Forum | garjones | Activity https://thecarrier.net/members/garjones/activity/ Activity feed for garjones. Wed, 13 May 2026 10:45:01 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 3820c0a2c3a94047e0035c48fbc9926a garjones 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-147105 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:02:45 +0000 I’ve been watching Blue Lights after many recommendations and it is very good but it is notable mostly for including an actress drawn by Frank Quitely.

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]]> 4b4fdecbb8aeb2e2834d84c442ca3e07 garjones replied to the topic Old Comics Thread in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/old-comics-thread/page/3/#post-147104 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:58:51 +0000 Agreed. I had a hard time with it monthly. At some point I read it all in one go, probably with a Comixology sale, and it’s fantastic.

]]> 236c7dc3bbec8ee7b09bc90bf89f54c6 garjones 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-147103 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:45:15 +0000 I actually really like the twists in the Absolute books (Bruce isn’t rich, Kal El came as a teen and works underground). Wonder Woman is the least traditional though, leans a lot into the mythology aspect and I think is my favourite because of that.

]]> fe1ab619b5a9e599a8910542289b68da garjones 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/31/#post-147102 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:35:31 +0000 No I am not surprised either. I know pretty much every decision my wife and I have made around children has had a financial element and Ben earlier was right that financial uncertainty doesn’t help. For my father’s generation as long as you didn’t fuck up you had a job for life, I have been laid off because of restructuring, not my job…Read more

]]> e06ce95a403c709ce0256d2b1495af67 garjones 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/31/#post-147095 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:25:44 +0000 My suspicion would be it plays a part for some but it is primarily economic. Reason being that regardless of the culture or the environment, from Sweden to Argentina or Korea or Canada the pattern to reduction falls the same as the countries become wealthier but the economic model makes children a…Read more

]]> 02d82d042bba629143a1f457bff7a340 garjones 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/31/#post-147086 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:25:20 +0000 It’s difficult because countries like the Netherlands and UK and Germany have grown population through immigration and it hasn’t been well received so they have various policies to cut back dramatically. Under a centre left government in the UK it is predicted it may actually reverse next year and go negative.

It’s not just bigotry really despite…Read more

]]> 50a7fd0d7cc5c4c9d77ffae7caf8a40a garjones 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/31/#post-147077 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:53:58 +0000 Yes Israel is the exception in developed countries but I think it’s also hard to replicate. Reading about it seems the main driver is orthodox Jewish families following a religious command to have a lot of children. They are rating that strict adherence above financial considerations. It’s clear though in Catholic majority countries like in…Read more

]]> 906356fd53d74b3535d7c7f4290e0bfc garjones 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/31/#post-147070 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:49:11 +0000 Yes 100%. Heads are being buried in the sand because this is already happening in my mind. Outside Africa and a few Middle East counties nobody is delivering replacement numbers of 2.1 and above.  Plus no approach from a left or right government has been able to change it. Orban had 16 years, massive power and spent 5% of GDP (more than even the…Read more

]]> bf7ec80fc97daec9dcfe251f6c511968 garjones 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/31/#post-147067 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:05:49 +0000 It’s the structure of a developed society in the first instance. In Africa the numbers are high because still a large number live off the land or have their own local trade, so more kids helps them to increase the labour and output. For the rest of us kids are a cost and quite a heavy one.

The replacement number really requires a significant…Read more

]]> 533ceb28fbbb82b7665e8659df1fa85d garjones 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/31/#post-147064 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:30:50 +0000

We can only dream of being this right on the internet. Exactly 1 year.

]]> cb4005c455ad888dc0aa3c34c1cbcc6a garjones 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/31/#post-147063 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:22:51 +0000 I wonder when people are going to accept we have to work around this?

Essentially this is an issue affecting every developed country, quite a few developing too, and no solution has worked. Even India is now below replacement level. Singapore loosened laws on sex in films to get people friskier, Nordic countries have put in generous parental…Read more

]]> 9b1c1f358de8fdf9ab39b2444e190b54 garjones 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/7/#post-143624 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 18:36:57 +0000 The entire world outside the US. Hulu never existed as a service anywhere else (ok maybe Canada, I don’t know).

