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Saturday Evening Movie Thread 02-22-2020 [Hosted By: TheJamesMadison]
Now, for the Biggest Award of the Year
You always save the best awards for last, you know? A couple of weeks ago, the film industry foisted the Oscars upon us to tell us what industry insiders voted for, but now that that dog and pony show is done, we can get on to the real event: The Ace of Spades Best Movie of the Year Award for 2019. This is a proud tradition on the Saturday Evening Movie Thread, and this is the third annual event. For 2017, the Horde awarded it to Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, and last year we awarded the 2018 award to the Coen Brothers' The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Of course, for 2019, nominations need to be collected first. Trust me, I'm running ahead of schedule.
What I Saw This Year
Honestly, not much new this year. I have two little kids and I don't go to the movie theater that frequently. I saw some of the bigger movies like Avengers: Endgame, but while I did enjoy it, I wouldn't go so far as to put it on any sort of best picture list. Out of what I did see, there are probably only three films that I would nominate myself: The Irishman, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, and Toy Story 4.
Out of those three, my favorite is pretty easily Toy Story 4, though. There were others that came along and were really good. Marriage Story, Doctor Sleep, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, and Velvet Buzzsaw were all quality watches. There were other good films like Knives Out, Glass, and Midsommar that I enjoyed with some reservations. Then there were the comic book movies. Endgame was great until it's final hour which was the biggest deleted scene that accidentally got left in a movie ever. Captain Marvel was borderline incomprehensible in terms of its internal logic. Joker was the first attempt at a serious movie a lot of people had seen in years and gave it high marks for trying instead of succeeding. Spider-Man: Far From Home was an unfocused mess. Dark Phoenix was just kind of unwatchable. Then there was The Lion King which was a soulless adaptation of a flawed original, Dumbo which was a very thin diatribe by Tim Burton about how Disney is just the worst that kind of works, Men in Black: International which had no reason for existing and completely wasted Rebecca Ferguson, The King which was okay but kind of boring, and John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum in a franchise that I started out liking a bit and grew to steadily despise because of its prioritization of world building over storytelling. Overall, based on what I saw, 2019 was an okay year at the movies. I didn't exactly see much, though. It's not like I write about movies on a daily basis or anything.
What I Missed
As I wrote earlier, I don't go to the movies that often. Most of what I did see from 2019 was either on a streaming service or I got from a disc rental service. Out of what I missed, I'd heard good things about Parasite, 1917, Ford v Ferrari, Uncut Gems, The Lighthouse, Little Women, The Highwaymen, Dolemite is My Name, Pain and Glory, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and Richard Jewell. I'll probably end up seeing all of these at some point, of course. And that's just the stuff that I'd heard really good things about. There are many others released last year that I hadn't heard much about or noticed.
Part of the problem of living in flyover country is that my ability to see some of these things gets really limited, especially the more art house stuff like Pain and Glory. Its largest release was on 266 screens, not the thousands of a Marvel movie.
What Did You See? So, the point of this is to collect our nominations for the Ace of Spades Saturday Evening Movie Thread Award for Best Movie of 2019. Go ahead and list as many as you want, keeping them to 2019 releases. If you didn't see much, you're in my company. Just what you thought was best. To make my life a tiny bit easier, please don't quote anyone else's list.
We'll do the vote on my next thread in three weeks and announce the winners in the one after that. Because I'm on top of things and like to get stuff done early.
Movies of Today Opening in Theaters:
Emma.
Brahms: The Boy II
The Call of the Wild Next in my Netflix Queue:
Killer Joe Movies I Saw This Fortnight:
Spider-Man: Far From Home (Rating 1.5/4) Full Review "I get it. It's fun to make fun of high school drama, emotions, and hormones, but it's done at the expense of Peter's actual journey. He doesn't know what to do in the face of Stark's death, and in the movie he's supposed to come out of that shadow and become his own superhero." [STARZ]
Jabberwocky (Rating 3/4) Full Review "I can't help but like this movie. If it weren't as funny, I'd be less inclined to like it as much as I do for it really is a messy and overlong film. But, it still managed to win me over." [Personal Collection]
Live and Let Die (Rating 2/4) Full Review "Discarding the seriousness of Connery, they never embraced the thin silliness that Moore was suited for. Add in unnecessarily confused and complicated storytelling as well as a big action scene that feels wrong, and I've got a movie I wanted to like a lot more than I did." ["Library"]
The Spy Who Loved Me (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It finally fully embraces the fact that it's not a deep adventure but just a fun one. The gadgets are amusing. Bond floats through it." ["Library"]
Octopussy (Rating 3.5/4) Full Review "The only Bond movie under Moore that understands how to unfold a mystery and gives us a compelling antagonist. This movie is really underappreciated and is Moore's best outing." ["Library"]
Licence to Kill (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It's good stuff, but a quick end to the second shortest tenure as Bond." ["Library"]
Goldeneye (Rating 4/4) Full Review "This is the reboot Bond didn't need, but it delivered so incredibly well." [Netflix Instant]
The World Is Not Enough (Rating 1/4) Full Review "It lurches from one scene to the next with two antagonists that never gel, creating disparate goals that feel like they should be connected but aren't. The Bond girls are wastes of ideas. It's flatly filmed with terrible actions sequences. This might be the worst Bond film." [Netflix Instant]
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 22, 2020 07:52 PM (VNfwt)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 22, 2020 07:52 PM (iXJM1)
Posted by: JT at February 22, 2020 07:53 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 22, 2020 07:53 PM (VNfwt)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 22, 2020 07:53 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader, Pants Monitor & Austere Religious Scholar at February 22, 2020 07:54 PM (6EF41)
Posted by: Cheriebebe at February 22, 2020 07:54 PM (a4qVe)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 22, 2020 07:55 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 07:55 PM (GwOXV)
TJM, once again we agree, GoldenEye is one of the best Bond flicks. Now I'd like to know what you think of the first Bond post-9/11 flick, Die Another Day. I always thought it (and Madonna's theme song) were surprisingly good.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 07:55 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2020 07:55 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 07:56 PM (GwOXV)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 07:56 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 07:57 PM (G546f)
Parasite
1917
Hollywood
Irishman
Ferrari
Richard Jewell
Jo No Rabbit
Joker
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 22, 2020 07:57 PM (ZFdlO)
Actually same with 1917
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2020 07:57 PM (ZCEU2)
10 Hey everybody! Yay movie thread!! Thanks TJM!
TJM, once again we agree, GoldenEye is one of the best Bond flicks. Now I'd like to know what you think of the first Bond post-9/11 flick, Die Another Day. I always thought it (and Madonna's theme song) were surprisingly good.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 07:55 PM (L2ZTs)
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I did not like it. Serious tonal problems kept me from enjoying it as goofy fun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 07:58 PM (zZbCU)
TJM, once again we agree, GoldenEye is one of the best Bond flicks. Now I'd like to know what you think of the first Bond post-9/11 flick, Die Another Day. I always thought it (and Madonna's theme song) were surprisingly good.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 07:55 PM (L2ZTs)
raises hand in agreement.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 07:58 PM (sy5kK)
2019... I thoroughly enjoyed Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.
Posted by: davidt at February 22, 2020 07:58 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: lin-duh
What were you wearing ?
Posted by: JT at February 22, 2020 07:58 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: lowandslow at February 22, 2020 07:58 PM (4thlk)
I see you didn't like it. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 07:59 PM (L2ZTs)
TCM played "Network" a while back. Can they even write like this anymore?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuBe93FMiJc
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 07:59 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 07:59 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2020 07:59 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 07:59 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:00 PM (G546f)
"The only Bond movie under Moore that understands how to unfold a
mystery and gives us a compelling antagonist. This movie is really
underappreciated and is Moore's best outing."
It's one of Roger's better ones. Louis Jordan is good as the bad guy and it has the absolutely gorgeous Kristina Wayborn.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 08:00 PM (8Y6Or)
Posted by: davidt at February 22, 2020 07:58 PM (l3+k2)
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Ditto. For me, the nostalgia factor was way high, as I remember what it was like being in SoCal at that time.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 22, 2020 08:00 PM (jW9oF)
I admit when it comes to Bond, especially anytime after Roger Moore's debut? IMHO it's a bad idea to take any of those films anywhere near seriously.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:00 PM (L2ZTs)
I see you didn't like it. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 07:59 PM (L2ZTs)
no need to be sorry, TJM appreciates all opinions.
