Nelson Peltz Finally Gets Around to Blasting Disney for Its "Woke" Agenda In Filmmaking

He had been dancing around it, trying to let it be the elephant in the room he wasn't speaking of.

I think that's a good strategy, because the minute you breathe a hint that you might be objecting to the left's culture warring, all the good little Marxists will line up to join the culture war.

So I don't know if this was wise.

Perhaps he felt that he wasn't winning the proxy war to get two seats on Disney's board -- and finally have two board members who represent the shareholders, and who aren't just Bob Iger's handpicked cronies -- and felt he had to do something dramatic to shake the proxy race on.

I guess we'll see.

As the Disney board proxy fight nears its deciding day, activist investor Nelson Peltz is taking aim at what he calls the company's "woke" film strategy, particularly as it pertains to Black Panther and The Marvels.
In a recent interview with The Financial Times, Peltz questioned the leadership of Marvel chief Kevin Feige and the larger movie strategy under Disney CEO Bob Iger. Though he said he did not want either leader unseated (Peltz is outwardly campaigning to take the board seats of current members Michael B.G. Froman and Maria Elena Lagomasino), he questioned how long Feige should remain and what the strategy should be moving forward.

"People go to watch a movie or a show to be entertained," Peltz said in the interview. "They don't go to get a message."
"Why do I have to have a Marvel that's all women? Not that I have anything against women, but why do I have to do that? Why can't I have Marvels that are both? Why do I need an all-Black cast?" he later said in the interview.

These comments recall similar anecdotes about former Marvel Entertainment chairman and CEO Ike Perlmutter, who is a friend of Peltz's and a supporter of his proxy fight.
In Iger's 2019 memoir The Ride of a Lifetime, Iger said he had received pushback on his idea to diversify the slate of Marvel movies and stop exclusively featuring characters who were white men. When presenting the idea, Iger wrote that one of the leaders of the Marvel team in New York, run by Perlmutter, told him "female superheroes never drive big box office." But Iger decided to move forward.

And boy did Bob Iger show him!

Is the proxy fight going poorly for Peltz?

Well, he just got a big ally. ISS, a firm that advises shareholders on how to vote during proxy fights, has recommended that Disney shareholders vote the Peltz slate.

In a blow to Walt Disney, activist Nelson Peltz received a powerful endorsement in his battle against the entertainment conglomerate on Thursday, when proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recommended shareholders elect him to the board.
ISS, whose recommendations can sway hundreds of investors' votes, said Peltz, a large Disney shareholder, could ensure the board does its job well as it tackles questions of CEO succession and strategy at the home of Mickey Mouse.
The recommendation comes as Disney CEO Bob Iger continues to rally support among a high profile cast that included Emerson Collective founder and president Laurene Powell Jobs on Thursday and Star Wars-creator George Lucas earlier this week.
"Dissident nominee Peltz, as a significant shareholder, could be additive to the succession process, providing assurance to other investors that the board is properly engaged this time around," the report seen by Reuters said.
Peltz's Trian Fund Management is vying for two board seats, one for Peltz and the other for former Disney financial chief Jay Rasulo, while another activist firm, Blackwells Capital, is pushing for three board seats.
The fight over who will help guide Disney, valued at $213 billion, is one of the year's most bitter and closely watched board battles, pitting a prominent activist investor, who says he works well with target companies, against a talented media industry CEO who returned to the top job two years ago after the board fired Iger's hand-picked successor.

Peltz and Blackwells said Disney bungled plans for life after Iger, lost its creative spark and failed to properly harness new technology.

At the end of this clip, Jim Cramer mentions some other CEOs who are backing Peltz.

On the other hand, Bob Iger got a huge supporter -- none other than George Lucas himself, who owns a lot of Disney stock thanks to Disney's purchase of LucasFilm.

A lot of the Star Wars fandom declared that this was the end for them, and that George Lucas' betrayal of the brand was the final proof that Star Wars is not salvageable.

Which I could have told them five years ago.

If George Lucas is happy with Kathleen Kennedy's version of Star Wars, then why should anyone else have hope? Or have any cares about it?

But one thing I know ex-fans are eagerly awaiting: The ultimate in "Put a chick in it and make her gay, make it lame" Star Wars Content, The Acolyte.

Elon Musk tweeted out that Disney is now parodying itself with this one. The only entertainment Disney delivers these days is the comedy of woke incompetence.

Critical Drinker apparently agrees with Doof about Road House not being very good.

Like I said: I didn't like the first Road House. I thought it was dumb and I was bored.

So I had no Swayze Nostalgia watching this one. I liked the Florida Keys setting (and could have used more local weird charm) and I really liked the boat chase at the end. Boat chases often look slow to me. This one looked fast and dangerous.

I even kind of liked Jake Gyllenhall's punch-drunk, possibly brain damaged portrayal of the fighter.

I liked it. This and The Beekeeper are both worth watching.

I mentioned the Beekeeper was written by Kurt Wimmer, who wrote and directed Equilibrium.

What a great movie. And a fantastic commentary track. I don't want to cast aspersions, but he sounded like a right-wing wacko gun nut on that commentary track.

As I was watching The Beekeeper, I thought of an anecdote he mentioned.

After this fantastic scene, Christian Bale has a mysterious neck wound. Which is confusing, because he is never hit by any attack:

(By the way, The Acolyte is ripping of the weapon-trapping martial arts style seen in this clip.)

Wimmer explained that Bale had the neck wound just because the actor thought it would be cooler if he had a wound. He had the make-up person apply the fake wound.

But it creates a plot-hole, because he was never hit.

Wimmer explained that he didn't think Bale should ever be hit. "He's the hero," he said, and I guess he was thinking "he's the HERO," as Achilles or some other demi-god is a hero. Just absolutely an untouchable, unbeatable force of nature.

Some heroes are like John McClane and Indiana Jones -- behind the 8-ball most of the time, and only barely scraping to a victory in the end.

Many are like James Bond or Batman, fully in control 90% of the time, and only occasionally in danger.

And only a few are HEROES who are always well beyond their enemies. I think Dirty Harry was like this almost all of the time. Steven Seagal, of course, is never threatened by anyone in his movies.

The Beekeeper has Jason Statham as the HERO through most of its runtime -- he doesn't pick up a gun until the end, and he just walks through hails of gunfire as if he's not concerned about bullets at all. I wondered if he, too, knew Gun Kata.

Maybe Wimmer was won over by Christian Bale, because near the end of The Beekeeper, Jason Statham finally does start getting hit, and pretty badly, too. Which I liked. I think a hero has to suffer before he wins, whether he's a hero or even a HERO.

Which category of hero do you prefer? The invincible, the mostly invincibile, or the quite-vincible?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:24 PM

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1 How do you explain George Lucas backing the "white slavers" who wrecked his IP against Peltz?

He's too old and too rich to be paid off.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2024 04:26 PM (guGkK)

2 SPONGE!

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 25, 2024 04:26 PM (YwyqV)

3 All I can say is “ Die Mouse Die”..

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:27 PM (PCK5/)

4 "Storytelling isn't for amateurs."
-Guy who started by making THX-1138

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:27 PM (GBKbO)

5 On the other hand, Bob Iger got a huge supporter -- none other than George Lucas himself, who owns a lot of Disney stock thanks to Disney's purchase of LucasFilm.

A lot of the Star Wars fandom declared that this was the end for them, and that George Lucas' betrayal of the brand was the final proof that Star Wars is not salvageable.

Which I could have told them five years ago.

As I've been saying for awhile, I think Lucas is playing Disney. If he manage to keep Iger in charge, the stock price will continue to drop, and the reported interest by Lucas in reacquiring SW will be much cheaper.

As to what SW fanbois say, they say a lot of things, but they're still just sissy soys, because Three Body Problem is now the hottest SF and they can't deal.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2024 04:27 PM (CsUN+)

6 My favorite part was when Jason Statham wiggled his ass in a lazy figure-8 to show the other Beekeepers which way North was.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 04:27 PM (GkFGh)

7 My pastor explicitly said that "wokeness is from the pit of hell" this past weekend.

Considering what it's doing to culture, he might be on to something...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2024 04:28 PM (7fElN)

8 As to what SW fanbois say, they say a lot of things, but they're still just sissy soys, because Three Body Problem is now the hottest SF and they can't deal.

I may be biased.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2024 04:28 PM (CsUN+)

9 Personally, I can't wait for the release of the "Rey movie." It will be hilarious watching the bloodbath at the box office.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2024 04:28 PM (guGkK)

10 Maybe Wimmer was won over by Christian Bale, because near the end of The Beekeeper, Jason Statham finally does start getting hit, and pretty badly, too. Which I liked. I think a hero has to suffer before he wins, whether he's a hero or even a HERO.

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Wimmer made Ultraviolet.

I mean...that movie is trash.

But Salt was pretty good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (GBKbO)

11 1 How do you explain George Lucas backing the "white slavers" who wrecked his IP against Peltz?

He's too old and too rich to be paid off.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2024 04:26 PM (guGkK)

There is no man on earth who has ever loathed the entire Star Wars franchise and its fans more than George Lucas.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (GkFGh)

12 I think a hero has to suffer before he wins, whether he's a hero or even a HERO.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Old and busted: The Hero's Journey

New Hotness: The Mary Sue's Journey

Posted by: mikeski at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (fomaS)

13 Personally, I can't wait for the release of the "Rey movie." It will be hilarious watching the bloodbath at the box office.

Yesssss, all is proceeding as I foretold....
*tents fingers*

Posted by: George Lucas, eying SW buyout at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (CsUN+)

14 I guess it was only time before Lucas went to the dark side. Kennedy must have some real incriminating photos.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (/k2ZC)

15 Lucas has hated the fans since they crapped all over Jar Jar.

Posted by: brak at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (25k9m)

16 > How do you explain George Lucas backing the "white slavers" who wrecked his IP against Peltz?

George is an idiot who never really understood Star Wars. Since then, he became a True Believer in modern leftism.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (Odg76)

17 Burn mouse, burn

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (N1tpc)

18 That picture of the two aberrant women in The Acolyte clip so fully sums up the Disney Zeitgeist…

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (PCK5/)

19 I bailed on Equilibrium very early on. It seemed like The Matrix for people who find The Matrix too cerebral.

Posted by: I prefer Bale movies that reference Huey Lewis and the News at March 25, 2024 04:30 PM (X5tRe)

20 11 There is no man on earth who has ever loathed the entire Star Wars franchise and its fans more than George Lucas.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (GkFGh)

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He's gonna turn around and start making his weird little films any day now.

Francis Ford Coppola is everything George Lucas wishes he was. Coppola did go and make his weird little films like Youth Without Youth, Tetro, and Twixt.

Lucas took the corporate money and has become a corporate lackey.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:30 PM (GBKbO)

21 " I think the hero has to suffer before he wins".
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How do you like me now?

