Tentative Deal Struck in Writers Strike

The Film Actors Guild, however, is still on strike.

Although the studios have reached a general agreement with the " " " professional writers," " " they still have to write the contractual language, which could take days or a week (or more). And the deal could still collapse over details they thought they'd worked out but upon closer inspection, had not.

But it looks like it's over:

Variety reports that negotiators for the Writers Guild of America and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reached the finish line Sunday after five consecutive days of negotiations. Day 4 on Saturday mostly involved lawyers for the guild and AMPTP hashing out the fine print of language around complicated and groundbreaking additions to the WGA's Minimum Basic Agreement. The nitty-gritty details of language around the use of generative AI in content production was one of the last items that the sides worked on before closing the pact.
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"We can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional -- with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership," the WGA's negotiating committee wrote in an email to sent to members at 7:10 p.m. PT.

I know all of you are huge fans of Steven Colbert, Jimmy Smeckle, Seth Meyers, and who-the-hell-else. Garrett especially (obviously). So I'm glad to report that they'll be back on the air within days! Lucky you!

Warner Bros.' and Paramount's stock jumped by around 1.5%. Disney's rose too... a mere 0.5%. As if Wall Street no longer has faith in the Rat.

Will the studios make a deal with the Film Actors Guild in turn? Maybe. And that's important, because Film Actors Guild Fran Drescher says that there's a hateful contingent in the world that is blocking wonderful Hollywood "creatives" from making six billion more gay movies and TV shows, and that's a bad thing.

GLAAD and Fran Drescher, the president of SAG-AFTRA, are voicing concerns that LGBTQ stories in film are at risk due to the actors' and writers' strikes.
"Right now, there's a very tiny but loud segment of our population that's hard at work spreading hate and fear while attempting to squash all storytelling that showcases the full, beautiful reality of the human experience," Drescher said as GLAAD (the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, issued its annual report highlighting the representation of LGBTQ+ characters in film. "Seeing diverse representation on screen is vital for empowering everyone to embrace their authentic selves."
Drescher continued, "Sadly, the longer the AMPTP companies keep the entertainment industry shut down by refusing to come back to the bargaining table, the more risk there is for disrupting the progress that's been made in terms of inclusive representation."
AG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher addresses picketers at New York City Hall on Tuesday as members of the actors SAG-AFTRA union continue to walk the picket line with screenwriters outside of major studios across the country on August 01, 2023 in New York City.
Each year, GLAAD's Studio Responsibility Index quantifies the representation of LGBTQ+ characters in film. The latest installment tracked films released in 2022 by 10 distributors. Of the 350 films included, 100 (or, 28.5 percent) featured an LGBTQ character. That's the highest number of films and percentage of total films that GLAAD has tracked in its 11 years of filing the report.

You're telling me.

Next thing you'll tell me is that they're making more TV commercials featuring gay couples and mixed-race couples than ever.

However, this year's report expanded its definition of "film" to include streaming services that do not offer theatrical movie releases, making it likely that we would see more films with LGBTQ characters than ever.
GLAAD considered the numbers as progress, but with caveats. More than half (57 percent) of LGBTQ characters had fewer than five minutes of screen time. Moreover, 40 percent of those characters were characters of color, a slight uptick from the 39 percent tracked last year. The report also noted that 21 percent of the inclusive films featured a bisexual character, 12 percent included a transgender character, and 4 percent included an LGBTQ character with a disability. There was just one character in the films who was living with HIV.
Along with Drescher, president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis warned that a prolonged strike could reverse the progress made. "At a time when the LGBTQ community is under unprecedented cultural and political attacks, it is more important than ever to hold film studios accountable for how our community is represented on screen," Ellis said. "It is crucial that the AMPTP reach a fair deal with striking writers and performers -- that these talented creatives can return to work as soon as possible so that the progress made in LGBTQ representation remains on track."

Bob Iger met with major institutional investors behind closed doors. Reportedly, he reassured investors that he knew that Pixar, under his great leadership, is no longer able to produce successful movies based on original concepts and scripts, and so would now just be in the business of producing sequels to previous hits.

Super. He bought Pixar for $10 billion, and now it's just a sequel mill for straight-to-DVD sequels. Planes Vs. Cars. Up 2: Even Upper. Buzz Lightyear: Bigger and Gayer.

By the way: The Snow Biege movie starring annoying woke twat Rachel Zegler is expected to have a final cost of $300 million (!!!) so that's going to be another Iger Disaster.

I previously wrote that tax filings for The Marvels revealed that it cost $275 million. Valliant Renegade noted that those filings only show costs through the end of 2022, and we know there have been reshoots, and therefore also additional costly special effects shots, since then. Disney Marvel can't film three people sitting at a park bench without $60 million of CGI.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:00 PM

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Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 25, 2023 12:00 PM (N1DT3)

2 All good things must come to an end, I guess.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 25, 2023 12:01 PM (fKIdX)

3 Darn!

Posted by: rd at September 25, 2023 12:01 PM (o1baN)

4 Ok, now a real comment:

WHEW. I was SO WORRIED about where I was going to get quality entertainment without Hollywood!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 25, 2023 12:01 PM (N1DT3)

5 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 25, 2023 12:01 PM (LpMsk)

6 Not first!

Posted by: jmel at September 25, 2023 12:01 PM (RWHIh)

7 Maybe the rank and file will reject the offer?

We can all hope!

Posted by: rd at September 25, 2023 12:02 PM (o1baN)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:02 PM (Zz0t1)

9 WHEW. I was SO WORRIED about where I was going to get quality entertainment without Hollywood!

*buffs lapels*

Posted by: Korea at September 25, 2023 12:03 PM (I/Qkd)

10 "Seeing diverse representation on screen is vital for empowering everyone to embrace their authentic selves."
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No, not at all. But it is crucial for grooming and undermining traditional relationships.

Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at September 25, 2023 12:03 PM (WaWnY)

11 GLAAD and Fran Drescher, the president of SAG-AFTRA, are voicing concerns that LGBTQ stories in film are at risk due to the actors' and writers' strikes.

This obviously requires Federal intervention.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 25, 2023 12:03 PM (2tUFv)

12 Yea?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:03 PM (xcxpd)

13 "[S ]AG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher"

I almost spit out my drink when I read this. I think I know why the actors are still on strike. No one wants to listen to her voice to negotiate.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (N1DT3)

14 I thought I heard that they had cancelled the Snow White and the Seven Midgets?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (zZu0s)

15 Since 'Snow' was a modifier of the color, shouldn't it be say, 'Paper Bag Beige'? The dims should like that one...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (llON8)

16 Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (N1DT3)

You HTML tag like Fetterman dresses.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)

17 I get the impression this 3 year deal is just to buy time for AI to get "better". Then these shit writers are really going to be in a world of hurt. 98% of what they produce will probably be pretty easy to shit out.

But I honestly dont know where the money is going to come from to pay higher residuals, royalties, salaries, etc if the streaming platforms are all basically losing money.

If studios just give all these people what they want, they're eventually going to go bankrupt.

Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (wMRY8)

18 Our long national nightmare ... is back underway.

Posted by: spindrift at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (EGPRf)

19 Let me see if I have this straight. Hollywood is cratering because nobody wants to watch their woke garbage, but Hollywood is now saved, because the same people producing their woke garbage will now be paid more to produce the same woke garbage?

It can't lose!

Posted by: Archimedes at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (I/Qkd)

20 'Morning Ace.
How did the project go?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (t/2Uw)

21 What a bunch of FAGs!

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (krqg6)

22 Oh no!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:05 PM (aD39U)

23 Alright! Now we'll get some more recycled dreck.

Posted by: BignJames at September 25, 2023 12:05 PM (AwYPR)

24 I was rooting for the strike.

I wanted it to live a long life.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:05 PM (LvTSG)

25 Getting the entertainment industry hate post this early in the day is unsettling. It's like having dinner for breakfast. Or day-drinking!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 25, 2023 12:05 PM (bNf8H)

26 Wait. So I have to stop reading books now and watch Hollywood entertainment again?

No thanks.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:05 PM (YIVH2)

27 Also, we should note: ace escaped from the shelving with his life.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 25, 2023 12:05 PM (zZu0s)

28 Although the studios have reached a general agreement with the " " " professional writers," " " they still have to write the contractual language, which could take days or a week (or more).

shame they couldn't hire someone who could write it more quickly. some sort of, i don't know, professional writer or something.

Posted by: anachronda denounces himself at September 25, 2023 12:05 PM (oY6Yp)

29 If studios just give all these people what they want, they're eventually going to go bankrupt.

Nonsense!

Posted by: UAW at September 25, 2023 12:05 PM (I/Qkd)

30 I do believe that the writer's union saw the deals that the networks have been making with pro sports leagues and college conferences and decided that that programming was going to be taking up more and more prime time slots in the upcoming years which means less scripted shows,

As they did the last strike, the unions overplayed their hands and will end up with a lot less jobs.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (aGT/k)

31 I get the impression this 3 year deal is just to buy time for AI to get "better". Then these shit writers are really going to be in a world of hurt. 98% of what they produce will probably be pretty easy to shit out.

You're telling us.

Posted by: Law Firm Associates! at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (2tUFv)

32 >>> 25 I was rooting for the strike.

I wanted it to live a long life.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:05 PM (LvTSG)

I was hoping for casualties.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (llON8)

33 I'm confused as to how I did a stikeout. I'm not tech-adept enough to have done that on purpose. (Without looking something up, at least.)

Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (N1DT3)

34 >>>21 'Morning Ace.
How did the project go?

Stage 1 of Phase 3 went great. That was just the Billy shelves.

Stage 2 -- putting up shelves under the TV -- went disastrously. There's something behind the wall stopping me from drilling.

I put so many holes in the wall (out of frustration) that it looks like a joke in a sitcom.

Stage 3 (putting up big shelves on the walls) was put off because of the Stage 2 disaster.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (KRtlO)

35 Ah, too bad.

I was enjoying the notion that all those assholes were too busy being assholes to bother me.

Maybe like Kramer they will go on strike again.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (0lY6Y)

36 But at least if they go bankrupt, they can say it wasn't their fault.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (0Tr8g)

37 You HTML tag like Fetterman dresses.
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Posted by: John Fetterman at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (X4yCj)

38 35 Stage 2 -- putting up shelves under the TV -- went disastrously. There's something behind the wall stopping me from drilling.

I put so many holes in the wall (out of frustration) that it looks like a joke in a sitcom.

Stage 3 (putting up big shelves on the walls) was put off because of the Stage 2 disaster.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (KRtlO)

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Did you use a stud finder?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (LvTSG)

39 Let me see if I have this straight. Hollywood is cratering because nobody wants to watch their woke garbage, but Hollywood is now saved, because the same people producing their woke garbage will now be paid more to produce the same woke garbage?

Federal subsidies.

It's coming.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (2tUFv)

40 "Snow Beige"

Perfect!
LOL

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (t/2Uw)

41 'Morning Ace.
How did the project go?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (t/2Uw)

Oh, right, this means Ace didn't suffer a shelving fatality.

Assuming this isn't just a new Ace.

Posted by: spindrift at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (EGPRf)

42 GLAAD considered the numbers as progress, but with caveats. More than half (57 percent) of LGBTQ characters had fewer than five minutes of screen time. Moreover, 40 percent of those characters were characters of color, a slight uptick from the 39 percent tracked last year...
There was just one character in the films who was living with HIV.

--

This is really interesting, btw. The hint is right there. People are utterly repulsed by it. The end. And no one likes the idea of having some gay dudes being main characters while reminding everyone that they're spreading HIV to their hookups.

But the part where they hide The Gay in the protected black character is very interesting. I doubt there are more black gays, but it allows a different shield against criticism.

Very clever.

Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (WaWnY)

43 Did you use a stud finder?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (LvTSG)

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: The Gas Line at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (aD39U)

44 The Box Office numbers for the weekend were crap too.

The latest Expedables movie opened to less than $10 million dollars.

Posted by: rd at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (o1baN)

45 Who TF care

Posted by: Gonzotx at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (MwHgU)

46 Also, we should note: ace escaped from the shelving with his life.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 25, 2023 12:05 PM (zZu0s)

Well, we won't know he ACTUALLY did it until the next GAINZZ or Cafe thread.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (Zz0t1)

47 You HTML tag like Fetterman dresses.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)

I figured it out. I tried to add the missing "S" back into the SAG-AFTRA and note that it had been missed. That created a tag because I bracketed it.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (N1DT3)

48 45 The Box Office numbers for the weekend were crap too.

The latest Expedables movie opened to less than $10 million dollars.
Posted by: rd at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (o1baN)

========

The appeal of the Expendables franchise has always eluded me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (LvTSG)

49 Did you use a stud finder?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (LvTSG)

Was the drill set to... forward?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (zZu0s)

50 Stage 2 -- putting up shelves under the TV -- went disastrously. There's something behind the wall stopping me from drilling.

Might be an electrical cable. Try poking around with a piece of copper wire to try and identify it.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (I/Qkd)

51
The latest Expedables movie opened to less than $10 million dollars.
Posted by: rd at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (o1baN)

There's another Expendables movie?

Or were you making a pedophile joke?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (Zz0t1)

52 Did you use a stud finder?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (LvTSG)

*insert art thread joke here*

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (CIS44)

53 Fake -ass theater for fake-ass people.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (q4g6M)

54 Shame, they should have held out lknger

Posted by: Skip at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (TMyCg)

55 The appeal of the Expendables franchise has always eluded me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (LvTSG)

I thought the first one was fun. The appeal quickly wore off though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (zZu0s)

56 >>>Did you use a stud finder?

i am the stud finder. but no, I didn't. I mean, I think I'm right on the stud (by the knock method). It's just not letting my drill, like there's something metal in here. I'm not near an outlet. It's a space between two closets so there shouldn't be pipe or electrical there.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (KRtlO)

57 Will the studios make a deal with the Film Actors Guild in turn? Maybe. And that's important, because Film Actors Guild Fran Drescher says that there's a hateful contingent in the world that is blocking wonderful Hollywood "creatives" from making six billion more gay movies and TV shows, and that's a bad thing.

Those guys are FAGS!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at September 25, 2023 12:09 PM (FVJNG)

58 You HTML tag like Fetterman dresses.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)

Now that I figured it out, I can put my hoodie back on.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 25, 2023 12:09 PM (N1DT3)

59 Seems like the studios could get an AI to write that contract pretty quick.

Posted by: SDM at September 25, 2023 12:09 PM (U9u3w)

60 *yawns*

I think I'll go with the smoked turkey for lunch today.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 12:09 PM (uSHSS)

61 The Box Office numbers for the weekend were crap too.

The latest Expedables movie opened to less than $10 million dollars.
Posted by: rd at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (o1baN)
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There's a new Expendables movie? WHY? The first three were mildly entertaining, but they were really just an excuse for action heroes of days gone by to blow shit up. (Seriously, there are no actual "good" guys in the movies.)

There's no rational excuse for a fourth movie in the franchise.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:09 PM (YIVH2)

62 39 35 Stage 2 -- putting up shelves under the TV -- went disastrously. There's something behind the wall stopping me from drilling.

I put so many holes in the wall (out of frustration) that it looks like a joke in a sitcom.

Stage 3 (putting up big shelves on the walls) was put off because of the Stage 2 disaster.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (KRtlO)

========

Did you use a stud finder?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (LvTSG)

I think he already has Garrett's phone number

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:09 PM (xcxpd)

63 $300M for Snow Blight? Not a chance. The money as stolen. If Hollywood were a real industry, there would be SEC investigations into obvious accounting and securities fraud.

And although Zegler gets the lion's share of scorn for being an obnoxious woke twat -- which is fully deserved -- we shouldn't forget it was that obnoxious woke twat Peter Dinklage who started the whole stupid michegas about how dwarf characters are racist or whatever.

This is a guy who made a fortune playing dwarf characters. I can only presume he was angling for a role, got turned down or offered less than he wanted, so he decided to sabotage the chances of other dwarves getting the roles.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:09 PM (iFTx/)

64 Three cheers for trial lawyers!

The Daily Mail:

Legal gender clinics are now banning puberty blockers and transgender surgeries for kids - amid fears of being sued down the line

Good luck arguing in court that minors can consent to be mutilated, a-holes.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 25, 2023 12:10 PM (2tUFv)

65 When did the view of 'actors' as no better than prostitutes really start to fade? Was it around the time movies started to become a thing?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 25, 2023 12:10 PM (llON8)

66 We're nearing the point where cutting edge shows will feature that one quirky, heterosexual character to spice things up!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 25, 2023 12:10 PM (Zjx55)

67 The FAGs are still on strike?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 25, 2023 12:10 PM (FVME7)

68 The Box Office numbers for the weekend were crap too.

The latest Expedables movie opened to less than $10 million dollars.
Posted by: rd at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (o1baN)

Nun II keeps doing pretty solid business, but thats now done as spooky season starts in earnest friday.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:10 PM (CIS44)

69 i am the stud finder. but no, I didn't. I mean, I think I'm right on the stud (by the knock method). It's just not letting my drill, like there's something metal in here. I'm not near an outlet. It's a space between two closets so there shouldn't be pipe or electrical there.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (KRtlO)

Must be where the Deep State set up the steel surveillance box.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 25, 2023 12:10 PM (zZu0s)

70 Ace, as long as it didn't involve a trip to the ER, I'd rate it as somewhat successful. You successfully didn't hurt yourself.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 25, 2023 12:10 PM (t/2Uw)

71 56 >>>Did you use a stud finder?
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i am the stud finder. but no, I didn't. I mean, I think I'm right on the stud (by the knock method). It's just not letting my drill, like there's something metal in here. I'm not near an outlet. It's a space between two closets so there shouldn't be pipe or electrical there.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

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Oh no.

Posted by: Moron Robbie found the recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at September 25, 2023 12:10 PM (WaWnY)

72 There's another Expendables movie?

Or were you making a pedophile joke?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (Zz0t1)

Expend4bles

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:11 PM (CIS44)

73 The appeal of the Expendables franchise has always eluded me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (LvTSG)

I thought the first one was fun. The appeal quickly wore off though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (zZu0s)

Seeing the old 80s action stars one more time was fun.

One More Time.

Posted by: The Gas Line at September 25, 2023 12:11 PM (aD39U)

74 Another Stunning and Brave influencer!

https://tinyurl.com/9tnbxhhb
Posted by: kallisto bringin you the Monday morning mishegas

Dancing Queen at the Auschwitz Disco!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 25, 2023 12:11 PM (FVME7)

75 Thankful that the writers have worked it out. Can't wait to see the new episodes of Hazel and Mr. Ed. The Real McCoys, too.

Posted by: The Cutting Edge at September 25, 2023 12:11 PM (83IzV)

76 Buzz Lightyear: Bigger and Gayer
====================
Pitch me!

Posted by: Bob Iger at September 25, 2023 12:11 PM (vSzVG)

77 Ace, I told you that you should’ve hired Chuy to put up those shelves. Hispanics are great with power tools.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 25, 2023 12:11 PM (xTRSc)

78 Seeing the old 80s action stars one more time was fun.

One More Time.

Jason Statham isn't old enough for the group.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 25, 2023 12:11 PM (I/Qkd)

79 52 Did you use a stud finder?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (LvTSG)
_____________

"There is such a thing??"

-- Barack "Deep Throat" Obama

"Yes, their surely is."

-- Pete Bootyjuice

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

80 The appeal of the Expendables franchise has always eluded me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (LvTSG)

Same here.

Posted by: Archer at September 25, 2023 12:11 PM (gmo/4)

81 The appeal of the Expendables franchise has always eluded me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM

You're not alone...

https://youtu.be/9w9A4iFM3fM?si=Mg_GcL5vPrqF68tY

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 25, 2023 12:12 PM (LpMsk)

82 Hitting something "preventing you from drilling" usually means you've done something terribly wrong.

I hope you're not in a rental that will punish you for making 'unapproved modifications' because it seems you're flirtin' with disaster.

...and I asked for it.....

https://youtu.be/Ta5hPRmxo8k

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:12 PM (Zz0t1)

83 Stage 3 (putting up big shelves on the walls) was put off because of the Stage 2 disaster.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (KRtlO)

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Did you use a stud finder?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Every time I go to Home Depot, I stop by the tools.
Pick up a stud finder, point it at me, and say out loud, "found him!"

Wife no longer follows me to the tool aisle.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2023 12:12 PM (ZVVGW)

84 I'm confused as to how I did a stikeout. I'm not tech-adept enough to have done that on purpose. (Without looking something up, at least.)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 25, 2023 12:06 PM (N1DT3)

If you were to sandwich your content between "[ s ]" and "[ / s ]" (having removed the spaces), you would have a strikeout.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 25, 2023 12:12 PM (1Z8zZ)

85 Everyone is talking about shelves. Was there another shelf incident?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:12 PM (O+BhX)

86 When did the view of 'actors' as no better than prostitutes really start to fade? Was it around the time movies started to become a thing?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 25, 2023 12:10 PM (llON

The Hayes Code gave an air of respectability to the whoring.

Posted by: The Gas Line at September 25, 2023 12:12 PM (aD39U)

87 Am I the only one who wasn't a Fran Dresher fan?
Never got her schtick

Posted by: Skip at September 25, 2023 12:12 PM (TMyCg)

88 Actually the strike ending is good news. I am almost done with my screenplay of The Sea Otter That Ate Seattle.
Its gonna be a smash hit!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 12:12 PM (uSHSS)

89 Hitting something "preventing you from drilling" usually means you've done something terribly wrong.

Usually means you are hitting a black iron (gas) pipe.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2023 12:13 PM (ZVVGW)

90 "GLAAD considered the numbers as progress, but with caveats. More than half (57 percent) of LGBTQ characters had fewer than five minutes of screen time."

Would guess that any character with less than five minutes of screen time is either a somewhat non-essential character or one that serves a very specific purpose.

Either way, their sexuality is more than likely irrelevant to their character. GLADD should be happy that 57% of LGBTQ characters were made gay simply because the writers/producers felt pressured to include some "diversity."

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 25, 2023 12:13 PM (KbCG3)

91 Amazing that Ace can type so well with a pile of melamine board on top of him.

Posted by: Out of the Closet at September 25, 2023 12:13 PM (83IzV)

92 Warner Bros.' and Paramount's stock jumped by around 1.5%. Disney's rose too... a mere 0.5%. As if Wall Street no longer has faith in the Rat.

When every Disney movie loses money, a writer's strike is the perfect excuse to stop the hemorrhaging without admitting your movies suck and lose money. Now Disney will need another excuse...or continue to hemorrhage money. Just think...Snow Woke is just around the corner!

Posted by: Movie Moron at September 25, 2023 12:13 PM (JCZqz)

93 >> Buzz Lightyear: Bigger and Gayer
====================
Pitch me!

___

Slight modification: Bud Lightyear.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 25, 2023 12:13 PM (bNf8H)

94 "Seeing diverse representation on screen is vital for empowering everyone to embrace their authentic selves."

You know how each movie opens with the "Piracy is BAD" warning now?

Maybe they could also add a scene of Pete Bootyjizz violating a boy to make GLAAD happy?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (XqcwY)

95 Would guess that any character with less than five minutes of screen time is either a somewhat non-essential character or one that serves a very specific purpose.

We used to call these "tokens"

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (CIS44)

96 Alas poor Strike. Taken before his time, and now we will view the coming hogwash, and wonder, “Can I really make a blog post reviewing this actual dreck, or should I instead post about the downfall in quality entertainment .”

Regardless, there’s always quality at AoSHQ

Posted by: Corona exile-back_in_exile at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (3wNhr)

97 Jason Statham isn't old enough for the group.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 25, 2023 12:11 PM (I/Qkd)

Jason Statham is always the same character in every movie.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (aD39U)

98 Just what we need. Every character on tv will be gay and trans or gay and trans and every storyline will revolve around gay and trans or gay and trans.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (O+BhX)

99 Another Stunning and Brave influencer!

https://tinyurl.com/9tnbxhhb
Posted by: kallisto bringin you the Monday morning mishegas

My next starring lady! - Tim Burton

Posted by: Archer at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (gmo/4)

100 Slight modification: Bud Lightyear.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 25, 2023 12:13 PM (bNf8H)

Nice!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (Zjx55)

101 Every time I go to Home Depot, I stop by the tools.
Pick up a stud finder, point it at me, and say out loud, "found him!"

Wife no longer follows me to the tool aisle.

You should try out for the Dad jokes series on YT.

https://tinyurl.com/4ccz43j7

Posted by: Archimedes at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (I/Qkd)

102 Let me see if I have this straight. Hollywood is cratering because nobody wants to watch their woke garbage, but Hollywood is now saved, because the same people producing their woke garbage will now be paid more to produce the same woke garbage?

They will now be able to go back and improve old content, just like Cecilia Giménez.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (1Z8zZ)

103 When every Disney movie loses money, a writer's strike is the perfect excuse to stop the hemorrhaging without admitting your movies suck and lose money. Now Disney will need another excuse...or continue to hemorrhage money. Just think...Snow Woke is just around the corner!
Posted by: Movie Moron at September 25, 2023 12:13 PM (JCZqz)

But first The Marvels, which has the highest budget of any non-Avengers Marvel movie.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:15 PM (CIS44)

104 There's another Expendables movie?

Or were you making a pedophile joke?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (Zz0t1)

Expend4bles
Posted by: BruceWayne

Expendables 4: We Need One More Paycheck

Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2023 12:15 PM (ZVVGW)

105 Where's my money, Rat?

Posted by: Comcast at September 25, 2023 12:15 PM (aD39U)

106 Fran Drescher did not write that quote. Is it a bunch of lawyers? It's full of legalese bullstuff.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at September 25, 2023 12:15 PM (fMhOl)

107 Stage 2 -- putting up shelves under the TV -- went disastrously. There's something behind the wall stopping me from drilling.

*****

Brick or cinder block wall covered in drywall?

Metal studs instead of wood 2x4s?

Cast iron drain? (Don’t puncture that!)

Try cutting a piece of the drywall out and looking behind it. You can then put that same piece of drywall back in place and use mud to cover the seams and repaint.

I assume your walls have drywall.

But assumptions…

Posted by: EFG at September 25, 2023 12:15 PM (Ae67h)

108 Am I the only one who wasn't a Fran Dresher fan?
Never got her schtick
Posted by: Skip at September 25, 2023 12:12 PM (TMyCg)

Awkwafina is a lot funnier.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 12:15 PM (uSHSS)

109 >>>nd although Zegler gets the lion's share of scorn for being an obnoxious woke twat -- which is fully deserved -- we shouldn't forget it was that obnoxious woke twat Peter Dinklage who started the whole stupid michegas about how dwarf characters are racist or whatever.

Yup! I have reached my Peter Dinklage Tolerance Threshold. Looks like everyone else hit it at the same time I did.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:16 PM (KRtlO)

110 Am I the only one who wasn't a Fran Dresher fan?
Never got her schtick
Posted by: Skip at September 25, 2023 12:12 PM (TMyCg)

I liked her tits.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:16 PM (aD39U)

111 Would guess that any character with less than five minutes of screen time is either a somewhat non-essential character or one that serves a very specific purpose.

We used to call these "tokens"
Posted by: BruceWayne

Redshirts in Star Wars parlance.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2023 12:16 PM (ZVVGW)

112 >>> Am I the only one who wasn't a Fran Dresher fan?
Never got her schtick

I kinda hate her and never understand why people are praising her for her alleged hotness.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:16 PM (KRtlO)

113 Jason Statham is always the same character in every movie.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM

*Samuel L. Jackson, Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino have entered the chat.*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 25, 2023 12:16 PM (FVJNG)

114 Disinformation Expert Ace:

Have you tried the anchors Moen sells for fastening grab bars to walls without tapping studs? They hold like 300 pounds each, and are really easy to install. You might be able to get away with less anchors and skip the spot with the undrillable item behind it.

Look for 'Moen A750 SecureMount Anchors'. Amazon has them, along with most of the big-box home improvement stores.

You need a 1 1/4" hole saw to install them, but those are fairly easy to find.

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma, Patron of the Arts at September 25, 2023 12:16 PM (a9CYf)

115 Am I the only one who wasn't a Fran Dresher fan?
Never got her schtick
Posted by: Skip
___

Not the only one. Her show The Nanny was absolute shit in my opinion.

She was attractive for a period in the 90's, but that was until she started talking. I absolutely hate that NY accent.

Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 12:17 PM (wMRY8)

116 i am the stud finder.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (KRtlO)

Not something a nominally heterosexual man brags about but you do you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 25, 2023 12:17 PM (1Z8zZ)

117 The appeal of the Expendables franchise has always eluded me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (LvTSG)

The second one was the only one that came close to what people wanted.

Posted by: WOPR at September 25, 2023 12:17 PM (WHkM7)

118 I find it remarkable that corporate-produced 'entertainment' plays any role whatsoever in anyone's life.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 25, 2023 12:17 PM (+huLN)

119 Try finding any mainstream
Movie or tv show (whether network, cable or streaming) that doesn’t have at least 1 lgtqabc123xyz+ character. There’s no such thing as movie without gay character sin 2023.

But like meth addicted UAW slobs who make $200k a year pushing a button, it’s never enough for the left.

Posted by: Montec at September 25, 2023 12:17 PM (bWsRe)

120 We used to call these "tokens"
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM

So did we.

Posted by: South Park at September 25, 2023 12:17 PM (FVJNG)

121 103 When every Disney movie loses money, a writer's strike is the perfect excuse to stop the hemorrhaging without admitting your movies suck and lose money. Now Disney will need another excuse...or continue to hemorrhage money. Just think...Snow Woke is just around the corner!
Posted by: Movie Moron at September 25, 2023 12:13 PM (JCZqz)

But first The Marvels, which has the highest budget of any non-Avengers Marvel movie.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:15 PM (CIS44)

========

These British filings have shown that all of the Marvel movies have had their budgets underreported.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (LvTSG)

122 I'm looking for the helpful advice column Frank J Fleming published a few months ago...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (llON8)

123
Jason Statham is always the same character in every movie.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (aD39U)

What's your point?

Posted by: Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (Zz0t1)

124 Yay, I can't wait to see how my namesake's going to get butchered even more when Ahsoka tanks.

Maybe the next actor for live action Thrawn will be even more rotund than I am IRL?

Posted by: Thrawn at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (uGhsv)

125 At this rate, by 2030, Disney will make a live action of Gilbert Gottfried's "The Aristocrats" joke.

The last 2 GOPe will tut that we should not fight culture wars

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (x2xJw)

126 >>>Brick or cinder block wall covered in drywall?
Metal studs instead of wood 2x4s?

