Forum | Dave | Activity https://thecarrier.net/members/davewallace/activity/ Activity feed for Dave. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:59:41 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 5a6eb0a506f660579f7879b3b1905b3c Dave replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/3/#post-148462 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:27:00 +0000 This looks like it could be interesting although Waititi’s involvement is a red flag for me these days. Hopefully adapting an Ishiguro book he’ll have a stronger story to work from though.

]]> 6d87e89ad651da80c6e3ae3dd0dde149 Dave replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/3/#post-148461 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:51:12 +0000 Looks like the show but with a movie budget. Which is a good thing.

]]> 81c73e20955e3815b353f2196b8a2466 Dave 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-148402 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:41:27 +0000 Nameless was really good. I should give that a reread.

]]> b01fcae586d1f7827b58a4e3629db717 Dave replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/10/#post-148398 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:32:15 +0000 I don’t know if you ever read the Miller-JRjr Superman: Year One but it was… interesting.

]]> 83753585747fdc8787d84fdc7ab04bfb Dave replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/10/#post-148391 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:41:10 +0000 I mean, if it isn’t, it wouldn’t get published, surely?[/quote]
It’s being published by Marvel now, but was originally self-published by Byrne as an unauthorised fan project, so I think that’s what they’re getting at.

]]> 19d9674ea62d08deafb77babe3ecaaf9 Dave replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/10/#post-148388 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:36:49 +0000 A worse universe.

]]> 7c3e2dcf842bd92fe9050c41b7aa6e64 Dave replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-148387 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:34:32 +0000 Nah, Millarworld was running since the early 00s. I think I came to it first circa Civil War which was 2006.

]]> 5b34e0248ebc0ec78f10416754d02b78 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/27/#post-148374 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:20:05 +0000 Rolling this out as it may be my last ever chance on the Carrier.

]]> 1fc4ad492999d07016826cdcbf987dd5 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-148367 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:21:25 +0000 I also almost cried laughing at

]]> 1bc6c0af30e384663d1da7b98a5201c7 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-148366 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:20:02 +0000 Rhys has been a revelation as a comic actor, I think he’s brilliant. The entire dilemma in the final episode and the conversation around it was both horrible and hilarious at the same time.

]]> 61170dde06d06ca1a9b3e15fb3e208ce 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-148353 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:50:51 +0000 I just watched the last Widow’s Bay. Pretty good, they keep up the mix of horror and comedy nicely all the way up to the end.

I wish it concluded a bit more… conclusively, but apparently it’s been renewed for a second season so I guess that’s why.

I had thought it was a one-off single season and didn’t realise there would be more, but I’ll…Read more

]]> d666a950ca6dd625ef4fe186b710588d 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/27/#post-148331 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:39:12 +0000

]]> 073423fcd32295d4db04f22bc971107c Dave replied to the topic Marvel Movies & TV: Phase 17 in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marvel-movies-tv-phase-17/page/12/#post-148329 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:38:58 +0000

]]> 348ff558760bf3944cfed49b94dacd0e Dave replied to the topic The Video Games Thread in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-video-games-thread/page/8/#post-148296 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:55:18 +0000 Yeah, Cuphead is both beautifully done and hard as nails. I played for a long time and mostly only succeeded in clearing levels after memorising pretty much every pattern.

That said, you do feel a sense of achievement for beating them. I think the boss I got stuck on was the rollercoaster one, I don’t think I ever got past that.

]]> a2f5850d136f5fd71304c8fefd7c5c53 Dave 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-148295 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:53:23 +0000 Seeing those has just given me flashbacks to Supernaturals. I used to love those as a kid.

]]> 75210eee1038f1d1e9f8fdda1d69374d Dave replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/3/#post-148252 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:38:51 +0000 Robbin’ Hoods

]]> 134e008f5fd8bec2c4d9d716c82b79f0 Dave replied to the topic The Obituary Column in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-obituary-column/page/6/#post-148244 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:13:16 +0000 David Hockney has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/12/artist-david-hockney-dies

]]> ecb7229ee12d878e45891c39d22d5bf6 Dave replied to the topic Doctor Who: now discussing The War Between the Land and the Sea (spoilers!) in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/doctor-who-flux-fourteen-and-the-future/page/8/#post-148225 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:36:07 +0000 JMS has once again expressed interest.

https://x.com/straczynski/status/2064763579207741573?s=20

]]> bc0c9779e5e38fd5d53cab514a524ff2 Dave replied to the topic Doctor Who: now discussing The War Between the Land and the Sea (spoilers!) in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/doctor-who-flux-fourteen-and-the-future/page/8/#post-148213 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:38:49 +0000 He’s always been a bullshitter but crowing about this as though he’s somehow got one over on the fandom is insane stuff. I think he’s become quite unhinged, perhaps because he knows how badly he’s shat the bed.

