<i>Daredevil</i>, a Series Disney Was Counting on to Revive Its Failing Marvel Franchise, Posts Low Ratings in Debut<br>Plus: Is This Something?

Daredevil, a Series Disney Was Counting on to Revive Its Failing Marvel Franchise, Posts Low Ratings in Debut
Plus: Is This Something?

The show isn't that bad. Kingpin, they say, is based on Trump, but I don't hear that there's much wokeness in it. I don't really like it, but it's mostly like the old Netflix show, which I also wasn't a big fan of.

What I mean is, it should satisfy the old audience.

But the old audience isn't tuning in.

Interest in the Marvel brand is now down at Star Wars levels, so even relatively "good" (by comparison) projects are passed over.

Marvel Studios had high hopes for Daredevil: Born Again, positioning it as a major revival of the Netflix-era Daredevil series and a key effort to win back longtime fans. However, despite Variety and Disney painting the numbers as a success, a closer look reveals a starkly different story.
According to Disney, Daredevil: Born Again drew 7.5 million views in its first five days. Variety calls this a "strong launch," but in reality, this number falls well below expectations for a series of this magnitude.
For comparison, The Acolyte--a series that performed so poorly it was shelved after one season--managed 11.1 million views in its first week. That was already considered underwhelming, coming in 3 million below Ahsoka. Even Agatha All Along, widely regarded as a disastrous misfire for Marvel streaming, managed 9.3 million in its first week.
This raises serious questions about the future of Marvel's television projects. If Daredevil: Born Again, with its strong brand recognition and returning fan-favorite cast, can't outperform some of Marvel's weakest streaming entries, is the studio truly capable of turning things around? Disney and Variety can attempt to spin these numbers, but the reality is clear--this was supposed to be a major comeback, and instead, it signals further decline.
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At this point, Marvel Studios is facing an uphill battle to regain audience trust. The push to reclaim the momentum of the past is growing more desperate, and projects like Daredevil: Born Again were meant to be the remedy. Instead, with a launch this lackluster, it seems the studio is still struggling to bring audiences back. If Marvel's legacy characters can't drive engagement, what does that mean for its future?

Midnight's Edge calls the ratings a "disaster."

Below: Is This Something?

Remember the 80s game Contra?

I barely do. It wasn't a game I played much, but it was in almost every arcade.

I don't know how real this is, but here's a trailer for what is called a "short film" based on the game.

A fan-made short film inspired by the iconic video game series 'Contra', created and owned by Konami.
THE STORY:
Bill and Lance--two ripped, no-nonsense commandos--are called upon by their grizzled old commander, Colonel Blood, for one last death-defying mission. But when their chopper crash-lands in the heart of the Last Frontier, they're stranded, outnumbered, and outgunned.
With nothing but bare fists, oversized weapons, and an insatiable thirst for destruction, they carve a path of carnage through their enemies, leaving behind one simple reminder:
REAL MEN DON'T RELOAD.

Looks pretty awesome, honestly. There's that one shot showing the pair side-scrolling through enemies. (But wasn't the Contra game top-down rather than a side-scroller? I dunno.)

Nick Cage has not one but two movies coming out:

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Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:24 PM (MGB5H)

2 I've enjoyed the first 3 daredevil
Episodes. It's giving me want out of the show. But that is a very low bar. It just isn't absolute shit. Which is a win at this point.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:25 PM (MGB5H)

3 This is something:

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

Corman's World, a documentary about Roger Corman.

One of the most entertaining, warmly emotional, and effective documentaries about the movies I've seen.

Watch it! Watch it now!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 14, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

4 2 I've enjoyed the first 3 daredevil
Episodes. It's giving me want out of the show. But that is a very low bar. It just isn't absolute shit. Which is a win at this point.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:25 PM (MGB5H)

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I gave up on Daredevil on episode 2 of the first season.

Boring as shit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 14, 2025 04:26 PM (GBKbO)

5 Up up down down left right left right b a select start. I played a lot of contra.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:27 PM (MGB5H)

6

They wanted to build on the momentum of Daredevil....which was on how many years ago???

Contra is a killer game, it was side/up/down scroller.

Not sure how they capture the comedy of the first Spinal Tap. There are no more bands. Music is gone.

That said, I caught Disturbed the other day and they are killer live.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at March 14, 2025 04:27 PM (et1vG)

7 what did Cage do with his money?!?!?

lol some of his films he's barely in btw, like The Arcadian

Posted by: Black Orchid at March 14, 2025 04:28 PM (Pv3Rg)

8 Contra was badass.

The First Ubiquitous Cheat Code I can recall, too.

Posted by: garrett at March 14, 2025 04:28 PM (npXNI)

9 What's an 'arcade'?

29 year Olds, such as myself, have no idea what that is.

Some sort of coffee shop?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 14, 2025 04:28 PM (/x6eu)

10 was daredevil the blind guy?

Posted by: Black Orchid at March 14, 2025 04:28 PM (Pv3Rg)

11 >>REAL MEN DON'T RELOAD

lol

Posted by: garrett at March 14, 2025 04:29 PM (npXNI)

12 Burn mouse, BURN

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 14, 2025 04:29 PM (aPBRN)

13 Boring as shit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 14, 2025 04:26 PM (GBKbO)

TJM: Too hot for TV!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 14, 2025 04:29 PM (/x6eu)

14 Below: Is This Something?

Spinal Tap II makes about as much sense as Titanic Part 2.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:29 PM (lTGtQ)

15 while in Vegas I wasted time watching actual TV and saw a film called "Tag" you all probably saw or heard of

anyway it was good

based on a true story!

Posted by: Black Orchid at March 14, 2025 04:29 PM (Pv3Rg)

16 Nick has entered the whore phase of acting.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2025 04:29 PM (Ow52c)

17 Two movies! I'm buying another house.

Posted by: Nic Cage at March 14, 2025 04:29 PM (rNnFT)

18 So even the gits are tiring of wanker super heroes?

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 14, 2025 04:29 PM (pLaQB)

19 daredevil the blind guy?
Posted by: Black Orchid at March 14, 2025 04:28 PM (Pv3Rg)

Yup

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:29 PM (MGB5H)

20 17 Two movies! I'm buying another house.
Posted by: Nic Cage at March 14, 2025 04:29 PM (rNnFT)

=======

He might still be paying off the debt from buying the stolen dinosaur skeleton.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 14, 2025 04:30 PM (GBKbO)

21 Has anyone watched The Recruit on Netflix yet?

I'm about halfway through the first episode and appreciate that it's not just a moody drama but is somewhat fun.

Does it hold up?

Posted by: Xander Crews at March 14, 2025 04:30 PM (rEmVK)

22 > what did Cage do with his money?!?!?

I've heard he has a shopping problem. He has to plan his driving routes to avoid luxury shopping locations like the Ferrari dealership because he can't control himself.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 14, 2025 04:30 PM (lIio7)

23 Its best to snap a mouse's neck rather than using poison. Poisoning has the risk of the rat dying in a wall and continuing to stink up the place.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 14, 2025 04:30 PM (/U5Yz)

24 Yeah it's something, another drain down the toilet

Posted by: Skip i at March 14, 2025 04:31 PM (fwDg9)

25 while in Vegas I wasted time watching actual TV and saw a film called "Tag" you all probably saw or heard of

anyway it was good

based on a true story!
Posted by: Black Orchid at March 14, 2025 04:29 PM (Pv3Rg)

It was part of the "trilogy" of comedies that came out in 2018 trying to show that comedies could still be made. Tag, game night, blockers. I like them all well enough. They each have their laughs.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:31 PM (MGB5H)

26 None of them movies trip my trigger.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 04:31 PM (3l52y)

27 Contra was a side scroller.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 14, 2025 04:31 PM (aPBRN)

28 Cause also probably makes minimums on these films.

He's not pulling down Con Air money.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2025 04:32 PM (Ow52c)

29 >>Its best to snap a mouse's neck rather than using poison. Poisoning has the risk of the rat dying in a wall and continuing to stink up the place.

If you use Poison it is best to provide an easily accessible water source for them to drown themselves in.

Prevents the whole dying in the wall bit.

Posted by: garrett at March 14, 2025 04:32 PM (npXNI)

30 Daredevil, a Series Disney Was Counting on to Revive Its Failing Marvel Franchise, Posts Low Ratings in Debut
Plus: Is This Something?

It isn't for me but I admit that this Disney stuff is not in my wheelhouse.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 14, 2025 04:32 PM (mH6SG)

31 I'm not sure what's with the image quality in the Contra teaser. Looks like they ran the entire thing through one of Photoshop's "Add noise" filters.

And I don't know how much appetite there is right now for a "send Americans to fight and die in foreign countries" movie.

Looks kind of pander-y otherwise.

I may also not be the target audience.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 14, 2025 04:32 PM (LsB7C)

32 I spent many hours playing the game, solo or with friends.

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B A B A start.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 14, 2025 04:33 PM (aPBRN)

33 29 >>Its best to snap a mouse's neck rather than using poison. Poisoning has the risk of the rat dying in a wall and continuing to stink up the place.

If you use Poison it is best to provide an easily accessible water source for them to drown themselves in.

Prevents the whole dying in the wall bit.
Posted by: garrett

A good tip. This is why I come here.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 14, 2025 04:33 PM (/U5Yz)

34 I was an "early adopter" of Spinal Tap, seeing it when it first came out and loving it. I bought both albums. I still have many of their songs on my workout and other playlists.

I hope they don't wokify the sequel.

Posted by: Eternity Matters at March 14, 2025 04:33 PM (yT7Wa)

35 Well, I've done it now. I blew a whole buck at the pawn shop and bought "Prometheus". I'm gonna be pissed if I don't get my money's worth.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 14, 2025 04:33 PM (j6NlC)

36 I'd rather see a remake of Heavy Metal.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2025 04:33 PM (Ow52c)

37 >>This is why I come here.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 14, 2025 04:33 PM (/U5Yz)

The weirdest shit turns you guys on.

Posted by: garrett at March 14, 2025 04:34 PM (npXNI)

38 Nick Cage has been in.. what… 500 movies??

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 04:34 PM (PCK5/)

39 35 Well, I've done it now. I blew a whole buck at the pawn shop and bought "Prometheus". I'm gonna be pissed if I don't get my money's worth.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 14, 2025 04:33 PM (j6NlC

Makes a shitty coaster too. Water just rolls off it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2025 04:34 PM (Ow52c)

40 At this point, Marvel Studios is facing an uphill battle to regain audience trust. The push to reclaim the momentum of the past is growing more desperate, and projects like Daredevil: Born Again were meant to be the remedy. Instead, with a launch this lackluster, it seems the studio is still struggling to bring audiences back. If Marvel's legacy characters can't drive engagement, what does that mean for its future?

