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MC's lack of interest on this forum is now clear - for the last week, despite all our efforts, there were no visible Mods of note!! They are back today, at least a couple of them, but I now consider this forum a waste of time in large respect. Moderation efforts are the weakest they've been (moving threads, dealing with spammers), responses take far too long on average, answers are weak and too often without knowledge. Forum software remains a joke. Many of MC's service "efforts" have now become 3rd world level. Can't be bothered further. (But thanks to those who make some effort anyway.) ... View more

Unfortunately most of the posts have been by one selfish individual. Sorry about that. Heck, not even Optimist contributed much. Tsk tsk.  ... View more

Mad Cat, you, or anyone else, watching this series? Is it worth watching?  ... View more

Not sure if anyone else here is watching this series but I'm finding it to be quite good. Not one of those special effects, lots of swearing etc type of police stories but is one with decent storylines. Maybe others will be able to pick holes in it but, for me, it's a series worth watching.  BUT. I will RECOMMEND that if you've never seen any of the previous four series, one being screened at the moment is series five, that you perhaps watch from series one which is available on Showmax. This will give you a better background to the different characters.  ... View more

@Optimist, thanks for your feedback. We will pass on your message :-).  ... View more

Due to previous problems when editing a post I have decided to rather correct the previous post by doing so here.  You may have seen FOUR names mentioned regarding those that have already been approved for the Predictor League. Brandon4ZN was approved after he had received an e-mail and really shouldn't have been included with the other three names. Sorry for that. But at least you now know that I can still count and add correctly.  ... View more

Sankie, guess that you, my wife and myself are together in some sort of time warp. Just wish I knew where this series was shown before.  ... View more

Yes it is shocking that SABC will not be showing these games but their finances are apparently in a mess. Won't say anymore about that as it starts heading into the political side of things.  Hooray, the Proteas have finally broken their duck and are currently sitting on one point. Thanks to the rain. I'm not too certain this side would have beaten the West Indies who aren't a bad side from what I've seen. Have some big hitters and a pretty decent fast bowling attack. Not sure if this one point now makes it impossible, or virtually impossible, for us to make it through even if we manage to win all our remaining games?  ... View more

Citanul, I saw your post and was highly offended by what you had written there. So much so that I reported you to the higher authoroties here and had them remove it. How dare you attack me in that way. Why is it that you never agree with me? Blah blah. Don't take any notice of that rubbish in paragraph one. None of it is true. Just meant as a bit of a joke.   You say you actually saw your original post? Seem to remember there having been some problem before when someone, me for one, edited a post and then it also disappeared never to be seen again. A fault with the system or the one posting the edited message?  ... View more

Thanks Krugie. Much appreciated. Think that the only time I've used the TV button on the remote was for when I'd been watching something in the buffer and wanted to get back to real time tv.  ... View more

Great hearing from you again Toto. However, as to your dethroning Manchester City I feel you may still have a while to wait before this happens. At the moment your side is in disarray and may take a long time to recover. You are now experiencing what Liverpool went through for a good number of years. We may not dethrone City this season, or perhaps may never do so, but at least we are giving them a run for their money when it comes to winning the league. Something which no other side is even coming close to doing. Even if, as now seems very likely, we fail to pick up any trophies this year I am still extremely happy with where we are and how we've progressed over the past few years. Can only see us improving even more over the next year or two. Especially if Klopp is still our manager. He is an attraction for lots of younger players who want to come and play under him. So, things are all good. Although a trophy or two are long overdue.  ... View more

Pointless Season 11 (2014) starts next Monday 15 April (Channel 120) at 19h00.   ... View more

I fully agree  @Beetle - having pop-up ads should be banned outright but to not notice that it covers sub-titles is unforgivable. It is no different to having a voice-over announcement while dialogue is in progress. ... View more

Just took a look at this week's screenings and there are some very good movies going to be shown. First one up is, was?, The Longest Day dealing with the D-Day landings. Was very good way back then but may be a bit too ..... sanitized? for today's audience. Should still be worth a watch though. In amongst all the movies, war and otherwise, is the series Band of Brothers. This has been shown on Mnet before but I'd wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who hasn't yet seen it. Lots of good to excellent war movies being screened during this first week along with a couple of non war ones. Spartacus, starring Kirk Douglas was very good when it first came out but having seen it again not too long ago it does appear a bit dated. But, if you have nothing else to watch, it may be worthwhile. I'll POSSIBLY give Pearl Harbour another viewing. Wasn't in the least bit impressed by it when I first saw it. Not following all the hype that came out with it at the time. Maybe that was the problem. I was expecting too much? Anyway we all have our own likes and dislikes when it comes to films so if you have not yet browsed the onscreen TV Guide for this channel then perhaps you ought to do so. You may find something to your liking.  ... View more