He isn't some gray-haired Communist whining about taking down Billionaires.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:00 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 22, 2020 08:01 PM (oVJmc)
The word "fuck" as a crutch emphasis, it will mark the 2000-2020 era. In the 90s gangsters held their pistols sideways, even in timeless movies like The Usual Suspects. Now it marks bad work like Picard and good work like The Witcher. Avoiding "fuck" is a font of creativity.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 08:01 PM (LxTcq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:01 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 22, 2020 08:02 PM (VNfwt)
puxy thinks I'm a spammer
just wanted to.say I only watched some of it coz it was depressing, not funny
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:02 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 08:02 PM (GwOXV)
Saw the Irishman, give it a "just ok rating", although a few of the performances were good.
I would definitely nominate The Highwaymen although if I remember a lot of people here couldn't get past the actors real lives.
Didn't see 1917 but predict an aoshq win.
My wife went to see Little Women and loved it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 22, 2020 08:02 PM (r+sAi)
"The only Bond movie under Moore that understands how to unfold a
mystery and gives us a compelling antagonist. This movie is really
underappreciated and is Moore's best outing."
It's one of Roger's better ones. Louis Jordan is good as the bad guy and it has the absolutely gorgeous Kristina Wayborn.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 08:00 PM (8Y6Or)
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It's a good 'un. IMO, it's edged by For Your Eyes Only as best of the Roger Moore Bonds.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 22, 2020 08:02 PM (jW9oF)
He isn't some gray-haired Communist whining about taking down Billionaires.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:00 PM (sy5kK)
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Well, except yours.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 08:02 PM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2020 08:02 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:02 PM (G546f)
The same guy who wrote Marty in the early 1950s, wrote Network. Paddy Chayevsky.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:03 PM (L2ZTs)
Joker
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
1917
The Irishman
Ford vs Ferrari
The Highwaymen
put me down for "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"
but I'm a QT fan- ymmv
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 22, 2020 08:04 PM (iTXRQ)
TCM played "Network" a while back. Can they even write like this anymore?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuBe93FMiJc
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
I saw that for the first time a coupla weeks ago.
I was blown away by some parts of it.
Posted by: JT at February 22, 2020 08:04 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: LASue at February 22, 2020 08:04 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 08:04 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:04 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Cannibal Blob at February 22, 2020 08:04 PM (Orx/W)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 08:04 PM (KP5rU)
I did see Dunkirk, Unplanned and Faustina - Love and Mercy however. Faustina and Unplanned were both marketed to a very limited audience.
Oh, and dozens of viewings of Frozen. Barf.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 08:05 PM (Y4EXg)
Daredevil Mad Mike Hughes has killed his fool self by launching himself on a homemade steam rocket:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8033605
He goes up, then comes back down. Hard. Total Fail.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 08:05 PM (rCwaK)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 22, 2020 08:05 PM (jW9oF)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:05 PM (G546f)
Also TJM, I shared this last week, wanted to make sure you saw it because I didn't hear back, but The Deer Hunter is coming on 4k blu-ray in May. Shout Factory is releasing it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:05 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (L2ZTs)
I admit when it comes to Bond, especially anytime after Roger Moore's debut? IMHO it's a bad idea to take any of those films anywhere near seriously.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:00 PM (L2ZTs)
Growing up, we didn't see a lot of movies. 4 young hungry boys took care of the household budget.
My first movie I ever saw, that I remember anyway, was my Granny taking me, a brother, and a couple of cousins to see "101 Dalmatians".
The second one, a few years later, was going to the drive-in movie to see "Goldfinger".
My dad, a big car guy, audibly gasped when they crushed that brand new Lincoln and dropped it into the Ranchero.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (sy5kK)
Oh, and dozens of viewings of Frozen. Barf.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 08:05 PM (Y4EXg)
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Junior has suddenly gotten into the Home Alone movies. They're kind of on a loop at the moment.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (zZbCU)
https://youtu.be/GB_S2qFh5lU
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (G546f)
If so, I'd like to nominate Prometheus from 2012. A film that hasn't received nearly the love it should have.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (DMUuz)
regret
I would have gone full Galipoli at the end of 1917. One shot creates a sense of isolation and dread
Parasite has a script that Hitchcock would have loved. Entertaining plot twists and revelations about human depravity
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (ZFdlO)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (L2ZTs)
My wife is wrapped in a blanket this evening watching a movie.
I had heard her sniffle a bit and asked how she was feeling.
She stated she was feeling down.
In order to bring her spirits up I suggested she make me some food since it always makes her so happy.
She punched me and asked how do you feel now?
Still hungry I told her
Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (Pgcou)
Posted by: Cannibal Blob
from Prissy's pov?
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:07 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2020 08:07 PM (ZCEU2)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_in_film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_2019
My favorite just for fun was "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 08:07 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:05 PM (L2ZTs)
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I saw that. I may get it. I've only seen it once many years ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 08:07 PM (zZbCU)
* Toy Story 4: Disappointing. Dull story. John Lasseter is badly missed. Dazzling visuals.
* Ford Versus Ferrari: Disappointing. I was expecting something more than the usual cliches. No depth of character, racing bits were dull. It's a sign of how degenerate the times are when a movie is praised because it doesn't hate men.
* Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Surprisingly good. Does a terrific job of recreating 1969 - I was there: trust me, I know. The Mansons come across as, well, as creepy as they really were. A good story, well told. It gets my vote.
Posted by: Brown Line at February 22, 2020 08:07 PM (S6ArX)
Once Upon a Time was great.
I couldt last more than 15 minutes into the Joker.
Posted by: LASue at February 22, 2020 08:08 PM (Ed8Zd)
My wife is wrapped in a blanket this evening watching a movie.
I had heard her sniffle a bit and asked how she was feeling.
She stated she was feeling down.
In order to bring her spirits up I suggested she make me some food since it always makes her so happy.
She punched me and asked how do you feel now?
Still hungry I told her
Posted by: Parker Longbaugh at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (Pgcou)
I thought the Saturday Night Joke was in the next thread.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:08 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 22, 2020 08:08 PM (9Om/r)
Then we got a VCR and that rule apparently kind of flew out the window. I first saw 10 when I was about 15. Loved it then, still love it now.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:08 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 08:08 PM (LxTcq)
regret
But love is never having to say you're sorry !
Posted by: JT at February 22, 2020 08:08 PM (arJlL)
Yes, it was a date night movie. Pure crapola.
Alex Baldwin has a scene or two where he was almost nekkid and he was hairless as a bald mouse.
Last time I saw the bastard in a movie before that stink bomb was "The Shadow". Another stink bomb.
In that one, he had hair to spare you could have braided his shoulders.
Weird.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 22, 2020 08:08 PM (Z+IKu)
OMG. I saw "Flat Earth" on one of those rockets and wondered. Yep, Mad Mike is a flat-earther, and this was part of his project to prove the truth by going up high to prove it's all Lies and the earth is really flat.
No joke. Oh, and a steam rocket. You heat water well over boiling in a pressurized vessel, then release it through a nozzle.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM (rCwaK)
61 Can we nominate films in the 'old forgotten veterans' category, like they do baseball and football players for their respective HoFs?
If so, I'd like to nominate Prometheus from 2012. A film that hasn't received nearly the love it should have.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (DMUuz
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*twitches *
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM (zZbCU)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
and then the Ranchero drove away with a crushed Lincoln in the back and the suspension didn't buckle an inch
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (DMUuz)
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*flamethrows*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-x78afiSZU
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM (L2ZTs)
Did TheJamesMadison forget that one?
Posted by: lowandslow at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM (4thlk)
Going to the theater is a fvcking chore. With rare exceptions, I am willing to wait for a movie to become available on DVD or streaming ,or whatever.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at February 22, 2020 08:10 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM (iTXRQ)
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They built 'em tough in those days...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 22, 2020 08:10 PM (jW9oF)
82 Only movie that came out this year that I might want to watch is the Joker.
Did TheJamesMadison forget that one?
Posted by: lowandslow at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM (4thlk)
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Didn't forget. I just didn't like it that much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 08:11 PM (zZbCU)
Posted by: LASue at February 22, 2020 08:11 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 22, 2020 08:12 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 07:59 PM (G546f)
If you post something from another site, or even copy here sometimes, run your post through this first.