Netflix has many reasons to be criticised but a huge part of their success was jumping into making it a global service as soon as they could. It has paid back for them with things like Squid Game and Adolesence being zeitgeist hits…Read more

]]> 88a01bfaebda921146f1a66d1e816404 garjones 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/27/#post-143621 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 17:33:09 +0000 The power is a major issue.

My wife’s family are all Catholics but it’s a real minority religion in Malaysia (as it was growing up in Wales where non-conformism was the norm). Looking from the outside the setup here in the Catholic church is pretty benign but they don’t get to control any big institutions. It’s a very different scenario to say…Read more

]]> 29ee1b56990b51c6ea1ecae1497ff6ae garjones 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/7/#post-143480 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:45:14 +0000 I’ve still been playing Xenoblade 3 on Switch. This game is unbelievably huge. I’ve been playing for weeks and still on chapter 6 (Xenoblade games usually have 10 chapters) and unlike the first in the series the side quests and discovery stuff is really interesting and not repetitive ‘fetch’ tasks. Others disagree but to me this is a franchise…Read more

]]> 5a56d646b3116a6cabb702f751bb58ff garjones 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/27/#post-143479 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:09:13 +0000 The only real fear for me with Russia is the nuclear aspect but MAD has stayed in force for a long time and the rather unique setup the UK has with Trident means it is basically suicide for Russia to launch anything.

If you don’t know Britain’s nuclear arsenal is not on land but kept on 3 submarines (hence trident), 2 of which are always in…Read more

]]> b1c57feaa77170d043de063d919a2e9f garjones 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/10/#post-143477 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:22:24 +0000 There’s a strong cultural element. In the west giving money has been seen as either a bit vulgar or more commonly means a lack of thought given to the gift. Hence even though Dave is right that a gift voucher is just cash but with a limitation on where you can spend it, it passes the ‘thought’ test of at least he or she likes Starbucks coffee or…Read more

]]> 349abaf7c5beb1d12cbaa588ab78bf05 garjones 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/27/#post-143470 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:52:13 +0000 I don’t think they can overrun Europe. They’ve spent years struggling over relatively small patches of Ukraine and France and the UK have very significant armed forces and tech that get called in if they enter a NATO country like Poland or Finland.

That doesn’t mean things can’t get very messy and dangerous though, with increased covert attacks…Read more

]]> 16d47bf2e0c7fb9b116372321a1d7a3e garjones 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/27/#post-143417 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:44:00 +0000 I second the recommendation  for the Shock Doctrine. It opens your eyes to a lot of things that go on in the world.

Is there a version of bookshop.org in the Netherlands?

 

]]> df15a70097fca42cc53c1d5c169266a8 garjones 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/27/#post-143321 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 03:18:10 +0000 You get ingrained beliefs. Germany have since 1945 been told not to spend on  defence, The Netherlands has been very fiscally conservative on borrowing for just as long. It’s hard to change attitudes on a dime even if it’s 100% true Russia is a danger and they need to do it as the US will no longer foot a chunk of the bill.

You get a similar…Read more

]]> 953aa4a59cdcd9a14b740e3258b7957f garjones 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/5/#post-143320 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 02:26:50 +0000 Oh I forgot Humble Bundle is a great place for digital comics.

This is their current Image offering: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/image-comics-in-10s-books?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_2_layout_type_threes_tile_index_2_c_imagecomicsin10s_bookbundle

175 trades for $18!

(You’ll need a…Read more

]]> 7f3bdb7593998947a70f1545e6f1a0be garjones 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/5/#post-143319 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 01:31:08 +0000 I stopped using Comixology mostly when they merged it into Kindle. I mainly just use the Marvel and DC apps as they are really cheap over the long term, you basically pay monthly for about the price of one comic to read as many as you want.

