Just went and saw it. It’s fine. An antidote to the usual marvel nonsense, but it’s just not in the same league as fury road.
The green screen is a real problem though. Some of the shots look almost incomplete, like they’re placeholders for the real ones.
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Took a drive out to a little town near Newmarket (Ousden) that seemed to be recommended as a stargazing spot. Top of a hill, hardly a cloud in the sky, sliver of a moon, and not even too cold. What a perfect night!
Even on an iPhone 13 mini without a tripod or any skill in photography we managed to get a couple of amazing snaps.
Finished up with some motorway services doughnuts on the way home in the wee hours.
It was a national tech store, so had a few hundred locations around the country. I just had the one.
One of the big challenges was having little to no say in brand or supplier decisions etc. Specifically, we also struggled with paying inflated wholesale prices with the franchisee or then benefiting from volume rebates which weren’t shared. Really crushed our margins!
I suppose in a smaller chain you might be a little closer to the franchisor, and you might have some influence, but ultimately you’ll always be the little guy.
Been there, done that. Would not recommend. Space Pirate has nailed the experience. I paid a lot of money for essentially a job, and ended up selling at a loss just to get my time and mental health back.
That was back around 2010 so I’m sure it’s an even more difficult situation for franchisees today.
Under the new definition, which comes into force on Thursday, extremism is "the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance, that aims to:
negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others; or
undermine, overturn or replace the UK's system of liberal parliamentary democracy and democratic rights; or
intentionally create a permissive environment for others to achieve the results in (1) or (2)
[…]
Organisations or individuals added to the list will not be criminalised, unlike terrorist groups. Instead, they will be barred from contact with government and will not be able to receive government funding.
Looks like we’re finally going to separate church and state!
Definitely worth a bit of research to see if it’s feasible (or potentially just set up wireguard for those cases). Thanks!