Posted by: The Donald at March 25, 2024 04:31 PM (2DRLi)

22 Lucas has hated the fans since they crapped all over Jar Jar.

Lucas' vision for Star Wars is like Communism. The right people just haven't been in charge. He views himself as the right person. It's his legacy.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2024 04:31 PM (CsUN+)

23 Pelt-em Peltz

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 25, 2024 04:31 PM (qgp0h)

24 I watched American Graffiti this weekend for the first time in years. Lucas was a talented director back then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2024 04:32 PM (guGkK)

25 For cerebral movies I choose Inception…

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:32 PM (PCK5/)

26 Maybe Wimmer was won over by Christian Bale, because near the end of The Beekeeper, Jason Statham finally does start getting hit, and pretty badly, too. Which I liked. I think a hero has to suffer before he wins, whether he's a hero or even a HERO.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:24 PM
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The boring invincible hero is not a very good trope. Steven Seagal loves it, though, as that's often how his characters come off in his movies.

Heroes should pay a price for their victory over their opponent. It doesn't always have to be huge, but it should cost them something to be victorious.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2024 04:32 PM (7fElN)

27 >>>19 I bailed on Equilibrium very early on. It seemed like The Matrix for people who find The Matrix too cerebral.

it's so good you don't even know. it gets better and better as it goes.

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:32 PM (KRtlO)

28 25 For cerebral movies I choose Inception…
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:32 PM (PCK5/)

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I choose Solaris.

No, not the George Clooney one.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:32 PM (GBKbO)

29 The only reason I can see for them continually going down the DEI losing money path is that in order to fund development for these movies they have to get a certain ESG score. Who knows, maybe all the competent people have already left or retired.

Posted by: ryukyu at March 25, 2024 04:32 PM (hR0kJ)

30 *Which category of hero do you prefer?*

The one with the best looking hooters.

Posted by: Most guys at March 25, 2024 04:33 PM (D3y/T)

31 28 25 For cerebral movies I choose Inception…
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:32 PM (PCK5/)

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I choose Solaris.

No, not the George Clooney one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:32 PM (GBKbO)

There’s another one???

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:33 PM (PCK5/)

32 1 How do you explain George Lucas backing the "white slavers" who wrecked his IP against Peltz?

He's too old and too rich to be paid off.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2024 04:26 PM (guGkK)

The fact that he's old and rich means the only thing he cares about now is his "legacy." It's possible that he's seen what the left has done to, for example, J. K. Rowling who is also rich enough not to be paid off. They've made her an unperson and aren't just artistically dismantling her work, even liking Harry Potter now is transphobic. I think the left is intentionally torpedoing the Harry Potter brand at least as successfully as they're unintentionally torpedoing other media franchises.

George Lucas's choices could be to watch them burn his creation to the ground while still inviting him to the parties and talking about how much of a visionary he was or to watch them burn his creation to the ground and attempt to crucify him in the court of public opinion.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 25, 2024 04:33 PM (fKIdX)

33 >>>The boring invincible hero is not a very good trope. Steven Seagal loves it, though, as that's often how his characters come off in his movies.

i mostly agree but sometimes I do like seeing the guy who can just walk through bullets.

Clint Eastwood does this a lot. Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Dirty Harry... never in any kind of danger.

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:33 PM (KRtlO)

34 JRR Tolkien had trench warfare and other hardships to shape his experience and draw from when writing. What do today's woke writers have? The barista messed up their order?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2024 04:33 PM (M8sGf)

35 Because American Graffiti is his autobiography.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 25, 2024 04:33 PM (yeEu9)

36 27 >>>19 I bailed on Equilibrium very early on. It seemed like The Matrix for people who find The Matrix too cerebral.

it's so good you don't even know. it gets better and better as it goes.
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:32 PM (KRtlO)

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It's self-consciously cool while playing repeat on all the dystopian tropes.

Self-consciously cool while unoriginal is a hard thing to pull off, but I think Equilibrium does it pretty much entirely because of the action scenes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:33 PM (GBKbO)

37 George Lucas. If the three movies he did after the original trilogy, when he had total autonomy, didn't convince you that he's a hamfisted doofus, what would? Even RotJ was a real decline. This IP has been busted for a very long time.

Posted by: I don't want any more Star Wars, thanks at March 25, 2024 04:34 PM (X5tRe)

38 i want to write to Space Ice and tell him to do Equilibrium.

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:34 PM (KRtlO)

39 7 My pastor explicitly said that "wokeness is from the pit of hell" this past weekend.

Considering what it's doing to culture, he might be on to something...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2024 04:28 PM (7fElN)

There's a reason no one can "define" what woke means.

It isn't anything more than inculcating the reflex to look at anything good or beautiful in the world and saying "Yeah, the opposite of that."

It's Critical Everything Theory. Everything not created by the Theory is evil. Everything not created by the Theory must be destroyed. It's Historical Materialism without the History and without regard to Material. It is basically a grey, metastasizing blob that systematically and automatically attempts to wipe out everything The Lord wants for His children.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 04:34 PM (GkFGh)

40 33 Clint Eastwood does this a lot. Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Dirty Harry... never in any kind of danger.
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:33 PM (KRtlO)

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In two of those, he's an avenging angel.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:34 PM (GBKbO)

41 Capt. Marvel II got canned, Alita:Battle Angel II continues apace. Maybe if Disney/Marvel figured out why they wouldn't be in the mess they're in.

Posted by: hurricane567 at March 25, 2024 04:34 PM (Y0TMu)

42 I think the left is intentionally torpedoing the Harry Potter brand at least as successfully as they're unintentionally torpedoing other media franchises.

Disagree. Where evidence is there that they've had any effect at all?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2024 04:34 PM (CsUN+)

43 35 Because American Graffiti is his autobiography.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 25, 2024 04:33 PM (yeEu9)

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It's his rose colored glasses of his youth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:35 PM (GBKbO)

44 Memento is also very cerebral…

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:35 PM (PCK5/)

45 I love Space Ice's rags on Steve Seagall movies.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2024 04:35 PM (guGkK)

46 ... and that George Lucas' betrayal of the brand was the final proof that Star Wars is not salvageable.

Which I could have told them five years ago.

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You misspelled twenty-five.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at March 25, 2024 04:35 PM (bDb6L)

47 >>>In two of those, he's an avenging angel.

HE IS?!!

no i get that but he likes the trope

actually he's only in trouble a couple of times in the Dollars trilogy

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:35 PM (KRtlO)

48 How do you explain George Lucas backing the "white slavers" who wrecked his IP against Peltz?
Choose any:
1. Epstein Island
2. GL let his wife write the proxy note. (I guess the humiliation is part of the kink)
3. He's still upset the fans didn't like Jar Jar Binks
4. He still likes being invited to parties
5. ???
6. Profit

I gave up caring about GL or other-than-OT Star Wars somewhere between the Midiclorians scene in TPM and the "must have been a virgin birth" scene in TPM. I would have walked out and asked for my money back if I wasn't with a group that had waited out for tickets (I did not wait out for tickets).

Posted by: Chuck C at March 25, 2024 04:35 PM (yOPBE)

49 Isn't Lucas the one who wanted to make Marion like 10 years old when she told Indiana Jones that, "I was a child!" in Raiders of the Lost Ark?

And Spielberg told him that, "You can't do that!!!!!"

Lucas is a closet pedophile....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at March 25, 2024 04:35 PM (y9j7d)

50 i mostly agree but sometimes I do like seeing the guy who can just walk through bullets.

Clint Eastwood does this a lot. Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Dirty Harry... never in any kind of danger.

My absolute least favorite part of Tombstone is when Kurt Russell is suddenly bulletproof.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:36 PM (Odg76)

51 >>>45 I love Space Ice's rags on Steve Seagall movies.

You just got Swansoned!

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:36 PM (KRtlO)

52 George Lucas. If the three movies he did after the original trilogy, when he had total autonomy, didn't convince you that he's a hamfisted doofus, what would? Even RotJ was a real decline. This IP has been busted for a very long time.

I can't stand ANY of the SW movies, although the first 2 are the least objectionable. The point isn't that we aren't convinced he's a ham-fisted doofus, it's that HE'S not convinced, and that's all that counts.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2024 04:36 PM (CsUN+)

53 Based solely on title and that pic the acolyte reminds me of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood in the Dune series.

It has been decades, but as I recall the first book in the series that really focused on them was the last Dune book I read.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 25, 2024 04:36 PM (wTs+0)

54 Maybe when I start drinking again, I'll give Equilibrium another go. But I feel like I'm being suckered here.

Posted by: I'm gonna beed potent alcohol to give it another go at March 25, 2024 04:37 PM (X5tRe)

55 Trying to pick my favorite Western movie..

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:37 PM (PCK5/)

56 *...very cerebral…*

And to think that I like in a split level head.

Posted by: Dr. Demento at March 25, 2024 04:37 PM (D3y/T)

57 Which category of hero do you prefer? The invincible, the mostly invincibile, or the quite-vincible?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:24 PM

Honestly, the story matters more.

The invincible hero can EASILY get cheesy and annoying, but can be done well. (Dirty Harry is a good example, if you're making him an "invincible hero")

The problem is that Hollywood also doesn't get the "quite vincible" hero and often just makes the villain absolutely overwhelming such that it takes a miracle to defeat them (which the hero recieves).

Soooo.... I don't think I have a preference. Hollywood mostly screws all of them up, anyway.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 25, 2024 04:37 PM (N1tpc)

58 53 It has been decades, but as I recall the first book in the series that really focused on them was the last Dune book I read.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 25, 2024 04:36 PM (wTs+0)

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In Heretics, they describe how good they are at sex while another sext, the Honored Matres, are all whores who aren't as good as the sex as the Bene Gesserit.

Also, Duncan Idaho is even better at sex.

Frank Herbert was going through some stuff when he wrote it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:38 PM (GBKbO)

59 Wimmer made Ultraviolet.

I mean...that movie is trash.

But Salt was pretty good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (GBKbO)
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I saw Ultraviolet because of Wimmer directing Equilibrium and you are correct it is awful.

Posted by: Taylor Swift at March 25, 2024 04:38 PM (xT7BI)

60 Equilibrium was fine.

IMO, it's one of those "Mom, can we have The Matrix? No, we have The Matrix at home. The Matrix at home..." of action movies.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 25, 2024 04:38 PM (fKIdX)

61 I gave up caring about GL or other-than-OT Star Wars somewhere between the Midiclorians scene in TPM and the "must have been a virgin birth" scene in TPM. I would have walked out and asked for my money back if I wasn't with a group that had waited out for tickets (I did not wait out for tickets).
Posted by: Chuck C
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For me, it was the Ewoks. No offense meant to anyone.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2024 04:39 PM (M8sGf)

62 Based solely on title and that pic the acolyte reminds me of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood in the Dune series.

Given that Lesley Hedlund is directing it, I'm betting it will be about a grating girlboss space lesbian who kicks ass and humiliates all the dudes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2024 04:39 PM (guGkK)

63 > Clint Eastwood does this a lot. Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Dirty Harry... never in any kind of danger.

Doesn't Callahan get beat severely in the park? And he's shot in the leg later, right?

Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:40 PM (Odg76)

64 60 Equilibrium was fine.

IMO, it's one of those "Mom, can we have The Matrix? No, we have The Matrix at home. The Matrix at home..." of action movies.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 25, 2024 04:38 PM (fKIdX)

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eXistenZ > The Matrix

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:40 PM (GBKbO)

65 50 i mostly agree but sometimes I do like seeing the guy who can just walk through bullets.