It means people are sick of comic book movies. Why is this so hard to grasp?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 14, 2025 04:34 PM (xCA6C)

41 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start

Posted by: A dude in MI at March 14, 2025 04:35 PM (/6GbT)

42 Glue traps, FTW…

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 04:35 PM (PCK5/)

43 I just finished the first 3 new Daredevil episodes last night, and thought it was pretty damn good, particularly the fight scenes. But people are so wary of Disney they're probably not tuning in, or just waiting for all the episodes to drop so they can binge it. I'm still waiting for a sucker punch from the show, however, like trans Wolverine showing up or something.

Posted by: UGAdawg at March 14, 2025 04:35 PM (yvIuj)

44
38 Nick Cage has been in.. what… 500 movies??
Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 04:34 PM (PCK5/)

Samuel Jackson has entered the chat.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2025 04:36 PM (Ow52c)

45 Well, it's official. The target demographic of Hollywood is now retards.

Posted by: Orson at March 14, 2025 04:36 PM (dIske)

46 Well "returning cast" from what I have gathered includes getting his partner killed and replacing the ginger idiot girlfriend with a new gal boss of color.

I did not watch, they could not pay me to watch.

Even hate-watching is a view.

Posted by: sven at March 14, 2025 04:36 PM (X0I7i)

47 AlaBAMA, I can always tape it to a clay pigeon and shoot it.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 14, 2025 04:36 PM (j6NlC)

48 > Nick Cage has been in.. what… 500 movies??

Over 100 I think. He's been in twelve in the last three years.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 14, 2025 04:37 PM (lIio7)

49 I realize that I have a duty to watch "The Brutalist," but haven't found the courage yet. Plus I have to get through all these DUI bodycam vids first.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 04:37 PM (3l52y)

50 They are already shooting daredevil season 2. My guess is those viewer numbers don't make them too thrilled.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:37 PM (MGB5H)

51 Agatha All Along??

What is that exactly?

Posted by: dantesed at March 14, 2025 04:37 PM (qm5Wv)

52 I really thought Daredevil was going to do better, but its bombing, truly. But people have been burned so much by Disney marvel so many times, they just don't even care what is put out any more.

Contra looks fun, that's one of the few old side-scrollers I actually finished.

Spinal Tap 2 could be good? Huge talent involved. But when was Reiner's last good film? Was it even in this century? He used to be able to restrain his political viewpoint, dude has always been Meathead. But I dunno any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:37 PM (2VST1)

53 Uh... might watch it, but not going to pay for Disney to watch it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2025 04:37 PM (QAkQ3)

54 49 I realize that I have a duty to watch "The Brutalist," but haven't found the courage yet. Plus I have to get through all these DUI bodycam vids first.
Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 04:37 PM (3l52y)

Duty?? I am nonplussed…

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 04:38 PM (PCK5/)

55 43 Posted by: UGAdawg at March 14, 2025 04:35 PM (yvIuj)

If I want to empower people that hate me but somehow still wind up with my money I can drive up Louisiana 117 and go to campus.

Posted by: sven at March 14, 2025 04:38 PM (X0I7i)

56 As a surfer for over 45 years... blech.

Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 04:38 PM (v0R5T)

57 I was an "early adopter" of Spinal Tap, seeing it when it first came out and loving it. I bought both albums. I still have many of their songs on my workout and other playlists.

I hope they don't wokify the sequel.

Posted by: Eternity Matters

At best, it would be some wrinkly aged people, far too old to be performing. It would be as if some long dead group like the Rolling Stones or Styx performed a concert.

Oh,

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:38 PM (lTGtQ)

58 Wasn't it a rule of thumb that hero/superhero movies did well when the country was headed towards the dumpster, and other types attracted more attention when people are optimistic?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 14, 2025 04:39 PM (VNX3d)

59 My mind was blown when I learned only a few years ago that "Select" was not required for the Konami Code, and only necessary for TWO players to get 30 lives instead of one...

So many dark decades living in pig ignorance...

Posted by: I Stand with No One at March 14, 2025 04:39 PM (1tjz1)

60 42 Glue traps, FTW…
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Me too!

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 14, 2025 04:39 PM (/tzYP)

61 Manned Launch and rescue mission

Launch Date: March 14, 2025 (EDT)
Launch Time: 7:03 p.m. EDT, 2303 UTC - March 15, 00:03 CET

https://www.youtube.com/live/Nbp-ZRAULvY

Commentary is live now. Crew is in place.

Posted by: Ciampino - Does your dingle dangle in the dust? at March 14, 2025 04:39 PM (KjLnc)

62 47 AlaBAMA, I can always tape it to a clay pigeon and shoot it.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 14, 2025 04:36 PM (j6NlC

If you grind it up, you've got glitter.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2025 04:39 PM (Ow52c)

63 54 If I don't watch it with him, Mister Horse will kick me in the head.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 04:39 PM (3l52y)

64 At best, it would be some wrinkly aged people, far too old to be performing. It would be as if some long dead group like the Rolling Stones or Styx performed a concert.

Oh,
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:38 PM (lTGtQ)

Which could be ripe for some lampooning.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:39 PM (MGB5H)

65 60 42 Glue traps, FTW…
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Me too!
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 14, 2025 04:39 PM (/tzYP)

To be clear I am talking about Democrat Rodents…

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 04:39 PM (PCK5/)

66 51 Posted by: dantesed at March 14, 2025 04:37 PM (qm5Wv)

It is about a semi-mystical lesbian from what the Paparazzi made it sound like...

I made it through a 1/2 season of Loki and said "fuck this" and I love Hiddleston.

Posted by: sven at March 14, 2025 04:39 PM (X0I7i)

67 Agatha All Along??

What is that exactly?

It was a movie about a minor character who is an old hag in Marvel Comics, and showed up briefly in the Disney+ TV show but is younger and more attractive. She's an evil witch. Very strange dumb show.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:40 PM (2VST1)

68 22 > what did Cage do with his money?!?!?

I've heard he has a shopping problem. He has to plan his driving routes to avoid luxury shopping locations like the Ferrari dealership because he can't control himself.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 14, 2025 04:30 PM (lIio7)

Didn't he buy something silly like a Dinosaur, and vintage Elvis clothes?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2025 04:40 PM (QAkQ3)

69 Mystical Lesbians HAD to open for someone, somewhere…

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 04:41 PM (PCK5/)

70 To be clear I am talking about Democrat Rodents…
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Oh.

Never mind.

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 14, 2025 04:41 PM (/tzYP)

71 Spinal Tap II has potential.

Washed up and broke Gramps with amps.

Like the original, it could be as some rock stars said, very close to reality.

Posted by: davidt at March 14, 2025 04:41 PM (i0F8b)

72 It was a movie about a minor character who is an old hag in Marvel Comics, and showed up briefly in the Disney+ TV show but is younger and more attractive. She's an evil witch. Very strange dumb show.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:40 PM (2VST1)

Vehicle to bring in ghey Wiccan to add to the young avengers movie that won't be made.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:41 PM (MGB5H)

73 Once again for your listening pleasure, the 1967 Spinal Tap TV performance of "Listen to the Flower People":
youtube.com/watch?v=7-yTWhuK48s

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 04:41 PM (3l52y)

74 That Nick Cage cowboy movie could be fun, he's always interesting to watch even if the movie blows.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:41 PM (2VST1)

75 58 Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 14, 2025 04:39 PM (VNX3d)

Plaintiff's exhibit one Superman with Christopher Reeves i guess... who foretold Reagan?

No the culture is sick to a distressing degree, and cannot bear to have normal masculinity.

Ant'knee MAc-Daddy O the new Captain Falcon almost made 1/2 of a cogent point on the matter in between whining how hard he has it because of race.

Posted by: sven at March 14, 2025 04:42 PM (X0I7i)

76 If Marvel made Daredevil a black lesbian, the show would have been a massive success!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 14, 2025 04:42 PM (CHHv1)

77 KingPin was Cucked in this series by his wife with another man and the go to see a therapist, The Wife ran the criminal empire better that he ever could and they wonder why it's failing

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 14, 2025 04:42 PM (oKaXm)

78 This is my pacemaker.

It goes up to '11'.

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 14, 2025 04:42 PM (/tzYP)

79 Which could be ripe for some lampooning.

Posted by: BruceWayne

Derek Smalls getting stopped by airport security because his pacemaker set off the machine.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:43 PM (lTGtQ)

80 I've been binging Suits. It's a bit melodramatic, but the situations are adult, the writing is crisp and clever, there are character arcs, and best of all, there isn't a stitch of Spandex.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 14, 2025 04:43 PM (xCA6C)

81 77 Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 14, 2025 04:42 PM (oKaXm)

and daredevil was unmanned by She-Hulk in his red and yellow gear...

they cannot resist shitting on every character that normies love.

Posted by: sven at March 14, 2025 04:43 PM (X0I7i)

82 I watched Daredevil years ago with Bennifer and wasn't impressed with that superhero. Meh.

But I did watch The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. I liked that one.

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 14, 2025 04:43 PM (NMT5x)

83 Vehicle to bring in ghey Wiccan to add to the young avengers movie that won't be made.

Basically, and he apparently was explosively lame in the show. The entire idea is ridiculous. First off a Wiccan is a woman. Second, he's the nonexistent child of Scarlet Witch she invented with her magic, that for some reason was made real. Third, he's gay as a major character trait rather than just part of his background. That's just bad writing. Its like making a character about being white.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:44 PM (2VST1)

84 56 As a surfer for over 45 years... blech.
Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 04:38 PM (v0R5T)

Localism is a thing though.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 14, 2025 04:44 PM (TCLft)

85 I've been binging Suits. It's a bit melodramatic, but the situations are adult, the writing is crisp and clever, there are character arcs, and best of all, there isn't a stitch of Spandex.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 14, 2025 04:43 PM (xCA6C

But you get princess markle. *makes weighing motion*

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:44 PM (MGB5H)

86 Contra had side scrolling levels in the jungles, and behind the-player hallway levels in the fortresses.

Later entries in the franchise, such as Super C, included top-down levels.

Posted by: Correction Guy at March 14, 2025 04:44 PM (GptGb)

87 but I don't hear that there's much wokeness in it.