I am looking for a home for indie books, Neon Ichiban may be the option as it’s basically a clone of the…Read more

]]> 5f9807345f99e165c9d12b6f75e6a8ef garjones 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/5/#post-143082 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:30:50 +0000 I have to admit I use both as they can be relatively cheap now anyway. For comics you don’t need anything other than a big screen generic tablet, I have a 12″ Honor that makes all my comics a bit oversized and is a fraction of the price of an iPad Pro or Surface and does the same job. If you tax your tablet more for other things then it may be…Read more

]]> bd674b4a80730159cc027113198a5c16 garjones 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/26/#post-143042 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:48:52 +0000 I think Mamdani is clever as hell. Some on the left decried this but some on the left are obsessed with gesture politics over delivery.

He asked for the meeting, knowing Trump responds well to personal discussions over rhetoric in the media, and in the end he walked out of there conceding nothing. None of his agenda has changed but he’s got…Read more

]]> 7a3baf47ff77dc6e90f80eee99dfcef7 garjones replied to the topic Facts and Trivia in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/facts-and-trivia/page/3/#post-143041 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:40:34 +0000

“The device replacement cycle is how big wireless keeps us stuck in place,” Lauren says. “We operate in 18 countries. In only 2 of them are phones even allowed to be ‘locked’ to one carrier: the United States and Japan. In Europe, it’s literally illegal to have a phone locked.” Perhaps not coincidentally, the average European is paying about…

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]]> 9871524a38ec0305b427ff8f0918141f garjones replied to the topic DC Comics Discussion in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-comics-discussion/page/6/#post-142862 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:42:00 +0000 I’ve been reading the Absolute line on DC Infinite. The first 7 issues (which is all they have at the moment) of the ‘trinity’ books.

The concept starts off with a rather silly, typically DC in Crisis style, explanation of a new universe that doesn’t really need one in a ‘DC All-in’ oneshot. Darkseid merges with the Spectre or something and…Read more

]]> 531c208d915a4baf722809f23eac4214 garjones 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-142861 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:05:34 +0000 I would confidently omit the ‘maybe’ from that sentence. TS3 is a perfect ending to an excellent trilogy. They really should have left it alone as the 4th was pretty average.

So Christian, watch TS3. Imagine it finishes there. :yahoo:

]]> e9a60bf63fba09ab25b9922069ffa1f9 garjones replied to the topic Television News in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/television-news-2/page/5/#post-142859 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 05:56:12 +0000 To be fair that kind of is the conceit of the mask. As a kid in the 1980s we’d make an effigy of a man and stick on a cheap plastic Guy Fawkes mask and go house to house collecting a ‘penny for the Guy’. Then at the end of the night burn it on a bonfire.

Since then the tradition has ebbed away and the image absorbed into films and Anonymous but…Read more

]]> 543d431792633dc3dba0f574584bab43 garjones 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/26/#post-142523 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:24:35 +0000 I would say that The News Agents podcast (which includes Emily Maitliss as one of the presenters) discussed and debunked this story the other day.

They would have pretty excellent access to royal correspondents after many years at the BBC and by their account William wanted to go a little easier and it was Charles pushing the full stripping or…Read more

]]> 88019cf27129bd53fc4d5ee249e505ff garjones 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/26/#post-142510 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 01:47:16 +0000 I’m not sure there is more. It’s more than just whether a crime was committed or could be prosecuted. He’s displayed morally repugnant behaviour. He shouldn’t be having sex with teenagers set up for him as a middle aged man, he shouldn’t be writing emails wanting to meet up with Epstein after he was convicted (but let off with a pathetic…Read more

]]> 397037198c8cc14bca7ac362220af6ae garjones 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/26/#post-142502 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:28:22 +0000 I want to make it clear firstly that I think he’s guilty as hell and a complete piece of shit. The next bit is not about what I think should happen, what is right or wrong, they could nail his balls to a wall and I’d be fine with it. It’s about the legal system.

