I Am A Swede

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.

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?

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.

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?

How nice that a new Sugden has been born!

This does not surprise me at all. I've been waiting for women in the world of sports to come out with their stories. I'm certain this problem is just as big there. http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41950198

You mean the principle that the Republicans and their presidential nominee conveniently "forgot" when it came to Hillary Clinton and her e-mails?

That would be Must-See-TV for me! To see those three (Cain, Charity and Debbie) destroyed and preferably publicly humiliated would almost be like winning the lottery.

I agree that there are so many other stories from Middle-Earth they could tell, instead of doing another version of The Lord of the Rings. You have the legend of Túrin Turambar, the story of Beren Erchamion and Lúthien Tinúviel and so many others. But I guess they aren't as famous or well-known as LOTR and therefore less interesting.

Close to 600 actresses has signed a statement which was published in one of the major newspapers here, where they talk about their own experiences with sexual harassment. Many of them from state subsidized theatres like The Royal Dramatic Theatre. Many quotes were included and it was horrifying to read what these women had been through. I saw our Minister of Culture on a tv news show after this was published and, even though her demeanor was calm and composed, you could see how furious and appalled she was beneath the surface. The article about Harvey Weinstein has really opened up a huge can of worms regarding sexual harassment, and I hope that this will lead to real change. It's disgusting to think about how widespread this has been.

The only way I would approve of Tom being Joseph Tate is if it ends with him destroying Debbie, Charity and Cain as revenge for his father.

That scenario makes the most sense, especially since we know that Adam is leaving.

So, I guess they're trying to replicate the Tom King murder inquiry with this story about Emma? I think I would have preferred it if she really had committed suicide. But since they've made it into a mystery who do you all think is the culprit? Moira, Ross, Pete, Cain, Laurel or Adam? Or maybe they'll surprise us all and it turns out to be suicide after all?