Some other moron pointed this out to me long ago. It shows you the characters that Pixy doesn't like.
Then you copy and paste the result to this blog, and manually delete all the 8220's and other stuff.
It isn't perfect, but it works.
https://www.charset.org/html-special-characters
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:12 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 22, 2020 08:13 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Dr. T at February 22, 2020 08:14 PM (2PXwn)
Did TheJamesMadison forget that one?
Posted by: lowandslow
His close friends call him James Monroe.....
Posted by: JT at February 22, 2020 08:14 PM (arJlL)
It looked nothing like a mob hit man kicking the shit out of someone. It looked like a washed-up, 75 year old man pretending to kick the shit out of someone. It was so badly done as to be unwatchable.
I turned it off and watched "Rick and Morty" reruns.
Posted by: Pete Polarek at February 22, 2020 08:14 PM (C1NyB)
and then the Ranchero drove away with a crushed Lincoln in the back and the suspension didn't buckle an inch
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM (iTXRQ)
You were in our car and heard the next thing my dad said?
"G*ddammed Ranchero can't take that kind of load!"
"BOB! The kids are in the back seat!"
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:15 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 22, 2020 08:12 PM (r+sAi)
Its a moron Five Stars. Or Five hobos?
Posted by: LASue at February 22, 2020 08:16 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 08:16 PM (xSo9G)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 22, 2020 08:17 PM (r+sAi)
In 2019-2020, I would have to pick Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, despite Mr. Pitt's ridiculous acceptance speech!
Posted by: Jayhawkone at February 22, 2020 08:17 PM (f2FDj)
Also, 1917 is coming out in March on disc, it turns out.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:17 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 22, 2020 08:18 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM (iTXRQ)
You were in our car and heard the next thing my dad said?
"G*ddammed Ranchero can't take that kind of load!"
"BOB! The kids are in the back seat!"
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
Yeah, but they WEREN"T in the back of the Ranchero !
Just sayin.....
Posted by: JT at February 22, 2020 08:18 PM (arJlL)
Even the dog is CGI. I saw something the other day. The dog was actually played by an actor, crawling around all fours making the mannerisms and facial expressions. They turned him into a dog via CGI magic.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 08:18 PM (rCwaK)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 22, 2020 08:18 PM (m7tTY)
He isn't some gray-haired Communist whining about taking down Billionaires.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:00 PM (sy5kK)
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Well, except yours.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 08:02 PM (zZbCU)
;-)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:18 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 22, 2020 08:18 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:06 PM (G546f)
The one with Ben Murphy?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 08:19 PM (8Y6Or)
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at February 22, 2020 08:19 PM (iED2r)
Using Network as how to write satire. Includes references to Paddy's notes when he was writing the story.
https://youtu.be/gtWowXdkjk0
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 08:20 PM (GwOXV)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 22, 2020 08:20 PM (6rS3m)
Then saw something on utube which whatever the wording used confirmed my bias that they just made it up as they went.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 22, 2020 08:20 PM (1g7ch)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 22, 2020 08:17 PM (r+sAi)
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It's very well written and acted. There are some scenes that are hilarious. But the overall arc is, as you say, kind of depressing.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 22, 2020 08:21 PM (jW9oF)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 08:05 PM (Y4EXg
Just let it go, man
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 22, 2020 08:21 PM (myjNJ)
Posted by: Cannibal Blob at February 22, 2020 08:04 PM (Orx/W)
From a 1974 perspective, absolutely.
From a 2020 "woke" perspective, please, just kill me now.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:21 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 08:21 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 08:21 PM (rCwaK)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 22, 2020 08:21 PM (ybsRV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 08:21 PM (GwOXV)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 08:22 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 08:18 PM (rCwaK)
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Rudd Weatherwax turns in his grave.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 22, 2020 08:22 PM (jW9oF)
Great movie review in a single sentence.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at February 22, 2020 08:23 PM (1g7ch)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 08:23 PM (GwOXV)
Another historical I saw last year that I didn't get too excited about was "The Favorite." Too much sniggering about lesbians, not enough Marlborough.
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 22, 2020 08:23 PM (m7tTY)
Posted by: Captain Obvious
raise your hand if you know who Rudd Weatherwax was
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 22, 2020 08:23 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 08:23 PM (tAuzy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-x78afiSZU
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM
You prefer Covenant, I take it?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 22, 2020 08:24 PM (DMUuz)
And Cynthia Gibb. Dear Lord, she was a smoke-show. And recent pics tell me she has aged very well.
Mrs. Mahon found a copy on Amazon for 35 bucks. Not ready to drop that much cash for a fairly mediocre sports movie.
But...Cynthia Gibb.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at February 22, 2020 08:24 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 22, 2020 08:24 PM (ybsRV)
Using Network as how to write satire. Includes references to Paddy's notes when he was writing the story.
https://youtu.be/gtWowXdkjk0
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 08:20 PM (GwOXV)
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No, Anna, thanks!
This was the best satire because it's just amped up reality.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 08:24 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 22, 2020 08:23 PM (m7tTY)
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It also had the worst end credit design in the history of motion pictures.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 22, 2020 08:24 PM (jW9oF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 08:24 PM (GwOXV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:24 PM (L2ZTs)
Oh yeah, it was excellent and I nominate '1917' for your consideration.
Posted by: Reactionary at February 22, 2020 08:25 PM (DuiRk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-x78afiSZU
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 08:09 PM
You prefer Covenant, I take it?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 22, 2020 08:24 PM (DMUuz)
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*nukes from orbit*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 08:25 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 22, 2020 08:25 PM (m7tTY)
Even the dog is CGI. I saw something the other day. The dog was actually played by an actor, crawling around all fours making the mannerisms and facial expressions. They turned him into a dog via CGI magic.
Posted by: publius
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That was immediately obvious. So obvious as to be distracting. Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, and Benji howl derision from their graves.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 08:25 PM (xSo9G)
Using Network as how to write satire. Includes references to Paddy's notes when he was writing the story.
https://youtu.be/gtWowXdkjk0
Posted by: Anna Puma
Whoa
Posted by: JT at February 22, 2020 08:25 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 08:26 PM (GwOXV)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 22, 2020 08:25 PM (m7tTY)
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Maybe it's because I have eyes that aren't 100%, but I didn't think the CGI was bad.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 22, 2020 08:26 PM (jW9oF)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....ColoradoMorondevous2020 at February 22, 2020 08:26 PM (/UQ/R)
Here's the trailer to the game Kerbal Space Program 2. I have the M83 album because of this.
https://youtu.be/P_nj6wW6Gsc
The amount of hope and nostalgia that they attach to green cartoon characters is remarkable. In 2024, God willing, we will go to the moon again. And to Mars in our lifetime, even though I am 29 like everyone else here.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 08:27 PM (LxTcq)
Posted by: Cannibal Blob at February 22, 2020 08:04 PM (Orx/W)
From a 1974 perspective, absolutely.
From a 2020 "woke" perspective, please, just kill me now.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:21 PM (sy5kK)
Can you imagine how shit-tastic a remake would be? Rhett Butler would be transitioning to a woman, Ashley Wilkes would be gay. The black female slaves would defeat the Confederacy, Scarlett would be a lesbian
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 08:27 PM (8Y6Or)
Posted by: ... at February 22, 2020 08:27 PM (Wge+f)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:08 PM (L2ZTs)
"Bolero" was incredibly popular, suddenly, as classic music, for some reason.
Must of been because the score was written by Henry Mancini.
Or maybe some other reason.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:27 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Trimegistus
If I remember right, Midway was made with Chinese money. The Chinese have long memories about the Japanese and the Japanese were not portrayed sympathetically. Which I'm cool with.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 22, 2020 08:28 PM (VNfwt)
"I just want to say, nobody beat the shit out of Bruce."
"I think the dent in that car says otherwise."
"What the FUCK did you do to my car?"
"What the fuck did you do to her car?"
"Why, I threw this little prick into it. But I did not know it was her car."
Posted by: davidt at February 22, 2020 08:28 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 08:26 PM (GwOXV)
I can actually watch Prometheus, in spite of the really stupid part, but Covenant was pure evil. Saw Covenant once.
