Mer

Aww shame Adam! But yes, Swarm meet will be upon us before we know it :PI wish I had taken photos in the evening! I know I'd had a few to drink but it's unlike me not to take drinky time photos My mind must have been preoccupied...Should have got some bum shots :lol:Sheepie with hair straighteners Omg!It was such a good night, although yes, it was a shame it didn't all go to plan. But I want to relive it again And the taxi ride!Someone build a time machine!

HAPPEH BIRTHDAY VALENTEZ

Wow, so Saturday was amazeballs!Met Sheepie and Jay at Waterloo then met with Ian and Sarah. As usual it was awesome to see Ian and Sheepie again, and awesome to meet Jay and Sarah :)Nommed in McDonalds which was rather amusing, it was absolutely packed and we had to sit at a table with all these other random people, awk! Soggeh chips!Went to the Dungeons which as always was good fun, I like how they condensed the Jack The Ripper scene, it so needed to be done! Vengeance was pretty random and a bit of a laugh, as was Extremis! Omg and the part where you wait to go into the court room and that head is supposed to talk to you, well nothing happened. As Ian was saying, someone must have forgotten to press the start button! I remember this happening at last years meet, although eventually it did start. Not this time though lol!Next up was Madame Tussauds Had a bit of a kerfuffle with some of us having alcohol in our bags, eep! How awkward, the scary security bloke lining up the bottles of drink at the front of the queue!We soon got intside though, in the lift, aahh I love it! And it was all Christmassy, n'awww. Had a brilliant time, it was such a laugh! Like me wanting to get my photos taken and people getting in the way, me just stood awkwardly shooing them off with hand gestures (making sure they didn't see me of course), walking past the little map things and me and Sheepie pointing out how much nearer we're getting to the taxi ride! Aaah! The taxi ride itself was priceless, we were so excited and laughing the whole way round I'm laughing to myself now as I'm typing! Love it. Omg the creepy fireman in the Great Fire of London scene haha! The photo was hilarious, and us clapping to the music in the final scene! Shame I didn't buy the photo. I didn't think I'd have enough money, if I'd known the plan for eating was to change I probably could have bought it. Ah wells, we had an awesome time and also bumped into someone who I used to work with at Thorpe and Chessie (Michael Welsh, if anyone here knows him), he now works at Tussauds!Got back to Leatherface (lol), to Travelodge, met up with Ben, who is just awesome and lovely And he got me a Back To The Future jacket! How amazing is that? :DHad pizza for noms, and drinky times started! Good laugh, I've forgotten some of towards the end though, like when we were playing truth or dare. Apparently I fell asleep or looked like I was asleep? Haha, well I didn't get any sleep at all the night before so I'm not surprised! But I remember most of it and it was such a laugh, Sheepie was funneh!Ham sandwich. Ooh er. Not sure I can look at one the same way now! LOL anyway...So all in all a lovely time with such lovely people! I will upload the photos (which were all from Madame Tussauds) onto Facebook soon! I guess this is it until next year with THE SWARM! Aww I hate things coming to an end and knowing I probably won't see you guys again for months. I really didn't want to go home today! :'( Soppeh Merkeh!Hmm New years Eve at T5 anyone? You know you want to! The Travelodge bears are waiting for us!

CHRISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!This song is in my head: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qP6vJzaj7U Love Christmas, love Christmas music

Ooooooh it's tomorrow!Don't think I've ever been this excited for the Winter Meet before! I love London at Christmas time all lit up etc Gaaah Spirit of London Taxi Ride <3 Infact I actually enjoy all of Madame Tussauds *awaits mocking* Everytime I go I regret not taking more photos but I feel silly if I do, and no one else ever seems bohered I just like the atmosphere there and when they decorate it all Christmassy, n'aww!And Winter Wonderland! :')And then after all that excitement, we eat at Frankie & Bennys ^_^And then to top it all off, fun and crazy hotel times!*Bounces off the walls with excitement*

Has a bizarre monkey face avatar thing

Hmm I will say this here politely rather than on the FB page...I would prefer it if we didn't do Sealife It takes quite a while to do and it's quite repetitive, but of course, the nice thing about these trips is that we stay together, so we couldnt split up.I'm just thinking about what time we'd get to Leatherhead Travelodge for, we want to get there early enough for fun drinkeh times :oAnd the Benjinator will be waiting for us :PPrevious years we seem to have eaten by 9pm, which is too late really...although I remember last year spending a ridiculous amount of time waiting for slow stragglers outsde Madame Tussauds, and then deciidng where to eat...grr! We need less faff and more movement this time!Other than that, I'm really looking forward to the meet

PEPSI!Panasonic or Sony

Oranges or lemons?

