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  1. Mick O'Toon

    Mick O'Toon Well-Known Member

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    The Dig on Netflix Friday @stopmeandslapme ,about Sutton Hoo but can't say I ever heard of him.
     
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  2. stopmeandslapme

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    Sutton Who?
    Mother had a book about the excavation so I was quite familiar with it as a kid, ought to have a look for that book.
     
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  3. Mick O'Toon

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    The film is based on a book by the same name, a novel though.
     
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  4. stopmeandslapme

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    Yeah I believe a romantic drama based around an archaeological excavation? Prefer Time Team.
     
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  5. monacoger

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    What is the book that was about a dig in present time but find stuff from medieval France or England I think it was and they go through some time portal, one of them ends up staying there in the end. It was also made into a film. The author is famous, but I can think on who it is.
     
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  6. Easter Road 1980

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    The Land That Time Forgot.
     
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  7. monacoger

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    Nope, just googled it. It was a Michael Crichton book called Timeline. The book was pretty good actually, not sure I watched the whole film, it was probably pretty pish.
     
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    Watching the TV adaptation of Hanna. Typical of modern shows, we go for 5 or 6 episodes without seeing a single dark face and the moment she has to get her cherry busted up pops Sambo to do the honours. How they are going to drag this into two or even three series is beyond me but my guess is writers put all their eggs into one basket with the first series to catch the eye and get the ratings then give far less of a f.uck for what follows. Watered down pish is what we usually end up with when these shows drag on too long.
     
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  9. Easter Road 1980

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    <laugh>:afro:
     
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  10. Mick O'Toon

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    What happened to her sisters?
     
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  11. Easter Road 1980

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  12. monacoger

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  13. Easter Road 1980

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  14. stopmeandslapme

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    Has she done any nuddy stuff? I like skinny birds with tiny tay tays.
     
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  15. Easter Road 1980

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    ^^^^^^ Poof with an easel.
     
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    Good harmless fun!!
     
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  17. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    **** off. Crichton was almost as bad a writer as Dan Brown.
     
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  18. Easter Road 1980

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    Correct.

    Shichton was utter ****ing garbage.
     
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  19. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    On the plus side he's deid <ok>
     
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  20. monacoger

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    Ooooooft nobody was even close to being as bad as Dan Brown ffs. To be fair, they are page turners but yeah, not good writers.
     
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