Forum | Martin Smith | Activity https://thecarrier.net/members/martinsmith/activity/ Activity feed for Martin Smith. Wed, 13 May 2026 10:39:08 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 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.

]]> 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?

]]> 4250c7c2bd25f74e1f184d8a1b716187 Martin Smith replied to the topic Daredevil: Born Again (With SPOILERS) in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/daredevil-born-again-with-spoilers/#post-147435 Thu, 07 May 2026 10:34:03 +0000 Oh, one more thing: that clipping BB opened of Ben writing about Fisk; that can’t have happened, surely? Fisk wasn’t outed as a crime boss before he killed Ben, was he? He killed Ben after Ben found his mother in the care home, which was when Fisk had outed himself as a philanthropist, but before the crime stuff was broken, IIRC.

]]> a8056b71c25a4535dab2522719a2a289 Martin Smith 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-147434 Thu, 07 May 2026 10:04:27 +0000 I’d be disappointed if L&O is cancelled, but it’s really not as good as the original run. I watched a random episode of that recently (Everybody Loves Raymondo’s, I think it’s called) and every scene was dripping with wit and charm. The new one… not so much. And as much as I like Maura Tierney, I don’t think her lieutenant character works that…Read more

]]> 03f59c7d160667f779d74785ed4aa7a7 Martin Smith replied to the topic Daredevil: Born Again (With SPOILERS) in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/daredevil-born-again-with-spoilers/#post-147423 Wed, 06 May 2026 20:11:04 +0000 That sure was a lot of stuff that happened.

Only thing I really found interesting was Heather’s unravelling mental state.

Hopefully that Punisher thing next week will be better, as will whatever it might be (if anything) that picks up with Luke and Jessica (and Danny?)

]]> 6f2c942ef726b9bc6908acff084d86d3 Martin Smith 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-147393 Mon, 04 May 2026 08:04:06 +0000 There’s definitely going to be a scene of his flunkies tearing off the shoes he makes them wear and putting on ones that fit, certainly.

]]> 71083967d3dcbaa76bcd9d873db61746 Martin Smith 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-147328 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:29:20 +0000  

]]> 84cae9a77072e8c57020c7f455e5fb92 Martin Smith replied to the topic Daredevil: Born Again (With SPOILERS) in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/daredevil-born-again-with-spoilers/#post-147326 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:57:39 +0000 The thing with the governor in this last episode summed up some of my problems with this season. Fisk needs the governor out of the way so he can have her compliant Lt Gov installed in her place. So instead of digging up dirt on her (admittedly they said she was too clean for this, but given she’s working with Shaggy from the CIA, that seems…Read more

]]> c4c9b9c2e0c031a31d0a598e84475341 Martin Smith 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-147293 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:23:39 +0000 I genuinely didn’t know Newsarama was still going. I’ve not heard anyone mention it in years.

]]> cc0f99d8ae53ce14d96ae349946cc12a Martin Smith 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-147247 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:06:25 +0000 The single issue market is insane now. Surely it’s not in any way sustainable for much longer and they’ll need to switch to an OGN format?

]]> 543b79919440312af1ebac7a5d65f47b Martin Smith replied to the topic Daredevil: Born Again (With SPOILERS) in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/daredevil-born-again-with-spoilers/#post-147189 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:25:58 +0000 I’ve been increasingly underwhelmed by this season. It definitely hasn’t been as entertaining as the first. While there’s been some highlights – Swordsman was fun, especially his Reign of Terror commentary on his trial – it’s far less than the sum of its parts and feels like it doesn’t actually know how to escalate tension or stakes really. M…Read more

]]> 9cf6af49b33a77f69fb5149da46aeb10 Martin Smith replied to the topic Sports discussion in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/sports-discussion/page/4/#post-147140 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:51:18 +0000

Porsche’s new Gen 4 Formula E car for next season (starts end of this year/beginning of the next). I think this is just a test livery – the dazzle pattern is a bit of cliche on that front and kinda pointless given the series has spec body work that all the teams get from the same supplier – but still, it looks gorgeous. Big improvement over the…Read more

]]> 9681327f18c3e29c2681c08b8378dbb9 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-147123 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:16:14 +0000 I’ve been buying a lot of stuff from Japan recently. Mainly Beast Wars tat, video game stuff (GameCube controllers in Japanese exclusive colourways but also a complete copy of Kid Icarus for the Famicom Disk System. I do not have a FDS), but also blu-rays of the Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire canon.