Clint Eastwood does this a lot. Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Dirty Harry... never in any kind of danger.

My absolute least favorite part of Tombstone is when Kurt Russell is suddenly bulletproof.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:36 PM (Odg76)

Or lightsaber conveniences like being able to melt steel and cut pipes in half, or sometimes you can run a cauterized hole right through someone and them throw them over a rail by flicking a wrist instead of cutting them in half or sometimes girl peepo can just shrug off the 1 inch though hole in the middle of their chest.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2024 04:40 PM (x0Dai)

66 26 The boring invincible hero is not a very good trope. Steven Seagal loves it, though, as that's often how his characters come off in his movies.

Heroes should pay a price for their victory over their opponent. It doesn't always have to be huge, but it should cost them something to be victorious.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2024 04:32 PM (7fElN)

They shouldn't be invincible, but they should be a Stoic Hardass.

No time for lament, no time for tears, no time to even wince at a wound.

Wrap it up and overcome. Always be the unfeeling badass, to set an example for the men who come up after you.

Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2024 04:40 PM (UnA8+)

67 Clint Eastwood does this a lot. Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Dirty Harry... never in any kind of danger.
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:33 PM (KRtlO)

He doesn't do this with "For a Few Dollars More" or in the the "Good the Bad and the Ugly" - he definitely plays the wounded warrior to the hilt in these.

Posted by: Boswell at March 25, 2024 04:41 PM (K+UlC)

68 There's no love lost between Peltz and Iger.

No love lost. I wonder where that phrase came from?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2024 04:41 PM (LkLld)

69 If George Lucas had made Jar-Jar the uncovered evil that several fan theories backed. I would have bought and rewatched them to see the video evidence of happening. Lucas wussed out on that if it was his plan. It would have been the greatest moves ever.

Posted by: Picric at March 25, 2024 04:41 PM (hwFOH)

70 I prefer my heroes vincible. I like it when they overcome being hurt.

Posted by: Non clever name at March 25, 2024 04:41 PM (4+Aaj)

71 >>>Doesn't Callahan get beat severely in the park? And he's shot in the leg later, right?

no that's the villain scorpio!

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:41 PM (KRtlO)

72 62 Based solely on title and that pic the acolyte reminds me of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood in the Dune series.

Given that Lesley Hedlund is directing it, I'm betting it will be about a grating girlboss space lesbian who kicks ass and humiliates all the dudes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2024 04:39 PM (guGkK)

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It's going to be about how the evil black girl is actually good because her anger against a white man is justified.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:41 PM (GBKbO)

73 Leslie Headland sounds like an unpleasant person and anyone who was Harvey Weinstein's personal assistant should be ignored or mocked.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2024 04:41 PM (XkYcA)

74 Doesn't Callahan get beat severely in the park? And he's shot in the leg later, right?
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What was the name of the movie he did where his Hero character had significant premature ejaculation problems???

Posted by: Um yeah, not hero at March 25, 2024 04:41 PM (2DRLi)

75 I'm in the minority, I actually like the last two Dune books Herbert did focusing on the conflict with the Honored Matres. I'd have liked to see his resolution of it. But he had to be weak and die and stuff.

It's God Emperor of Dune that felt like a slog to me.

Posted by: Frank Herbert was insufficiently focused on GAINZZZ at March 25, 2024 04:42 PM (X5tRe)

76 It has been decades, but as I recall the first book in the series that really focused on them was the last Dune book I read.
____

I would re-read the first Dune book, it would less of a slog now that I've the 3 adaptations, and I can relish the deep dive into the characters thoughts and world building the book forces on you. The sequels were a mixed bag between odd and trippy, not sure I'd re-read.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2024 04:42 PM (M8sGf)

77
Which category of hero do you prefer? The invincible, the mostly invincibile, or the quite-vincible?

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Humans with magical powers put me off, since they seem to be short-cuts by the writers. Case in point: Lisbeth Salander (aka The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). No need for her to stumble over arcane business regulations or take pictures of codes as she ingeniously researches mysteries buried under decades of dust! She has a photographic memory that has also provided her with an education on everything on the planet. She has mastered business, banking, cybersecurity (and hacking it), and mundane government functions such as issuing IDs to a degree that sees her easily through every plot twist.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office at March 25, 2024 04:42 PM (T3es0)

78 >>>What was the name of the movie he did where his Hero character had significant premature ejaculation problems???

i didn't see it but I'd guess Tightrope

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:42 PM (KRtlO)

79 The thing about the Invincible hero is you need to hurt him in other ways. You kill John Wick's dog, you kindap Liam Neeson's kid, etc.

Sometimes it's fine if you know how the movie's going to end. The entertainment can be in how it gets there.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at March 25, 2024 04:42 PM (fKIdX)

80 After the switch from using people as distributed processors to using people as a "power source", The Matrix wasn't cerebral at all.

Equilibrium is Fahrenheit 451 as it was always meant to be: with gun fu and a dying Sean Bean.

Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 25, 2024 04:43 PM (UfRqq)

81 65 Or lightsaber conveniences like being able to melt steel and cut pipes in half, or sometimes you can run a cauterized hole right through someone and them throw them over a rail by flicking a wrist instead of cutting them in half or sometimes girl peepo can just shrug off the 1 inch though hole in the middle of their chest.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2024 04:40 PM (x0Dai)

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The problem with expanding Star Wars is The Force.

It amounts to little more than being to pull things around in the air. It's boring, but it's built up so much.

Lucas did not do nearly enough drugs to give The Force the kind of mystical energy he obviously wanted it to have. Two jedi fighting should never resort to laser swords. Their conflict should be on a higher plane, but that's hard to visualize.

Best to just regard it as space fantasy with space wizards.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:43 PM (GBKbO)

82 > I prefer my heroes vincible. I like it when they overcome being hurt.

I like it when it's somewhat realistic. Too many modern heroes get shot and brush it off like they just got punched in a major muscle group.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:43 PM (Odg76)

83 They shouldn't be invincible, but they should be a Stoic Hardass.

No time for lament, no time for tears, no time to even wince at a wound.

Wrap it up and overcome. Always be the unfeeling badass, to set an example for the men who come up after you.
Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2024 04:40 PM (UnA8+)

“I don’t have time to bleed”

Unironically one of the best lines in any movie. I use it on my boys all the time.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 25, 2024 04:43 PM (YwyqV)

84 I punted on any Lucas films after his comments that the evil empire was America and the ewoks were the viet cong. Of odd that America is an evil empire now.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2024 04:44 PM (/k2ZC)

85 Also - in Coogan's Bluff - Eastwood gets beaten like a rented mule in a few scenes....the film is better when the hero is like us...human...but better.

Posted by: Boswell at March 25, 2024 04:44 PM (K+UlC)

86 75 I'm in the minority, I actually like the last two Dune books Herbert did focusing on the conflict with the Honored Matres. I'd have liked to see his resolution of it. But he had to be weak and die and stuff.

It's God Emperor of Dune that felt like a slog to me.
Posted by: Frank Herbert was insufficiently focused on GAINZZZ at March 25, 2024 04:42 PM (X5tRe)

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Completely skipping over the two major events that take place at the end of the book was novelistic malpractice.

Herbert seemed bored by the whole exercise of continuing the Dune saga after God Emperor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)

87 Which category of hero do you prefer? The invincible, the mostly invincibile, or the quite-vincible?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Depends on the movie.
Die Hard had a bunch of laughs that wouldn't have come off well had he been the HERO type.
Steven Segal getting wounded would be hilarious!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 25, 2024 04:44 PM (qgp0h)

88 Doesn't Callahan get beat severely in the park? And he's shot in the leg later, right?
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:40 PM

I think he gets shot slightly in the opening bank robbery.

In the first movie he isn't invincible. The movie ends with him throwing his badge into the water. The later movies are where he becomes invincible.

Posted by: Chuck C at March 25, 2024 04:45 PM (yOPBE)

89 a dying Sean Bean.
Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 25, 2024 04:43 PM (UfRqq)

Some men know what their purpose in life is.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 25, 2024 04:45 PM (YwyqV)

90 >> The thing about the Invincible hero is you need to hurt him in other ways. You kill John Wick's dog, you kindap Liam Neeson's kid, etc.

Wick gets the snot beat out of him all the time. They just get kill him. But he gets shot, stabbed, punched, falls off buildings, car wrecks.

He bends but doesn't break.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 25, 2024 04:45 PM (LkLld)

91 > no that's the villain scorpio!

Wait, Callahan wasn't the squirrely looking dude with the tape across his nose?

Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:45 PM (Odg76)

92 Guess I will have to read the Herbert books… everyone talks about them… are they like Paul Theroux, whom I am currently on amkick with??? And BTW, did I use “ whom” correctly??

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:45 PM (PCK5/)

93 The problem with expanding Star Wars is The Force.

It amounts to little more than being to pull things around in the air. It's boring, but it's built up so much.

Lucas did not do nearly enough drugs to give The Force the kind of mystical energy he obviously wanted it to have. Two jedi fighting should never resort to laser swords. Their conflict should be on a higher plane, but that's hard to visualize.

Best to just regard it as space fantasy with space wizards.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:43 PM (GBKbO)
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It's difficult to show the true power of the Force on screen because it really is an invisible energy field. We can see its effects (telekinesis, force lightning, force healing, etc.) but we can't ever directly witness the mental aspects (empathy, telepathy, mind control, illusions, etc.).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2024 04:45 PM (7fElN)

94 89 a dying Sean Bean.
Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 25, 2024 04:43 PM (UfRqq)

Some men know what their purpose in life is.
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 25, 2024 04:45 PM (YwyqV)

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Amazing that he survives a movie like Silent Hill.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:45 PM (GBKbO)

95 Disney is running an ad on YouTube asking people to vote the Disney approved board list

Not kidding. They used Donald Duck and made it in a classic Disney art style. I think it's even a song

I'll try to find it. It popped up for me this eeekend.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 04:45 PM (FU+0j)

96 The problem with expanding Star Wars is The Force.

It amounts to little more than being to pull things around in the air. It's boring, but it's built up so much.

Wow, original.

*The Greeks, pointing at a deus ex machina*

Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2024 04:46 PM (CsUN+)

97 I like crazy drunk heroes like Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 25, 2024 04:46 PM (AcWfM)

98 Trying to pick my favorite Western movie..
Posted by: tubal

My choices;

The Wild Bunch
Unforgiven
Once Upon a Time in the West

Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2024 04:46 PM (ElRvh)

99 93 It's difficult to show the true power of the Force on screen because it really is an invisible energy field. We can see its effects (telekinesis, force lightning, force healing, etc.) but we can't ever directly witness the mental aspects (empathy, telepathy, mind control, illusions, etc.).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2024 04:45 PM (7fElN)

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If David Lynch had directed Return of the Jedi, he might have been able to get close.

But those damn wookies gave him the worst headache.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtW_cY6Mpsg

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:47 PM (GBKbO)

100 Amazing that he survives a movie like Silent Hill.

A world where Sean Bean lives is clearly the spookiest outcome.

Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 25, 2024 04:47 PM (UfRqq)

101 82 > I prefer my heroes vincible. I like it when they overcome being hurt.

