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Watching Liv gear-shift from the ludicrously, puppyishly excitable Norfolk lass she is in interviews and documentaries to Deadly Serious Epic Gravitas Mode - or anything else she's up to, like Green Wing (look it up!), Hot Fuzz, The Favourite (even if you know about the stunt she pulled on Emma Stone) and my personal favourite The Night Manager is a bit of a trip. Always watchable.

Slightly related: I'm getting a similar but intermittent error from the Launcher that it can't resolve https://manifest.cohhc.gg/pkg/hc_live.json (or the http:// version.) Any ideas? I can open that address in Chrome just fine...

Hi all - existing Mac Launcher dies without launching after upgrade to Ventura 13.3.1. Going to try a reinstall. If that fails, anyone got any good tips? Here's the last few bits from the logfile: 2023-05-12 19:13:08 launcher: WINE detected 2023-05-12 19:13:08 launcher: Using basedir z:/Applications/coh 2023-05-12 19:13:08 bootstrap: Cached config loaded 2023-05-12 19:13:08 pstate: package hc_bin_live_win32:1.20230503.223513.5450 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:13:08 pstate: package hc_bin_live_win64:1.20230503.223808.5450 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:13:08 pstate: package hc_crashhandler_win32:1.20211104.184105.4643 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:13:08 pstate: package hc_crashhandler_win64:1.20211104.184105.4643 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:13:08 pstate: package hc_data_live:1.20230501.53728.5440 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:13:08 bootstrap: Cached package loaded 2023-05-12 19:13:08 pstate: package launcher:1.4550 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:13:08 bootstrap: Package is valid 2023-05-12 19:13:08 pstate: package i24_piggs:1.0.2400 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:13:08 pstate: package hc_live:1.20230503.224356,1 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:13:08 installer: Created shortcut Z:\Applications\coh\HC Launcher.lnk 2023-05-12 19:13:08 eula: Cached eula loaded 2023-05-12 19:13:08 bootstrap: Loading lua script launcher.lua 2023-05-12 19:24:01 launcher: Starting (build wine-x64-final-4550) 2023-05-12 19:24:01 launcher: WINE detected 2023-05-12 19:24:01 launcher: Using basedir z:/Applications/coh 2023-05-12 19:24:01 bootstrap: Cached config loaded 2023-05-12 19:24:01 pstate: package hc_bin_live_win32:1.20230503.223513.5450 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:24:01 pstate: package hc_crashhandler_win32:1.20211104.184105.4643 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:24:01 pstate: package hc_bin_live_win64:1.20230503.223808.5450 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:24:01 pstate: package hc_crashhandler_win64:1.20211104.184105.4643 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:24:01 pstate: package hc_data_live:1.20230501.53728.5440 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:24:01 bootstrap: Attempting to recover from failure 2023-05-12 19:24:01 bootstrap: Fetching config from http://manifest.cohhc.gg/launcher/v1mac/bootstrap.json 2023-05-12 19:24:01 pstate: package i24_piggs:1.0.2400 transitioned from unknown to installed 2023-05-12 19:24:01 pstate: package hc_live:1.20230503.224356,1 transitioned from unknown to installed EDIT... okay, after a reinstall and a bit of playing around, found that the only bit that seems actively broken is the launcher shortcut app that loads Wine with /coh/bin/win64/launcher.exe. Accessing launcher.exe directly pulls up the launcher, and allows you to download/update game client. However, the first couple of launches the client may think you haven't installed the files yet. Clicking on the download icon refreshes its memory and it should load. Question: is there anything particularly useful in the actual Homecoming launcher shortcut that's needed to boot launcher.exe in any particular mode, or is accessing it directly to call WINE just as good?

Slightly off topic: how many times have you heard them playing or sneaking in Test Drive now? No more Scottish than that accursed Mull of Kintyre, and yet... yer heart still swells, laddie.

Ah, I was trying to remember this one a few months ago. I don't know whether this was pre Anthrax vs Public Enemy, but a really fun and interesting soundtrack project... tacked onto a B- survive-the-night movie. Essential part of the Nostalgic 90's Kid Starter Kit. ...aka Jerry does Raiders, for a rip-off of Raiders, which was... a rip-off of King Solomon's Mines thrown in the blender with classic 40s/50s pulp serials. It's got every Jerry signature in it you could ask for as well, brass triplets, big strings, sweeps... ...which brings me to a movie that I unashamedly love, for all its flaws: bringing back one of the OG radio-era and two-reeler superheroes. Had wild fits of imagination and beautiful period-meets-steampunk (décopunk?) design. And Tim Curry. Oh, and, of course, Jerry. (And a pinball machine that ate more 50p's in college than I should haver had sense for.) But never quite caught fire in the way it should have.