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 22, 2020 08:29 PM (aS1PU)
Blago on Jesse Watters: Trumped has trumped the former president in terms of testicular virility.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 08:29 PM (rCwaK)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....ColoradoMorondevous2020 at February 22, 2020 08:29 PM (/UQ/R)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 08:30 PM (GwOXV)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 22, 2020 08:25 PM (m7tTY)
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My initial thought in the theater was "Oh crap, this is the CW version of WWII", but as I settled in it was a surprisingly solid telling of the story with some good acting. Very old-fashioned -- but that's not a knock.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 08:30 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....ColoradoMorondevous2020 at February 22, 2020 08:30 PM (/UQ/R)
Posted by: CN at February 22, 2020 08:31 PM (ONvIw)
and In Which We Serve (1942). Both are good.
The Lion In Winter is the ultimate dysfunctional family Christmas movie. Henry II has kept his wife, Catherine of Aragon, imprisoned for last ten years as she rose against him in a civil war but he wants her to attend as he decides which of their three sons will inherit the throne. Meanwhile, the King of France is in attendance to enforce a treaty in which his sister is to marry Henry's eldest son Richard but Henry himself took a liking to her and has been banging her. Meanwhile Catherine and kids are all scheming, betraying, conspiring. Imagine the DNC Convention this year. Very well written and acted, it's well worth seeing.
In Which We Serve is about a destroyer sunk by a German air attack. Although clearly propaganda, it is enjoyable and the air attack is well done. What struck me most, however, is the way the Brits chose to portray themselves. Much stiff upper lip and muddling through. These characteristics are what is so hated by the anti-white racists. The calm response in the face of crisis contrasts with the hysterical shrieking about imaginary threats so common in our contemporary political enemies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 22, 2020 08:32 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Captain Obvious
raise your hand if you know who Rudd Weatherwax was
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 22, 2020 08:23 PM (iTXRQ)
Lassie! Come home, Lassie!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:32 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 22, 2020 08:32 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: publius
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Blago is right, of course, but the same thing would be true of any random Smurf.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 08:32 PM (xSo9G)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
I have owned a Lincoln and a Ranchero. I gasped too.
That's upward of 5000 pounds of scrap going into a quarter-ton Falcon.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 22, 2020 08:32 PM (8IOEj)
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Psst...it's Eleanor of Acquitaine
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 22, 2020 08:33 PM (jW9oF)
Posted by: CN at February 22, 2020 08:31 PM (ONvIw)
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Ha!
Mom and I watched the Kate Beckinsale version in anticipation of this new "Emma", and next it'll be the Gwynnie version.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 08:33 PM (Dc2NZ)
https://youtu.be/P_nj6wW6Gsc
The amount of hope and nostalgia that they attach to green cartoon characters is remarkable. In 2024, God willing, we will go to the moon again. And to Mars in our lifetime, even though I am 29 like everyone else here.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 08:27 PM (LxTcq)
Kerbal Space Program 1 is fun, interesting, and a big time sink. Love it.
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 22, 2020 08:34 PM (aS1PU)
Catherine of Aragon was Henry VIII
Posted by: CN at February 22, 2020 08:34 PM (ONvIw)
Who knew the spanish had that many carriers?
Posted by: Thats not a wooden ship! at February 22, 2020 08:34 PM (/LQkF)
Posted by: lowandslow at February 22, 2020 08:35 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:35 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 08:35 PM (GwOXV)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 22, 2020 08:35 PM (ZXnzo)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 08:27 PM (8Y6Or)
Soo right!!
I'm in tears of laughter with your description, mainly because it is so accurate.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:35 PM (sy5kK)
Interesting to see the Bond flicks getting reviewed. I have them all from the 2006-2007 DVD release of the remastered Bond flicks. Because time is a precious commodity, as much as I like Bond, and I do as I have all four box sets of DVDs and am only missing two Craig era DVDs (add about 10 more DVDs and you have my entire DVD collection), I have not seen them all and some are indeed in the original packaging still. But eventually I will get to them all.
NOTE: 2 March is not just Texas Independence Day. It is also the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Hunt For Red October.
(By the way, last week someone mentioned a thread should be done on movies that you liked when you were younger but hate today. I have two suggestions: Iron Eagle. That may have been cool when I was 12 and in middle school - 'nuff said - now it is bloody unwatchable. Especially after nearly two decades of AF life, one way or another. Another? The Rock, or as I call it, The Crock. I have hated it more with each and every viewing since the release in 1996. It was OK when I saw it then but now I hate it with the passion of a thousand burning suns.)
Off to night shift I go. I'll try to read more as I go through the night.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 22, 2020 08:35 PM (ZSGV5)
Gee whiz. You'd think Mike would know that even if the Earth is flat, he still needs a parachute.
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at February 22, 2020 08:36 PM (7s3Gx)
Those are worthy movies.
In Which We Served was based on Lord Louis Mountbatten losing his destroyer HMS Kelly south of Crete in 1941.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 22, 2020 08:36 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 08:27 PM (LxTcq)
Total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. The path of totality runs straight up I-35 in TX. Mark your calendars!!!
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 22, 2020 08:37 PM (ZSGV5)
Jesse is talking about Mini Mike's "rallies". He's giving out free food, free booze, and free swag. Massive catered food service and booze service, and tons of free shit like T-shirts, trinkets, and all that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 08:37 PM (rCwaK)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 08:38 PM (tAuzy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:38 PM (L2ZTs)
The emotional heft of John Wick was spent after Vigo's monologue in the first movie, for better or worse. It is the first series to admired by other stuntmen in the business, rather than the general audience. I'm not criticizing, I've bought all three.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 08:38 PM (LxTcq)
I hope he loses a billion dollars, gets 1%, and the IRS tells him no joy on the tax write-off.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 22, 2020 08:39 PM (GwOXV)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 22, 2020 08:36 PM (u82oZ)
In Which We Serve was on TCM last week. Great movie. I really like Brit films of the 40's and 50's.
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 22, 2020 08:39 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 08:37 PM (rCwaK)
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I bet the litter is epic.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 22, 2020 08:39 PM (jW9oF)
The great eagles could have dropped the one ring in the volcano.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 08:39 PM (LxTcq)
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at February 22, 2020 08:40 PM (iED2r)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:40 PM (G546f)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:40 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:41 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 45th Carnival Barking Clowns at February 22, 2020 08:41 PM (jW9oF)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 08:41 PM (rCwaK)
Charles Schulz.
It would probably have to be done by Christians though, to get the story of A Charlie Brown Christmas right.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:41 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at February 22, 2020 08:42 PM (q/sD+)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 22, 2020 08:24 PM (ybsRV)
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Thought I was watching Iron Sky a while back. Turned out to be Iron Sky: The Coming Race (a 2019 sequel). Never heard of either before, so didn't know it was a sequel. The sequel was bizarre enough, that now I want to watch the original.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 22, 2020 08:42 PM (CAJOC)
no posty
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:43 PM (G546f)
Locke And Key is like Doctor Sleep in some ways, especially the creepy woman in the well.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at February 22, 2020 08:43 PM (iED2r)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 08:43 PM (EvnpL)
I must watch it.
and that is why we have to go back to the moon or else Nazis will get there first.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at February 22, 2020 08:44 PM (iED2r)
Didn't fix it as much as added to it
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2020 08:44 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: lowandslow at February 22, 2020 08:35 PM (4thlk)
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I really liked the first season but I could see that Season 2 would trigger one of my pet peeves: stories that tell me to hate my species.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 08:44 PM (Dc2NZ)
I like the Daniel Craig films the best. they seem the most credible- no hijacked spaceships, no volcano lairs, no improbable gadgets
fav Bond girl Is Jill St John as Tiffany Case
I think the Moore films are a bit cartoonish
Pierce Brosnan was cool and is the most like Sean Connery
imho the best "Bond... James Bond" is the very first one, said by Sean Connery in that casino scene from "Dr No"
ymmv
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 22, 2020 08:44 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Eromero at February 22, 2020 08:45 PM (UUkQp)
Posted by: lowandslow at February 22, 2020 08:35 PM (4thlk)
I don't have HBO, but the local sports radio talkers are all about this movie, mainly because they say that Marshawn Lynch, noted local sportsball hero, is signed up for a part in it this season.
I did see the Yul Brynner original, though.
I would almost sign up to get HBO, just to hear Marshawn talk.
"It's all about that action, boss."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xknBTqR_-GQ
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:45 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at February 22, 2020 08:45 PM (iED2r)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at February 22, 2020 08:45 PM (Mm4NK)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:45 PM (G546f)
So I guess the Russians support the Demoncrats !!!!
Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at February 22, 2020 08:46 PM (qM84C)
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at February 22, 2020 08:47 PM (iED2r)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 08:47 PM (xSo9G)
that was fun
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:47 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 08:47 PM (xSo9G)
Even the dog is CGI. I saw something the other day. The dog was actually played by an actor, crawling around all fours making the mannerisms and facial expressions. They turned him into a dog via CGI magic.
Posted by: publius
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That was immediately obvious. So obvious as to be distracting. Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, and Benji howl derision from their graves.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 08:25 PM (xSo9G)
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They had a bit on CBS Sunday Morning last week about Harrison Ford, and talked some about Call of the Wild. They showed the guy who was doing the CGI capture, and I have to say, his ability to move like a dog was pretty impressive. Too bad the CGI is so awful.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 22, 2020 08:48 PM (CAJOC)
That's a pretty good sign for a slavery movie. Maybe they mention she's a gun totin' Republican?
Posted by: ... at February 22, 2020 08:48 PM (Wge+f)
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at February 22, 2020 08:48 PM (7s3Gx)
"Discarding the seriousness of Connery, they never embraced the thin
silliness that Moore was suited for. Add in unnecessarily confused and
complicated storytelling as well as a big action scene that feels wrong,
and I've got a movie I wanted to like a lot more than I did."
The silliness really started in Diamonds Are Forever. After the more serious tone of On Her Majesty's Secret Service they wanted something far more light hearted. The first two Moore movies really followed in tone Diamonds. In fact, I think I read that they tried to get Connery back and it was written with him in mind playing the character. One of the highlights of the movie is Jane Seymour
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 08:48 PM (8Y6Or)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 22, 2020 08:49 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 22, 2020 08:49 PM (O62M1)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 08:49 PM (8Y6Or)
Oh, wait . . . do porn movies count?
Posted by: Jaqen H'ghar at February 22, 2020 08:49 PM (5fSr7)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 08:49 PM (Dc2NZ)
wrestling doggeh
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:49 PM (G546f)
I liked Bad Times a lot, right up until the climax. Didn't really enjoy that, or the wrap-up. But I'm always rough on movies with a great setup and not so great payoff. Edgar Wright has this problem in all his movies.
Posted by: ... at February 22, 2020 08:49 PM (Wge+f)
Posted by: Panhandler at February 22, 2020 08:50 PM (S/rwf)
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Eh, you've seen one European principality you've seen them all.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 22, 2020 08:50 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 08:50 PM (LxTcq)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 08:43 PM (EvnpL)
James Spader and William Shantner, together.
Possibly some of the best TV in the aughts.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:50 PM (sy5kK)
Pendant mode disengage.
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 08:50 PM (tAuzy)
I must watch it.
and that is why we have to go back to the moon or else Nazis will get there first.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at February 22, 2020 08:44 PM (iED2r)
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It's on Netflix. Or you can rent it for $3 on Amazon.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 22, 2020 08:51 PM (CAJOC)
But overall, it was two insane people going more insane while cooped up together. I'd say if you love atmosphere, see it, otherwise you're not missing anything.
It reminded me of a film I'd seen a few years ago on Amazon Prime, "A Field in England." It was a highly stylized film about people in some past era (1700's I think?) who somehow ingested a bunch of hallucinogenic mushrooms and acted crazy. I thought that film dull, stupid and pretentious. I was surprised to find, later, that a lot of people thought it was great.
So, I'm not the most reliable movie-recommender. Be ye warned and all.
I did like "Dog Soldiers," though. British soldiers vs. werewolves, with a twist you saw from miles away. But it was well done, and the characters weren't movie-stupid ("if they weren't stupid, we wouldn't have a movie).
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 22, 2020 08:52 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Panhandler at February 22, 2020 08:52 PM (S/rwf)
An incredible acting job onRenee Zellweger's part..
I'm not watching close enough to give the movie a rating. But she's amazing as Judy.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 22, 2020 08:53 PM (CjFDo)
Posted by: dantesed at February 22, 2020 08:54 PM (88xKn)
" I hope I give you the shits."
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 08:55 PM (tAuzy)
I don't know if I seen that one. Who's the bad guy?
Posted by: dantesed at February 22, 2020 08:54 PM (88xKn
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It's the one where the girl is the bad guy. And a terrorist with a bullet in his head who can't feel pain. And Denise Richards plays a nuclear scientist named Christmas jones.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 08:55 PM (zZbCU)
An incredible acting job onRenee Zellweger's part..
I'm not watching close enough to give the movie a rating. But she's amazing as Judy.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 22, 2020 08:53 PM (CjFDo)
someone should give her an award.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 08:55 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 08:56 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Dr Alice at February 22, 2020 08:56 PM (oW/8k)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:57 PM (L2ZTs)
Here it is:
It's a sub-theme of the major movie. In a motel room a woman and her boyfriend are plotting or have ben hired to tape a man (one of the main characters) inflagrante for blackmail - or something like that.
The boyfriend looks like a Michael Dogulas caracture with panted blonde hair in a fifties rocker style.
next
He's set up ion a hill to tape the scene
The car is parked below and she's moaning and screaming - the money shot is when her upper torso bolts (thrusts) out of the car window exposing her voluptuos breasts,
She retreats back ainto the car and screams again.
He's got it on tape; he gets his gear and hightails it.
Back at the motel with his girlfriend they watch the tape and the girlfriend says OMG he killed her.
That's all I can remember.
Posted by: Braenyard at February 22, 2020 08:58 PM (ZQR/T)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 08:58 PM (tAuzy)
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at February 22, 2020 08:58 PM (7s3Gx)
Pitt and DiCaprio were perfectly cast.. and you really felt like you were in 1969-ish Los Angeles
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 22, 2020 08:58 PM (CjFDo)
Or at least, shoot some killer YooToob memes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 08:58 PM (L2ZTs)
Chris Matthews compares Bernie winning Nevada to France falling to the Nazis in 1940
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 22, 2020 08:58 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: dantesed at February 22, 2020 08:58 PM (88xKn)
Example that I think you'll all enjoy:
https://tinyurl.com/rxftk7c
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:00 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:00 PM (L2ZTs)
That's all I can remember.
Posted by: Braenyard at February 22, 2020 08:58 PM (ZQR
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Doesn't ring any bells, but it reminds me a bit of The Conversation. It's not that, but The Conversation is great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 09:00 PM (zZbCU)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 22, 2020 09:00 PM (u82oZ)
You know, if the flat-earth is round like a plate, you would see some kind of curvature from a high altitude anyway. He would have been better off searching for that epic ice-wall at the end of the world. Easier too, so strange it didn't occur to him.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 09:00 PM (LxTcq)
For anyone who tossed up some prayers for pappymayhem yesterday .... Thank you. He was admitted to cardiac unit and is stable. Still having chest pain but they are gonna wait on heart cath until Monday so they can do dialysis immediately after.
Continued prayers are appreciated.
My brother and his wife and I were all telling our delightfully contrary dad that he had a heart attack and his response was a firm "No I didnt, it's just indigestion.". The doc told him he either had or was having a heart attack and his response was, "there ain't anything wrong with my heart, doc". Today he allowed as how he maybe did have a situation. Contrary should be his middle name.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 22, 2020 09:00 PM (myjNJ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:01 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: dantesed
.......
apparently she does all the singing.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 22, 2020 09:01 PM (CjFDo)
Speaking of hysteria . . .
Chris Matthews compares Bernie winning Nevada to France falling to the Nazis in 1940
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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LOLOL, Chris is trying to scare and shame Bernie's voters out of their insanity. The trouble is, Bernie's voters are young -- and thanks to the failing lefty educational system, they don't even know what "France" and "the Nazis" are. 1940? Were cars even invented then?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 22, 2020 09:01 PM (G51Gf)
OMG. I LOVED it. Unfortunately some family members I showed it to were just 'meh.'
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:01 PM (L2ZTs)
will pray for him
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 09:02 PM (G546f)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:02 PM (Dc2NZ)
The boyfriend looks like a Michael Dogulas caracture with panted blonde hair in a fifties rocker style.
next
He's set up ion a hill to tape the scene
The car is parked below and she's moaning and screaming - the money shot is when her upper torso bolts (thrusts) out of the car window exposing her voluptuos breasts,
She retreats back ainto the car and screams again.