I've not seen any of these videos either Neil and Sidders, they don't interest me at all :PHell I'm just gonna be honest at the risk of sounding like a n00b, I actually don't know anything about this Lezbo Cougan geezer plot thing He's the sandwich board dude who was used on park to promote Swarm, right?

I'm gonna have to say the right :PThe inversion going into the drop

The BETA testers can't see the new logo unless they log out :oBut yes, very nice

A new day and I still can't change my signature...*sigh*

No idea but it's on someone's YouTube so

SAME!I didn't mind the upgrade at first and you know, these things have teething problems...but I seem to be encountering more problems by the minute and I'm starting to lose my patience now!

I miss my Thorpe days :(And I love this video :') Good times!

I also have the same problem as Rattlesnake1 - I can no longer find the option to change my signature!All I want to do is edit my Facebook link as I changed my username on Facebook.

Grr it's still not working! I just want to make my post in the Thorpe Park staff thread!

My job at the cattery is now back to Saturdays now it's the quiet period, so I'm on the hunt for a second job. If I don't find anything soon I'll have to resort to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqJpvWBQaMU

I have discovered a new problem!When using the quick reply option in the Thorpe Park Staff topic, I typeda link to a YouTube video and used the media tags, then I clicked "More Reply Options" as I wanted to preview the post to t to check the media tags still worked since the upgrade.it took a while to load then took me to a blank page. So I closed the tab and opened a new one, but when I click on the topic, I get the same blank page!I cleared my history, cahce, all that shizz, which also obviously logged me out of TPM. When I click on the topic logged out it works. I logged back in...and it still didn't work!Myy browser is Firefox, I tried Internet Explorer but it still doesn't work.Restarted my laptop, still nothing.I went on my iPhone, using the mobile theme, and it took me to the topic! But when I clicked reply it then went slow and did the blank page thing.So, it's as if it;s got stuck and thinks I'm still trying to post or something? Hence why I cleared the cache etc but like I said it didn't work, it's TPM's fault :PHalp!