That's what I'm thinking.

>>>Cast iron drain? (Don’t puncture that!)
Try cutting a piece of the drywall out and looking behind it. You can then put that same piece of drywall back in place and use mud to cover the seams and repaint.
I assume your walls have drywall.

Yes. My new idea is that I'm going to patch the holes and just do a shallow drywall anchor. THese shelves aren't going to be holding books, just a DVD player each. They don't need the full drywall toggle anchor treatment I was trying to give them.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (KRtlO)

127 Try cutting a piece of the drywall out and looking behind it. You can then put that same piece of drywall back in place and use mud to cover the seams and repaint.

You can buy pretty cheap little flexible optical fiber probes (endoscopes) on Amazon. Makes a smaller hole, and let's you see what's behind the wall.

https://tinyurl.com/ms4b225v

Posted by: Archimedes at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (I/Qkd)

128 Look at barren field of fucks.

Writers strike? Doesn't ChatGPT pretty much do what those "writers" do? Only cheaper?

Can't wait for AI to take over the newz biz.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (Q4IgG)

129 Not the only one. Her show The Nanny was absolute shit in my opinion.

She was attractive for a period in the 90's, but that was until she started talking. I absolutely hate that NY accent.
Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023

***
Her voice and accent are something she accentuates for her roles. I don't think she talks like Fran Fine all the time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (J2vNu)

130 Good afternoon everyone.

I used to go to movies.

When they were good.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 25, 2023 12:19 PM (WSTFK)

131 Remember that Indian guy from MIT who did an analysis of the 2020 election and found that Trump votes in red areas were deleted?

He was dating Fran Dresher for a while.

Small world.

Posted by: Montec at September 25, 2023 12:19 PM (bWsRe)

132 But first The Marvels, which has the highest budget of any non-Avengers Marvel movie.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:15 PM (CIS44)

If I were a stockholder, I would be questioning why every movie Disney makes costs over $300 million.

Posted by: WOPR at September 25, 2023 12:19 PM (WHkM7)

133 ChatGPT: write a screenplay for "Different Strokes" the movie

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 25, 2023 12:19 PM (NbGdn)

134 117 The appeal of the Expendables franchise has always eluded me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM (LvTSG)

The second one was the only one that came close to what people wanted.
Posted by: WOPR at September 25, 2023 12:17 PM (WHkM7)

========

I think I've only seen the first one, and I was bored pretty thoroughly.

There was a self-seriousness to the film that felt so wrong for the type of film it seemed to want to be.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:19 PM (LvTSG)

135 Everybody is gay, gay, gay!!!
https://is.gd/WqIBgt

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 25, 2023 12:19 PM (llON8)

136 They're just pissing through $ until there's universal income and medical for a great deal of the "working class" (otherwise known as unionized), as Joey's likes to call it, and all of the poor which also encompasses our millions of illegals.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 25, 2023 12:19 PM (GshMh)

137 The second one was the only one that came close to what people wanted.
Posted by: WOPR at September 25, 2023 12:17 PM (WHkM7)

With JCVD being the villain named "Vilain".

Posted by: Thrawn at September 25, 2023 12:19 PM (uGhsv)

138 86 When did the view of 'actors' as no better than prostitutes really start to fade? Was it around the time movies started to become a thing?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 25, 2023 12:10 PM (llON
_______

Slowly then all at once. It took decades of PR and propaganda by Hollywood to rehabilitate the industry's image and especially their "stars." Every once in a while, the veil would slip and the public would see what total scumbags these people were, but up until recently that would be quickly covered up.

I didn't like the movie Babylon, but it did a good job showing what perverted, degenerate scumbags most of these people were.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

139 I'm looking for the helpful advice column Frank J Fleming published a few months ago...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Don't Squat With Your Spurs On or Always Drink Upstream From The Herd?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2023 12:19 PM (ZVVGW)

140 But first The Marvels, which has the highest budget of any non-Avengers Marvel movie.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:15 PM (CIS44)

========

These British filings have shown that all of the Marvel movies have had their budgets underreported.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (LvTSG)

yup and it's still higher hahah. Once of the access media pieces I saw about it claimed it was because so much was set in space which is is new for MCU. ya know other than those 3 GOTG movies. morons.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (CIS44)

141
i am the stud finder.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

I did find garrett through a crowded thread.......

Posted by: Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)

142 The Expendables was a fun concept. Washed out 80's action stars all being in an 80's action throwback. I think I stopped after the first 2.

I couldn't tell you the plot, very forgettable.

It is funny though that most of the 80's action stars were (at least at one time) Republicans. Sly Stallone, Schwarzneggar, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Mickey Rourke etc.

Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (wMRY8)

143 123
Jason Statham is always the same character in every movie.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (aD39U)

What's your point?
Posted by: Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (Zz0t1)

Kind of funny, I remember liking Sandler and Ferrell in two of their non-type movies, Spanglish (Sandler) and Everything Must Go (Ferrell).

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (KbCG3)

144 129 Her voice and accent are something she accentuates for her roles. I don't think she talks like Fran Fine all the time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (J2vNu)

==========

She was the eye candy in UHF, and she still had the accent.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (LvTSG)

145 NFL Fines Browns Deshaun Watson $35K for “Violent” Pretend Gun Celebration, Unnecessary Roughness

-
We need common.sense finger gun control!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (FVME7)

146 I like Jason Statham movies. Never a problem figuring out who is the bad guy and who is the good guy. I mean, who really wants to see the bad guys win.
that's why I was so pissed off after watching the new Fast X movie. It ends with a cliffhanger. I hate that!

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (t/2Uw)

147 PS. It may be the copper vent pipe for a bathroom below?

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (fMhOl)

148 Jason Statham is always the same character in every movie.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (aD39U)

That is true for most actors.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (1Z8zZ)

149 Maybe be it's a cast iron drain stack. Are you hunting left and right or up and down? If you are hitting something L to R, you need to open a hole to see what is going on. I have seen closet walls with 100amp lines going to upper floors.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (LJn9Y)

150 140 yup and it's still higher hahah. Once of the access media pieces I saw about it claimed it was because so much was set in space which is is new for MCU. ya know other than those 3 GOTG movies. morons.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (CIS44)

=========

I remember when The Volume was supposed to lower budgets.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (LvTSG)

151 Turned teevee off 28 years ago.
Maybe see one movie a year and it's not a fag movie or a chick flick. Get most of my newz from the HQ.

STILL VOTING TRUMP.

Posted by: torabora at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (miG2H)

152 We're Saved! Except for Climate Change.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 12:21 PM (pLaQB)

153 Jason Statham is always the same character in every movie.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (aD39U)

It's what they hire him for.

He's not a character actor but you get what you expect with him.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:21 PM (xcxpd)

154 Strike one.....AND I fubar'd the joke.

It's f*cking Monday after all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:21 PM (Zz0t1)

155 Her voice and accent are something she accentuates for her roles. I don't think she talks like Fran Fine all the time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (J2vNu)

*Janice from FRIENDS has entered the chat*

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:21 PM (CIS44)

156 Also, in decent construction they put metal shields over any water pipes or conduit that goes horizontally through the wall studs to prevent the drywall guys from zorking a screw through into said pipe or conduit. You might be hitting one of those, and that's exactly what they are there for.

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at September 25, 2023 12:21 PM (a9CYf)

157 That's depressing news for America.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 25, 2023 12:21 PM (17s+e)

158 >>>
You need a 1 1/4" hole saw to install them, but those are fairly easy to find.

thanks Buck. I don't want to have to buy a whole 'nother tool, though.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:22 PM (KRtlO)

159 129 Not the only one. Her show The Nanny was absolute shit in my opinion.

She was attractive for a period in the 90's, but that was until she started talking. I absolutely hate that NY accent.
Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023

***
Her voice and accent are something she accentuates for her roles. I don't think she talks like Fran Fine all the time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (J2vNu)
__________

I believe she had a small part in Saturday Night Fever as a hottie at the dance club. I think it's her in that scene were JT gets pulled out onto the floor by a hottie, but then decides to do a flamboyantly gay solo dance himself.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:22 PM (iFTx/)

160 Who TF care
Posted by: Gonzotx at September 25, 2023 12:07 PM (MwHgU)

Thread winner...Chicken Dinner!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 25, 2023 12:22 PM (0lY6Y)

161 153 Jason Statham is always the same character in every movie.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (aD39U)

It's what they hire him for.

He's not a character actor but you get what you expect with him.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:21 PM (xcxpd)

========

He really carried Collateral on his back all by his lonesome.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:22 PM (LvTSG)

162 Samuel L. Jackson, Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino have entered the chat.*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 25, 2023 12:16 PM (FVJNG)

^cough*

Posted by: Joe Pesci at September 25, 2023 12:22 PM (q4g6M)

163 that's why I was so pissed off after watching the new Fast X movie. It ends with a cliffhanger. I hate that!
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (t/2Uw)

I stopped watching the F&F franchise after 2 because it quality sucked. Everything after that seemed even worse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:22 PM (Zz0t1)

164 Yes. My new idea is that I'm going to patch the holes and just do a shallow drywall anchor. THese shelves aren't going to be holding books, just a DVD player each. They don't need the full drywall toggle anchor treatment I was trying to give them.

I used these snaptoggles for an almost identical project. Worked like a charm.

https://tinyurl.com/yebyxr9y

Posted by: Archimedes at September 25, 2023 12:22 PM (I/Qkd)

165 You need a 1 1/4" hole saw to install them, but those are fairly easy to find.

thanks Buck. I don't want to have to buy a whole 'nother tool, though.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:22 PM (KRtlO)

A hammer will work.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:22 PM (aD39U)

166 >>> Also, in decent construction they put metal shields over any water pipes or conduit that goes horizontally through the wall studs to prevent the drywall guys from zorking a screw through into said pipe or conduit. You might be hitting one of those, and that's exactly what they are there for.

right but this is a 15" run of wall that separates two big closets. There is no way there's a pipe or electrical conduit running through here. Where would it go?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:22 PM (KRtlO)

167 Disney Marvel can't film three people sitting at a park bench without $60 million of CGI.

Snarky Ace is 100% accurate Ace. :-)

Posted by: Iris at September 25, 2023 12:23 PM (n3DL0)

168 I remember when The Volume was supposed to lower budgets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:20 PM (LvTSG)

HAH yah, seems to somehow greatly increase all budgets while at the same time making them look like shit.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:23 PM (CIS44)

169 Every time I go to Home Depot, I stop by the tools.
Pick up a stud finder, point it at me, and say out loud, "found him!"

Wife no longer follows me to the tool aisle.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 25, 2023 12:12 PM (ZVVGW)
***

Similar thing. Took my granddaughter to Home Depot and while salking past the tools, I picked up one.
"Hey! Lets see if this works!" Pointed it at myself. "Yup! Works good. You should take it to college with you!"
She laughed.
Good kid! She stays in the will.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 12:23 PM (uSHSS)

170 Although the studios have reached a general agreement with the " " " professional writers," " " they still have to write the contractual language, which could take days or a week (or more). And the deal could still collapse over details they thought they'd worked out but upon closer inspection, had not.

Perhaps if they turn over final drafting of the agreement to ChatGPT...

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at September 25, 2023 12:23 PM (Btu+d)

171 He really carried Collateral on his back all by his lonesome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:22 PM (LvTSG)

You're thinking of Reacher.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:24 PM (aD39U)

172 >>>I used these snaptoggles for an almost identical project. Worked like a charm.

https://tinyurl.com/yebyxr9y

I can only drill about 3/4 of an inch.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:24 PM (KRtlO)

173 Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (KRtlO)

*******
I don’t know where or what you live in (rental or something you own) and I don’t know if this is a single unit or a multi…but if it is a rental, the maintenance man or manager may be able to give advice or assistance.

Posted by: EFG at September 25, 2023 12:25 PM (Ae67h)

174 Not sure how you would do an UP 2 but I liked Doug and I liked Kevin, I could see them milking the Carl joining Ellie in heaven for all it's worth though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 12:25 PM (XV/Pl)

175 thanks Buck. I don't want to have to buy a whole 'nother tool, though.

That's not how this works.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 25, 2023 12:25 PM (I/Qkd)

176 Although the studios have reached a general agreement with the " " " professional writers," " " they still have to write the contractual language, which could take days or a week (or more). And the deal could still collapse over details they thought they'd worked out but upon closer inspection, had not.

Perhaps if they turn over final drafting of the agreement to ChatGPT...
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at September 25, 2023 12:23 PM (Btu+d)
***

Hell. How do they even know it happened at all? The vids of the meetings could all be CGI.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 12:25 PM (uSHSS)

177 Every wall is SUPPOSED to have 16" centers, meaning from every corner or door frame, the center of the next 2x4 wall stud should be 16" from the edge.

I think.......Plus, if actually using a stud finder, the stud should only beep on the finder for around 2 inches (less than 2) across. Anything more than that, it's not a stud.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:25 PM (Zz0t1)

178 I don't want to have to buy a whole 'nother tool, though.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

I recognize each of the words in your sentence however, I don't understand those words in this order.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 25, 2023 12:26 PM (WSTFK)

179 I really hadn't noticed there was a writers strike. I also hadn't noticed there was an actors strike. If there a settlement I hope the actors think the writers sold them out and go on the attack. Might make for a good series.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 25, 2023 12:26 PM (cot+J)

180 New WGA rule no heterosexual couples in any movie or TV show. Only fags... fag all the time.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 25, 2023 12:26 PM (17s+e)

181 I don't want to have to buy a whole 'nother tool, though.

Your Man Card, please.

Posted by: spindrift at September 25, 2023 12:26 PM (EGPRf)

182 It's a real bummer that Marvel and really, nobody else, for whatever reason has figured out how to do the Fantastic Four right.

I mean should be a can of corn but for whatever reason it remains an unfilmable comic book property.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 12:27 PM (XV/Pl)

183 I can only drill about 3/4 of an inch.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:24 PM (KRtlO)

Drywall is usually 1/2 inch.....If you're only able to drill 3/4, there's something pretty wrong.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:27 PM (Zz0t1)

184 I don't want to have to buy a whole 'nother tool, though.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

I recognize each of the words in your sentence however, I don't understand those words in this order.
Posted by: Tonypete at S

He must have hit his head. I dont think any man has ever said that before.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:27 PM (CIS44)

185 I can't help laughing at the politics of these asinine DEI ratings. Companies are between a rock and a hard place. They saw what happens when a company goes full tilt DEI (Budweiser). So, their response is to focus on showing gay relationships in their public offerings. But, they do it so brazenly (and in discordance with actual statistics) that it comes across as forced. It's the same concept of every criminal in the home security commercials being white.

I keep saying this: The first major company to flat out state something along the lines of "We're out of politics. We make _____. And, that's what we are going to concentrate on. Let our competitors distract themselves with the current topic of the day. We'll just make our _______________." They will corner the market in their focused product.

Posted by: Orson at September 25, 2023 12:27 PM (dIske)

186 I don't want to have to buy a whole 'nother tool, though.

Gawd!
Joe Mannix can't get here fast enough!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 25, 2023 12:28 PM (uSHSS)

187 Bravo! Here's to a new dawn of strong unions for ALL workers in ALL fields! Strikes work. Strikers become happy workers.

Glad to see unions are coming back. It's one of the dumb things about this country that people don't see when workers get paid well the economy benefits. Solidarity forever, as Pete Seeger used to sing.

