Forum | DavidM | Activity https://thecarrier.net/members/davidm/activity/ Activity feed for DavidM. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:51:19 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 8d4df8fb77df9c3bfb9fbe9ec1f731eb DavidM replied to the topic Music: What Are You Listening To? in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/music-what-are-you-listening-to/page/10/#post-114360 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:56:34 +0000 Assigning colour to music is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard of. I would like all black people to know that I claim no music for myself, and you are just as free to play it and listen to it as I am. I am white, but nothing I listen to belongs exclusively to white people, it belongs to everyone equally.

]]> 454944be6198d60d3ddf91f7d4897728 DavidM 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/6/#post-114012 Thu, 23 Nov 2023 15:20:29 +0000 Eddie from Buffy season 4 episode 1? Good for him, finally getting a major role.

]]> aed7ec90362c4b3916ff10d02a18c41c DavidM 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/6/#post-113601 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:10:46 +0000 No, that was Gloria Gaynor.

]]> 81946fc2a996ce5e31c9c1fdaa6e24da DavidM replied to the topic Server Move in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/server-move/page/2/#post-113600 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:47:28 +0000 Assault? Arson? Altitude sickness? Auto-immune disease? Amok time?

]]> bec6cf4f27ee26e4ee13cacefb41b3ff DavidM 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/4/#post-113436 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:32:30 +0000 I used to think flat earthers couldn’t be serious and were just winding us up.

Then I thought they were serious and it was a huge failure in our education system.

Now I think they are just so lacking in basic common sense and powers of observation, I wonder how they are still alive.

I made the mistake of wandering into a flat earth facebook…Read more

]]> d9c9ad69e444bda0c7140207fb0cc8f2 DavidM 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/4/#post-113301 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 12:41:55 +0000 I find it hard to believe the BBC would commission something and leave any rights with the writer. Surely it was all work for hire, especially back then?

Though there was that thing about Terry Nation owning the Daleks, wasn’t there?

Maybe it was common practice then :unsure:

 

]]> 0ea08e1d0209f1d60ea5a43c42f9d240 DavidM replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/2/#post-113300 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 12:34:44 +0000 On the other hand, that _would_ bring positivity into your life!

]]> 62ef88fd5ced1ea996ce53e2debde597 DavidM 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/4/#post-113263 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:37:15 +0000 Also known as, “a bit Murray Gold”.

 

]]> 547c1a1e232bc74fbcf825f426abc6a5 DavidM replied to the topic Pictures and images of interest and hilarity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-of-interest-and-hilarity/page/11/#post-113262 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:22:30 +0000 So the question is, should part of the translator’s job be changing source names to English names? (Serious question.)

 

]]> ef91fda0089f97389caee70d5ad4feca DavidM replied to the topic Pictures and images of interest and hilarity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-of-interest-and-hilarity/page/11/#post-113117 Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:32:42 +0000 It took me much longer than it should have to understand that.

]]> b141dc9c77bae6a7ed133cd72710b0e4 DavidM 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/4/#post-113085 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:50:26 +0000 On a modern phone, it’s really not. Admittedly I work in IT, but not in consumer electronics, and I didn’t even own a smartphone until two years ago. I looked in settings and there’s a button saying “mobile hotspot”. I tapped it, and it just worked. I have a harder time programming my VCR (or whatever the kids call it these days).

 

]]> b077b52a3eec46791d67471d11190ba6 DavidM 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/6/#post-113070 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:43:20 +0000 I’ve got a great pitch: Hells Kitchen , a series that focuses on the seedy underworld of a big-city neighbourhood, as rival gang bosses fight over turf, fix boxing matches, and run trucks full of chemical waste through town without a permit.

A side character in all this is 12-year-old Matt Murdoch, recently-blinded and trying not to be a…Read more

]]> 3d9f894db6e901ae3862fff5e89ce724 DavidM replied to the topic DC Comics Discussion in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-comics-discussion/page/4/#post-112801 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:30:26 +0000 On my regular bulletin of “things featuring the Legion this week”, I just got this:

 

One REPRINT appearance this week.

THE NEW GOLDEN AGE SPECIAL EDITION 1

This special edition reprints the New Golden Age one shot that led to the Geoff Johns JSA. This time it also includes short previews of the upcoming mini-series for the Golden Age Flash,…

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]]> 462341e48ec8f9144ee2d665ae6c05f4 DavidM 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/6/#post-112799 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:22:00 +0000 Also, anti- 15 minute cities.

