Joker Has Biggest Second-Weekend Drop of Any Comic Book Movie in History, and Among the Biggest Drops of Any Movie; Falls to Third Place

Taking the number one spot is a sequel to a killer clown movie that cost, and this is not a typo, $2 million to make.

Huh -- I guess if you make a sequel about an established killer clown that delivers what the audience is expecting and keep the budget under control you can make a fortune.

Who knew.

Terrifier 3 isn't clowning around. The slasher pic is easily winning a weekend of curiosity and carnage at the domestic box office, where Joker: Folie a Deux is suffering the worst decline in history for a comic book movie and one of the biggest among any film.
Cineverse and Icon Events' Terrifier threequel opened ahead of expectations for Chris McGurk's new venture with an estimated $18.2 million from 1,988 theaters.
The next closest film is The Wild Robot, which continues to shine for DreamWorks Animation and Universal. Now in its third weekend, the family pic is on course to earn another $13.4 million from 3,854 cinemas for a domestic cume of $83.7 million. It also pulled in another $24 million overseas for a global haul of $148.5 million.

Todd Phillips' Joker sequel is falling off a cliff in its second weekend with an estimate just north of $7 million from 4,102 theaters, a historic decline of 81 percent. Until now, The Marvels held the record among comic book movies for the worst second-weekend decline at 78 percent. Joker 2′s fall is also nearly the worst drop in history for a film opening in more than 2,000 locations.
Rival studios show Joker 2 coming in closer to $6.7 million to $6.8 million, meaning it will come in fourth behind fellow Warners holdover Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which continues to flex its theatrical muscles even though it's now available in the home on premium VOD. The Tim Burton-directed sequel is estimated to gross $7.050 million from 2,408 locations as it crosses the $275 million mark domestically in its sixth weekend (Warners has Joker at $7.055 million for the weekend domestically).
Overseas, Folie a Deux also fell off steeply, earning $22.7 million from 77 markets for a foreign total of $113.7 million and $165.3 million globally.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, conversely, is a huge win for the studio, and has zoomed past the $400 million mark globally to finish Sunday with $420.3 million in ticket sales. Its foreign tally is $144.7 million.
While Terrifier 3 did decent business, a slew of other new nationwide openers -- including high-profile awards contenders -- struggled to find an audience.
Briarcliff's Donald Trump movie The Apprentice -- which Trump tried to block from ever appearing in cinemas -- opened to an estimated $1.6 million range from 1,740 locations, just enough to crack the top 10. There's always a chance it could switch places with holdover Speak No Evil, which earned just north of $1.5 million (the final order will be determined Monday). Pre-release tracking showed the anti-Trump pic opening in the $3 million range.

Actually, Joker may have fallen to fourth. Both Joker and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (which as been out for like six or seven weeks) brought in $7.1 million, and Warner Bros. insists it made just a little more than Bettlejuice. But Warner Bros. also lied last weekend when they claimed it made $40 million+; in fact, it made $37.7 million. It's possible that they're still lying to avoid that fourth place finish.

Lucas and Spielberg predicted the era of the flopbuster was coming over ten years ago.

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have predicted a Hollywood "implosion" that could change the shape of the film industry forever and lead to dramatically hiked ticket prices for blockbuster films.
Speaking at the opening of a new media centre at the University of Southern California, the two Hollywood titans painted a picture of a future in which the failure of half a dozen $250m movies in quick succession caused a seismic shift in studio dynamics, leading to audiences being asked to pay $25 (£15) a ticket for films such as Iron Man 3 but just $7 (£4.50) for movies such as Spielberg's own Lincoln.
Spielberg told students at USC they were vying to enter the film industry at a time when even established film-makers were struggling to get their projects into cinemas, and revealed that the Oscar-winning Lincoln came "this close" to being premiered on the US pay-TV network HBO. He said that many talented young directors were now considered "too fringey" for a cinematic release. "That's the big danger, and there's eventually going to be an implosion -- or a big meltdown," Spielberg said. "There's going to be an implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen megabudget movies are going to go crashing into the ground, and that's going to change the paradigm."
"I think eventually the Lincolns will go away and they're going to be on television," Lucas added. "As mine almost was," Spielberg interjected. "This close -- ask HBO -- this close."
"The pathway to get into theatres is really getting smaller and smaller," said Star Wars creator Lucas, pointing out that his own passion project, the war drama Red Tails, barely scraped into cinemas last year. "We're talking Lincoln and Red Tails -- we barely got them into theatres," he said. "You're talking about Steven Spielberg and George Lucas can't get their movie into a theatre!"

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Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2024 04:01 PM (DRSnL)

2 Yallo

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 14, 2024 04:02 PM (mb3zn)

3 I'm laughing, but that wasn't their aim.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:02 PM (N1DT3)

4 Terrifier 3 isn't clowning around.

I saw that they were handing out airsick bags to people going to see this. Don't know if it's actually that bad or a clever marketing ploy. And I won't be finding out.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2024 04:03 PM (DRSnL)

5 I'm no expert, but maybe you could try making movies that don't suck?

Posted by: PabloD at October 14, 2024 04:03 PM (WDWLw)

6 Movie thread!so, nothing worth watching in theatres right now?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 14, 2024 04:05 PM (mb3zn)

7 Go Woke Go Broke. The Cliche Holds True.

Posted by: ALH at October 14, 2024 04:05 PM (xJEPL)

8
This is what happens when a director allows Wack-een Phoenix to have a say in how the movie is made.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 04:05 PM (cRMoH)

9 1 st

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2024 04:01 PM (DRSnL)

And the mostest.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:06 PM (i24o9)

10 Briarcliff's Donald Trump movie The Apprentice -- which Trump tried to block from ever appearing in cinemas

I didn't even know this was a thing. Shows you how much I pay attention.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2024 04:07 PM (DRSnL)

11 A YT creator who I follow gave me a chuckle when he said Jordan Peterson reminds him of the Riddler with some of suits he wears.

Sort of on topic, in a Batman nemesis kind of way.

Posted by: kallisto at October 14, 2024 04:07 PM (Dq6fX)

12 There is much less of a monopoly now with modern media and distribution

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 14, 2024 04:07 PM (NtVYv)

13 And what a surprise/s. The movie about Trump. "The Apprentice" is doing well in liberal enclaves, and what are we supposed to learn? He was a meany during the show, so don't vote for him?!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2024 04:07 PM (MQJVv)

14 This is what happens when a director allows Wack-een Phoenix to have a say in how the movie is made.
Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 04:05 PM (cRMoH)

Perhaps, but the real driver seems to be the director wanting to repudiate his own movie.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:07 PM (n7h9X)

15 Maybe people are just tired of comic book movies. Esp. combined with DEI shit.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 14, 2024 04:07 PM (/lPRQ)

16 I feel so bad for those great All American Hollywood f*gs.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at October 14, 2024 04:07 PM (Aoykm)

17 What's this about Tampon Timmy and a 14-year-old boy? Never mind details; I mean, is it getting out and getting traction?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 04:08 PM (J2vNu)

18 Comic book movies are for retards.

There are no exceptions to that generalization.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:08 PM (YqDXo)

19 Godzilla Minus One showed it's possible to make a good, tight movie, with good special effects (EXPLOSIONS! FIRE!) without spending hundreds of millions of dollars.

Also, hollywood "STARS" are way overpaid.

No one pays to see a movie because of the actor. (MAYBE Tom Cruise, but I think "The Mummy" proved even his name can't draw people alone.)

The directors also are clearly overpaid. Drop salaries, drop massive special effects budgets, tell a good story.

Suddenly you're making hundreds of millions again and the theatres don't go under.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:08 PM (N1DT3)

20 Is it a comic book movie though?

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 04:08 PM (mUOah)

21 Joker was actually 4th place - Beetlejuice 2 beat it, but since that's the same studio, there was some face-saving Sunday...

Actual numbers...

1Terrifier 3 Cineverse $18,893,642
2The Wild Robot Universal $14,000,945
3 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Warner Bros. $7,323,508
4 Joker: Folie à Deux Warner Bros. $7,002,654 (-81% drop - aka, worse than projected)...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 14, 2024 04:08 PM (exHjb)

22 I have long predicted the death of the cinema. I thought Covid hysteria was the final nail in the coffin. That, together with the rise of streaming, would finally convince people to stop going to see movies in the theater.

I was wrong or at least premature. I continue to believe cinema is doomed. It's managed to survive in recent years by reinventing itself into what amounts to restaurant-bars. Plus, some people still like going to the movies.

I don't get it. I'd so much rather watch a movie -- and I do like movies -- on my home theater. I spent a fortune on it and many hours of swearing and cursing building it. The payoff is a movie-watching experience that so shits on anything at the movie theater that I'd be a fool to watch movies any other way.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 14, 2024 04:08 PM (iFTx/)

23 Comic book movies are for retards.

There are no exceptions to that generalization.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:08 PM (YqDXo)

I identify, at least before they went woke.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:08 PM (i24o9)

24 I felt like I was the only person that hated the first Joker movie. It was just an obvious mash up of other 70's movies that I guess younger audiences didn't know about. I don't even know why they need to have it to be some offshoot of the DC universe. Just make it about some random psycho that puts on clown makeup.

Posted by: Lacra at October 14, 2024 04:09 PM (4pwAx)

25 15 Maybe people are just tired of comic book movies. Esp. combined with DEI shit.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 14, 2024 04:07 PM (/lPRQ)

I am proud to say I have never watched a comic book movie, well, except Superman with Christopher Reeves.

Posted by: ALH at October 14, 2024 04:09 PM (xJEPL)

26 The clown prince of crime is nonplussed.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 14, 2024 04:09 PM (TLJLg)

27 Terrifier 3 isn't clowning around.

I saw that they were handing out airsick bags to people going to see this. Don't know if it's actually that bad or a clever marketing ploy. And I won't be finding out.

Posted by: Jordan61

It's marketing, though the whole series is a bit repulsive. It's all a little too mean-spirited to be fun. The first one is the "best" and free to watch on Tubi right now, for anyone curious.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at October 14, 2024 04:09 PM (hCzfy)

28 A YT creator who I follow gave me a chuckle when he said Jordan Peterson reminds him of the Riddler with some of suits he wears.

Sort of on topic, in a Batman nemesis kind of way.
Posted by: kallisto at October 14, 2024 04:07 PM (Dq6fX)

Peterson would obviously be The Lobster

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:09 PM (n7h9X)

29 The well ran dry. Cut! Print it!

Posted by: 80's music fan at October 14, 2024 04:10 PM (QSrLX)

30 The "Pitch Meeting" on Joker is rather good.

https://tinyurl.com/9u7kx3e2

Posted by: Orson at October 14, 2024 04:10 PM (dIske)

31 Is it "Folie a Deux" or "Joker 2"?

Might have a small part to do with it....
Nah, prolly just tiresome crap.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 14, 2024 04:10 PM (/lPRQ)

32 4 Terrifier 3 isn't clowning around.