Apparently they're doing the "Corrupt cops are using the Punisher logo!" crap. So that is pretty woke to me.

Posted by: buzzion at March 14, 2025 04:44 PM (aRLgQ)

88 Well, new news:

New adaptation of Starship Troopers being made. Neill Blomkamp to direct.

I would have been more excited about this before he made Chappie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 14, 2025 04:45 PM (GBKbO)

89 and daredevil was unmanned by She-Hulk in his red and yellow gear.

That and having Kingpin reduced to a weeping wreck and having his eye shot out -- no wait, it got better -- in the Hawkeye and Echo shows didn't help either.

Basically they crapped all over both characters then expected people to line up. But like Razorfist said, "if you get served a shit souffle over and over, you're not gonna line up for another serving"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:45 PM (2VST1)

90 Vehicle to bring in ghey Wiccan to add to the young avengers movie that won't be made.

Basically, and he apparently was explosively lame in the show. The entire idea is ridiculous. First off a Wiccan is a woman. Second, he's the nonexistent child of Scarlet Witch she invented with her magic, that for some reason was made real. Third, he's gay as a major character trait rather than just part of his background. That's just bad writing. Its like making a character about being white.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:44 PM (2VST1)

I think Aubrey plaza was revealed as Death as well. I don't know. Didn't watch it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:45 PM (MGB5H)

91 LOL. A non-woke mainstream media project. Pull the other one; it jingles.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 14, 2025 04:45 PM (BI5O2)

92 I out grew comic book heroes at age 11. I only watch Nicholas Cage on Space Ice. Sports all feel fixed to me to appeal to bettors and pro wrestling fans. Pop music seems inorganic and autotuned cult of personality stuff for kids without personalities.

I've transcended modern entertainment, I guess.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 14, 2025 04:45 PM (wBaIH)

93 None of them movies trip my trigger.
Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 04:31 PM (3l52y)

Sounds like you need to rewatch The Bridges of Madison County.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 14, 2025 04:46 PM (g8Ew8)

94 88 Well, new news:

New adaptation of Starship Troopers being made. Neill Blomkamp to direct.

I would have been more excited about this before he made Chappie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 14, 2025 04:45 PM (GBKbO)

Unless they play it straight from the book... with Powered Armor and such? and no modern Woke crap?

Won't bother to go see.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2025 04:46 PM (QAkQ3)

95 But you get princess markle. *makes weighing motion*

She's a surprisingly good actress. She'd have to be to pretend to be interested in being married to an inbred royal moron.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 14, 2025 04:47 PM (xCA6C)

96 Suits is doing HUGE money right now, for some reason. Big time viewing, nobody can figure out why, either. Netflix put it on their mix and everyone on earth decided they wanted to watch it. They're even scrambling to put a new Suits show on TV.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:47 PM (2VST1)

97 94 Unless they play it straight from the book... with Powered Armor and such? and no modern Woke crap?

Won't bother to go see.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2025 04:46 PM (QAkQ3)

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The report is very specific in saying adaptation, not remake of Verhoeven's film.

And Blomkamp's first film had effectively a powersuit.

So,...he still made Chappie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 14, 2025 04:47 PM (GBKbO)

98 Sports all feel fixed to me to appeal to bettors and pro wrestling fans. Pop music seems inorganic and autotuned cult of personality stuff for kids without personalities.

I've transcended modern entertainment, I guess.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

I'm in the same situation. I call it maturity.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:47 PM (lTGtQ)

99 Wasn't Daredevil that wheelchair-bound blind black lesbian who was a Kung Fu superhero crime fighter after hours?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 14, 2025 04:47 PM (/lPRQ)

100 98 I'm in the same situation. I call it maturity.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:47 PM (lTGtQ)

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AND I'M WATCHING ROGER CORMAN MOVIES!

*raspberry*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 14, 2025 04:47 PM (GBKbO)

101
Maybe a topic for the weekend book thread, but how are nonfiction book sales holding up?

Other than my daughter, descendants seems to want to spend their time gaming instead of watching or reading.

Herself and I haven't been to a movie since Covid.

Posted by: Auspex at March 14, 2025 04:48 PM (j4U/Z)

102 89 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:45 PM (2VST1)

Quite I had a serious discussion with a comics shop owner in Galveston this week when I was not getting the graphics card I wanted.

Essentially the supers are a secular mythology, and the cultural vandals are wrecking it for no reason other than to destroy commanlity.

There is NOTHING artistically superior about what they are doing to these characters.

NOTHING.

Posted by: sven at March 14, 2025 04:48 PM (X0I7i)

103 I would go to the theater for a Starship Troopers that was close to the book.

Which is saying something.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:48 PM (lTGtQ)

104 Suits is doing HUGE money right now, for some reason. Big time viewing, nobody can figure out why, either. Netflix put it on their mix and everyone on earth decided they wanted to watch it. They're even scrambling to put a new Suits show on TV.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:47 PM (2VST1)

Suits LA. It started already it's on NBC.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:48 PM (MGB5H)

105 Unless they play it straight from the book... with Powered Armor and such? and no modern Woke crap?

Yeah the Skinnies and all that. I think Blomkamp can do it, he's got real sci fi chops but I don't trust him to not try to inject his version of politics rather than Heinlein's.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:48 PM (2VST1)

106 It means people are sick of comic book movies. Why is this so hard to grasp?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 14, 2025 04:34 PM (xCA6C)

People might be sick of Comic Book Movies.

They are certainly sick of poorly written comic book movies.

They are definitely sick of bad comic book movies that attack them for watching comic book movies.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 14, 2025 04:49 PM (n7h9X)

107 Suits is doing HUGE money right now, for some reason. Big time viewing, nobody can figure out why, either. Netflix put it on their mix and everyone on earth decided they wanted to watch it. They're even scrambling to put a new Suits show on TV.

I saw a trailer for Suits LA. It looks like every other TV lawyer series, with the achingly correct racial and gender balance.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 14, 2025 04:49 PM (xCA6C)

108 99 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 14, 2025 04:47 PM (/lPRQ)

That would be Richard Dragon in the reimagined DC probably who pretends to be crippled but can beat the hell out of batman and Shiva....

of course he got his by the flava bomb and decided to go full mulvaney....of course...after all the Question became an alcoholic lesbian GCPD detective.

Posted by: sven at March 14, 2025 04:49 PM (X0I7i)

109 With Contra its just more Hollywoke creative bankruptcy and ivory tower disconnect.

The 'creatives' in Hollywoke are VAGUELY aware that video games are popular. They don't actually KNOW anybody that plays video games, but they have a vague idea that a lot of stupid unwashed peasants are playing them.

So now you see them frantically trying to figure out what video games they can make into movies.

Of course they won't actually PLAY any of these games, or hire anybody who has, or spend any time figuring out the plots.

What they'll do is take one of their already-written scripts, use Grok to pull some names from the Contra franchise, plug them into their already-written script, and call it a Contra movie.

Same thing they do with a ton of these other properties they buy.

Because Hollywoke writers don't WANT to make good adaptations of popular properties. They want to use those properties as a springboard for their own careers.

Having somebody like Peter Jackson create movies with the explicit intent of making what Tolkien wrote, was an anamoly.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at March 14, 2025 04:49 PM (lCHt6)

110 I just got my copy of issue #1 of the "war of separation" from rippaverse comics. I'm somewhat excited to check it out.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:50 PM (MGB5H)

111 Woke superheros are not about thumbing the adult audience in the eye. They shouldn't even be watching that stuff, and it's not really aimed at them.

It's about the kids. Like always.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 14, 2025 04:50 PM (BI5O2)

112
I saw a trailer for Suits LA. It looks like every other TV lawyer series, with the achingly correct racial and gender balance.

Not that the original didn't have that, but it has the lightning in a bottle cast and writing that makes it succeed.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 14, 2025 04:50 PM (xCA6C)

113 I'd watch the new Daredevil, but I'd have to subscribe to Disney+ first.

Oh, I think I see the problem.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 14, 2025 04:50 PM (A62KL)

114 AND I'M WATCHING ROGER CORMAN MOVIES!

Tell me when you get to The Intruder. Hard to find that these days.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:50 PM (2VST1)

115 And no the original NES Contra was 100% side-scroller.

Super C had a couple top-down missions but side scrolling was still the name of the game.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at March 14, 2025 04:51 PM (lCHt6)

116 A wise man once said, "EVERYTHING WOKE TURNS TO SHIT."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 14, 2025 04:51 PM (17s+e)

117 Didn't they film a sequel to Titanic... before they filmed Titanic?

Raise the Titanic... wasn't that made in the 70s? Clive Cussler novel; back before they found out the Titanic had broken in half. I actually don't know if they ever made a movie out of it, or it was just the novel. I think it's the most popular Dirk Pitt (character) novel though.

Posted by: SimoHayha at March 14, 2025 04:51 PM (qXL9c)

118 The original Suits was on USA Network, which really limited the number of people who saw it. Now that it's on Netflix, it has a huge new audience.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 14, 2025 04:51 PM (xCA6C)

119 Most remakes are poor substitutes for the original or the book.

By far the best movie about Waterloo was filmed in 1971, with about 5,000 extras who were actual military. CGI can't replace that.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:51 PM (lTGtQ)

120 Having somebody like Peter Jackson create movies with the explicit intent of making what Tolkien wrote, was an anamoly.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at March 14, 2025 04:49 PM (lCHt6)
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Even Jackson got things spectacularly wrong from time to time...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 14, 2025 04:52 PM (BpYfr)

121 I would go to the theater for a Starship Troopers that was close to the book.

Which is saying something.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Bounding through alien megalopolis poping off a shoulder launched nuke with each hop.

Minor plot loophole - why not just nuke from space?
Because you don't spank a baby with an axe!!!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 14, 2025 04:52 PM (/lPRQ)

122 Criterion are releasing 4K disks for "Sorcerer" and "Brazil."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 14, 2025 04:52 PM (CHHv1)

123 Raise the Titanic... wasn't that made in the 70s? Clive Cussler novel; back before they found out the Titanic had broken in half. I actually don't know if they ever made a movie out of it, or it was just the novel. I think it's the most popular Dirk Pitt (character) novel though.

Posted by: SimoHayha

Yes, it was a flop, and Clive Cussler spent many an hour trying to prevent it from ever being shown again.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:53 PM (lTGtQ)

124 114 AND I'M WATCHING ROGER CORMAN MOVIES!

Tell me when you get to The Intruder. Hard to find that these days.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:50 PM (2VST1)

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That was a little while ago, even before my Eisenstein sojourn.

I saw it on Plex. Also available on Kanopy and Prime.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 14, 2025 04:53 PM (GBKbO)

125 I guess the best comicbook movie in my memory was "The Incredibles." That was artistic as all hell, fun to watch, and whatever 'messages' it had were palatable.

The Batman movie with Heath Ledger was very good, if you trim out all the parts with Batman and Alfred.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 04:53 PM (3l52y)

126 122 Criterion are releasing 4K disks for "Sorcerer" and "Brazil."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 14, 2025 04:52 PM (CHHv1)

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AND THE WIZ!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, back to the finish with Corman at March 14, 2025 04:53 PM (GBKbO)

127 I'd watch the new Daredevil, but I'd have to subscribe to Disney+ first.

Same. I might watch it but I'm not signing up to Disney+ to see it.

Contra doesn't look like a major motion picture, more a little indy. I don't think they are gonna give it the Hollywood woke job

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:53 PM (2VST1)

128 Spinal tap 2? WTH? Is there nobody left in Hollywood that can come up with an original idea?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 14, 2025 04:53 PM (hjWnr)

129 Remakes back before vhs, dvd, streaming made some sense, because it was near impossible to compare the remake to the original.

Posted by: davidt at March 14, 2025 04:54 PM (i0F8b)

130 Vox@voxdotcom
The White House shouldn’t be a place for people to go enrich themselves.

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Unless your name is Hunter.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 14, 2025 04:55 PM (L/fGl)

131 There is NOTHING artistically superior about what they are doing to these characters.

NOTHING.
Posted by: sven at March 14, 2025 04:48 PM (X0I7i)

Every culture needs Mythical Heros to be examples for young Boys, to show them how to be Men.

We used to have Babe Ruth, and Johnny Appleseed, and Paul Bunyan, and Davey Crocket... and Superman, and Batman... and the Rocketeer.

But the Media and Hollywood cannot live up to those standards... and so those had to be destroyed... heroes had to 'look like' the degenerates that run the Left, and most of media... so they morphed those Heroic Iconic Heroes... into the Lame parodies we see today.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2025 04:55 PM (QAkQ3)

132 I've transcended modern entertainment, I guess.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 14, 2025 04:45 PM (wBaIH)

With maturity comes discernment. Not a crime.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 14, 2025 04:55 PM (7Bynz)

133 Sorcerer had a great concept, and great music, but it is hard to carry a movie with minimal dialogue for two hours.

It was sort of like Jaws, except the boat scene starts about fifteen minutes in, and lasts for the rest of the movie.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:55 PM (lTGtQ)

134 A wise man once said, "EVERYTHING WOKE TURNS TO SHIT."
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I think it was Rush Limbaugh who said "Every organization that is not *explicitly* conservative eventually turns liberal."

Posted by: Crusader at March 14, 2025 04:55 PM (TN0g+)

135 The original Suits was on USA Network, which really limited the number of people who saw it

USA Network had a ton of great stuff back then. White Collar was on there, I think.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:55 PM (2VST1)

136 9 Dems voted for cloture.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:56 PM (MGB5H)

137

USA Network had a ton of great stuff back then. White Collar was on there, I think.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:55 PM (2VST1)

And burn notice

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:57 PM (MGB5H)

138 Spinal tap 2? WTH? Is there nobody left in Hollywood that can come up with an original idea?

Actually I can easily see this work. There's a lot of mockery to be done of old rock groups reforming or doing a nostalgia tour. Like the $500 dollar tickets and not being able to hit the notes any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 04:57 PM (2VST1)

139 120 Having somebody like Peter Jackson create movies with the explicit intent of making what Tolkien wrote, was an anamoly.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at March 14, 2025 04:49 PM (lCHt6)
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Even Jackson got things spectacularly wrong from time to time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 14, 2025 04:52 PM (BpYfr)

Yeah, what he did the 'The Hobbit' was abysmal.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2025 04:57 PM (QAkQ3)

140
Hell, it takes the closeout crew over 30 minutes if not an hour to close the hatch on the Dragon capsule. Complicated rigmarole -- if a human hair got caught between the seals on that thing, it would set off a fault.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 14, 2025 04:57 PM (w6EFb)

141 Spinal tap 2? WTH? Is there nobody left in Hollywood that can come up with an original idea?

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IF there were ever a reason for Spinal Tap 2, it would have come out BEFORE 2000. At this point, the entire idea is stupid.

Posted by: Crusader at March 14, 2025 04:57 PM (TN0g+)

142 Dems voted for cloture.
Posted by: BruceWayne

With all the advantages of a shutdown to downsize why is GOPe voting for it?
Ahhh, nevermind.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 14, 2025 04:58 PM (/lPRQ)

143 "Actually I can easily see this work."

If Christopher Guest writes it, yes.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 04:58 PM (3l52y)

144 Spinal tap 2? WTH? Is there nobody left in Hollywood that can come up with an original idea?

Actually I can easily see this work. There's a lot of mockery to be done of old rock groups reforming or doing a nostalgia tour. Like the $500 dollar tickets and not being able to hit the notes any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

It is a joke within a joke. Old actors, grubbing for money, make a movie about old musicians grubbing for money.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:59 PM (lTGtQ)

145 Party like it's 2021!

Stephen L. Miller@redsteeze
Sent from a friend. Bernie's speaking tour is advising everyone in attendance to wear masks. This is an outdoor event.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 14, 2025 04:59 PM (L/fGl)

146 Yeah, what he did the 'The Hobbit' was abysmal.
Posted by: Romeo13

Rather enjoyed The Ring, but the Hobbit sucked so bad I stopped half way through the first release.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 14, 2025 04:59 PM (/lPRQ)

147 Markle…she is a good actress, and very good looking…

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:00 PM (PCK5/)

148 This movie thread is petering out quicker than the Sat nite ones do. TJM: hope springs eternal.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:00 PM (3l52y)

149 I've been watching some Polish detective series lately. They're kind of slow but I they do make me want to keep watching to see who the murderous culprit is.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 14, 2025 05:00 PM (g8Ew8)

150 136 9 Dems voted for cloture.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:56 PM (MGB5H)

Aaaand, that’ll do it… it’s a wrap.

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:01 PM (PCK5/)

151 Spinal Tap 2, Sponsored by LifeAlert.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 14, 2025 05:01 PM (PiwSw)

152 Disney is a toxic brand. Lefties won't watch their stuff, either.

Posted by: mrp at March 14, 2025 05:01 PM (rj6Yv)

153 151 Spinal Tap 2, Sponsored by LifeAlert.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 14, 2025 05:01 PM (PiwSw)

Lol..

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:01 PM (PCK5/)

154 I remember Burn Notice, that was one show I actively tried to sit and watch, which is rare with TV for me. It kinda fell apart once his notice was lifted and he could leave Miami but it was really smart before that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:01 PM (2VST1)

155 It is a joke within a joke. Old actors, grubbing for money, make a movie about old musicians grubbing for money.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 04:59 PM (lTGtQ)

Cause that's original!

Billy Mack, Love Actually.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 14, 2025 05:01 PM (QAkQ3)

156 Off topic, watching C-SPAN looks like the cloture vote just hit the 60 vote threshold!!!

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at March 14, 2025 05:01 PM (e/Osv)

157 "9 Dems voted for cloture."

Help out this political ignoramus: is that good, or bad?

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:02 PM (3l52y)

158 Spinal tap 2? WTH? Is there nobody left in Hollywood that can come up with an original idea?

I have a feeling that the commercial will be funnier than the movie.

I remember seeing a preview for a movie, a frightening scene, with everyone looking for a hero. Then, a profile of a head with pointed ears like Batman is shown. The lights brighten and it turns out to be Scooby Doo's head. That was the funniest part of that movie as well.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 05:02 PM (lTGtQ)

159 > Remember the 80s game Contra?
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Yes! My little brother and I nearly burned that game out.

Good 'ol Ollie North and his secretary, Fawn Hall. Good times.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 14, 2025 05:02 PM (Q4IgG)

160 I want to see Surfers. Looks like a mash of Pig and Wickerman.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 14, 2025 05:02 PM (7Wn2k)

161 157 "9 Dems voted for cloture."

Help out this political ignoramus: is that good, or bad?
Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:02 PM (3l52y)

Good, in my opinion… opinions vary here though..

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:03 PM (PCK5/)

162 I've been binging Suits. It's a bit melodramatic, but the situations are adult, the writing is crisp and clever, there are character arcs, and best of all, there isn't a stitch of Spandex.
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It went 2 maybe 3 seasons too long.

They should have fired Mike because keeping him in the show was a tar pit.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 14, 2025 05:03 PM (NwfFc)

163 Dems voted for cloture."

Help out this political ignoramus: is that good, or bad?
Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:02 PM (3l52y)

Means it passes

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 05:03 PM (MGB5H)

164 Help out this political ignoramus: is that good, or bad?

Means they cannot filibuster it

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:03 PM (2VST1)

165 "9 Dems voted for cloture."

Help out this political ignoramus: is that good, or bad?

Posted by: Ides Of gp

Plus 51 republicans and cloture passes. Meaning two can vote against.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 05:04 PM (lTGtQ)

166 156 Off topic, watching C-SPAN looks like the cloture vote just hit the 60 vote threshold!!!

-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter
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Cloture of what?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:04 PM (c9zag)

167 Hell, it takes the closeout crew over 30 minutes if not an hour to close the hatch on the Dragon capsule. Complicated rigmarole -- if a human hair got caught between the seals on that thing, it would set off a fault.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
......

They may have to leave the smelly chick with the wild hair behind.

Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:04 PM (v0R5T)

168 Thank you!

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:04 PM (3l52y)

169 Local North Alabama weather forecasters (chicken bones & goat entrails readings are more accurate) are fear porning the region for the storm this evening.

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 14, 2025 05:04 PM (MsrgL)

170 150 136 9 Dems voted for cloture.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 04:56 PM (MGB5H)

Aaaand, that’ll do it… it’s a wrap.
_____

AOC: Who run barter town?!
Senate Democrats: Um, not you.

Posted by: AOC = America's Orifice at March 14, 2025 05:04 PM (qUkBO)

171 They should make a new Billy Jack movie, only change the featured character to a lesbian.

Posted by: Said Nobody...Ever! at March 14, 2025 05:04 PM (TN0g+)

172 164 Help out this political ignoramus: is that good, or bad?

