadian Anthem in the first round…Read more

]]> 79a6b1c05254dbfb84359ce36ff1ac24 Sean Robinson replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/4/#post-147474 Sat, 09 May 2026 22:35:34 +0000 So, NHL Playoffs, round two.

The Carolina Hurricanes are a perfect 7-0 and looking to sweep the Philadelphia Flyers in game 4 tonight (in Philly).

Jeez, Fredrick Anderson!
When was the last time a starting Goaltender was 7-0?

Alcohol not helping my war with AI…

…The 1985 Edmonton Oilers started 9-0
Gretzky, Kurri, Coffey, Messier, and…Read more

]]> 082c787818b2aacbe91c24be70a8fedd Dave replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147471 Sat, 09 May 2026 19:08:41 +0000 40a5ddccd1368fe33f80fa20e00109bb lorcan_nagle replied to the topic Funny pictures, images and the like in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/funny-pictures-images-and-the-like/page/26/#post-147470 Sat, 09 May 2026 18:39:53 +0000

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