I saw that they were handing out airsick bags to people going to see this. Don't know if it's actually that bad or a clever marketing ploy. And I won't be finding out.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2024 04:03 PM (DRSnL)

It is very graphic, like the Saw series...I have not seen it, but if you want a sneak peak, most of the streaming services have the awful 1st movie...Art the Clown was the sole redeeming part of the 1st movie, and his series has seemed to get better each movie, if you believe the fans of this genre...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 14, 2024 04:10 PM (exHjb)

33 You're talking about Steven Spielberg and George Lucas can't get their movie into a theatre!"

---------

I'm thinking they aren't gay enough.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 04:10 PM (g8Ew8)

34 I'm no expert, but maybe you could try making movies that don't suck?

Posted by: PabloD at October 14, 2024 04:03 PM (WDWLw)
_________________

Step #1: don't make a movie based on a comic book. Comic books are for children and for "adults" with room-temperature IQs.

This is known.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:11 PM (YqDXo)

35 > This is what happens when a director allows Wack-een Phoenix to have a say in how the movie is made.

I think it's been pretty standard in Hollywood for many decades for stars to have a lot of input. When Ridley Scott made Blade Runner, he didn't take input and the cast and crew HATED him for it. They even wore t-shirts on set basically saying Scott was an asshole. The shirts didn't say it explicitly, but that was the intent.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 14, 2024 04:11 PM (sG4Hj)

36 I don't want to see slasher pictures.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2024 04:11 PM (MQJVv)

37 The first Deadpool and Guardians of TG were ok. Everything else? Meh.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at October 14, 2024 04:11 PM (Aoykm)

38 capeshit forever

Posted by: brak at October 14, 2024 04:11 PM (25k9m)

39 13 And what a surprise/s. The movie about Trump. "The Apprentice" is doing well in liberal enclaves, and what are we supposed to learn? He was a meany during the show, so don't vote for him?!!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2024 04:07 PM (MQJVv)

It's not doing well anywhere - it was a disaster open, making only $1,613,233 this weekend...which was tenth place...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 14, 2024 04:11 PM (exHjb)

40 The movie about Trump. "The Apprentice" is doing well in liberal enclaves,

No it's not - opened three days ago, and only $1,580,000 gross so far. Showing in 1,740 theaters, so less than $1,000 per screen.

https://tinyurl.com/yc279xn8

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 14, 2024 04:11 PM (uxCna)

41 There is much less of a monopoly now with modern media and distribution
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 14, 2024 04:07 PM (NtVYv)

I think the next step is the studios being avoided entirely as they blow too much money and have too many strings.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:12 PM (n7h9X)

42 4 Terrifier 3 isn't clowning around.

I saw that they were handing out airsick bags to people going to see this. Don't know if it's actually that bad or a clever marketing ploy. And I won't be finding out.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2024 04:03 PM (DRSnL)

I think there is some guerilla marketing at work.

But two people did get up and leave during the movie when I saw it last night.

It's pretty gory and violent (as were the first two).

Posted by: Art the Clown Appreciation Society at October 14, 2024 04:12 PM (h/5hh)

43 Also, hollywood "STARS" are way overpaid.

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It's the key grips! The key grips are overpaid!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 04:12 PM (L/fGl)

44 "Somebody stop this clown on clown violence!" - Joker 2 director.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:12 PM (zGJie)

45 Terrifier 1 and 2 were fantastic movies. You can catch them on Tubi. Probably the most brutal horror movies I've seen so far.

You're Next was also fantastic. Great movie!

Posted by: Stateless at October 14, 2024 04:12 PM (jvJvP)

46 I saw the Terrifiers a year or two ago on cable/streaming. Very creepy, but I enjoyed them.

I am thinking about seeing this one tomorrow at the $6 all day Tuesday special.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 14, 2024 04:12 PM (ufFY8)

47 Afternoon.

Red Tails was such a massive piece of shit. Ugh!

Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2024 04:13 PM (9FydO)

48 I kinda thinking Hollywood is ready for a movie about a former vegan who becomes a Cannibal . His journey. Ya know a love story.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob 'I can fill a book with what I don't know' at October 14, 2024 04:13 PM (dMCew)

49 It is very graphic, like the Saw series...I have not seen it, but if you want a sneak peak, most of the streaming services have the awful 1st movie...Art the Clown was the sole redeeming part of the 1st movie, and his series has seemed to get better each movie, if you believe the fans of this genre...

I'm like a ninja.

Posted by: Mt Fuji at October 14, 2024 04:14 PM (sG4Hj)

50 Terrifier is on Tubi and Terrifier 2 in on Freevee. I might check them out.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 14, 2024 04:14 PM (NZnln)

51 I don't want to see slasher pictures.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

If I wanted to be scared, I'd watch MSNBC!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 04:14 PM (L/fGl)

52 Posted by: Nova Local at October 14, 2024 04:11 PM (exHjb)

Sorry; I read too fast and got "Only people going to see it are in liberal enclaves: as "doing well."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2024 04:14 PM (MQJVv)

53 I felt like I was the only person that hated the first Joker movie. It was just an obvious mash up of other 70's movies that I guess younger audiences didn't know about. I don't even know why they need to have it to be some offshoot of the DC universe. Just make it about some random psycho that puts on clown makeup.
Posted by: Lacra at October 14, 2024 04:09 PM (4pwAx)

I heard someone say it was basically a remake of "King of Comedy"

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:14 PM (n7h9X)

54 Robert

What was your idea? Check out the new stuff BTW

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:14 PM (zGJie)

55 Step #1: don't make a movie based on a comic book. Comic books are for children and for "adults" with room-temperature IQs.

This is known.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:11 PM (YqDXo)

Meh.

I don't really see how there's much difference between making movies about ancient mythology versus modern mythology.

Beowulf was just the superhero for his time.

That said, there's a lot of stupid movies based of super-hero mythologies. There's a lot of stupid movies, period.

(But, since Avatar didn't come from a comic book, it's fine, right?)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:15 PM (N1DT3)

56 The Lincolns be staying away -- and the Franklins too!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 04:15 PM (CEzQx)

57 I don't want to see slasher pictures.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2024 04:11 PM (MQJVv)
_________________

Me either. Or comic book heroes. Or super heroes.

One such movie per generation, OK, just for a change. But the faggots in Hollywood excreting such movies routinely? Nah, bro.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:15 PM (YqDXo)

58 Terrifier 3 isn't clowning around.

I saw that they were handing out airsick bags to people going to see this. Don't know if it's actually that bad or a clever marketing ploy. And I won't be finding out.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2024 04:03 PM (DRSnL)

It is very graphic, like the Saw series...I have not seen it, but if you want a sneak peak, most of the streaming services have the awful 1st movie...Art the Clown was the sole redeeming part of the 1st movie, and his series has seemed to get better each movie, if you believe the fans of this genre...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 14, 2024 04:10 PM (exHjb)
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I don't get the appeal of these gruesome torture-porn pics. I dated a girl once who loved the Saw films. I had to sit through them all with her over a few weeks (on blu-ray). I was like "wtf, this is for sickos!" But she was an ER nurse so I assumed she was so desensitized to actual blood and gore that the movies were like kids' cartoons to her.

Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 14, 2024 04:15 PM (iFTx/)

59 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 04:14 PM (L/fGl)

LOL. I'm kind of weenie in that I don't like all the gruesome Halloween decorations.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2024 04:15 PM (MQJVv)

60 Did I miss anyone in the articles mentioning how going woke is ruining movie-going?

Who wants to see this crap?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 14, 2024 04:15 PM (jyAD3)

61 51 I don't want to see slasher pictures.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

If I wanted to be scared, I'd watch MSNBC!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 04:14 PM (L/fGl)

The trick is to keep telling yourself the victims are liberals....

Posted by: Stateless at October 14, 2024 04:16 PM (jvJvP)

62 > Probably the most brutal horror movies I've seen so far.

I have no interest in "brutal" horror movies.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 14, 2024 04:16 PM (sG4Hj)

63 The clown movie, Terrifier, seems to be everywhere on social media.

Not my kind of thing but people that like that sort of horror movie do seem to like it.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:16 PM (oZhjI)

64 JD Vance @JDVance 4h
Hi, I'm JD Vance. I wrote my own book, unlike Kamala Harris, who copied hers from Wikipedia.

christopherrufo.com/p/kamala…

Kamala Harris’s Plagiarism Problem
The vice president appears to have airlifted sections of her book, Smart on Crime.
christopherrufo.com

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 04:16 PM (CEzQx)

65 And the mostest.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:06 PM (i24o9)

=====

I always tell husband he's the Coastie with the Mostie.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2024 04:16 PM (DRSnL)

66 I’m writing a screenplay about my experience dealing with the endless stream of KH propagandists showing up at my front door. It will be kind of a postmodern noir, in a nihilistic homicidal sort of way.

Posted by: kallisto at October 14, 2024 04:17 PM (ZhnjN)

67 Terrifier 1 and 2 were fantastic movies. You can catch them on Tubi. Probably the most brutal horror movies I've seen so far.

You're Next was also fantastic. Great movie!

Posted by: Stateless at October 14, 2024 04:12 PM (jvJvP)
____________

Read a book. One without any pictures in it.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:17 PM (YqDXo)

68 Talkies were a mistake. Bring back silent films!

Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 14, 2024 04:17 PM (RMjVS)

69 I heard someone say it was basically a remake of "King of Comedy"
Posted by: Oldcat

Also a lot of Taxi Driver.

probably why DeNiro was in it, for cover from that criticism.

Posted by: Lacra at October 14, 2024 04:17 PM (4pwAx)

70 What was your idea? Check out the new stuff BTW
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:14 PM (zGJie)

Oh, it was in reference to doing AI pics of Helen Thomas and Martha Radditz in g-strings.

*Hands you the brain bleach*

Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2024 04:17 PM (9FydO)

71 Afternoon.

Red Tails was such a massive piece of shit. Ugh!
Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2024 04:13 PM (9FydO)

It seemed like a 'I dare you not to give me an award for this like Schindler's List got' attempt that went bad because they cheezed out on the actual movie part. Very 'Made for TV Movie' feel.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:17 PM (n7h9X)

72 I don't want to see slasher pictures.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

If I wanted to be scared, I'd watch MSNBC!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 04:14 PM (L/fGl)

Not generally a fan of slasher pictures, but I am inclined to pull up some of the old classics, because if nothing else, 70s and 80s pics really knew how to work in some gratuitous boobehs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:18 PM (i24o9)

73 Timely! I just saw "Terrifier 3". While I admire Art the Clown's joie de vive, I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as "Terrifier 2".