I for one am immensely relieved that I’m not going to have any shops, doctors, or leisure facilities within a 15-minute walk of my house. Get that shit away from me!

 

]]> 4d7e16673edc5965d166cb9554dd4d30 DavidM 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/5/#post-112790 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 08:03:58 +0000 That assigns him a level of competence that I’m struggling to believe.

]]> 274bf2f8879947c9142e504857956330 DavidM replied to the topic Star Trek Thread: The Next Iteration in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/star-trek-thread-the-next-iteration/page/2/#post-112769 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:06:29 +0000 Watched 2 episodes of Strange New Worlds. Really liked it. Not _everything_ about it, there were definitely things that mildly annoyed me. But it might actually be the best Trek spin-off for decades.

Do I need spoiler tags? Probably not, but I’ll be cautious about what I say.

The first and main reason for why I fell in love with it at literally…Read more

]]> e45eec85e55ddcbfd089a4333202c875 DavidM replied to the topic Pictures and images of interest and hilarity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-of-interest-and-hilarity/page/10/#post-112764 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 08:50:37 +0000 No, no. The point of the joke is that it’s good bands and bad bands :-)

 

]]> e5212c06f308bb22f5f891ab25ab9f54 DavidM 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/5/#post-112613 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:15:56 +0000 The most likely explanation seems to be mere carelessness — let’s find a war veteran from Ukraine and applaud him for a cheap soundbite … [later] omg, he’s a what? No of course we didn’t do a background check!

What I find very strange is that the conspiracy theorists aren’t coming out to say that this was a deliberate stitch-up to make the…Read more

]]> bc0d47ee33f74a7d83d73507c1ec98ac DavidM replied to the topic Pictures and images of interest and hilarity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-of-interest-and-hilarity/page/10/#post-112599 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:35:14 +0000 I still want them banned from my pavements :negative:

 

]]> 5bc415b09bcb7937b3bef4967d29aa78 DavidM replied to the topic Star Trek Thread: The Next Iteration in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/star-trek-thread-the-next-iteration/page/2/#post-112518 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:05:30 +0000 Do I need to watch Discovery before I watch Strange New Worlds? I gave up on Discovery before the storyline with the Enterprise, and I want to give SNW a try but if I do will I be lost without the Discovery set-up?

Just to be clear: I’m not sure I can stand to watch any more of Discovery.

 

]]> 6176d0dd52e7e7d7b162bb1f1d7a0ad7 DavidM replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/11/#post-112494 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 08:09:17 +0000 I was disappointed with the first volume. The punishment-of-the-week format was too repetitive, and didn’t have any element of tension or horror to it (maybe that’s different for the young audience it was originally intended for, or different if you’re reading it in weekly episodes as intended). The only slight interest was in the ongoing…Read more

]]> bf5bf42bd9f8e56bd14a1491c35049b4 DavidM replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/#post-112450 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:03:28 +0000 Now this is an example of a “scare-mongering” story that appears to be true, but also — so what? Yes, this is disturbing, but it’s also not really news. Worms and spyware are as old as the Internet itself, and we have decades of reliable evidence that our governments are spying on us by multiple means. This isn’t a shocking expose of a…Read more

]]> a2060bf5662a9dd8219f1882e70c7294 DavidM 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/5/#post-112422 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:42:32 +0000 I finally watched Interstellar. Yes, ok, I can see what all the hype was for. It’s a very well-made movie.

Stupid, but very well made.

And the soundtrack is just as epic as everyone says.

 

]]> 655c3b8493f3a987e9e200847995f49a DavidM replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/#post-112421 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:29:34 +0000 I have a close friend who is strongly anti-authority, or maybe anti-establishment is the better word. Doesn’t trust the police, thinks the government is a bunch of crooks, thinks big business is killing the world for profit, thinks the big tech companies are controlling our lives, etc. And to be honest, I think these are all legitimate opinions,…Read more

]]> 5a32e6bdd0c89371b71ad402fbf76c87 DavidM 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/4/#post-112350 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:22:18 +0000 I watch a detective series called Brokenwood Mysteries. It’s set in a small town in New Zealand populated by “quirky” characters who murder each other with alarming regularity. Not the greatest thing ever on TV, but an enjoyable example of the cosy village mystery genre if you’re into that kind of thing.