I like it when it's somewhat realistic. Too many modern heroes get shot and brush it off like they just got punched in a major muscle group.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:43 PM (Odg76)

They should _give the appearance_ of shrugging it all off, only to die at the end from all the accumulated wounds, revealing he wasn't shrugging it off at all, he was just being a Stoic Hardass so as not to worry anybody he interacts with.

Posted by: XTC at March 25, 2024 04:47 PM (UnA8+)

102 The Dune books are an infinite series. Each half as good as the one before.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 25, 2024 04:47 PM (Gse2f)

103 All this talk of Eastwood, and no mention of “ Play Misty for Me”…

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:47 PM (PCK5/)

104 Not kidding. They used Donald Duck and made it in a classic Disney art style. I think it's even a song

I'll try to find it. It popped up for me this eeekend.
Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 04:45 PM (FU+0j)

Well it was that or a pantsless Bob Iger. Count your blessings.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 04:47 PM (GkFGh)

105 Chicken chicken always into some dumb shit
Shoulda paid ya light bill
You bought a outfit
Stay at ya mammy house
And keep a smart mouth
Its Project Pat Memphis Tenn represents th3 south
So pass tha dro-dro and we gon' stay kickin
Full of that mo mo holla at a chicken
Bawk bawk, chicken chicken
Bawk bawk, chicken heads (boy please whateva)
Bawk bawk, chicken chicken
Bawk bawk, chicken heads..

Posted by: Project Pat at March 25, 2024 04:47 PM (+Dh/K)

106 82 > I prefer my heroes vincible. I like it when they overcome being hurt.

I like it when it's somewhat realistic. Too many modern heroes get shot and brush it off like they just got punched in a major muscle group.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:43 PM (Odg76)

Didn't John McClain shoot the bad guy once by shooting a nine mil through his own shoulder? Then ten minutes later he has a wrap on his shoulder and is sitting on the step of an ambulance smoking a cigarette?

That's one tough bastard.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2024 04:48 PM (x0Dai)

107 93 It's difficult to show the true power of the Force on screen because it really is an invisible energy field. We can see its effects (telekinesis, force lightning, force healing, etc.) but we can't ever directly witness the mental aspects (empathy, telepathy, mind control, illusions, etc.).

give me a few years

Posted by: elon musk, purveyor of neuralink at March 25, 2024 04:48 PM (v3pYe)

108 Terence Hill, now there was HERO.

Posted by: meh at March 25, 2024 04:49 PM (dfz97)

109 After the switch from using people as distributed processors to using people as a "power source", The Matrix wasn't cerebral at all.

Equilibrium is Fahrenheit 451 as it was always meant to be: with gun fu and a dying Sean Bean.
Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 25, 2024 04:43 PM (UfRqq)

Speaking of DEI, Matrix was probably the first movie to go full blast.

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 04:49 PM (MNhXM)

110 98 Trying to pick my favorite Western movie..

Unforgiven - The Duck of Death! has crazy drunk hero(s)

Dead Man

Pale Rider

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 25, 2024 04:49 PM (AcWfM)

111 98 Trying to pick my favorite Western movie..
Posted by: tubal

My choices;

The Wild Bunch
Unforgiven
Once Upon a Time in the West
Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2024 04:46 PM (ElRvh)

Lonesome Dove is on my list…

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:49 PM (PCK5/)

112 Here's the scene I was talking about where Dirty Harry gets beat up in the park.

https://youtu.be/O_5lMvwfs0U?t=98

Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:49 PM (Odg76)

113 Bruce Willis's best role was not the Die Hard franchise. It was unquestionably Red.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2024 04:49 PM (CsUN+)

114 113 Bruce Willis's best role was not the Die Hard franchise. It was unquestionably Red.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2024 04:49 PM (CsUN+)

Agree. Good movies.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2024 04:50 PM (x0Dai)

115
I'm gonna listen to what Jim Cramer has to say, then do the opposite.

Posted by: Divide by Zero AI at March 25, 2024 04:50 PM (RKVpM)

116 113 Bruce Willis's best role was not the Die Hard franchise. It was unquestionably Red.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2024 04:49 PM (CsUN+)

He was good in Tears of the Sun..

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:51 PM (PCK5/)

117 So should I pay good money to see The Beekeeper? In this movie, they don’t latch some poor bastard up in a scarecrow and light him on fire? Cause I saw that once before and except for the pretty girl the rest of that movie sucked.

Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2024 04:51 PM (NxC5+)

118 98 Trying to pick my favorite Western movie.. …

The Cowboys for a number of reasons.

Two of my top ten ‘westerns’ take place in Australia.

The Man from Snowy River and Quigley Down Under.

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 04:51 PM (MNhXM)

119 OT: Murphy's wife is OUT of the Dem primary for Senate in NJ. Kim now expected to win.

Menendez threatening to run as an independent and a coming legal decision on ballot placements in NJ apparently both played a role in her drop out...that, and she, the original overwhelming favorite, might not have won anyway...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 25, 2024 04:51 PM (exHjb)

120 I really liked Bruce as David Dunn in Unbreakable, even if it is an M Night Shymalimalimanaanan movie. I can't imagine anyone else in the role, and it's nothing like his other work.

Posted by: leoncaruthers at March 25, 2024 04:51 PM (UfRqq)

121 And I don't like immortal heroes. Its ok for superman but I've quit a couple of sci-fi novel series because the author kills the hero or has them on the brink of death, then does a magic hand wave to resurrect them. The worse was one that killed off a secondary character but "surprise he's back" in the next novel.

If the character is going to be invincible then just don't write scenes where "oh no I've taken a fatal blow" instead of writing them and then using some cheap trick to undo the damage.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 25, 2024 04:51 PM (wTs+0)

122 108 Terence Hill, now there was HERO.
Posted by: meh at March 25, 2024 04:49 PM (dfz97)

I hated that actor. Every scene he is a smug asshole.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2024 04:52 PM (/k2ZC)

123 119 OT: Murphy's wife is OUT of the Dem primary for Senate in NJ. Kim now expected to win.

well that's good news!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 25, 2024 04:52 PM (AcWfM)

124 71 >>>Doesn't Callahan get beat severely in the park? And he's shot in the leg later, right?

no that's the villain scorpio!
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:41 PM (KRtlO)

You're both right. Scorpio gets shot in the leg at the stadium, but Harry gets attacked pretty bad at the cross monument before that.

Posted by: Texas99 at March 25, 2024 04:52 PM (0zAdg)

125 It’ll be so great if he wins and then does a HAHA in a Nelson from the Simpsons voice,

Posted by: Montec at March 25, 2024 04:52 PM (4+s9S)

126 03 All this talk of Eastwood, and no mention of “ Play Misty for Me”…
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:47 PM (PCK5/)

Firefox.

I'm getting that name right I hope. When he steals the Soviet plane.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 04:52 PM (gPPDv)

127 Somebody left The Outlaw Josey Wales off their list, Tonypete.

Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2024 04:53 PM (NxC5+)

128 How too long is Quigley? 30 minutes or more?

Posted by: DOYLE at March 25, 2024 04:53 PM (Z8Yh2)

129 Christian Bale is hot.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 25, 2024 04:53 PM (I5d1h)

130 I know i've seen The Eiger Sanction at least twice, and I still have no idea what the fuck it's about or what happens in it.

It's like my memory refuses to accept that this movie exists.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 04:54 PM (GkFGh)

131 My favorite hero is a regular person, put in an extraordinary situation, that perseveres. Just says, fuck it. There ain't nobody else. This shit needs doing. I'm doing it, and I hope my friends help me. Frodo and Sam. Regular people just rolling up their sleeves and getting it done.

Posted by: Premature ejaculation not withstanding at March 25, 2024 04:54 PM (2DRLi)

132 "Some heroes are like John McClane and Indiana Jones -- behind the 8-ball most of the time, and only barely scraping to a victory in the end.

"Many are like James Bond or Batman, fully in control 90% of the time, and only occasionally in danger."

Ace, I'd agree about the *film* James Bond. In Fleming's novels, as you probably remember, Bond was in control a lot less of the time, and sustained a lot of physical damage and got tired. It was a hallmark of the early novels up through Doctor No. In that sense, Bond was more like John McClane. (Though as I said when the first film came out, John did not make a lot of stupid mistakes. Of course, neither did the villains!)

I agree about Batman, at least in the films I've seen and remembering the Silver Age comics I grew up on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2024 04:54 PM (J2vNu)

133 126 Firefox.

I'm getting that name right I hope. When he steals the Soviet plane.
Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 04:52 PM (gPPDv)

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Yeah, that's the movie. I didn't really like it.

Eastwood's filmmaking style doesn't gel terribly well with the thriller mechanics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:54 PM (GBKbO)

134 >>>You're both right. Scorpio gets shot in the leg at the stadium, but Harry gets attacked pretty bad at the cross monument before that.

by who?

I remember Scorpio paying someone to beat him up. I don't remember Harry getting beaten up. I might be forgetting, obviously.

I know his partner gets killed*, is Harry attacked in the same sequence?

* obviously

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:54 PM (KRtlO)

135 The best Force battle was actually the fight scene at the end of Dark City.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2024 04:54 PM (4zo6x)

136 117 So should I pay good money to see The Beekeeper?

No. Use your bad money. After all, that's what you're saving it for.

Posted by: Your financial advisor at March 25, 2024 04:54 PM (D3y/T)

137 But Disney has to be scared to death of Peltz if they are doing YouTube ads about voting for a board election. Surely that has never ever ever happened before.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 04:54 PM (gPPDv)

138 114 113 Bruce Willis's best role was not the Die Hard franchise. It was unquestionably Red.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 25, 2024 04:49 PM (CsUN+)

Agree. Good movies.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2024 04:50 PM (x0Dai)

Fun fact: The director of Red 2 also directed Galaxy Quest!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, don't get any Midichlorians on the rug, they won't wash out at March 25, 2024 04:55 PM (PiwSw)

139 My husband and I watched the beekeeper this weekend and it was really good, we both enjoyed it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 25, 2024 04:55 PM (I5d1h)

140 In the running for Best Western (or at least my favorite): Big Jake

Posted by: goatexchange at March 25, 2024 04:55 PM (D0y1e)

141 Feds simultaneously raided two of Sean "Diddy" Combs' houses.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:55 PM (Odg76)

142 Gilgamesh is actually kind of a piece of shit if you think about it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 04:55 PM (GkFGh)

143 "Eastwood's filmmaking style doesn't gel terribly well with the thriller mechanics."

Try thinking in Russian.

Posted by: DOYLE at March 25, 2024 04:55 PM (Z8Yh2)

144 141 Feds simultaneously raided two of Sean "Diddy" Combs' houses.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:55 PM (Odg76)

Why ? Did he vote for Trump ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2024 04:56 PM (Akjoo)

145 142 Gilgamesh is actually kind of a piece of shit if you think about it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 04:55 PM (GkFGh)

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Derivative of the stories I heard at the local village square as a boy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

146 My favorite hero is a regular person, put in an extraordinary situation, that perseveres. . . .
Posted by: Premature ejaculation not withstanding at March 25, 2024

***
That was kind of the hallmark of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., the 1964 TV series I mean. Ordinary people (innocents, non-spies) doing extraordinary things, and extraordinary people like agents Solo and Illya doing ordinary things.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 25, 2024 04:56 PM (J2vNu)

147 > I remember Scorpio paying someone to beat him up. I don't remember Harry getting beaten up. I might be forgetting, obviously.