It was fun seeing the gaggle of giggling teens in the front row run screaming from the theater after the first gory kill. Eeewww'

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 14, 2024 04:18 PM (kpS4V)

74
Terrifier 3 isn't clowning around.

I saw that they were handing out airsick bags to people going to see this. Don't know if it's actually that bad or a clever marketing ploy. And I won't be finding out.
Posted by: Jordan61

Sounds like something William Castle would do.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 14, 2024 04:18 PM (63Dwl)

75 *nukes Robert for that idea*

Naughty Robert!

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:18 PM (zGJie)

76 The movie industry is killing itself. Star power no longer exists because so-called "stars" have become completely mercenary in their outlook. If there's a large check, they don't care how bad the movie is, because, large check. Stars are now basically carnival barkers who command a large paycheck while puling their unsuspecting fans into a show which doesn't deliver.

Basically, stars spit on their fans and don't care if they destroy their brand, in the process, because, well, rich.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 14, 2024 04:18 PM (tT6L1)

77 Art the Clown is creepy AF.

He did a fantastic job memorizing his lines.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at October 14, 2024 04:18 PM (ufFY8)

78 Kamala Harris’s Plagiarism Problem
The vice president appears to have airlifted sections of her book, Smart on Crime.
christopherrufo.com

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 04:16 PM (CEzQx)
_________________

She's trying to prove she is, in fact, black. One quarter black, at least.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:18 PM (YqDXo)

79 (But, since Avatar didn't come from a comic book, it's fine, right?)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:15 PM (N1DT3)
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Avatar was stolen from Ursula K. LeGuin's novella, "The Word for World is Forest."

I just read that recently and thought to myself, "This sounds just like Avatar..."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:19 PM (7fElN)

80 The Devil Stole My Netflix Password
youtu.be/mh5QMARaXjg

Posted by: gKWVE at October 14, 2024 04:19 PM (gKWVE)

81 I mentioned watching the 1st movie trailer b/c when you do, you'll see the awful acting by the (probable) female victims, but you also see Art's set up. I haven't seen a chilling new horror villain persona since Freddy and Jason, so I get why Art has taken off...whoever the actor is should be paid a bundle in backend deals b/c it's that sole character who is selling the movies...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 14, 2024 04:19 PM (exHjb)

82 Eris

I bet you were hoping they had rigged the screen to splash blood on the first row.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:20 PM (zGJie)

83 Red Tails was shit btw

Posted by: steevy at October 14, 2024 04:20 PM (HJ9BW)

84 Tim Dillon was joking about how he tried so hard to get in movies, and when he finally did it, it was Joker 2, or "the worst movie ever made," as he put it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2024 04:20 PM (awTae)

85 I’m writing a screenplay about my experience dealing with the endless stream of KH propagandists showing up at my front door. It will be kind of a postmodern noir, in a nihilistic homicidal sort of way.
Posted by: kallisto at October 14, 2024 04:17 PM (ZhnjN)

I'm sitting here wondering if "KH" was the Jehovah's Witnesses which met at the "Kingdom Hall" in my hometown.

Then I figured out it was Kamala Harris and I see I was right.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:20 PM (N1DT3)

86
I’m writing a screenplay about my experience dealing with the endless stream of KH propagandists showing up at my front door. It will be kind of a postmodern noir, in a nihilistic homicidal sort of way.
Posted by: kallisto

Are you giving them candy?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 14, 2024 04:21 PM (63Dwl)

87 We're gonna fill the ~~screen~~ theatres with so much crap that moviegoers will pay for better movies. And pay well. So much crap!

Posted by: George Lucas at October 14, 2024 04:21 PM (Aqu9a)

88 The problem isn't really superhero movies. Some of the marvel movies were good.

The problem is that making a good movie, or even a movie that will earn a lot of money, has taken a backseat to making movies that advance political/social agendas.

You get more of what you incentivize so we get woke crap that no one actually wants to see because the people that make that woke crap generally get rewards for doing so not punishment.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:21 PM (oZhjI)

89 It seemed like a 'I dare you not to give me an award for this like Schindler's List got' attempt that went bad because they cheezed out on the actual movie part. Very 'Made for TV Movie' feel.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:17 PM (n7h9X)

There was a made for HBO movie about the Tuskegee Airmen starring Cuba Gooding and Laurence Fishburne that was waaaaaay better. Red Tails was flat out incompetent.

Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2024 04:21 PM (9FydO)

90 I don't get the appeal of these gruesome torture-porn pics. I dated a girl once who loved the Saw films. I had to sit through them all with her over a few weeks (on blu-ray). I was like "wtf, this is for sickos!" But she was an ER nurse so I assumed she was so desensitized to actual blood and gore that the movies were like kids' cartoons to her.
Posted by: Doctor Elric the Blade at October 14, 2024 04:15 PM (iFTx/)
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I thought the first one was pretty good, with a really cool twist at the end. Then the second and third ones were kind of "meh" as they tried to recapture the spirit of the first one. Didn't quite work. Then they got more and more ridiculous as these franchises tend to do.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:21 PM (7fElN)

91 Not generally a fan of slasher pictures, but I am inclined to pull up some of the old classics, because if nothing else, 70s and 80s pics really knew how to work in some gratuitous boobehs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:18 PM (i24o9)
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Now THAT'S art. All they need to do is cut out the slashing bits.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (YqDXo)

92 I don't really see how there's much difference between making movies about ancient mythology versus modern mythology.

Beowulf was just the superhero for his time.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:15 PM (N1DT3)

My favorite part of the Beowulf saga is that the biggest bad of all was not Gredel, but his Momma.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (n7h9X)

93 *nukes Robert for that idea*

Naughty Robert!
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:18 PM (zGJie)

The Horde is a bad influence. :B

Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (9FydO)

94 Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ @realchrisrufo 4h
EXCLUSIVE: Kamala Harris plagiarized at least a dozen sections of her criminal-justice book, Smart on Crime, according to a new investigation. The current vice president even lifted material from Wikipedia.

We have the receipts. 🧵

The whole thread here:
https://tinyurl.com/3m7v4w7y

And here as an ordinary webpage:
https://tinyurl.com/5yaraxb5

With neither requiring an X account to read all.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (CEzQx)

95 Tim Dillon was joking about how he tried so hard to get in movies, and when he finally did it, it was Joker 2, or "the worst movie ever made," as he put it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2024 04:20 PM (awTae)

He hasn't seen 'A Serbian Film' ...

Posted by: Sassy Fred at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (RMjVS)

96 I’m writing a screenplay about my experience dealing with the endless stream of KH propagandists showing up at my front door.

I live in a blue town in a deep, deep blue area. I hardly see any Harris signs in yards and certainly no one trying to turn out the vote for her

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (oZhjI)

97 This pleases me. I am pleased.

I enjoy anyone from Hollywood flipping me off and then watching them immediately turn around and walk into a jet engine.

My guess is that someone needed a huge tax writeoff.

Posted by: Sifty at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (3rGHy)

98 I always tell husband he's the Coastie with the Mostie.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 14, 2024 04:16 PM (DRSnL)

Nice.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (i24o9)

99 (But, since Avatar didn't come from a comic book, it's fine, right?)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:15 PM (N1DT3)
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Avatar was stolen from Ursula K. LeGuin's novella, "The Word for World is Forest."

I just read that recently and thought to myself, "This sounds just like Avatar..."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:19 PM (7fElN)

Avatar was stolen from Ferngully. Also Dances With Wolves.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (Aqu9a)

100 82 Eris

I bet you were hoping they had rigged the screen to splash blood on the first row.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:20 PM (
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And then honk the clown horn!

Saw "The Tingler" with the seats wired up to zap the viewers, just like Castle would've wanted it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (kpS4V)

101 Beowulf was just the superhero for his time.

And there is a reasonable chance Beowulf was some real warlord from long ago whose story changed over time from killing the neighboring tribes to killing monsters.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:23 PM (oZhjI)

102 Robert

Here is my taking apart of just the trailer for Red Tails.

https://tinyurl.com/2yp2w7nn

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:24 PM (zGJie)

103 Speaking of, Pearl is a far superior film to X.

More of a story, more Mia Goth, and the climactic scene, I found myself cheering! As gruesome as it was, and as undeserved as it was... I was cheering. It was just so well done.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 04:24 PM (T4WmB)

104 My favorite part of the Beowulf saga is that the biggest bad of all was not Gredel, but his Momma.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (n7h9X)

Hey, don't go spoiling the sequel!

The next bad guy ALWAYS has to be tougher than in the first movie.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:24 PM (N1DT3)

105 Can't remember the last time I went to a theater to see a movie.

The last one that was worth it I do remember - Return of the King and that was....20 years ago?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:24 PM (oZhjI)

106 Well the movie says 'fuck you' to the audience.
You have to expect the audience to say, 'oh no, fuck YOU' back.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 14, 2024 04:24 PM (xcxpd)

107 Not generally a fan of slasher pictures, but I am inclined to pull up some of the old classics, because if nothing else, 70s and 80s pics really knew how to work in some gratuitous boobehs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:18 PM (i24o9)
______________

Now THAT'S art. All they need to do is cut out the slashing bits.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (YqDXo)

And don't kill off the biggest be-boobed girl (a producer's girlfriend) right away. Give her and her announcements some front and center screen time.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 04:25 PM (Aqu9a)

108 104 My favorite part of the Beowulf saga is that the biggest bad of all was not Gredel, but his Momma.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (n7h9X)

Hey, don't go spoiling the sequel!

The next bad guy ALWAYS has to be tougher than in the first movie.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:24 PM (N1DT3)

Technically, it's the dragon who actually kills Beowulf...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 14, 2024 04:25 PM (exHjb)

109 The new Eggers Nosferatu flick looks good.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 14, 2024 04:25 PM (kpS4V)

110 And then honk the clown horn!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (kpS4V)

I did that once and look what happened!

Posted by: Pee Wee Herman at October 14, 2024 04:25 PM (RMjVS)

111 Well the movie says 'fuck you' to the audience.
You have to expect the audience to say, 'oh no, fuck YOU' back.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 14, 2024 04:24 PM (xcxpd)
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Yeah, it's amazing how many directors, actors, and studios just create these movies to piss off (and piss on) their fan bases ON PURPOSE.