He's got it on tape; he gets his gear and hightails it.
Back at the motel with his girlfriend they watch the tape and the girlfriend says OMG he killed her.
That's all I can remember.
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Similar to the screwball comedy Ruthless People.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 22, 2020 09:03 PM (+y/Ru)
I mentioned this before, but right now Sony Columbia is packaging blu-rays to look like old VHS cassettes from video stores.
Example that I think you'll all enjoy:
https://tinyurl.com/rxftk7c
Posted by: qdpsteve
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Wow. 70s retro.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 22, 2020 09:03 PM (G51Gf)
It's especially fun because ALL of the tech in The Conversation, today, is so outdated/antiquated.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:03 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 09:04 PM (G546f)
OMG. I LOVED it. Unfortunately some family members I showed it to were just 'meh.'
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:01 PM (L2ZTs)
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I saw it in a college class. It's so great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 09:04 PM (zZbCU)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2020 09:04 PM (q3gwH)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:04 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 09:04 PM (EvnpL)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 22, 2020 09:04 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: ... at February 22, 2020 09:05 PM (Wge+f)
Posted by: ... at February 22, 2020 09:05 PM (Wge+f)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 09:06 PM (G546f)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:06 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 09:06 PM (G546f)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:03 PM (L2ZTs)
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Analog!!!
*raises roof*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:06 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Dr Alice at February 22, 2020 09:06 PM (oW/8k)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2020 09:06 PM (q3gwH)
I still love open-reel tape decks.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:06 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 09:07 PM (EvnpL)
That move is Ruthless People. Very funny.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 22, 2020 09:00 PM (u82oZ)
Thank you.
I think the woman in the motel sounds like Sidney Powell iirc.
Posted by: Braenyard at February 22, 2020 09:07 PM (ZQR/T)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 22, 2020 09:08 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 09:08 PM (NWiLs)
That was a laugh out loud in a theater moment, when she said that. She's a 'Nuklear Siencetist' with an understanding of 'Fysiks'. They killed the wrong chick in that movie.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 22, 2020 09:09 PM (O62M1)
Is there anything in Hollywood and music that Sony doesn't own?
Posted by: Braenyard at February 22, 2020 09:09 PM (ZQR/T)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:10 PM (L2ZTs)
Now I'm being a hipster. Reel-to-reel, man, it's warmer...it's just more authentic, you know?
That scene where Gene Hackman is tearing up his entire house trying to find the bug is amazing.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:10 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 22, 2020 09:10 PM (myjNJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:10 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 22, 2020 09:11 PM (oVJmc)
(Movie critics like to claim, the bug is actually in Gene's sax.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:11 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:10 PM (L2ZTs)
All restaurants will be Taco Bell.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 09:11 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 09:12 PM (LxTcq)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at February 22, 2020 09:00 PM (myjNJ)
You're making progress. Hang in there.
Posted by: Braenyard at February 22, 2020 09:13 PM (ZQR/T)
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2020 09:14 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Rick Dalton at February 22, 2020 09:14 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 09:16 PM (LxTcq)
Posted by: scruggs at February 22, 2020 09:17 PM (/LQkF)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 08:55 PM (zZbCU)
She really stood out in that role
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 09:17 PM (YS1hQ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:17 PM (Ewo9R)
I guess the most popular flat-earth "model" is indeed something a pie plate. The map is exactly that projection, the name escapes me. North pole is at the center and the South Pole is then a big circular ring at the edge.
This is their "ice wall". But they believe that ice wall extends "indefinitely" and is impassable. So Antarctica isn't the edge, but the start of some impenetrable barrier.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 09:17 PM (rCwaK)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 22, 2020 09:20 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2020 09:20 PM (q3gwH)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 22, 2020 09:21 PM (iRZl4)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison at February 22, 2020 08:55 PM (zZbCU)
She really stood out in that role
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 09:17 PM (YS1hQ)
She peaked in that one.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 22, 2020 09:22 PM (1CjJc)
Posted by: Squeaky at February 22, 2020 09:23 PM (l3+k2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkDmRy6SP28
Not gonna waste one moment on these new series. I've been enjoying catching up on missed episodes of DS9 and Voyager.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:24 PM (Dc2NZ)
Shouldn't Bernie's votes be distributed evenly among the other candidates?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 22, 2020 09:25 PM (oVJmc)
Great special effects, especially the left special effect and the right special effect.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:26 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2020 09:06 PM (q3gwH)
That wasn't a tingle running down his leg.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 22, 2020 09:27 PM (1CjJc)
Posted by: Dr Alice at February 22, 2020 09:27 PM (oW/8k)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 22, 2020 09:27 PM (oVJmc)
So after great difficulty he does, and learns that past that wall spacetime takes on a moebius strip configuration, and anyone who goes walks right back to where they were, and that drives most people insane. So he's left wondering if he can even tell anyone what he found.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2020 09:27 PM (q3gwH)
ButtJizz:9.0%, Rich Dude What Isn't Even Important Enough To Think Up An
Insulting Nickname For:6.5%, Iron Miner's Daughter:3.9%.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:17 PM (Ewo9R)
The Rich Dude, I believe he's known round these here parts as Steyerfoam. He had very little traction going and Bloomers getting in the race took anything he had away. He ought to take the bills for the money he's wasted on this campaign and go home and foam at the mouth over Trump another day
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 09:27 PM (YS1hQ)
Posted by: Dr Alice at February 22, 2020 09:27 PM (oW/8k)
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And it had Garak, probably the most interesting character of any of the Treks.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 22, 2020 09:28 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 22, 2020 09:28 PM (m7tTY)
Not gonna waste one moment on these new series. I've been enjoying catching up on missed episodes of DS9 and Voyager.
I've been thinking for a while that going back to an episodic series would probably be a good idea over these silly story arcs that people don't know how to plan or write.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 22, 2020 09:29 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Dr Alice at February 22, 2020 09:29 PM (oW/8k)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 09:29 PM (L2ZTs)
They ought to be careful. Mini Mike might buy Twatter and fire all of them
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 09:30 PM (YS1hQ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:30 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2020 09:27 PM (q3gwH)
Did he find Shell Beach?
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 09:30 PM (t+qrx)
Have a good night all
Posted by: Skip at February 22, 2020 09:30 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:31 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 09:30 PM (YS1hQ)
that would be terrible, she said hopefully
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 09:31 PM (G546f)
His billboards are hilarious, when you realize how much he's spending, how he's about three years behind the curve on his messaging, and how nobody GAF, except people who don't need convincing ORANGEMANBAD anyway.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 22, 2020 09:31 PM (1CjJc)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 22, 2020 09:31 PM (m7tTY)
Mobius Strip Steak
Posted by: qdpsteve
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Couple that with an endless salad bar and you'll have something!
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 09:31 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:32 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2020 09:32 PM (q3gwH)
Chris Matthews compares Bernie winning Nevada to France falling to the Nazis in 1940
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 22, 2020 08:58 PM (+y/Ru)
I thought that Quisling was Norwegian?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 09:33 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 22, 2020 09:34 PM (+y/Ru)
And the never ending Chocolate Fountain.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 09:34 PM (tT0V4)
Believe it or not, this flat-earth conspiracy stuff is gaining traction. Some blame the internet allowing lunatics to get unfettered public access. Others think it's the failure of our elites and leaders. They've been shown to be incompetent, lying boobs, so what else are they lying about?
A flat earth is just physically untenable. Gravity causes any large enough conglomeration of mass to assume a ball shape. If you took something the mass and size of the earth and tried to make a pie plate out of it, you'd need unobtanium reinforcements to hold against it's own gravity.
And the gravity vector at the edges would be pointing toward the center mostly, not normal to the plane.
Any Flat earthers would try to be half-way scientific about it thus have a big problem with physics.
Believe it or not, some of them deny gravity! Gravity doesn't exist. Well, then how the hell...Well, the use the Equivalence Principle.
The flat pie plate that is the earth is being accelerated upwards at a constant 9.8 m/s^2.
I'm not kidding. Now, how they explain the clearly evident variation of the local g vector around the surface, I don't know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 09:34 PM (rCwaK)
Tales of the White Hart by A.C. Clarke. Sublime.