I first watched them all around 2012, when BBC…Read more

]]> b13e1dfaecf18ef3dac7fe360088fe2f 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-147099 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:57:51 +0000 You’d think that people who work in television, of all people, would understand the importance of being able to coherently follow a TV series, and yet…

]]> 045474bc921d80eddeac904e91d10b93 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-147092 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:47:33 +0000 I’ve started watching Don’t Trust The B In Apartment 23, which is a delight. Unfortunately, I got about halfway in in before I realised Disney+ has got the episodes out of order (they’ve gone with air date order and ABC showed them in a seemingly random order it seems). It completely messes up the running plot threads, the build up of relat…Read more

]]> 4490de162b046cb854d1149554c8b137 Martin Smith replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/8/#post-147068 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:08:10 +0000 Wow, that’s weird they branched out to that from the shops they have over here.

]]> 4780abebaa34f11db4f645be5e345376 Martin Smith 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/25/#post-146964 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:06:53 +0000 Who is that Artemis Four pin-up by? I can’t make out the signature.

]]> 3f68b86146621278c17472bf1556078f Martin Smith 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/25/#post-146932 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:45:36 +0000 Karolina looks like she’s standing against her will.

]]> e1fb16f42388f8fb4e305fb23b1541e2 Martin Smith 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-146883 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:22:40 +0000 https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-extends-its-reign-uk-home-taskmaster

Channel 4 has extended its deal for Taskmaster and, crucially, expanded its selection of international ones. NZ, Australia and Canada all to stream, including on the C4 youtube channel.

]]> fb95dab130d65577663617f1c07c2e95 Martin Smith 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-146880 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:27:57 +0000 I had a set of the Narnia books as a kid, which I skimmed (I was terrible at reading as a kid) and there’s two bits from The Last Battle that stick with me: .

]]> c78dcbc5eab1099cf2fccff272761251 Martin Smith 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-146822 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:21:15 +0000 Weird they’re printing that Kyle Rayner GL collection again. I don’t think they even bothered with the solicited v2 and 3 last time.

]]> 8577d2b9fcd3dffd48be9177e8e93c55 Martin Smith 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/30/#post-146821 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:18:45 +0000 That and a very misguided approach to teaching kids how to read for decades.

]]> f1766d3b70605b656bea9c71e6f5b47d Martin Smith 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/30/#post-146803 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:21:02 +0000 Pakistan are apparently negotiating a ceasefire between the US and Iran at the moment (no mention of Israel in the reports I’ve seen, which seems like a big omission). And, honestly, the Iranians would be mad to agree to anything. There is practically no chance the Americans will stick to anything they say. Trump has already shown the worth of his…Read more

]]> 6d599494881d386fc07718cedaf5913c Martin Smith 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/30/#post-146800 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:39:42 +0000 ::sideways look at camera::

]]> 9b03ecfe2363b42435590f6fde63ce28 Martin Smith 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/30/#post-146616 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:20:41 +0000 Another potentially really good bit of (lower case) reform is a public interest test for all contracts over £1m for public services, to see whether they’d be better served kept in-house rather than out-sourced. Which admittedly still might not do much if people just hand-wave through the test, but if applied properly, it could really cut down on…Read more

]]> b4e92465ca7fb95be35b41838f66ac06 Martin Smith 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-146602 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:00:26 +0000 The one thing they didn’t want it to cause!

]]> 224b0d012f14f036ac7bc8886da88975 Martin Smith 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-146584 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:36:12 +0000 Right, but people still have lollies. And tongues.

]]> 57990a4decbdd66c1f09de772f656896 Martin Smith 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-146579 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:17:57 +0000 I woke up today thinking about pipe cleaners (no, I don’t know why and I think it’s probably not even worth investigating). It took me years to realise they’re for cleaning tobacco pipes. Whenever they were used for crafts on Blue Peter or Smart or whatever, I assumed they were for cleaning pipe pipes, you know plumbing, which was confusing,…Read more

]]> 5ac23a3c2147a356206ff4f1c75db7c3 Martin Smith 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/30/#post-146577 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:13:53 +0000 I wonder how much Hungary’s shithousery to Ukraine is affecting Orban/will be an element in the election.

]]> 0c7014375aadc0bc06f0d4d4e1694a08 Martin Smith replied to the topic Daredevil: Born Again (With SPOILERS) in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/daredevil-born-again-with-spoilers/#post-146541 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:15:49 +0000 I enjoyed s2e1.

]]> a367c6f4502b31f7d5d6ec9257cb481e Martin Smith 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-146525 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:45:05 +0000 You missed a few letters from your huzzah there, Lorcan.

]]> aa5529d356013be68a562772001fc642 Martin Smith 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-146517 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:28:26 +0000 Wonder Man is getting a second season! Huzzah!

]]> d88bf0c9316f6b513008367c1df1a8ae 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/14/#post-146487 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:37:06 +0000 So it should just be every other British sketch show ever made?

]]> 6ba152d645ae6cef5961447e3965263b Martin Smith 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/24/#post-146486 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:21:05 +0000 Oh, I thought it was a screen cap of Andrea Martin from Great News at first glance.