Like they forgot how to tell a good story or never bothered to learn how to do that in the first place.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:25 PM (7fElN)

112 I’m writing a screenplay about my experience dealing with the endless stream of KH propagandists showing up at my front door. It will be kind of a postmodern noir, in a nihilistic homicidal sort of way.
Posted by: kallisto at October 14, 2024 04:17 PM (ZhnjN)
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Hmm, Full Metal Jacket meets Arsenic and Old Lace?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 14, 2024 04:26 PM (tT6L1)

113 Also, Red Tails sucked

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 14, 2024 04:26 PM (xcxpd)

114
When you can buy a 65" TV and a stereo soundbar for under $500, there's no reason to go the movies with Other People unless you like being with Other People.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 04:26 PM (cRMoH)

115 What's this about Tampon Timmy and a 14-year-old boy? Never mind details; I mean, is it getting out and getting traction?

There's buzz about it on X, but even the edgier mainstream conservatives have largely avoided it. Apparently the kid has agreed to go public and not anonymous about it, which will likely pump it up.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 14, 2024 04:26 PM (0A/JS)

116 Phooey. Movies are for people who go to movies.

Posted by: Guy who always says phooey at October 14, 2024 04:26 PM (vFG9F)

117 Yeah, it's amazing how many directors, actors, and studios just create these movies to piss off (and piss on) their fan bases ON PURPOSE.

Like they forgot how to tell a good story or never bothered to learn how to do that in the first place.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:25 PM (7fElN)

Well they feel insulated from the consequences for their actions...until one glorious day when....they aren't.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Vote but also buy ammo at October 14, 2024 04:27 PM (xcxpd)

118 Technically, it's the dragon who actually kills Beowulf...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 14, 2024 04:25 PM (exHjb)

Now you're spoiling Beowulf 3 where the aging prize-fighter has to get himself back into shape, winning, but losing at the same time.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:27 PM (N1DT3)

119 103 Speaking of, Pearl is a far superior film to X.

More of a story, more Mia Goth, and the climactic scene, I found myself cheering! As gruesome as it was, and as undeserved as it was... I was cheering. It was just so well done.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 04:24 PM (T4WmB)

I can't tell whether Pearl is better due to my distaste of the porn and cuckery in X. But both are better than MaXXXine. Borrowing from Giallo was a mistake, because Giallo sucks. I hope Ti West moves on and does something more interesting. For my money, none of these has been as good. House of the Devil. Just a bunch of steps backward.

Posted by: Art the Clown Appreciation Society at October 14, 2024 04:27 PM (h/5hh)

120 I would also like to point out that Red Tails blew chunks.

Posted by: McLurkerson at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (CjgNg)

121 If you want to see a good gory horror movie currently streaming, check out-

"Haunt" (2019)

The Covid scare stabbed it through the heart, but this is a good one.

The story concerns a group of young adults checking out a creepy haunted house "entertainment that turns out to be the real deal.

Very well done. Scary, gory, and creepy.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (eDfFs)

122 I actually wanted Joker 2 to work; like Sweeney Todd but with a comic book supervillain. But to make it work, you have to hire a director that is trying to push the art, not just dunk on fans.

You can't hinge a whole production on a director that doesn't get what makes musicals and superhero films work.

Posted by: LizLem at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (/LCFO)

123
There's buzz about it on X, but even the edgier mainstream conservatives have largely avoided it. Apparently the kid has agreed to go public and not anonymous about it, which will likely pump it up.

If the right manages to pull off an october surprise, finally, I will be shocked.

Most of the left is ok with pedophilia now so they'll all still vote for Walz but this will lose them basically every moderate/LIV.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (oZhjI)

124 114
When you can buy a 65" TV and a stereo soundbar for under $500, there's no reason to go the movies with Other People unless you like being with Other People.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 04:26

My old hair girl freaked me out by talking about bedbugs and lice on the seats. I haven't been comfortable in a movie theater since.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (3YdrS)

125 Avatar was stolen from Ferngully. Also Dances With Wolves.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (Aqu9a)

Hence its alternate title "Dances with Smurfs"

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (n7h9X)

126 Technically, it's the dragon who actually kills Beowulf...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 14, 2024 04:25 PM (exHjb)
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Wasn't Beowulf 70-80 years old or so when he encountered the dragon?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (7fElN)

127 Are you giving them candy?

No, just a little bit of attitude with a whole lot of crazy

Posted by: kallisto at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (ZhnjN)

128 Tim Dillon was joking about how he tried so hard to get in movies, and when he finally did it, it was Joker 2, or "the worst movie ever made," as he put it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2024 04:20 PM (awTae)

Spends 20 minutes talking about how terrible it is, then says "I'm kidding! This is a bit, the movie is great, you should go see it. More than once."

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (T4WmB)

129 Movies?
What are those?
The local theater here is open for business, but is easily one of the crappier looking buildings in town. The tweakers hanging around don't help.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (W/lyH)

130 Technically, it's the dragon who actually kills Beowulf...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 14, 2024 04:25 PM (exHjb)
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Wasn't Beowulf 70-80 years old or so when he encountered the dragon?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (7fElN)

Now you're spoiling Beowulf 3 where the aging prize-fighter has to get himself back into shape, winning, but losing at the same time.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:27 PM (N1DT3)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:29 PM (N1DT3)

131 Clown horn?

Harpo Marx, is that you?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:30 PM (zGJie)

132 121 If you want to see a good gory horror movie currently streaming, check out-

"Haunt" (2019)

Seconded.

Really underrated.

Posted by: Art the Clown Appreciation Society at October 14, 2024 04:30 PM (h/5hh)

133 I thought the first one was pretty good, with a really cool twist at the end. Then the second and third ones were kind of "meh" as they tried to recapture the spirit of the first one. Didn't quite work. Then they got more and more ridiculous as these franchises tend to do.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:21 PM (7fElN)
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It was interesting to see the gal from "Becker" in SAW.

Just looked it up, Shawnee Smith, I believe.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (tT6L1)

134 Beowulf had to once again take up the sword since the years of peace had turned his thanes into Beta Cucks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (zGJie)

135 Technically, it's the dragon who actually kills Beowulf...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 14, 2024 04:25 PM (exHjb)

No name, no stardom. Grendel's Mother FTW.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (n7h9X)

136 I can't tell whether Pearl is better due to my distaste of the porn and cuckery in X. But both are better than MaXXXine. Borrowing from Giallo was a mistake, because Giallo sucks. I hope Ti West moves on and does something more interesting. For my money, none of these has been as good. House of the Devil. Just a bunch of steps backward.
Posted by: Art the Clown Appreciation Society at October 14, 2024 04:27 PM (h/5hh)

I haven't seen MaXXXine yet. Nor have I seen House of the Devil, and I don't know who/what Giallo is, so I don't know that it's going to matter to me.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (T4WmB)

137 Avatar was stolen from Ferngully. Also Dances With Wolves.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (Aqu9a)

Hence its alternate title "Dances with Smurfs"

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (n7h9X)

I think Avatar may have been the first movie I specifically avoided because of reports of overt leftist messaging. I don't feel like I am missing anything with this report.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (i24o9)

138 A baboon's red ass >>> Red Tails.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (Aqu9a)

139 In other "JOKER" news:
Real headline:
TV Host argues with Speaker Johnson over Trump's cholesterol levels.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (Rbu5d)

140
My old hair girl freaked me out by talking about bedbugs and lice on the seats. I haven't been comfortable in a movie theater since.
Posted by: CaliGirl at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (3YdrS)

I had not thought about that! Eeeeesh

But it makes sense; how often do they actually clean the seats in theaters? Or the floors for that matter?

Posted by: Moki at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (wLjpr)

141 Speaking of horror shows . . .

Donald Trump Jr.@DonaldJTrumpJr
Even Slick Willy knows that Border Czar Kamala Harris is responsible for allowing the illegal alien who murdered Laken Riley into our country!

Jason Miller@JasonMillerinDC
The only plausible explanation here is that this is a 3D chess move to get Dems to drop Kamala in the waning days and substitute in CROOKED HILLARY!
She’s running!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (L/fGl)

142 Real headline:
TV Host argues with Speaker Johnson over Trump's cholesterol levels.

Idiocracy was too optimistic.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:32 PM (oZhjI)

143 139. The same reporter who never asked a single question as to why Biden was shaking hands with invisible people.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 14, 2024 04:32 PM (7PziG)

144 And there is a reasonable chance Beowulf was some real warlord from long ago whose story changed over time from killing the neighboring tribes to killing monsters.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:23 PM (oZhjI)
_______________

Hollywood will "reimagine" it with a black homosexual as Beowulf.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:32 PM (YqDXo)

145 The Joker in the completely failed Suicide Squad game is also the gayest gay that ever gayed a gay with gaying gayness of gay

Which also matches the completely worthless gaying portrayal of Joker by whoever played him in the DC movies

The best Joker was from the animated series as portrayed by Mark Hamill (before he turned really gay) and Heath Ledger (who died before he could turn gay)

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at October 14, 2024 04:32 PM (M7vhK)

146 Do we think Brett Baer will ask Kamala about the plagiarism or nah?

I bet he doesn’t mention it.

Posted by: Czech Chick at October 14, 2024 04:32 PM (fpVC1)

147 Avatar was stolen from Ferngully. Also Dances With Wolves.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (Aqu9a)

Hence its alternate title "Dances with Smurfs"
Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (n7h9X)

I watched Avatar up to the point where they knocked down the tree.

Seems rather obvious to me, this was supposed to be a 9/11, towers coming down moment.

Nope. Don't care what you say/do after that.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 04:33 PM (T4WmB)

148 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (oZhjI)

I think I know why they’re bothering me. My roommate is registered as unaffiliated. They must be required to prove they left literature at a residence because he took a picture of the flyer he left in my mailbox. I made him GTFO my porch and leave the trash in my mailbox. He kept trying to set the flyer down on my orch steps and I kept yelling at him to put it in my mailbox.

Posted by: kallisto at October 14, 2024 04:33 PM (ZhnjN)

149 There's buzz about it on X, but even the edgier mainstream conservatives have largely avoided it. Apparently the kid has agreed to go public and not anonymous about it, which will likely pump it up.

If the right manages to pull off an october surprise, finally, I will be shocked.