"In a Good Cause --" by I. Asimov. Foundational.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 22, 2020 09:35 PM (u82oZ)
How would you feel if you'd spent as much money as Steyer, and a 9,000-year-old senile communist outpolled you 13:1?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:35 PM (Ewo9R)
Magnets
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 09:35 PM (tT0V4)
Zero thickness? :-)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:32 PM (Ewo9R)
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On the plus side, you only have one side to cook.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 22, 2020 09:35 PM (CAJOC)
Chris Matthews compares Bernie winning Nevada to France falling to the Nazis in 1940
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 22, 2020 08:58 PM (+y/Ru)
How is that even relatively....never mind it's too late to try to figure out something that stupid
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 09:36 PM (YS1hQ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2020 09:36 PM (q3gwH)
Zero thickness? :-)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:32 PM
Very rare.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 22, 2020 09:36 PM (rBtIz)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:17 PM (Ewo9R)
So. Americans vs. Communists.
Ok then, at least it is official.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 09:37 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:35 PM (Ewo9R)
A 9,000 year old senile communist hypocrite with no control whatsoever over his completely unhinged violent juvenile goon squad, who looks like he smells like a bus station and appears to have chosen the wrong grail.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 09:37 PM (t+qrx)
I knew a guy who insisted the Earth was square.
Evidence: the Bible mentions the "four corners of the Earth". Q.E.D.
When asked how circumnavigation was possible, he argued that the Earth was "like a box", with us on the inside surface (and presumably the Sun and all the other celestial objects in the center).
When it was pointed out that a cube has 8 corners, not 4, he simply denied it and brought the "debate" (such as it was) to an end.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:39 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:39 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at February 22, 2020 09:40 PM (I99aF)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2020 09:40 PM (q3gwH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 22, 2020 09:40 PM (aKsyK)
Go after Andor and I will cut you.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:41 PM (Dc2NZ)
I knew a guy who insisted the Earth was square.
Bizarro world
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 22, 2020 09:40 PM (aKsyK)
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It's donut-shaped!
Posted by: H. Simpson at February 22, 2020 09:41 PM (CAJOC)
Comrade Bernie proved himself to be a complete sellout in 2016 after he took the Clinton cash for his 3rd dacha. And yet his brain dead followers all showed up again 4 years later as if that didn't happen
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 09:41 PM (YS1hQ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:41 PM (Ewo9R)
Bizarro world
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 22, 2020 09:40 PM (aKsyK)
Crackpot. Everyone knows that he earth is shaped like a burrito.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at February 22, 2020 09:42 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: davidt at February 22, 2020 09:42 PM (l3+k2)
Yeah, looks like it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:41 PM (Ewo9R)
Good. "Kill a commie for mommie," shirts need to make a comeback.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 22, 2020 09:43 PM (1CjJc)
Posted by: Baldy at February 22, 2020 09:43 PM (OLCH5)
Haven't seen any of the newer Star Wars movies. It's my own personal boycott. I just know I'll be disapopinted.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 09:43 PM (PkVlr)
Bizarro world
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 22, 2020 09:40 PM (aKsyK)
Crackpot. Everyone knows that he earth is shaped like a burrito.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at February 22, 2020 09:42 PM (x8Wzq)
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A Taco Bell burrito, which explains why it is mostly cold with a few pockets of blazing heat.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 22, 2020 09:43 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2020 09:36 PM (q3gwH)
long time running jokes?
this otter be good.
Posted by: surprise Otters at February 22, 2020 09:43 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: klaftern at February 22, 2020 09:43 PM (RuIsu)
Election 2020:
[ ] Socialism
[ ] Not Socialism
Chose only one.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 09:44 PM (tT0V4)
Go after Andor and I will cut you.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:41 PM (Dc2NZ)
They'll be fine. Earth got smacked right in the Florida in season two of Enterprise, but then everyone forgot all about it. Hardly worth mentioning.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 09:44 PM (t+qrx)
Rich: "We can't judge this as a work of Star Trek, Mike"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:45 PM (Dc2NZ)
Yeah, looks like it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:41 PM (Ewo9R)
Good. "Kill a commie for mommie," shirts need to make a comeback.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 22, 2020 09:43 PM (1CjJc)
Like they say, everything old is new again.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 09:45 PM (sy5kK)
Bernie wins all the primaries
Dems give nomination to someone else at convention
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 09:46 PM (G546f)
King Arthur: This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:46 PM (Dc2NZ)
The story didn't get in the way, imo, as many reviews said it did.
Posted by: mnw at February 22, 2020 09:47 PM (Cssks)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 22, 2020 09:47 PM (q3gwH)
Yeah, even NPR is starting to run some "You done fucked up, A-A-ron" pieces.
They must feel about the same way as Robespierre felt on 9 Thermidor.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:47 PM (Ewo9R)
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Florida: America's Junk.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:47 PM (Dc2NZ)
Profoundly disturbing violence. it takes a lot to freak me out, movie-viewing-wise.
It freaked me the fuck out.
In short, I liked it a lot, but am not sure I can ever watch it again.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at February 22, 2020 09:47 PM (x8Wzq)
Bernie wins all the primaries
Dems give nomination to someone else at convention
Posted by: vmom 2020
heads will explode. it will be amusing, to say the least. I hope Milwaukee has already started training rooftop Koreans or their whole town is going to be ransacked and then burned to the ground.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 09:48 PM (PkVlr)
It's a compelling argument.
https://stoatnet.org/catearth.jpg
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 09:48 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:47 PM (Dc2NZ)
Guess that makes California the back hole.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 22, 2020 09:49 PM (1CjJc)
Posted by: Baldy at February 22, 2020 09:43 PM (OLCH5)
There was some argument whether the Dana Perino was the star, but many say Jasper stole the show.
Some say that Jasper flying/licking scene was all computer generated, but the drool looked real life to most.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 09:49 PM (sy5kK)
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Florida: America's Junk.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:47 PM (Dc2NZ)
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So Earth took a kick to the groin. Just needed a few minutes to catch its breath.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at February 22, 2020 09:49 PM (CAJOC)
And all of them were pretty good.
1917
Richard Jewell
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
They Shall Not Grow Old
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 22, 2020 09:50 PM (M/9m0)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at February 22, 2020 09:40 PM (I99aF)
The Spy Who Loved Me has the BEST Bond theme song in the entire series-or is tied with Live and Let Die.
IMHO.
Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at February 22, 2020 09:50 PM (J3vQe)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 09:31 PM
A free eatin' comb to everyone wearing a Klomentum button!
Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at February 22, 2020 09:50 PM (COzlW)
Ceon Bros. piss me off. They tell a good story, but they gotta kill the wrong people. Assholes. Can't just tell an uplifting story.
Ain't in 'em.
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 09:51 PM (5RkWa)
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Florida: America's Junk.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:47 PM (Dc2NZ)
The Florida Keys are the beard.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 09:51 PM (sy5kK)
There is another flat-earth model based on the notion of "pillars of the earth" along with the "four corners".
The livable world is a flat, square plane, with four pillars at each corner, which hold up the "firmament" upon with the stars, sun and moon hang and move around somehow.
So the surface is sort of a square, but yet it's a box with a ceiling.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 09:51 PM (rCwaK)
Given that she came in below friggin' Steyer in Nevada, I don't think her momentum has been conserved.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 09:52 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 09:51 PM (sy5kK)
Uh. America's spunk.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at February 22, 2020 09:52 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at February 22, 2020 09:52 PM (J3vQe)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at February 22, 2020 09:53 PM (x8Wzq)
Those happened as a result of the reboot movie. But Vulcan's only gone in the reboot timeline. In the original timeline, it's still around.
(Whereas Romulus is the opposite)
Posted by: junior at February 22, 2020 09:54 PM (eo+0+)
Bernie wins all the primaries
Dems give nomination to someone else at convention
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 09:46 PM (G546f)
I really hope the DNC is staring that dilemma in the face come the convention.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 22, 2020 09:54 PM (YS1hQ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 09:55 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: davidt at February 22, 2020 09:56 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 09:56 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: Every Building Owner in Milwaukee at February 22, 2020 09:56 PM (Ewo9R)
we didn't watch any at home either.
Hollyweird needs to pound sand up their 4th point of contact until they can defecate a glass paperweight.
YMMV.
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 22, 2020 09:56 PM (LaaND)
You saying Leonard Smalls shoulda survived?
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at February 22, 2020 09:57 PM (7s3Gx)
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at February 22, 2020 09:58 PM (VNfwt)
It's 1860 all over.