YEA VERILY. We need Colbert back to resume his relentless attack on Donnie Douchebag!

I hope they were as successful as the Teamsters were earlier this year. I suspect one point the writer lost on partially was the outright ban on AI that they were demanding but we shall see.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 25, 2023 12:28 PM (JCZqz)

188 What I don't understand is, the studios could have held out a few more months and broke the unions will. They were running out of money, most people in Hollywood are right on the edge financially. It's the .1% that make all the money.

People at the studio though aren't missing a single paycheck. Executive pay is actually not a big part of where Studios spend their money. Despite what unions will tell you.

Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 12:28 PM (wMRY8)

189 "thanks Buck. I don't want to have to buy a whole 'nother tool, though."

(Looks at tool-filled garage) I'm sorry, I'm mentally unable to process this concept.

Besides, hole saws cost like $8 and fit in your cordless drill, opening up entire new universes of potential mayhem!

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at September 25, 2023 12:28 PM (a9CYf)

190 I mean, I can get through the drywall and that's it (on one side). The stud might be metal or something or sheathed with metal because it absolutely will not permit the drill past the drywall.

Maybe it's concrete? Maybe this is a concrete post or something for the load-bearing wall? Except I don't think that's it. It's not where you'd put a load bearing wall. I think the load bearing wall is the wall at the back of the closets.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:28 PM (KRtlO)

191 "Right now, there's a very tiny but loud segment of our population that's hard at work spreading hate and fear while attempting to squash all storytelling that showcases the full, beautiful reality of the human experience"

Fran, do you mean the minority you and your Fellow Travelers are in, who don't like the full beautiful reality of the human experience as shown in films such as "Sound of Freedom"?

Posted by: GL at September 25, 2023 12:28 PM (5fDan)

192 128 Writers strike? Doesn't ChatGPT pretty much do what those "writers" do?

chatgpt also doesn't require a supply of recreational pharmaceuticals to hallucinate.

Posted by: anachronda denounces himself at September 25, 2023 12:28 PM (oY6Yp)

193 The problem with entertainment for the """"""modern audience""""""" is that it all has to pass the politbureau's political litmus test.

They'd rather have a movie fail at the box office but pass their litmus... then they abuse people for not making their political laiden dreck the most fabulous success of all time.

Come to think of it why have I not seen silence of the lambs on TV any more. Features an lbgqwerty character who is iconic...... ohhhh not the right message.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 25, 2023 12:28 PM (UN76g)

194 If you can't go more than 3/4" in with a drill, that's a chase you looking at. Use plastic anchors, PL Premium and short screws to attach wood to the wall.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 25, 2023 12:29 PM (3kyeP)

195 I can only drill about 3/4 of an inch.

Most guys with this issue seem to buy a corvette and do a comb over.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 25, 2023 12:29 PM (WSTFK)

196 I would love to see how the reality of a big solar project lives up to the promises made by the salesman.

Local town is going to solarfy all of the public buildings on the promise that it will make their electric bill $0 and save $2 million over 25 years.
I am guessing it won't be anywhere close, but will actually cost the city more in the long run. They actually asked the question "what do we do with the panels when they are dead in 25 years?" And were totally fine with the answer "Who cares, you have 25 years to figure it out"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:29 PM (O+BhX)

197 We used to call these "tokens"

--

Ace, it was discussed on the last thread, but don't miss that History Was Made over the weekend when a girl football player entered a game for one play, stood unopposed on the defensive line after her team-mates pointed out to her exactly where to stand unopposed, ran unblocked by the offense towards the quarterback, and hugged / tackled him long after he'd made the his throw.

A male would've gotten a flag and a roughing passing/late hit penalty, but she Made History and then immediately left the field.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 25, 2023 12:29 PM (SfD1B)

198 187 Bravo! Here's to a new dawn of strong unions for ALL workers in ALL fields! Strikes work. Strikers become happy workers.

Glad to see unions are coming back. It's one of the dumb things about this country that people don't see when workers get paid well the economy benefits. Solidarity forever, as Pete Seeger used to sing.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 25, 2023 12:28 PM (JCZqz)

=======

Unions have certainly got a lot of press over the last few months, but has that translated to increased union membership or is membership continuing on its slow descent?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:29 PM (LvTSG)

199 184 I don't want to have to buy a whole 'nother tool, though.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

I recognize each of the words in your sentence however, I don't understand those words in this order.
Posted by: Tonypete at S

He must have hit his head. I dont think any man has ever said that before.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:27 PM (CIS44)

Evidence that Ace is, in fact, married and perhaps concerned what the Little Woman might have to say about "another tool he's only going to use once".

Posted by: Just Lily at September 25, 2023 12:29 PM (QTEON)

200 Executive pay is actually not a big part of where Studios spend their money. Despite what unions will tell you.
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Just wait until all that created content that Obama's been working on hits the screen! Gold, Jerry, Gold!

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 12:30 PM (pLaQB)

201 We use the snap toggles a lot, they hold well. Trick is getting use to them and layout is important.
Start all by hand to make sure they are grabbing. Insulation in walk can throw them off as well.

Posted by: Skip at September 25, 2023 12:30 PM (TMyCg)

202
Most guys with this issue seem to buy a corvette and do a comb over.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 25, 2023 12:29 PM (WSTFK)

Or get on the internet and brag about how big their dick is and how many chicks they've banged in airplanes and elevators.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:30 PM (Zz0t1)

203 We have a supposedly manly, red-blooded crowd here and it seems nobody likes the Expendables series??

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

204 Glad to see unions are coming back. It's one of the dumb things about this country that people don't see when workers get paid well the economy benefits.

This DU zombie one month later:

"I can't believe Netflix is charging $2.35 more per month! Stupid greedy corporations!"

Posted by: spindrift at September 25, 2023 12:31 PM (EGPRf)

205 I can't write this then.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 25, 2023 12:31 PM (ytSiK)

206 Writers strike? Doesn't ChatGPT pretty much do what those "writers" do?

chatgpt also doesn't require a supply of recreational pharmaceuticals to hallucinate.
Posted by: anachronda denounces himself at September 25, 2023

***
ChatGPT also doesn't have to lose weight, manage its cholesterol, or have a drinking problem.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:31 PM (J2vNu)

207 203 We have a supposedly manly, red-blooded crowd here and it seems nobody likes the Expendables series??
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Umm, I've never seen and Expendables movie.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (pLaQB)

208 I just LOVED Rachel Zeigler as Sid the Sloth in Ice Age!

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (hirWM)

209 Glad to see unions are coming back. It's one of the dumb things about this country that people don't see when workers get paid well the economy benefits.

This DU zombie one month later:

"I can't believe Netflix is charging $2.35 more per month! Stupid greedy corporations!"
Posted by: spindrift

These are obviously unrelated issues. I do not understand the point you are trying to make.
-DU Zombie

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (CIS44)

210 When we do closet shelves in commercial buildings, we use PL Premium and 1.5" nails to attach 1x4 cleats. It sounds horrible but the glue holds very well in shear. If the shelf is floating, you need to use some plastic wall anchors.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (3kyeP)

211 202
Most guys with this issue seem to buy a corvette and do a comb over.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 25, 2023 12:29 PM (WSTFK)

Or get on the internet and brag about how big their dick is and how many chicks they've banged in airplanes and elevators.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:30 PM (Zz0t1)
_________

"What about succulent dudes in back seats?"

-- Barack "Deep Hole" Obama

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

212 ChatGPT also doesn't have to lose weight, manage its cholesterol, or have a drinking problem.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:31 PM (J2vNu)

and never had that unfortunate incident with the school boy.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (aD39U)

213 204 Glad to see unions are coming back. It's one of the dumb things about this country that people don't see when workers get paid well the economy benefits.

This DU zombie one month later:

"I can't believe Netflix is charging $2.35 more per month! Stupid greedy corporations!"
Posted by: spindrift at September 25, 2023 12:31 PM (EGPRf)

I know, right!!!!

Posted by: Self order iPad kiosks are every fast food joint at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (UN76g)

214 Tonypete, you made me laugh.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (t/2Uw)

215 I just LOVED Rachel Zeigler as Sid the Sloth in Ice Age!
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (hirWM)

She has alien head.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (Zz0t1)

216 Where would it go?
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Up? If you live in a NY apartment, no telling what is running up the walls.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (O+BhX)

217 203 We have a supposedly manly, red-blooded crowd here and it seems nobody likes the Expendables series??
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

==========

Because we like good action movies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (LvTSG)

218 >>> 199 184 I don't want to have to buy a whole 'nother tool, though.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

I recognize each of the words in your sentence however, I don't understand those words in this order.
Posted by: Tonypete at S

He must have hit his head. I dont think any man has ever said that before.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:27 PM (CIS44)

Evidence that Ace is, in fact, married and perhaps concerned what the Little Woman might have to say about "another tool he's only going to use once".
Posted by: Just Lily at September 25, 2023 12:29 PM (QTEON)

The Paolo, he never worries about this.

Posted by: Paolo at September 25, 2023 12:33 PM (llON8)

219 I would love to see how the reality of a big solar project lives up to the promises made by the salesman.

Local town is going to solarfy all of the public buildings on the promise that it will make their electric bill $0 and save $2 million over 25 years.
I am guessing it won't be anywhere close, but will actually cost the city more in the long run. They actually asked the question "what do we do with the panels when they are dead in 25 years?" And were totally fine with the answer "Who cares, you have 25 years to figure it out"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

___

The numbers only work when they subsidize or penalize to get the answer they want.

never mind the environmental damage of strip mining the Earth to create this panels. If every house on Earth had solar, you'd still need power plants.

We're not really dealing with science or logic anymore, at this point environmentalism is largely a deranged cult.

Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 12:33 PM (wMRY8)

220 Every time I go to Home Depot, I stop by the tools.
Pick up a stud finder, point it at me, and say out loud, "found him!"
Wife no longer follows me to the tool aisle.
Posted by: rickb223

I do not know who you are but certainly you're going to a famous commenter if you aren't already

Posted by: Spammer at September 25, 2023 12:33 PM (Oa8QZ)

221 Look on the bright side, Ace, you're not Zach Wilson or a J E TS fan

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 25, 2023 12:33 PM (3kyeP)

222 A married Pennsylvania State Police trooper is facing false imprisonment charges after he allegedly violently detained his ex-girlfriend and committed her to a mental health treatment program under bogus claims.

Posted by: SMOD at September 25, 2023 12:34 PM (RHGPo)

223 Look on the bright side, Ace, you're not Zach Wilson or a J E TS fan
Posted by: Jamaica NYC at September 25, 2023 12:33 PM (3kyeP)

Have you seen Zach's GF? I think he's doin A-OK.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:34 PM (CIS44)

224 I just LOVED Rachel Zeigler as Sid the Sloth in Ice Age!
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at September 25, 2023

***
I looked her up.

Mistake.

The young Fran Drescher was way hotter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:34 PM (J2vNu)

225 @217

>>Because we like good action movies.

The first one was good, not great and should have stopped their but Stallone is on a legacy destruction kick and it seems that nothing is going to deter him from entering Nicholas Cage territory.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 12:34 PM (XV/Pl)

226 217 203 We have a supposedly manly, red-blooded crowd here and it seems nobody likes the Expendables series??
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

==========

Because we like good action movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (LvTSG)
______________

Expendables is non-stop action, great characters, good one-liners, and about as un-woke as un-woke can be. What's not to like?

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (iFTx/)

227 We have a supposedly manly, red-blooded crowd here and it seems nobody likes the Expendables series??
Posted by: Elric Blade
____

Everyone wanted to like them. And they werent terrible, the ones I saw were decent action movies. Just pretty forgettable.

It just wasn't like "Die Hard" level of good.

Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (wMRY8)

228 Jason Statham is always the same character in every movie.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:14 PM (aD39U)

What was the first one he did where he was just a driver- who knew martial arts and was a killing machine?

The Driver? Mechanic?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (zZu0s)

229 They Were Expendable > The Expendables

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (0lY6Y)

230 Whenever anyone from Hollywood talks about inclusivity or diversity in content, I keep hearing this weird sort of ghostly voice at the end each sentence adding the words 'particularly children!'. Is that just me?

Posted by: JB1000 at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (lPzYT)

231 I just LOVED Rachel Zeigler as Sid the Sloth in Ice Age!
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at September 25, 2023

Shes in the new hunger games out next month too. Be interesting to see if there is any backlash on that from all her Snow Beige bullshit.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (CIS44)

232 222 A married Pennsylvania State Police trooper is facing false imprisonment charges after he allegedly violently detained his ex-girlfriend and committed her to a mental health treatment program under bogus claims.
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This is an interesting approach. I've never thought of that.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (pLaQB)

233 Local town is going to solarfy all of the public buildings on the promise that it will make their electric bill $0 and save $2 million over 25 years.
I am guessing it won't be anywhere close, but will actually cost the city more in the long run. They actually asked the question "what do we do with the panels when they are dead in 25 years?" And were totally fine with the answer "Who cares, you have 25 years to figure it out"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
===

City needs a monorail to save big bucks.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (17s+e)

234 'There's something behind the wall that's keeping me from drilling.'

Hello!

Posted by: 4 hp impact Drill at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (hirWM)

235 I know maybe alla the members of the film actors guild should be paid only as a percentage of the gross of every movie they make. Go as woke as you want. Cause you know that shizz makes a crapton of moolah.....right?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 25, 2023 12:36 PM (UN76g)

236 Townhall.com
@townhallcom
MENENDEZ: "For 30 years I have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash...because of the history of my family facing confiscation in Cuba!"

-
Well, that explains it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 25, 2023 12:36 PM (FVME7)

237 225 The first one was good, not great and should have stopped their but Stallone is on a legacy destruction kick and it seems that nothing is going to deter him from entering Nicholas Cage territory.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 12:34 PM (XV/Pl)

===========

He had already created two enduring cinematic icons in Rocky and Rambo.

I guess he just thought he could do it again.

Anyone know his character's name in The Expendables?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:36 PM (LvTSG)

238 Back to work here in Biden County.
Short afternoon

Posted by: Skip at September 25, 2023 12:36 PM (TMyCg)

239 What was the first one he did where he was just a driver- who knew martial arts and was a killing machine?

The Driver? Mechanic?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

transporter

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:36 PM (CIS44)

240 "Right now, there's a very tiny but loud segment of our population that's hard at work spreading hate and fear while attempting to squash all storytelling that showcases the full, beautiful reality of the human experience,"

----

Is she talking about the woke writers who are hyperfocused on making existing characters gay, redefining every powerful female character as a hypermasculine girlboss, tearing down every powerful male character, and making every villain a cartoonish strawman version of their real-life political adversaries?

Posted by: Cave Johnson at September 25, 2023 12:36 PM (xJzbu)

241 I expect at least half the cast to die in something where they're literally called "expendable."

I get the money making aspect (looking at you John Wick #17), but at some point it just gets silly.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 25, 2023 12:36 PM (SfD1B)

242 227 We have a supposedly manly, red-blooded crowd here and it seems nobody likes the Expendables series??
Posted by: Elric Blade
____

Everyone wanted to like them. And they werent terrible, the ones I saw were decent action movies. Just pretty forgettable.