Most of the left is ok with pedophilia now so they'll all still vote for Walz but this will lose them basically every moderate/LIV.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:28 PM (oZhjI)

It will be interesting to see if/how Hoft covers it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:33 PM (i24o9)

150 But it makes sense; how often do they actually clean the seats in theaters? Or the floors for that matter?
Posted by: Moki at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (wLjpr)

The walk into the seat area and the gummy feel on your shoes gives the answer "Never" for the floors. The tilty seats kinda clean the seats.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:33 PM (n7h9X)

151 The best Joker was from the animated series as portrayed by Mark Hamill (before he turned really gay) and Heath Ledger (who died before he could turn gay)
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at October 14, 2024 04:32 PM (M7vhK)

Mark Hamill is an idiot, but he can do "cRaZy" so very well.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:34 PM (N1DT3)

152 "You're talking about Steven Spielberg and George Lucas can't get their movie into a theatre!"
====

Waaaaah. Your movies are ghey and lame have too many chicks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 14, 2024 04:34 PM (PxIx9)

153
Three Year Letterman
@3YearLetterman
Today is a historic day. 400 years ago, at this very hour, an Englishman named Christopher Columbus set sale in his vessel, the Mayflower, from the UK in search of freedom and democracy.

He found it less than a week later, when he landed on Plymouth Rock and became the first person to set foot in the United States of America

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 14, 2024 04:34 PM (TGPs7)

154 But it makes sense; how often do they actually clean the seats in theaters? Or the floors for that matter?

Posted by: Moki at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (wLjpr)
______________

Hint: they don't.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:34 PM (YqDXo)

155 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (L/fGl)

I guess Democrats can do all kinds of stuff, but how would that not be illegal to substitute Hillary at this point? Voting has already started.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2024 04:34 PM (MQJVv)

156 132 121 If you want to see a good gory horror movie currently streaming, check out-

"Haunt" (2019)

Seconded.

Really underrated.

Posted by: Art the Clown Appreciation Society at October 14, 2024 04:30 PM (h/5hh)

Thanks for the recommendation.

Posted by: Stateless at October 14, 2024 04:34 PM (jvJvP)

157 We need a 90% revenue tax on Whore E Wood, if they have a 1/5th of a billion in the coffers just sitting around to say "fuck you" to their audience they can work down the debt instead.

Posted by: sven at October 14, 2024 04:34 PM (X0I7i)

158 In other "JOKER" news:
Real headline:
TV Host argues with Speaker Johnson over Trump's cholesterol levels.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (Rbu5d)

I didn't watch it, but if Johnson's response was anything other than "I don't have time for this nonsense, do you have any real questions to ask me?" then he's just as bad as she is.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 04:35 PM (T4WmB)

159 If the Dems tried to sub out Harris it would be a mess. Walz would be easier. But since they'll deny for at least a week the damage will be done anyway.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:35 PM (oZhjI)

160 Maybe they could combine a slasher film with a political film with Hillary wearing insane clown makeup.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2024 04:36 PM (MQJVv)

161 And there is a reasonable chance Beowulf was some real warlord from long ago whose story changed over time from killing the neighboring tribes to killing monsters.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:23 PM (oZhjI)

If so, I want to hear about the Grendel's Mother tribe.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:36 PM (n7h9X)

162 Hollywood will "reimagine" it with a black homosexual as Beowulf.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:32 PM (YqDXo)

Two snaps and a twirl!

Posted by: Antoine Merriweather, Men On Film at October 14, 2024 04:36 PM (Aqu9a)

163 But it makes sense; how often do they actually clean the seats in theaters? Or the floors for that matter?
Posted by: Moki at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (wLjpr)

Hehehehefrapfrapfrap!

Posted by: Creepy Trenchcoat Guy in the next row at October 14, 2024 04:36 PM (IDphi)

164 8 Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 04:05 PM (cRMoH)

Eh, "sorta" the director considers himself an "auteur*" and he and Jackin' Fenix are using EACH other for top cover.

I think both resent that to achieve the success they did they needed to placate DC fanbois with "the Joker."

If it were not shitting on a genre I still have a soft spot for I would tip my hat to their 5 star grift they pulled on WB.

Posted by: sven at October 14, 2024 04:36 PM (X0I7i)

165 Haunt is really, really REALLY scary

terrifier is just gross

I saw 1 and 2 and actually regret seeing two

it's really sick

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 14, 2024 04:37 PM (s3qiR)

166 Seat theater hygiene didn't become an issue for me until the influx of illegals and the attendant cleanliness issues.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 14, 2024 04:37 PM (tT6L1)

167 Haven't been to a movie theater in years . Probably since Return of the King (someone also above). They remodeled the mall movie theater s couple in f years ago and people say it's nice. Ni urge to pay so much money for crap, and also be exposed to rude fellow movie goers

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 14, 2024 04:37 PM (vS8VI)

168 He found it less than a week later, when he landed on Plymouth Rock and became the first person to set foot in the United States of America

For the unfamiliar, TYL is a troll account. His schtick is to post something hilariously wrong like that and then accuse the repliers of having never played SEC football and to still be making installment payments on a waterbed.

It plays out funnier than it sounds, I promise.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 14, 2024 04:37 PM (0A/JS)

169 Mark Hamill is an idiot, but he can do "cRaZy" so very well.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:34 PM (N1DT3)
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He spent too much time portraying the Joker...It bled over into his real life.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:37 PM (7fElN)

170 EXCLUSIVE: Kamala Harris plagiarized at least a dozen sections of her criminal-justice book, Smart on Crime, according to a new investigation. The current vice president even lifted material from Wikipedia.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 04:22 PM (CEzQx)

Well, now, in her defense, it's really hard to write a book when you're that stupid.

I wouldn't even ask her to write a grocery list.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 14, 2024 04:37 PM (k9OZB)

171 I guess Democrats can do all kinds of stuff, but how would that not be illegal to substitute Hillary at this point? Voting has already started.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2024 04:34 PM (MQJVv)
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A Hawaiian judge would deem a vote for Kamala to be a vote for Hillary.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 14, 2024 04:38 PM (tT6L1)

172 Movies have sucked for a long while

Posted by: Archer at October 14, 2024 04:38 PM (IDphi)

173 The problem isn't superhero movies in and of themselves, the problem is that the audience for these movies, right and left, are far too emotionally invested in them.

Some movies are good. Some movies are bad. Less than a fraction of 1% of them are worth any sort of extended discussion.

Let alone an argument that's just a proxy for the larger culture war.

Posted by: Average White Guy at October 14, 2024 04:38 PM (GDufp)

174 If so, I want to hear about the Grendel's Mother tribe.

The 13th Warrior plays with this idea...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:38 PM (oZhjI)

175
Jack

@jackunheard
🚨BREAKING: Bill Maher Now Predicts Kamala Harris Will Defeat Trump

“I just don’t think his followers have their hearts in it this time around like they did in 2020 ”

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 14, 2024 04:38 PM (TGPs7)

176 If you want a lighter, non-gory horror movie, check out-

"Sleep" a Korean horror movie playing in your local theater (maybe) and currently streaming on Prime and Apple.

Excellent deliberately paced horror movie that does what I believe all good horror movies do and that is...It totally embraces the irrationality at the center of its story.

The story starts when the pregnant wife of a young married couple wakes up to find her husband, sitting up in bed. He says "Someone's inside", then falls back unconscious. That sets off a series of increasingly odd behaviors by him at night.

The movie has some nice twists and changes until it finally leads you to its justifiably loopy climax. Nice discussion fodder if you see it with your wife/husband or GF/BF.

Very good movie, I enjoyed it a lot. Try not to learn too much about it before seeing it.

BONUS! You'll never look at Powerpoint presentations the same way again.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 14, 2024 04:38 PM (eDfFs)

177 Jason Miller@JasonMillerinDC
The only plausible explanation here is that this is a 3D chess move to get Dems to drop Kamala in the waning days and substitute in CROOKED HILLARY!
She’s running!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 04:31 PM (L/fGl)
______________

I'm frankly a bit surprised that they didn't turn to Hillarhoid. It would have been the smart move. Maybe that's why they didn't do it: go with the stupid airheaded quadroon slut instead.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:39 PM (YqDXo)

178 Hollywood could implode and sink into the ground and I'm not sure I'd even notice. Or care.

Posted by: Biergood at October 14, 2024 04:39 PM (PwgSL)

179 >>> Beowulf was just the superhero for his time.

I still don't understand why no one has remade the Ring Cycle as an epic story, like Lord of the Rings meets Game of Thrones.

You have Valkyries, dragons, romantic incest, prophecies, a dwarf forging a ring to rule everyone from gold stolen from some river strumpets. It's everything Hollywood wants!

I'm honestly surprised more opera stories haven't been plundered yet. Twisted stuff.

Posted by: LizLem at October 14, 2024 04:39 PM (CbK6O)

180 136 I can't tell whether Pearl is better due to my distaste of the porn and cuckery in X. But both are better than MaXXXine. Borrowing from Giallo was a mistake, because Giallo sucks. I hope Ti West moves on and does something more interesting. For my money, none of these has been as good. House of the Devil. Just a bunch of steps backward.
Posted by: Art the Clown Appreciation Society at October 14, 2024 04:27 PM (h/5hh)

I haven't seen MaXXXine yet. Nor have I seen House of the Devil, and I don't know who/what Giallo is, so I don't know that it's going to matter to me.

yeah just saw Maxxxine finally and very underwhelming

it was kind of ok I guess but needed to have ended fifteen minutes before it did

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 14, 2024 04:40 PM (s3qiR)

181 BONUS! You'll never look at Powerpoint presentations the same way again.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 14, 2024 04:38 PM (eDfFs)
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"Death by Powerpoint" was made into a movie?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 14, 2024 04:40 PM (tT6L1)

182 @jackunheard
🚨BREAKING: Bill Maher Now Predicts Kamala Harris Will Defeat Trump

“I just don’t think his followers have their hearts in it this time around like they did in 2020 ”
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 14, 2024 04:38 PM (TGPs7)

She may win but he's totally wrong about his "followers" not having their hearts in it....It will be by the cheat

Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2024 04:40 PM (IyPmt)

183 BONUS! You'll never look at Powerpoint presentations the same way again.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 14, 2024 04:38 PM (eDfFs)
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Heh. An hour ago I was teaching my students about PowerPoint presentations...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:40 PM (7fElN)

184 173 Posted by: Average White Guy at October 14, 2024 04:38 PM (GDufp)

The "creators" need to shit on the Joker audience was steeped a lot more in "the message!" than some failure of actual artistry conscientiously applied.

It bothered all involved that in their eyes "the chuds" could swing a billion dollars gate, so they penned this mess of a blender of MUSICAL, and lecture.