Here's the scene:
https://youtu.be/O_5lMvwfs0U?t=98

Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:56 PM (Odg76)

148 140 In the running for Best Western (or at least my favorite): Big Jake
Posted by: goatexchange at March 25, 2024 04:55 PM (D0y1e)

Going to go ahead and put in a vote for Red River.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 25, 2024 04:56 PM (T+Iwg)

149 thanks for the clip of harry being beaten

but he's not losing a fight there -- he was told to come there unarmed as ransom for the girl.

so yeah he suffers but scorpio doesn't beat him in a fight or anything

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:57 PM (KRtlO)

150 If the character is going to be invincible then just don't write scenes where "oh no I've taken a fatal blow" instead of writing them and then using some cheap trick to undo the damage.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 25, 2024 04:51 PM (wTs+0)
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This is one of the weaknesses of Steven Erickson's Malazan books. Many characters are wounded unto death, then they get some applied healing magic right before their last breath and they are fine a day or so later. Worse than Wheel of Time in many respects.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 25, 2024 04:57 PM (7fElN)

151 Bruce Willis best movie?
The Kid.

Posted by: Fight me at March 25, 2024 04:57 PM (D3y/T)

152 I can deal with the invincible hero but absolutely hate the super inept villains. Where it 10-1 and the 10 villeins don't even graze the IH but he kills them all. that is some tired shit.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 25, 2024 04:57 PM (17s+e)

153 12 monkeys, Red movies, Die Hard , Whole Nine Yards and Armageddon were all equally enjoyable to me.

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 04:57 PM (MNhXM)

154 My husband and I watched the beekeeper this weekend and it was really good, we both enjoyed it.
Posted by: CaliGirl

The film has had a lot of buzz around it.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 25, 2024 04:57 PM (ElRvh)

155 151 Bruce Willis best movie?
The Kid.
Posted by: Fight me at March 25, 2024 04:57 PM (D3y/T)

Armageddon. Do I even need to say it?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 25, 2024 04:58 PM (T+Iwg)

156 148 Going to go ahead and put in a vote for Red River.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 25, 2024 04:56 PM (T+Iwg)

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Ah, Howard Hawks.

Also check out Only Angels Have Wings. It's a remake of another film that Hawks made: Ceiling Zero. Angels is much better (though Ceiling is pretty good).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:58 PM (GBKbO)

157 Kick Ass

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 04:58 PM (MNhXM)

158 153 12 monkeys, Red movies, Die Hard , Whole Nine Yards and Armageddon were all equally enjoyable to me.
Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 04:57 PM (MNhXM)

All good very watchable..

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:58 PM (PCK5/)

159 Going to go ahead and put in a vote for Red River.

The Shootist.. The original with John Wayne

Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2024 04:58 PM (Akjoo)

160 That picture of the two aberrant women in The Acolyte clip so fully sums up the Disney Zeitgeist…
Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 04:29 PM (PCK5/)

Aconite, Acolyte.

Poison, box office poison.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 04:58 PM (tkR6S)

161 I wish I could find that Disney commercial it would be worthy of an update. It's absolute cringe, as the kids say.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 04:59 PM (z/ifB)

162 ========

Ah, Howard Hawks.

Also check out Only Angels Have Wings. It's a remake of another film that Hawks made: Ceiling Zero. Angels is much better (though Ceiling is pretty good).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:58 PM (GBKbO)

Yeppers - I own Angels, too.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 25, 2024 04:59 PM (T+Iwg)

163 Beekeeper has some kinda sticky parts.

Posted by: Begun the punz they have at March 25, 2024 04:59 PM (D3y/T)

164 Didn't John McClain shoot the bad guy once by shooting a nine mil through his own shoulder? Then ten minutes later he has a wrap on his shoulder and is sitting on the step of an ambulance smoking a cigarette?

That's one tough bastard.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2024 04:48 PM
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Piker. I gave myself a c-section and 5 minutes later was running around a space ship trying to get away from the space squid I gave birth to.

Posted by: Elisabeth Shaw at March 25, 2024 04:59 PM (xT7BI)

165 160 Aconite, Acolyte.

Poison, box office poison.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 04:58 PM (tkR6S)

==========

"We don't have to report numbers on Disney+!"
-Disney+, which is losing hundreds of millions of dollars...every quarter

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 04:59 PM (GBKbO)

166 jason statham in Crank was pretty invincible

literally unkillable. Even when they killed him in the first one, he got better.

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:59 PM (KRtlO)

167 Which category of hero do you prefer? The invincible, the mostly invincibile, or the quite-vincible?
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Surely it depends. Generally, the wholly awesome untouchable hero gets dull. But sometimes a writer can pull it off. (Or an actor, as in Dirty Harry.)

Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2024 04:59 PM (1bNHn)

168 by who?

I remember Scorpio paying someone to beat him up. I don't remember Harry getting beaten up. I might be forgetting, obviously.

I know his partner gets killed*, is Harry attacked in the same sequence?

* obviously
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 04:54 PM (KRtlO)

By Scorpio while Harry is face first against the monument.

I think his partner just gets shot, but doesn't die. He does end up quitting the force, though.

Posted by: Texas99 at March 25, 2024 05:00 PM (0zAdg)

169 High
Noon

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at March 25, 2024 05:00 PM (PFYt9)

170 4 "Storytelling isn't for amateurs."
-Guy who started by making THX-1138

could you be more ... specific?

Posted by: om at March 25, 2024 05:00 PM (v3pYe)

171 Which category of hero do you prefer? The invincible, the mostly invincibile, or the quite-vincible?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:24 PM

I like them all. Rocky won fights by tiring out his opponents with his FACE, and looked like two week old cauliflour when done. But a great story of a guy overcoming and being victorious, because that is the whole point of being a hero is to overcome something.

Clint was seemingly always in control with his gunplay, but he was put in less than ideal situations and came through on top. "Sometimes you just gotta get mad-dog mean"

Eh, I guess the ultra-invincible is the least interesting. All he really has to do to save the day is show up.
It's much more interesting and heroic to scrape out a win with the odds stacked against.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2024 05:00 PM (FCbAQ)

172 Feds simultaneously raided two of Sean "Diddy" Combs' houses.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:55 PM (Odg76)

Why ? Did he vote for Trump
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No, but I'm having trouble with the black vote. Need to coerce him into an endorsement.

Posted by: President sniffy sniff at March 25, 2024 05:00 PM (2DRLi)

173 Action movies are generally power fantasies. One of the core questions is how much do you lie about that?

Do you go John McClane may barely win as an everyman in Die Hard? Or do you go Arnold shooting every South American terrorist on earth without a sweat in Commando?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting zombies with George A. Romero at March 25, 2024 05:01 PM (GBKbO)

174 Weird thing about the Eiger sanction is that the author of it was pissed that no one realized it was supposed to be a spoof/comedy like the Flint movies. Well ya wrote a "comedy" without a single even slightly funny line in the entire thing, ya jagoff! It's basically a bad movie that's rescued into watchability by a really superb cast.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2024 05:01 PM (4zo6x)

175 >>>By Scorpio while Harry is face first against the monument.
I think his partner just gets shot, but doesn't die. He does end up quitting the force, though.

i guess i need to watch it again.

I know Dean Wormer got a job as mayor after he left Faber.

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 05:01 PM (KRtlO)

176 Meesa Lucas is right!

Posted by: Senator Binks at March 25, 2024 05:01 PM (PiwSw)

177 JRR Tolkien had trench warfare and other hardships to shape his experience and draw from when writing. What do today's woke writers have? The barista messed up their order?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2024 04:33 PM (M8sGf)

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A traumatic hell of being misgendered.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at March 25, 2024 05:02 PM (gzH5K)

178 131 My favorite hero is a regular person, put in an extraordinary situation, that perseveres. Just says, fuck it. There ain't nobody else. This shit needs doing. I'm doing it, and I hope my friends help me. Frodo and Sam. Regular people just rolling up their sleeves and getting it done.
_____

Martin Freeman plays a regular guy in Cargo that is trying to keep his wife and his baby daughter safe from zombies as he travels across Australia.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2024 05:02 PM (M8sGf)

179 WHAT?!?!?! You mean there's a guy named "Sean" who isn't a cracker? Well son of a bitch! GARLANNNNNND!!!!!!! YOU FUCKED UUUUUUUP!!!!!!!

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 25, 2024 05:02 PM (GkFGh)

180 Well, if I wouldn't watch today's movies if I were planning a bank robbery.
Maybe buying a box of Lego.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 25, 2024 05:02 PM (J8LnB)

181 jason statham in Crank was pretty invincible

literally unkillable. Even when they killed him in the first one, he got better.

Statham is mostly invincible in basically all of his movies. It's what he does.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2024 05:03 PM (2ocoG)

182 I like a lot of Jimmy Stewart westerns. I haven't seen it in ages but Cheyenne Social Club was quite good. A cowboy rather than a super moral badass rises to the occasion as the hero is how I'd describe it.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 25, 2024 05:03 PM (wTs+0)

183 Geez that Equilibrium slap fight was awfully Seagal-ish.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 25, 2024 05:03 PM (wBaIH)

184 I've seen Magnum Force a lot more than Dirty Harry.

Magnum Force has boobies (briefly)

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 05:03 PM (KRtlO)

185 >>>183 Geez that Equilibrium slap fight was awfully Seagal-ish.

What did you just say to me?

Posted by: Christian Bale at March 25, 2024 05:04 PM (KRtlO)

186
Noir. Or TV Perry Mason where blackmail always led to murder.

Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2024 05:04 PM (j4U/Z)

187 Loved Martin Freeman in Sherlock Holmes.

Posted by: But that's just me at March 25, 2024 05:04 PM (D3y/T)

188 Bruce Willis best movie?
The Kid.
Posted by: Fight me at March 25, 2024 04:57 PM (D3y/T)

Looper.

No. Not Looper.

Also--i watched The Kid with a friend and our wives, we were already 29 at this point. I'm thinking why the crap are we watching this but being polite, and then at the end scene my friend begins sobbing.

For those of you who did not have this experience and therefore forgot the movie or didn't see it, a young kid goes forward and time and meets his adult self; adult self is a loser. In the course of the move the young version basically convinces the older self through a redemption arc; at the last scene the young kid is going back in time shouting "I'm not a failure" or something. It was utterly predictable the whole thing. But apparently this was my friends greatest fear or something and it all just came boiling out of him watching that movie.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:04 PM (z/ifB)

189 Invincible hero movie that’s a true story.

To Hell and Back

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 05:04 PM (MNhXM)

190 142 Gilgamesh is actually kind of a piece of shit if you think about it.

so's life.

Posted by: brian at March 25, 2024 05:04 PM (v3pYe)

191 Dirty Harry is generally not personally in danger but he's not hyper-competent. Especially in the original film, he's a screw-up, and his only--this is very Trumpian, really--he's the only guy willing to call a spade a spade (that there are bad guys whose rights shouldn't be prioritized over victims), and his rough justice fashion is to kill them rather than give them an opportunity to make more victims.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my book!) at March 25, 2024 05:05 PM (asXVI)

192 Magnum Force has boobies (briefly)
Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 05:03 PM (KRtlO)

What's her name from 3's company right? Uncredited I think.

