Si Wilkins
siwilkins.bsky.social
Si Wilkins
@siwilkins.bsky.social
Software Development/DevOps for the University of Cambridge
I enjoyed it but was slightly disturbed by how much Reynolds reminded me of a chap I used to work with
January 31, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Also, the theme tune being the absolute best soundtrack for a morning run
January 29, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Will listen a bit later - hope there's some discussion of whether the Mohawk chief is Colonel Strohm from Allo Allo
January 29, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It essentially felt like a particularly bad indie British romantic drama, with an inexplicable Hollywood superstar and actual Bruckheimer production values
January 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I suppose the Academy deserve some credit for not giving Brundle a best supporting actor nomination
January 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The *visuals* of the racing scenes are good, but they're all spoilt by Martin Brundle talking over them so woodenly that they all end up feeling like a bad video game
January 25, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I've assumed that even the people who chose to buy it in its fifteenth week of being at number 1 would have felt, "you know what, I never want to hear that song again" by now
January 25, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I'm enjoying the Reeses discourse, as much as anything because I'm wondering whether or not it's part of the joke that actual Reese's name was actually Reece
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Was he at drama school with Clive Dunn?
January 21, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Do our two examples paint a worrying picture of what being a potentially good constitutional monarch might do to a person?!
January 21, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I guess the counterpoint is that unlike the others mentioned he *was* a constitutional monarch
January 21, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I'd say George III, despite the picture painted of him from the US
January 21, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I stumbled on it for the first time today, when I landed on the page for a business/political figure, consisting of a reasonable-ish introduction followed by an outline of the professional football career that he apparently had several years before his birth
January 17, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Or half a shot from a fresh glass each time
January 17, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Milli Vanilli in every Milli Vanilli song
January 10, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Stonehenge wasn't built by druids
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
On reflection I imagine his approach (assuming Faithful) would be to quietly cultivate wrong theories, becoming a useful idiot to the traitors for as long as possible, work out exactly who they are and carefully whittle them down aiming for a 2-faithful ending
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The one thing that felt like it worked about the show was having one person who said out loud that alliances were ultimately meaningless and that they were all there to win rather than make friends, but it was a) a more novel concept that Traitors S4 and b) didn't have betrayal so on-the-tin already
January 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Yeah, you're right I think, although I suspect he'd have the sense to adjust his approach from the one I'd set out based on his Destination X performance (which he admittedly didn't win, but "should" have done)
January 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM