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Supposedly -- Wink -- Disney Will Be Walking Back from the Brink In Its Unending Culture War on Its Former Customers
I do not believe this, not for one second.
I can believe that the Woke Warrior Bob Iger is taking a page from Black Rock head Larry Fink -- he will stop using the terms "ESG" and "DEI" to appease a public which has grown to despise the acronyms, while continuing to invest in firms pushing a woke agenda. And that's basically what Iger is saying here -- he's saying he's trying to "quiet the noise" and controversy around Disney. That is not the same thing as abandoning the policies and propaganda that have made Disney controversial.Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors the company will "quiet the noise" in a culture war that has pitted social conservatives against the global media and entertainment conglomerate, according to an analyst note on Wednesday. Iger's brief statement, included in an analyst report from Needham media analyst Laura Martin, was part of an investors' presentation on Tuesday at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, in which the CEO also announced Disney will double its investment in theme parks and cruise ships over the next decade. Disney is struggling to make its streaming business profitable, improve the quality of its films, position its flagship sports brand, ESPN, to stream directly to consumers, and potentially shed its television networks. In its most recent quarter, the company beat Wall Street's profit expectations but fell short on revenue. Disney declined comment.In other words, when reporters called to ask what Iger meant, he refused to say, because he doesn't mean anything. He just wants conservatives to stop boycotting him, but he doesn't want to give in to any of their demands. He wants to continue pushing woke propaganda and grooming children; he just doesn't want conservatives to punish Disney economically for that. But he'll keep doing it. Just more "quietly." Is the Man in a Beard and a Dress still greeting confused little girls outside the Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique? You say he is? Then shut the fuck up, Iger, you revolting c**t. Sexton points out that with Disney planning to spend billions more on theme parks, that means they will not be following through on the threat to leave DeSantis' Florida. Meanwhile, Forbes got hold of the UK tax filings for The Marvels, which was formerly called Captain Marvel 2 but then they realized everyone hates Captain Marvel. A better name would be Captain Marvel Now with 66% Less Captain Marvel. I might actually see that.
In April, Forbes reported that The Marvels cost $130 million just in its first two months of filming.
LOL. Captain Marvel made money because Marvel lied and told people that it was critical for understanding Avengers: Endgame. If Marvel had said that shirtless pictures of David French were required viewing for Endgame, they would have sold $1 billion worth of candid snaps of David French's sadly puffy nipples. Now Forbes reports that the cost for the film has ballooned to $270 million. And that's just what Disney is willing to admit.
Disney has revealed that the cost of making its upcoming superhero team-up movie The Marvels hit $130 million after just two months of filming.... The Marvels appears to be a slapstick sci-fi firmly-focused on the youth audience as the trailer shows the trio of stars changing places involuntarily. It is the sequel to 2019's Captain Marvel which grossed $1.1 billion at the box office so Disney is sparing no expense.
Oh yeah, it looks like a huge hit. The average Marvel fan, a dude between 18 and 60 years old, is totally into a Freaky Friday parody of a superhero films crammed with Disney XD children's humor. They got this information from the UK tax filings. The production was organized by a corporation calling itself "Warbird." I wondered why the UK tax filings would include the budget spent outside of the UK. After all, if you're just getting a tax credit for the amount of money spent in the UK, why would you report the expenditures in America or Canada? The article answers this question: To get UK tax credits, you have to spend at least 10% of the total budget of the film in the UK. So to establish that, you have to report both your UK costs and the total budget of the film. Gary Beuchler from Nerdrotic was laughing yesterday about an interview with the director of this latest Marvel disaster-in-the-making, in which she clearly distances herself from the project, stressing that she was not allowed to make her movie and that this is really Kevin Fiege's movie. In other words: Don't blame me for this piece of shit. My career should not be damaged by what we're about to shit out on to the public.
Disney has revealed that it spent more than $270 million on making The Marvels, the latest instalment in its Marvel Comics super hero saga, which will be released in theaters in November. The blockbuster budget is disclosed in company filings released yesterday by the Disney subsidiary which made the movie. They show that over the two-year period from the incorporation of the company to September 30, 2022, it spent $274.8 million (£221.8 million) and banked a $55 million (£44.4 million) subsidy from the government of the United Kingdom where the movie was made. This brought its net spending down to $219.8 million meaning that the movie will have to gross at least $439.6 million at the box office to break even as studios get around half of theater takings. ... Trailers for the Marvel movie show that it is a slapstick sci-fi as the trio of stars change places involuntarily whenever they use their powers. On paper, it looks like a sure-fire hit as the film is the sequel to 2019's Captain Marvel which grossed $1.1 billion at the box office.
Turns out, when you direct an MCU film, you're still second-in-command to Kevin Feige. The Marvels director Nia DaCosta recently opened up about this in an interview. Speaking to Vanity Fair for their cover story, DaCosta revealed what working in the MCU is like. She said that The Marvels is "a Kevin Feige production, it's his movie."LOL. "The Marvels? What's that? Oh right, I showed up a few days to watch them filming it. Kevin Feige should be so proud! He tries so hard, despite everything!"
She continued, "So I think you live in that reality, but I tried to go in with the knowledge that some of you is going to take a back seat."That's not humility, that's survival instinct kicking in.
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Disney makes movies like I dress.
Posted by: John Fetterman at September 21, 2023 04:01 PM (fKIdX)
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Gary Beuchler from Nerdrotic was laughing yesterday about an interview with the director of this latest Marvel disaster-in-the-making, in which she clearly distances herself from the project, stressing that she was not allowed to make her movie and that this is really Kevin Fiege's movie.
In other words: Don't blame me for this piece of shit. My career should not be damaged by what we're about to shit out on to the public.
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This has been coming out from talent for a few years. It's the first time it's happened before a movie's release.
The director of Black Panther 2 said something similar recently.
An actor on Dr. Strange 2 talked about the 37 drafts of the script.
In other words: Don't blame me for this piece of shit. My career should not be damaged by what we're about to shit out on to the public.
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This has been coming out from talent for a few years. It's the first time it's happened before a movie's release.
The director of Black Panther 2 said something similar recently.
An actor on Dr. Strange 2 talked about the 37 drafts of the script.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:01 PM (LvTSG)
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Sexton points out that with Disney planning to spend billions more on theme parks, that means they will not be following through on the threat to leave DeSantis' Florida.
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I thought they were going to move to downtown Chicago.
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I thought they were going to move to downtown Chicago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:02 PM (LvTSG)
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Too slow
Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 21, 2023 04:02 PM (N1DT3)
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Too late.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 04:02 PM (zZu0s)
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I can believe that the Woke Warrior Bob Iger is taking a page from Black Rock head Larry Fink -- he will stop using the terms "ESG" and "DEI" to appease a public which has grown to despise the acronyms, while continuing to invest in firms pushing a woke agenda.
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Yup. That's my immediate take on it. Iger is all-in on this. Until he is gone and his Board is purged (and a fair amount of other executive turnover), Disney will not change.
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Yup. That's my immediate take on it. Iger is all-in on this. Until he is gone and his Board is purged (and a fair amount of other executive turnover), Disney will not change.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:02 PM (t0OGg)
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"The Marvels? What's that? Oh right, I showed up a few days to watch them filming it. Kevin Feige should be so proud! He tries so hard, despite everything!"
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Makes you wonder how much of the shows he's responsible for, too.
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Makes you wonder how much of the shows he's responsible for, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:02 PM (LvTSG)
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Disney makes movies like I dress.
Posted by: John Fetterman at September 21, 2023 04:01 PM (fKIdX)
Fetterman isn't fast enough to be first.
I rate this as disinformation.
Posted by: John Fetterman at September 21, 2023 04:01 PM (fKIdX)
Fetterman isn't fast enough to be first.
I rate this as disinformation.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 21, 2023 04:02 PM (N1DT3)
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Jeebus, who the fuck watches super hero movies?
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (musil)
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Iger's brief statement, included in an analyst report from Needham media analyst Laura Martin, was part of an investors' presentation on Tuesday at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, in which the CEO also announced Disney will double its investment in theme parks and cruise ships over the next decade.
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No, he didn't. He's increasing investment in cruises. He isn't really increasing investment in parks. But whatever.
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No, he didn't. He's increasing investment in cruises. He isn't really increasing investment in parks. But whatever.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (t0OGg)
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We are HURTING Disney - do NOT give up the theatrical boycott. Keep Disney bleeding just in that one way, and watch how they'll start to beg us to come back (to which we can respond based on how Disney actually supports our side with action vs words, or at least defunds all their actions for the other side).
Skip A Haunting in Venice, the Creator, The Marvels, Wish, and Next Goal Wins...at least til you can see them in your own home...
Skip A Haunting in Venice, the Creator, The Marvels, Wish, and Next Goal Wins...at least til you can see them in your own home...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (exHjb)
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Disney is struggling to make its streaming business profitable, improve the quality of its films, position its flagship sports brand, ESPN, to stream directly to consumers, and potentially shed its television networks.
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But other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, ...
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But other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (t0OGg)
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Why am I suddenly remembering Bill Clinton announcing the era of Big Government is over?
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (f9D/y)
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Leopards don't change their spots
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (fwDg9)
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"They bought the ticket, they knew what they were getting into! I say let'em crash"
-Airplane (CounterPoint)
-Airplane (CounterPoint)
Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at September 21, 2023 04:04 PM (Hh3y4)
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12 Disney is struggling to make its streaming business profitable, improve the quality of its films, position its flagship sports brand, ESPN, to stream directly to consumers, and potentially shed its television networks.
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But other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (t0OGg)
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But Paul says they're doing great based on revenue numbers.
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But other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (t0OGg)
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But Paul says they're doing great based on revenue numbers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:04 PM (LvTSG)
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So what they're saying is they are pushing back the timeline on working hardcore gay porn into their animated movies a few years.
Posted by: brak at September 21, 2023 04:04 PM (BouGb)
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17 So what they're saying is they are pushing back the timeline on working hardcore gay porn into their animated movies a few years.
Posted by: brak at September 21, 2023 04:04 PM (BouGb)
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No. Same timeline.
They're just not going to talk about it.
Posted by: brak at September 21, 2023 04:04 PM (BouGb)
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No. Same timeline.
They're just not going to talk about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:04 PM (LvTSG)
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Obviously they’re still going to do it.
When a spouse cheats on their partner and gets caught, how often do they actually turn a new leaf? Usually they just learn how to be more sneaky about their cheating.
When a spouse cheats on their partner and gets caught, how often do they actually turn a new leaf? Usually they just learn how to be more sneaky about their cheating.
Posted by: Joe, living dangerously at September 21, 2023 04:05 PM (fKIdX)
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Tonight is Thursday Night Football and I have no intention paying Amazon to watch it. Guess I will read a book or something. Good luck Disney with your Iger Sanction.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:05 PM (musil)
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Disney is dead in the water anyways. If you spend $300 M per movie, you're facing certain disaster.
A whole new indie class of movies is growing. I actually had to stop the car and let a bunch of people pass on their way to a movie theater last weekend! Sound of Freedom. Not mainstream movies.
https://tinyurl.com/99tfj4tn
A whole new indie class of movies is growing. I actually had to stop the car and let a bunch of people pass on their way to a movie theater last weekend! Sound of Freedom. Not mainstream movies.
https://tinyurl.com/99tfj4tn
Posted by: PJ at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (G1dq6)
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20 Tonight is Thursday Night Football and I have no intention paying Amazon to watch it. Guess I will read a book or something. Good luck Disney with your Iger Sanction.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:05 PM (musil)
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Tonight is Terms of Endearment, from the library.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:05 PM (musil)
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Tonight is Terms of Endearment, from the library.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (LvTSG)
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Usually they just learn how to be more sneaky about their cheating.
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The old ways are best.
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The old ways are best.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (musil)
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This has been coming out from talent for a few years. It's the first time it's happened before a movie's release.
The director of Black Panther 2 said something similar recently.
An actor on Dr. Strange 2 talked about the 37 drafts of the script.
You had drafts? Luxury! We had set-pieces filmed during a writer's strike! Seventy-seven scenes, filmed separately, with no real continuity, just sort of mashed together.
But we were 'appy...
The director of Black Panther 2 said something similar recently.
An actor on Dr. Strange 2 talked about the 37 drafts of the script.
You had drafts? Luxury! We had set-pieces filmed during a writer's strike! Seventy-seven scenes, filmed separately, with no real continuity, just sort of mashed together.
But we were 'appy...
Posted by: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (l8gTz)
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Slimy rats.
Posted by: Eromero at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (z3WCn)
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In other words, when reporters called to ask what Iger meant, he refused to say, because he doesn't mean anything. He just wants conservatives to stop boycotting him, but he doesn't want to give in to any of their demands.
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I don't think this is the right take, Ace. There isn't a "conservative boycott" of Disney. There was no event that lead to a reaction, no push for it.
Disney's creepy shit products have just turned off audiences. The framing of this article is that it's about the "conservative culture war" and that is in fact true - after a fashion - but it is not that there was or is some boycott. It's that the product sucks. It has sucked for a long time. Disney keeps stepping on its own dick and pissing off more and more people who keep checking out more and more often.
What we're witnessing with Disney isn't a boycott, it's apathy. It isn't targeted, it's general. It's not like Bud Light, it's just a path of ever growing dislike and, critically, indifference.
That's hard to fix. DIS needs to put out good products and quit stepping on its own cock for *years* - and with product after product for a goodly while - to regain what it has lost.
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I don't think this is the right take, Ace. There isn't a "conservative boycott" of Disney. There was no event that lead to a reaction, no push for it.
Disney's creepy shit products have just turned off audiences. The framing of this article is that it's about the "conservative culture war" and that is in fact true - after a fashion - but it is not that there was or is some boycott. It's that the product sucks. It has sucked for a long time. Disney keeps stepping on its own dick and pissing off more and more people who keep checking out more and more often.
What we're witnessing with Disney isn't a boycott, it's apathy. It isn't targeted, it's general. It's not like Bud Light, it's just a path of ever growing dislike and, critically, indifference.
That's hard to fix. DIS needs to put out good products and quit stepping on its own cock for *years* - and with product after product for a goodly while - to regain what it has lost.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (t0OGg)
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Oh, and BURN mouse, BURN.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (N1DT3)
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Disneyland would make a good Illegal Alien "Work Camp".
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (v0R5T)
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Isn't Disney the company that created family friendly entertainment during a time long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (8u1Ia)
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"Quiet the noise" sure sounds like an abject apology.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (krqg6)
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24 You had drafts? Luxury! We had set-pieces filmed during a writer's strike! Seventy-seven scenes, filmed separately, with no real continuity, just sort of mashed together.
But we were 'appy...
Posted by: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (l8gTz)
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"In my day, summer tentpoles were too incoherent for a message, and we liked it!"
But we were 'appy...
Posted by: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (l8gTz)
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"In my day, summer tentpoles were too incoherent for a message, and we liked it!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (LvTSG)
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In other words: Don't blame me for this piece of shit. My career should not be damaged by what we're about to shit out on to the public.
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This has been coming out from talent for a few years. It's the first time it's happened before a movie's release.
The director of Black Panther 2 said something similar recently.
An actor on Dr. Strange 2 talked about the 37 drafts of the script.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:01 PM (LvTSG)
I can believe it, but in this case I'm assuming if it's a girl director, she's bit**ing about it not being Woke enough, that Feige is toning it down.
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This has been coming out from talent for a few years. It's the first time it's happened before a movie's release.
The director of Black Panther 2 said something similar recently.
An actor on Dr. Strange 2 talked about the 37 drafts of the script.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:01 PM (LvTSG)
I can believe it, but in this case I'm assuming if it's a girl director, she's bit**ing about it not being Woke enough, that Feige is toning it down.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:07 PM (f9D/y)
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So in other words, I'm still gonna do that thing in your mouth but I'm not gonna scream Cowabunga anymore.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 21, 2023 04:07 PM (5xURv)
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A better name would be Captain Marvel Now with 66% Less Captain Marvel. I might actually see that.
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LOL.
No you wouldn't. You're just saying that!
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LOL.
No you wouldn't. You're just saying that!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:07 PM (t0OGg)
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If it's a surrender, it better be unconditional or else,
F*ck You, War!
F*ck You, War!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 04:07 PM (RIvkX)
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Disney makes movies like I make in my pants.
Posted by: Slow Joe at September 21, 2023 04:07 PM (xPJvm)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 04:07 PM (Zz0t1)
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It's hard to vocally complain about ESG and DEI when Disney's dick in shoved down your throat.
That's called "quieting the noise."
That's called "quieting the noise."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 21, 2023 04:07 PM (Q4IgG)
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11 We are HURTING Disney - do NOT give up the theatrical boycott. Keep Disney bleeding just in that one way, and watch how they'll start to beg us to come back (to which we can respond based on how Disney actually supports our side with action vs words, or at least defunds all their actions for the other side).
