UKFilmNerd
A middle-aged nerd from the UK. I like films and write about them, sometimes for Film Stories or my blog.
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My first computer was a ZX81, but I think it was a custom build between my father, a carpenter, and my uncle, an electrician who fixed arcade games.
It was housed in a wooden case with a proper keyboard. The 16K RAM pack had been soldered on inside, so there was no case of it ever crashing due to a bad connection.
Simple black and white graphics with no sound. I loved it to bits.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto [moved to piefed] movies@lemm.ee•Official Poster for "Jurassic World Rebirth"English9·26 days agoI like what the poster is trying to do, but my eyes instantly see three “photoshop” layers. Scarlett Johansson, the dinosaur and the waterfall background.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto [moved to piefed] movies@lemm.ee•Animated Movie 'Predator: Killer of Killers' Rated "R" for Bloody Violence and GoreEnglish4·1 month agoWell, that was a given really. I have high hopes for this!
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto [moved to piefed] movies@lemm.ee•Superman | Official TrailerEnglish16·1 month agoI’m not a fan of these longer three minute trailers, but I couldn’t stop watching, this looks like fun. At least everything is out of context and I have no idea what’s going on!
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto [moved to piefed] movies@lemm.ee•First image of Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri in "Avatar: Fire and Ash"English6·1 month agoAnother one? Hasn’t Cameron mapped out about five in total? :-)
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukOPto [moved to piefed] movies@lemm.ee•Predator: Badlands Teaser Trailer (2025)English9·2 months agoHere’s the poster.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto [moved to piefed] movies@lemm.ee•Michael Bay And Sydney Sweeney Team On Movie Adaptation Of ‘OutRun’ Video Game At UniversalEnglish2·2 months agoThis might work, it might not. Didn’t Hasbro licence out their board games for movie adaptations, thats how we got Battleships. I remember this because I’m sure someone bought the film rights for Monopoly.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Who will be the next James Bond? Amazon's tough 007 decisionEnglish1·4 months agoHenry Cavill screen tested for Casino Royale back in 2006 as mentioned in the article, but he is too old now.
And not just because these auditions were found on a VHS tape that was found in a dumpster last month 😁, at the same time, there were tests with Sam Worthington, Rupert Friend and Anthony Starr.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What's everyone's favorite Lemmy app?English72·4 months agoBIG shout out to Thunder, a great app for both Android and iOS.
It’s really nice to use, lots of nice features, I’m really happy with it.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•playing DVDs on WindowsEnglish112·4 months agoVLC is all you need for DVDs. You just need to download this file, unzip it, and put the DLL file into the same directory where VLC is installed.
This file will enable VLC to access the DVD in such a way to bypass the protection methods.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which fictional character's death affected you most?English4·5 months agoSpoiler
Dante from Clerks III
I really resonated with the character and how everything is others peoples fault and he rarely bothered to sort his own life out. Feels just like me! 😆 So their death in this film really struck a chord with me and I was in floods of tears.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How much do you pay for your phone plan, what do you get in return and in which country?English3·7 months agoIt’s a two year old SIM only deal with Three. I’ve been with then for several years now and this contract expires in three weeks.
According to the app, I can upgrade to their Black Friday offer of the same conditions (unlimited everything) for just £22 a month! 😆
My contract will probably just keep rolling unchanged month to month but I wouldn’t be surprised if Three try and get me to commit to something.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How much do you pay for your phone plan, what do you get in return and in which country?English4·7 months agoNope. Truly unlimited and I’m allowed to tether it as well. So when I’m in hotels away at work, it’s my source of internet for my tablet and laptop.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How much do you pay for your phone plan, what do you get in return and in which country?English5·7 months agoHere in the UK, I’m currently on unlimited everything, calls, messages and data, for £18 per month.
Not much on Saturday. Sunday was a planned trip to the Sister-in-laws. It was going to be a roast dinner, then it was a BBQ, and finally downgraded to jacket potatoes and salad.
Both my sons are autistic, one more than the other. He was initially excited about the big temporary swimming pool that was going to be there. Sadly, it was a different pool to last time and the water smelt funny and to top it off, his brother pushed him in, which was the final straw.
I had to take him home to calm down and left my other son and wife to enjoy themselves. It was only a few hours and I had to come back and pick them up as my other son had enough.
And there’s this saying, “Autism Rocks!” 😆
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Alternative YouTube clients having issues loading videosEnglish7·11 months agoI don’t understand it, but going through various githubs, the problem has been discovered. Here it is:
YouTube changed their code to make it more difficult to extract the throttling parameter decryption function.
There was some coding demonstrating the problem but it was way over my head. Hopefully fixes are coming soon as the issue was marked as urgent. It looks like they know what needs changing.
That’s the problem. I think Amazon have been locking the device down. Rooting maybe the only way if that’s still possible.
We have a standard 4K stick and yesterday I looked into replacing the launcher. Unfortunately it seems that Amazon have stopped users from accessing ADB or an ADB shell making it almost impossible to customise it. It may still be root-able but I wasn’t that desperate to change it.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukto Casual UK@feddit.uk•Has anyone else given up on daytime Radio 2?English3·1 year agoI work 7 on/7 off so I let a week’s worth of podcasts build up to get me through work. That also includes a weeks worth of James O’Brien. I don’t bother with any other radio, too annoying.
Click bait websites must love news stories like this.
“OMG!! Zelda movie delayed!!”
Then you read the article and tut because the truth is, they’ve pushed it back a few weeks. Hardly news.