The town’s forensic examiner is Gina, a…Read more

]]> cee69bc223c0f1ef5bab8516f7c8e8b4 DavidM replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/10/#post-112344 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:19:26 +0000 It’s based on folklore characters, but used in a very specific way. If I wrote a story about the Big Bad Wolf rampaging around the countryside and eating pigs, that’s allowed because he’s a fairy tale. If I put him a trenchcoat and called him Bigby, that’s a trademarked character that I would be infringing. But now Willingham has said, that’s fine…Read more

]]> 35e57a3ca42c6e2a52caa13e4db77f2f DavidM 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/5/#post-112342 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:10:51 +0000 So, let me get this straight. American Republicans are attacking Hunter Biden for owning guns.

Republicans are saying a man shouldn’t own guns.

… :unsure:

 

]]> b843ca538a9804e4a888c056753ec72e DavidM replied to the topic DC Comics Discussion in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-comics-discussion/page/4/#post-112341 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:08:19 +0000 That’s just bonkers. I wonder how it would hold up in court? It looks like Willingham owns the trademark on the name and characters, so in theory he can do this. But Warner have very expensive lawyers… :unsure:

 

]]> a4ddad9a9875134edc476573621e6c46 DavidM replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/#post-112288 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:33:09 +0000 Oh, hold on, is it this?

“All processes are becoming more complicated and slower — from sanctions to the provision of weapons,” Zelensky said in comments published on the presidential website.

“The longer it takes, the more people suffer,” he warned.

Because I can see how that can be twisted to mean “You will all suffer,” if you wanted it to…Read more

]]> 246517e42f0312f1fd31c297cf808e1f DavidM replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/#post-112287 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:26:47 +0000 Do you have a source for this interview, or is this just a Russian propagandist talking point you’ve picked up from somewhere?

Also, it’s pretty funny that people still call the Jewish Zelensky a Nazi. It’s like people have forgotten what Nazis believe.

]]> c300a452e4a49e21629edf64ebcaa349 DavidM 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/4/#post-112261 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 08:57:47 +0000 I have a new electric razor, and the instructions say that I should clean it by holding it under a running tap.

And I can’t do it. My rational mind knows that it’s safe, but the irrational part is just screaming, “You idiot, it’s electric, don’t put it under the tap!!!”

]]> a303747fe275acb15ad81602996016b2 DavidM replied to the topic Pictures and images of interest and hilarity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-of-interest-and-hilarity/page/10/#post-112123 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 09:22:55 +0000 I dispute the doctor’s assertion.

*Nobody’s* Enterprise looks better than theirs.

]]> 01a7b0fa233dd3e30b854508c58f2415 DavidM 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/5/#post-112102 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:45:33 +0000 It’s already been given to the NHS, Christian. That’s why we currently have the best staffed* hospitals in the world.

 

 

* staffed by British people, naturally.

 

]]> 765fc9f4f93d30f91b43660f1c939fcf DavidM 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/5/#post-112057 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:51:57 +0000 I don’t understand why the government isn’t paying to fix schools. I’m sure there are some big party doners and ministers’ mates who own construction firms :unsure:

 

 

]]> 78e9866cb573092ca622445878c2bf17 DavidM replied to the topic The Trades Thread: collected editions discussion in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/the-trades-thread-collected-editions-discussion/page/10/#post-111959 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:38:27 +0000 I bought Starlin’s Dreadstar omnibuses when they ran a kickstarter a while back, then put the to one side and didn’t read them – until now. The first omnibus covers the original graphic novels and the first few issues of his ongoing Epic series.

Now I’m reading it, I’m realising I’d forgotten almost everything of the early stories beyond the…Read more

]]> 1c28c5b952b807f11030c6d2ba9f911d DavidM replied to the topic Pictures and images of interest and hilarity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-of-interest-and-hilarity/page/9/#post-111958 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 08:59:22 +0000 Or… and bear with me here… you could maybe use trees? :unsure:

]]> e509a5c4d6bd3642551e75c22989bdc9 DavidM replied to the topic Server Move in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/server-move/page/2/#post-111938 Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:10:54 +0000 It’s been fine here all week.

]]> b1fa87ac1c98e1eb813bcc80038a4b97 DavidM 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/4/#post-111937 Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:07:19 +0000 I didn’t know that. But it’s a shame that the answer to the problem was “let’s shut all the women away on their own,” rather than “let’s do something about these men”.