Skip A Haunting in Venice, the Creator, The Marvels, Wish, and Next Goal Wins...at least til you can see them in your own home...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (exHjb)
They are not making it hard to skip the movies in theater.
Skip A Haunting in Venice, the Creator, The Marvels, Wish, and Next Goal Wins...at least til you can see them in your own home...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (exHjb)
They are not making it hard to skip the movies in theater.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 21, 2023 04:07 PM (zZu0s)
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Why am I suddenly remembering Bill Clinton announcing the era of Big Government is over?
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (f9D/y)
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Because that was when the Non-stop Lying began?
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:03 PM (f9D/y)
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Because that was when the Non-stop Lying began?
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 04:08 PM (v0R5T)
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"In my day, summer tentpoles were too incoherent for a message, and we liked it!"
Rarfghl rar mpphll
Rarfghl rar mpphll
Posted by: actual dialogue at September 21, 2023 04:08 PM (l8gTz)
Posted by: actual dialogue at September 21, 2023 04:08 PM (l8gTz)
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The original Captain Marvel made a lot of money in part because of the lies that it was needed to understand Endgame. I'll probably be banned for saying this, but CM was also pretty good. It was good for reasons having nothing to do with the actual Captain Marvel character or the whiny idiot actress playing her. But the story was decent, it wasn't 3 hours like so many other films, and the supporting cast was very good. Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou, etc.
The Marvels looks so stupid and boring I swear it's a parody.
The Marvels looks so stupid and boring I swear it's a parody.
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 21, 2023 04:08 PM (iFTx/)
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32 I can believe it, but in this case I'm assuming if it's a girl director, she's bit**ing about it not being Woke enough, that Feige is toning it down.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:07 PM (f9D/y)
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Very possible, but there are definitely quotes about how she didn't know why she was shooting particular scenes.
She was just not in charge. It's an old school, Hollywood type of machine where directors are the tools of producers, but the producers need to be good.
Louis B. Mayer was good. Feige doesn't seem to be that good.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:07 PM (f9D/y)
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Very possible, but there are definitely quotes about how she didn't know why she was shooting particular scenes.
She was just not in charge. It's an old school, Hollywood type of machine where directors are the tools of producers, but the producers need to be good.
Louis B. Mayer was good. Feige doesn't seem to be that good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:08 PM (LvTSG)
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Tonight is Terms of Endearment, from the library.
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Already have seen it. Its a Larry McMurtry book. I enjoyed it. Thought it well done. Not like Babe: Pig in the City.
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Already have seen it. Its a Larry McMurtry book. I enjoyed it. Thought it well done. Not like Babe: Pig in the City.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:09 PM (musil)
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45 Tonight is Terms of Endearment, from the library.
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Already have seen it. Its a Larry McMurtry book. I enjoyed it. Thought it well done. Not like Babe: Pig in the City.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:09 PM (musil)
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I've seen it once, many moons ago, but I trust James L. Brooks. He made good movies.
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Already have seen it. Its a Larry McMurtry book. I enjoyed it. Thought it well done. Not like Babe: Pig in the City.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:09 PM (musil)
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I've seen it once, many moons ago, but I trust James L. Brooks. He made good movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:09 PM (LvTSG)
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Isn't Disney the company that created family friendly entertainment during a time long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (8u1Ia)
Next you'll tell me in this long ago and far away galaxy, there were two sexes, and trannies were performers in seedy nightclubs populated by cock-curious husbands.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (8u1Ia)
Next you'll tell me in this long ago and far away galaxy, there were two sexes, and trannies were performers in seedy nightclubs populated by cock-curious husbands.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:09 PM (f9D/y)
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This brought its net spending down to $219.8 million meaning that the movie will have to gross at least $439.6 million at the box office to break even as studios get around half of theater takings.
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LOL. Assuming no marketing or distribution costs, sure. But there *will* be marketing and distribution costs. If Disney markets this movie at the very, very low end of what it usually does, it will be an additional $75 million or $100 million. If it's more like a mainline Marvel movie, it will be an additional $150 million or more.
The bead on this for total cost is going to be closer to $320 million, or perhaps as high as $375 million. Using the sloppy back-of-the-envelope math of "needs to double that to break even," it needs to clear somewhere in the neighborhood of $640-$750 million just to break even.
Nobody wastes money quite like Disney. It's really astonishing to behold.
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LOL. Assuming no marketing or distribution costs, sure. But there *will* be marketing and distribution costs. If Disney markets this movie at the very, very low end of what it usually does, it will be an additional $75 million or $100 million. If it's more like a mainline Marvel movie, it will be an additional $150 million or more.
The bead on this for total cost is going to be closer to $320 million, or perhaps as high as $375 million. Using the sloppy back-of-the-envelope math of "needs to double that to break even," it needs to clear somewhere in the neighborhood of $640-$750 million just to break even.
Nobody wastes money quite like Disney. It's really astonishing to behold.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:10 PM (t0OGg)
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My nipples are a bit puffy...
Posted by: Triggly Puff at September 21, 2023 04:10 PM (ZV+pB)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2023 04:10 PM (xhaym)
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48 The bead on this for total cost is going to be closer to $320 million, or perhaps as high as $375 million. Using the sloppy back-of-the-envelope math of "needs to double that to break even," it needs to clear somewhere in the neighborhood of $640-$750 million just to break even.
Nobody wastes money quite like Disney. It's really astonishing to behold.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:10 PM (t0OGg)
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I've read that their marketing is largely charged in house and booked separately from the production. It's probably a partial effort to hide the costs of a production and drive the numbers down.
Nobody wastes money quite like Disney. It's really astonishing to behold.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:10 PM (t0OGg)
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I've read that their marketing is largely charged in house and booked separately from the production. It's probably a partial effort to hide the costs of a production and drive the numbers down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (LvTSG)
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This has been coming out from talent for a few years. It's the first time it's happened before a movie's release.
The director of Black Panther 2 said something similar recently.
Almost none of the MCU movies played like you'd expect from their directors, aside from Joss Whedon's Avengers. It only could've been more Whedon if he'd replaced RDJ with Nathan Fillion and Mark Ruffalo with Adam Baldwin and ScarJo with Summer Glau.
The director of Black Panther 2 said something similar recently.
Almost none of the MCU movies played like you'd expect from their directors, aside from Joss Whedon's Avengers. It only could've been more Whedon if he'd replaced RDJ with Nathan Fillion and Mark Ruffalo with Adam Baldwin and ScarJo with Summer Glau.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (NqGS/)
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The article answers this question: To get UK tax credits, you have to spend at least 10% of the total budget of the film in the UK. So to establish that, you have to report both your UK costs and the total budget of the film.
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Yup. I don't imagine that Hollywood likes having to disclose this stuff, but they're stuck with it if they want big fat checks from the UK taxpayer as a part of that country's absurd subsidy scheme. That $55 million they got from UK subjects is a big chunk of coin.
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Yup. I don't imagine that Hollywood likes having to disclose this stuff, but they're stuck with it if they want big fat checks from the UK taxpayer as a part of that country's absurd subsidy scheme. That $55 million they got from UK subjects is a big chunk of coin.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (t0OGg)
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Stop openly grooming children and promoting gay sex to children in movies. Be more subtle about it in future movies.
- Disney executives
- Disney executives
Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (+MSSo)
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||CNN's Ratings Hit Rock Bottom
Ben Wilson; Free Beacon; September 20, 2023
CNN hit its lowest ratings on record in a key demographic last weekend, the latest sign of trouble at the news organization.
The channel's rating hit a record low over the weekend in the 25- to 54-year-old demographic, earning just 55,000 viewers for its programming. The ratings are the worst since at least 1991, according to Nielsen ratings data reported by the New York Post.
Fox News performed best in the demographic, at 75,000 viewers, while MSNBC pulled the worst total at 47,000. Overall viewership for CNN was 345,000 viewers, far behind Fox News's 683,000 viewers.
The poor ratings come months after the network's former CEO Chris Licht stepped down after receiving internal backlash for his efforts to make the channel less partisan. Several of the network's stars were fired or quit during Licht's tenure, including Don Lemon, Jeffrey Toobin, and Brian Stelter.
Rep. Ken Buck (R., Colo.), a vocal critic of his party's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, told the New York Post he's seeking employment at the failing news outlet.||
Ben Wilson; Free Beacon; September 20, 2023
CNN hit its lowest ratings on record in a key demographic last weekend, the latest sign of trouble at the news organization.
The channel's rating hit a record low over the weekend in the 25- to 54-year-old demographic, earning just 55,000 viewers for its programming. The ratings are the worst since at least 1991, according to Nielsen ratings data reported by the New York Post.
Fox News performed best in the demographic, at 75,000 viewers, while MSNBC pulled the worst total at 47,000. Overall viewership for CNN was 345,000 viewers, far behind Fox News's 683,000 viewers.
The poor ratings come months after the network's former CEO Chris Licht stepped down after receiving internal backlash for his efforts to make the channel less partisan. Several of the network's stars were fired or quit during Licht's tenure, including Don Lemon, Jeffrey Toobin, and Brian Stelter.
Rep. Ken Buck (R., Colo.), a vocal critic of his party's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, told the New York Post he's seeking employment at the failing news outlet.||
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (krqg6)
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Tonight is bedtime by 8pm before anything comes on tv
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (fwDg9)
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" I'd like to dedicate this song to Kris Kristoferson, Johnny Cash, Billy Swan and Funky Donnie Fritz...."
https://tinyurl.com/yck4afrt
https://tinyurl.com/yck4afrt
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus maneo at September 21, 2023 04:12 PM (+LG5B)
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Disney must be paying google/youtube a ton of money to offer me some deal every five minutes on some hulu/disney combo.
No, no, and no. At what point will the 'migrant coders at google say, "Well, Damn, we offered this guy this promotion 30 times and he clicks off it within 3 seconds. Maybe we should stop harassing his non-grooming racist ass and report him to Merrick Garland."
Disney must be paying google/youtube a ton of money to offer me some deal every five minutes on some hulu/disney combo.
No, no, and no. At what point will the 'migrant coders at google say, "Well, Damn, we offered this guy this promotion 30 times and he clicks off it within 3 seconds. Maybe we should stop harassing his non-grooming racist ass and report him to Merrick Garland."
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 04:12 PM (enJYY)
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In other words: Don't blame me for this piece of shit. My career should not be damaged by what we're about to shit out on to the public.
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Always funny to see this in *advance* of the release.
But it won't work. She *will* be share the blame. That is unavoidable.
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Always funny to see this in *advance* of the release.
But it won't work. She *will* be share the blame. That is unavoidable.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:12 PM (t0OGg)
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Very possible, but there are definitely quotes about how she didn't know why she was shooting particular scenes.
She was just not in charge. It's an old school, Hollywood type of machine where directors are the tools of producers, but the producers need to be good.
Louis B. Mayer was good. Feige doesn't seem to be that good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:08 PM (LvTSG)
Right, so unless she's complaining they're pushing her too far Woke, I'd assume this is basically the same as Marvelle has been doing for several years now, with the director controlling smaller and smaller portions of the films.
She was just not in charge. It's an old school, Hollywood type of machine where directors are the tools of producers, but the producers need to be good.
Louis B. Mayer was good. Feige doesn't seem to be that good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:08 PM (LvTSG)
Right, so unless she's complaining they're pushing her too far Woke, I'd assume this is basically the same as Marvelle has been doing for several years now, with the director controlling smaller and smaller portions of the films.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:12 PM (f9D/y)
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"SHUT UP!", Bob Iger explained.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 04:12 PM (i9ffA)
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I've read that their marketing is largely charged in house and booked separately from the production. It's probably a partial effort to hide the costs of a production and drive the numbers down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (LvTSG)
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Sure, which is convenient for lots of reasons if so.
At the end of the day, though, a loss is a loss.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (LvTSG)
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Sure, which is convenient for lots of reasons if so.
At the end of the day, though, a loss is a loss.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:13 PM (t0OGg)
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Almost none of the MCU movies played like you'd expect from their directors, aside from Joss Whedon's Avengers.
There's also Edgar Wright leaving Ant-Man in a huff.
There's also Edgar Wright leaving Ant-Man in a huff.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at September 21, 2023 04:13 PM (l8gTz)
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Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors the company will "quiet the noise" in a culture war that has pitted social conservatives normal people against the global media and entertainment conglomerate
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 04:13 PM (v0R5T)
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So the company that forced itself to wade into the Florida culture war will not start relenting?
Yeahhh, Ders. Yeahhhh.
Yeahhh, Ders. Yeahhhh.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:13 PM (KbCG3)
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52 Almost none of the MCU movies played like you'd expect from their directors, aside from Joss Whedon's Avengers. It only could've been more Whedon if he'd replaced RDJ with Nathan Fillion and Mark Ruffalo with Adam Baldwin and ScarJo with Summer Glau.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (NqGS/)
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Phase 1 and part of Phase 2 were more hands-off from Feige.
Gunn and Waiti seem to be the only ones who've really preserved their more out-there sensibilities though the later changes (for good and ill). The Russo brothers too, probably, but they're kinda generic anyway.
Everyone new since Phase 3 on have been for hire and pawns. Probably the funniest is the woman who directed Black Panther going from a small, WWII indie film about a girl to directing a tentpole action movie with a $300 million budget where the action scenes were mapped out before she was hired.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (NqGS/)
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Phase 1 and part of Phase 2 were more hands-off from Feige.
Gunn and Waiti seem to be the only ones who've really preserved their more out-there sensibilities though the later changes (for good and ill). The Russo brothers too, probably, but they're kinda generic anyway.
Everyone new since Phase 3 on have been for hire and pawns. Probably the funniest is the woman who directed Black Panther going from a small, WWII indie film about a girl to directing a tentpole action movie with a $300 million budget where the action scenes were mapped out before she was hired.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:13 PM (LvTSG)
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Black Widow, not Black Panther
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:14 PM (LvTSG)
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Nobody wastes money quite like Disney. It's really astonishing to behold.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:10 PM (t0OGg)
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I don't think all this money is "wasted," although I'm sure some of it is. I think it's stolen or embezzled. There's just no way any of these movies can cost what they do. Nearly $700M for Force Awakens? Are you shitting me? The money is being either outright stolen, or more likely siphoned away in the old mafia scam of a contractor hiring his cousin to do work for $10M that really could be done for $3M.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:10 PM (t0OGg)
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I don't think all this money is "wasted," although I'm sure some of it is. I think it's stolen or embezzled. There's just no way any of these movies can cost what they do. Nearly $700M for Force Awakens? Are you shitting me? The money is being either outright stolen, or more likely siphoned away in the old mafia scam of a contractor hiring his cousin to do work for $10M that really could be done for $3M.
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 21, 2023 04:14 PM (iFTx/)
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How long has Iger been Disney CEO? Didn't he take over before woke madness?
Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 21, 2023 04:15 PM (VdGjU)
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60 Right, so unless she's complaining they're pushing her too far Woke, I'd assume this is basically the same as Marvelle has been doing for several years now, with the director controlling smaller and smaller portions of the films.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:12 PM (f9D/y)
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"You get these three dialogue scenes. The rest is action scenes and stuff to set up the next Disney+ show."
"So, I get 15 minutes of the film?"
"Yup! Make it your own! But not too much."
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:12 PM (f9D/y)
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"You get these three dialogue scenes. The rest is action scenes and stuff to set up the next Disney+ show."
"So, I get 15 minutes of the film?"
"Yup! Make it your own! But not too much."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:15 PM (LvTSG)
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Always funny to see this in *advance* of the release.
But it won't work. She *will* be share the blame. That is unavoidable.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:12 PM (t0OGg)
Yeah, to stick with the theme, it sounds like the stripper who gets off stage and complains the audience wants her to take her clothes off, is afraid they'll think she's a tramp.
What were you expecting, sweetheart, you knew who was hiring you.
But it won't work. She *will* be share the blame. That is unavoidable.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:12 PM (t0OGg)
Yeah, to stick with the theme, it sounds like the stripper who gets off stage and complains the audience wants her to take her clothes off, is afraid they'll think she's a tramp.
What were you expecting, sweetheart, you knew who was hiring you.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:15 PM (f9D/y)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 04:15 PM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (t0OGg)
Concur. People have been disgusted by the culture shift, and some of us were no longer quiet about it. The turn the other cheek thing just got us slapped on the other cheek.
So... suddenly... folks who had been quietly disgusted found out they were not only not alone... but were in the vast silent majority.... and started to speak.
Crowds blocking illegals being bused in? Happenin. Disneyland pretty empty? yup. Backlash against the Trans crowd? In full display.
The left pushed the culture too hard, the backlash has begun.
Concur. People have been disgusted by the culture shift, and some of us were no longer quiet about it. The turn the other cheek thing just got us slapped on the other cheek.
So... suddenly... folks who had been quietly disgusted found out they were not only not alone... but were in the vast silent majority.... and started to speak.
Crowds blocking illegals being bused in? Happenin. Disneyland pretty empty? yup. Backlash against the Trans crowd? In full display.
The left pushed the culture too hard, the backlash has begun.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2023 04:16 PM (QPmu4)
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>>The article answers this question: To get UK tax credits, you have to spend at least 10% of the total budget of the film in the UK.
This also means the number is as real as all Hollywood accounting.
How much of that $270M is inflated internal spending? I always suspect that they could "lose" money and still profit.
This also means the number is as real as all Hollywood accounting.
How much of that $270M is inflated internal spending? I always suspect that they could "lose" money and still profit.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at September 21, 2023 04:16 PM (ASBbG)
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What we're witnessing with Disney isn't a boycott, it's apathy. It isn't targeted, it's general. It's not like Bud Light, it's just a path of ever growing dislike and, critically, indifference.
That's hard to fix. DIS needs to put out good products and quit stepping on its own cock for *years* - and with product after product for a goodly while - to regain what it has lost.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (t0OGg)
I think the park experience needs a refurb too - I don't want to go on vacation, spend 10,000 for a week for a family of four, and be so tied to my phone to maneuver through disney's tech requirements to do anything on property that I can't actually have an enjoyable vacation.
We went in 2011, and it was great. Decent food, easy of getting into and out of the parks, and though expensive, it wasn't completely budget busting. It's not like that now.
What we're witnessing with Disney isn't a boycott, it's apathy. It isn't targeted, it's general. It's not like Bud Light, it's just a path of ever growing dislike and, critically, indifference.
That's hard to fix. DIS needs to put out good products and quit stepping on its own cock for *years* - and with product after product for a goodly while - to regain what it has lost.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (t0OGg)
I think the park experience needs a refurb too - I don't want to go on vacation, spend 10,000 for a week for a family of four, and be so tied to my phone to maneuver through disney's tech requirements to do anything on property that I can't actually have an enjoyable vacation.
We went in 2011, and it was great. Decent food, easy of getting into and out of the parks, and though expensive, it wasn't completely budget busting. It's not like that now.
Posted by: Moki at September 21, 2023 04:16 PM (JrN/x)
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63 Almost none of the MCU movies played like you'd expect from their directors, aside from Joss Whedon's Avengers.
There's also Edgar Wright leaving Ant-Man in a huff.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at September 21, 2023 04:13 PM (l8gTz)
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When he got hired, the MCU was less of a thing, and the friction between Wright and Feige over the tone of the script just prolonged the production until Feige needed Ant-Man to be MCU, not Edgar Wright.
I'm so happy Wright left that production. Wright is so much better than that.
Last Night in Soho > The entirety of the MCU
There's also Edgar Wright leaving Ant-Man in a huff.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at September 21, 2023 04:13 PM (l8gTz)
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When he got hired, the MCU was less of a thing, and the friction between Wright and Feige over the tone of the script just prolonged the production until Feige needed Ant-Man to be MCU, not Edgar Wright.
I'm so happy Wright left that production. Wright is so much better than that.
Last Night in Soho > The entirety of the MCU
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:16 PM (LvTSG)
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Is EuroDisney World still in business?
Posted by: That Northernlurker what lurkd at September 21, 2023 04:17 PM (VdGjU)
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Disney makes movies like I dress.
Posted by: John Fetterman
Didja see John's new [with a French accent] ensemble?
https://tinyurl.com/3zw8376x
Looks like a UPS guy who just got fired for driving the truck after a liquid lunch.
Posted by: John Fetterman
Didja see John's new [with a French accent] ensemble?
https://tinyurl.com/3zw8376x
Looks like a UPS guy who just got fired for driving the truck after a liquid lunch.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 21, 2023 04:17 PM (FVME7)
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Yeah, to stick with the theme, it sounds like the stripper who gets off stage and complains the audience wants her to take her clothes off, is afraid they'll think she's a tramp.
What were you expecting, sweetheart, you knew who was hiring you.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:15 PM (f9D/y)
If you are named as the Director... its on you. If you are not doing the Job? QUIT.
What were you expecting, sweetheart, you knew who was hiring you.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:15 PM (f9D/y)
If you are named as the Director... its on you. If you are not doing the Job? QUIT.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2023 04:17 PM (QPmu4)
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Too little, too late. Disney is DEAD. So sad in a way. I grew up with Disney, and our kids grew up with Disney. Could be somewhat trusted. Now, I hope the die in the most painful way ever for an evil entity, whatever that may be?
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at September 21, 2023 04:17 PM (Y2wSa)
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46 45 Tonight is Terms of Endearment, from the library.
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Already have seen it. Its a Larry McMurtry book. I enjoyed it. Thought it well done. Not like Babe: Pig in the City.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:09 PM (musil)
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I've seen it once, many moons ago, but I trust James L. Brooks. He made good movies.
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Shirley MacLaine did a wonderful job with this character. The story is well handled and poignant. Finding herself an empty nester, then watching her husband go vegetable-die and her last fling is a powerful script of a warrior and acceptance. Very well done. I'd say this was Shirley's role in film.
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Already have seen it. Its a Larry McMurtry book. I enjoyed it. Thought it well done. Not like Babe: Pig in the City.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:09 PM (musil)
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I've seen it once, many moons ago, but I trust James L. Brooks. He made good movies.
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Shirley MacLaine did a wonderful job with this character. The story is well handled and poignant. Finding herself an empty nester, then watching her husband go vegetable-die and her last fling is a powerful script of a warrior and acceptance. Very well done. I'd say this was Shirley's role in film.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:17 PM (AMd6i)
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"You get these three dialogue scenes. The rest is action scenes and stuff to set up the next Disney+ show."
"So, I get 15 minutes of the film?"
"Yup! Make it your own! But not too much."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:15 PM (LvTSG)
I'm sure you've seen the Apatow movie, The Bubble?
Maybe you've talked about it before, if so I fear I've revealed I don't read all your posts.
"So, I get 15 minutes of the film?"
"Yup! Make it your own! But not too much."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:15 PM (LvTSG)
I'm sure you've seen the Apatow movie, The Bubble?
Maybe you've talked about it before, if so I fear I've revealed I don't read all your posts.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:17 PM (f9D/y)
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68 Nobody wastes money quite like Disney. It's really astonishing to behold.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:10 PM (t0OGg)
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I don't think all this money is "wasted," although I'm sure some of it is. I think it's stolen or embezzled. There's just no way any of these movies can cost what they do. Nearly $700M for Force Awakens? Are you shitting me? The money is being either outright stolen, or more likely siphoned away in the old mafia scam of a contractor hiring his cousin to do work for $10M that really could be done for $3M.
There's a story that when George Lucas was making Empire Strikes Back (I think) every contractor charged him more than what they did for Star Wars, and ever since then, he used bogus titles and shell companies for as long as he could so he wouldn't get ripped off quite so much.
With the amount of coin a Marvel movie involves, there's probably just gonna be a lot of bloat. Actor's salaries, accommodations, everything.
And yes, waste and fraud too.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:10 PM (t0OGg)
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I don't think all this money is "wasted," although I'm sure some of it is. I think it's stolen or embezzled. There's just no way any of these movies can cost what they do. Nearly $700M for Force Awakens? Are you shitting me? The money is being either outright stolen, or more likely siphoned away in the old mafia scam of a contractor hiring his cousin to do work for $10M that really could be done for $3M.
There's a story that when George Lucas was making Empire Strikes Back (I think) every contractor charged him more than what they did for Star Wars, and ever since then, he used bogus titles and shell companies for as long as he could so he wouldn't get ripped off quite so much.
With the amount of coin a Marvel movie involves, there's probably just gonna be a lot of bloat. Actor's salaries, accommodations, everything.
And yes, waste and fraud too.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (l8gTz)
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Cünt.
Embrace the umlaut, Ace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
" yer sayin it wrong mate."
- Andy Capp-
Embrace the umlaut, Ace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
" yer sayin it wrong mate."
- Andy Capp-
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus maneo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (+LG5B)
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (krqg6)
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OT: our cat....well mostly my wife's cat but I love her too...Tabitha is possibly entering the last stages of life, barring a miracle. Our little bag o' bones hasn't been eating she has a mass in her stomach and I don't know if she'll last the day.
If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
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So what they're saying is they are pushing back the timeline on working hardcore gay porn into their animated movies a few years.
Posted by: brak at September 21, 2023 04:04 PM (BouGb)
Disney IS Rule 34.
Posted by: brak at September 21, 2023 04:04 PM (BouGb)
Disney IS Rule 34.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (Zz0t1)
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Hey Bob, I hear the tranny spokesguy for the Ukranian Army is looking for work.
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (v0R5T)
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82 I'm sure you've seen the Apatow movie, The Bubble?
Maybe you've talked about it before, if so I fear I've revealed I don't read all your posts.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:17 PM (f9D/y)
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The movie titled The Bubble I think of is a Steven Soderbergh movie.
Apatow's passed me by, and I see it's a Netflix movie. So, Netflix released it one day and everyone forgot about it before the day was out.
Maybe you've talked about it before, if so I fear I've revealed I don't read all your posts.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:17 PM (f9D/y)
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The movie titled The Bubble I think of is a Steven Soderbergh movie.
Apatow's passed me by, and I see it's a Netflix movie. So, Netflix released it one day and everyone forgot about it before the day was out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (LvTSG)
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So if Marvels turns out to be a hit, will this DaCosta chick do a 180 and claim the movie was all hers? Spoiler Alert: Yes. Yes she will.
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (iFTx/)
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I think the park experience needs a refurb too - I don't want to go on vacation, spend 10,000 for a week for a family of four, and be so tied to my phone to maneuver through disney's tech requirements to do anything on property that I can't actually have an enjoyable vacation.
We went in 2011, and it was great. Decent food, easy of getting into and out of the parks, and though expensive, it wasn't completely budget busting. It's not like that now.
Posted by: Moki at September 21, 2023 04:16 PM (JrN/x)
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You're probably right, though time will tell. Disney is after a different market now. They want wealthy "Disney Adults" and foreigners more than they want families. Smaller numbers of people who spend staggering amounts of money. So far, it isn't working out well.
We went in 2011, and it was great. Decent food, easy of getting into and out of the parks, and though expensive, it wasn't completely budget busting. It's not like that now.
Posted by: Moki at September 21, 2023 04:16 PM (JrN/x)
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You're probably right, though time will tell. Disney is after a different market now. They want wealthy "Disney Adults" and foreigners more than they want families. Smaller numbers of people who spend staggering amounts of money. So far, it isn't working out well.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (t0OGg)
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A better name would be Captain Marvel Now with 66% Less Captain Marvel.
How are you going to get 66% less ass in that spandex?
How are you going to get 66% less ass in that spandex?
Posted by: Kratwurst at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (fcDpY)
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It's probably a partial effort to hide the costs of a production and drive the numbers down.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Why though. Traditionally, they drive the numbers up to screw anyone where the contract specifies net. I think also they shift costs around until all profit disappears for tax reasons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Why though. Traditionally, they drive the numbers up to screw anyone where the contract specifies net. I think also they shift costs around until all profit disappears for tax reasons.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at September 21, 2023 04:20 PM (ASBbG)
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If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
I hate cats, but the loss of a beloved pet is terrible.
I wish you mercy in your suffering for your lost loved one, when that time comes. Godspeed, sir.
If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
I hate cats, but the loss of a beloved pet is terrible.
I wish you mercy in your suffering for your lost loved one, when that time comes. Godspeed, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 04:20 PM (Zz0t1)
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OT: our cat....well mostly my wife's cat but I love her too...Tabitha is possibly entering the last stages of life, barring a miracle. Our little bag o' bones hasn't been eating she has a mass in her stomach and I don't know if she'll last the day.
If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
Sorry man, it's tough to lose a pet. Is a new kitten in your future ?
If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
Sorry man, it's tough to lose a pet. Is a new kitten in your future ?
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 21, 2023 04:20 PM (NtVYv)
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How are you going to get 66% less ass in that spandex?
Posted by: Kratwurst at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (fcDpY)
It makes getting the costume on SOOO much easier......
How are you going to get 66% less ass in that spandex?
Posted by: Kratwurst at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (fcDpY)
It makes getting the costume on SOOO much easier......
Posted by: Brie Larson at September 21, 2023 04:20 PM (Zz0t1)
97
Prayers up MAE.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus maneo at September 21, 2023 04:20 PM (+LG5B)
98
86 OT: our cat....well mostly my wife's cat but I love her too...Tabitha is possibly entering the last stages of life, barring a miracle. Our little bag o' bones hasn't been eating she has a mass in her stomach and I don't know if she'll last the day.
If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
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My thoughts to you!
If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
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My thoughts to you!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)
99
Also, remember that dead is better!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)
100
You're probably right, though time will tell. Disney is after a different market now. They want wealthy "Disney Adults" and foreigners more than they want families. Smaller numbers of people who spend staggering amounts of money. So far, it isn't working out well.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (t0OGg)
Yup. Downtown Disney is an adult playground. Even had a Hard Rock Cafe where they put on real concerts. Outdoor Bars, and Live music up and down the strip. Lots of places to eat... with different themes.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (t0OGg)
Yup. Downtown Disney is an adult playground. Even had a Hard Rock Cafe where they put on real concerts. Outdoor Bars, and Live music up and down the strip. Lots of places to eat... with different themes.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2023 04:21 PM (QPmu4)
101
Also, remember that dead is better!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)
This is not always the case, my friends......
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)
This is not always the case, my friends......
Posted by: Zombie John McCain at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (Zz0t1)
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If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
I am sorry to hear that. Losing those critters hurts because they are part of us.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
I am sorry to hear that. Losing those critters hurts because they are part of us.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (xhaym)
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101 Also, remember that dead is better!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)
This is not always the case, my friends......
Posted by: Zombie John McCain at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (Zz0t1)
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I'm just reading Pet Sematary and I couldn't resist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)
This is not always the case, my friends......
Posted by: Zombie John McCain at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (Zz0t1)
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I'm just reading Pet Sematary and I couldn't resist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (LvTSG)
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Apatow's passed me by, and I see it's a Netflix movie. So, Netflix released it one day and everyone forgot about it before the day was out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (LvTSG)
It's really not bad. Not great, but the cast is surely having fun. Takes all the pokes at this type of movie making hash, with Covid being the reason the whole production is on lockdown.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (LvTSG)
It's really not bad. Not great, but the cast is surely having fun. Takes all the pokes at this type of movie making hash, with Covid being the reason the whole production is on lockdown.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (f9D/y)
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Sorry man, it's tough to lose a pet. Is a new kitten in your future ?
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 21, 2023 04:20 PM (NtVYv)
Thanks.
Ahhh....probably not. We'll see how the wife feels but we talked a bit about this and we don't want another cat anytime soon if Tabitha passes on.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 21, 2023 04:20 PM (NtVYv)
Thanks.
Ahhh....probably not. We'll see how the wife feels but we talked a bit about this and we don't want another cat anytime soon if Tabitha passes on.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:23 PM (xcxpd)
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I'm just reading Pet Sematary and I couldn't resist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (LvTSG)
I'm just glad Meghan didn't get her wish and bury me there......
I'm just reading Pet Sematary and I couldn't resist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (LvTSG)
I'm just glad Meghan didn't get her wish and bury me there......
Posted by: Zombie John McCain at September 21, 2023 04:23 PM (Zz0t1)
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104 It's really not bad. Not great, but the cast is surely having fun. Takes all the pokes at this type of movie making hash, with Covid being the reason the whole production is on lockdown.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (f9D/y)
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I don't mind Apatow.
He's self-indulgent and undisciplined, but he's got solid heart. Even his Amy Schumer movie, Trainwreck, is pretty good.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (f9D/y)
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I don't mind Apatow.
He's self-indulgent and undisciplined, but he's got solid heart. Even his Amy Schumer movie, Trainwreck, is pretty good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:23 PM (LvTSG)
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106 I'm just glad Meghan didn't get her wish and bury me there......
Posted by: Zombie John McCain at September 21, 2023 04:23 PM (Zz0t1)
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How would we tell the difference?