I don’t think there’s any great conspiracy about a lack of charges against Andrew…Read more

]]> 733edf1fa22287ccbdd59bdcef13e8f8 garjones 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/25/#post-142478 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:34:46 +0000 I think Musk is all-in, in fact further to the right than Trump and half his crowd. He’s already declared the likes of Nigel Farage are too left wing for him and he prefers neo-Nazis like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

Zuck and Bezos are just cowards. They bent the knee as soon as Trump took power because they are afraid of any repercussions on their…Read more

]]> 6966982acc9602432921608f7bed4beb garjones 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/2/#post-142467 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 12:23:56 +0000 Yeah that’s not perfect on Tidal either.

They have playlists of a certain type and the mix of artists they pick is pretty spot on for me. However it only selects the same few tracks from any artist over and over again, even if they have an extensive discography and dozens of hits.

So if The Smiths appear it’s This Charming Man and There’s a…Read more

]]> d038ecd458672787c1cb2c6c07c46cf8 garjones 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/25/#post-142466 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 12:13:16 +0000 Reminiscent of Trump’s favourite bible passages.

The worst actions to rhetoric comparison I’ve seen has to the the leader of the ‘patriotic flag’ anti-immigration movement in Manchester. He had a conviction for smuggling 4 Vietnamese nationals into the UK.

His ‘defence’ was he was bringing them to work on a cannabis farm, still very illegal in…Read more

]]> 5d8f5f0b1de457ec6184f619fca5f507 garjones 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/25/#post-142405 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:54:17 +0000 He is the poster boy for social media radicalisation. As you say his first post in response to the criticism was saying he’d take it on board etc.

That’s morphed week by week from having ‘concerns’ into vicious insults about any trans people and now sharing neo-nazi material.

He’d be living a far happier and more successful life if he’d just…Read more

]]> 5a1ba3fa9b4fe59acd52244bb5f55087 garjones replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/4/#post-142386 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 09:24:39 +0000 It’s very dumb. A lot of the reason soccer betting scandals tend to happen at the lower levels is it’s not really worth doing for the top players earning $5-10m a year. They could take a kickback from a syndicate but when the risk is a lifetime ban from the sport they are going to be considerably worse off if caught and as you say, is $4.7m not enough?

]]> d10129298e4b3aefb4eb427eddcbfdbe garjones replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/6/#post-142385 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 09:15:59 +0000 This is the key difference really. Yes Burr isn’t wrong the UK has a terrible list of atrocities in its past (and quite a few dodgy things in its present) as do many countries but if you play the Hammersmith Apollo you aren’t doing it in service to the King or government and won’t be given a list in advance of what you can and can’t say.

I’d…Read more

]]> ef322d7226a1eeafe591026637e86006 garjones 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/9/#post-142384 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 08:56:30 +0000 I was looking for Line of Duty clips on YouTube to see if they all use ‘haitch’. Adrian Dunbar (and his character Ted Hasting) are Northern Irish so that would be explained by the Hiberno-English bit.

They are surprisingly hard to find, it’s mostly analysis of the plot videos narrated over by fans. I did end up though being amused by this recap…Read more

]]> b2551e7963e884a4bbfd7494ff2ccaaf garjones 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/7/#post-142382 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 07:44:02 +0000 I think it’s ethically wrong while also being aware that if that guy hadn’t done side by side comparisons I’d never notice.

]]> 4fb73dff189744a34e48f1a843a9fc81 garjones replied to the topic Television News in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/television-news-2/page/5/#post-142363 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 18:49:05 +0000 I’ve always found late night US TV rather bizarre. A load of shows on every channel, doing the same thing at the same time to ever decreasing results. They all have the same stage dressing of a city skyline, regardless of where they record. They all sit on the same side with a desk, with a house band and a monologue etc etc.

You can’t discuss…Read more

]]> f9743dd100910c3bbd9dc80e10e99a2f garjones replied to the topic DC Comics Discussion in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/dc-comics-discussion/page/6/#post-142362 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:56:05 +0000 It does. I won’t get them all but all of them look interesting. The Deniz and Spurrier books are most anticipated for me.