]]> a97acc0485b8dd1195ff3e65b37eca4a Dave 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-148204 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:22:12 +0000 They’re putting out plenty of P2 colour variants of the SFII figures so I guess those will continue. But I think Jada are also moving on to Alpha figures and other lines for both Street Fighter and other videogame properties.

]]> 1de7ce00d6210e0eda0ee1c0b9ee2b8f Dave replied to the topic Doctor Who: now discussing The War Between the Land and the Sea (spoilers!) in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/doctor-who-flux-fourteen-and-the-future/page/8/#post-148203 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:19:40 +0000 https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/update-doctor-who-future

Christmas special cancelled, RTD out, and the show put out to tender. Disastrous news.

]]> 2ada6a1d9b7d125d15c1b588bcc6eb92 Dave 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-148201 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:40:12 +0000 They’re on the very of completing the full roster. T Hawk and Zangief are the final two figures and both are due out this summer.

They’re amazing figures, especially for the price.

]]> 99ab2925615627a6e64887a00122132b 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-148166 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:38:19 +0000 a4f39d2c448e9261a3bbfff6fdd7dce8 Dave replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/10/#post-148155 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:10:07 +0000 I really liked King of Spies but haven’t been interested in anything since that. He went down the road of lots of sequel series to already mediocre books, and I stopped keeping up with his output.

]]> 0dc2652d731fadaa9db115a2d52521a1 Dave replied to the topic The Random Thread Of Randomosity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-random-thread-of-randomosity/page/11/#post-148113 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:58:22 +0000 Maybe we could fund these community centres by inventing an imaginary powerful being who watches over us, must be worshipped by attendees to the community centre, and will be upset if we don’t give the community centres lots of money

]]> 3a95eea669a00a17830c4b109d4c597e Dave 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-148094 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:15:26 +0000 They always bode well.

]]> 6e6c952a4af7d7eb57a004455bf15b6a Dave started the topic Marjane Satrapi RIP in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/marjane-satrapi-rip/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:39:42 +0000 I just saw that Marjane Satrapi has died, far too young. Persepolis was a great book.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/world/europe/marjane-satrapi-persepolis-death.html

]]> 35af26ea9803d38dbee6a3081a39db3a Dave replied to the topic Box Office Mojo - The Business of Hollywood Thread in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/box-office-mojo-the-business-of-hollywood-thread/page/8/#post-148046 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:42:23 +0000 I saw a review that said Jared Leto was the best thing in it. Which sounds like a compliment at first…

]]> e33ae2046059a561c70a229e3edd4446 Dave replied to the topic What Is Going On In Your Life? in the forum Treehousery https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-in-your-life/page/6/#post-147996 Sun, 31 May 2026 10:43:28 +0000 Happy Birthday Ben!

]]> 7a65aa214cdb868a29b0d7ff0cb23b67 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-147982 Sat, 30 May 2026 07:36:16 +0000

]]> e7f5971e7e8d4cba9cfdc48dba1bed2d Dave replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/10/#post-147954 Wed, 27 May 2026 22:33:25 +0000 They should have Stan Lee’s voice coming out of a hologram of Jack Kirby.

]]> 31f43a8525cda1c6257abe803a6f4d27 Dave 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-147936 Wed, 27 May 2026 07:22:42 +0000 You either die a villain, or live long enough to see yourself become even more of a villain

]]> 349503910f64414d3b496618b6321cd0 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-147928 Tue, 26 May 2026 21:03:30 +0000

]]> e25d7e3bb9ccd1131a674e877626e1eb 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-147924 Tue, 26 May 2026 20:28:01 +0000 b794b79970c5b8fdc924cd820aedff99 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-147904 Tue, 26 May 2026 06:53:27 +0000 Send Help is a weird movie. Lots of fun Raimi touches and a decent enough central premise, but it isn’t coherent as a whole. It feels choppy and nonsensical and operates on a kind of cartoon logic that makes it hard to buy into it or care about it. It’s almost like a Tom & Jerry cartoon at times.

Also it has a weirdly cheap look to it (lots of…Read more

]]> 853753efbcea76c10dc83d005a6dec35 Dave replied to the topic The Boys - SPOILER discussion in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-boys-spoiler-discussion/page/5/#post-147885 Mon, 25 May 2026 18:19:46 +0000 Finally finished this. The final couple of episodes aren’t terrible but they just come way too late after a season of fannying around that mostly doesn’t really go anywhere. It feels like this show has limped towards the end over the last couple of seasons but if they’d ended it earlier with basically the same story beats I think it would have…Read more

]]> 41deb7aabbc19b4daab1f735d9350ca9 Dave replied to the topic The Continuing New Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-continuing-new-comics-thread/page/9/#post-147874 Mon, 25 May 2026 08:02:47 +0000 I don’t think a lawsuit ever happened but I remember North making it clear that she was aware of Hickman’s HoXPoX and the similarities of the Moira storyline to her own work.

