Pugwash

I agree. The Seagull would be bgreat, as long as it runs at 28k

Me too, mate. It's such a clean simple watch.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. With the writer's strike in full swing, you're pretty much certain to be on a diet of British and Canadian shows for the foreseeable future.

I love US TV shows. I can spout swathes of Buffy or Simpsons quotes and can probably scare die-hard TV fans with trivia from Friends, CSI, NCIS or whatever show you like. I love decent blockbusters, too. Some of the finest films ever made come from money-making film factories. Die Hard 4? Fine, fine film. I can discuss Kurasawa in one breath and Transformers in the next. I can critique art-house between a diet of full-on quality action fare. I tend to judge films and TV shows on an individual basis instead of grouping them in genres I should like. I rate Sorkin and Whedon highly yet still think Last Boy Scout and Happy Gilmore are two of the most underrated films ever made.

Ah, it's time to pull out my other Top Gear caps.

Nice shovel. Fancy digging yourself a deeper hole? http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/uk/yearly/ Yes, going back to the point you were trying to make, can you see foreign films on that list? Note in particular number 92. Because, according to all the data you've provided, Americans don't like foreign films. Still, good film. Go see it if you're one of those rare people that likes well-filmed foreign melodramatic films that don't follow Hollywood standards.

I wear mine often. AR from K2222 and a decent strap.

Are you sure? It doesn't help your argument. Weekend takings:

Outrageous? Steady on there, chap! We, the western forum gwailos, are a tiny, insignificant part of the global replica market. While we may be the best advert for the higher-end replicas, there are a kazillion sold we never see hide nor hair of.

Wow, I bought that single when it first came out. I still have it, too.

Datewheels: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=37058

Super Rep is a broad term that to some means one thing and to others another. There is no certification or line drawn where we can say a watch is or isn't super, however, it is widely agreed that the HBB (not the lite), the BCE and the SOSF are definitely super-reps. Some people put the TAG Aquaracer, the IWC 3717 and the Omega UPO in the category and some people even stretch it to the SSD for some reason, and others classify the MBK vintages as Super-reps. As you can see, there's a lot of wiggle-room.

I suspect it'll do exceptionally well on DVD, especially for a French-language film. It's one of those films for which international sales are a bonus, as it will have easily made back its budget in France alone.

The watch in the photo is definitely gen. It looks like my rep with the ETA wheels. Yes, our reps are that good.

I like this IWC. Yes, it's a fantasy, but it's a nice fantasy.

Looking good! Send me the prototype to photograph, I'll try to send it back when I'm done.

Looks gen to me. The fat/thin numbers thing is a myth anyway. Compare it to a Joyful Collection gen pic:

1,000 posts? Catch up! ps. Congrats!

Run Away! I've seen the cheap crap that you can get on the streets of Bangkok and I assure you that's what you'd get.

Excellent idea! Everyone knows the replica Panerai buyer simply doesn't have enough choice. ps. Joking aside, I really like this one.

Feh, you're safe. They're back in now. They were this Christmas's safe bet for those with magpie wags.

From what I can remember, a Citizen/Seiko sort of thing and the other had a TAG. I could be wrong, but that's what my memory is telling me. Only once I'd moved away from the area did I find out I lived walking distance from two of the three Three-starred restaurants in the UK, one being the Fat Duck. Ok, when I was in Paris, there were three-stars all over, but ... it's not the same.

I've recently seen La Vie En Rose, the film of life of Edith Piaf, and was expecting them to have, as seems to be the trend, the actress sing the songs. However, they dusted off audio recordings of Piaf's performances and used them in the film, lip-synced by the fantastic Actress that portrayed her. Normally, I would have considered this a little of a cop-out, but anyone familiar with Piaf's work would know that no amount of training can get an actress to sound anything close to her power and timbre. As an example, I've attached the opening 1m42 of the film just to show what I mean: Click to play the MPEG4 clip Now, here's the Pugwash review: A little selective and potentially disjointed, but a superb film with an amazing performance by Marion Cotillard (previously seen as the hot girlfriend in Taxi 1-4) and some wonderful direction. If you're not scared of subtitles (or you speak French) then see it. Oh, and seriously, don't try it without subtitles unless you're really up on 20s-60s Parisian argot. From time to time, I was glad to have the subtitles, to be honest, and I'm just back from 8 years in Paris.