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Xero 3000
by VANS Official- 2 replies
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The Xero 3000 is a 5 day, multistage rally event for sports Cars that will cover most of San Andreas. Each day of the event... The post Xero 3000 appeared first on The Van Society - GTA Crew. Click to view the full article
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Rigged Random Car Extravaganza
by VANS Official- 3 replies
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Thanks for coming along to our Vintage Town Car GP, the Roosevelts gave some unexpectedly good racing and the missing spare tyre from the Valor... The post Vintage Town Car GP Results appeared first on The Van Society - GTA Crew. Click to view the full article
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Massacro vs Jester vs Elegy RH8
by VANS Official- 1 reply
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Come and join us this week for a Top Gear Challenge. this challenge will pit the Massacro, Jester and Elegy RH8 against each other. Pick... The post Massacro vs Jester vs Elegy RH8 appeared first on The Van Society - GTA Crew. Click to view the full article
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Review of the Year 2018
by VANS Official- 1 reply
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Come and join us on Wednesday 23rd January as we celebrate another year of Van Society Events with our Van Society Top Gear Review of... The post Review of the Year 2018 appeared first on The Van Society - GTA Crew. Click to view the full article
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Benefactor Schlagen GT Racenight Results
by VANS Official- 0 replies
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With Chubb being ill the Review of the Year was put back a week and Verstappen stepped in to host an impromptu Benefactor Schlagen GT Racenight,... The post Benefactor Schlagen GT Racenight Results appeared first on The Van Society - GTA Crew. Click to view the full article
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Clash of the Crews Racenight
by VANS Official- 1 reply
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To wrap up the year we will be running a race night using the most popular races from this years Clash of the Crews. The... The post Clash of the Crews Racenight appeared first on The Van Society - GTA Crew. Click to view the full article
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Santas Sideways Showdown 2018
by VANS Official- 1 reply
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Come and join us on Christmas Eve for Santa’s Sideways Showdown, a festive night of fun racing in the snow on Christmas Eve at 20:00... The post Santas Sideways Showdown 2018 appeared first on The Van Society - GTA Crew. Click to view the full article
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December Mystery Car Results
by VANS Official- 1 reply
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Come and join us for our Top Gear Mystery Car Night on Wednesday 19th December at 20:00 GMT. We will start out in free roam... The post Top Gear Mystery Car appeared first on The Van Society - GTA Crew. Click to view the full article
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Top Gear Worst in Class – Sports
by VANS Official- 0 replies
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Our Top Gear Event on Wednesday 5th December will have a twist as we run a Worst in Class – Sports challenge. The usual rules... The post Top Gear Worst in Class – Sports appeared first on The Van Society - GTA Crew. Click to view the full article
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Vintage Town Car Grand Prix
by VANS Official- 0 replies
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The vintage Town Car Grand Prix will see the variations of the Albany Roosevelt pitted against each other a series of races. Pick your side... The post Vintage Town Car Grand Prix appeared first on The Van Society - GTA Crew. Click to view the full article
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179Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
Throne of Blood (1957) dir Akira Kurosawa This is Kurosawa's version of Macbeth. It's not like the more usual Shakespearian adaptations that use the original lines, rather it's the same basic story with different lines in a different setting; medieval Japan. It's unmistakeably Macbeth right from the start as the camera pans across a misty, mysterious, highland landscape. Toshirô Mifune stars Washizu (i.e. Macbeth), initially a soldier (I guess you would say Samurai, although I am not totally sure of the correct usage of that) in the army of the local lord (i.e. King Duncan). Washizu and another soldier, Miki (i.e. Macduff), are on the way back from a victorious battle to their lord's castle. They get lost in forest and come across a spirit (equivalent of the witches) who foretells their promotion and that eventually Washizu will be the new lord but it will be Miki's son who succeeds him. They are promoted, Washizu tells his wife (Lady Macbeth, obviously) about the prophecy and it is she who encourages him on the path of deceit, betrayal and murder that will see him full-fill the rest of the prophecy but attempt to change it so that a son of his own succeeds him. One thing I did find slightly odd, and funny, is that whereas in Shakespeare's original (and the historical facts it is based on) Macbeth becomes King of Scotland, here Washizu becomes Lord of Spider's Web Castle. I am assuming that in Japanese “Spider's Web Castle” sounds more impressive than it does in English. It is very well made, of course, and the actors are good, particularly Isuzu Yamada as Lady Washizu. Like Olivier's Shakespeare adaptions it does not seem dated, and I think the Shakespearian style is what helps there. There is some very impressive cinematography, both of the landscapes and some of the castle interior scenes. One that sticks in my mind is when Lady Washizu hatches one of her plans we see her walk into another room, that is pitch black and then emerge shortly after carrying some bottles of drugged saki. The camera stays fixed for all of this, with the doorway to the dark room in the centre so it's almost like she disappears and then reappears, as if using magic. Definitely well worth watching if you are into Shakespeare or Samurai films. 9 / 10- 1
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588What was the most recent thing you bought?
Here's the last thing I bought! It's mighty expensive at $1600, but it makes a easy go of a complex operation. Set it and forget it and keep a sponge wet it's about all it takes! All it takes is a 4-day dry and a 4-day cure. -
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I agree @djw180 The Fall of the House of Usher is worth a watch for Mark Hamill’s performance alone. Plus, I’ve been on the fence about watching Kaos. I will definitely give it a go now. Thanks!- 2
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I just finished watching The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. Highly recommended! It's a horror-drama in 8 episodes, very loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe short stories or poems with each episode named after a different work of his. I have never read any of them and some had not even heard of, but I now at least know the brief synopsis of them from Wikipedia. What the creators have done is woven together a plot primarily based on the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" that greatly expands on that. The first episode has the same name as the whole series. Roderick Usher, corrupt billionaire head of a major pharmaceutical company, invites an old adversary, lawyer August Dupin, to his family's derelict house, to confess to a host of crimes. Dupin has been trying to prosecute the Ushers for decades but they always got away with it. Now, following the recent deaths of all six of his children, supposedly in freak, horrific, unrelated accidents, Roderick wants to come clean. Most of the story is now told in flash back, both to the early years of Roderick and his sister Maddie (the brains behind their rise to power) and the children's recent deaths. The next 6 episode each focus on the violent deaths of a different son or daughter, each related in some way to the Edgar Allen Poe story that episode is named after. The final episode, The Raven, then brings everything to it's conclusion, revealing the true cause of all that has happened. It's very, very good. It is a bit bloody and gory at times, but never over-the-top, always done for a reason and usually to fit in with the story that death is named after. It features Mark Hamil in the most un-Luke-Skywalker-like role you can imagine. I never really rated him as an actor in Star Wars, but here, as the Usher's ruthless lawyer he is excellent. Another Netflix series I think is worth a mention is Kaos It's a modern day story of Greek Gods and Heroes, in a world where they most definitely exist and are still worshipped by mortals. Jeff Goldblum is Zeus and there's other recognisable faces amongst the rest of the cast, including David Thewlis as one of Zeus' brothers and fellow god Hades and Suzie Izzard as one of the Fates. It loosely follows the story of Orpheus in the Underworld, but this is part of a bigger plot with both gods and mortals having to accept what fate has in store for them, whether they like it or not.- 1
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