Posted by: Zombie John McCain at September 21, 2023 04:23 PM (Zz0t1)
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How would we tell the difference?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:24 PM (LvTSG)
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I am sorry to hear that. Losing those critters hurts because they are part of us.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (xhaym)
Thanks man. Yeah, we pour a lot of ourselves into them. Sadly, they go faster that we'd hope.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2023 04:22 PM (xhaym)
Thanks man. Yeah, we pour a lot of ourselves into them. Sadly, they go faster that we'd hope.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:24 PM (xcxpd)
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You're probably right, though time will tell. Disney is after a different market now. They want wealthy "Disney Adults" and foreigners more than they want families. Smaller numbers of people who spend staggering amounts of money. So far, it isn't working out well.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (t0OGg)
Most of the people who can pay staggering amounts of money are already paying staggering amounts of interest on toys and residences. there may not be anything left to splurge
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (t0OGg)
Most of the people who can pay staggering amounts of money are already paying staggering amounts of interest on toys and residences. there may not be anything left to splurge
Posted by: Kindltot at September 21, 2023 04:24 PM (xhaym)
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How would we tell the difference?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:24 PM (LvTSG)
I would be able to lift my arms over my head even less.
How would we tell the difference?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:24 PM (LvTSG)
I would be able to lift my arms over my head even less.
Posted by: Zombie John McCain at September 21, 2023 04:24 PM (Zz0t1)
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Disneyland would make a good Illegal Alien "Work Camp".
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The Mouse will set you free
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM
There's a Maus joke in there somewhere, but my brain is too slow right now.
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The Mouse will set you free
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM
There's a Maus joke in there somewhere, but my brain is too slow right now.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 21, 2023 04:24 PM (HShvj)
113
Also, remember that dead is better!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)
Went through that more than a year ago, with the Best Cat Evar.
It's hard to accept, but when it's obvious, it's obvious, and that doesn't make any of it easier.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)
Went through that more than a year ago, with the Best Cat Evar.
It's hard to accept, but when it's obvious, it's obvious, and that doesn't make any of it easier.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:25 PM (f9D/y)
114
The new David French version is Terms of Enqueerment. David Frum plays the dying husband.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 04:25 PM (krqg6)
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Rep. Ken Buck (R., Colo.), a vocal critic of his party's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, told the New York Post he's seeking employment at the failing news outlet.||
Posted by: andycanuck
What, the I80 truck stop lot lizard crew full up?
Posted by: andycanuck
What, the I80 truck stop lot lizard crew full up?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 04:25 PM (8u1Ia)
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My thoughts to you!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)
Gratefully accepted in the spirit it was intended.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:21 PM (LvTSG)
Gratefully accepted in the spirit it was intended.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:25 PM (xcxpd)
117
Bonk bonk on the head
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 21, 2023 04:25 PM (oOdkd)
118
A better name would be Captain Marvel Now with 66% Less Captain Marvel. I might actually see that.
I'm guessing the two new characters will be every bit as annoying as Captain Karen
I'm guessing the two new characters will be every bit as annoying as Captain Karen
Posted by: 18-1 at September 21, 2023 04:25 PM (XqcwY)
119
If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM
Prayers up, MAE.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM
Prayers up, MAE.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 21, 2023 04:26 PM (HShvj)
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114 The new David French version is Terms of Enqueerment. David Frum plays the dying husband.
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Snort.
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Snort.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 21, 2023 04:26 PM (AMd6i)
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We went in 2011, and it was great. Decent food, easy of getting into and out of the parks, and though expensive, it wasn't completely budget busting. It's not like that now.
Posted by: Moki at September 21, 2023 04:16 PM (JrN/x)
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You're probably right, though time will tell. Disney is after a different market now. They want wealthy "Disney Adults" and foreigners more than they want families. Smaller numbers of people who spend staggering amounts of money. So far, it isn't working out well.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (t0OGg)
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It did work for a while. But then it stopped working. Targeting that demo with mass-market product like a huge theme park is always risky, because there are only so many of them. Plus, Disney started pitching them clearly sub-standard products like that Galactic Cruiser abortion. Wtf? Stupidly designed, stupidly named (what does a GC have to do with SW?), cheaply built, the whole thing was such an obvious pile of shit that I can't believe it was built.
Posted by: Moki at September 21, 2023 04:16 PM (JrN/x)
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You're probably right, though time will tell. Disney is after a different market now. They want wealthy "Disney Adults" and foreigners more than they want families. Smaller numbers of people who spend staggering amounts of money. So far, it isn't working out well.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:19 PM (t0OGg)
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It did work for a while. But then it stopped working. Targeting that demo with mass-market product like a huge theme park is always risky, because there are only so many of them. Plus, Disney started pitching them clearly sub-standard products like that Galactic Cruiser abortion. Wtf? Stupidly designed, stupidly named (what does a GC have to do with SW?), cheaply built, the whole thing was such an obvious pile of shit that I can't believe it was built.
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 21, 2023 04:26 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:27 PM (xcxpd)
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I don't mind Apatow.
He's self-indulgent and undisciplined, but he's got solid heart. Even his Amy Schumer movie, Trainwreck, is pretty good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:23 PM (LvTSG)
A former co-worker and aspiring screenwriter got invited to do some major improv show in San Fran. It rapidly morphed into then having lunch with Apatow.
She was over the moon.
Then the lunch happened and she said all it was was him preaching to about 15 other improv writers about how awesome he was.
He's self-indulgent and undisciplined, but he's got solid heart. Even his Amy Schumer movie, Trainwreck, is pretty good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:23 PM (LvTSG)
A former co-worker and aspiring screenwriter got invited to do some major improv show in San Fran. It rapidly morphed into then having lunch with Apatow.
She was over the moon.
Then the lunch happened and she said all it was was him preaching to about 15 other improv writers about how awesome he was.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:27 PM (KbCG3)
124
I don't mind Apatow.
He's self-indulgent and undisciplined, but he's got solid heart. Even his Amy Schumer movie, Trainwreck, is pretty good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:23 PM (LvTSG)
Self-indulgent and undisciplined is a good description here. Funny how a movie about a movie being overblown, and going over budget... seems they probably could have trimmed about 30 minutes out of it, and tightened up the ending.
But yeah, it's definitely worth a look.
He's self-indulgent and undisciplined, but he's got solid heart. Even his Amy Schumer movie, Trainwreck, is pretty good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:23 PM (LvTSG)
Self-indulgent and undisciplined is a good description here. Funny how a movie about a movie being overblown, and going over budget... seems they probably could have trimmed about 30 minutes out of it, and tightened up the ending.
But yeah, it's definitely worth a look.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:28 PM (f9D/y)
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Whelp, I gotta go get a flatbed trailer from a bud, so I can pick up the FiL's totaled pickup truck, bring it back here and try to get it sold. Heading to NE TX tomorrow afternoon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 04:28 PM (Zz0t1)
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It's Life Insurance Awareness Month. Just so you are aware.
Posted by: fd at September 21, 2023 04:28 PM (vFG9F)
127
97 Prayers up MAE.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus maneo at September 21, 2023 04:20 PM (+LG5B)
Thank you
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus maneo at September 21, 2023 04:20 PM (+LG5B)
Thank you
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:29 PM (xcxpd)
128
Ah, so The Endgame only identifies as the endgame. It wasn’t really the endgame, but that’s probably moviephobic to say.
Posted by: 10 Gallon Hat at September 21, 2023 04:29 PM (eUsLv)
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Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:25 PM (xcxpd)
*bro hug*
*manly slap on the back*
*bro hug*
*manly slap on the back*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 04:30 PM (Zz0t1)
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I hate cats, but the loss of a beloved pet is terrible.
I wish you mercy in your suffering for your lost loved one, when that time comes. Godspeed, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 04:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Thanks man
I wish you mercy in your suffering for your lost loved one, when that time comes. Godspeed, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 21, 2023 04:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Thanks man
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:30 PM (xcxpd)
131
The former Disney CEO tried to basically not involve the company in DeSantis "Don't Say Gay" bill (since it doesn't effect them) but a few woketards at Disney screamed bloody murder that a theme park company needs to be involved in something gay when it comes to Kindergartners. Iger decided to jump on the bandwagon, since he seems to also be running for President.
Posted by: Blago at September 21, 2023 04:30 PM (/paMB)
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"They want wealthy "Disney Adults" and foreigners more than they want families. "
See... if they'd taken the lesson from Tokyo Disney Land and Disney Sea, they could have had both.
Disney Land was geared toward the families, and Disney Sea was geared toward the adults and foreigners.
... Probably still are, but it's been a while since I was in Tokyo.
See... if they'd taken the lesson from Tokyo Disney Land and Disney Sea, they could have had both.
Disney Land was geared toward the families, and Disney Sea was geared toward the adults and foreigners.
... Probably still are, but it's been a while since I was in Tokyo.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 21, 2023 04:30 PM (ou9hh)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:31 PM (xcxpd)
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Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 21, 2023 04:02 PM (N1DT3)
Well done!
Well done!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 04:31 PM (RSbhh)
135
Tonight is Terms of Endearment, from the library.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (LvTSG)
"Terms of Endearment" is the "Prometheus" of "Philadelphia"s.
Tonight is Terms of Endearment, from the library.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (LvTSG)
"Terms of Endearment" is the "Prometheus" of "Philadelphia"s.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 04:31 PM (QzZeQ)
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132 "They want wealthy "Disney Adults" and foreigners more than they want families. "
See... if they'd taken the lesson from Tokyo Disney Land and Disney Sea, they could have had both.
Disney Land was geared toward the families, and Disney Sea was geared toward the adults and foreigners.
... Probably still are, but it's been a while since I was in Tokyo.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 21, 2023 04:30 PM (ou9hh)
Interesting point. Maybe they see the writing on the wall. Cash-strapped families won't be profitable.
Who will be? The childless.
Who is childless? Hey, wouldja look at that.
See... if they'd taken the lesson from Tokyo Disney Land and Disney Sea, they could have had both.
Disney Land was geared toward the families, and Disney Sea was geared toward the adults and foreigners.
... Probably still are, but it's been a while since I was in Tokyo.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 21, 2023 04:30 PM (ou9hh)
Interesting point. Maybe they see the writing on the wall. Cash-strapped families won't be profitable.
Who will be? The childless.
Who is childless? Hey, wouldja look at that.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:32 PM (KbCG3)
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Ah, so The Endgame only identifies as the endgame. It wasn’t really the endgame, but that’s probably moviephobic to say.
Posted by: 10 Gallon Hat at September 21, 2023 04:29 PM (eUsLv)
Let the RLM boys answer this:
https://tinyurl.com/y684phtp
Posted by: 10 Gallon Hat at September 21, 2023 04:29 PM (eUsLv)
Let the RLM boys answer this:
https://tinyurl.com/y684phtp
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:32 PM (f9D/y)
138
Disney stock was trading at $203 a share in 2021. It's now at $82 a share.
That's a big haircut.
That's a big haircut.
Posted by: Blago at September 21, 2023 04:32 PM (/paMB)
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This isn't Iger. Iger initially wanted to stay out of the culture war stuff, but he was forced into making statements by the board.
The problem is the board. The problem is Blackrock and State Street and Vanguard. The problem is we all put our retirement money into these big funds and delegate control of huge corporations to the fund managers.
I'm not sure what the solution is except to burn down companies like Disney as consumers so the fund managers lose their Christmas bonus.
The problem is the board. The problem is Blackrock and State Street and Vanguard. The problem is we all put our retirement money into these big funds and delegate control of huge corporations to the fund managers.
I'm not sure what the solution is except to burn down companies like Disney as consumers so the fund managers lose their Christmas bonus.
Posted by: Ace's liver at September 21, 2023 04:33 PM (wGeit)
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Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
Of course; It's very hard to lose a beloved pet. I've been through the deaths of many a cat; I always cry a lot.
Of course; It's very hard to lose a beloved pet. I've been through the deaths of many a cat; I always cry a lot.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 04:33 PM (RSbhh)
141
It's Life Insurance Awareness Month. Just so you are aware.
Posted by: fd
"Check your beneficiaries today!!"
*I can't tell you how many girlfriends/boyfriends/ex-wives/etc. were beneficiaries of the deceased because the insured didn't change the contract.*
Posted by: fd
"Check your beneficiaries today!!"
*I can't tell you how many girlfriends/boyfriends/ex-wives/etc. were beneficiaries of the deceased because the insured didn't change the contract.*
Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 04:33 PM (8u1Ia)
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133 Thanks to everyone, I gotta go for a bit.
I appreciate you.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:31 PM (xcxpd)
Bah. Such a bummer. I remember taking my cat to the vet after noticing he was breathing pretty heavy for the better part of two days.
Fluid around his heart. Nothing they could do. Never thought I'd walk in with my cat and not walk out with him.
Prayers up, sir.
I appreciate you.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:31 PM (xcxpd)
Bah. Such a bummer. I remember taking my cat to the vet after noticing he was breathing pretty heavy for the better part of two days.
Fluid around his heart. Nothing they could do. Never thought I'd walk in with my cat and not walk out with him.
Prayers up, sir.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:34 PM (KbCG3)
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In 1980, Ketchum Advertising introduced the tagline "You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania" on television, radio, print, and billboard ads throughout the state of Pennsylvania.
Now, in 2023 with Fettermonster in the Senate, perhaps it should be updated to, "You've Got a Fiend in Pennsylvania".
In 1980, Ketchum Advertising introduced the tagline "You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania" on television, radio, print, and billboard ads throughout the state of Pennsylvania.
Now, in 2023 with Fettermonster in the Senate, perhaps it should be updated to, "You've Got a Fiend in Pennsylvania".
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 04:35 PM (enJYY)
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culture war that has pitted social conservatives against the global media and entertainment conglomerate,
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Uhm no. It’s not sOciAl coNseRvAtIveS. It’s normal people who don’t think 4 year olds should be exposed to sex.
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Uhm no. It’s not sOciAl coNseRvAtIveS. It’s normal people who don’t think 4 year olds should be exposed to sex.
Posted by: Montec at September 21, 2023 04:35 PM (JM/bJ)
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Disneyland would make a good Illegal Alien "Work Camp".
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The Mouse will set you free
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM
........
Try the newest ride, it's Called Shower and a Sauna.
Please put all valuables in the provided cubbies.
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The Mouse will set you free
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM
........
Try the newest ride, it's Called Shower and a Sauna.
Please put all valuables in the provided cubbies.
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 04:35 PM (v0R5T)
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That's hard to fix. DIS needs to put out good products and quit stepping on its own cock for *years* - and with product after product for a goodly while - to regain what it has lost.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (t0OGg)
I grew up in the 70s when Disney movies were moribund as well and poor quality, and while the audiences meh-ed and stayed away, there wasn't the same visceral revulsion. Once you lose your reputation you don't just get it back if you say 'never mind'.
And the kicker is that the culture in Disney is so woke they are unable as well as unwilling to fake it and make normal entertainment for kids. And the bloat there must be tremendous to make drek and cheap CGI cost 200, 300, or 400 million to make.
Remember the clips of pretty things at Google drinking wine in the afternoon, doing 1 hour of work, then partying at night with bosses? Disney has to have that and a lot more.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:06 PM (t0OGg)
I grew up in the 70s when Disney movies were moribund as well and poor quality, and while the audiences meh-ed and stayed away, there wasn't the same visceral revulsion. Once you lose your reputation you don't just get it back if you say 'never mind'.
And the kicker is that the culture in Disney is so woke they are unable as well as unwilling to fake it and make normal entertainment for kids. And the bloat there must be tremendous to make drek and cheap CGI cost 200, 300, or 400 million to make.
Remember the clips of pretty things at Google drinking wine in the afternoon, doing 1 hour of work, then partying at night with bosses? Disney has to have that and a lot more.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:35 PM (eoQWY)
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"They want wealthy "Disney Adults" and foreigners more than they want families. "
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I dont see anything strategic. That's giving them too much credit.
It's just ultra-wealthy liberal executives that care more about what their peers think (and their own hobby horse politics) then they do about creating wealth for their shareholders.
Even if Disney is on a permanent decline, Iger is never going to not be jumping on a private jet and doing whatever the hell he wants.
It's really shareholders that need to reign this in, but all shares are pretty much owned by 3 institutions. Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street. And they aren't going to push back.
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I dont see anything strategic. That's giving them too much credit.
It's just ultra-wealthy liberal executives that care more about what their peers think (and their own hobby horse politics) then they do about creating wealth for their shareholders.
Even if Disney is on a permanent decline, Iger is never going to not be jumping on a private jet and doing whatever the hell he wants.
It's really shareholders that need to reign this in, but all shares are pretty much owned by 3 institutions. Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street. And they aren't going to push back.
Posted by: Blago at September 21, 2023 04:36 PM (/paMB)
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I don't think Captain Marvel was the hit everyone said it was. Back then, Disney was swimming in money, and they were desperate for a "woke" hit, so it would not shock me at all to learn they simply bought out several hundred theaters of their tickets.
"Hey, look at all these sold out shows! Captain Marvel is a hit, damn you."