 

]]> 081e44b7c2fc87da5ca7692817310a72 DavidM 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/4/#post-111872 Tue, 29 Aug 2023 08:59:36 +0000 I finally got round to seeing Bill and Ted Face The Music. It was basically what I was expecting, so I wasn’t disappointed. It rehashed all the same tropes and themes and even jokes as the original(s), sometimes missing the mark but rarely failing to be entertaining, and there were some big laugh-out-loud moments. (I could point to the bucket…Read more

]]> aac7c1e9e9d73d65488a239f1bfb959b DavidM replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/#post-111871 Tue, 29 Aug 2023 08:36:20 +0000 The best bit of analysis I read recently is that we need to stop thinking of Putin as a head of state. We go, “Why would Putin do this?“, on the assumption that he has any interest in doing the right thing for Russia, as you would expect of any other head of state. He’s not a head of state, he’s Vito Corleone. Think of him like that, and…Read more

]]> 83ce596f94e12ebc776df0e0cf431217 DavidM 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/4/#post-111870 Tue, 29 Aug 2023 08:18:03 +0000 The problem is more fundamental than a trans question. The problem is, why is there a women’s tournament? It is a board game!

]]> 6618f6dddb10a10e354bcdd8a679eb5b DavidM replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: the sequel in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-the-sequel/page/10/#post-111756 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 08:13:09 +0000 I’m taking full credit for that work, by the way. ChatGPT may have written it, but it was my idea to prompt it :P

 

]]> 5aa8e075724b95618cbc90f35ca81e6d DavidM 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/6/#post-111755 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 08:11:26 +0000 Yes, same here. My post was supposed to be funny, but funny because it was true.

Ironically, I saw a Blue Beetle reference somewhere on social media last night, the first I have consciously noticed. I think it was pointing to a review saying the movie was “meh”.

 

]]> b337536b12aabbc26a52bc66d9b08eae DavidM 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/6/#post-111731 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:26:50 +0000 There’s a Blue Beetle movie? :unsure:

]]> 9c3561ad32d1de58f5ed0c94fc6ba6a9 DavidM replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: the sequel in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-the-sequel/page/10/#post-111730 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:55:09 +0000 “make it more light hearted”

[Opening shot: A vibrant and colorful cityscape bustling with life and energy. The sun is shining, and people are going about their day with smiles on their faces.]

Narrator (enthusiastic voice): “Get ready for a ride of epic proportions in a world where adventure knows no bounds!”

[Cut to a quirky and charming…Read more

]]> 73b54485296123efe5a82598565c664e DavidM replied to the topic Movie News & Trailers: the sequel in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/movie-news-trailers-the-sequel/page/10/#post-111729 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:53:58 +0000 “script a zack snyder movie trailer”

[Opening shot: A desolate landscape, with dark storm clouds swirling above. The camera pans over a shattered cityscape, revealing a world in ruins.]

Narrator (deep, echoing voice): “In a world on the brink of darkness, where hope is but a distant memory…”

[Cut to a close-up of a rugged, determined face,…Read more

]]> 96205d3e65377ee9b987b6974f7e58b0 DavidM replied to the topic Pictures and images of interest and hilarity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-of-interest-and-hilarity/page/9/#post-111719 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 08:31:08 +0000 3ae24bf070b75e06c8911854dff67283 DavidM replied to the topic Mind Expanding Things that Aren't Science in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/mind-expanding-things-that-arent-science/page/12/#post-111596 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 09:04:11 +0000 If I did what Charles Manson did, I would want to be put in prison.

I mean, I wouldn’t want to be put in prison, because I’d be a loony psychopath, but if I was thinking rationally, I would want to be put in prison.

So I think it still works.

 

]]> 06ba39a3ea01342eccceb27528588bd0 DavidM replied to the topic DC Movies & TV discussion in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-movies-tv-discussion/page/10/#post-111418 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 14:04:44 +0000 Oooo, DC/Millarworld crossover!

 

]]> de9d26a01e283a575d7a347e2a2f0b4d DavidM replied to the topic Pictures and images of interest and hilarity in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/pictures-and-images-of-interest-and-hilarity/page/9/#post-111397 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:45:42 +0000 I have no idea what kids today mean by “pegged”, and I suspect I don’t want to know.

 

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