]]> 6dfa81277ed4485a9dd3102a207c152e 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/14/#post-146473 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:46:31 +0000 SNL UK launched last night and I thought it was pretty good actually. My main concern had been Weekend Update feeling a bit pointless given all the other topical comedy around in the UK, but by keeping it relatively short and also going quite dark and borderline bad taste, it actually felt valid.

The rest of the show was solid. A few wobbles, the…Read more

]]> 574c41561cb08f88bc21f7966a52727c Martin Smith 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-146384 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:56:43 +0000 I am getting increasingly hyped to see those “new” episodes of Dalek’s Masterplan at Easter (when even is Easter?!). I hope they haven’t screwed them up “restoring” them with AI though. The season 21 Collection blu-ray came out this weekend and that is apparently as badly afflicted as season 13, even though they said they’d “taken on feedback from…Read more

]]> 5dfe7d57a7a38d559e6813303fafc552 Martin Smith 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-146364 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:48:28 +0000 I wonder if one will be the 14th Doctor.

]]> a7818c85b4cf725a105eb5559ad305bd Martin Smith 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-146340 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:07:43 +0000 Huh. Well, I doubt anyone predicted that. Will it work though?

]]> d0f14afc08ac516d72f44550f45217b2 Martin Smith 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-146313 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:42:50 +0000 Curious as to how bad this must have been to not ever air.

Zhao seems a terrible choice for it though. Admittedly I’ve not seen her other work, but Eternals was dire and the MCU has, broadly, a very similar tone to Buffy, so if she couldn’t manage to work in that, I don’t see how she could have done Buffy successfully.

]]> 73e5dad0b3d7eacb26e2ec450f186d60 Martin Smith 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-146266 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:25:56 +0000 Great news!

]]> 852dc773e10cdbd2668e782631598605 Martin Smith 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-146218 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:34:40 +0000 I’m actually getting somewhat optimistic about SNL UK. There’s some great people involved. Grainne Maguire and Humphrey Ker on the writing team, for instance.

]]> 98d191cc828eaba7ae6e00581e6122b1 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/14/#post-146172 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:19:30 +0000 The UK version of the Floor ended last night and it was a final episode that rather highlighted the flaws in the premise.

The actual gameplay – two people naming things in pictures on a chess clock – is fine. Fun to play along with at home. And one duel last night, on US states, showed how good it can be when competitive. The winner only had two…Read more

]]> 8561da13f797d7400aa71867026814a0 Martin Smith 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-146158 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 11:13:41 +0000 It does look cool, although the head just makes me think it’s Grimlock. Isn’t it like £30 though?

]]> 88f1eba1d3c0e723e81aaa1a13199b24 Martin Smith 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-146126 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:49:13 +0000 I picked up some stuff last month that I keep forgetting to talk about.

So Mattel has been going cross-over mad lately. There’s Transformers Hot Wheels and Hot Wheels Transformers (that is Hot Wheels cars of Transformers alt modes and Transformers figures of, erm, “famous” Hot Wheels cars), Turtles of Grayskull, which asked the pressing question…Read more

]]> 05a5fce68bcaacc1c9d93e195bdc05ec Martin Smith replied to the topic Eurovision 2026 in the forum Movies, TV and other media https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/eurovision-2026/#post-146088 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:20:48 +0000 I feel like if it came from any other country it’d have a decent chance at coming about 8th or 12th.

]]> 24da6a5b97aad7d9790580d0e7ff0689 Martin Smith 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-146087 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:18:03 +0000 Hasbro teased a Studio Series 86 Prowl but haven’t delivered. A weird omission given how far into the weeds they’ve gone on characters from it now.

]]> e80ec7d22aef209f802b2ef7384e499a 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/14/#post-146031 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:47:19 +0000 I’m watching that Chevy Chase documentary. Incredible really that, in a documentary that he’s fully involved in, he comes across as such an asshole. Not even in a warts-and-all historical sense, even in the bits of him interacting with the (off-camera) director/interviewer.

]]> bf6d9e3b33fa471f9b7a6877e93fa6d6 Martin Smith replied to the topic News thread in the forum The Loveland Arms - pub chat https://thecarrier.net/forums/topic/news-thread/page/7/#post-146016 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:06:48 +0000 I’ve never seen a “prison abolitionist leftie” say that after a school shooting.

]]> c85d078b27ecc021951a5533fba49024 Martin Smith 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-146002 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:18:57 +0000 This is quite surprising: Richard Osman is leaving House of Games after the next season (which is currently filming). They’re going to replace him as host, but it’s not an easy role to fill, as Pointless has proved with its guest hosts. The hit rate on those is quite low, as there’s a fine balance to be struck between banter (or schtick in some…Read more

]]> 0c8d48efe887e37c3de35124906d7851 Martin Smith 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/29/#post-145980 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:49:19 +0000 <arrested development open marriage meme>

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