Posted by: sven at October 14, 2024 04:41 PM (X0I7i)

185 Hollywood could implode and sink into the ground and I'm not sure I'd even notice. Or care.
Posted by: Biergood at October 14, 2024 04:39 PM (PwgSL)

I always cheer at the scene in 2012 when California falls off into the Pacific.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 04:41 PM (Aqu9a)

186 Heh. An hour ago I was teaching my students about PowerPoint presentations...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:40 PM (7fElN)
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You're trying to kill your students?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 14, 2024 04:41 PM (tT6L1)

187 Todd Phillips' Joker sequel is falling off a cliff in its second weekend with an estimate just north of $7 million from 4,102 theaters, a historic decline of 81 percent.

Fucking Todd.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024 04:42 PM (guGkK)

188 I like my home theater set-up. It's far from top-notch, but I have pretty big TV, I control the remote, and can pause to get a beer and a snack, or hit the head any time I want.

My brother hates watching with me, because he's one of those guys who insists on watching a film start to finish with no breaks. Needless to say, we do not watch a lot of movies together.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at October 14, 2024 04:42 PM (Ad8y9)

189 Granny Warren wishes you a Happy Indigenous Peoples Day...

http://tiny.cc/qjfqzz

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 14, 2024 04:42 PM (TGPs7)

190 I'm frankly a bit surprised that they didn't turn to Hillarhoid. It would have been the smart move. Maybe that's why they didn't do it: go with the stupid airheaded quadroon slut instead.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:39 PM (YqDXo)

When Biden was coup-ed out, they left him an opening to stick them with Kamala's dead weight which he took. They had someone else in mind though I'm not sure who. So it wasn't quite their idea.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:43 PM (n7h9X)

191
Joker: Fokie u Teux

Posted by: haffhowershower at October 14, 2024 04:43 PM (bxoxW)

192 Speaking of Beowulf, well, has anyone mentioned the movie 13th Warrior, based on _Eaters of the Dead_, yet?

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at October 14, 2024 04:43 PM (GSQZ0)

193 “I just don’t think his followers have their hearts in it this time around like they did in 2020 ”

***********

Thats some top notch reading of the room there, honcho

Hows about you go back to sucking on the gas pump now

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at October 14, 2024 04:43 PM (M7vhK)

194 I bet those writers and actors who struck last year are real happy. They may have gotten more money but with less productions, there are less jobs. As the industry craters and fragments it will only get worse. Cue Nelson Muntz

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 14, 2024 04:43 PM (vS8VI)

195 Whammy!

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2024 04:43 PM (LkLld)

196 This whole Kamala Harris candidacy is starting to look like a 1980's Brat Pack movie with a sad ending. The hum drum non-popular girl gets all dolled up for the prom and blows everyone away...

Only, the hurdles are just too high to overcome and more keep getting in the way. Seriously, I can't think of anyone who would be the least likely to be a presidential candidate. She has got to be the dumbest, most inept, inappropriate with the most baggage ever. And, that's not even considering the doofus in the VP candidacy slot.

How is this not on purpose? Some unknown mid level politician from East Bumfuk would have been a better fit.

Posted by: Orson at October 14, 2024 04:43 PM (dIske)

197 🚨BREAKING: Bill Maher Now Predicts Kamala Harris Will Defeat Trump
______________________

That, or she'll lose. One or the other.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:43 PM (YqDXo)

198 Granny Warren wishes you a Happy Indigenous Peoples Day....

I'm really sorry Liz that in 1492 they didn't have DEI

Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2024 04:43 PM (IyPmt)

199 When Biden was coup-ed out, they left him an opening to stick them with Kamala's dead weight which he took. They had someone else in mind though I'm not sure who. So it wasn't quite their idea.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:43 PM (n7h9X)

Either Governor Goodhair or the White Witch.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 04:44 PM (N1DT3)

200 his whole Kamala Harris candidacy is starting to look like a 1980's Brat Pack movie with a sad ending. The hum drum non-popular girl gets all dolled up for the prom and blows everyone ~~away~~ ...

FIFY.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:44 PM (YqDXo)

201 173 The problem isn't superhero movies in and of themselves, the problem is that the audience for these movies, right and left, are far too emotionally invested in them.

Some movies are good. Some movies are bad. Less than a fraction of 1% of them are worth any sort of extended discussion.

Let alone an argument that's just a proxy for the larger culture war.
Posted by: Average White Guy at October 14, 2024 04:38 PM (GDufp)

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The superhero genre is fairly narrow and doesn't allow for a lot of deviation. When the greatest deviation you're allowed is James Gunn using 70s tunes and bright colors, there's real limits on what is being allowed.

Joker 2's failure has more to do with a general sense that it was just bad, stemming from the premiere at Venice, more than anything else. The musical aspects could have worked. The problem isn't that they messed with genre conventions but that they made a bad movie and stuck their finger in the audience's eye at the same time.

Better to play it safe with a skybeam, I guess, because when you allow these leftists to run wild and free, you get muck.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:45 PM (GBKbO)

202 “I just don’t think his followers have their hearts in it this time around like they did in 2020 ”

I thought I was pretty damn angry election night 2020. In the following four years I've learned just how much anger over that theft and national embarrassment one can accrue.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:45 PM (oZhjI)

203 Haven't been to a theater in years and stopped watching all TV entirely. Damn near even forgot how to turn the thing on for weather stuff when Uncle Miltie was bearing down on us. Unholyweird and the entire Infotainment / Propaganda Complex despises us all and are happily hard at work destroying Western Civilization entirely. Not to mention all that other evil shit these vile degenerates get up to *cough* Panda Eyes *cough*. BAH!

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 14, 2024 04:45 PM (V362x)

204 Since Harris had a co-writer for her seemingly plagiarized book (which nobody even knew Harris wrote), she has an obvious out: my co-writer must've made an error.

I wouldn't expect Baier to waste time on this controversy, not this close to the election.

Posted by: mnw at October 14, 2024 04:46 PM (NLIak)

205 It bothered all involved that in their eyes "the chuds" could swing a billion dollars gate, so they penned this mess of a blender of MUSICAL, and lecture.
Posted by: sven at October 14, 2024 04:41 PM (X0I7i)

They were trying to attack the fans the first time by reducing Joker to some bum, but the fans reinterpreted it and made it a hit.

So in round 2 he had to make it bleeding obvious, and it fails. Boy you told us all.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:46 PM (n7h9X)

206 202 “I just don’t think his followers have their hearts in it this time around like they did in 2020 ”

I thought I was pretty damn angry election night 2020. In the following four years I've learned just how much anger over that theft and national embarrassment one can accrue.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:45 PM (oZhjI)

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"Josh Shapiro ordered the execution of a small town precinct captain because they refused to release results before Philly. Oh well. I'm just not that mad anymore."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:46 PM (GBKbO)

207 Just...die.

Posted by: look whats not at October 14, 2024 04:46 PM (nakGR)

208 Speaking of Beowulf, well, has anyone mentioned the movie 13th Warrior, based on _Eaters of the Dead_, yet?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at October 14, 2024 04:43 PM (GSQZ0)

I both read the book and saw the movie. Really compelling. 13th Warrior is on my movies-to-get list. Can't remember what happened to my copy of Eaters of the Dead.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at October 14, 2024 04:46 PM (Ad8y9)

209 I bet those writers and actors who struck last year are real happy. They may have gotten more money but with ~~less~~ fewer productions, there are ~~less~~ fewer jobs. As the industry craters and fragments it will only get worse. Cue Nelson Muntz

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:46 PM (YqDXo)

210 You have Valkyries, dragons, romantic incest, prophecies, a dwarf forging a ring to rule everyone from gold stolen from some river strumpets. It's everything Hollywood wants!
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And you're right back where you started twenty hours ago!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 14, 2024 04:46 PM (U1w17)

211 “I just don’t think his followers have their hearts in it this time around like they did in 2020 ”

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Yeah, what with his puny political rallies and all...

If Harris "wins," it will be from fraud. PA to be more specific.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (qBdHI)

212 >>“I just don’t think his followers have their hearts in it this time around like they did in 2020 ”

Yea, those thousands of people who turn out for Trump's rallies are just mirage.

Good call, dunce.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (LkLld)

213 My current movie watching is "Paddington Bear 1" which we will follow with "Paddington Bear 2" The only slightly creepy thing so far in Paddington in Nicole Kidman as the villainess.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (MQJVv)

214 The message of Game of Thrones is never ever let a woman near political power right? Also, don't have sex with your sister and/or aunt.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (oZhjI)

215 205 Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:46 PM (n7h9X)

The director needs beaten to sanity or CTE with a crowbar, he preens as though he created the 7th Seal or something...

Hey Todd you retard you directed the Hangover bud....put the pretensions down.

Posted by: sven at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (X0I7i)

216 "Josh Shapiro ordered the execution of a small town precinct captain because ~~they~~ he refused to release results before Philly. Oh well. I'm just not that mad anymore."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:46 PM (GBKbO)

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:48 PM (YqDXo)

217 The message of Game of Thrones is never ever let a woman near political power right? Also, don't have sex with your sister and/or aunt.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (oZhjI)

Plus WHERE ARE MY DRAGONZ

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:48 PM (n7h9X)

218 214 The message of Game of Thrones is never ever let a woman near political power right? Also, don't have sex with your sister and/or aunt.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (oZhjI)

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Never give inbred, mentally unhinged, girls power.

Girls all over misread it, though, as, "YAS! SLAY KWEEEN!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:48 PM (GBKbO)

219 Heh. An hour ago I was teaching my students about PowerPoint presentations...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 04:40 PM (7fElN)

Heh
The last business class I taught last year on Management Information Systems, a 300 level class, had a third of the students unable to tell me the difference between a kilobyte and a megabyte.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 14, 2024 04:49 PM (W/lyH)

220 If I weren't genetically prohibited from cheering for the Mets, I would be happy for JackStraw right now.

Posted by: Grammie's phone at October 14, 2024 04:49 PM (SfhV1)

221
The grandson of a Tuskegee airman told me that "Red Tails" sucked so bad he was shaking mad leaving the theater.

Posted by: Auspex at October 14, 2024 04:49 PM (j4U/Z)

222
Ha Ha!

Posted by: Heath Ledger at October 14, 2024 04:49 PM (+oR7L)

223 Even Frank Luntz is realizing that registration has a relationship to voting results.

I think I may be onto something...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:50 PM (GBKbO)

224 Since Harris had a co-writer for her seemingly plagiarized book (which nobody even knew Harris wrote), she has an obvious out: my co-writer must've made an error.

So who is guilty of plagiarism--Harris or the actual writer

Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at October 14, 2024 04:50 PM (FfSAJ)

225 >>If I weren't genetically prohibited from cheering for the Mets, I would be happy for JackStraw right now.

