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Latest News 26 / 02 / 2023 20 / 11 / 2022 13 / 11 / 2022 30 / 10 / 2022 23 / 10 / 2022 09 / 10 / 2022 02 / 10 / 2022 I've slightly changed the weightings of Alfa/Alpine/Haas to reflect their current performance. 11 / 09 / 2022 04 / 09 / 2022 28 / 08 / 2022 31 / 07 / 2022 24 / 07 / 2022 10 / 07 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 03 / 07 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 20 / 06 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 12 / 06 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. I've slightly increased the weightings of the Mercedes pair as their woes seem to be continuing. 29 / 05 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 22 / 05 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 10 / 05 / 2022 24 / 04 / 2022 I've slightly reduced the weightings of Norris / McLaren because they're doing particularly well at the moment. 10 / 04 / 2022 27 / 03 / 2022 I decided not to change the weightings again for now. Let's see how the next couple of races go. 20 / 03 / 2022 I have made some quick changes to the weightings - Haas seem much stronger than I expected and McLaren/Aston much weaker. I might tweak them again after Saudi. 13 / 03 / 2022 12 / 12 / 2021 05 / 12 / 2021 21 / 11 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 14 / 11 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 07 / 11 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 24 / 10 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 26 / 09 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 26 / 09 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 12 / 09 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 05 / 09 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 29 / 08 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 01 / 08 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 18 / 07 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 15 / 07 / 2021 04 / 07 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 27 / 06 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 20 / 06 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 06 / 06 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 23 / 05 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 09 / 05 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 02 / 05 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed the first three races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 18 / 04 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed the first two races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. The weightings for Alpine have increased because they've been a bit shit. 28 / 03 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed the first race - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 21 / 03 / 2021
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Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown is every bit as good as the original - but no better. All the ingredients that made Ice Age so much fun are still there, but there's not enough novelty to compete with the big boys.
The animation is up to the standard you would expect - but from memory it seems no better than the four year old original.
Maybe if I watched it again now I would see the difference, but some of the water effects looked bizarrely like they do in
old movies - that is, as if the actual water they filmed is 1/1000th the size it's supposed to be. Still, these movies are
not about realism, they're about characterisation, and the Scrat has that in droves. Without him, Ice Age: The Meltdown
would be half the movie it is, as he provides around half of the laughs even though he occupies less than 10% of the screen time.
There are other chuckles to be had, but they're all aimed at the kids with little concession to the adults who paid for
the tickets and are pretending not to enjoy it. They'll still be laughing, but they don't get their own private chuckles
like they do in many other kids' movies.
Ice Age: The Meltdown is a thoroughly engaging sequel that should keep everyone amused. The kids will love it, the parents will merely like it, no-one is going to be disappointed. It could have been better with a sharper lead storyline, but it could have been a lot, lot worse too. Thank the Scrat for that. I enjoyed this film: I think the average moviegoer will enjoy it: Testosterone Satisfaction Rating: To enjoy this film you should be: breathing.
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The first Ice Age was somewhat unfairly overlooked at the time of its release, coming in the wake of Toy Story and Shrek
as the animation boom began to rumble. The acorn-seeking Scrat must be one of the best cartoon characters ever created -
in the sequel the writers have wisely decided to continue limiting him to his little self-contained vignettes and have
increased the number of them, so the little fella appears regularly throughout the movie, providing welcome comic relief
from the main story, which is, in all honesty, a bit of a drag.
John Leguizamo's Sid the sloth is still the most entertaining of the lead bunch,
with Denis Leary's sneering Diego the sabre-toothed tiger close behind. Ray Romano, who we now know better from "Everybody
Loves Raymond" lumbers along as Manny the mammoth and this time we're joined by Queen Latifah as his love interest and
a couple of possums, one of whom is none other than Stiffler (Seann William Scott) - though I have to confess I had no idea
it was him until the credits rolled.