Means they cannot filibuster it
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:03 PM (2VST1)

It is what Trump wants, so good..

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:04 PM (PCK5/)

173 Means it passes
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 14, 2025 05:03 PM (MGB5H)

More specifically, debate has been ended and voting onthe bill directly can now happen. Assuming at least a straight party line vote, it will pass.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 14, 2025 05:05 PM (fwyhL)

174 Marvel and Disney have "detached" all of the previous generations of fans of their work to cater to Woke. I imagine it like a cloud, looks nice and defined, solid. Then a wind called Woke blows and the cloud, which used to happy and little, gets stretched apart, until there's nothing left. No part of the original cloud remains, and THAT is what these fools are now going to try and do.... re-build a cloud.

Sorry, fools, Marvel and Disney are done.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 14, 2025 05:05 PM (5AVMW)

175 I remember Burn Notice, that was one show I actively tried to sit and watch, which is rare with TV for me. It kinda fell apart once his notice was lifted and he could leave Miami but it was really smart before that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:01 PM (2VST1)
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Burn Notice was a must-watch for me, my wife and my son.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:05 PM (krQz2)

176 Good, in my opinion… opinions vary here though..
Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:03 PM (PCK5/)

Nooo! I shan't believe it.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 14, 2025 05:05 PM (g8Ew8)

177 Off topic, watching C-SPAN looks like the cloture vote just hit the 60 vote threshold!!!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter
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Cloture of what?
Posted by: Braenyard

Deeze Clozurez
- swollen tick schmuckyy schummie

Posted by: BifBewalski at March 14, 2025 05:06 PM (MsrgL)

178 A plethora of rockets today.
Rocket Lab - Electron - The Lightning God Reigns
LC-1B - Mähia, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 15, 2024
Launch Time: 6:00 PM Eastern, 13:00 NZDT, 0000 UTC, 01:00 CET
(double check my Eastern time)
https://www.youtube.com/live/C_0MLtKwN9Q

Note: If SpaceX Crew-10 launch takes longer than the Electron launch can be viewed here
https://www.youtube.com/live/Nbp-ZRAULvY
__________

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Transporter 13
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: March 14, 2024 (PDT)
Launch Time: 11:39 p.m. PT - (March 15, 0639 UTC, 07:39 CET)

https://www.youtube.com/live/UqyhBLJy1Cs

Posted by: Ciampino - Keep clear of rocket exhaust at March 14, 2025 05:06 PM (KjLnc)

179 They may have to leave the smelly chick with the wild hair behind.
Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:04 PM (v0R5T)

HEY! No fair!!!!!!

Posted by: Flower at March 14, 2025 05:06 PM (5AVMW)

180 I guess the best comicbook movie in my memory was "The Incredibles." That was artistic as all hell, fun to watch, and whatever 'messages' it had were palatable.

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Yeah, that was some of the last children's entertainment that wasn't just blaring agitprop telling kids "join our new community! It's better than your stupid parents! Maybe you should just kill them so you can explore gay stuff! Place your trust in the will of the collective! The past is a foreign country to you now! Reject those old values! You don't want to be racist, right?! Plus, check out this gay stuff! Never forget to be gay! At least a little gay!"

Even back then it stuck out like a sore thumb in Hollywood.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 14, 2025 05:07 PM (BI5O2)

181 Not really seeing to many recent movies, but here is some food for thought.

I was watching some old Twilight Zone episodes, and I realized that many of the plots, plot devices, or tropes were later used in movies.
Just off the top of my head:
Liar Liar. There was an episode where a guy buys a car and has to tell the truth.
Lost. The one about the plane that traveled back in time to time of dinosaurs.
Groundhog Day. The one where the guy makes deal with devil for immortality and then gets a life sentence for murder.

I had a few more last night. T-zone was like the Seinfeld of Velvet Undergrounds.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 14, 2025 05:07 PM (bT5mv)

182 I just noticed at the tail end of the Spinal Tap promo that Michael McKeen had a real Ian Anderson sound in Stonehenge

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:08 PM (krQz2)

183 I remember Burn Notice, that was one show I actively tried to sit and watch, which is rare with TV for me. It kinda fell apart once his notice was lifted and he could leave Miami but it was really smart before that.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:01 PM (2VST1)
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Burn Notice was a must-watch for me, my wife and my son.
Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:05 PM (krQz2)

I always thought they could have had a much better looking female co-star in that series.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 14, 2025 05:08 PM (g8Ew8)

184 Gone With the Wind II: The South Will Rise Again!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 14, 2025 05:08 PM (L/fGl)

185 Afternoon.

Criterion sent out gift certificates yesterday. Flash sale soon.

I want that Godzilla set. I want that set more than the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. I want that set more than the hottest most acrobatic sex in the world.

Dear God, grant me the Godzilla set!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Robert at March 14, 2025 05:09 PM (Kf6nb)

186 After 8 months with no showers, I hope Elon sends up some Lume for the poor sods.

Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:09 PM (v0R5T)

187 Never watched Burn Notice..l the lead is the guy from Memento, yes?

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:09 PM (PCK5/)

188
That Surfers movie looks like it was shot in 5 days.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 14, 2025 05:09 PM (lCaJd)

189
The weirdest shit turns you guys on.
Posted by: garrett at March 14, 2025 04:34 PM (npXNI)

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You know us. What's your point?

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:09 PM (PMtkd)

190 I always thought they could have had a much better looking female co-star in that series.
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I thought the same about the remade "Hawaii 5-0" series. You're in Hawaii. You could only find a 6.5 (maybe a 7...on a really good day for her) to be the female co-star???

Posted by: Said Nobody...Ever! at March 14, 2025 05:10 PM (TN0g+)

191 Old Yeller II: Zombie Dog

He's Back And He's Pissed!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 14, 2025 05:10 PM (L/fGl)

192
I got interested in the emergency escape systems for the Crew Dragon. Before they start fueling, there is an "escape basket" system. They blow the hatch explosively, and the astronauts are to jump out, run down the access arm and get into the escape baskets that roll down steel cables from the gantry.

You can see videos of testing of this system.

Now, once they start fueling, the access arm is retracted, and they have to use the escape rockets to propel the capsule off the stack at high g's.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 14, 2025 05:10 PM (w6EFb)

193 Nic Cage. Worst actor in the history of acting.

The only name that will make me not watch a movie.

Posted by: 55 at March 14, 2025 05:10 PM (9xHZL)

194 I always thought they could have had a much better looking female co-star in that series.

I agree. She was attractive, but not as attractive as they wrote her as being. The lead was kind of an odd looking guy too. Seems like his career disappeared though, he was really talented, I thought.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:10 PM (2VST1)

195 #190 was mine, sock removed now

Posted by: Crusader at March 14, 2025 05:10 PM (TN0g+)

196 That Surfers movie looks like it was shot in 5 days.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
......

and the waves look shitty.

Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:11 PM (v0R5T)

197 I've been watching some Polish detective series lately. They're kind of slow but I they do make me want to keep watching to see who the murderous culprit is.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 14, 2025 05:00 PM (g8Ew

"Papa, why are we leaving our house and moving two miles away?", the young boy asked his Polish father.

"Because all these people have been murdered within one mile of their homes" he answered.

Posted by: haffhowershower at March 14, 2025 05:11 PM (NMT5x)

198 I thought the same about the remade "Hawaii 5-0" series. You're in Hawaii. You could only find a 6.5 (maybe a 7...on a really good day for her) to be the female co-star???

The asian girl? I thought she was really pretty.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:11 PM (2VST1)

199 Means they cannot filibuster it
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Filibuster what?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:11 PM (c9zag)

200 193 "Con Air" was fun. I remember liking "Adaptation."

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:11 PM (3l52y)

201 Means they cannot filibuster it
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:03 PM (2VST1)
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Technically, it closes the period of "discussion" which where filibusters happen.... as "discussion" ...

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:11 PM (krQz2)

202 198 I thought the same about the remade "Hawaii 5-0" series. You're in Hawaii. You could only find a 6.5 (maybe a 7...on a really good day for her) to be the female co-star???

The asian girl? I thought she was really pretty.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:11 PM (2VST1)

Lucy Liu-like??

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:12 PM (PCK5/)

203 I thought the same about the remade "Hawaii 5-0" series. You're in Hawaii. You could only find a 6.5 (maybe a 7...on a really good day for her) to be the female co-star???

The asian girl? I thought she was really pretty.
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No, the short-haired blonde.

Posted by: Crusader at March 14, 2025 05:12 PM (TN0g+)

204 Filibuster what?

The not-budget that contains tiny cuts but does have the tax ending on tips, overtime, and social security.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:13 PM (2VST1)

205 I liked Con Air.

Fight me.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:13 PM (PMtkd)

206 81 77 Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at March 14, 2025 04:42 PM (oKaXm)

and daredevil was unmanned by She-Hulk in his red and yellow gear...

they cannot resist shitting on every character that normies love.
Posted by: sven at March 14, 2025 04:43 PM (X0I7i)

THIS. I'm still going to watch Daredevil, but I'm waiting until it shows up in DVD format at the local public library - which can take a long time. I would have been more excited, but they soiled the red guy badly with the She Hulk outing, and made Fisk look terrible by having him get beaten up by that chick with the fake leg in that other show that I now completely forgot about.

A real shame, because Daredevil was the best Marvel/Netflix production out there. Closely followed by The Punisher.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at March 14, 2025 05:13 PM (uA5vR)

207 192
I got interested in the emergency escape systems for the Crew Dragon. Before they start fueling, there is an "escape basket" system. They blow the hatch explosively, and the astronauts are to jump out, run down the access arm and get into the escape baskets that roll down steel cables from the gantry.

You can see videos of testing of this system.
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Hey Yooooo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:13 PM (c9zag)

208 US stocks healthy today. Gold touched $3K.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:13 PM (3l52y)

209 Never watched Burn Notice..l the lead is the guy from Memento, yes?
Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:09 PM (PCK5/)
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No. That's Guy Pearce, Burn Notice was Jeffrey Donovan.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:13 PM (krQz2)

210 I always thought they could have had a much better looking female co-star in that series.

I agree. She was attractive, but not as attractive as they wrote her as being. The lead was kind of an odd looking guy too. Seems like his career disappeared though, he was really talented, I thought.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I thought she was pretty hot for someone who had six kids.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 14, 2025 05:14 PM (lTGtQ)

211 205 I liked Con Air.

Fight me.
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:13 PM (PMtkd)

It has Steve Buscemi and John Malkovich, so yeah…

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:14 PM (PCK5/)

212 I liked Con Air.

Fight me.
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:13 PM (PMtkd)
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To like it more?

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:14 PM (krQz2)

213 No, the short-haired blonde.

Oh, I don't remember her. I only saw a couple episodes and thought it really sucked. And it had James Caan's less talented kid.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:14 PM (2VST1)

214 WTF, do they write bills/budgets that end tax cuts?

Make them tax us explicitly.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:14 PM (PMtkd)

215
Fueling the rocket, loading the cryo propellants is the most dangerous phase. NASA used to load the astronauts only after the rocket was fully loaded. Thought that was safer.

But SpaceX wanted to use sub-cooled LOX, meaning it can't just sit in the tanks and be continuously topped off due to boil off.

The old school astronauts didn't like that at first, but they came around. But it means the launch escape system must be armed and depended on to get the capsule off the rocket quickly if there's a mishap during fueling.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 14, 2025 05:14 PM (w6EFb)

216 Old Yeller 2: Frother Knows Best

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 14, 2025 05:14 PM (/tzYP)

217 204 Filibuster what?

The not-budget that contains tiny cuts but does have the tax ending on tips, overtime, and social security.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Sounds like a Johnson.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:14 PM (c9zag)

218 To like it more?
Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:14 PM (krQz2)

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HA! Yes.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:15 PM (PMtkd)

219 209 Never watched Burn Notice..l the lead is the guy from Memento, yes?
Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:09 PM (PCK5/)
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No. That's Guy Pearce, Burn Notice was Jeffrey Donovan.
Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:13 PM (krQz2)

Ah… might give it a look someday.

Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 05:15 PM (PCK5/)

220 "Cloture" is how Jasmine Crockett pronounces "clothes".

Posted by: JuJuBee at March 14, 2025 05:15 PM (kFxb4)

221 216 Old Yeller 2: Frother Knows Best
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 14, 2025 05:14 PM (/tzYP)

I chuckled

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 14, 2025 05:16 PM (fwyhL)

222 220 "Cloture" is how Jasmine Crockett pronounces "clothes".
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 14, 2025 05:15 PM (kFxb4)

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Heh
Didn't she go to an exclusive school in her youth?

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:16 PM (PMtkd)

223 222 220 "Cloture" is how Jasmine Crockett pronounces "clothes".
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 14, 2025 05:15 PM (kFxb4)

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Heh
Didn't she go to an exclusive school in her youth?
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:16 PM (PMtkd)

Shhh!!!! You’re going to mess up her grift!

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 14, 2025 05:17 PM (fwyhL)

224 The weirdest shit turns you guys on.
Posted by: garrett at March 14, 2025 04:34 PM

Says the man with sticky blotches all over his crocs.

Posted by: JuJuBee at March 14, 2025 05:17 PM (kFxb4)

225 No one could wear a panty on his head with more dignity and poise than Nick Cage.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 14, 2025 05:17 PM (PiwSw)

226 222 220 "Cloture" is how Jasmine Crockett pronounces "clothes".
Posted by: JuJuBee at March 14, 2025 05:15 PM (kFxb4)

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Heh
Didn't she go to an exclusive school in her youth?
Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:16 PM (PMtkd)

Was she allowed to take the marbles out of her mouth after the elocution lessons? Or was she limited to Ebonics?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 14, 2025 05:17 PM (VNX3d)

227 >>>208 US stocks healthy today. Gold touched $3K.
Posted by: Ides Of gp
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That was a buyer's dip that just whisked by.
There'll be another one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:17 PM (c9zag)

228 First time I remember seeing Guy Perce was in LA Confidential, dang he was good in that. Everyone was.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:18 PM (2VST1)

229 "Raising Arizona" Not my fave Coen, but good enough.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:18 PM (3l52y)

230 (But wasn't the Contra game top-down rather than a side-scroller? I dunno.)
=
You might be thinking of Ikari Warriors.

The first three Contra games alternated (by stage) between side scrolling and a view over the shoulder proceeding into the screen.

Posted by: ^^vvLRBA[start] at March 14, 2025 05:18 PM (Dnobf)

231 Just watched a tesla driving senator say he is selling his tesla because Musk is an asshole and he won't drive a car built by an asshole.
Keep it up senator.
And if you think your tesla burning buddies are awesome, send them to my little town, asshole.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 14, 2025 05:18 PM (W/lyH)

232
I agree. She was attractive, but not as attractive as they wrote her as being. The lead was kind of an odd looking guy too. Seems like his career disappeared though, he was really talented, I thought.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

The lead, Jeffrey Donovan, played Josh Brolin's sidekick in Sicario and Sicario 2

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 14, 2025 05:19 PM (xG4kz)

233 "Raising Arizona" Not my fave Coen, but good enough.

Definitely their funniest movie.

"so why do you think you are a woman?"
"sometimes I get the menstrual cramps real hard."

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:19 PM (2VST1)

234 Just watched a tesla driving senator say he is selling his tesla because Musk is an asshole and he won't drive a car built by an asshole.
Keep it up senator.
And if you think your tesla burning buddies are awesome, send them to my little town, asshole.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 14, 2025 05:18 PM (W/lyH)

Senator, why not show your solidarity with the Anti-Tesla forces, and burn it on your driveway?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 14, 2025 05:20 PM (VNX3d)

235 "That was a buyer's dip that just whisked by."

I'm waiting for a seller's peak.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:20 PM (3l52y)

236 No love for Bad Lieutenant 2: Port of Call New Orleans?

The first Bad Lieutenant was a better movie, if completely different. But the Herzog/Cage version is entertaining in a surreal way.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 14, 2025 05:20 PM (BI5O2)

237 231 Just watched a tesla driving senator say he is selling his tesla because Musk is an asshole and he won't drive a car built by an asshole.
Keep it up senator.
And if you think your tesla burning buddies are awesome, send them to my little town, asshole.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Lot of people in the news buying Tesla's.
Radio Hannity (stuck in car) is giving away a Tesla.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:21 PM (c9zag)

238 The first three Contra games alternated (by stage) between side scrolling and a view over the shoulder proceeding into the screen.
Posted by: ^^vvLRBA[start] at March 14, 2025 05:18 PM (Dnobf)

In the original contra game on the NES, stages 2 and 4 (out of 8 total) were over the shoulder. The remaining 6 were side scroller.

Super Contra (on the SNES) did have some top down areas.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at March 14, 2025 05:21 PM (fwyhL)

239 Just watched a tesla driving senator say he is selling his tesla because Musk is an asshole and he won't drive a car built by an asshole.
Keep it up senator.
And if you think your tesla burning buddies are awesome, send them to my little town, asshole.
Posted by: Diogenes
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The real crime here is that a retarded senator can afford a Tesla.

Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:21 PM (v0R5T)

240 "Lot of people in the news buying Tesla's."

Throckmorton hardest hit.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:21 PM (3l52y)

241 235 "That was a buyer's dip that just whisked by."

I'm waiting for a seller's peak.
Posted by: Ides Of gp
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Never buy at the bottom
Never sell at the top

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:21 PM (c9zag)

242 Fueling the rocket, loading the cryo propellants is the most dangerous phase. NASA used to load the astronauts only after the rocket was fully loaded. Thought that was safer.

But SpaceX wanted to use sub-cooled LOX, meaning it can't just sit in the tanks and be continuously topped off due to boil off.

The old school astronauts didn't like that at first, but they came around. But it means the launch escape system must be armed and depended on to get the capsule off the rocket quickly if there's a mishap during fueling.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 14, 2025 05:14 PM (w6EFb)
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Yeah, I remember NASA pushing back on that.

Posted by: WisRich at March 14, 2025 05:22 PM (G0vdT)

243 We cancelled Disney+ but ended up getting it back when we switched carriers. The new Daredevil show is much like the old one: very slow. I like it, I didn't mind the pace but it's not for everyone.

Posted by: Max Power at March 14, 2025 05:22 PM (Hucnr)

244 ......

The real crime here is that a retarded senator can afford a Tesla.
Posted by: wth
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You can buy a Tesla for 34K/

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:23 PM (c9zag)

245 Senator, why not show your solidarity with the Anti-Tesla forces, and burn it on your driveway?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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But first buy 4 days worth of marshmallows and hotdogs.

Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:23 PM (v0R5T)

246 I'm thinking the depreciation on a new Tesla is pretty steep.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 14, 2025 05:23 PM (/U5Yz)

247
and the waves look shitty.
Posted by: wth

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Same wave over and over. This is a mondo surf film? People keep trying to make that film, whether documentary or fiction, but none of them touch the first one: The Endless Summer.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 14, 2025 05:23 PM (lCaJd)

248 245 Senator, why not show your solidarity with the Anti-Tesla forces, and burn it on your driveway?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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or burn yourself in the driveway

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:24 PM (c9zag)

249 "Cloture" is how Jasmine Crockett pronounces "clothes".

She's just "keepin' it real".

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 14, 2025 05:24 PM (mH6SG)

250 Not sure how they capture the comedy of the first Spinal Tap. There are no more bands. Music is gone.

right. the new film can just be studio engineers sitting in front of Pro Tools and maybe adding AI-generated effects

Posted by: brak at March 14, 2025 05:24 PM (jGJov)

251 >>> The Endless Summer.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Was that with Sandra Dee or Elizabeth Taylor?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:25 PM (c9zag)

252 I love that comment #5 was the Contra cheat code. It became known as the "Konami" code as it worked in other games from them as well.

Posted by: brak at March 14, 2025 05:25 PM (jGJov)

253 The Endless Summer.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 14, 2025 05:23 PM (lCaJd)

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I'll watch that movie for the 100th time just to see surfers get on a plane in a suit.

Do any of you remember those days? Looking put together to get on a plane? Peppridge Farm does.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:26 PM (PMtkd)

254 38 Nick Cage has been in.. what… 500 movies??
Posted by: tubal at March 14, 2025 04:34 PM (PCK5/)

Samuel Jackson has entered the chat.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 14, 2025 04:36 PM (Ow52c
_________________________

I have Samuel L. Jackson unfiltered on Sesame Street on my bucket list.

"Oscar, you garbage luvin' MF. Hanging around just to throw your MFing gripes at the rest of us MFs. All I know is I'm not the MF with someone else's hand up my ass."

Posted by: Orson at March 14, 2025 05:26 PM (dIske)

255 34K is no joke

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:26 PM (c9zag)

256 "Raising Arizona" Not my fave Coen, but good enough.

Definitely their funniest movie.

"so why do you think you are a woman?"
"sometimes I get the menstrual cramps real hard."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:19 PM (2VST1)
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I'd give that to O Brother.

My family has quoted that for decades!

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:26 PM (krQz2)

257 That was a buyer's dip that just whisked by."

I'm waiting for a seller's peak.
Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:20 PM (3l52y)

I'm waiting for the bond poop.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 14, 2025 05:26 PM (g8Ew8)

258 250 Not sure how they capture the comedy of the first Spinal Tap. There are no more bands. Music is gone.

right. the new film can just be studio engineers sitting in front of Pro Tools and maybe adding AI-generated effects
Posted by: brak at March 14, 2025 05:24 PM (jGJov)

Plus, Ian Faith is mort, so they'll need a new manager and I don't know if Marti di Bergi is still, uh, "hospitalized"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 14, 2025 05:27 PM (PiwSw)

259
So, last night I saw a movie from 1993 that I liked titled-

"Wilder Napalm".

It's a rom-com about two brothers (Dennis Quaid, Arliss Howard) with Stephen King-style firestarter powers who compete for a gal played by Debra Winger. It was directed by the same guy who wrote and directed the series, "Moonlighting", back when he was a thing.

Anyway, it's more of an interesting failure than some forgotten classic, but it's consistently entertaining, even if all the part don't quite come together properly. You'll probably enjoy it.

It's currently streaming "for free" on Prime.

Check it out.....esp if your only other option is to watch some Disney crapola.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 14, 2025 05:27 PM (iJfKG)

260 Son, you got a panty on your head

Posted by: A dude in MI at March 14, 2025 05:28 PM (/6GbT)

261 But also for funny Coen brothers movies, I really like Hail, Caesar.

If anybody wanted to see Marxists get skewered by Hollywood-adjacent filmmakers. You should watch that.

No spoilers on that subject.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:28 PM (krQz2)

262 I'm thinking the depreciation on a new Tesla is pretty steep.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
......

Lighting it on fire doesn't help.

Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:28 PM (v0R5T)

263
34K is no joke
Posted by: Braenyard

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I'm pretty sure that's the amount Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg quoted when people said EVs are too expensive. "So find a deal or eat cake" sort of thing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 14, 2025 05:28 PM (lCaJd)

264 Nobody has that "Barton Fink feeling?"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 14, 2025 05:29 PM (PiwSw)

265 But I did watch The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. I liked that one.
Posted by: haffhowershower at March 14, 2025 04:43 PM (NMT5x)
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Yep, I enjoyed it. Which reminds me, I should watch Paddington 2.

Posted by: WisRich at March 14, 2025 05:29 PM (G0vdT)

266
I'm waiting for the bond poop.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
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I don't understand bonds.
When they're up they're down and when they're you keep and when they're down you weep or something like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:29 PM (c9zag)

267 So... I'm home and last night watched Fire In The Sky.

Alien abduction. I'd seen the ending plenty of times as a kid but never saw the whole thing. Was looking forward to it.

Terrible. But terrible in a kinda sorta so bad it's good way.

Set in Arizona, filmed in Oregon. Oregon is definitely not Arizona. Everyone dressed very PNW but with cowboy hats. And generic Hollywood Southern accents. One cop looked straight out of In The Heat Of The Night. And the hair and beards...Jesus Christ...

The way it was shot and the locales made it feel very much like an early episode of The X-Files. Looking it up it came out several months before the X-Files debuted. I have to wonder if there was an influence. Also, Robert Patrick is in it and he would star in the X-Files later in the series.

The actors did their best with the material they were given, but it was still a little hammy. DB Sweeney did fine. Always felt he was underrated as an actor. James Garner just shows up. He was great.

Overall, it's really stupid. Watch it but drink heavily.

Posted by: Robert at March 14, 2025 05:29 PM (2pnP0)

268 Anyway, it's more of an interesting failure than some forgotten classic, but it's consistently entertaining, even if all the part don't quite come together properly. You'll probably enjoy it.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 14, 2025 05:27 PM (iJfKG)
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Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang is not much as a monumental film, but it is fun as hell to watch.

So, it True Romance, IME.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:29 PM (krQz2)

269 But I did watch The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. I liked that one.
Posted by: haffhowershower at March 14, 2025 04:43 PM (NMT5x)
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Yep, I enjoyed it. Which reminds me, I should watch Paddington 2.
Posted by: WisRich at March 14, 2025 05:29 PM (G0vdT)
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LOL!

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:30 PM (krQz2)

270 I can't believe you people don't appreciate Nick Cage.

I don't even know you guys any longer.

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:30 PM (KRtlO)

271 =============

I'm pretty sure that's the amount Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg quoted when people said EVs are too expensive. "So find a deal or eat cake" sort of thing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Doesn't appear little Pete's been car shopping lately.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:30 PM (c9zag)

272 Nobody has that "Barton Fink feeling?"
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 14, 2025 05:29 PM (PiwSw)
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That 3 word phrase is about the only thing I've kept from that one.

I used it a couple of days ago on here.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:31 PM (krQz2)

273 >>>So, last night I saw a movie from 1993 that I liked titled-

"Wilder Napalm".

It's a rom-com about two brothers (Dennis Quaid, Arliss Howard) with Stephen King-style firestarter powers who compete for a gal played by Debra Winger. It was directed by the same guy who wrote and directed the series, "Moonlighting", back when he was a thing.

LOL, I randomly started watching that on HBO, not knowing a thing about it, and I'm watching this small-town romcom thing, and then all of a sudden the male leads are revealed to be firestarters with supervillain powers and I'm like what is going on right now

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:32 PM (KRtlO)

274 I LOVE the original Point Break.

That's a good, dumb film.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:32 PM (krQz2)

275 I can't believe you people don't appreciate Nick Cage.

He reached such a pinnacle of acting with "NOT THE BEEEEEEES!!!!" I just can't see him in anything else.

Posted by: brak at March 14, 2025 05:32 PM (jGJov)

276
Same wave over and over. This is a mondo surf film? People keep trying to make that film, whether documentary or fiction, but none of them touch the first one: The Endless Summer.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 14, 2025 05:23 PM (lCaJd)

I used to love going to the midnight showing of Big Wednesday and Endless Summer at the Fremont.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 14, 2025 05:33 PM (TCLft)

277 >>
Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang is not much as a monumental film, but it is fun as hell to watch.
So, it True Romance, IME.

I think both are great and the Nice Guys is even a bit better

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:33 PM (KRtlO)

278 When I think 'Barton Fink,' I think 'exquisite control of film color palette.' That's my main takeaway.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:33 PM (3l52y)

279 Ace, we said we liked Con Air, it's who we are.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:33 PM (PMtkd)

280 I liked him as the drunk in Leaving Las Vegas.
But I still didn't make it to the end.

Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:33 PM (v0R5T)

281 >>>He reached such a pinnacle of acting with "NOT THE BEEEEEEES!!!!" I just can't see him in anything else.

that's a good movie and unfairly maligned. The bee scene may be funny out of context, but it works well in the context of the movie.

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:33 PM (KRtlO)

282 I can't believe you people don't appreciate Nick Cage.

I don't even know you guys any longer.
Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:30 PM (KRtlO)
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He's just not good with bees. Please, not the bees.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:34 PM (krQz2)

283 Nic Cage is the second greatest actor of all time.

Posted by: Gary Johnston at March 14, 2025 05:34 PM (i0F8b)

284 I'd give that to O Brother.

Definitely more quotable, and often funny, but I take the music away from that more than the humor.

I can't believe you people don't appreciate Nick Cage.

I think he's great, sometimes he turns in a really good performance and he's always 100% there for the movie, no matter what it is. A somewhat obscure sci fi movie he did a while back called Next was really quite good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:34 PM (2VST1)

285 >>>279 Ace, we said we liked Con Air, it's who we are.

Pikers. Con Air is Basic Bitch Nick Cage. It's Nick Cage for Filthy Casuals.

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:34 PM (KRtlO)

286 So, Hunter's fallen through the cracks again -
x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1900587259482493438

with his Secret Service detail— PROVING that he fled the country right after he was served a deposition notice in his failed Laptop lawsuit on 2/28/25...
On 3/5/25, just 9 days ago, Hunter Biden signed a declaration that he and his lawyers submitted to the federal court in Los Angeles, CA UNDER OATH WITH PENALTY OF PEJURY, in which he said he is “broke” and millions of dollars in debt. Now, despite claiming poverty, Hunter is living the high life in one of the most expensive neighborhoods on the continent of Africa, all while being protected by the US Secret Service!

Posted by: gKWVE at March 14, 2025 05:34 PM (gKWVE)

287 Nick Cage makes movies like Drive Angry just because it seems fun to him.

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:34 PM (KRtlO)

288 My fave Coen is probably "A Serious Man." That's f'n deep, man.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:34 PM (3l52y)

289 But SpaceX wanted to use sub-cooled LOX, meaning it can't just sit in the tanks and be continuously topped off due to boil off.

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But that's exactly what they do. The vapor coming out of those vents on the rocket is LOX, And it has to be replaced. It's why the fuel connections don't detach until seconds before the fire is lit.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 14, 2025 05:34 PM (g8Ew8)

290 It's Nick Cage for Filthy Casuals.
Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:34 PM (KRtlO)

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That was exactly my point.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:35 PM (PMtkd)

291 that's a good movie and unfairly maligned. The bee scene may be funny out of context, but it works well in the context of the movie.

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:33 PM (KRtlO)
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Nope. The 1974 version is far better. Edward Woodward.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:35 PM (krQz2)

292 I'd give that to O Brother.

Definitely more quotable, and often funny, but I take the music away from that more than the humor.

------

"You will see a cow on a tin roof."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 14, 2025 05:35 PM (VNX3d)

293 Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang is not much as a monumental film, but it is fun as hell to watch

Great movie, I really liked that. I especially liked it because it relaunched Robert Downey jr's career. Dude was always really good, but so self destructive. I think Less Than Zero was biographical

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:36 PM (2VST1)

294 I did watch the Color Out Of Space with Cage in it though. (But more because Lovecraft)

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was one of the best Cage movies I've seen--and he was playing himself.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:36 PM (krQz2)

295 270 I can't believe you people don't appreciate Nick Cage.

I don't even know you guys any longer.
Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:30 PM (KRtlO)
________________________________

Yeah, he's not over the top or anything.