Sheepie has hit the nail on the head

This topic is dedicated to discussing your favourite films, actors, directors, and all that lovely stuff. I am aware we already have a "movie" thread (I prefer to remain British and call them films!) but that can be just for cinema releases, a seperate thread to discuss favourite films is a good idea. It keeps things tidy and it means people can natter away as much as they want about that favourte film without worrying about clogging up the cinema-y topic. Also a discussion in Skype last night about films which have made people cry made me think about some of my favourite films and I thought "Hmm we need a proper thread to discuss them in!"So...what films have earned a place as favourite in the wonderful world of Mer? Excluding the Harry Potter series as I that is just too obvious (Having said that, I will at some point talk about Back To The Future here, muwhaha!)Well, I don't have one particular favourite, I just couldn't pick one to come first! A lot of my favourite films feature David Thewlis, who people here will probably know as "the guy that plays Lupin in Harry Potter". I mean that in a nice way though. He doesn't seem that well heard of, probably because he keeps himself to himself and does a lot of indepedent films. Having said that, he is an incredibly talented and versatile actor. His best performance was without a doubt Jonny in the Mike Leigh film "Naked". I will leave discussing that until another time, as it is such an intense film and there isn't really a plot to explain, it's just about people and their lives. Anyone who is familair with Mike Leigh films will know exactly what I mean. The film I'm going to talk about today is The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. A very moving film with a very sad ending. Released in 2008, it is a historical-drama based film based on the novel, and directed by Mark Herman. It stars David Thewlis as Ralf, Vera Farmiga as Elsa, Asa Butterfield as Bruno and Jack Scanlon as Schmuel. The soundtrack is composed by James Horner. A Holocaust drama, the film explores the horror of a World War 2 extermination camp through the eyes of two 8 year old boys; one being the son of the camp's Nazi commadant, the other a Jewish inmate.SS Officer Ralf, wife Elsa and children Gretel, 12 and Bruno, 8, move from their home in Berlin to the countryside as Ralf has been promoted to a commandant of an extermination camp (although initially his wife and children do not know this).One day, while exploring through the forest (via the back garden which he is banned from, as the concentration camp is over the back) Bruno comes across the camp, although he initially believes it to be a farm. He befriends Schmuel, who is the same age and always sits alone by the electric fence as he fights a lot with the others. Bruno regularly sneaks off to visit him, bringing him food and playing games and they become friends through the fence. As the film goes on, Bruno learns about Jews and that they are the “enemy” but still remains friends with Schmuel. Elsa and the children eventually find out the truth about Ralf working at the camp, and Elsa eventually wishes to move away with the children as she strongly disagrees with his work.One day when Bruno visits Schmuel, Schmuel is upset and tells him his father has gone missing and Bruno is determined to help find him. They make a plan; Bruno will came back the next day (the day he is meant to be leaving with his mum and sister to live with their aunt) with a spade to dig under the fence, and Schmuel will bring a spare pair of pyjamas so Bruno will look the same as everyone else. The plan goes ahead, with his family soon discovering he is missing. Upon searching for him, Elsa and Gretel discover the open shed window, Elsa interrupts Ralf in a meeting and he and the soldiers follow the trail through the forest to the camp. Elsa and Gretel follow behind, despite being told by Ralf to wait in the garden.Meanwhile, Bruno observes the true horrors of the camp and wishes to go home but agrees to stay to help Scmhuel find his dad. They look in the hut they sleep in when they are abruptly sent on a march by the soldiers and led down into a chamber, into a changing room, Bruno innocently saying he thinks they are just waiting there until the rain stops.Ralf and the soldiers discover Bruno's clothes and the spade and Ralf quickly enters the camp, then Elsa and daughter also arrive next to the clothes. Bruno, Scmuel and the others are ordered to take their clothes off, believing it's just a shower, and then forced into a gas chamber. They huddle together, the door slams shut and Bruno and Schmuel take hands in fear. A small opening at the top opens and a solder pours Zyklon B pellets into the chamber. Once the opening is closed, it cuts to the door and you hear furious, desperate banging and shouting from inside, which then comes to an abrupt stop.At the same time as this, Ralf frantically searched for Bruno and discovered the empty hut, informing him there was a gassing taking place. After the banging on the chamber door stops, we see him running towards the chamber and he cries out Bruno's name. It then cuts to Elsa and Gretel who hear this and break down in crying screams, clutching onto Bruno's clothing.As I said, it is a very moving film. I had already read about it on Wikipedia before seeing it (well, downloading it the other month, but ssh, I'm poor okay!) and I wonder how I would have reacted and felt at the ending had I not done so. Having said that, I still cried and I still find it petrifying to watch those final scenes. I always have that hope that nothing bad will happen even though I know it will. It is done so effectively too; the use of the soundtrack is what really does it. While they are panicking and banging on the chamber door there are high pitched strings playing, and then they stop, along with the banging on the door, and it really gets you inside, it's like you've felt the people dieing. And the way in the final scene that the camera slowly zooms out from the chamber door and the end music plays! :(The soundtrack in general is great, very beautiful and moving. The opening piece in particular gets me, even when I saw it the first time as I knew the plot and what happened to Bruno in the end.The acting was perfect, by all the cast. David Thewlis was scary! Usually when I watch films or TV and a character goes mad and shouts, I laugh, I can't help it. But not this guy, no, I felt like I was there being yelled at! Like the scene where Elsa confronts him after finding out the truth about his job, working at the camp, my god! You really feel for her and feel scared of and hate Ralf! And yet there are scenes where you see him as a loving father and husband but both sides of the character are utterly believable. Versatile doesn't even describe this guy!Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon as the boys were very good, Asa in particular, and he is so cute! He has very bold, blue eyes which he acted with very well. The innocence of Bruno's character is what contributes to the film being so moving as you just want to tell him what is really going on and to obey his parents and to enter the camp!A three word summary of the film: Beautiful, moving, horrifying.10/10

Erm erm inverted because I've not been on a sit down :oNEW TPM OR OLD TPM????

There is! It's so awesome I just cottage cheese tastes very niced my knickers!Blowing my cat.

I think the new layout is cottage cheese tastes very niceing awesome