"Hey, look at all these sold out shows! Captain Marvel is a hit, damn you."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 21, 2023 04:36 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Hunter Bidet, Crack Pilot at September 21, 2023 04:36 PM (XaOII)
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Remember the clips of pretty things at Google drinking wine in the afternoon, doing 1 hour of work, then partying at night with bosses
**********
It’s even worse than that, Google also installed actual slides so instead of taking the stairs like grownups you can slide down the floors like a 5 year old
I thought idiocracy was fiction
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It’s even worse than that, Google also installed actual slides so instead of taking the stairs like grownups you can slide down the floors like a 5 year old
I thought idiocracy was fiction
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxxed Ranger at September 21, 2023 04:37 PM (VTu1l)
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Unless Didley Corpse fires all racialists, fags, trannys, and their sympathizers from any position higher than janitor, things will go on.. but in less obvious ways.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 21, 2023 04:37 PM (17s+e)
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OT: our cat....well mostly my wife's cat but I love her too...Tabitha is possibly entering the last stages of life, barring a miracle. Our little bag o' bones hasn't been eating she has a mass in her stomach and I don't know if she'll last the day.
If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023
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MAE, I've been there more times than I like to think about. Good thoughts for all three of you.
If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023
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MAE, I've been there more times than I like to think about. Good thoughts for all three of you.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2023 04:37 PM (J2vNu)
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141 It's Life Insurance Awareness Month. Just so you are aware.
Posted by: fd
"Check your beneficiaries today!!"
*I can't tell you how many girlfriends/boyfriends/ex-wives/etc. were beneficiaries of the deceased because the insured didn't change the contract.*
Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 04:33 PM (8u1Ia)
My uncle's long-time GF set him up as a beneficiary for her 401K. When she died, it went to him...except, he never claimed it. I guess he was trying to avoid a tax situation.
Welp, he recently passed. That six-figure sum that should've been there to handle his estate mess reverted back to her next of kin.
Posted by: fd
"Check your beneficiaries today!!"
*I can't tell you how many girlfriends/boyfriends/ex-wives/etc. were beneficiaries of the deceased because the insured didn't change the contract.*
Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 04:33 PM (8u1Ia)
My uncle's long-time GF set him up as a beneficiary for her 401K. When she died, it went to him...except, he never claimed it. I guess he was trying to avoid a tax situation.
Welp, he recently passed. That six-figure sum that should've been there to handle his estate mess reverted back to her next of kin.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:38 PM (KbCG3)
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I'm sure Spouse or Spouse and I must have seen Marvel Superheroes movies with son when FenSon was little, but I can't remember any of them. When did they stop being any good or became superwoke?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 04:38 PM (RSbhh)
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It might have cost 130 Million, but I am sure the reshoots and script rewrites were the same cost, so no lying about the cost?
Posted by: Picric at September 21, 2023 04:39 PM (fufxw)
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Speaking of works of fiction...
Breaking911 @Breaking911 1h
DOOCY: "What do you call it, here at the White House, when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?"
KJP: ...
https://tinyurl.com/532hhkr4
28 seconds; tried to attack the reporter for spouting GOP talking points then gets upset.
Breaking911 @Breaking911 1h
DOOCY: "What do you call it, here at the White House, when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?"
KJP: ...
https://tinyurl.com/532hhkr4
28 seconds; tried to attack the reporter for spouting GOP talking points then gets upset.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 04:39 PM (krqg6)
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... And the kicker is that the culture in Disney is so woke they are unable as well as unwilling to fake it and make normal entertainment for kids. And the bloat there must be tremendous to make drek and cheap CGI cost 200, 300, or 400 million to make. ...
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:35 PM (eoQWY)
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That's the real problem. If they just ignore what they've done, shut up, quit attacking their own fans and customers and pump out quality products for 5-7 years, it will probably be fine.
But they can't do it. The place is too toxic now. Iger, the Board, the senior execs, all the way down to everyone involved in story groups, etc. - it's all woke now. There needs to be a massive, tremendous personnel shift to make it happen, starting at the top and then ruthlessly enforces the New Rules at all levels.
That won't happen until Iger and the Board, at the very least, are gone. And that isn't going to happen. Iger has picked the entire Board. It's going to take years just to get the necessary turnover.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:35 PM (eoQWY)
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That's the real problem. If they just ignore what they've done, shut up, quit attacking their own fans and customers and pump out quality products for 5-7 years, it will probably be fine.
But they can't do it. The place is too toxic now. Iger, the Board, the senior execs, all the way down to everyone involved in story groups, etc. - it's all woke now. There needs to be a massive, tremendous personnel shift to make it happen, starting at the top and then ruthlessly enforces the New Rules at all levels.
That won't happen until Iger and the Board, at the very least, are gone. And that isn't going to happen. Iger has picked the entire Board. It's going to take years just to get the necessary turnover.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:39 PM (t0OGg)
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*I can't tell you how many girlfriends/boyfriends/ex-wives/etc. were beneficiaries of the deceased because the insured didn't change the contract.*
Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 04:33 PM (8u1Ia)
My dingbat ex didn't stick around long enough to get her name put on anything, other than being covered by my health insurance. Never got her name on my bank accounts, my investments, as a beneficiary, into my will...
Now that I think about it, she must've really hated my guts!
Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 04:33 PM (8u1Ia)
My dingbat ex didn't stick around long enough to get her name put on anything, other than being covered by my health insurance. Never got her name on my bank accounts, my investments, as a beneficiary, into my will...
Now that I think about it, she must've really hated my guts!
Posted by: BurtTC at September 21, 2023 04:40 PM (f9D/y)
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clips of pretty things at Google drinking wine in the afternoon, doing 1 hour of work, then partying
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That’s was LinkedIn. Unless pretty things at Google also did it? Google doesn’t have many pretty things though. It’s nerd central for the most part.
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That’s was LinkedIn. Unless pretty things at Google also did it? Google doesn’t have many pretty things though. It’s nerd central for the most part.
Posted by: Montec at September 21, 2023 04:40 PM (JM/bJ)
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Plus, Disney started pitching them clearly sub-standard products like that Galactic Cruiser abortion. Wtf? Stupidly designed, stupidly named (what does a GC have to do with SW?), cheaply built, the whole thing was such an obvious pile of shit that I can't believe it was built.
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 21, 2023 04:26 PM (iFTx/)
Somebody had a dumb idea and none of his subordinates tried to talk him or her out of it. Like Streaming, something that expensive could never carry the resources they put on it. You can sell a streaming service, maybe, but it has to be bare bones and have more stuff available. But even one can't support the bloated Disney movie administration realistically, and even less so spit among a dozen competitors.
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 21, 2023 04:26 PM (iFTx/)
Somebody had a dumb idea and none of his subordinates tried to talk him or her out of it. Like Streaming, something that expensive could never carry the resources they put on it. You can sell a streaming service, maybe, but it has to be bare bones and have more stuff available. But even one can't support the bloated Disney movie administration realistically, and even less so spit among a dozen competitors.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:41 PM (eoQWY)
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Captain Marvel made a billion dollars so it was a success
But
Half of that came from the opening weekend, which means it was definitely capitalizing on the waiting period between infinity war and end game and when Marvel was still making good movies
But
Half of that came from the opening weekend, which means it was definitely capitalizing on the waiting period between infinity war and end game and when Marvel was still making good movies
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxxed Ranger at September 21, 2023 04:41 PM (VTu1l)
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Those of you strong enough to work can skip the Sauna part today.
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 04:41 PM (v0R5T)
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Nia DaCosta would have still made a White man hating, woman power feminist piece of shit. She is only prepping the battle space for its spectacular lack of box office.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 21, 2023 04:42 PM (17s+e)
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The problem is Blackrock and State Street and Vanguard. The problem is we all put our retirement money into these big funds and delegate control of huge corporations to the fund managers.
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What sucks is, index investing works. It's just a smart to invest to get market returns with near zero fees. But you unfortunately lose the right to vote. The institution gets that vote and they are largely a rubber stamp.
The only thing that "might" have a chance of making a difference is direct indexing where you are the index fund instead of Vanguard, etc.
problem is, very complex for an average investor to own 500 companies, much less participate in voting in all of these issues.
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What sucks is, index investing works. It's just a smart to invest to get market returns with near zero fees. But you unfortunately lose the right to vote. The institution gets that vote and they are largely a rubber stamp.
The only thing that "might" have a chance of making a difference is direct indexing where you are the index fund instead of Vanguard, etc.
problem is, very complex for an average investor to own 500 companies, much less participate in voting in all of these issues.
Posted by: Blago at September 21, 2023 04:42 PM (/paMB)
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I was hoping to find some good comments on Lefty/Mainstream comic websites...instead, I saw this on Bleeding Cool:
Beware! Marvel to Publish Prequel to Original Planet Of The Apes Movie
In January
Just a comic for now, thank goodness...but who knows what the future holds?
Beware! Marvel to Publish Prequel to Original Planet Of The Apes Movie
In January
Just a comic for now, thank goodness...but who knows what the future holds?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 21, 2023 04:42 PM (JCZqz)
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161 Captain Marvel made a billion dollars so it was a success
But
Half of that came from the opening weekend, which means it was definitely capitalizing on the waiting period between infinity war and end game and when Marvel was still making good movies
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxxed Ranger at September 21, 2023 04:41 PM (VTu1l)
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People need to stop feeling the need to be part of the zeitgeist.
But
Half of that came from the opening weekend, which means it was definitely capitalizing on the waiting period between infinity war and end game and when Marvel was still making good movies
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxxed Ranger at September 21, 2023 04:41 PM (VTu1l)
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People need to stop feeling the need to be part of the zeitgeist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:42 PM (LvTSG)
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I don't do sauna parts
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2023 04:42 PM (fwDg9)
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Breaking911 @Breaking911 1h
DOOCY: "What do you call it, here at the White House, when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?"
NEXT QUESTION!!!
Breaking911 @Breaking911 1h
DOOCY: "What do you call it, here at the White House, when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?"
NEXT QUESTION!!!
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (enJYY)
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Panicked call from relatives of the deceased to the agent -
"Well, who did it go to then?!!"
I'm sorry, but that is no concern of yours.
*Screaming and foul language ensue*
"Well, who did it go to then?!!"
I'm sorry, but that is no concern of yours.
*Screaming and foul language ensue*
Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (8u1Ia)
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Kevin Beige commie colored
Posted by: FluWarrior at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (fiQO8)
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We had Disney+ but my kids never watched. They got bored of the classics and the new stuff was garbage and uninteresting for them. Not due to wokeness due to just shit product. So we got rid of it quickly after getting it.
Posted by: Montec at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (JM/bJ)
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Remember the clips of pretty things at Google drinking wine in the afternoon, doing 1 hour of work, then partying at night with bosses
**********
It’s even worse than that, Google also installed actual slides so instead of taking the stairs like grownups you can slide down the floors like a 5 year old
I thought idiocracy was fiction
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxxed Ranger at September 21, 2023 04:37 PM (VTu1l)
I can't believe what those cocksuckers did to my hangar in Playa Del Rey. *sulks*
Remember the clips of pretty things at Google drinking wine in the afternoon, doing 1 hour of work, then partying at night with bosses
**********
It’s even worse than that, Google also installed actual slides so instead of taking the stairs like grownups you can slide down the floors like a 5 year old
I thought idiocracy was fiction
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxxed Ranger at September 21, 2023 04:37 PM (VTu1l)
I can't believe what those cocksuckers did to my hangar in Playa Del Rey. *sulks*
Posted by: Zombie Howard Hughes at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (n+4am)
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"Terms of Endearment" is the "Prometheus" of "Philadelphia"s.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 04:31 PM (QzZeQ)
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That's genius right there.
A girl made me see that and I hated her for it.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 04:31 PM (QzZeQ)
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That's genius right there.
A girl made me see that and I hated her for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (RIvkX)
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That’s was LinkedIn. Unless pretty things at Google also did it? Google doesn’t have many pretty things though. It’s nerd central for the most part.
Posted by: Montec at September 21, 2023 04:40 PM (JM/bJ)
The famous one had her visiting the counterpart at Google for a few hours in the afternoon.
I'm sure the head boffins at Google have plenty of girls in tight work skirts holding clipboards while the Braniacs get on elsewhere. I've seen it at much smaller places.
Posted by: Montec at September 21, 2023 04:40 PM (JM/bJ)
The famous one had her visiting the counterpart at Google for a few hours in the afternoon.
I'm sure the head boffins at Google have plenty of girls in tight work skirts holding clipboards while the Braniacs get on elsewhere. I've seen it at much smaller places.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:44 PM (eoQWY)
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165 I was hoping to find some good comments on Lefty/Mainstream comic websites...instead, I saw this on Bleeding Cool:
Beware! Marvel to Publish Prequel to Original Planet Of The Apes Movie
In January
Just a comic for now, thank goodness...but who knows what the future holds?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 21, 2023 04:42 PM (JCZqz)
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Eh. That's a series that should not be held up as some sort of sacred cultural totem.
There's some good stuff, but it's so all over the place. Hell, Escape starts with some massive retconning to give Zeera and Cornelius access to reverse time travel because Charlton Heston insisted that Beneath was going to be the last one and end with him dying and the world exploding (awesome ending, by the way).
Conquest is really good, but outright anti-human. Battle is a joke. The new trilogy was really good and effectively prequels with some new lore, and there's a new movie coming out anyway (Kingdom, I think), that this is probably tied to.
Beware! Marvel to Publish Prequel to Original Planet Of The Apes Movie
In January
Just a comic for now, thank goodness...but who knows what the future holds?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 21, 2023 04:42 PM (JCZqz)
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Eh. That's a series that should not be held up as some sort of sacred cultural totem.
There's some good stuff, but it's so all over the place. Hell, Escape starts with some massive retconning to give Zeera and Cornelius access to reverse time travel because Charlton Heston insisted that Beneath was going to be the last one and end with him dying and the world exploding (awesome ending, by the way).
Conquest is really good, but outright anti-human. Battle is a joke. The new trilogy was really good and effectively prequels with some new lore, and there's a new movie coming out anyway (Kingdom, I think), that this is probably tied to.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:45 PM (LvTSG)
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We had Disney+ but my kids never watched. They got bored of the classics and the new stuff was garbage and uninteresting for them. Not due to wokeness due to just shit product. So we got rid of it quickly after getting it.
Posted by: Montec at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (JM/bJ)
Almost all of the growth of D+ was due to people using the free introductory period and cancelling after that.
Posted by: Montec at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (JM/bJ)
Almost all of the growth of D+ was due to people using the free introductory period and cancelling after that.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:45 PM (eoQWY)
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Like Streaming, something that expensive could never carry the resources they put on it. You can sell a streaming service, maybe, but it has to be bare bones and have more stuff available. But even one can't support the bloated Disney movie administration realistically, and even less so spit among a dozen competitors.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:41 PM (eoQWY)
They need to take a step back and make it like original TV... ie stream for free, but with ads. Hell, do the old sponsorship thing. We used to watch the Disney show every Sunday night for years.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:41 PM (eoQWY)
They need to take a step back and make it like original TV... ie stream for free, but with ads. Hell, do the old sponsorship thing. We used to watch the Disney show every Sunday night for years.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2023 04:45 PM (QPmu4)
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Think about how much money Disney could make if it got into making Christian films as a side studio. Like Pixar.
I know that will never happen, it's laughable, but they could literally print money from families that would want something like that to take their kids and go see.
I know that will never happen, it's laughable, but they could literally print money from families that would want something like that to take their kids and go see.
Posted by: Blago at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (/paMB)
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173 "Terms of Endearment" is the "Prometheus" of "Philadelphia"s.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 04:31 PM (QzZeQ)
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That's genius right there.
A girl made me see that and I hated her for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (RIvkX)
I banned my wife from picking movies for a month after she made me watch the new A Star is Born.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 04:31 PM (QzZeQ)
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That's genius right there.
A girl made me see that and I hated her for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (RIvkX)
I banned my wife from picking movies for a month after she made me watch the new A Star is Born.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (KbCG3)
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DOOCY: "What do you call it, here at the White House, when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?"
KJP: ...
https://tinyurl.com/532hhkr4
28 seconds; tried to attack the reporter for spouting GOP talking points then gets upset.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 04:39 PM (krqg6)
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I think she orgasms from being bitchy.
KJP: ...
https://tinyurl.com/532hhkr4
28 seconds; tried to attack the reporter for spouting GOP talking points then gets upset.
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 04:39 PM (krqg6)
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I think she orgasms from being bitchy.
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (v0R5T)
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"Captain Marvel Now with 66% Less Captain Marvel"
"Now with an even flatter ass and less personality than last time!!!"
"Now with an even flatter ass and less personality than last time!!!"