Very different Gurneys, playing off each actor’s natural screen presence. Stewart is intelligent, challenging, darting and probing in attacks: Brolin is taciturn, laconic, brooding, unleashing savage strikes in an intelligent manner. They also play up Gurney’s spiritual side more. BTW, being a soundtrack fan, I Am Much Disappoint that the Atreides battle bagpipe anthem is not available as a proper recording, because when you hear that, you are instantly in the mood to skewer a few Sassenachs and cry FREEDOOOOOM! …which is another reason not to watch this on a plane, aside from a director who truly understands the breadth, sweep and beauty of the desert in full widescreen, and the contrast with the rugged lands of Caladan. See it on the biggest damn screen you can find.

Lords Of The New Church - Russian Roulette

Austin is indeed Feyd-Rautha - it’s certainly a different and more unsettling look than a mad-eyed Sting in his underpants. And yes, Flo is Irulan. From what she’s up to and how she’s been described in PR, it seems like they’re fast-winding her character to have more agency, looking into the conspiracy her father set in motion against the Atreides, and some of the “historical narrator” role from later books.

Here we go with the hype train for Dune Part 2, adding Flo Pugh and a near-unrecognisable Austin Butler…

He is the one and only Wedge, taking the mick out of his convention merch amongst other things. Admit I started with dessert first on Visions and watched the Aardman one, which is… Aardman affectionately spoofing Star Wars, while telling a small story. In this case, a young, very Northern Academy pilot (yes, lots of planets have a North) and her rather embarrassing mum, taking on the posh Queen Bee and her just-ever-so-slightly-Sithy mater. Little sugary, but stuffed with sight gags (UTINI!), in-jokes and homages from the opening drop-from-orbit to the closing circle fade. Oh, and the fabulous Maxine Peake is in Star Wars now, channeling Patricia Routledge.

DiLaurentiis and co 100% lucked out getting Queen to soundtrack it, and it wouldn't be the same flick without it...not that Dino liked it. AT ALL. But the production was so far off into the wilds of insanity by that point the guy was halfway pazzo anyway. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/17/how-we-made-flash-gordon-brian-blessed-mike-hodges-vultan Highlander also benefits from some great tracks - including the one that's become Adam's big number - though it's mostly the mighty Michael Kamen's work on that. (Weird note: Queen weren't the first or even fourth choice. Would have been a very different flick with a Marillion score... ...and what could Bowie have done with it if he'd had the time to do it?)

Question: what flicks are out there that are, objectively, average to terrible... ...but got much better music than they deserved? I'll kick you off with a cheese classic. Naturally, when Star Wars hit the big screen, every damn studio wanted the next one. And equally naturally, veteran budget schlock fan Roger Corman wanted a crack at it. The result is Battle Beyond The Stars - aka Magnificent Seven... In Space, led out by Jon-Boy from The Waltons, Sybil Danning and her fabulous... er... outfits, Cool Hand Luke's Morgan Woodward unrecognisable under a lizard suit nicked from Land Of The Lost, a grumpy Robert Vaughn, and down-on-his-luck 50s heartthrob George Peppard - though his career was about to get revived in a major way. I love it when a plan comes together, y'know. It's definitely watchable. With a few cold Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters in hand. But as well as being one of Rog's better non-Hammer outings, it's the first meeting between a young, eager cameraman / FX designer / production designer named Jim Cameron, and an equally scrappy young composer... and a lifelong friendship. You won't need to guess who after five seconds.

The Platters feat. Mark Hamill - Only You

Gave it a go, loved the voice acting, but... way too linear gameplay, far too few toon options, and didn't run smooth for me.

I was enjoying WoW until the very first time someone took me to task - loudly, on team, then following me around on messages - for not playing the game correctly. (For ref, no, the raid was successful, no wipes, and no whelps were hurt in the making of this issue. I just had an odd gear config or something. Too much breastplate, I dunno.) After that, visits to Azeroth were few and far between and I deleted it an age ago. And TBH, I never had any truly epic moments there like I have here - like the first time diving into a pit full of demons as a baby empath and being praised for somehow stopping a team wipe - or on ST:Online, with a mighty fleet at my back.

Link Wray - Rumble

Marillion - Assassing

Steeleye Span - Padstow

Anthrax - I'm The Man Anthrax & Public Enemy - Bring The Noise

Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock Bonus: Satch On Tap

Gave it another test today (post-patch?): getting a few, though I wouldn't have said 19% - not against anything conning white or higher, certainly. At least it's not avoiding me any more...

I think I played Auto Assault for about five minutes in beta and it was okay…ish, but never coughed up for it. Seems to have been a wise choice.

A few, but the one I'm noticing the most is on my current main - Blaster > Beam Rifle > Single Shot. Had this on a few days now and not scored a bonus Hold once. Other ranged toon powers I've had a brief go with (AR, Energy Blast) also seem to be affected, and I'm noticing other people's toons score that effect a lot less.