It just wasn't like "Die Hard" level of good.
Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (wMRY

______________

Die Hard is in a class by itself. If you are comparing action movies to DH, then 99.99% are going to come up short.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:36 PM (iFTx/)

243 Ace

- Try light against wall (like bulb touching) to see depressions that tell you where old nails are. (works best on newer homes)

- wires are pipes can be anywhere. Maybe you hit a plate to protect. If you look at location of water heater, distribution panel, you can guess at high pipe/wire walls

- maybe air duct in A/C or forced air heating system? these often pick short walls like you describe, but they are also easy (too easy) to punch through. Light against trick might help.

Posted by: Spammer at September 25, 2023 12:37 PM (Oa8QZ)

244 Every wall is SUPPOSED to have 16" centers, meaning from every corner or door frame, the center of the next 2x4 wall stud should be 16" from the edge.

Not quite. Depends how it is framed. A door is where it is. That doesn't mean the counting starts again from the edge of the frame. Find one stud, usually next to an outlet, then start measuring from there.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:37 PM (O+BhX)

245
It just wasn't like "Die Hard" level of good.
Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM

That's a bar set too high. You'll never like another action movie if that's what you're comparing all others to.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:37 PM (Zz0t1)

246 This is an interesting approach. I've never thought of that.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (pLaQB)

"Does this handkerchief smell like chloroform to you?"

Posted by: Pickup Lines at September 25, 2023 12:37 PM (aD39U)

247 Container Store makes shelf standards that hang from a horizontal bracket screwed into the top 2x4 of the typical stud wall; you can avoid the whole wall controversy with those. They look ok, and they'll cut them to fit, too.

"Elfa classic top track and Easy-Hang standards".

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at September 25, 2023 12:37 PM (a9CYf)

248 The last good thing I remember seeing Stallone as the lead in was the 3rd Rambo. It had a simple plot, showed Rambo coming full circle, and it had Stallone mowing down guys with a .50cal. Almost perfect.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 25, 2023 12:37 PM (uGhsv)

249 Jason Statham is always the same character in every movie.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023
*
What was the first one he did where he was just a driver- who knew martial arts and was a killing machine?

The Driver? Mechanic?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 25, 2023

***
The Transporter?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:37 PM (J2vNu)

250 215 I just LOVED Rachel Zeigler as Sid the Sloth in Ice Age!
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (hirWM)

She has alien head.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM

I've know sexy alien heads, sir, and Rachel Zeigler is no alien head. Deformed human, perhaps.

Posted by: Star Wars and Star Trek fan at September 25, 2023 12:38 PM (JCZqz)

251 Maaaaatttt Damon

Posted by: (F)ilm (A)ctors (G)uild at September 25, 2023 12:38 PM (OZjDX)

252 231 I just LOVED Rachel Zeigler as Sid the Sloth in Ice Age!
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at September 25, 2023

Shes in the new hunger games out next month too. Be interesting to see if there is any backlash on that from all her Snow Beige bullshit.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM (CIS44)

Seen a few interviews by her. Not charming in the least. But I suppose I am not her target demo. You go gurl.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at September 25, 2023 12:38 PM (UN76g)

253
transporter
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:36 PM (CIS44)

Transporter was good. Transporter 2 was shit. If there was a Transporter 3, don't waste your time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:38 PM (Zz0t1)

254 @226

>>Expendables is non-stop action, great characters, good one-liners, and about as un-woke as un-woke can be. What's not to like?

All action series need to adhere to the Drunken Master rule.

There is a Drunken Master and Drunken Master 2, there is no Drunken Master 3.

There are two too many Expendables films.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 12:38 PM (XV/Pl)

255 Because we like good action movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:32 PM (LvTSG)

True. But, if one of the Expendables is on, vs any garden variety chick flick, yeah I watch the Expendables. They are stupid, but I like guns. All of them needed more hot women though.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (7Pnfz)

256 Sly Stallone is not the "problem" in Hollywood, he sounds like a conservative Catholic.

But the guy is a money whore, he's still bitching about how he didn't make enough money for the first Rocky movie.

The guy has to be worth hundreds of millions at this point. I miss the era when Hollywood at least had to pretend to care more about their work than their paychecks.

Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (wMRY8)

257 what's your thoughts on a short half inch wall-claw anchor?

Remember this will just be holding a 3-4 pound DVD player. It doesn't have to be super-anchored like my book shelves are.

https://tinyurl.com/59rap942

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (KRtlO)

258 Is that THE Fran Drescher?

Man, I loved the nanny but I would hate to be in a meeting she chaired.

Posted by: Spammer at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (Oa8QZ)

259 The last good thing I remember seeing Stallone as the lead in was the 3rd Rambo. It had a simple plot, showed Rambo coming full circle, and it had Stallone mowing down guys with a .50cal. Almost perfect.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 25, 2023 12:37 PM (uGhsv)
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I thought that was the 4th Rambo movie, where he's escorting a group of missionaries through Burma...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (YIVH2)

260 Reportedly, he reassured investors that he knew that Pixar, under his great leadership, is no longer able to produce successful movies based on original concepts and scripts, and so would now just be in the business of producing sequels to previous hits.

This upsets me more than Disney tanking its own brand. Toy Story and The Incredibles both really resonated with me and with millions of other people.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (0N1h0)

261 Nazi SS Officer celebrated by Justin Trudeau and Canadian MPs:

https://tinyurl.com/mr38ju3y

He was brought in to visit with Zelensky

Posted by: kallisto bringin you the Monday morning mishegas at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (dCxaZ)

262 PA state troopers have a requirement.
At least 6'0 with an IQ of 60.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (O+BhX)

263 Are you using a carbide tipped or titanium drill bit? Don't us the Home Depot specials.

Posted by: Drill Man at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (Ks/+3)

264 248 The last good thing I remember seeing Stallone as the lead in was the 3rd Rambo. It had a simple plot, showed Rambo coming full circle, and it had Stallone mowing down guys with a .50cal. Almost perfect.
Posted by: Thrawn at September 25, 2023 12:37 PM (uGhsv)
________

Are you talking about the 4th Rambo, in Burma where he's shooting bad guys point-blank with the fitty? In the 3rd, he takes a shot from a heli-mounted fitty square to the thigh, and he's like "ouch."

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

265 56 >>>Did you use a stud finder?

i am the stud finder. but no, I didn't. I mean, I think I'm right on the stud (by the knock method). It's just not letting my drill, like there's something metal in here. I'm not near an outlet. It's a space between two closets so there shouldn't be pipe or electrical there.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:08 PM

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Ductwork for heating/AC?

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 25, 2023 12:40 PM (GshMh)

266 If there was a Transporter 3, don't waste your time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:38 PM (Zz0t1)

Transporter 3 - Chief O'Brien's Revenge

Posted by: spindrift at September 25, 2023 12:40 PM (EGPRf)

267 I thought that was the 4th Rambo movie, where he's escorting a group of missionaries through Burma...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (YIVH2)

Thats Rambo (200

. There also is Rambo:Last Blood (2019) that revolves around a cartel in mexico. They are not good.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:41 PM (CIS44)

268 Townhall.com
@townhallcom
MENENDEZ: "For 30 years I have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash...because of the history of my family facing confiscation in Cuba!"

That's not possible! A Democrat not willing to pay his fair share??!! What kind of lesson is that? It must be right-wing disinformation!!!

Posted by: DU imbecile at September 25, 2023 12:41 PM (JCZqz)

269 Let's do a Cars reboot. Except instead of cars, they are planes! Oh. Boats? Trains?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:41 PM (O+BhX)

270 The Transporter?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:37 PM (J2vNu)

That's it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 25, 2023 12:41 PM (zZu0s)

271 what do we do with the panels when they are dead in 25 years?" And were totally fine with the answer "Who cares, you have 25 years to figure it out"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

That's a s.all issue. Another one is the degradation of 1-1.5% each year. Yes, that's less each year,. But in 10 years you could be at ~85-90%. I guarantee you they did not take that into the ROI calc.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at September 25, 2023 12:41 PM (FxH7T)

272 Transporter 3 - Chief O'Brien's Revenge
Posted by: spindrift at September 25, 2023 12:40 PM (EGPRf)

What came back lived ... for a few minutes..

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:41 PM (aD39U)

273 I thought that was the 4th Rambo movie, where he's escorting a group of missionaries through Burma...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (YIVH2)

Damn, you're right! My mistake.

I rewatched Rambo 3 (Rambo in Afghanistan) not too long ago, and with our embarrassing withdraw and the Taliban coming back to power, it struck a bit differently than the first time I saw it. And not in good way.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 25, 2023 12:41 PM (uGhsv)

274 Transporter was good. Transporter 2 was shit. If there was a Transporter 3, don't waste your time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:38 PM (Zz0t1)
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Transporter 2 was one of those movies where they rewrote a script for a different movie to cram in Jason Statham as the transporter. It really didn't work.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:41 PM (YIVH2)

275 Jews, Poles and Russians combine to condemn Canada glorifying a literal Nazi:

https://tinyurl.com/2c7fb6mf

Posted by: kallisto bringin you the Monday morning mishegas at September 25, 2023 12:42 PM (dCxaZ)

276 I thought that was the 4th Rambo movie, where he's escorting a group of missionaries through Burma...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (YIVH2)

Thats Rambo (200. There also is Rambo:Last Blood (2019) that revolves around a cartel in mexico. They are not good.
Posted by: BruceWayne

2008 dont know how I did that

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:42 PM (CIS44)

277 @237

>>Anyone know his character's name in The Expendables?

It's has to be John, every action heroes name is John.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 12:42 PM (XV/Pl)

278 203 We have a supposedly manly, red-blooded crowd here and it seems nobody likes the Expendables series??

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

Turns out Hollywood was expendable.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 25, 2023 12:42 PM (qPw5n)

279 275 Jews, Poles and Russians combine to condemn Canada glorifying a literal Nazi:

https://tinyurl.com/2c7fb6mf
Posted by: kallisto bringin you the Monday morning mishegas at September 25, 2023 12:42 PM (dCxaZ)

==========

I can't believe that Jews and Poles are now Putin puppets.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 12:42 PM (LvTSG)

280 Maybe your drillbit is dull.
Drills can drill anything. Push harder.
If it gets wet, it is a pipe
If it sparks it is a wire.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (O+BhX)

281 Just got a call from the Kalifornia Repub Party wanting money. Told them I had none to give as I was having troubles making ends meed.

"But Mr. jim, we're not asking for anything that will hurt you financially". Um, what part of "not making my bills this month" don't you get? Eventually hung up when she didn't get the message.

So many opportunities missed by me to tell them why I want them to fuck off: Non-support of Trump. Uniparty. Platform changes for the worse. I had no time as I was making something to eat.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (ynpvh)

282
2008 dont know how I did that
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:42 PM (CIS44)

You put the 8 next to the ) That makes a sunglasses smiley face.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)

283 2008 dont know how I did that
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023

***
I keep forgetting that here, an "8" followed by a ")" generates a smiley face.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (J2vNu)

284 The last Rambo -- Last Blood -- was very good also. Not really a "Rambo" movie in that it has little to do with military or war. It's more like Death Wish meets Taken, but with a higher body count and much more gruesome. Rambo is basically a sadistic lunatic on a mission of revenge, but the bad guys are pure evil and deserve it.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

285 2008 dont know how I did that
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:42 PM (CIS44)
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It's Pixy's code...It interprets "8 )" (without a space) as a smiley face emoji with sunglasses.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (YIVH2)

286 280 Maybe your drillbit is dull.
Drills can drill anything. Push harder.
If it gets wet, it is a pipe
If it sparks it is a wire.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (O+BhX)

If you end up half-way across the universe, you'ved tapped a worm-hole.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (ynpvh)

287 Sly Stallone is not the "problem" in Hollywood, he sounds like a conservative Catholic.

But the guy is a money whore, he's still bitching about how he didn't make enough money for the first Rocky movie.

My absolute favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger story is the one where he read Throw Mama from the Train, and recognized it as the absolute crap pile it was. Then he intentionally leaked to Sly, through intermediaries, that he was really interested in it. Sly signed onto the project as soon as he heard this news. And that's how Stallone made one of the worst movies ever filmed.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (0N1h0)

288 Turns out Hollywood was expendable.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 25, 2023 12:42 PM (qPw5n)

That chick from Rambo: First Blood, part 2: "Hollyweird...you *are* expendable!"

Posted by: Thrawn at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (uGhsv)

289 gotta give Trudy style points for hosting the Nazi during the Jewish high holy days amirite?

Posted by: kallisto bringin you the Monday morning mishegas at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (dCxaZ)

290 275 Jews, Poles and Russians combine to condemn Canada glorifying a literal Nazi:

https://tinyurl.com/2c7fb6mf
------------------
Joos don't like Soros now?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 12:44 PM (pLaQB)

291 Plz tell me the deal says the writers are to paid in dead rats. Lie if you have to.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 25, 2023 12:44 PM (0FoWg)

292 It's has to be John, every action heroes name is John.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 12:42 PM (XV/Pl)
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Stallone's character's name is "Barney" believe it or not...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:45 PM (YIVH2)

293 My absolute favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger story is the one where he read Throw Mama from the Train, and recognized it as the absolute crap pile it was. Then he intentionally leaked to Sly, through intermediaries, that he was really interested in it. Sly signed onto the project as soon as he heard this news. And that's how Stallone made one of the worst movies ever filmed.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (0N1h0)

Don't you mean "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot"?

Posted by: Thrawn at September 25, 2023 12:45 PM (uGhsv)

294 the irony is that SS troops committed their share of atrocities against Ukrainians as well

Posted by: kallisto at September 25, 2023 12:45 PM (dCxaZ)

295 >>>
My absolute favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger story is the one where he read Throw Mama from the Train, and recognized it as the absolute crap pile it was.

i've heard that, but the movie is Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:45 PM (KRtlO)

296 272 Transporter 3 - Chief O'Brien's Revenge
Posted by: spindrift at September 25, 2023 12:40 PM (EGPRf)

What came back lived ... for a few minutes..
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:41 PM

But the animal is inside out. And it exploded.

Posted by: Teb at September 25, 2023 12:45 PM (JCZqz)

297 . I guarantee you they did not take that into the ROI calc.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal

Nope. They didn't. A slick solar company has moved in to the area. They tried selling me. I asked how they intend to live up to the promise in one of the weakest solar radiation locations in the country. He left. But, yeah. You put up 450 panels, a few will fail every year. And it isn't like they will work at 100% then die at the 25 year mark.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:45 PM (O+BhX)

298 My absolute favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger story is the one where he read Throw Mama from the Train, and recognized it as the absolute crap pile it was. Then he intentionally leaked to Sly, through intermediaries, that he was really interested in it. Sly signed onto the project as soon as he heard this news. And that's how Stallone made one of the worst movies ever filmed.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023

***
Stallone wasn't in that, was he? I thought it was Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:45 PM (J2vNu)

299 272 Transporter 3 - Chief O'Brien's Revenge
Posted by: spindrift at September 25, 2023 12:40 PM (EGPRf)

What came back lived ... for a few minutes..
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:41 PM (aD39U)

I transported home one night,
With Sid and Pete and Meg.
Pete stole Meggie's heart away,
And I got Sidney's leg.

*Douglas Adams

Posted by: Just Lily at September 25, 2023 12:45 PM (QTEON)

300 Another quick n' dirty approach is to have Home Depot or suchlike cut you a piece of 1/2" plywood the height and width of the small wall minus the baseboard, screw it into the top plate of the wall at the ceiling (and you should be able to tag the studs at the closet door sides next to the trim, too), paint it to match, and just screw your shelf standards to that. It'll cover up all those drill holes in the wall, too.