]]> d452e2da6262885a6a3b2bea21031242 garjones 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/7/#post-142361 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:45:37 +0000 By all accounts RTD has already written the 3rd season (with other writers as is usual) and a couple of episodes of the 4th.

That’s not the same as being showrunner of course and as with the Billie question the gap in production makes everything less certain. In truth the gap in being able to confirm is why Gatwa left needing rewrites. It’d…Read more

]]> 802293982ca7bf3b11aacb07fd8571cc garjones 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/25/#post-142360 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:21:51 +0000 To be fair Belgium did without any government for over a year.

Ok slightly differently, they had no government but in their system that just means civil servants carry on with whatever rules and budgets were last decided. I think the US in unique in shutting up shop.

]]> f8aa3e649a7cae70ac74f6cc85dafed5 garjones 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/25/#post-142358 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:19:05 +0000 Farage has taken a shitload of money from Russia, he used to work openly on Russia Today. His ex leader in Wales has just been convicted for being paid to ask questions in the EU parliament supporting Russian interests, he will be sentenced soon. Russia was also deeply involved in the social media side of the Brexit referendum.

However that is…Read more

]]> 1583f755987fc1b7e7c4799f7b19aa0b garjones 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/7/#post-142356 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:04:26 +0000 It’s quite amazing they still find new episodes this late on, in the most obscure places too like Kenyan national TV.

I read a great article recently on the future of Doctor Who but can’t find the link again.

It’s fairly straightforward, Disney paid (or contributed to) 26 episodes, which includes the spinoff War Between the Land and the Sea that…Read more

]]> 284439f6d014b1f65eb18363e40ab284 garjones 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/9/#post-141958 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:21:22 +0000 Here’s the main issue. It should be noted all the video is AI, not just pretty starlet Tilly but the fat guy and old guy and they are very convincing. It’s technically very impressive but it is also deathly boring and unfunny.

I wanted to show my wife and kids the massive technological advances the video showed and reveal at the end it was all…Read more

]]> 05f5fc616a57589a8545ef8cf15e6ec0 garjones 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/2/#post-141956 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:04:57 +0000 I made a switch last month from Spotify to Tidal.

This may vary by geography but here it is now cheaper, has better sound quality, pays artists more and has a better suggestion algorithm. I have found great new music with their feeds, far better than Spotify.

It’s not perfect as it tends with any artist to just replay the biggest hits, picking…Read more

]]> c87b02fc19f466d9835a9b322a7b2a35 garjones replied to the topic 2000AD chat: "Gaze into the thread of Dredd!" in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/2000ad-chat-gaze-into-the-thread-of-dredd/page/3/#post-141872 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:43:01 +0000 Yeah apart from a couple of oddities I think 95% or more are in other collections. Looks a nice package though.

]]> 4c41c63c256dcc7a84c318042464d695 garjones 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/7/#post-141869 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:25:08 +0000 There’s always a bit of shenanigans like that. When they moved to downloads the price of games didn’t really drop despite the cost savings (or cinema ticket prices when they stopped shipping heavy $5000 cans around the globe). I think in both examples they are, as any business does, looking at what the customer perceives as value. The packaging…Read more

]]> 4dec858570a349211472c170566e2a6c garjones 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/7/#post-141866 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:17:23 +0000 Yup, a point I was making recently, a PS1 game was often £50. Using an inflation calculator that’s £103 today.

]]> 93f731e53642cd5e0b9e9e957a398f32 garjones replied to the topic Random Comics-Related Stuff in the forum Comics talk https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/random-comics-related-stuff/page/9/#post-141862 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 05:04:18 +0000 https://neonichiban.com/

The Comixology replacement has now made the beta available to all, without invite.

The ‘marketplace’ section seems to be course correcting with prices around $2.50-4 instead of the silly $400 ones.

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