I know you are secretly in my corner. We can agree the Dodgers are of the devil.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2024 04:50 PM (LkLld)

226 214 The message of Game of Thrones is never ever let a woman near political power right? Also, don't have sex with your sister and/or aunt.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (oZhjI)

I thought the message was don't start reading an unfinished series being written by a morbidly obese old man with a questionable work ethic.

Posted by: Art the Clown Appreciation Society at October 14, 2024 04:50 PM (h/5hh)

227 I'm turning into the syntax Nazi here, but God knows we need one.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:50 PM (YqDXo)

228 Ha Ha!

Posted by: Heath Ledger at October 14, 2024 04:49 PM (+oR7L)

Go back to being dead. The living are talking.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:51 PM (i24o9)

229 OT: A dump truck overturned about 11:30 am on the bridge I use to go home. All lanes were blocked. Supposedly, says one "news" site, all lanes reopened about 30 minutes ago. Supposedly.

I dread this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 04:51 PM (J2vNu)

230 182 donna

The crowds Trump draws are just cognitive dissonance to Maher, apparently.

Posted by: mnw at October 14, 2024 04:51 PM (NLIak)

231 226 214 The message of Game of Thrones is never ever let a woman near political power right? Also, don't have sex with your sister and/or aunt.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (oZhjI)

I thought the message was don't start reading an unfinished series being written by a morbidly obese old man with a questionable work ethic.
Posted by: Art the Clown Appreciation Society at October 14, 2024 04:50 PM (h/5hh)

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Why write a book when you can write a 3,000 word blog post about the NY Giants?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:51 PM (GBKbO)

232 Joker 2's failure has more to do with a general sense that it was just bad, stemming from the premiere at Venice, more than anything else. The musical aspects could have worked. The problem isn't that they messed with genre conventions but that they made a bad movie and stuck their finger in the audience's eye at the same time.

Better to play it safe with a skybeam, I guess, because when you allow these leftists to run wild and free, you get muck.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:45 PM (GBKbO)

I still think it's possible Phillips (and Phoenix and Stephanie Gaga, etc) were making shit, knew they were making shit, thought it would be a hoot to make shit, because the studio was willing to pay them and let them do whatever they wanted.

Basically another Freddie Got Fingered situation.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 04:51 PM (T4WmB)

233 The message of Game of Thrones is never ever let a woman near political power right? Also, don't have sex with your sister and/or aunt.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (oZhjI)

I thought the message was "Screw this, Star Wars is a better gig" from the Showrunners.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:51 PM (n7h9X)

234 The message of Game of Thrones is never ever let a woman near political power right? Also, don't have sex with your sister and/or aunt.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (oZhjI)
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I will point out that Joffrey unnerved even Cersei.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 14, 2024 04:51 PM (U1w17)

235 Why write a book when you can write a 3,000 word blog post about the NY Giants?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:51 PM (GBKbO)

You can collect those into books.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:52 PM (n7h9X)

236 232 I still think it's possible Phillips (and Phoenix and Stephanie Gaga, etc) were making shit, knew they were making shit, thought it would be a hoot to make shit, because the studio was willing to pay them and let them do whatever they wanted.

Basically another Freddie Got Fingered situation.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 04:51 PM (T4WmB)

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I will not allow the attack on Freddie Got Fingered to pass! Freddie Got Fingered is one of the most brilliant pieces of absurdism in history!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:52 PM (GBKbO)

237 In 2016 I was, yeah, well shit, I'll vote for Trump. Better than the alternative.

2020, I was hell, yeah, I'm voting for Trump!

As for 2024, fuckinay, bubba!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at October 14, 2024 04:52 PM (Ad8y9)

238 223 Even Frank Luntz is realizing that registration has a relationship to voting results.

Yes... and I think most Independents lean Republican too.. My whole Family are registered Independents with the exception of my Husband who is Republican. I changed because I was pissed at the Party...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2024 04:52 PM (IyPmt)

239 Basically, stars spit on their fans and don't care if they destroy their brand, in the process, because, well, rich.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1)

Is that a shot at me?

Posted by: TayTay at October 14, 2024 04:52 PM (0Htd1)

240 The last business class I taught last year on Management Information Systems, a 300 level class, had a third of the students unable to tell me the difference between a kilobyte and a megabyte.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 14, 2024 04:49 PM (W/lyH)
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Maybe you could have mentioned Scheherazade? I'm sure they would have immediately made the connection to kilobytes.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 14, 2024 04:52 PM (tT6L1)

241 >>> 185 Hollywood could implode and sink into the ground and I'm not sure I'd even notice. Or care.
Posted by: Biergood at October 14, 2024 04:39 PM (PwgSL)

I always cheer at the scene in 2012 when California falls off into the Pacific.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 04:41 PM (Aqu9a)

Tease!!!

It was only hell-lay.
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=oYet52yPgu0

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 14, 2024 04:52 PM (FnneF)

242 When you can buy a 65" TV and a stereo soundbar for under $500, there's no reason to go the movies with Other People unless you like being with Other People.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 04:26

Yeah, 80 inch 4K TV... Denon Sound System with surround sound feeding Klipsch speakers... and the bar only 10 ft away...

Why theatre?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 14, 2024 04:52 PM (QAkQ3)

243 A couple of obscure horror recommendations...

For those who like a well-made ghost story, I suggest The Eclipse from 2009, with Ciaran Hinds. Unexpectedly creepy and scary. Available on the Roku Channel.

For those who like more extreme horror, try When Evil Lurks from 2023. I've seen a lot of horror films and I would describe this as genuinely shocking. Available on Shudder, AMC+ and Hulu.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at October 14, 2024 04:53 PM (hCzfy)

244 JackStraw- I would take a pass on the Dodgers but they have a kid from Kenosha.

Posted by: Grammie's phone at October 14, 2024 04:53 PM (SfhV1)

245 Basically another Freddie Got Fingered situation.

--

Whup, there went a Freddie's Dead Curtis Mayfield earworm into my head. Not a bad one to have though...

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 14, 2024 04:53 PM (qBdHI)

246 Speaking of writing, has NaNoWriMo actually pushed forward with Ai writing assistance?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:53 PM (zGJie)

247 Big day for October-surprise rumors today, what with Chris Rufo proving plagiarism against Que Mala and Tim Walz' "victim" issuing a public statement accusing Walz of abuse and containing a physical description of Walz tattoo and notable scars.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 14, 2024 04:53 PM (mIvEl)

248 If I weren't genetically prohibited from cheering for the Mets
______________

I'm torn. I detest NYC AND LA.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:54 PM (YqDXo)

249 238 Yes... and I think most Independents lean Republican too.. My whole Family are registered Independents with the exception of my Husband who is Republican. I changed because I was pissed at the Party...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2024 04:52 PM (IyPmt)

=======

I spent most of today, instead of actually working, trying to come up with something regarding the relationship between partisan registration in states that track them compared to House vote totals within those states.

Outside of extreme examples like FL from 2020 to 2022 which went through a massive voter roll cleanup, the relationship is very close. I think I can draw inferences based on registration numbers to make predictions on election results.

NJ will be within 10 this year. It was Biden +16 in 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:54 PM (GBKbO)

250 The message of Game of Thrones is never ever let a woman near political power right? Also, don't have sex with your sister and/or aunt.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (oZhjI)

I thought it was never get involved in a land war in Asia.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:54 PM (i24o9)

251 Tim Walz' "victim" issuing a public statement accusing Walz of abuse and containing a physical description of Walz tattoo and notable scars.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 14, 2024 04:53 PM (mIvEl)

What ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2024 04:54 PM (IyPmt)

252 Alright. That's how you do it.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2024 04:54 PM (LkLld)

253 The grandson of a Tuskegee airman told me that "Red Tails" sucked so bad he was shaking mad leaving the theater.
Posted by: Auspex at October 14, 2024 04:49 PM (j4U/Z)

Goes home and says "Boy Gramps you sure were a bad actor in those days"

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:54 PM (n7h9X)

254 As mentioned above,

13th Warrior was a great movie. Implausible hottie Wendol Mother, but whatev.

Viking Special Forces vs Cavemen made a great book and a good movie.

I miss Crichton.

Posted by: Sifty at October 14, 2024 04:55 PM (3rGHy)

255 Maybe you could have mentioned Scheherazade? I'm sure they would have immediately made the connection to kilobytes.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 14, 2024 04:52 PM (tT6L1)

Heh.
I'll remember that.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 14, 2024 04:55 PM (W/lyH)

256 I say there are new freedoms yet undiscovered and or unused.
I don't know what these new freedoms are made of but winning and money helps.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 14, 2024 04:55 PM (RtCev)

257
At least this movie wasn't Joe Vs the Volcano!

Posted by: Tom Hanks at October 14, 2024 04:55 PM (+oR7L)

258 For those who like a well-made ghost story, I suggest The Eclipse from 2009, with Ciaran Hinds.

Thanks; I'm not a big fan of ghost stories, but Ciaran Hinds is an excellent actor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2024 04:55 PM (MQJVv)

259 257
At least this movie wasn't Joe Vs the Volcano!
Posted by: Tom Hanks at October 14, 2024 04:55 PM (+oR7L)

I thought that movie was mildly amusing

Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2024 04:55 PM (IyPmt)

260 Tim Walz' "victim" issuing a public statement accusing Walz of abuse and containing a physical description of Walz tattoo and notable scars.

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I've been seeing it the last few days. Seems pretty explosive if true. But, the media will smother any mention of the story and nobody but political junkies will ever know about it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 14, 2024 04:55 PM (qBdHI)

261
Ernie Borngine, 95, two months before passing away in 2012:

https://is.gd/qJokem

Does that look like a man with 8 weeks to live??

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 04:55 PM (cRMoH)

262 it's Fall Break

the boys spent all weekend trying to get their sister to a) finally register to vote and b) register REPUBLICAN (we give no indication of our politics to them, not ever. I actually pretend to be a liberal and very effectively, having been one! (and I still kind of am except I just can't get into the killing our babies thing)

ANYWAY they succeeded in getting her to register but the best she would do is register "none" (there was no option for independent?) and she promised them she'd hold her nose and vote for trump, who she claims to hate.

we shall see! I told her she should do like me and vote Jill Stein (lol she will definitely not do anything I recommend but it kept up my disguise)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 14, 2024 04:56 PM (s3qiR)

263 Lord, protect the accuser and their family from the wicked

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 04:56 PM (zGJie)

264 If I weren't genetically prohibited from cheering for the Mets
______________

I'm torn. I detest NYC AND LA.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:54 PM (YqDXo)

That's the "Hoping for the Blimp to Crash into the Stadium" kind of game.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 04:56 PM (n7h9X)

265 218 214 The message of Game of Thrones is never ever let a woman near political power right? Also, don't have sex with your sister and/or aunt.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 04:47 PM (oZhjI)

Never give inbred, mentally unhinged, girls power.

