I Am A Swede

More than even Dallas or Dynasty, the mini-series based on books by the likes of Jackie Collins or Sidney Sheldon, have, for me at least, become the symbol of the 1980s. And one of the most iconic of these shows is Lace. ("Incidentally, which one of you bitches is my mother?")

And Lace's theme song is one of the best.

7 minutes ago, Juliajms said:

Please stop quoting the troll. Most of us have him on ignore because we don't want to see the nonsense.

Sorry

4 minutes ago, hsfolk said:

the Jewish people were in Israel long before the Arabs took over

That argument is completely ridiculous!

No-one uses that when talking about other countries in the world, so why is that always used when talking about Israel?

1 minute ago, hsfolk said:

I'm pro-Israel

Really?!  I never would have guessed..... 

1 minute ago, hsfolk said:

the Palestinians can go f*** themselves

Very mature answer!  

1 minute ago, hsfolk said:

I know that's why Jerusalem is the rightful capital 

The Palestinians feel that it's their rightful capital too.

6 minutes ago, hsfolk said:

how do you figure that Tel Aviv is the capital then?

I don't think you can compare Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The latter was founded by Jews early in the 20th century, whereas the former has a long complicated history and is an important place for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike. 

2 minutes ago, hsfolk said:

but Jerusalem is Israel's rightful capital

According to who?

Last time I checked Jerusalem's status is a major issue between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel has occupied the eastern part of the city since 1967 and the Six-Day-War.

Tonight episode number 8000 of Emmerdale Farm/Emmerdale will air. It's number 6598 with the shortened name of "Emmerdale", while 1402 episodes aired under the name of "Emmerdale Farm".

Morrissey defends Kevin Spacey, and makes excuses for Harvey Weinstein......

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42050512

Oh no   

That is so sad. Not even 50 years old.

I too remember that Wimbledon final she played against Steffi and her tears afterwards. I'm so glad she won the title a few years later.

RIP Jana.

I remember when Frank Tate tried to evict the Dingles back in 1995. It was one of the few times I wholeheartedly supported something he did. 

Too bad that most of the villagers supported the Dingles.... 

But I think that many did it more to oppose Frank than to support the Dingles. Stupid, stupid people! They could have opposed Frank some other way, after the Dingles had been thrown out!

Are we supposed to feel sorry for the Dingles over the possibility that they might be homeless? Because I'm not! I'm absolutely ecstatic!  

I realize of course that they will probably find a way to keep their home (), but in the meanwhile I will take great delight in the knowledge that they suffer.

18 hours ago, hsfolk said:

 

when did greed become such a bad thing?

To the best of my knowledge, greed has always been a bad thing. You do know that it is considered one of the seven deadly sins, don't you?

17 hours ago, DRW50 said:

 

Apparently his middle name is Jack but the scene mentioning that was deleted. I have a feeling he won't be Robert's in the end.

17 hours ago, Nothin'ButAttitude said:

 

I hope this pans out to be true and Rebecca takes her baby and leaves the village along with the rest of the Whites. 

No, I want the baby to be Robert's! We need more Sugdens, and the baby will help keep Robert and Aaron apart! 

How nice to see this old thread brought back to life.  

So in other words, they will be using characters and places from Tolkien's world, but come up with stories on their own?  

I'm not convinced that would be a good idea at all.  

6 hours ago, Roman said:

can't believe some people would honestly make sexual abuse a political issue.

Very sad. 

It happened in this thread too, on the very first page.....

So Robert's and Rebecca's son will be called Sebastian.  Not the name I would have chosen.  

It's too bad there already is a Jacob on the show, because that's the name I would have liked for Robert's son, in honour of his father, brother and grandfather.

If this project get off the ground I hope they fix a few things that bothered me about the movies. New Zealand is a beautiful place, but some of the locations were wrong in my opinion. Especially Rohan. It was much too rocky and harsh. It's supposed to be a giant grassy plain, stretching from horizon to horizon, without a hill in sight.

And the landscape surrounding Minas Tirith was also wrong. It's supposed to be dotted with farms and fields, and the distance to Mordor should be greater. You're only supposed to see a hint of the Mountains of Shadow surrounding Mordor from the citadel.

I'm obviously being nit-picky here, but unless they improve on the movies, and that will be tough, then what's the point of re-making it?