I’ve read The First 15 Lives Of Harry August and the reincarnation concept and the way it is used are very similar to what Hickman was doing with Moira in HoXPoX. You could…Read more

]]> c10be21d882369410634a2f4d84a0002 Dave 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-147856 Sun, 24 May 2026 13:09:57 +0000 Also, I continue to be wowed by the Jada Street Fighter II figures.

Balrog is a great representation of a character who was never my favourite but makes for a surprisingly satisfying big chunky figure.

And E. Honda is fantastic and features the most inspired effects piece yet.

]]> b70224c02ff25e2cabd3a7e6f35a434c Dave 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-147854 Sun, 24 May 2026 09:54:02 +0000 I’ve picked up a bunch more Transformers in recent months.

SS86 Thundercracker is fine, but a bit too smooth and animation-orientation to me – I like a bit of greebling. Being so flat kind of makes him look cheap. And the jet mode is virtually the same as the Earthrise mould so this isn’t really all that much of an upgrade.

SS86 Hound is a…Read more

]]> d65008994737a1ab431b92b20ad1a35c Dave replied to the topic Support the Carrier in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/support-the-carrier/#post-147796 Sat, 23 May 2026 07:07:36 +0000 It might just be my perception but it feels like engagement is dwindling quite a bit these days and there are fewer and fewer of us posting regularly. Given that, I’m not sure it makes sense to keep forking out money to keep it going if free alternatives are available that will allow people to keep in touch.

Hopefully that’s not too negative but…Read more

]]> e143e3a68f3b7b631aa28c60e6d96833 Dave replied to the topic What're you reading? (non comics) in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/whatre-you-reading-non-comics/page/6/#post-147789 Fri, 22 May 2026 19:38:23 +0000 The new Alan Moore novel came out this week and my copy just arrived. I liked but didn’t love the first one so we’ll see how this second one goes.

]]> 06ec64a1b49f741c5c25db87168e2686 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-147778 Fri, 22 May 2026 15:08:04 +0000 75d61aa451ba5c002a2d124f4fa95718 Dave replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147739 Wed, 20 May 2026 20:09:45 +0000 Yes I have seen some criticism of the casting, nominally that it is historically inaccurate but seemingly mainly to complain that the cast includes black and trans actors.

Apparently complaints about historical inaccuracy don’t extend to them all having American accents and speaking English though, that’s obviously fine.

]]> 12b83828f39fbc0aec22e1916eb913f0 Dave replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147734 Wed, 20 May 2026 16:44:33 +0000 My experience of seeing Dunkirk in the cinema was slightly ruined by the woman a couple of seats away from me with a pint glass of white wine loudly declaring at the end that the film made no sense because there was no way Tom Hardy’s plane could have been in the air for a week.

]]> 249cb2c84e874b6b4f9e79418c29fcff Dave replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147719 Tue, 19 May 2026 21:01:46 +0000 Where I agree on this is Insomnia. That’s his flattest and most conventional film and doesn’t stand out for me. A big comedown after Memento.

]]> d4aa22dfb0fb2ff1e1bad2fded3973d5 Dave replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147718 Tue, 19 May 2026 21:00:14 +0000 See, for me that one didn’t work because it’s one of the few examples of him letting all the clever-clever stuff overwhelm the narrative thrust and emotion of the film. I didn’t have a clue what was meant to be going on in that big climactic backwards-forwards battle, the movie had totally lost me by that point.

]]> 64ceb806dd6d3d53d0593768a11b3ea3 Dave replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147717 Tue, 19 May 2026 20:57:59 +0000 I’ve seen a lot more advance criticism of The Odyssey than I have excitement for it. He seems to be one of those popular directors that it’s trendy to say isn’t very good, when I think he actually is very good, technically and conceptually.

]]> 6d180fcd8c6c46481c52736d384d16c6 Dave replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: Coming Attractions in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-coming-attractions/page/2/#post-147700 Tue, 19 May 2026 06:42:00 +0000 I thought Dunkirk was excellent! As with most Nolan movies, even when telling a relatively straightforward story he plays with time and structure (see also Oppenheimer), and Zimmer’s music in Dunkirk was superb too and elevated the whole thing another notch.

It might be an unfashionable opinion but I don’t think Nolan has made many bad films.…Read more

]]> 9827afd3b46b8646105fd920bbcc1395 Dave replied to the topic The Food and Drink Thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-food-and-drink-thread/page/11/#post-147685 Mon, 18 May 2026 17:12:55 +0000 This is also true of actual churches and monasteries.

]]> 535ae101966c7eba1dccc9747e796391 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-147684 Mon, 18 May 2026 17:09:16 +0000 <p style=”text-align: left;”>
Yeah, this was superb. Not sure if it’s just me but the show seems to be getting better and better with every episode. She’s been great in a supporting capacity so far but elevating her to the lead for an episode worked brilliantly.</p>

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