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at September 25, 2023 12:45 PM (a9CYf)

301 I hope they were as successful as the Teamsters were earlier this year. I suspect one point the writer lost on partially was the outright ban on AI that they were demanding but we shall see.
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Sucessful like Yellow going bankrupt and all those workers losing their pensions that never happened in their world ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 25, 2023 12:46 PM (x2xJw)

302 Remember this will just be holding a 3-4 pound DVD player. It doesn't have to be super-anchored like my book shelves are.

https://tinyurl.com/59rap942
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

These can be great it used properly. They have decent holding force directly down, but poor for pull-out or situations where they get abused (bumped, vibration, etc.) Depends on shelf bracket planned.

Posted by: Spammer at September 25, 2023 12:46 PM (Oa8QZ)

303 296 272 Transporter 3 - Chief O'Brien's Revenge
Posted by: spindrift at September 25, 2023 12:40 PM (EGPRf)

What came back lived ... for a few minutes..
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:41 PM

But the animal is inside out. And it exploded.

Posted by: Teb at September 25, 2023 12:45 PM (JCZqz)

Also see: Galaxy Quest

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:46 PM (ynpvh)

304 236 Townhall.com
@townhallcom
MENENDEZ: "For 30 years I have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash...because of the history of my family facing confiscation in Cuba!"

-
Well, that explains it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 25, 2023 12:36 PM (FVME7)

Dem senator is worried about an oppressive, communist government?

Forest. Trees.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 25, 2023 12:46 PM (KbCG3)

305 > Don't you mean "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot"?

Ugh. Yeah, that's what I meant. I don't know why those two movies meld in my brain. They're both awful.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:46 PM (0N1h0)

306 Stallone wasn't in that, was he? I thought it was Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:45 PM (J2vNu)

And it is excellent.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:46 PM (CIS44)

307 . Throw mama from the train? "Sly signed onto the project as soon as he heard this news. And that's how Stallone made one of the worst movies ever filmed."
Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:43 PM (0N1h0)

And here I thought that was Danny Devito and Billy Crystal, who made a damn funny movie I think.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 25, 2023 12:46 PM (i9ffA)

308 i've also heard that stallone started the rumor about Richard Gere putting a gerbil in his ass.

And I heard that he did that because gere was wearing Stallone's leather jacket during the Lords of Flatbush shoot, and was eating a sausage sandwich, and Stallone told him to take it off because he was going to get mustard on the jacket, and Gere refused, and then mustard did drip down on to stallone's jacket.

and so he made up the gerbil story.

This sounds doubtful to me but it's something I heard.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:47 PM (KRtlO)

309 "what's your thoughts on a short half inch wall-claw anchor?"

As long as it's installed properly it will hold that weight. But remember the weight tolerance changes with the length of whatever you are attaching it to (e.g. a shelf that measures 10 inches from attachment point). Depending on how it's mounted, that will change the weight tolerance by levering downward on the attachment point. However, 3-4 pounds should be fine provided the drywall is good quality.

Posted by: Drill Man at September 25, 2023 12:47 PM (Ks/+3)

310 @256

>>But the guy is a money whore, he's still bitching about how he didn't make enough money for the first Rocky movie.

He's doing more than bitching, he's whining that Irwin Winkler should just give back the rights to Rocky to him, because reasons.

Stallone just needs to call it a career.

My Cocaine recently announced he's done with acting.

Time comes for us all, actors doubly so.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 12:47 PM (XV/Pl)

311 I do enjoy the Du dispatches.

It's cute how they try to talk all smart and informed when they crib their comments directly from the latest on MSNBC.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 25, 2023 12:47 PM (x2xJw)

312 Sorry, guys. I got the movie wrong. It was Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:47 PM (0N1h0)

313 How to make the talks collapse?

Mention someone on a negotiating team is a big fan of Trump: Art of the Deal

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:47 PM (mTwPB)

314 Transporter 3 - Chief O'Brien's Revenge...

The plot is O'Brien getting revenge on Riker for knocking up his wife and having O'Brien raise her as his own.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 25, 2023 12:48 PM (uGhsv)

315 Stallone wasn't in that, was he? I thought it was Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Also, Throw Mama was one of the very best movies ever made.

Posted by: Spammer at September 25, 2023 12:48 PM (Oa8QZ)

316 277 @237

>>Anyone know his character's name in The Expendables?

It's has to be John, every action heroes name is John.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 12:42 PM

This is a fact most people don't know. I go by my last name, because John isn't epic sounding enough.

Posted by: John Conan at September 25, 2023 12:48 PM (JCZqz)

317 Throw Mama from the Train is a comic remake of Strangers on a Train by Hitchcock, and they reference that film constantly.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 25, 2023 12:48 PM (i9ffA)

318 312 Sorry, guys. I got the movie wrong. It was Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:47 PM (0N1h0)

*shudder*

I saw that mess

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:48 PM (xcxpd)

319 The last good thing I remember seeing Stallone as the lead in was the 3rd Rambo. It had a simple plot, showed Rambo coming full circle, and it had Stallone mowing down guys with a .50cal. Almost perfect.
Posted by: Thrawn

I liked the final Rambo (I think it was the final). The ending was so over-the-top, it made me laugh, but I loved it. He literally ripped out the heart of his nemesis and showed it to him.

I've read that Stallone is doing a great job in that new show playing a mob boss, but haven't seen it yet.

Posted by: Biergood at September 25, 2023 12:48 PM (PwgSL)

320 314 Transporter 3 - Chief O'Brien's Revenge...

The plot is O'Brien getting revenge on Riker for knocking up his wife and having O'Brien raise her as his own.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 25, 2023 12:48 PM (uGhsv)

It that how they ended up with two Rikers?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:48 PM (ynpvh)

321 MENENDEZ: "For 30 years I have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash...because of the history of my family facing confiscation in Cuba!"
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Drug dealers in prison everywhere: Damn, I should have said that!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 25, 2023 12:49 PM (x2xJw)

322 Trump would be perfect to negotiate the SAG deal. I would enjoy that.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 12:49 PM (pLaQB)

323 And here I thought that was Danny Devito and Billy Crystal, who made a damn funny movie I think.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 25, 2023

***
As entertaining in its own way as the original Strangers on a Train. (I've read that book and seen the film twice, and i still can't tell you anything about it beyond the essential concept of Person A murdering Person B's target to give B an alibi, then expecting B to murder A's target -- and B balks. What comes next I can't recall.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:49 PM (J2vNu)

324 Ugh. Yeah, that's what I meant. I don't know why those two movies meld in my brain. They're both awful.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:46 PM (0N1h0)

I can't knock someone for messing up movies, like I just did with Rambo 3 and Rambo (the 4th one).

Posted by: Thrawn at September 25, 2023 12:49 PM (uGhsv)

325 Didn't Stallone start off in gay porn? Supposedly when he got famous, he bought all the copies out there to keep the public from seeing them.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:50 PM (0N1h0)

326 322 Trump would be perfect to negotiate the SAG deal. I would enjoy that.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 12:49 PM (pLaQB)

They should rename it the Film Actor's Guild, FAG.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:50 PM (ynpvh)

327 I can't bring myself to care. They killed movies. They'll keep dancing on the corpse.

Good thing there's around 90 years of pretty good movies to watch.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 25, 2023 12:50 PM (H9sxy)

328 I just don't think Stallone is sexy. The last movie I watched with Statham,he had a love interest and there was absolutely no chemistry. However, I enjoy the guns and fights. Guess I'm unusual that way.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at September 25, 2023 12:50 PM (t/2Uw)

329 Slowly then all at once. It took decades of PR and propaganda by Hollywood to rehabilitate the industry's image and especially their "stars."
---------

I recall a segment of 'Downton Abbey' when Carson, the butler, reveals to his great shame that he had once been 'on the stage'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 25, 2023 12:50 PM (VBte1)

330 There was a strike?

Posted by: DOYLE at September 25, 2023 12:50 PM (Z8Yh2)

331 Judge Dredd

Stallone or Urban?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (mTwPB)

332 308 i've also heard that stallone started the rumor about Richard Gere putting a gerbil in his ass.

And I heard that he did that because gere was wearing Stallone's leather jacket during the Lords of Flatbush shoot, and was eating a sausage sandwich, and Stallone told him to take it off because he was going to get mustard on the jacket, and Gere refused, and then mustard did drip down on to stallone's jacket.

and so he made up the gerbil story.

This sounds doubtful to me but it's something I heard.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:47 PM (KRtlO)

I heard the gerbil story was pushed by China after Gere made 'Red Corner'. I'm not sure the timing is right but I want to believe China torpedoed Gere's career.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (xcxpd)

333 308 i've also heard that stallone started the rumor about Richard Gere putting a gerbil in his ass.

And I heard that he did that because gere was wearing Stallone's leather jacket during the Lords of Flatbush shoot, and was eating a sausage sandwich, and Stallone told him to take it off because he was going to get mustard on the jacket, and Gere refused, and then mustard did drip down on to stallone's jacket.

and so he made up the gerbil story.

This sounds doubtful to me but it's something I heard.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:47 PM (KRtlO)
________

The story is half-true. Gere was supposed to be in the movie, but he and Stallone hated each other. So Gere was let go. The mustard story is true. As for the gerbil in the ass, it's long been thought that Gere is gayer than Dylan Mulvaney with a dildo in his ass, so who knows?

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (iFTx/)

334 331 Judge Dredd

Stallone or Urban?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (mTwPB)

Urban. No contest.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (xcxpd)

335 This is a fact most people don't know. I go by my last name, because John isn't epic sounding enough.
Posted by: John Conan at September 25, 2023 12:48 PM (JCZqz)
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I think one of the reasons why "John Carter" flopped is because they left "of Mars" out of the title.

That would have clued the audience in to what the movie was actually about.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (YIVH2)

336 Best Line in Throw Mama from the Train: "Sultry."

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (i9ffA)

337 Judge Dredd

Stallone or Urban?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (mTwPB)

Urban's Dredd is excellent and should have spawned a movie trilogy.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (CIS44)

338 325 Didn't Stallone start off in gay porn? Supposedly when he got famous, he bought all the copies out there to keep the public from seeing them.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:50 PM

Porn, yes. Gay porn is news to me. His porn name was The Italian Stallion, which he obviously kept because it sounded good for Rocky.

Posted by: Movie Moron at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (JCZqz)

339 331 Judge Dredd

Stallone or Urban?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (mTwPB)

Karl Urban? Haven't seen that version.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (ynpvh)

340 Stallone or Urban?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (mTwPB)

Urban, in everything.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (aD39U)

341 Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul calls in National Guard amid New York's worsening migrant crisis

https://tinyurl.com/34knycdv

Posted by: redridinghood at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM (NpAcC)

342 @328

>>I just don't think Stallone is sexy.

He's in his late 70's, and no matter how in shape he is, at the end of the day, he's a puffy looking old man, who's had bad plastic surgery.

He's the antithesis of sexy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM (XV/Pl)

343 This sounds doubtful to me but it's something I heard.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:47 PM (KRtlO)

I heard the gerbil story was pushed by China after Gere made 'Red Corner'. I'm not sure the timing is right but I want to believe China torpedoed Gere's career.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (xcxpd)
___________

Red Corner. Young Bai Ling . . .

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM (iFTx/)

344 Stallone or Urban?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (mTwPB)

Urban. No contest.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (xcxpd)

I dunno. No one snarled "I AM THE LAW!" bettter than Stalone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM (i9ffA)

345 The lack of chemistry I did know about.

Don't these people see the movies they are making?

Posted by: DOYLE at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM (Z8Yh2)

346 These dog harlots and other assorted mongrels in the enterTAINTment biz are truly the best-dressed lower 2% scum element in our society. . . . . .they roam around and copulated like dogs in a kennel. . . . sniff. . . . and mount. . . .and walk off to lick their puds and asses. Not a care in the world as to who--or what--they just climbed on.

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rats & EnterTAINTent Biz Whores at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM (5DfsO)

347 Judge Dredd

Stallone or Urban?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Urban, definitely. I couldn't even finish the Stallone version, it was so bad.

Posted by: Biergood at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM (PwgSL)

348 it's long been thought that Gere is gayer than Dylan Mulvaney with a dildo in his ass, so who knows?
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So John Travolta, rite?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 12:53 PM (pLaQB)

349 Jews, Poles and Russians combine to condemn Canada glorifying a literal Nazi:

https://tinyurl.com/2c7fb6mf

--

The funniest part is that it's a Ukranian Nazi.

Weird how that sort of thing keeps coming back to the surface.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 25, 2023 12:53 PM (SfD1B)

350 341 Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul calls in National Guard amid New York's worsening migrant crisis

https://tinyurl.com/34knycdv

Posted by: redridinghood at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM (NpAcC)

She sending 'em to the US border? Like Canada?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:53 PM (ynpvh)

351 325 Didn't Stallone start off in gay porn? Supposedly when he got famous, he bought all the copies out there to keep the public from seeing them.
Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:50 PM (0N1h0)

Half right, Stallone was in a porno as 'The Italian Stallion' but he tried to buy up all the prints once he got Rocky money.

I like Stallone. He has written some damn fine films.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:53 PM (xcxpd)

352 341 Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul calls in National Guard amid New York's worsening migrant crisis

https://tinyurl.com/34knycdv
Posted by: redridinghood at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM (NpAcC)

uh oh, here comes the Battle of Yonkers.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 25, 2023 12:53 PM (i9ffA)

353 Dem senator is worried about an oppressive, communist government?

Forest. Trees.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 25, 2023 12:46 PM (KbCG3)

Worried about an oppressive, communist government?

Stop making an oppressive, communist government.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at September 25, 2023 12:53 PM (KM/q4)

354 Let he who hasn't committed a sidepiece to a mental institution cast the first stone.

Posted by: Back the Blue at September 25, 2023 12:53 PM (83IzV)

355 343 This sounds doubtful to me but it's something I heard.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:47 PM (KRtlO)

I heard the gerbil story was pushed by China after Gere made 'Red Corner'. I'm not sure the timing is right but I want to believe China torpedoed Gere's career.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (xcxpd)
___________

Red Corner. Young Bai Ling . . .

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM (iFTx/)

How does one Bai-ling?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:53 PM (ynpvh)

356 I prefer "the night was moist".

Posted by: DOYLE at September 25, 2023 12:54 PM (Z8Yh2)

357 Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (KRtlO)

********

https://tinyurl.com/bdenpppc

Posted by: EFG at September 25, 2023 12:54 PM (Ae67h)

358 Urban's Dredd is excellent and should have spawned a movie trilogy.
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM

Don't worry, we have plenty of other strong characters from highly successful shows working on trilogies. She-Hulk, Captain Marvel, Rei ~~Palpatine~~ Skywalker, and more!

Posted by: Disney at September 25, 2023 12:54 PM (JCZqz)

359 No one snarled "I AM THE LAW!" bettter than Stalone.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM (i9ffA)

Yeah but it felt silly, not cool

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 12:54 PM (xcxpd)

360 Psi Judge Anderson?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:54 PM (mTwPB)

361 Let's do a Cars reboot. Except instead of cars, they are planes! Oh. Boats? Trains?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Mobility scooters! Little Rascal! Big Rascal! Lightning!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 25, 2023 12:54 PM (FVME7)

362 Judge Dredd
*
Stallone or Urban?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023
*
Karl Urban? Haven't seen that version.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023

***
Karl Urban has amazed me in everything I've seen him in, from playing Cupid and then Julius Caesar on Xena, to the young Woodrow Call and Dr. McCoy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:54 PM (J2vNu)

363 It just wasn't like "Die Hard" level of good.
Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 12:35 PM

That is because it is an action movies AND a Christmas movie.