I didn't spend my life fighting the evils of communism just to see it get voted in here.
Buying moar ammo.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 22, 2020 09:58 PM (TGayj)
No ghey, but he was a handsome fella, going by the Wikipedia picture of him. He's got that 1950's well-groomed but masculine look going on.
I don't think I'd ever seen his face before just now.
Posted by: Every Building Owner in Milwaukee at February 22, 2020 09:59 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 22, 2020 09:59 PM (ykYG2)
You *can* have original timeline Trek. Picard is original timeline.
Even if Picard bombs, they'll drag it back out for another go sooner or later.
Posted by: junior at February 22, 2020 10:00 PM (eo+0+)
Bizarro world
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 22, 2020 09:40 PM (aKsyK)
Crackpot. Everyone knows that he earth is shaped like a burrito.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at February 22, 2020 09:42 PM (x8Wzq)
HA!
... and penguins don't evolve, they just ... are.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 22, 2020 10:00 PM (0ReGO)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 09:51 PM (sy5kK)
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The panhandle is European colonialism.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:00 PM (XVuno)
I would be making plans to be elsewhere at convention time (if I lived in Milwaukee) and on election day (if Bernie gets the nomination and I lived in any other large city).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 10:01 PM (Ewo9R)
Don Henley wrote a song about that.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 22, 2020 09:59 PM (ykYG2)
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Does this make Nevada the middle hole?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:01 PM (XVuno)
It's 1860 all over.
I didn't spend my life fighting the evils of communism just to see it get voted in here.
Buying moar ammo.
Posted by: Diogenes
Can I fight with you?
I got 3500 rounds of ammo today.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 10:01 PM (PkVlr)
You *can* have original timeline Trek. Picard is original timeline.
Even if Picard bombs, they'll drag it back out for another go sooner or later.
Posted by: junior at February 22, 2020 10:00 PM (eo+0+)
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Yeah, you're right, it's original timeline. But it ain't Trek.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 10:02 PM (Dc2NZ)
The question is will Bernie get an outright majority of delegates to the convention. The current predictions say no, he won't, and thus they'll go to a second ballot, and thus "brokered convention".
Every four years, the media like to jack off thinking about a brokered convention, but it's likely this time, and the Dem establishment may prefer it.
They changes the rules about Superdelegates. They still have them, but they can't vote on the first ballot. There is some talk of changing the rules back to allow superdelegates on the first vote.
If Bernie has an outright majority, they might actually try this to deny him the first ballot win and force the brokered convention.
This would split the party up, with the Bernie Bros going on a rampage.
So the thing to watch for is if Bernie can get an outright majority.
Expect them to try anything to stop this. Bloomberg can stay in the race until the end, and he's now just there to keep Bernie from getting that majority.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 10:02 PM (rCwaK)
I have the most evil of evil grins ever.
The only thing that will make this better is if someone says the answer to this particular brand of political suicide is...Hillary. I mean that's above WKRP turkey bombing funny right there.
I have to stop laughing. Someone is going to call the cops.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 22, 2020 10:02 PM (JCrfD)
Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at February 22, 2020 10:02 PM (COzlW)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 22, 2020 10:03 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 22, 2020 10:04 PM (JCrfD)
Better still: Hillary/Mooch.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 10:04 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 22, 2020 10:02 PM (JCrfD)
*raises hand*
I had quite a nice day. Thank you for asking.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 10:04 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 10:01 PM (PkVlr)
Come sit by me.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 22, 2020 10:05 PM (1CjJc)
Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at February 22, 2020 09:52 PM (J3vQe)
Speaking of Highwaymen, the original group and not the newer movie, I heard that Willie Nelson is releasing his 70th album in a few weeks. His first one was released in 1962.
Two Highwaymen remain, Willie and Kris Kristofferson. Waylon and Johnny are still in our hearts.
Willie was/is an amazing song writer.
Crazy, originally released by Patsy Cline, has been covered by 274 different artists.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:05 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 10:01 PM (PkVlr)
You sure that's enough for one woodpecker?
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at February 22, 2020 10:05 PM (7s3Gx)
Someone call 911...I've broken a rib.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 22, 2020 10:06 PM (JCrfD)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 22, 2020 10:06 PM (oVJmc)
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America isn't ready for a female/male presidential ticket.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:06 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 10:08 PM (N8wAc)
Posted by: Lizzy at February 22, 2020 10:08 PM (bDqIh)
2. Richard Jewell
Posted by: norrin radd at February 22, 2020 10:09 PM (b48Wn)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 10:01 PM (PkVlr)
around here, that kind of talking is pron-like.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:09 PM (sy5kK)
I predict deja vu
Bernie wins all the primaries
Dems give nomination to someone else at convention
Posted by: vmom 2020
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Maybe the non-Bernie Dems will coalesce around one candidate? Total surprise winner: Buttigieg.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 22, 2020 10:09 PM (G51Gf)
So, a Fabian instead of a Socialist. FABULOUS
Posted by: Lizzy at February 22, 2020 10:11 PM (bDqIh)
Joe, take a little advice from your friend Ferris. [Ferris Buller post-credits: "You still here? It's over, go home".] Retire gracefully, and spend a little time with the baby of that stripper your son knocked up and refused to care for.
Stephen Green is a
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 10:11 PM (LxTcq)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was just okayDunkirk....Meh
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 22, 2020 10:30 PM (QzF6i)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at February 22, 2020 10:36 PM (d1uFV)
Baenyard(sp?), that was "Ruthless People." Danny DeVito, Bette Midler. Gawd, that was a funny flick.
I need to find that one.
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So the library fouled up on a movie I ordered. I wanted to see some Martin & Lewis fun. Ordered "Artists and Models."
I got "Artists and Models" starring Jack Benny and Ida Lupino. Oops.
I'll still watch it because of Benny.
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I overthought "Toy Story 4" and came up with a piece about how the world-building in the movie made the "life" of a toy seem to be horrendous. I never posted it, however.
Now I don't feel like revisiting it.
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I didn't see a lot of movies last year, but the animated Spider-Man film gets my vote, if it was a 2019 release. If not, then "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." Story meandered, but it was all fun.
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Saw "Knives Out" last night. I expected a comedy because of the font on the title. Nope.
I enjoyed it. Extra fun was playing "I recognize (actor)!" I identified five faces but put names to only three. I missed Chris Evans! And I would have sworn that the victim was Patrick Stewart.
Posted by: Weak Geek at February 22, 2020 11:08 PM (u/nim)
Posted by: Al Crapton at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM (GlmxK)
Unplanned
1917
Harriet
Hotel Mumbai
Ford vs. Ferrari
Posted by: Kathy from Kansas at February 22, 2020 11:40 PM (mCAka)
Posted by: Cannibal Blob at February 22, 2020 08:04 PM (Orx/W)
++++++++++++++
That made me chuckle. When I was in college, both of those movies got screened -- and the audience reactions were roughly the same.
Posted by: Kathy from Kansas at February 22, 2020 11:45 PM (mCAka)
Rats deserved a best supporting vermin award. No way the lice could compete.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at February 23, 2020 12:16 AM (e1mEI)
Badly written, poor acted and it takes an enormous dump on the canon and the spirit of Gene Roddenberry.
Yes it is that bad.
Posted by: Flubber at February 23, 2020 01:12 AM (PQnIX)
Posted by: Ben at February 23, 2020 02:15 AM (xWn07)
Posted by: Kitty at February 23, 2020 05:35 AM (NLEnr)
For my movies I'll nom
1917Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Trying to get on your level OM, love your rankings btw, I've shown them to my most cinemaphilic friend and he greatly enjoys critiquing your take.
Posted by: ghost of kari at February 23, 2020 07:57 AM (8IQhD)
Posted by: ghost of kari at February 23, 2020 07:57 AM (8IQhD)
Profoundly disturbing violence. it takes a lot to freak me out, movie-viewing-wise.
It freaked me the fuck out.
In short, I liked it a lot, but am not sure I can ever watch it again.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at February 22, 2020 09:47 PM (x8Wzq)not
Exactly how I feel. Someone just mentions it and I'm back in it. Like movie PTSD.
And I nominate Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Posted by: Gem at February 23, 2020 09:21 AM (65i3Q)
Posted by: hadsil at February 23, 2020 11:06 AM (Wdt2K)
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