Girls all over misread it, though, as, "YAS! SLAY KWEEEN!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:48 PM (GBKbO)

Now add in new Star Wars and Lordess of the Rings... with a bit of Witcher thrown in...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 14, 2024 04:56 PM (QAkQ3)

266 Essentially, I think partisan registration holds a lot of information, especially about enthusiasm.

If you operate under the assumption that it's not voters changing their minds but which groups of voters decide to come out to vote, registration becomes a proxy for who's most ready to actually make the effort.

In a place like NJ where D's outnumber R's by a lot but D's saw flat growth from 20 to 24 while R's saw an increase of about 10%, it seems safe to assume that (and I think I showed it mathematically) that, assuming roughly equal turnout, D results will be roughly even with 2020 in raw numbers while R turnout will see a 10% increase. I don't account for unaffiliated voting, because it seems like most of the change is really captured in the partisan record changes of the two major parties.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:57 PM (GBKbO)

267 By the way, I asked if "Reagan" was any good on the ONT a few days ago. I went and it was well worth the cost of the ticket and the cost of popcorn. I like the movie theater experience, and it was nice going to a movie that wasn't disappointing.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 14, 2024 04:57 PM (0Htd1)

268 I will not allow the attack on Freddie Got Fingered to pass! Freddie Got Fingered is one of the most brilliant pieces of absurdism in history!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:52 PM (GBKbO)

Thirty years from now when everyone agrees Joker 2 was a masterpiece, you'll see my point.

The equivalent of finding a slag heap and declaring it art. Is it art? If it is, the art is that it's almost literal shite, and you have people arguing over whether it's art or not.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 04:57 PM (T4WmB)

269 Tim Walz' "victim" issuing a public statement accusing Walz of abuse and containing a physical description of Walz tattoo and notable scars.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 14, 2024 04:53 PM (mIvEl)

What ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2024 04:54 PM (IyPmt)

Lot's of noises being made. I think it refers to the anonymous 14 year old, here.

https://tinyurl.com/3zn468m5

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 14, 2024 04:57 PM (i24o9)

270 When you can buy a 65" TV and a stereo soundbar for under $500, there's no reason to go the movies with Other People unless you like being with Other People.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 04:26
________________

But then you'd have to pour Coke onto your own floor to get the full sticky floor experience.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:57 PM (YqDXo)

271 13th Warrior was a great movie. Implausible hottie Wendol Mother, but whatev.
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Wendol Mother was originally a crone. Audience response to Buliwyf lopping off her head was poor.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at October 14, 2024 04:58 PM (U1w17)

272 > When you can buy a 65" TV and a stereo soundbar for under $500, there's no reason to go the movies with Other People unless you like being with Other People.
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And miss out on the sticky floor, constant cell phone interruptions, bitching couples, whining kids, shitty snacks and horrible presentation?

Oh...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2024 04:58 PM (Q4IgG)

273 A nearby theater manager got vile messages and threats for running the recent pro-Trump movie. (His response was a Facebook-friendly but firmly worded 'up yours, I have the right to run it and people have the right to see it' So now, he's daring the local libs to come in and make the anti-Trump movie do better.

Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at October 14, 2024 04:58 PM (R3yzU)

274 But then you'd have to pour Coke onto your own floor to get the full sticky floor experience.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 04:57 PM (YqDXo)
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Eh, we rely on the grandkids for that part of the full theater experience.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 14, 2024 04:58 PM (tT6L1)

275 >>That's the "Hoping for the Blimp to Crash into the Stadium" kind of game.

What a terrible thing to say. The Mets are America's team. Do you hate America?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (LkLld)

276
Yes, sticky floor and Jujubees and Junior Mints.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (cRMoH)

277 259 257
At least this movie wasn't Joe Vs the Volcano!
Posted by: Tom Hanks at October 14, 2024 04:55 PM (+oR7L)

I thought that movie was mildly amusing
Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2024 04:55 PM (IyPmt)

Peak Meg Ryan..... loved how they kept changing her hair...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (QAkQ3)

278 276
Yes, sticky floor and Jujubees and Junior Mints.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (cRMoH)

Milk Duds

Posted by: It's me donna at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (IyPmt)

279 275 >>That's the "Hoping for the Blimp to Crash into the Stadium" kind of game.

What a terrible thing to say. The Mets are America's team. Do you hate America?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (LkLld)

=======

False.

The Mets represent what America has become.

It is the duty of all Americans to hate the Mets.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (GBKbO)

280 This past weekend we skipped The Joker movie and instead, saw “Average Joe.” It was based on a true story, where a guy who suffered abuse and huge disappointment as a child and adult . After a career as a Marine, finding his true love and God, a second career as a HS football coach, became a national figure for refusing to stop praying on the field after every game.

Honestly getting tired of dysfunction, deviance and mental problems being glorified on screen.
*shrugs*

Posted by: Lizzy at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (Hkcdp)

281
Serious question for the mens: If you were to design your perfect house, would you install a Urinal in your bathroom?

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 05:00 PM (cRMoH)

282

NOOOOOD

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 14, 2024 05:01 PM (cRMoH)

283 What are you people talking about? Red Tails won numerous awards from us.

Posted by: BET, NAACP, Teen Choice at October 14, 2024 05:01 PM (Y1sOo)

284 The interesting thing to me is how ridiculous state polls appear so far, with polls predicting big underperformance from GOP Senate candidates relative to PDJT. Lefty Larry Sabato did a study a couple of years ago whose conclusion was ticket-splitting is increasingly rare

https://shorturl.at/nihYr

And yet, public polls say Moreno might underperform PDJT by 10-15 points in Ohio. It's silly. Trump could win Ohio by 8-10 points again, I hope, and Moreno will cruise to victory on his coat-tails if that happens.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 14, 2024 05:02 PM (hnY0g)

285 For those who like more extreme horror, try When Evil Lurks from 2023. I've seen a lot of horror films and I would describe this as genuinely shocking. Available on Shudder, AMC+ and Hulu.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at October 14, 2024 04:53 PM (hCzfy)

The one that writer did before When Evil Lurks, Terrified (not to be confused with Terrifier), was also excellent.

Foreigners have really stepped up their game. Lots of good foreign horror these days. For example, Exhuma from Korea.

Posted by: Art the Clown Appreciation Society at October 14, 2024 05:02 PM (h/5hh)

286 What a terrible thing to say. The Mets are America's team. Do you hate America?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (LkLld)

the 1986 Mets were fucking awesome. I was living in Alaska at the time, and it was fun as hell to watch them on the cable Teevee.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at October 14, 2024 05:02 PM (Ad8y9)

287 False.

The Mets represent what America has become.

It is the duty of all Americans to hate the Mets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (GBKbO)

Let's see: root for an LA team or root for a NY team or the other NY team, or the team that was too chickenshit to keep the name "Indians."

Yes, all in all, stadium collapse from an earthquake/volcano, I'm fine with that.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 05:02 PM (T4WmB)

288 False.

The Mets represent what America has become.

It is the duty of all Americans to hate the Mets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (GBKbO)

You misspelled Cowboys...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 14, 2024 05:02 PM (QAkQ3)

289 LAST!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Balding American at October 14, 2024 05:02 PM (Ad8y9)

290 >>That's the "Hoping for the Blimp to Crash into the Stadium" kind of game.

What a terrible thing to say. The Mets are America's team. Do you hate America?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (LkLld)

The Mets were marketed as "lovable losers". Once you get to winning, the contract is broken.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 14, 2024 05:03 PM (n7h9X)

291 >>he 1986 Mets were fucking awesome. I was living in Alaska at the time, and it was fun as hell to watch them on the cable Teevee.

When they weren't coked up they played pretty damn good.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2024 05:04 PM (LkLld)

292 It is the duty of all Americans to hate the Mets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 04:59 PM (GBKbO)
==================
Except for their shortstop. We still like him. The Mets pay him more than the Guardians have committed to their entire roster, so we can't blame him for jumping ship.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 14, 2024 05:04 PM (hnY0g)

293 In 1986 I was working in an office in Boston. I was the only Mets fan in a sea of Red Sox fans.

The day after Buckner's boo boo was very uncomfortable.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2024 05:07 PM (LkLld)

294 When you can buy a 65" TV and a stereo soundbar for under $500, there's no reason to go the movies with Other People unless you like being with Other People.
-----------
And miss out on the sticky floor, constant cell phone interruptions, bitching couples, whining kids, shitty snacks and horrible presentation?

Oh...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2024 04:58 PM (Q4IgG)
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But at home you won't get to experience the diversity, which leads to the above phenomena.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 05:07 PM (YqDXo)

295 The day after Buckner's boo boo was very uncomfortable.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2024 05:07 PM (LkLld)
____________

You know, as someone who often plays first base, I sympathized.

At 1B you get a lot of squibs with nasty spin on them (from RH hitters hitting the ball off the end of the bat) that can make you look bad. Simple, straightforward ground balls are the exception, not the rule.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at October 14, 2024 05:10 PM (YqDXo)

296 NOOD

SNL is mean to Kamala!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 14, 2024 05:15 PM (FnneF)

297 Speaking of Diverse, the new movie about Odysseus, "The Return", has black and middle eastern Greeks.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Cat Slave at October 14, 2024 05:15 PM (kpS4V)

298 Western comics are mostly for kids (I wouldn’t put Tintin or Metal Hurlante in that bucket), but manga and manhwa are written for a range of audiences from little girls to adolescent boys to young maidens to adult men and also adult women. I am glad that Asian movies draw from a different vein for inspiration than what passes for motivation in the West.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 14, 2024 05:25 PM (ZVgZ4)

299 Joker and Joker 2 are NOT comic book movies. This character has never appeared in a comic. Clearly he is not “The Joker” from Batman comics.

Posted by: Jake Speed at October 14, 2024 06:28 PM (Vy1fZ)

300 299 Posted by: Jake Speed at October 14, 2024 06:28 PM (Vy1fZ)

Right and there just happens to be the "Wayne family" who is part of the dude's orbit and all....but by golly not once did Alfred or Bruce say "hey pretty fucking coincidental that that assclown who thought he was my 1/2 brother looks just like my arch-nemesis isn't it?"

*or*

an assclown hack who plagiarized two better works wound up in a blind rage that to get his "art" made he had to put it in clown face and disguise it as a DC film....

I enjoy the fact he and Jokin Feenix fucked over WB to the tune of a quarter billion dollars to play with....

I am pissed off that they shat on an IP I still give a fuck about.

Posted by: sven at October 15, 2024 12:02 AM (X0I7i)

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