Posted by: Archer at September 25, 2023 12:54 PM (gmo/4)

364 e's doing more than bitching, he's whining that Irwin Winkler should just give back the rights to Rocky to him, because reasons.

Stallone just needs to call it a career.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

______

It's funny that when something becomes a hit, nobody wants to honor the legal contract they signed.

Someone took a big chance on Stallone, financing a film that let a nobody actor have his way, that he stars in the movie he wrote. Made him one of the biggest stars of all time. Supposedly the guy that underwrote it mortgaged his house to get funds. Had the movie flopped, would the producers have made Stallone pay for the losses? Of course not. He would have pointed to his contract.

Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 12:55 PM (wMRY8)

365 335 This is a fact most people don't know. I go by my last name, because John isn't epic sounding enough.
Posted by: John Conan at September 25, 2023 12:48 PM (JCZqz)
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I think one of the reasons why "John Carter" flopped is because they left "of Mars" out of the title.

That would have clued the audience in to what the movie was actually about.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (YIVH2)
___________

Ironically, the "Of Mars" was deliberately omitted because Disney thought it might REDUCE the size of the audience. Dumber than fuck. Disney sucked even then.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:55 PM (iFTx/)

366 GLAAD and Fran Drescher, the president of SAG-AFTRA, are voicing concerns that LGBTQ stories in film are at risk due to the actors' and writers' strikes.
__________

Yes. we NEED YOU to write about sucking d***s and scissoring.

Save us, Fran Drescher, you're our only hope.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 25, 2023 12:55 PM (lf83v)

367 "Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul calls in National Guard amid New York's worsening migrant crisis"

What, to change diapers, fetch take out, and keep the evil US citizens away from the poor "migrants"?

Posted by: Anti-Faucist at September 25, 2023 12:56 PM (7ycwL)

368 315 The scene in Throw Mama, where Owen is showing and explaining his coin collection to Crystal's character, is one of the best scenes in the flick.

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rats & EnterTAINTent Biz Whores at September 25, 2023 12:56 PM (5DfsO)

369 365 335 This is a fact most people don't know. I go by my last name, because John isn't epic sounding enough.
Posted by: John Conan at September 25, 2023 12:48 PM (JCZqz)
----
I think one of the reasons why "John Carter" flopped is because they left "of Mars" out of the title.

That would have clued the audience in to what the movie was actually about.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 12:51 PM (YIVH2)
___________

Ironically, the "Of Mars" was deliberately omitted because Disney thought it might REDUCE the size of the audience. Dumber than fuck. Disney sucked even then.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 25, 2023 12:55 PM (iFTx/)

Both the actor that played John Carter and the actress that played the princess were both in a Wolverine move.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:56 PM (ynpvh)

370 RICHARD GERE IS GAY?!!

Heavens to Betsy! Who knew?

Posted by: Ambiguously Gay Richard Simmons at September 25, 2023 12:57 PM (RIJkV)

371 GLAAD vs GLaDOS

Or the Nanny vs GLaDOS

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:57 PM (mTwPB)

372 366 GLAAD and Fran Drescher, the president of SAG-AFTRA, are voicing concerns that LGBTQ stories in film are at risk due to the actors' and writers' strikes.
__________

Yes. we NEED YOU to write about sucking d***s and scissoring.

Save us, Fran Drescher, you're our only hope.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 25, 2023 12:55 PM (lf83v)

She should be the voice of abstinence; it would work.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:57 PM (ynpvh)

373 No one snarled "I AM THE LAW!" better than Stalone.
________

What am I? Chopped liver?

*growls like a hamster*

Posted by: Merrick Garland at September 25, 2023 12:57 PM (lf83v)

374 Yes; I think that we need more LGBTQ characters in commercials, movies and shows. They're so sadly under represented now. I think someone should make a musical movie called " My beautiful change " in which 16 year old Samantha becomes Sam and we see her dancing and singing about her surgical scars and we have a chorus line of throughly happy teen transgenders. / sarc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2023 12:57 PM (SttHo)

375 He's in his late 70's, and no matter how in shape he is, at the end of the day, he's a puffy looking old man, who's had bad plastic surgery.

He's the antithesis of sexy.

As a straight man, I am often confused by which guys the ladies find sexy, so take this with a lump of salt. I think Stallone has always been weird looking for a Hollywood superstar.

https://is.gd/wjFQds

Here's a still from First Blood. Yeah, he's got a manly jawline, but his face is long, his eyes are a bit uneven and turned upward. It looks like he's got marbles just below the outside corners of his mouth.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 25, 2023 12:57 PM (0N1h0)

376 Both the actor that played John Carter and the actress that played the princess were both in a Wolverine move.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:56 PM (ynpvh)

Origins. The unbelievably shitty one that took Deadpool's (The Merc With the Mouth) mouth away.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 12:57 PM (CIS44)

377 A murdering Person B's target to give B an alibi, then expecting B to murder A's target -- and B balks. What comes next I can't recall.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Person A was a public figure, and person B was a nut. Person B kills person As target without being asked, and essentially blackmails him into going after Person A's target. It was a great psycho-drama, and follows Hitchcock's proto-noir formula of a normal person having his life upended by stumbling on the wrong person. As innocent a thing as riding a train and he is sunk.

(Barton Keyes said that murder is like two people getting on a train and the only stop is the cemetery, or something. in Double Indemnity. Throw Mama seems to be partially inspired by that classic.)

Throw Mama was great because they turned the nutter - person B - into a comic and sympathetic character (DeVito) bullied by his mother (ala Psycho). A cinematic masterpiece.

Posted by: Spammer at September 25, 2023 12:57 PM (Oa8QZ)

378 Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul calls in National Guard amid New York's worsening migrant crisis

https://tinyurl.com/34knycdv
Posted by: redridinghood at September 25, 2023 12:52 PM

Ouch. That is not an expense reimbursable by the Feds, so that's coming out of State funds. Guardsmen on State Active Duty are very expensive, and a nightmare administratively (injuries and such especially), so I'm guessing this is a sign they are in some serious trouble.

Posted by: Military Moron at September 25, 2023 12:58 PM (h5oMG)

379 MENENDEZ: "For 30 years I have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash...because of the history of my family facing confiscation in Cuba!"

Where are all the SAR filings from the bank then?

Posted by: Archer at September 25, 2023 12:58 PM (gmo/4)

380 373 No one snarled "I AM THE LAW!" better than Stalone.
________

What am I? Chopped liver?

*growls like a hamster*

Posted by: Merrick Garland at September 25, 2023 12:57 PM (lf83v)

Maybe gerbil. Has he been in Sniffy Joe's anus?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 12:58 PM (ynpvh)

381 They were on strike? Huh.

Posted by: JayInAmes at September 25, 2023 12:58 PM (yGu6h)

382 Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul calls in National Guard amid New York's worsening migrant crisis
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Good thing she did not need Nancy Pelosi's approval.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 25, 2023 12:58 PM (IbRy1)

383 353 Dem senator is worried about an oppressive, communist government?

Forest. Trees.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 25, 2023 12:46 PM (KbCG3)

Worried about an oppressive, communist government?

Stop making an oppressive, communist government.
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at September 25, 2023 12:53 PM (KM/q4)

"Hey, I said I was worried about the government taking MY money. I didn't say anything about yours." - Honorable Senator from NJ

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at September 25, 2023 12:58 PM (KbCG3)

384 Growing up in Michigan, I am very much accustomed to watching greedy unions sucking the withering teats of a dying industry.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 25, 2023 12:58 PM (9yUzE)

385 RICHARD GERE IS GAY?!!

Heavens to Betsy! Who knew?
__________

*types*

*deletes*

*types*

*deletes*

Posted by: Maurice the Gerbil at September 25, 2023 12:58 PM (lf83v)

386 If they had only called that movie A Princess of Mars history might have been different.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:59 PM (mTwPB)

387 386 If they had only called that movie A Princess of Mars history might have been different.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:59 PM (mTwPB)

There's already a space princess: Princess Leia.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 01:00 PM (ynpvh)

388 Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul calls in National Guard amid New York's worsening migrant crisis
___________

How very anti-immigration of her.

Hater.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 25, 2023 01:00 PM (lf83v)

389 'Red Corner'. I'm not sure the timing is right but I want to believe China torpedoed Gere's career.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

I heard the Gere story in HS, 20 years before Red Corner was made.

Posted by: Spammer at September 25, 2023 01:00 PM (Oa8QZ)

390 And I heard that he did that because gere was wearing Stallone's leather jacket during the Lords of Flatbush shoot, and was eating a sausage sandwich, and Stallone told him to take it off because he was going to get mustard on the jacket, and Gere refused, and then mustard did drip down on to stallone's jacket.

-
When in the course of human events . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 25, 2023 01:00 PM (FVME7)

391 Ironically, the "Of Mars" was deliberately omitted because Disney thought it might REDUCE the size of the audience. Dumber than fuck. Disney sucked even then.

Posted by: Elric Blade

____

There had been another Disney movie with "Mars" in the title, "Mars Needs Moms", had flopped so at he last minute supposedly the Studio insisted "Mars" be taken out of the title.

That shows you how smart the people running movie studios are.

Posted by: Blago at September 25, 2023 01:00 PM (wMRY8)

392 Just because Carrie was doing coke at the time, don't call her a space princess.

Oh wait...

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 01:00 PM (mTwPB)

393 388 Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul calls in National Guard amid New York's worsening migrant crisis
----------------
So Kathy is gonna go full Martha's Vineyard on the beaners?

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 01:01 PM (pLaQB)

394 370 RICHARD GERE IS GAY?!!

Heavens to Betsy! Who knew?
Posted by: Ambiguously Gay Richard Simmons at September 25, 2023 12:57 PM

Incredible! If he can be gay...anyone can be!

Posted by: Fiercely Heterosexual Senator Cory Booker at September 25, 2023 01:01 PM (h5oMG)

395 360 Psi Judge Anderson?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:54 PM (mTwPB)

a One

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 25, 2023 01:01 PM (xcxpd)

396 Ouch. That is not an expense reimbursable by the Feds, so that's coming out of State funds.
__________

Sanctuary-ing is expensive, yo.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 25, 2023 01:01 PM (lf83v)

397 396 Ouch. That is not an expense reimbursable by the Feds, so that's coming out of State funds.
__________

Sanctuary-ing is expensive, yo.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 25, 2023 01:01 PM (lf83v)

========

Until the bailout when it becomes free.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 01:02 PM (LvTSG)

398 I still think the John Carter series is prime fodder for some great movies. But I think Disney still owns the rights so that's a no go.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 01:02 PM (CIS44)

399 If they had only called that movie A Princess of Mars history might have been different.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:59 PM (mTwPB)

If I remember correctly, Lynn Collins (Dejah Thoris) was easy on the eyes in that movie.

Posted by: Archer at September 25, 2023 01:02 PM (gmo/4)

400 If it hadn't been reported in the news, I never would have known that they were on strike at all.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 25, 2023 01:03 PM (3ImbR)

401 @375

>> I think Stallone has always been weird looking for a Hollywood superstar.

There's a radical difference between a young, masculine guy with quirky features and and a very old puffy looking guy with bad plastic surgery.

He looks grotesque now.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 01:03 PM (XV/Pl)

402 By the way: The Snow Biege movie starring annoying woke twat Rachel Zegler

For a minute there, I thought you meant Snow Beege.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 25, 2023 01:03 PM (/HDaX)

403 Ouch. That is not an expense reimbursable by the Feds, so that's coming out of State funds.
__________

Sanctuary-ing is expensive, yo.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 25, 2023 01:01 PM (lf83v)

========

Until the bailout when it becomes free.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for more with John Huston at September 25, 2023 01:02 PM (LvTSG)

------------

Right after we bail-out all Ukrainian pensions.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 25, 2023 01:03 PM (6NbPa)

404 387 386 If they had only called that movie A Princess of Mars history might have been different.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 12:59 PM (mTwPB)

There's already a space princess: Princess Leia.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 01:00 PM

That's not what New Disney would have you believe.

Posted by: That's GENERAL Leia now, mister. And I earned it! at September 25, 2023 01:03 PM (JCZqz)

405 Don't know about anyone else but I am getting a virus notice from Norton every time I go to the site here.

Posted by: Minnfidel at September 25, 2023 01:04 PM (kzu4f)

406 Until the bailout when it becomes free.
____________

Judges?

Oh, I'm sorry. Federal bailouts for the military are only applicable to the Ukraine.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 25, 2023 01:04 PM (lf83v)

407 Right after we bail-out all Ukrainian pensions.
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 25, 2023 01:03 PM (6NbPa)

Didnt we already do that?

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 01:04 PM (CIS44)

408 We just lost TX to voter fraud. The court of criminal appeals, which is stocked with Soros backed "Republicans", ruled the 1951 TX law which allowed the AG of the state to prosecute voter fraud as unconstitutional. This means only the local Soros prosecutors in Houston etc. are allowed to prosecute voter fraud, and they won't prosecute. So TX is gone.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 25, 2023 01:04 PM (CecP5)

409 He looks grotesque now.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 01:03 PM (XV/Pl)

[ Mickey Rourke has entered the chat ]

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 01:04 PM (aD39U)

410 Right after we bail-out all Ukrainian pensions.
-----------------
Bailing out Ukraine, California, Illinois and NY is gonna be very expensive.

Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 01:05 PM (pLaQB)

411 4 Ok, now a real comment:

WHEW. I was SO WORRIED about where I was going to get EQUALITY entertainment without Hollywood!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert, Formerly Virginian at September 25, 2023 12:01 PM (N1DT3)

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FTFY

Posted by: The_Hoser at September 25, 2023 01:05 PM (N66D6)

412 Speaking of grotesque, where's Ron Perlman?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 01:05 PM (mTwPB)

413 >>> 262 PA state troopers have a requirement.
At least 6'0 with an IQ of 60.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (O+BhX)

Go on...

Posted by: Julie Brown at September 25, 2023 01:05 PM (llON8)

414 Sanctuary-ing is expensive, yo.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot

Why Not: AOC Now Blaming Marco Rubio for Border Crisis

-
So he's the bastard responsible!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 25, 2023 01:06 PM (FVME7)

415 At least 6'0 with an IQ of 60.
__________

So, Fetterman's out.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 25, 2023 01:06 PM (lf83v)

416 "The Snow Biege movie starring annoying woke twat Rachel Zegler"
........

Disinformation Expert Ace being especially mean on Monday.
Almost cruel, in fact.

Posted by: wth at September 25, 2023 01:06 PM (v0R5T)

417 Speaking of grotesque, where's Ron Perlman?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 01:05 PM (mTwPB)

Dunno? He's still an ugly POS of a human being. So, he's still has that going for him.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at September 25, 2023 01:07 PM (7Pnfz)

418 410 Right after we bail-out all Ukrainian pensions.
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Bailing out Ukraine, California, Illinois and NY is gonna be very expensive.
Posted by: Puddinhead at September 25, 2023 01:05 PM

We can just print or borrow money to bail them out. My economic advisor says ever dollar spent of bailouts stimulates four dollars of economic activity, and his lady-prostate. How amazing is that!?!?