Posted by: Sharkman at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (olf63)
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Speaking of "Terms of Endearment"...
That's a James L Brooks joint, right?
Whatever happened to him? Is he dead?
He was such a thing for a while(the movie Midas touch!) and then he wasn't.
That's a James L Brooks joint, right?
Whatever happened to him? Is he dead?
He was such a thing for a while(the movie Midas touch!) and then he wasn't.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (QzZeQ)
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179 I banned my wife from picking movies for a month after she made me watch the new A Star is Born.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (KbCG3)
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That could use another remake.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (KbCG3)
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That could use another remake.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (LvTSG)
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65 I was hoping to find some good comments on Lefty/Mainstream comic websites...instead, I saw this on Bleeding Cool:
Beware! Marvel to Publish Prequel to Original Planet Of The Apes Movie
In January
Just a comic for now, thank goodness...but who knows what the future holds?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 21, 2023 04:42 PM (JCZqz)
========
Eh. That's a series that should not be held up as some sort of sacred cultural totem.
There's some good stuff, but it's so all over the place. Hell, Escape starts with some massive retconning to give Zeera and Cornelius access to reverse time travel because Charlton Heston insisted that Beneath was going to be the last one and end with him dying and the world exploding (awesome ending, by the way).
Conquest is really good, but outright anti-human. Battle is a joke. The new trilogy was really good and effectively prequels with some new lore, and there's a new movie coming out anyway (Kingdom, I think), that this is probably tied to.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:45 PM (LvTSG)
The 2000ish planet of the apes already did that.
Beware! Marvel to Publish Prequel to Original Planet Of The Apes Movie
In January
Just a comic for now, thank goodness...but who knows what the future holds?
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 21, 2023 04:42 PM (JCZqz)
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Eh. That's a series that should not be held up as some sort of sacred cultural totem.
There's some good stuff, but it's so all over the place. Hell, Escape starts with some massive retconning to give Zeera and Cornelius access to reverse time travel because Charlton Heston insisted that Beneath was going to be the last one and end with him dying and the world exploding (awesome ending, by the way).
Conquest is really good, but outright anti-human. Battle is a joke. The new trilogy was really good and effectively prequels with some new lore, and there's a new movie coming out anyway (Kingdom, I think), that this is probably tied to.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:45 PM (LvTSG)
The 2000ish planet of the apes already did that.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (eoQWY)
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Last time I went to DW there were signs that said, "COMING SOON -- EPCOT CENTER"
My kids are 18 & 22 and they never went. No regrets.
My kids are 18 & 22 and they never went. No regrets.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 21, 2023 04:47 PM (GD2xa)
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182 Speaking of "Terms of Endearment"...
That's a James L Brooks joint, right?
Whatever happened to him? Is he dead?
He was such a thing for a while(the movie Midas touch!) and then he wasn't.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (QzZeQ)
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Comedies lost their box office magic. He's old.
He did guest star a few times on Curb Your Enthusiasm, though.
That's a James L Brooks joint, right?
Whatever happened to him? Is he dead?
He was such a thing for a while(the movie Midas touch!) and then he wasn't.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (QzZeQ)
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Comedies lost their box office magic. He's old.
He did guest star a few times on Curb Your Enthusiasm, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:47 PM (LvTSG)
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Breaking911 @Breaking911 1h
DOOCY: "What do you call it, here at the White House, when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?"
NEXT QUESTION!!!
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (enJYY)
A day ending in Y?
Breaking911 @Breaking911 1h
DOOCY: "What do you call it, here at the White House, when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?"
NEXT QUESTION!!!
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM (enJYY)
A day ending in Y?
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2023 04:47 PM (QPmu4)
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Didley Corpse is just becoming more selective in their customers in steaming, movies, theme parks, and merchandising. They will make it up on higher prices.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 21, 2023 04:47 PM (17s+e)
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The 2000ish planet of the apes already did that.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (eoQWY)
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Gosh...my mind skipped over that one.
Trash. Tim Burton's worst movie, and that fucker made Alice in Wonderland.
The 2000ish planet of the apes already did that.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (eoQWY)
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Gosh...my mind skipped over that one.
Trash. Tim Burton's worst movie, and that fucker made Alice in Wonderland.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:47 PM (LvTSG)
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I know a dude who worked at Google. He joked that he was the only non virgin on his team. He stayed there long enough to cash out his options and now has a business teaching people how to pass Google interviews. Which I find hilarious.
Posted by: Montec at September 21, 2023 04:48 PM (JM/bJ)
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Almost all of the growth of D+ was due to people using the free introductory period and cancelling after that.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:45 PM (eoQWY)
All the new growth will be b/c Charter cable subscribers now get it in their cable plan, at only $3/sub...but Disney will say they have growth again...
Almost all of the growth of D+ was due to people using the free introductory period and cancelling after that.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:45 PM (eoQWY)
All the new growth will be b/c Charter cable subscribers now get it in their cable plan, at only $3/sub...but Disney will say they have growth again...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 21, 2023 04:48 PM (exHjb)
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@20 don't know where you are located but the game is on in the NY area on the local Fox 5 channel. I wouldn't pay prime or any else to watch a game on tv
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2023 04:48 PM (YdEHa)
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"Terms of Endearment" is the "Prometheus" of "Philadelphia"s.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023
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That's genius right there.
A girl made me see that and I hated her for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023
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Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I went to see Terms. Not sure why, it wasn't our usual kind of thing. Maybe that weekend was a slow one for movies. It didn't grab me 100%, despite the charm of Debra Winger and the wolfish lunacy of Nicholson. I think I've read the book, but can't remember. (I'm not an unalloyed fan of Larry McMurtry. Some of his work I love, others leave me puzzled or cold.)
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023
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That's genius right there.
A girl made me see that and I hated her for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023
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Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 and I went to see Terms. Not sure why, it wasn't our usual kind of thing. Maybe that weekend was a slow one for movies. It didn't grab me 100%, despite the charm of Debra Winger and the wolfish lunacy of Nicholson. I think I've read the book, but can't remember. (I'm not an unalloyed fan of Larry McMurtry. Some of his work I love, others leave me puzzled or cold.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2023 04:48 PM (J2vNu)
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9.5M Charter subscribers are now stuck with D+...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 21, 2023 04:48 PM (exHjb)
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Conquest is really good, but outright anti-human. Battle is a joke. The new trilogy was really good and effectively prequels with some new lore, and there's a new movie coming out anyway (Kingdom, I think), that this is probably tied to.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:45 PM (LvTSG)
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*swings arm dramatically *
Look what they've done to my apes!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:45 PM (LvTSG)
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*swings arm dramatically *
Look what they've done to my apes!
Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (RIvkX)
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A girl made me see that and I hated her for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM
I hadda girl friend, nurse almost, who I took to see 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' because it was the easy way to break up.
She: "That's not the way nursing is at all!!!"
Me: "I think Jack Nicholson deserved a pre-frontal lobotomy! That's what you do, right?"
A girl made me see that and I hated her for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM
I hadda girl friend, nurse almost, who I took to see 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' because it was the easy way to break up.
She: "That's not the way nursing is at all!!!"
Me: "I think Jack Nicholson deserved a pre-frontal lobotomy! That's what you do, right?"
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (enJYY)
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Breaking911 @Breaking911 1h
DOOCY: "What do you call it, here at the White House, when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?"
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A slow day.
Breaking911 @Breaking911 1h
DOOCY: "What do you call it, here at the White House, when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?"
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A slow day.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (FVME7)
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189 184
The 2000ish planet of the apes already did that.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (eoQWY)
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Gosh...my mind skipped over that one.
Trash. Tim Burton's worst movie, and that fucker made Alice in Wonderland.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:47 PM (LvTSG)
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The one with Mahkie Mahk? That's a guilty indulgence of mine.
The 2000ish planet of the apes already did that.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM (eoQWY)
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Gosh...my mind skipped over that one.
Trash. Tim Burton's worst movie, and that fucker made Alice in Wonderland.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:47 PM (LvTSG)
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The one with Mahkie Mahk? That's a guilty indulgence of mine.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (N3zMI)
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I banned my wife from picking movies for a month after she made me watch the new A Star is Born.
We've been together for a long time. We realize that we often, but not always, have different tastes in movies. She no longer tries to get me to watch chick flicks, and I no longer try to get her to watch Monty Python-esque stuff.
It's better for everyone.
We've been together for a long time. We realize that we often, but not always, have different tastes in movies. She no longer tries to get me to watch chick flicks, and I no longer try to get her to watch Monty Python-esque stuff.
It's better for everyone.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (I/Qkd)
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No Peter, I already did not answer the question so fuck you and shut up.
Posted by: KJP at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (vFG9F)
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I know a dude who worked at Google. He joked that he was the only non virgin on his team. He stayed there long enough to cash out his options and now has a business teaching people how to pass Google interviews. Which I find hilarious.
Posted by: Montec
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I was amazed when I heard that people will prepare like 6 months for a FAANG interview. Just nuts.
Posted by: Montec
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I was amazed when I heard that people will prepare like 6 months for a FAANG interview. Just nuts.
Posted by: Blago at September 21, 2023 04:50 PM (/paMB)
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Gavin Newsom is like the Governor in Conquest
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 04:50 PM (RIvkX)
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Democrat DA Refuses to Take Blame for Lawlessness Infecting Dying San Francisco
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Why does this not surprise me?
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Why does this not surprise me?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 21, 2023 04:50 PM (FVME7)
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182 Speaking of "Terms of Endearment"...
Can you believe that's the same author who wrote Lonesome Dove? What the hell was he thinking?
Can you believe that's the same author who wrote Lonesome Dove? What the hell was he thinking?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (GD2xa)
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200 I banned my wife from picking movies for a month after she made me watch the new A Star is Born.
We've been together for a long time. We realize that we often, but not always, have different tastes in movies. She no longer tries to get me to watch chick flicks, and I no longer try to get her to watch Monty Python-esque stuff.
It's better for everyone.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (I/Qkd)
Last night, she went to our room to watch Scandal while I was in the living room watching Bat Masterson.
As 38 and 40 year olds do.
We've been together for a long time. We realize that we often, but not always, have different tastes in movies. She no longer tries to get me to watch chick flicks, and I no longer try to get her to watch Monty Python-esque stuff.
It's better for everyone.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (I/Qkd)
Last night, she went to our room to watch Scandal while I was in the living room watching Bat Masterson.
As 38 and 40 year olds do.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (KbCG3)
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182 Speaking of "Terms of Endearment"...
Can you believe that's the same author who wrote Lonesome Dove? What the hell was he thinking?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (GD2xa)
"I need to sell some crap to WOMEN for a change"
Can you believe that's the same author who wrote Lonesome Dove? What the hell was he thinking?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (GD2xa)
"I need to sell some crap to WOMEN for a change"
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (eoQWY)
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Breaking911 @Breaking911 1h
DOOCY: "What do you call it, here at the White House, when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?"
NEXT QUESTION!!!
And if the next questioner had any sense of professional pride at all, he would ask the exact same question and it would go down the line until she either answered or ran out of people to call on. But the rest of them are all whores, bought and paid for.
DOOCY: "What do you call it, here at the White House, when 10,000 people illegally cross the border in a single day?"
NEXT QUESTION!!!
And if the next questioner had any sense of professional pride at all, he would ask the exact same question and it would go down the line until she either answered or ran out of people to call on. But the rest of them are all whores, bought and paid for.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (nfrXX)
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Democrat DA Refuses to Take Blame for Lawlessness Infecting Dying San Francisco
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Why does this not surprise me?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 21, 2023
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I read the headline as Dying Sun
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Why does this not surprise me?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 21, 2023
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I read the headline as Dying Sun
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (RSbhh)
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206 Last night, she went to our room to watch Scandal while I was in the living room watching Bat Masterson.
As 38 and 40 year olds do.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (KbCG3)
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Dolley and I don't watch much together, but she decided to watch Kramer vs. Kramer with me the other night.
You should have heard her talking shit about Meryl Streep's character for leaving her little boy.
As 38 and 40 year olds do.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (KbCG3)
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Dolley and I don't watch much together, but she decided to watch Kramer vs. Kramer with me the other night.
You should have heard her talking shit about Meryl Streep's character for leaving her little boy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (LvTSG)
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No Peter, I already did not answer the question so fuck you and shut up.
Posted by: KJP at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (vFG9F)
P.S. I know you just want to date me.
Posted by: KJP at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (vFG9F)
P.S. I know you just want to date me.
Posted by: Karine Jean-Pierre Van Damme at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 04:53 PM (I/Qkd)
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210 FAANG interview. Just nuts.
What is a FAANG interview?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (RSbhh)
It's when Cardinal Faang pokes you with the soft cushions.
CONFESS!!
What is a FAANG interview?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (RSbhh)
It's when Cardinal Faang pokes you with the soft cushions.
CONFESS!!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 21, 2023 04:53 PM (N3zMI)
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"I was amazed when I heard that people will prepare like 6 months for a FAANG interview. Just nuts.
Posted by: Blago"
Well considering he's been a stiff for over 30 years, sure.
That's better than I can say for him when he was alive. Haww haw ha ha ha.
Posted by: Blago"
Well considering he's been a stiff for over 30 years, sure.
That's better than I can say for him when he was alive. Haww haw ha ha ha.
Posted by: zombie Phyllis Diller at September 21, 2023 04:55 PM (vFG9F)
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Dolley and I don't watch much together, but she decided to watch Kramer vs. Kramer with me the other night.
You should have heard her talking shit about Meryl Streep's character for leaving her little boy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (LvTSG)
Without having seen it, was it a defensible action?
I always find myself having to make defenses of characters who do things in storyline that make sense but anger my wife.
You should have heard her talking shit about Meryl Streep's character for leaving her little boy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (LvTSG)
Without having seen it, was it a defensible action?
I always find myself having to make defenses of characters who do things in storyline that make sense but anger my wife.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:55 PM (KbCG3)
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Democrat DA Refuses to Take Blame for Lawlessness Infecting Dying San Francisco
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Why does this not surprise me?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 21, 2023 04:50 PM (FVME7)
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I'm still paying out rope on her.
She hasn't screwed up yet, says the right things, gas only been in office about a year, and she's young but not dumb like the others.
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Why does this not surprise me?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 21, 2023 04:50 PM (FVME7)
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I'm still paying out rope on her.
She hasn't screwed up yet, says the right things, gas only been in office about a year, and she's young but not dumb like the others.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 04:55 PM (RIvkX)
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I must not pick "chick flicks" mostly because Spouse seems to enjoy all the films at the movies which I suggest. Last film was "Sound of Freedom". One before that was about a woman finding the burial place of King Richard III. I would not call it a "chick flick".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 04:55 PM (RSbhh)
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NEXT QUESTION!!!
And if the next questioner had any sense of professional pride at all, he would ask the exact same question and it would go down the line until she either answered or ran out of people to call on. But the rest of them are all whores, bought and paid for.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (nfrXX)
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This is what gets me. Does no one besides Peter have a dick? KJP should be getting shelled up there every day.
And if the next questioner had any sense of professional pride at all, he would ask the exact same question and it would go down the line until she either answered or ran out of people to call on. But the rest of them are all whores, bought and paid for.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (nfrXX)
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This is what gets me. Does no one besides Peter have a dick? KJP should be getting shelled up there every day.
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 04:55 PM (v0R5T)
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Bwahahahaha. At Insty:
On Thursday, May 25, Brandon Jackson, a software engineer in Baltimore County, Maryland, discovered that he was locked out of his Amazon account. Jackson couldn’t get packages delivered to his home by the retail giant. He couldn’t access any files and data he had stored with Amazon Web Services, the company’s powerful cloud computing wing. It also meant that Jackson, a self-described home automation enthusiast, could no longer use Alexa for his smart home devices. He could turn on his lights manually, but only in the knowledge that Amazon could still operate them remotely.
Jackson soon discovered that Amazon suspended his account because a Black delivery driver who’d come to his house the previous day had reported hearing racist remarks from his video doorbell. In a brief email sent to Jackson at 3 a.m., the company explained how it unilaterally placed all of his linked devices and services on hold as it commenced an internal investigation.
The accusations baffled Jackson. He and his family are Black.
On Thursday, May 25, Brandon Jackson, a software engineer in Baltimore County, Maryland, discovered that he was locked out of his Amazon account. Jackson couldn’t get packages delivered to his home by the retail giant. He couldn’t access any files and data he had stored with Amazon Web Services, the company’s powerful cloud computing wing. It also meant that Jackson, a self-described home automation enthusiast, could no longer use Alexa for his smart home devices. He could turn on his lights manually, but only in the knowledge that Amazon could still operate them remotely.
