Interesting Links for 15-04-2016

[andrewducker]

Capitalism excels at innovation but is failing at maintenance, and for most lives it is maintenance that matters more (tags: innovation capitalism viaFanf ) The researcher who claimed that you either "get" computers or don't has now retracted their claim. (tags: computers learning ) If traditional relationships were treated like alternative

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[gonzo21]

I had not realised Dr Strange had moved the Ancient One from Tibet into Nepal.

That's... possibly even worse than the white-washing.

[bart_calendar]

Other than Sherlock has anything Cumberbatch been involved in not been a shit show?

[gonzo21]

I quite enjoyed The Imitation Game, but that was often in spite of him rather than because of him.

But it's a really problematic movie because they so radically changed the historical story, despite purporting it to be the story of Alan Turing.

But yeah, he's massively over-rated.

[andrewducker]

I liked him in Star Trek (even if the movie was a mess), his voice was good as Smaug, he was good in War Horse, and awesome in a small role in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

[gonzo21]

The Trek movie was too much of a mess for me to really enjoy anything in it. Which was a shame after how good the previous one was.

And it could have been anybody as the voice of Smaug.

I'd forgotten Tinker Tailor, you're right though, he was good in that.

[octopoid_horror]

He's fine in Black Mass.

[brixtonbrood]

Cabin Pressure. Arguably the most perfectly acted and scripted sitcom since Black Books.

Also the answer to the question "has Cumberbatch ever played any other character than that character he always plays?" because Martin Crieff is a short, intellectually underpowered, lower middle class bloke suffering from crippling social insecurity.

[anef]

As well as Tinker Tailor I thought he was terrific in Parade's End.