Posted by: AOC at September 25, 2023 01:07 PM (JCZqz)

419 Right after we bail-out all Ukrainian pensions.
Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 25, 2023 01:03 PM (6NbPa)

Didnt we already do that?
Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 01:04 PM (CIS44)
........

Yeah but Mitch thinks we should do it again just to be sure.

Posted by: wth at September 25, 2023 01:07 PM (v0R5T)

420 >>> 262 PA state troopers have a requirement.
At least 6'0 with an IQ of 60.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 25, 2023 12:39 PM (O+BhX)

Fck you.

Posted by: Lord Kalvan at September 25, 2023 01:07 PM (llON8)

421
He had already created two enduring cinematic icons in Rocky and Rambo.

Anyone know his character's name in The Expendables?

Rockbo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 25, 2023 01:08 PM (63Dwl)

422 Speaking of grotesque, where's Ron Perlman?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 01:05 PM (mTwPB)

Smart money says locked in a dark room, tweeting and masturbating furiously.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 25, 2023 01:09 PM (/HDaX)

423 Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen

A Korean War Yankee in King Arthur's Court. And he gets the girl also.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 01:09 PM (mTwPB)

424 There's a radical difference between a young, masculine guy with quirky features and and a very old puffy looking guy with bad plastic surgery.

He looks grotesque now.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Well, maybe they'll reboot The Elephant Man.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 25, 2023 01:09 PM (FVME7)

425 PA state troopers have a requirement.
At least 6'0 with an IQ of 60.
__________

*Tee-hee*

I read that as "PA state poopers."

Posted by: Pete Buttegeig at September 25, 2023 01:09 PM (lf83v)

426 272 Transporter 3 - Chief O'Brien's Revenge
Posted by: spindrift at September 25, 2023 12:40 PM (EGPRf)

What came back lived ... for a few minutes..

and then it exploded

Posted by: galaxy quest at September 25, 2023 01:10 PM (oY6Yp)

427 Hollywood shut down, government shut down.
Its all a big plus for me

Posted by: Ex GOP at September 25, 2023 01:10 PM (lNX2w)

428 Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul calls in National Guard amid New York's worsening migrant crisis"
Posted by: Anti-Faucist at September 25, 2023 12:56 PM (7ycwL)

Haha, Michigan buckles after sanctuary busses disgorge a few Sanctuary Visitors. I was told activating the NG was deemed racist-adjacent and problematic in Texas.

Posted by: 13times at September 25, 2023 01:10 PM (f57y6)

429 Smart money says locked in a dark room, tweeting and masturbating furiously.

So Ron Perlman is Paul the Trool?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 01:10 PM (mTwPB)

430 I never thought Sylvester Stallone was particularly good looking. Certainly not a patch on Sean Connery in his prime.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2023 01:10 PM (SttHo)

431 421 He had already created two enduring cinematic icons in Rocky and Rambo.

Anyone know his character's name in The Expendables?

Rockbo
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 25, 2023 01:08 PM

The Expendables are a ground-breaking series of films. We've had tribute bands and movie franchise remakes/reboots, but this is the first tribute movie franchise using the actual actors from the original action films. It's brilliant.

Posted by: Movie Moron at September 25, 2023 01:11 PM (JCZqz)

432 There's already a space princess: Princess Leia.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 01:00 PM (ynpvh)

You misspelled Vespa.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at September 25, 2023 01:11 PM (oJ6Se)

433 Yes; I think that we need more LGBTQ characters in commercials, movies and shows. They're so sadly under represented now. I think someone should make a musical movie called " My beautiful change " in which 16 year old Samantha becomes Sam and we see her dancing and singing about her surgical scars and we have a chorus line of throughly happy teen transgenders. / sarc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 25, 2023 12:57 PM (SttHo)

I think they should do a buddy sitcom with Biden and Big Mike called "Grope and Change".

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 25, 2023 01:12 PM (QZTwm)

434
Saw a tv commercial starring only a straight white couple Sunday.

Everybody watching here was wondering how they let that slip through.

Posted by: Auspex at September 25, 2023 01:12 PM (5NlYr)

435 As a straight man, I am often confused by which guys the ladies find sexy, so take this with a lump of salt. I think Stallone has always been weird looking for a Hollywood superstar.

--

Look at the little dot between these zeros.

0.0

The more numbers to the left of that dot, the sexier the man is.

Posted by: Family members won't listen to Gandalf anymore at September 25, 2023 01:12 PM (SfD1B)

436 The writers strike is over? Good, because we need more stunningly brave movies about fabulously gay wrastlers!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at September 25, 2023 01:12 PM (2YtOq)

437 The Democrats intend to pull the same mail in voter fraud in TX that they did in other states to swing the 2024 election in the state their way.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 25, 2023 01:12 PM (CecP5)

438 Saw a tv commercial starring only a straight white couple Sunday.

Everybody watching here was wondering how they let that slip through.
Posted by: Auspex at September 25, 2023 01:12 PM (5NlYr)

Was it for hearing aids?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 01:12 PM (aD39U)

439 Gay Mucho Libre!: the Sequel

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 25, 2023 01:13 PM (mTwPB)

440 Gay Mucho Libre!: the Sequel

Gayer

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 25, 2023 01:13 PM (aD39U)

441 Saw a tv commercial starring only a straight white couple Sunday.

Everybody watching here was wondering how they let that slip through.
Posted by: Auspex at September 25, 2023 01:12 PM (5NlYr)

Must have been on The Gorilla Channel.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 01:13 PM (CIS44)

442
Yay! More gay!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2023 01:13 PM (MoZTd)

443 There's a radical difference between a young, masculine guy with quirky features and and a very old puffy looking guy with bad plastic surgery.

He looks grotesque now.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Stop the fright!

Posted by: Aderianne at September 25, 2023 01:14 PM (SYTee)

444 I'm looking really forward to Hollywood fleshing out the classics now that they're back at work. I hear they're already working through screenplays for the origin stories of each of the seven dwarves. I'm highly anticipating "Star Trek: Young O'Brien", detailing the zany youth of the famous transporter operator. And Kathleen Kennedy is making a new Star Wars series about the origin of the guy who designed the TIE Fighter's sister because gurl power. Yeah, it's pretty confusing. But shut up or misogynist. And finally, the origin story of Sam the piano player from Casablanca starring Stacey Abrams. Because of course.

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at September 25, 2023 01:14 PM (AD14M)

445 The Democrats intend to pull the same mail in voter fraud in TX that they did in other states to swing the 2024 election in the state their way.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 25, 2023 01:12 PM (CecP5)
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Could they make their shenanigans any more obvious?

Now they really are just rubbing our faces in it, trying to provoke a reaction.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 25, 2023 01:14 PM (YIVH2)

446 434
Saw a tv commercial starring only a straight white couple Sunday.

Everybody watching here was wondering how they let that slip through.

Posted by: Auspex at September 25, 2023 01:12 PM (5NlYr)

Were they stooopid?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

447 Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me.

Every actor in Hollywood wishes. . . they could look like me. I am not grotesque.

And every actor wishes they could have sex with my beautiful wife, Hillaria.

Yes, every actor. Even Cruise and Travolta.

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at September 25, 2023 01:14 PM (lf83v)

448 'But Maxwell, we neeeeeed more gaayyyyyyyyyy and lesbiannnnnnnns in TV! Whaaaaaa!"

Posted by: The_Hoser at September 25, 2023 01:14 PM (N66D6)

449 Were they stooopid?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 25, 2023 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

Just the man, obviously.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 01:14 PM (CIS44)

450 >>> 408 We just lost TX to voter fraud. The court of criminal appeals, which is stocked with Soros backed "Republicans", ruled the 1951 TX law which allowed the AG of the state to prosecute voter fraud as unconstitutional. This means only the local Soros prosecutors in Houston etc. are allowed to prosecute voter fraud, and they won't prosecute. So TX is gone.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at September 25, 2023 01:04 PM (CecP5)

But that *totes* wasn't why Paxton was impeached, it was because he was a poopyhead or something.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 25, 2023 01:14 PM (llON8)

451
Vote by mail? Sounds like a good idea. What could go wrong?

Posted by: TX GOP Legislator Who Voted For Paxton's Impeachment at September 25, 2023 01:15 PM (MoZTd)

452 Didn't Drescher's husband of 15 years abandon her and move in with a dude? Is there a Yiddish term which means 'Stockholm Syndrome'?

Posted by: Art Deco at September 25, 2023 01:15 PM (SHrUD)

453 Rob Schneider
@RobSchneider
I just canceled my trip to Canada.
I just can’t…
It’s beyond the pale.
Trudeau’s tyranny against peaceful trucker protesters seems insignificant to this despicable and outrageous act of honoring of one of ADOLF HITLER’S NAZI SS Soldiers by the Canadian Parliament.
No words…

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I don't know how effective a Canada boycott would be but, of course, he's right. Absolutely outrageous!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 25, 2023 01:16 PM (FVME7)

454 They'll bitch to Biden, they'll call out the National Guard, but they never ever ever will drop the "sanctuary" designation.

Posted by: Midnight Rambler at September 25, 2023 01:16 PM (i7hvJ)

455 Is there a Yiddish term which means 'Stockholm Syndrome'?
___________

Yes. "Schtokholm Schyndrum."

Posted by: Rabbi Gefiltefisch at September 25, 2023 01:17 PM (lf83v)

456
Didn't Drescher's husband of 15 years abandon her and move in with a dude?

Yup. "What kind of woman are you who can't even keep a man?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2023 01:17 PM (MoZTd)

457 @450

>>But that *totes* wasn't why Paxton was impeached, it was because he was a poopyhead or something.

Ultimately, they impeached him because he's not on team Texas GOPe and he called out the Texas SOH for being drunk at work.

Also, according to Paxton, a nexus of The Turd Blossom and current Junta running the FEDGov were also behind it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 25, 2023 01:18 PM (XV/Pl)

458
Rob Schneider
@RobSchneider
I just canceled my trip to Canada.

I can't think of any good reason to go to Canada.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2023 01:18 PM (MoZTd)

459 After 15 years of that voice she's lucky she's alaive.

Posted by: Drescher's husband of 15 years at September 25, 2023 01:19 PM (SYTee)

460 Yup. "What kind of woman are you who can't even keep a man?"
_________

A goyim. That's what.

Posted by: Rabbi Gefiltefisch at September 25, 2023 01:19 PM (lf83v)

461 I can't think of any good reason to go to Canada.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2023 01:18 PM (MoZTd)

When you are between 19 and 21 and live in Michigan.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 01:19 PM (CIS44)

462 I definitely did not have Trudeaus honoring an actual Nazi in the Canadian Parliament on my bingo card.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 25, 2023 01:20 PM (ZLI7S)

463
What do we need Hollywood writers for? Can't some AI program just say "fuck" and all its variants. Because that's all dialogue seems to consist of nowadays.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2023 01:20 PM (MoZTd)

464
Her voice and accent are something she accentuates for her roles. I don't think she talks like Fran Fine all the time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 12:18 PM (J2vNu)

All based on her role as the hot, randy back-seat chick in Hollywood Knights, and Turk blows his wad before he even gets her shirt off.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 25, 2023 01:20 PM (n+4am)

465 I saw Bud Light attempted a commercial during the OSU-Notre Dame game last Saturday. It was flat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 25, 2023 01:20 PM (gKarl)

466

"Seeing diverse representation on screen is vital for empowering everyone to embrace their authentic selves."

Including the young boys sacrificed at Bryan Singers mansions.

Posted by: Rev Dr Happy Hands at September 25, 2023 01:20 PM (629+X)

467 What do we need Hollywood writers for? Can't some AI program just say "fuck" and all its variants. Because that's all dialogue seems to consist of nowadays.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 25, 2023 01:20 PM (MoZTd)

It's called being edgy, duh.

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 01:20 PM (CIS44)

468 I can't think of any good reason to go to Canada.
_________

The gentlemen's clubs in Montreal near McGill University.

Posted by: Justin Trudeau at September 25, 2023 01:21 PM (lf83v)

469 NOOD

Posted by: BruceWayne at September 25, 2023 01:22 PM (CIS44)

470 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 25, 2023 01:22 PM (Zz0t1)

471
Is there a Yiddish term which means 'Stockholm Syndrome'?

I think you mean Helsinki Syndrome.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 25, 2023 01:22 PM (n+4am)

472 We used to go to Czanada fishing. It's not a far drive for me but they becamse assholes at the border and then changed the take home limit to two fish. Eff that. I'll stay home and fish.

Posted by: Minnfidel at September 25, 2023 01:22 PM (kzu4f)

473 And Kathleen Kennedy is making a new Star Wars series about the origin of the guy who designed the TIE Fighter's sister because gurl power.
____

Spoiler alert - it was the sister who had all the ideas, but the credit went to the brother, because the empire is misogynistic, just like the United States!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 25, 2023 01:23 PM (fs1hN)

474 458 I had a friend in the mill who made a trip to canuckistan a long time ago on a fishing trip. The Canucks found a .22 rifle in his bass boat and he had all papers and everything stamped PNG. Told to go home and never come back. He was kinda proud of it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 25, 2023 01:23 PM (0EOe9)

475 Didn't Drescher's husband of 15 years abandon her and move in with a dude? Is there a Yiddish term which means 'Stockholm Syndrome'?
Posted by: Art Deco at September 25, 2023

***
There wre together for close to twenty years, yes -- they met when she was fifteen, and married when she was twenty-one, around 1978. They separated in '96 and divorced in '99. He came out later -- Peter Marc Jacobsen, an actor and the producer of The Nanny.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 01:25 PM (J2vNu)

476 i am the stud finder. but no, I didn't. I mean, I think I'm right on the stud (by the knock method). It's just not letting my drill, like there's something metal in here. I'm not near an outlet. It's a space between two closets so there shouldn't be pipe or electrical there.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
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The general rule is that if you hit obstacles with a drill bit, then you should not keep drilling until you find out what is behind it.

And yes, you should have a combo electrical/stud/metal finder. Any property that has been renovated or has existed for a long time can all sorts of things tucked into the walls over time.

Posted by: whig at September 25, 2023 01:27 PM (0wwt1)

477 Kind of funny, I remember liking Sandler and Ferrell in two of their non-type movies, Spanglish (Sandler) and Everything Must Go (Ferrell).
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

"Everything Must Go" is kind of a drama about a guy struggling with alcoholism, pretty funny stuff (there were a few chuckles in it). But if you saw it, then you already know that. Yeah, it was definitely against type of most of Will Ferrell's movies.
I guess this comment is for people who have no idea what this movie was about.

Posted by: Another precinct heard from..... at September 25, 2023 01:29 PM (vcOmj)

478 Noodus dementia

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 25, 2023 01:30 PM (J2vNu)

479 Yellow Snow > Snow Biege

Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist at September 25, 2023 01:35 PM (Vu7A1)

480 Screen Writers Guild WINS in major new contract!!!
Final details are still pending, and it may be weeks before they are able to WRITE them down.

Posted by: birddog at September 25, 2023 02:11 PM (1E8/t)

481 No fvcks are given.

Posted by: Roland THTG at September 25, 2023 02:25 PM (cl+Gq)

482 They were on strike? Who knew?

Posted by: Jane at September 25, 2023 05:16 PM (EcD5Y)

483 There's no law stopping Hollywood from making gay movies.
Except the law of supply and demand.

FJB

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