Jackson soon discovered that Amazon suspended his account because a Black delivery driver who’d come to his house the previous day had reported hearing racist remarks from his video doorbell. In a brief email sent to Jackson at 3 a.m., the company explained how it unilaterally placed all of his linked devices and services on hold as it commenced an internal investigation.
The accusations baffled Jackson. He and his family are Black.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 04:55 PM (I/Qkd)
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Speaking of woke corporations, Target stock (which was at $165 per share before Pride Month) has now crashed below $120 per share. It’s down almost 30% since it targeted its trans attire to children. It closed at $117 per share today, down another $3 per share.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at September 21, 2023 04:56 PM (Of8no)
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All the new growth will be b/c Charter cable subscribers now get it in their cable plan, at only $3/sub...but Disney will say they have growth again...
Posted by: Nova Local at September 21, 2023 04:48 PM (exHjb)
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And they will. That sub growth is what it is. The subscriber numbers are going to shoot up.
But ARPU - "Average Revenue per User" - is going to decline. Anyone who is a Charter customer *and* a D+ customer right now is going to cancel their paid D+ subscription unless they're interested in paying a lot more for ad-free (unless there's a buy-up option within the Charter 'free' subscription). The revenue from those users will fall from $8/month to whatever the negotiated wholesale rate from Charter is (probably close to that $3/month you mentioned).
And that will probably affect hundreds of thousands of customers, and will hit even more when Comcast demands - and gets - at least as good a deal on the next negotiation cycle.
So subs will skyrocket, but ARPU is going to fall dramatically.
Posted by: Nova Local at September 21, 2023 04:48 PM (exHjb)
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And they will. That sub growth is what it is. The subscriber numbers are going to shoot up.
But ARPU - "Average Revenue per User" - is going to decline. Anyone who is a Charter customer *and* a D+ customer right now is going to cancel their paid D+ subscription unless they're interested in paying a lot more for ad-free (unless there's a buy-up option within the Charter 'free' subscription). The revenue from those users will fall from $8/month to whatever the negotiated wholesale rate from Charter is (probably close to that $3/month you mentioned).
And that will probably affect hundreds of thousands of customers, and will hit even more when Comcast demands - and gets - at least as good a deal on the next negotiation cycle.
So subs will skyrocket, but ARPU is going to fall dramatically.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at September 21, 2023 04:56 PM (t0OGg)
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216 Without having seen it, was it a defensible action?
I always find myself having to make defenses of characters who do things in storyline that make sense but anger my wife.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:55 PM (KbCG3)
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She has a good speech at the end providing some mild justification, but it's not set up at the beginning, essentially being told from Dustin Hoffmann's point of view.
Streep did everything she could to rewrite the character into something somewhat sympathetic, and it only goes so far by the end. The first 3/4 of the film, though, she looks kind of like a selfish monster.
I always find myself having to make defenses of characters who do things in storyline that make sense but anger my wife.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 21, 2023 04:55 PM (KbCG3)
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She has a good speech at the end providing some mild justification, but it's not set up at the beginning, essentially being told from Dustin Hoffmann's point of view.
Streep did everything she could to rewrite the character into something somewhat sympathetic, and it only goes so far by the end. The first 3/4 of the film, though, she looks kind of like a selfish monster.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:56 PM (LvTSG)
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Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 21, 2023 04:53 PM (N3zMI)
I went to college with a woman whose nickname was Dr. Fang.
I went to college with a woman whose nickname was Dr. Fang.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 04:57 PM (RSbhh)
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Nearly 3/4 of Americans Believe The Country is Becoming a Police State
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM
90% of those who submitted multiple ballots in the 2020 Election approve. Merrick Garlands grandparents who escaped Nazi Germany approve of his actions of bringing what they escaped from here. At least their deceased voting records show it.
Nearly 3/4 of Americans Believe The Country is Becoming a Police State
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM
90% of those who submitted multiple ballots in the 2020 Election approve. Merrick Garlands grandparents who escaped Nazi Germany approve of his actions of bringing what they escaped from here. At least their deceased voting records show it.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 04:57 PM (enJYY)
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What is a FAANG interview?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (RSbhh)
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Uhhhh. Hmmm. Well. It's nothing, really. Certainly not something to worry about.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (RSbhh)
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Uhhhh. Hmmm. Well. It's nothing, really. Certainly not something to worry about.
Posted by: Eric Swallwell at September 21, 2023 04:57 PM (t0OGg)
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165 Beware! Marvel to Publish Prequel to Original Planet Of The Apes Movie
In January
Just a comic for now, thank goodness...but who knows what the future holds?
the shadow knows
In January
Just a comic for now, thank goodness...but who knows what the future holds?
the shadow knows
Posted by: the shadow at September 21, 2023 04:57 PM (v3pYe)
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"The accusations baffled Jackson. He and his family are Black.
Posted by: Archimedes"
They were probably just listening to some "music".
Posted by: Archimedes"
They were probably just listening to some "music".
Posted by: fd at September 21, 2023 04:58 PM (vFG9F)
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Speaking of "Terms of Endearment"...
Can you believe that's the same author who wrote Lonesome Dove? What the hell was he thinking?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (GD2xa)
"I need to sell some crap to WOMEN for a change"
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023
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McMurtry has always had a wide range of things he was interested in and wanted to write about. He wrote Terms was back in the '70s, LD in the '80s.
Can you believe that's the same author who wrote Lonesome Dove? What the hell was he thinking?
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at September 21, 2023 04:51 PM (GD2xa)
"I need to sell some crap to WOMEN for a change"
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023
***
McMurtry has always had a wide range of things he was interested in and wanted to write about. He wrote Terms was back in the '70s, LD in the '80s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2023 04:58 PM (J2vNu)
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Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 04:53 PM (I/Qkd)
Appropriate acronym since they're all terribly woke.
Appropriate acronym since they're all terribly woke.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 04:59 PM (RSbhh)
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This is what gets me. Does no one besides Peter have a d***? KJP should be getting shelled up there every day.
The Mayor: Is this true?
Dr. Peter "Venkman" Doocy: Yes, it's true, these people have no d***s.
The Mayor: Is this true?
Dr. Peter "Venkman" Doocy: Yes, it's true, these people have no d***s.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 04:59 PM (I/Qkd)
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Ducks?
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 05:01 PM (v0R5T)
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This is what gets me. Does no one besides Peter have a d***? KJP should be getting shelled up there every day.
The Mayor: Is this true?
Dr. Peter "Venkman" Doocy: Yes, it's true, these people have no d***s.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 04:59 PM (I/Qkd)
I believe in the Trump era they tried to reign in that granstanding idiot by asking other people questions. The others refused to ask questions until he got his clip for CNN.
The Mayor: Is this true?
Dr. Peter "Venkman" Doocy: Yes, it's true, these people have no d***s.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 04:59 PM (I/Qkd)
I believe in the Trump era they tried to reign in that granstanding idiot by asking other people questions. The others refused to ask questions until he got his clip for CNN.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:01 PM (eoQWY)
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Failure is feature of leftist mindset, not bgu.
Our wise leftist city democrats spent $20 million on a big super downtown mall that no locals wanted but the city staff did. We all said it would go BK in 20 years. We were wrong it 22 years. So now two blocks that was vibrant stores before the mall was forced on us is dead space... no money... no tax revenue.
No they have another great commie plan. Tear down the multi million never paid back mall and put up 500 units of living quarters for low and very low income people. My initial estimate is about $130 million+ and that doesn't include the additional infrastructure like electric (banned gas), water, and sewer. It will be at a minimum 8 years away and the initial price tag will triple.
Our wise leftist city democrats spent $20 million on a big super downtown mall that no locals wanted but the city staff did. We all said it would go BK in 20 years. We were wrong it 22 years. So now two blocks that was vibrant stores before the mall was forced on us is dead space... no money... no tax revenue.
No they have another great commie plan. Tear down the multi million never paid back mall and put up 500 units of living quarters for low and very low income people. My initial estimate is about $130 million+ and that doesn't include the additional infrastructure like electric (banned gas), water, and sewer. It will be at a minimum 8 years away and the initial price tag will triple.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 21, 2023 05:01 PM (17s+e)
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FAANG can also be spelled FAGAN. Coincidence? Probably not.
Posted by: fd at September 21, 2023 05:02 PM (vFG9F)
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Dr. Peter "Venkman" Doocy: Yes, it's true, these people have no d***s.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 04:59 PM
Ducks? Docks? Decks?
Dr. Peter "Venkman" Doocy: Yes, it's true, these people have no d***s.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 04:59 PM
Ducks? Docks? Decks?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 05:02 PM (enJYY)
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202 I know a dude who worked at Google. He joked that he was the only non virgin on his team. He stayed there long enough to cash out his options and now has a business teaching people how to pass Google interviews. Which I find hilarious.
Posted by: Montec
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I was amazed when I heard that people will prepare like 6 months for a FAANG interview. Just nuts.
Posted by: Blago at September 21, 2023 04:50 PM (/paMB)
Probably worth the effort if you get the job. As a group those people are stupidly overpaid. Meta was hiring people at $200k+ just to make sure they didn't get snapped up at Apple. Didn't have anything for them to do.
And in terms of innovation, all the FAANG companies have their best days behind them, with the possible exception of Apple.
Posted by: Montec
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I was amazed when I heard that people will prepare like 6 months for a FAANG interview. Just nuts.
Posted by: Blago at September 21, 2023 04:50 PM (/paMB)
Probably worth the effort if you get the job. As a group those people are stupidly overpaid. Meta was hiring people at $200k+ just to make sure they didn't get snapped up at Apple. Didn't have anything for them to do.
And in terms of innovation, all the FAANG companies have their best days behind them, with the possible exception of Apple.
Posted by: Ace's liver at September 21, 2023 05:02 PM (wGeit)
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52...It only could've been more Whedon if he'd replaced RDJ with Nathan Fillion and Mark Ruffalo with Adam Baldwin and ScarJo with Summer Glau.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (NqGS/)
I would watch that in a heartbeat.
Adam Baldwin as the Hulk...epic.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2023 04:11 PM (NqGS/)
I would watch that in a heartbeat.
Adam Baldwin as the Hulk...epic.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 21, 2023 05:03 PM (Rbu5d)
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No they have another great commie plan. Tear down the multi million never paid back mall and put up 500 units of living quarters for low and very low income people. My initial estimate is about $130 million+ and that doesn't include the additional infrastructure like electric (banned gas), water, and sewer. It will be at a minimum 8 years away and the initial price tag will triple.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 21, 2023 05:01 PM (17s+e)
You can get slums for a lot lower price than that, they need a few more bids.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 21, 2023 05:01 PM (17s+e)
You can get slums for a lot lower price than that, they need a few more bids.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:03 PM (eoQWY)
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Disney can't go away fast enough for me
Posted by: It's me donna at September 21, 2023 05:03 PM (bs+z0)
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"The accusations baffled Jackson. He and his family are Black."
Oddly, that detail was left out of the initial reports on the incident.
Oddly, that detail was left out of the initial reports on the incident.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 21, 2023 05:03 PM (ou9hh)
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No they have another great commie plan. Tear down the multi million never paid back mall and put up 500 units of living quarters for low and very low income people. My initial estimate is about $130 million+ and that doesn't include the additional infrastructure like electric (banned gas), water, and sewer. It will be at a minimum 8 years away and the initial price tag will triple.
You're neglecting the cost of the new police station that will be needed.
You're neglecting the cost of the new police station that will be needed.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 05:04 PM (I/Qkd)
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The 2000ish planet of the apes already did that.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM
Forget Ginger or Mary Ann's
2000 Planet of Apes Lady
https://tinyurl.com/59c44s9t
Or original Nova
https://tinyurl.com/jxcca4zk
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 04:46 PM
Forget Ginger or Mary Ann's
2000 Planet of Apes Lady
https://tinyurl.com/59c44s9t
Or original Nova
https://tinyurl.com/jxcca4zk
Posted by: Movie Moron at September 21, 2023 05:04 PM (JCZqz)
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196
A girl made me see that and I hated her for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM
I hadda girl friend, nurse almost, who I took to see 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' because it was the easy way to break up.
She: "That's not the way nursing is at all!!!"
Me: "I think Jack Nicholson deserved a pre-frontal lobotomy! That's what you do, right?"
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (enJYY)
Nurse? Any comment?
A girl made me see that and I hated her for it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 21, 2023 04:43 PM
I hadda girl friend, nurse almost, who I took to see 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' because it was the easy way to break up.
She: "That's not the way nursing is at all!!!"
Me: "I think Jack Nicholson deserved a pre-frontal lobotomy! That's what you do, right?"
Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 21, 2023 04:49 PM (enJYY)
Nurse? Any comment?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 21, 2023 05:05 PM (/iWhV)
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You're neglecting the cost of the new police station that will be needed.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 05:04 PM (I/Qkd)
its a slum, the cops won't go there.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 21, 2023 05:04 PM (I/Qkd)
its a slum, the cops won't go there.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:05 PM (eoQWY)
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Dolley and I don't watch much together, but she decided to watch Kramer vs. Kramer with me the other night.
You should have heard her talking shit about Meryl Streep's character for leaving her little boy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (LvTSG)
I'm amazed at the number of women who make excuses for Streep's character. In my perfect world she loses all parental rights, but of course that's not the way the family courts work.
You should have heard her talking shit about Meryl Streep's character for leaving her little boy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:52 PM (LvTSG)
I'm amazed at the number of women who make excuses for Streep's character. In my perfect world she loses all parental rights, but of course that's not the way the family courts work.
Posted by: Ace's liver at September 21, 2023 05:05 PM (wGeit)
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She has a good speech at the end providing some mild justification, but it's not set up at the beginning, essentially being told from Dustin Hoffmann's point of view.
Streep did everything she could to rewrite the character into something somewhat sympathetic, and it only goes so far by the end. The first 3/4 of the film, though, she looks kind of like a selfish monster.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:56 PM (LvTSG)
It's been decades since I saw that movie, but if IIRC her justification went something like "I felt I was losing myself to be your wife and his mother, and I just couldn't take it so I left."(with lots of BONUS self-pitying tears)
My concluding thought to KvK was, "Ugh. What a silly bitch."
Streep did everything she could to rewrite the character into something somewhat sympathetic, and it only goes so far by the end. The first 3/4 of the film, though, she looks kind of like a selfish monster.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 21, 2023 04:56 PM (LvTSG)
It's been decades since I saw that movie, but if IIRC her justification went something like "I felt I was losing myself to be your wife and his mother, and I just couldn't take it so I left."(with lots of BONUS self-pitying tears)
My concluding thought to KvK was, "Ugh. What a silly bitch."
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 05:06 PM (QzZeQ)
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As of June 2023, Chesa Boudin is serving as the founding executive director of the Criminal Law & Justice Center at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 05:06 PM (v0R5T)
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If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
Praying for all of you. Always a hard time to face.
If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
Praying for all of you. Always a hard time to face.
Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at September 21, 2023 05:06 PM (R3yzU)
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Fun Facts To Know And Tell
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 05:06 PM (v0R5T)
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No they have another great commie plan. Tear down the multi million never paid back mall and put up 500 units of living quarters for low and very low income people. My initial estimate is about $130 million+ and that doesn't include the additional infrastructure like electric (banned gas), water, and sewer. It will be at a minimum 8 years away and the initial price tag will triple.
You're neglecting the cost of the new police station that will be needed.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Last year they already started looking at buying property for that. Don't know why it's Santa Barbara and they don't prosecute criminal here either.
You're neglecting the cost of the new police station that will be needed.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Last year they already started looking at buying property for that. Don't know why it's Santa Barbara and they don't prosecute criminal here either.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 21, 2023 05:07 PM (17s+e)
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"...position its flagship sports brand, ESPN, to stream directly to consumers..."
You know, there are only about 5 people left on ESPN after the big layoff, right? I don't think consumers are watching it now, much less planning to stream it in the future.
You know, there are only about 5 people left on ESPN after the big layoff, right? I don't think consumers are watching it now, much less planning to stream it in the future.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at September 21, 2023 05:08 PM (6xRrr)
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No change in the people in charge at Disney. SnowBrown was just so unappealing that they had to go in another direction. The best argument against feminism is feminists.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at September 21, 2023 05:08 PM (vN+oL)
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248 As of June 2023, Chesa Boudin is serving as the founding executive director of the Criminal Law & Justice Center at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 05:06 PM (v0R5T)
These people always get a soft landing. There's always a well-paid position at a university or NGO or "think tank" as a recognition for their part in The Struggle.
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 05:06 PM (v0R5T)
These people always get a soft landing. There's always a well-paid position at a university or NGO or "think tank" as a recognition for their part in The Struggle.
Posted by: Ace's liver at September 21, 2023 05:08 PM (wGeit)
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Meryl Streep… something about her, hard to pinpoint, I have always found repulsive..
Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 05:08 PM (PCK5/)
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Weird.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 21, 2023 05:09 PM (olf63)
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Meryl Streep… something about her, hard to pinpoint, I have always found repulsive..
Posted by: tubal
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#metoo
Posted by: tubal
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#metoo
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 21, 2023 05:09 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2023 05:10 PM (fwDg9)
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It's that noze, tubal.
Posted by: Eromero at September 21, 2023 05:10 PM (gDx5p)
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I really don't understand why people get their lights, television, fridge etc. connected to some Amazon account.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 05:10 PM (RSbhh)
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I'm not watching superhero movies. I'm watching The Boys on Amazon.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 21, 2023 05:10 PM (/HDaX)
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Meryl Streep… something about her, hard to pinpoint, I have always found repulsive..
Posted by: tubal
The sanctimonious smugness?
Posted by: tubal
The sanctimonious smugness?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 21, 2023 05:11 PM (FVME7)
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Probably worth the effort if you get the job. As a group those people are stupidly overpaid. Meta was hiring people at $200k+ just to make sure they didn't get snapped up at Apple. Didn't have anything for them to do.
And in terms of innovation, all the FAANG companies have their best days behind them, with the possible exception of Apple.
Posted by: Ace's liver
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I think it was even more lucrative than that, especially if you were a software engineer. Average starting salary at like $500k.
Everything I've heard though is those days are over and tech is hitting hard times.
I do think over the next 10+ years, AI will be replacing a lot of those jobs. Perfect role for AI.
And in terms of innovation, all the FAANG companies have their best days behind them, with the possible exception of Apple.
Posted by: Ace's liver
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I think it was even more lucrative than that, especially if you were a software engineer. Average starting salary at like $500k.
Everything I've heard though is those days are over and tech is hitting hard times.
I do think over the next 10+ years, AI will be replacing a lot of those jobs. Perfect role for AI.
Posted by: Blago at September 21, 2023 05:11 PM (/paMB)
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The Hulu deal wherein Disney has to buy Comcasts shares has the clock begin ticking on9/30. Disney is going to have to scrape up at least $10b within 90 days thereafter. Good luck
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2023 05:11 PM (YdEHa)
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>>Meryl Streep… something about her, hard to pinpoint, I have always found repulsive..
High cheek bones. She should play Elizabeth Warren in a biopic.
High cheek bones. She should play Elizabeth Warren in a biopic.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 21, 2023 05:11 PM (bNf8H)
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If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
Praying for all of you. Always a hard time to face.
Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at September 21, 2023 05:06 PM (R3yzU)
When I found a kitten in college that died in a week from distemper, the best advice I got was to adopt a new cat from the St Louis ASPCA. Cassie was with me for 20 years until it was her time, and never a second of trouble.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
Praying for all of you. Always a hard time to face.
Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at September 21, 2023 05:06 PM (R3yzU)
When I found a kitten in college that died in a week from distemper, the best advice I got was to adopt a new cat from the St Louis ASPCA. Cassie was with me for 20 years until it was her time, and never a second of trouble.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:11 PM (eoQWY)
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Beats getting hanged.
Posted by: Chesa Boudin at September 21, 2023 05:11 PM (v0R5T)
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The original "Planet of the Apes" could've been much improved if instead of Maurice Evans playing
Dr Zaius.
It was played by Maurice Chevalier.
Who then sang the show-stopping tune:
"Thank Heaven for Little Chimps" at Astronaut George Taylor's trial.
The original "Planet of the Apes" could've been much improved if instead of Maurice Evans playing
Dr Zaius.
It was played by Maurice Chevalier.
Who then sang the show-stopping tune:
"Thank Heaven for Little Chimps" at Astronaut George Taylor's trial.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 05:11 PM (QzZeQ)
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Prayers to you and your family Mark Andrew Edwards. Sorry for your loss
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2023 05:13 PM (YdEHa)
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Surprise, surprise - Project Veritas is now dead. Oh, they technically still exist but all of the remaining employees got laid off today. I wonder if any of them realized that when they all decided to demonize O'Keefe it was going to be the end of the road for all of them. By Design.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 05:14 PM (i9ffA)
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I really don't understand why people get their lights, television, fridge etc. connected to some Amazon account.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 05:10 PM (RSbhh)
It could be convenient to reorder more easily though I've not done it. But the listening apps actually report all sounds to the central station and have people listen and interpret your requests. There's no software involved at all.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 05:10 PM (RSbhh)
It could be convenient to reorder more easily though I've not done it. But the listening apps actually report all sounds to the central station and have people listen and interpret your requests. There's no software involved at all.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:14 PM (eoQWY)
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The original "Planet of the Apes" could've been much improved if instead of Maurice Evans playing
Dr Zaius.
It was played by Maurice Chevalier.
Who then sang the show-stopping tune:
"Thank Heaven for Little Chimps" at Astronaut George Taylor's trial.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 05:11 PM (QzZeQ)
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Only if you replace Kim Hunter as Zira with Kim Darby.
Dr Zaius.
It was played by Maurice Chevalier.
Who then sang the show-stopping tune:
"Thank Heaven for Little Chimps" at Astronaut George Taylor's trial.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 21, 2023 05:11 PM (QzZeQ)
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Only if you replace Kim Hunter as Zira with Kim Darby.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at September 21, 2023 05:15 PM (ScR16)
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Surprise, surprise - Project Veritas is now dead. Oh, they technically still exist but all of the remaining employees got laid off today. I wonder if any of them realized that when they all decided to demonize O'Keefe it was going to be the end of the road for all of them. By Design.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 05:14 PM (i9ffA)
I'm sure none of them realized that, which shows what useless drones they were. Even parasites know how not to kill the host.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 05:14 PM (i9ffA)
I'm sure none of them realized that, which shows what useless drones they were. Even parasites know how not to kill the host.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:15 PM (eoQWY)
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If you have spare thoughts and prayers for Tabitha and my wife, I won't scorn them.
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
Prayers for your Family which of course includes Your Kitty
Thanks.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 21, 2023 04:18 PM (xcxpd)
Prayers for your Family which of course includes Your Kitty
Posted by: It's me donna at September 21, 2023 05:15 PM (bs+z0)
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It could be convenient to reorder more easily though I've not done it. But the listening apps actually report all sounds to the central station and have people listen and interpret your requests. There's no software involved at all.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:14 PM (eoQWY)
.......
That's creepy.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:14 PM (eoQWY)
.......
That's creepy.
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 05:16 PM (v0R5T)
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Maybe I have an instinctive aversion to most play actors… I just read about Nia Vardolos ( wished I had not) and her cozy relationship with Tom Hanks. Couple that with the shitshow that is, partially, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3… I should rather have remained ignorant..
Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 05:16 PM (PCK5/)
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Because all I can imagine with things hooked up to Amazon is some voice sounding like HAL from 2001, "I'm sorry, Dave; You had wrong think, I can't help with that now."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 05:16 PM (RSbhh)
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Because all I can imagine with things hooked up to Amazon is some voice sounding like HAL from 2001, "I'm sorry, Dave; You had wrong think, I can't help with that now."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 05:16 PM (RSbhh)
Well that is what happened with that Ring dude. They locked him out of his house for wrongthink.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 05:16 PM (RSbhh)
Well that is what happened with that Ring dude. They locked him out of his house for wrongthink.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:17 PM (eoQWY)
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Watch it if you dare!
Nicholas Fondacaro @NickFondacaro Sep 20
The View becomes a platform supremely CRINGY anti-gun rights song:
"eeeeeenouuuuuuugh, eeeeeeenouuuuuugh, eeeeeenouuuuuugh"
Be careful where you listen to this. I’ve been getting reports of people being attacked by their cats.
https://tinyurl.com/4jupcjec
1:22 minutes but with subtitles/CC for the weak!
Nicholas Fondacaro @NickFondacaro Sep 20
The View becomes a platform supremely CRINGY anti-gun rights song:
"eeeeeenouuuuuuugh, eeeeeeenouuuuuugh, eeeeeenouuuuuugh"
Be careful where you listen to this. I’ve been getting reports of people being attacked by their cats.
https://tinyurl.com/4jupcjec
1:22 minutes but with subtitles/CC for the weak!
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 05:17 PM (krqg6)
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If anyone wants an lol go to Twitchy and read Hollaria Bridens faux letter from Chuck Schumer. Hysterical
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 21, 2023 05:18 PM (YdEHa)
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Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:14 PM (eoQWY)
Sounds creepy as heck, and I assiduously avoid buying anything from Amazon unless there's no other choice
Sounds creepy as heck, and I assiduously avoid buying anything from Amazon unless there's no other choice
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 05:18 PM (RSbhh)
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I think it was even more lucrative than that, especially if you were a software engineer. Average starting salary at like $500k.
Everything I've heard though is those days are over and tech is hitting hard times.
I do think over the next 10+ years, AI will be replacing a lot of those jobs. Perfect role for AI.
Posted by: Blago at September 21, 2023 05:11 PM (/paMB)
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I think your right. Silicon had all those massive layoffs 12-24 months ago. My kid, who just graduated from a top tier computer science University says it's lean times for graduates.
Everything I've heard though is those days are over and tech is hitting hard times.
I do think over the next 10+ years, AI will be replacing a lot of those jobs. Perfect role for AI.
Posted by: Blago at September 21, 2023 05:11 PM (/paMB)
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I think your right. Silicon had all those massive layoffs 12-24 months ago. My kid, who just graduated from a top tier computer science University says it's lean times for graduates.
Posted by: WisRich at September 21, 2023 05:18 PM (G0vdT)
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Maybe I have an instinctive aversion to most play actors… I just read about Nia Vardolos ( wished I had not) and her cozy relationship with Tom Hanks. Couple that with the shitshow that is, partially, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3… I should rather have remained ignorant..
Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 05:16 PM (PCK5/)
I figure they have to bellow out (ok, project) to fill a hall which mixes less well with a camera viewpoint 6 inches away.
Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 05:16 PM (PCK5/)
I figure they have to bellow out (ok, project) to fill a hall which mixes less well with a camera viewpoint 6 inches away.
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:18 PM (eoQWY)
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When your refrigerator can go into a snit and lock you out, or decide to turn itself off because reasons… you might want to rethink your life…
Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 05:19 PM (PCK5/)
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McMurtry has always had a wide range of things he was interested in and wanted to write about. He wrote Terms was back in the '70s, LD in the '80s.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2023 04:58 PM
I tried to read "All My Friends Are Going To Be Strangers" once.
Most boring book I ever tried to read. I love all the Lonesome Dove books, and liked the Berrybender series.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2023 04:58 PM
I tried to read "All My Friends Are Going To Be Strangers" once.
Most boring book I ever tried to read. I love all the Lonesome Dove books, and liked the Berrybender series.
Posted by: Glenn John at September 21, 2023 05:19 PM (RilAR)
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Because all I can imagine with things hooked up to Amazon is some voice sounding like HAL from 2001, "I'm sorry, Dave; You had wrong think, I can't help with that now."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 05:16 PM (RSbhh)
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I'm sorry Dave, you're getting tubby. Refrigerator will be locked for 3 days.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 21, 2023 05:16 PM (RSbhh)
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I'm sorry Dave, you're getting tubby. Refrigerator will be locked for 3 days.
Posted by: wth at September 21, 2023 05:19 PM (v0R5T)
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Well that is what happened with that Ring dude.
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He didn't throw it into the fires of Mount Doom?
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He didn't throw it into the fires of Mount Doom?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at September 21, 2023 05:20 PM (ScR16)
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Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives @dom_lucre 4h
🔥🚨BREAKING: Hollywood writers and producers are expected to end the writers strike by the end of today after meeting them on Wednesday.
Catturd ™ @catturd2 4h
LOL - Hollywood went on strike and nobody gave AF. 😂
🔥🚨BREAKING: Hollywood writers and producers are expected to end the writers strike by the end of today after meeting them on Wednesday.
Catturd ™ @catturd2 4h
LOL - Hollywood went on strike and nobody gave AF. 😂
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 05:21 PM (krqg6)
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Disney is serious about cleaning up its act if and only if it jettisons entire sections of its head-office org chart that are so obviously corrupted that they wouldn't even function in a non-woke setting. Not holding my breath.
Posted by: CppThis at September 21, 2023 05:21 PM (PZvjL)
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SNOOD BANKMAN FREID
Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 21, 2023 05:21 PM (krqg6)
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McMurtry was certainly blunt about the practices and mores of all the people in the Old West… including the Indigenous…
Posted by: tubal at September 21, 2023 05:22 PM (PCK5/)
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I am hoping Acd has a article on the demise of Project Veritas
Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2023 05:23 PM (fwDg9)
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Disney is serious about cleaning up its act if and only if it jettisons entire sections of its head-office org chart that are so obviously corrupted that they wouldn't even function in a non-woke setting. Not holding my breath.
Posted by: CppThis at September 21, 2023 05:21 PM (PZvjL)
They couldn't even keep their woke president retired, much less fire anyone.
Elon was the only one who could purge Twitter/X the way you would need to, sack entire departments wholesale. Disney would have to do the same thing down to the janitors
Posted by: CppThis at September 21, 2023 05:21 PM (PZvjL)
They couldn't even keep their woke president retired, much less fire anyone.
Elon was the only one who could purge Twitter/X the way you would need to, sack entire departments wholesale. Disney would have to do the same thing down to the janitors
Posted by: Oldcat at September 21, 2023 05:23 PM (eoQWY)
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282 I think your right. Silicon had all those massive layoffs 12-24 months ago. My kid, who just graduated from a top tier computer science University says it's lean times for graduates.
Posted by: WisRich at September 21, 2023 05:18 PM (G0vdT)
I work in the embedded-software department of a hardware company, and we've been unable to fill open positions for like 2 years. The job market is very lopsided; youngsters are getting screwed because big shitty cube farms like Twitbook that are usually someone's first tech job aren't hiring, but the little guys who are hiring are geographically scattered and not really set up to work with a kid who's maybe motivated but doesn't understand the mechanics of the field well enough to set their own priorities.
Posted by: WisRich at September 21, 2023 05:18 PM (G0vdT)
I work in the embedded-software department of a hardware company, and we've been unable to fill open positions for like 2 years. The job market is very lopsided; youngsters are getting screwed because big shitty cube farms like Twitbook that are usually someone's first tech job aren't hiring, but the little guys who are hiring are geographically scattered and not really set up to work with a kid who's maybe motivated but doesn't understand the mechanics of the field well enough to set their own priorities.
Posted by: CppThis at September 21, 2023 05:26 PM (PZvjL)
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And in terms of innovation, all the FAANG companies have their best days behind them, with the possible exception of Apple.
Posted by: Ace's liver
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Apple is going down too. Name the last groundbreaking product since Jobs left the world.
I'll wait.
Posted by: Ace's liver
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Apple is going down too. Name the last groundbreaking product since Jobs left the world.
I'll wait.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 21, 2023 05:34 PM (17s+e)
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For a while Warbird was Carol Danvers's superhero name
Posted by: hurricane567@gmail.com at September 21, 2023 05:35 PM (rL1hC)
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"Silicon had all those massive layoffs 12-24 months ago. My kid, who just graduated from a top tier computer science University says it's lean times for graduates."
I bet that won't keep them from begging Congress for more H1-Bs though.
I bet that won't keep them from begging Congress for more H1-Bs though.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 21, 2023 05:37 PM (ou9hh)
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My uncle's long-time GF set him up as a beneficiary for her 401K. When she died, it went to him...except, he never claimed it. I guess he was trying to avoid a tax situation
What tax situation? You have to pay ordinary income tax on 401k withdrawals. So what? You have to pay that on your own also. Estate tax (if any) is paid by the estate, not the beneficiary.
That's like saying "My goal is to pay zero income taxes. To succeed in that goal, I will not earn any income"
What tax situation? You have to pay ordinary income tax on 401k withdrawals. So what? You have to pay that on your own also. Estate tax (if any) is paid by the estate, not the beneficiary.
That's like saying "My goal is to pay zero income taxes. To succeed in that goal, I will not earn any income"
Posted by: Chuck C at September 21, 2023 05:38 PM (xttsV)
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"Quieting the noise" probably means shutting up the people who complain: going to Google, Facebook, etc., and getting them to remove "misinformation" under threat of expensive lawsuits. Or getting some government agency to do it for them.
Posted by: PG at September 21, 2023 05:56 PM (afPT4)
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But Disney will still continue to hire lesbians. There is a reason why North Hollywood became the West Coast version of Park Slope. Not only that, but Research is coming up with a Disney oriented strap-on to appeal to more women recruits. The name is Girl Power and there will also be a battery charged one for older customers.
The Future is Female!
The Future is Female!
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