Sommers.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:05 PM (z/ifB)

193 Is anyone else seeing a youtube ad begging you to vote for Disney’s slate of board members? I got one earlier today.

Posted by: JeffC at March 25, 2024 05:05 PM (ANxaz)

194 Next movie which I'm going to see after Easter is "One Life" about the British guy who saved over 600 Jewish kids before WWII. There's been a good stretch of movies with "Sound of Freedom" "Boys In The Boat", "American Fiction" and "Cabrini". Except for "American fiction" they were all about heroes that were normal people..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2024 05:05 PM (XkYcA)

195 Invincible hero movie that’s a true story.

To Hell and Back
Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 05:04 PM (MNhXM)

Big Trouble in Little China

Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:05 PM (z/ifB)

196 Two Mules for Sister Sara has to be under consideration, because only with massive movie magic could Shirley McLain be considered hot.

Posted by: goatexchange at March 25, 2024 05:06 PM (D0y1e)

197 Big Trouble in Little China
Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:05 PM (z/ifB)

I like that movie

Posted by: It's me donna at March 25, 2024 05:06 PM (Akjoo)

198 I...liked the new road house.

Someone once said, why remake GOOD movies? When you remake a good movie, the best you can do is create another good movie. What you should do is remake a mediocre movie, then make it good. There is more room for improvement.

The original Road House was a cheesy mediocre movie. Re-making it - your odds are pretty decent that you can make it better. It also gives you a lot more creative freedom. No one is going to complain much if you make major changes to a mediocre film.

Though, I must say, I'm not clear why anyone would want to work, perform, or come to a bar with as many fights as this place had.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 25, 2024 05:06 PM (mvURQ)

199 Big Trouble in Little China
Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:05 PM (z/ifB)

Makes it even better if I imagine it’s a true story. 😀

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 05:07 PM (MNhXM)

200 There’s probably what, 20 Bruce Willis movies that are good enough to watch more than twice…

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 05:07 PM (PCK5/)

201 Tombstone. Not debatable. However Support your local sheriff with Jim garner is a nice little movie that subverts the genre a bit . Before blazing saddles and rustlers rhapsody demolished it completely.

Posted by: President sniffy sniff at March 25, 2024 05:07 PM (2DRLi)

202 Janet or Chrissy?

Posted by: Three's Company at March 25, 2024 05:07 PM (D3y/T)

203 jason statham in Crank was pretty invincible

literally unkillable. Even when they killed him in the first one, he got better.

Statham is mostly invincible in basically all of his movies. It's what he does.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2024 05:03 PM (2ocoG)

I don't think he gets scratched in teh Teleporter series.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:07 PM (z/ifB)

204 196 Two Mules for Sister Sara has to be under consideration, because only with massive movie magic could Shirley McLain be considered hot.
_____

She pulled it off in The Apartment

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 25, 2024 05:07 PM (M8sGf)

205 Though, I must say, I'm not clear why anyone would want to work, perform, or come to a bar with as many fights as this place had.
Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 25, 2024 05:06 PM (mvURQ)

You know how I know you didn’t grow up in South Louisiana?

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 05:07 PM (MNhXM)

206 test

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:08 PM (X9NGp)

207 My favorite lampshading of the different types of heroes was in "The Rockford Files". Tom Selleck (pre-Magnum) plays "Lance White", who's this ultra-white-knight, sets his watch alarm to go off every 15 minutes so he doesn't lose track of time passing. And there's another character who's more of a loser, always getting roughed up and the short end of the stick.

Rockford (who's sorta in the middle) talks about "Fosdik Syndrome": Lance never gets hurt, but everyone around him does.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my book!) at March 25, 2024 05:08 PM (asXVI)

208 Is anyone else seeing a youtube ad begging you to vote for Disney’s slate of board members? I got one earlier today.
Posted by: JeffC at March 25, 2024 05:05 PM (ANxaz)

I did and I've mentioned it on this thread. I think if others had seen it it would be the main topic here.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:08 PM (z/ifB)

209 65
or sometimes girl peepo can just shrug off the 1 inch through hole in the middle of their chest.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 25, 2024 04:40 PM (x0Dai)
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Tell me about it.

Posted by: Goldie Hawn (Death Becomes Her) at March 25, 2024 05:09 PM (qfLjt)

210 The movie actually named Invincible was a good movie.

Marky Mark has a number of them.

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 05:09 PM (MNhXM)

211 Statham is mostly invincible in basically all of his movies. It's what he does.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 25, 2024 05:03 PM (2ocoG)

I always LOL at Seth Green's impersonation of him in The Italian Job.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 25, 2024 05:09 PM (T+Iwg)

212 Big Trouble In Little China and Soldier were 2 really good Kurt Russell flicks.

Posted by: Eromero at March 25, 2024 05:09 PM (NxC5+)

213 I don't think he gets scratched in teh Teleporter series.
Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:07 PM (z/ifB)

Is that the Star Trek spinoff of Transporter?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2024 05:09 PM (FCbAQ)

214 Bunny and Elmer Fudd are more believable.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:10 PM (X9NGp)

215 The Wild, Wild West.

Posted by: Great theme song at March 25, 2024 05:10 PM (D3y/T)

216 Y'know, we talk about George Lucas a lot, but where would Star Wars be without John Williams? That guy knew how to make a movie a movie. And as a band member, playing his music was FUN!

Posted by: pookysgirl appreciates great music at March 25, 2024 05:10 PM (dtlDP)

217 Buggs

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:10 PM (X9NGp)

218 @26 The boring invincible hero is not a very good trope.

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Almost always, yes. It can be done, but you have to have a focus elsewhere. For example, the Japanese series "One Punch Man" is about a superhero who literally wins all of his fights in one punch. The series isn't so much about his battles (which are always anti-climactic), but rather about everyone around him, and how they react to him (most of whom are oblivious to just how powerful he is).

Posted by: junior at March 25, 2024 05:10 PM (/FKP1)

219 Greatest heroes

> Old Yeller
> Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
> Jesus

Posted by: Oglebay at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (7fVdQ)

220 Statham was hilarious in Spy.

Very underrated comedy.

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (MNhXM)

221 I don't think he gets scratched in teh Teleporter series.
Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:07 PM (z/ifB)

Is that the Star Trek spinoff of Transporter?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2024 05:09 PM (FCbAQ)

I knew I had it wrong but close enough. I'm a structural engineer we round off a lot.

Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (z/ifB)

222 Feds simultaneously raided two of Sean "Diddy" Combs' houses.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 04:55 PM (Odg76)

He said something positive about Trump?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (tkR6S)

223 Big Trouble In Little China and Soldier were 2 really good Kurt Russell flicks.
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Hey don't sleep on the barefoot executive

Posted by: President sniffy sniff at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (2DRLi)

224 214 Bunny and Elmer Fudd are more believable.

You take that back.

Posted by: Rocky and Bullwinkle at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (D3y/T)

225 I notice that all of the movies being mentioned here have not the vaguest relation to any Disney offering… funny, that.

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (PCK5/)

226 I always LOL at Seth Green's impersonation of him in The Italian Job.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at March 25, 2024 05:09 PM (T+Iwg)
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He improv'ed the imagined conversation between Handsome Rob and the TV repair girl. Good job.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (DeFcY)

227 When B u g gs - B u n n y and Elmer - F u d d - are put in a sentence a spam message comes up.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:12 PM (X9NGp)

228 Bruce Willis' movies are always enhanced by hot chicks. Amanda Peet's bush in Whole Nine Yards dominates that movie. And we all benefit.

Posted by: goatexchange at March 25, 2024 05:12 PM (D0y1e)

229 223 Big Trouble In Little China and Soldier were 2 really good Kurt Russell flicks.
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Hey don't sleep on the barefoot executive
Posted by: President sniffy sniff at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (2DRLi)

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, get off my lawn at March 25, 2024 05:12 PM (PiwSw)

230 219 Greatest heroes

> Old Yeller

*polite cough*

Posted by: Rin Tin Tin & Lassie at March 25, 2024 05:13 PM (D3y/T)

231 224 214 Bunny and Elmer Fudd are more believable.

You take that back.
Posted by: Rocky and Bullwinkle at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (D3y/T)
_______
Surely that should come from Rocky and Boris.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2024 05:13 PM (1bNHn)

232 227 When B u g gs - B u n n y and Elmer - F u d d - are put in a sentence a spam message comes up.

probably because you misspelled "bugs", so you got the boot.

Posted by: anachronda at March 25, 2024 05:13 PM (v3pYe)

233 I knew I had it wrong but close enough. I'm a structural engineer we round off a lot.
Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (z/ifB)

We don’t round off too much. After all, we need to make sure the building barely stands up. ;-)

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 25, 2024 05:13 PM (YwyqV)

234 I think people aren't understanding something pretty fundamental about the Star Wars IP implosion.

Lucas isn't particularly OK with it. Lucas is a bit of a doofus, yes, and if you dig it's pretty clear that much of the genius of the original films was him riding on others' shoulders. He has a real talent for enshittening his own IP.

But what is going on here is that Lucas has worked his entire life to live high on the hog and isn't about to throw it all away by failing to note who is really in charge at the moment. I find it interesting that a lot of people can look back 100, 200, 500 years or whatever in hindsight and note that going against the grain at a particular moment would easily lead to personal ruin for basically zero gain, yet can't make that same determination about their own surroundings. The time to stand up and make a fuss about this was 25, 30 years ago. That ship sailed. He's probably wrong to think that he can just go along and have things blow over eventually, but that's what a lot of people are doing. The issue isn't that he's OK with it, it's that not being OK with it is no longer permitted publicly without being made into a villain.

Posted by: somedood at March 25, 2024 05:14 PM (DBek0)

235 First, get moose and squirrel.

Posted by: Boris and Natasha at March 25, 2024 05:14 PM (D3y/T)

236 >> 26 The boring invincible hero is not a very good trope.

The boring part kind of weights to the "not very good" part, sure.

But invincibility is but a trifle to a decent writer.

Othello was unmatched in strength and prowess. There's nary a man who can touch him in his crowd.

Doesn't save him. Is actually sort of his undoing.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my book!) at March 25, 2024 05:15 PM (asXVI)

237 232 227 When B u g gs - B u n n y and Elmer - F u d d - are put in a sentence a spam message comes up.

probably because you misspelled "bugs", so you got the boot.

Posted by: anachronda
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So, Pixy is a member of the grammar gestapo?

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:16 PM (X9NGp)

238 It’s not important how fast you are going in a boat. It’s how fast the boat stops. If it’s too fast every thing goes flying, too slow and you run into shit.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 25, 2024 05:17 PM (JTwsP)

239 Flash bang.
Stage left.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 25, 2024 05:17 PM (J8LnB)

240 Well ya wrote a "comedy" without a single even slightly funny line in the entire thing, ya jagoff! It's basically a bad movie that's rescued into watchability by a really superb cast.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Paraphrased:
Beer?
Cold Beer?
No. I didn't think I could get you to carry the ice.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 25, 2024 05:17 PM (qgp0h)

241 *Othello was unmatched in strength and prowess.*

He was my favorite mutant ninja turtle.