Yep. Unfortunately not many Westerns get made these days. Which is a bit of a pity. Maybe one day the Pop Up Channel can dedicate some time to only showing Western movies? Although I'm not too sure how many will really be interested in them.  ... View more

Thanks Grace_DStv1. Hopefully I/we'll be hearing from you.  ... View more

@Beetle, thank you ;).  ... View more

Can we please delete the rugby thread from the Community Forum. This from a Stormers supporter. Thank you.  Only kidding, for now anyway. Congratulations to you Bulls supporters on your team's humiliation of the barely blowing windpomps from down south. Definitely nothing storming about this Western Cape outfit. Cannot say too much about the 'game' as I switched to something else at halftime. For anyone who watched the game can they please tell me what the Stormers hooker is in the side for? Definitely cannot be for his accurate line out throws. Useless &^&%$%&* . Can remember him being poor in this regard last season and doesn't seem to have improved at all this season. Don't they practice throwing in at the lineouts?  Who is the current Springbok left wing? Whoever this player is his position is in grave danger. That left wing of yours, the Bulls, looked to be very VERY good. Although playing against a team that barely raised a whimper wasn't too much of a test for him. But coming from a seven a side team I would imagine he can tackle pretty well.  Oh well, just thought I'd be a sportsman and congratulate the Blue Bulls supporters here. Well done.  ... View more

@Beetle wrote: Not looking at any of the other offerings. Such as the Russian one mentioned by Optimist. So, no doubt, I'm missing out on a number of decent films. For those interested - it turns out that they put that movie on CU+  , only expires on the 5th of Feb. so you'll have a whole year to see it ;-)   But my mistake - that one wasn't from Sundance, it was on 104 ... View more

Not a lot BB, but they do help get some other things resolved.   The snake oil salesmen from Lithium have them convinced this is how they can worm their way out of skilled help in what is a very technically detailed and confusing company, the only other ways are; 1. Call Centre specialists - sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get "permission" to consult with them though... 2. Accredited installers - we all know their extremely poor reputation on the whole here... unchanged AFAIK. 3. Going into a main service centre - great service last I knew, but hardly practical in too many of the needs.   Telkom also use a Lithium forum, which is close to dead and we don't even see their Mods around there. Worse, Telkom keeps pushing their advertising to get help from one's public peers there... ridiculous!! :-/   No, MC certainly need to come back to this table properly, and pronto, but sadly I don't see it happening which is why I no longer help here on the whole and prefer not to report too much as MC must trip over their own feet first it seems, caused by their lack of actions.   Anyway, enough from me (and I do otherwise mostly agree with your comments). Have a good one :-) ... View more

Yes, he normally goes back to the UK but not too sure it's at this time of the year. Know when he goes he does try to get and watch a game or two where his club Arsenal are involved. Hopefully, if he's in the UK, he managed to watch the Arsenal - Liverpool game.  ... View more

Jean P posted .. "Yep, it was much better than the original". In my honest opinion it wouldn't have to be great to be so. Sorry, but I just couldn't get into that movie. That said I have, this afternoon, watched Blade Runner 2049. Was a great movie and kept me in suspense and entertained for all of it's close on three hours running time. Well, THAT is what I'd have liked to have said but instead must say that I found it boring and pretty much a waste of my afternoon. Cannot make up my mind if I was tired and wanting to fall asleep because of this or if the film itself was putting me to sleep? Both films had too many passages of boring sequences where people, transport etc simply moved around on the screen without anything tangible happening. Film only really began to become mildly interesting once Harrison Ford appeared. Ryan Reynolds trying to be a James Dean clone but not succeeding at all. Have seen him in a few films now and have not yet been impressed by his "acting". Seems to have only one facial expression.  Ok. I know that we all have our own likes and dislikes when it comes to films so I am pleased that others have enjoyed this movie. Just not to my liking.  Will sit back and wait for whoever is still on the Community Forum to let me have both barrels. ... View more

I want my romance back .....  ... View more

My understanding is that because the conservative options taken by MC regarding image approval Avatars were also effected. Although the image approval could be reset globally the Avatar selecting for each member now have to be re-configured manually which is quite a process. It is understandable that Admin only handles each and every case when requested.  But I stand corrected I may be completely wrong.  ... View more

I can recall watching Series 1 I think it was and possibly Series 2 as well and by pure chance saw that Series 3 was starting. Recorded it and couldn't remember what had gone on before in the earlier season(s). Was surprised to see Helen Mirren(?) now taking the part of Tennison. But that wasn't any sort of a problem. Still enjoyed the two long episodes that I did see. Will need to keep my eyes open in case Season 4 returns.  And yes, I'm referring to the UK Series.  ... View more