Posted by: Way back when at March 25, 2024 05:17 PM (D3y/T)

242 When B u g gs - B u n n y and Elmer - F u d d - are put in a sentence a spam message comes up.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:12 PM (X9NGp)

That's because Bugs Bunny has only one "g", but a certain brand of ghey boots has two.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 05:18 PM (tkR6S)

243 122 108 Terence Hill, now there was HERO.
Posted by: meh at March 25, 2024 04:49 PM (dfz97)

I hated that actor. Every scene he is a smug asshole.
Posted by: Beartooth at March 25, 2024 04:52 PM (/k2ZC)

I know. Strange they would emulate it.

Posted by: meh at March 25, 2024 05:18 PM (dfz97)

244 I think the 1939 movie, "Stagecoach".with a younger John Wayne is quite a good Western.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 25, 2024 05:18 PM (XkYcA)

245 Peltz has done a great job for Disney shareholders, moving the stock from $79 bucks when he announced to $119 today, a 50 % improvement.

The problem is we don't know when he is going to sell. He could be selling right now, because a 50 % gain in less than half a year is plenty good, or he could be holding out for more. Hard to guess.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at March 25, 2024 05:18 PM (NGNZi)

246 238 It’s not important how fast you are going in a boat. It’s how fast the boat stops. If it’s too fast every thing goes flying, too slow and you run into shit.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 25, 2024
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My biker buddy said that about dumping.
He said, it's not the speed it's the impact.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:18 PM (X9NGp)

247 Once upon a time, I had a 6'1" girlfriend who towered over me. We went to several costume parties as Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Legs to die for.

Posted by: goatexchange at March 25, 2024 05:19 PM (D0y1e)

248
I knew I had it wrong but close enough. I'm a structural engineer we round off a lot.
Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (z/ifB)

Yes, that is a telltale of an engineer. A guy who says "ish" a lot.

or never.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2024 05:20 PM (FCbAQ)

249 …Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Legs to die for.
Posted by: goatexchange at March 25, 2024 05:19 PM (D0y1e)

…Boris and Natasha?

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 25, 2024 05:20 PM (YwyqV)

250 That's because Bugs Bunny has only one "g", but a certain brand of ghey boots has two.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Then Pixy should be consistent and ban all things ghey.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:21 PM (X9NGp)

251 DHS just raided P Diddy (Sean Combs) home on a SWAT raid reminiscent on the Brown Shirts.

Keep voting Democrat, you guys.

Posted by: Truthbomb at March 25, 2024 05:21 PM (9NZQU)

252 Shit, man. Fuck.

Raphael. Donatello. Michelangelo. and....

Son of a whore. I can't remember the fourth ninja turtle. Son of a bitch, this is going to bother me all day now.

Caravaggio?

Crap. No. Stupid.

Giotto? Warhol? Mapplethorpe? O'Keefe?!?!?!?!?

.... awwww fukkit all and dammit! Stupid brain.... know more painters, you asshole.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 05:22 PM (GkFGh)

253 No, she liked Bullwinkle, and she looked adorable with antlers.

Antler! I hardly touched her.....!

Posted by: goatexchange at March 25, 2024 05:22 PM (D0y1e)

254 Natasha and Sweet Polly Purebred.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:22 PM (X9NGp)

255 252 Shit, man. Fuck.

Raphael. Donatello. Michelangelo. and....

Son of a whore. I can't remember the fourth ninja turtle. Son of a bitch, this is going to bother me all day now.

Caravaggio?

Crap. No. Stupid.

Giotto? Warhol? Mapplethorpe? O'Keefe?!?!?!?!?

.... awwww fukkit all and dammit! Stupid brain.... know more painters, you asshole.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 05:22 PM (GkFGh)

Can’t believe you forgot Leo. My goodness.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 25, 2024 05:22 PM (YwyqV)

256 Prefer quite-vincible heroes -- less suspension of disbelief and easier to relate to.

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at March 25, 2024 05:23 PM (yruun)

257 252 Shit, man. Fuck.

Raphael. Donatello. Michelangelo. and....

Son of a whore. I can't remember the fourth ninja turtle. Son of a bitch, this is going to bother me all day now.

Caravaggio?

Crap. No. Stupid.

Giotto? Warhol? Mapplethorpe? O'Keefe?!?!?!?!?

.... awwww fukkit all and dammit! Stupid brain.... know more painters, you asshole.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 05:22 PM (GkFGh)

Pollak….

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 05:23 PM (PCK5/)

258 >>>Raphael. Donatello. Michelangelo. and....

leonardo and I don't even watch the turtles.

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 05:25 PM (KRtlO)

259 Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 05:22 PM (GkFGh)
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A propos of your earlier comment, I could see this as a conversation that would occur in "Achewood."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 05:25 PM (DeFcY)

260 257. Leonardo for Da Vinci

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at March 25, 2024 05:26 PM (GshMh)

261 High-Larious! Andrew Weissman /spit, twice/ is ranting on MSLSD about the NY Appeals Court not stating the detailed reasons for reducing DJT's bond amount today, to something he can cover. Yeah, sure Andy, how much detailed reasoning did Engoron give to justify the $454 M judgement, along with dictating that DJT had to 10 days to get a bond in that amount payable to NY State?

Then he, Chipmunk Cheeks Wallace, and the rest of the TDS clowns teed-up at the time whined that today's appeals court ruling demonstrates there is a two-tier justice system in the US, one for rich white men and one for everyone else! I may laugh myself to death in a few more minutes

Posted by: Gref at March 25, 2024 05:26 PM (5fDan)

262 …Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Legs to die for.
Posted by: goatexchange

…Boris and Natasha?
Posted by: DoublySymmetric

Moose out front should have told you.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 25, 2024 05:26 PM (qgp0h)

263 I knew I had it wrong but close enough. I'm a structural engineer we round off a lot.
Posted by: TexasDan at March 25, 2024 05:11 PM (z/ifB)

Yes, that is a telltale of an engineer. A guy who says "ish" a lot.

or never.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 25, 2024 05:20 PM (FCbAQ)
===

But a good estimate "some back of the napkin calcs."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 25, 2024 05:26 PM (17s+e)

264 hey man i felt my grasp on a portion of the American Mythos slipping there for a second and I panicked.

It's like forgetting that Paul Revere was the horse guy or that what's his nuts invented peanut butter.

I'd have to turn in my birth certificate.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 05:27 PM (GkFGh)

265 Once upon a time, I had a 6'1" girlfriend who towered over me. We went to several costume parties as Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Posted by: goatexchange at March 25, 2024 05:19 PM (D0y1e)

=====

LOL, son's girlfriend is 6'1". I'm going to suggest this to them.

Posted by: Jordan61 at March 25, 2024 05:27 PM (DRSnL)

266
Early in "The Searchers" there's a scene where Ward Bond and his possie show up at the ranch that runs for six or seven minutes non-stop and is possibly John Ford's best work

Posted by: Auspex at March 25, 2024 05:27 PM (j4U/Z)

267 Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:27 PM (X9NGp)

268 The Source dot com:

According to TMZ, helicopters hover over Diddy's home, and people are being questioned. Law enforcement is walking through the house with guns drawn. At the same time, Diddy's home in Miami is also being raided. It is currently unknown if Diddy was present at either home at the time of entry.

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at March 25, 2024 05:28 PM (GshMh)

269 Fudd

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:28 PM (X9NGp)

270 Elmer

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:28 PM (X9NGp)

271 oh no not diddy!

how could a man who calls himself diddy be a sex molester?

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 05:29 PM (KRtlO)

272 Bugs isn't always invincible. Check the great "What's Opera, Doc?"

Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2024 05:29 PM (1bNHn)

273 Diddy's home in Miami is also being raided. It is currently unknown if Diddy was present at either home at the time of entry.
Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at March 25, 2024 05:28 PM (GshMh)

Diddy dindu nuffin!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 05:30 PM (tkR6S)

274 i would have assumed taxes was Diddy's undoing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 05:30 PM (GkFGh)

275 Die Mouse Die 🐁 arrow 🏹

Posted by: Skip at March 25, 2024 05:30 PM (fwDg9)

276 I am torqued. I ordered a copy of "The Deplorable Gourmet" and it just arrived. It is missing the first pages up to page 12.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 05:30 PM (DeFcY)

277 Did he or didn't he?
Da, Diddy did it.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 25, 2024 05:31 PM (Odg76)

278 Diddy dindu nuffin!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 05:30 PM (tkR6S)

Well Diddy or Did'ny?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 05:31 PM (GkFGh)

279 OK I put each word separately and Pixy accepted them, however several tries with the misspelled Bugs in the phrase was rejected as spam. Interesting.

Again, just posted this message with Bugs misspelled and was rejected as spam. Pixy's on to something.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:32 PM (X9NGp)

280 >>leonardo and I don't even watch the turtles.

I can recommend it to both you and Leonardo.

Posted by: meh at March 25, 2024 05:32 PM (dfz97)

281 Diddy dindu nuffin!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 05:30 PM (tkR6S)

Well Diddy or Did'ny?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 25, 2024 05:31 PM (GkFGh)
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Sing doo wah diddy.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 05:32 PM (DeFcY)

282 I am torqued. I ordered a copy of "The Deplorable Gourmet" and it just arrived. It is missing the first pages up to page 12.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 05:30 PM (DeFcY)

Was that the recipe for Hobo Jerky?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 05:32 PM (tkR6S)

283 Diddy dindu nuffin!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 05:30 PM (tkR6S)

His real Crime was going against the regime somehow. FBI only raids houses of political opponents these days, not actual criminals.

Posted by: Montec at March 25, 2024 05:33 PM (4+s9S)

284 buggs

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 05:33 PM (PCK5/)

285 272 Bugs isn't always invincible. Check the great "What's Opera, Doc?"

Of course, there's the camera wink at the end, signifying that he is okay, but...

...there's a more disturbing cartoon (Friz Freling?) where Bugs is captured by a psychiatrist and convinced that he's Elmer Fudd while Elmer's gone crazy and thinks he's a rabbit.

In the end, the real Bugs is hauled off by the IRS for Elmer's crimes.

VERY disturbing.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my book!) at March 25, 2024 05:33 PM (asXVI)

286 241 *Othello was unmatched in strength and prowess.*

He was my favorite mutant ninja turtle.
Posted by: Way back when at March 25, 2024 05:17 PM (D3y/T)

You can tell which turtle he was. He was the only black one.

Posted by: polynikes at March 25, 2024 05:34 PM (MNhXM)

287 SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink Group 6-46 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS -
Scheduled for Mar 25, 2024
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in FL
New T-Zero: Liftoff is targeted for 7:42 p.m. EDT, 23:42 UTC, and 00:42 CET (March 26), with backup opportunities available until 9:00 p.m. EDT.

After stage separation, the Falcon 9's first stage will attempt to land on an autonomous droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

https://tinyurl.com/4yu72dbt

Note tim change

Posted by: Ciampino - Not a gunpowder rocket at March 25, 2024 05:34 PM (qfLjt)

288 Did he pay his taxes?

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:34 PM (X9NGp)

289 Maybe it is code for something braenyard

Posted by: tubal at March 25, 2024 05:35 PM (PCK5/)

290 Was that the recipe for Hobo Jerky?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 05:32 PM (tkR6S)
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I don't know. The Table of Contents is missing.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 05:35 PM (DeFcY)

291 288 Did he pay his taxes?

It's the IRS. Dos it matter?

Posted by: moviegique (buy my book!) at March 25, 2024 05:35 PM (asXVI)

292 RFK is announcing a bp tomorrow.

Posted by: Montec at March 25, 2024 05:35 PM (4+s9S)

293 Again, just posted this message with Bugs misspelled and was rejected as spam. Pixy's on to something.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:32 PM (X9NGp)

Back in the day there was a great flood of Spam posts for UGG boots. Pixy instituted a countermeasure.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 05:35 PM (tkR6S)

294 Vp, Bp. 220, 221

Posted by: Montec at March 25, 2024 05:36 PM (4+s9S)

295 It is currently unknown if Diddy was present at either home at the time of entry.
Posted by: L

The guy who was reselling guns should clue us all in that you *never* want to be home when the ATF comes calling.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 25, 2024 05:36 PM (qgp0h)

296 https://tinyurl.com/4yu72dbt

Note tim change

Posted by: Ciampino
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I set the alarm.

Posted by: Braenyard at March 25, 2024 05:36 PM (X9NGp)

297 292 RFK is announcing a bp tomorrow.
Posted by: Montec at March 25, 2024 05:35 PM (4+s9S)

130/89???

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2024 05:37 PM (i9ffA)

298 RFK is announcing a bp tomorrow.
Posted by: Montec at March 25, 2024 05:35 PM (4+s9S)

He's getting a butt plug installed? Isn't that rather personal?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 05:37 PM (tkR6S)

299 276 I am torqued. I ordered a copy of "The Deplorable Gourmet" and it just arrived. It is missing the first pages up to page 12.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 05:30 PM (DeFcY)
______
You're screwed if you think Amazon (spit!) will do shit for you.

I usually order from Thrift books. They don't have as much readily available, but they are very good about fixing stuff. And if they send you the wrong thing, they just say "keep it, we'll send what you ordered, too."

Posted by: Eeyore at March 25, 2024 05:38 PM (1bNHn)

300 WTF is up with Haiti more than usual?
My cousin in Kentucky, who is not a huge world traveler told me Haiti is bug nuts crazy.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 25, 2024 05:38 PM (G8h7g)

301 How do you explain George Lucas backing the "white slavers" who wrecked his IP against Peltz?

He's too old and too rich to be paid off.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2024 04:26 PM (guGkK)

Got a bit of the Joe Biden disease, that's how.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2024 05:38 PM (dGCAG)

302 RFK is announcing a bp tomorrow.
Posted by: Montec at March 25, 2024 05:35 PM (4+s9S)

He's getting a butt plug installed?

I have a similar announcement coming. Watch this space. (My a-hole, I mean.)

Posted by: David French at March 25, 2024 05:38 PM (KRtlO)

303 276 I am torqued. I ordered a copy of "The Deplorable Gourmet" and it just arrived. It is missing the first pages up to page 12.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 05:30 PM (DeFcY)

Was this an Amazon physical printing? If so, just inside the back cover is it stamped "Made in the USA, Columbia SC" ?

Because they've had quality control issues. Bad ones.

LawDog was recently ranting about this at length:
https://youtu.be/d4GeRO1LjcI?t=249

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 25, 2024 05:38 PM (qPw5n)

304 What the Sith George?

You've would have been cast in a better light to have remained silent. Now you are just a sell out.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 25, 2024 05:39 PM (lzI4r)

305 RFK is announcing a bp tomorrow.
Posted by: Montec at March 25, 2024 05:35 PM (4+s9S)

Imma gonna guess 149/99. He could really use upping his meds.

...............................

Thoughts on dizkneee?

The mouse The.

Nuff said.

Posted by: Outside of Life at March 25, 2024 05:39 PM (89Sog)

306 130/89???
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 25, 2024 05:37 PM (i9ffA)

If he's anything over 120/80, I'll be surprised.

His face looks like he's going to stroke out, but he's ripped.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2024 05:40 PM (dGCAG)

307 NOOD Disinformation!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 25, 2024 05:41 PM (N+fj3)

308 Not sure what YT video I was watching yesterday, but Disney put an ad in front of it telling viewers who were also shareholders that it's time for all of us to vote for the Board members that Disney recommends. I'd already said "hell no" to that when I voted my 2 whole shares, which I'm sure will totally sway the election.

Posted by: Octochicken at March 25, 2024 05:41 PM (oCS0o)

309 Was this an Amazon physical printing? If so, just inside the back cover is it stamped "Made in the USA, Columbia SC" ?

Because they've had quality control issues. Bad ones.

LawDog was recently ranting about this at length:
https://youtu.be/d4GeRO1LjcI?t=249
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 25, 2024 05:38 PM (qPw5n)
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It was printed in Troutdale OR yesterday.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 05:42 PM (DeFcY)

310

I've been getting a lot of kind little ads about Disney shareholders. I'm not one.

Watched the original Road House yesterday. A dumb movie but if you want that, it's good.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at March 25, 2024 05:42 PM (et1vG)

311 He's getting a butt plug installed? Isn't that rather personal?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 25, 2024 05:37 PM (tkR6S)

Oh man, watched finally saw "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once."

Better than every Dinsey/Marvel product in the past 20 years.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2024 05:43 PM (dGCAG)

312 In terms of hero types, the setting has a lot to do with it. I'm perfectly fine with a hero that always wins without a scratch, but don't try to put that hero in a drama film - the invincible hero is for comedies and spectacles. This is one of problems I have with a lot of superman stories when they try to be gritty and dramatic.

Posted by: Ryan Frank at March 25, 2024 05:44 PM (fgmuN)

313 Went to see Dune at the giant Opryland IMAX yesterday. Enjoyed it very much. What I enjoyed even more was that there were no coming attraction previews. None whatsoever. What a pleasure just to sit down and have the movie start.

Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2024 05:44 PM (oaGWv)

314 @203

>>I don't think he gets scratched in teh Teleporter series.

Jason Stathama has pretty much played Jason Statham since Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

You either like his persona or you don't, I like his persona.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 25, 2024 05:48 PM (XV/Pl)

315 Oh man, watched finally saw "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once."Better than every Dinsey/Marvel product in the past 20 years. Posted by: BurtTC at March 25, 2024 05:43 PM (dGCAG)

I used to think that, then I realized I only thought that because it was decently good, and everything ese was complete shit.

Oppenheimer was decently good, but everything else this year was shit. That made it look brilliant. The fact that its nearest competition was a fucking Barbie movie tells you all you need to know.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 25, 2024 05:51 PM (mvURQ)

316 Went to see Dune at the giant Opryland IMAX yesterday. Enjoyed it very much. What I enjoyed even more was that there were no coming attraction previews. None whatsoever. What a pleasure just to sit down and have the movie start.
Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2024 05:44 PM (oaGWv)

Lucky you. i went to an AMC IMAX to watch Dune Part 2 a couple of weeks ago. A full 1/2 hour barrage of non-stop, ear-crushing, mind-numbing previews, ads, and relentless finger-wagging to turn off my phone, every one of which was immediately followed by another ELEVENTY-volume preview. But Dune II is perfect for IMAX. And worth the trial by pain.

Posted by: mrp at March 25, 2024 05:51 PM (rj6Yv)

317 Dune 2 was decently good, which makes it fucking Lawrence of Arabia in this day and age.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 25, 2024 05:52 PM (mvURQ)

318 "So should I pay good money to see The Beekeeper?"

Under no circumstances should anyone pay any money, good or otherwise, to see The Beekeeper. It's standard Statham schlock.

Posted by: William Taylor at March 25, 2024 05:53 PM (bto58)

319 >>>"So should I pay good money to see The Beekeeper?"

I paid $6 to see it and I liked it.

Posted by: ace at March 25, 2024 05:54 PM (KRtlO)

320 {309} ... It was printed in Troutdale OR yesterday.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at March 25, 2024 05:42 PM (DeFcY)

Lovely. That means they're having problems at multiple printing facilities.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 25, 2024 05:55 PM (qPw5n)

321 "Dune 2 was decently good, which makes it fucking Lawrence of Arabia in this day and age.
Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law "

LOL

Posted by: Tuna at March 25, 2024 05:55 PM (oaGWv)

322 301 How do you explain George Lucas backing the "white slavers" who wrecked his IP against Peltz?
He's too old and too rich to be paid off.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 25, 2024 04:26 PM (guGkK)

Easy - he fucked up, and knows it, but doesn't want the embarrassment of admitting it. Plus, he owns a shitload of Disney stock. Pelz is driving the price down, which likely pisses him off.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 25, 2024 05:55 PM (mvURQ)

323 Old and busted: The Hero's Journey
New Hotness: The Mary Sue's Journey
New New hotness: Mary Sue meanders through life.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 25, 2024 05:57 PM (mvURQ)

324 What drives me especially crazy, is these women are short and slight of build. They are fucking matchstick girls, who look about 16. Then they do all sorts of crazy kung fu shit and it just looks absurd.

Why are these women so small, and look so very young? Just look at the thumbnail - the girl Carry Ann Moss is fighting looks like a Junior high student. There is nothing she says or does that could intimidate anyone.

Marvels had the same shit, an antagonist who didn't look like she could life a foot long sandwich, much less a sword.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 25, 2024 06:24 PM (mvURQ)

325 The lead actress Amandla Stenberg is 5'3", and 150 pounds. She's 25 and looks 16.

Dafne Keen’s height is 4 feet 11 inches and her body weight is 105 pounds.

Is this a joke?

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at March 25, 2024 06:30 PM (mvURQ)

326 Critical Drinker is great. Go watch his epic burial of Prometheus.

Posted by: diceydeuce at March 25, 2024 06:32 PM (L13YL)

327 The proxy fight is basically over, Peltz has lost. The titan shareholders are all supporting Iger.

When Jamie Dimon supported Iger it was effectively over.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at March 25, 2024 06:43 PM (setIA)

328 By the way there was a chat on this I don't remember if it was WDW Pro, but it was some of his regulars.

Lucas himself hasn't actually been seen saying these things, it was a sterile 'statement', They made a good case that this wasn't Lucas at all, but his wife putting out the public statement, it was just completely sterile and using contract lawyer phrasing to say a lot of things that Lucas isn't really known for.

And she just happens to have a board seat on Chase bank along with Jamie Dimon, who is now publicly supporting Iger.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at March 25, 2024 06:46 PM (setIA)

329 Gun Kata?
Is that a relative of Jimmah and Billah?

Posted by: GWB at March 25, 2024 07:10 PM (69JzL)

330 Disney has been a joke stock for 30 years. It tracks the SP 500, in other words its a widows and orphans stock. Which shows how bad management is for a firm that should be growing in the top 15% of the stock universe.

Posted by: Fred at March 25, 2024 08:22 PM (bXvrr)

331 Invincible Eastwood: "Where Eagles Dare."

Sixty thousand rounds fired, and he comes out without a scratch.

Great fun.

Posted by: Weak Geek at March 25, 2024 09:53 PM (p/isN)

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