The Wicker Man for the win.
https://tinyurl.com/muya7m7h

Posted by: Orson at March 14, 2025 05:36 PM (dIske)

296 I liked him as the drunk in Leaving Las Vegas.
But I still didn't make it to the end.
Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:33 PM (v0R5T)

He dies.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 14, 2025 05:36 PM (g8Ew8)

297 "one of the most expensive neighborhoods on the continent of Africa"

Actually makes me feel lucky to live here in Shithole IL.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:36 PM (3l52y)

298 I LOVE the original Point Break.

That's a good, dumb film.
Posted by: Axeman
.......

I like the end where Bodhi eats shit and dies.
Oh no, did I spoil it for everyone?
And Gary Busey was good as the FBI guy.

Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:36 PM (v0R5T)

299 RollerGirl.

Say no more, I'm in.

Posted by: Candidus at March 14, 2025 05:37 PM (qKa+O)

300 The 1974 version is far better. Edward Woodward.

And Britt Eckland's boobs

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:37 PM (2VST1)

301 What about Brian Dennehy?

Posted by: Nick Cage at March 14, 2025 05:37 PM (mH6SG)

302 >>:Nope. The 1974 version is far better. Edward Woodward.

never saw it, and I'm sure it's better, but just because the original is better doesn't make the remake unworthy.

I mean, the remake casts women and feminism as the bad guys rather than the pagan religion as in the religion. It updated the material to get at masculine concerns about Stronk Empowered Women.

Name another movie where feminism is depicted as a horrific cult.

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:37 PM (KRtlO)

303 I liked him as the drunk in Leaving Las Vegas.
But I still didn't make it to the end.
Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:33 PM (v0R5T)

Spoiler alert:

Neither did he.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 14, 2025 05:37 PM (dGCAG)

304 "as in the original," I meant, not "as in the religion"

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:37 PM (KRtlO)

305 Just watched Dungeons & Dragons with Chris Pine. Mildly entertaining with maybe minimal stuff for the (Critical Drinker voice) Modern Audience if you were paying attention. Some references to D&D world (Neverwinter etc.) and I guess some references to the updated D&D that my 80s playing days were not familiar with. A decent way to get through 2hrs and not stress the gray matter.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 14, 2025 05:37 PM (Dv3i1)

306 The bee scene may be funny out of context, but it works well in the context of the movie.

when he dresses up as a bear and punches that chick in the face -- amazing

Posted by: brak at March 14, 2025 05:38 PM (jGJov)

307 Bringing Out the Dead.

Posted by: davidt at March 14, 2025 05:38 PM (i0F8b)

308 >>when he dresses up as a bear and punches that chick in the face -- amazing

i love that. and anyway, that's an homage to the original film, which I believe had the pagans dressing up as animals

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:39 PM (KRtlO)

309 Remember that Nickolas Cage film called Next? Yeah, I didn't like that one.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:39 PM (PMtkd)

310 "Chris Pine": "Hell or High Water," a 10 out of 10.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:39 PM (3l52y)

311 I'd give that to O Brother.

Definitely more quotable, and often funny, but I take the music away from that more than the humor.

------

"You will see a cow on a tin roof."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 14, 2025 05:35 PM (VNX3d)
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"And STAY OUT OF THE WOOLWORTHS!"

"Does he mean that one or just the whole chain?"

I have extended family that have used the first line at similar times.

"Ain't gonna' paddle it, gonna' kick it"

"Ah believe it's more of a paddlin' sitiation."

That whole stumpier midget routine has line after line.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:39 PM (krQz2)

312 I LOVE the original Point Break.

"Have you ever fired your gun up in the air and gone 'ahhrgh?'"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:39 PM (2VST1)

313 Chuck Martel, Doctor Disaster also does fine Modern Audience snark.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 14, 2025 05:39 PM (gKWVE)

314 did you guys see Mandy?

Who else but Nicholas Cage does these kind of movies? I mean, among major actors?

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:39 PM (KRtlO)

315 i love that. and anyway, that's an homage to the original film, which I believe had the pagans dressing up as animals

I saw it at the theater -- people cheered at that scene.

Posted by: brak at March 14, 2025 05:40 PM (jGJov)

316 "Chris Pine": "Hell or High Water," a 10 out of 10.
Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:39 PM (3l52y)
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Unstoppable.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:40 PM (krQz2)

317 280 I liked him as the drunk in Leaving Las Vegas.
But I still didn't make it to the end.
Posted by: wth
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I've walked out of more movies than I've completed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:40 PM (c9zag)

318
And yet another boat trying to get too close to Pad 39A. The Coast Guard is running them off.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 14, 2025 05:40 PM (w6EFb)

319 Mandy? Sheesh, Ace is a true Cage believer.

Posted by: Seems Legit at March 14, 2025 05:40 PM (PMtkd)

320 >>309 Remember that Nickolas Cage film called Next? Yeah, I didn't like that one.

I like that movie a lot. I like Paycheck, too. I like all the late 90s/early 2000s philip k dick movies except "Screamers" or whatever the one with Peter Weller is called.

oh and I didn't like the cartoon one

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:41 PM (KRtlO)

321 $1.43 Canadian = $1.00 US right now.
Street beejers are approaching half price in Toronto.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 14, 2025 05:41 PM (/U5Yz)

322 I liked him as the drunk in Leaving Las Vegas.
But I still didn't make it to the end.
Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:33 PM (v0R5T)

Spoiler alert:

Neither did he.
Posted by: BurtTC
......

Darn it. I was hoping he would go to rehab in CA, start a business with his winnings and meet the girl of his dreams.

Posted by: wth at March 14, 2025 05:41 PM (v0R5T)

323 >>>319 Mandy? Sheesh, Ace is a true Cage believer.

PROUDLY

These Cage colors don't run.

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:41 PM (KRtlO)

324 "Name another movie where feminism is depicted as a horrific cult."

The Crucible? Stepford Wives? A little oblique to feminism I guess.

Oh! "I Shot Andy Warhol." That's a good one.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:41 PM (3l52y)

325 RollerGirl.

Say no more, I'm in.
Posted by: Candidus at March 14, 2025 05:37 PM (qKa+O)
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Don't worry.
DJ plays the movies all night long.
All night long.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:42 PM (krQz2)

326 306 The bee scene may be funny out of context, but it works well in the context of the movie.

when he dresses up as a bear and punches that chick in the face -- amazing
Posted by: brak at March 14, 2025 05:38 PM (jGJov)

________________________

Yeah, OK. That was good.

"What's wrong, sister?" (WHACK)

https://tinyurl.com/yckeb78k

Posted by: Orson at March 14, 2025 05:42 PM (dIske)

327 And yet another boat trying to get too close to Pad 39A. The Coast Guard is running them off.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

They wanted to feel the heat and they found it.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 14, 2025 05:42 PM (/U5Yz)

328
The Big Lebowski

I'll shove that gun up your ass and keep pulling the trigger until it goes 'click'

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 14, 2025 05:42 PM (xG4kz)

329 "Mandy" was really bad. Sorry, Ace.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:42 PM (3l52y)

330 Just watched Dungeons & Dragons with Chris Pine. Mildly entertaining ... A decent way to get through 2hrs and not stress the gray matter.

That was my reaction. Its okay, not terrific but tolerable. Certainly better than the older one which was horrible.

My favorite comedic sequence in O Brother was this one:
Pete: Wait a minute. Who elected you leader of this outfit?
Ulysses Everett McGill: Well Pete, I figured it should be the one with the capacity for abstract thought. But if that ain't the consensus view, then hell, let's put it to a vote.
Pete:Suits me. I'm voting for yours truly.
Ulysses Everett McGill: Well I'm voting for yours truly too.
Delmar O'Donnell: Okay... I'm with you fellas.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:42 PM (2VST1)

331 I LOVE the original Point Break.
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I kid you not--I've seen that one from start-to-finish at least a dozen times, and seen parts of it another dozen times (I stop and watch if I'm ever flipping channels and its on!).

Posted by: Crusader at March 14, 2025 05:43 PM (TN0g+)

332 I always thought they could have had a much better looking female co-star in that series.

Well, they could have but i think Fi's look was better for the show. She had a shadowy background; merc, gun runner; not an easy life for a 10 out of 10; Fi was striking; strong personality and for a slim woman she was rock hard. I thought she was well cast. Absolutely loved that show. Loved Psych as well as silly as it was. Monk was ok the first couple seasons but I got a little bored with it.

Posted by: Nelly at March 14, 2025 05:43 PM (pSknm)

333
Guess I'd watch a Cage movie before a Clooney one.

Posted by: Auspex at March 14, 2025 05:44 PM (j4U/Z)

334 And yet another boat trying to get too close to Pad 39A. The Coast Guard is running them off.

Eh, let them stay and roast.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 14, 2025 05:44 PM (mH6SG)

335 Hell, I like Faceoff.

And I was hoping to like the Wickerman remake.

No sale.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:44 PM (krQz2)

336 I have heard very mixed reviews of Mandy, that its great or horrible. Nothing in between, I kinda want to see it some time.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:44 PM (2VST1)

337 Bill and Lance--two ripped, no-nonsense commandos

Lance is an E-3, correct?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 14, 2025 05:45 PM (a3Q+t)

338 327 And yet another boat trying to get too close to Pad 39A. The Coast Guard is running them off.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

They wanted to feel the heat and they found it.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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If you could just get close enough for a good view.
Rent a boat for the day.
Rock out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 14, 2025 05:45 PM (c9zag)

339 Nood.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 14, 2025 05:45 PM (PiwSw)

340
Spinal tap 2? WTH? Is there nobody left in Hollywood that can come up with an original idea?

Actually I can easily see this work. There's a lot of mockery to be done of old rock groups reforming or doing a nostalgia tour. Like the $500 dollar tickets and not being able to hit the notes any more.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

There's plenty of jokes you can make about nostalgia bands actually doing the Milli Vanilli thing on stage. In the last several years there's been something of a scandal within the music world with rock bands lipsyncing. Motley Crue, KISS and others got caught recently. Funniest is The Eagles, because Don Henley is a dick, and Joe Walsh did so many drugs that he can barely talk in interviews, but they sing perfectly in concert.

You could do a movie where Spinal Tap starts a business setting up the lipsync music for A-list bands and they're finally successful... at least until they do an Eagles concert and mistakenly use Aerosmith's music and Henley sues them into bankruptcy. Then they have to go out on the road starting over doing their old tunes, but seeing as there really aren't any rock bands any more, they struggle to get gigs.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 14, 2025 05:45 PM (y9nCu)

341 Guess I'd watch a Cage movie before a Clooney one.
Posted by: Auspex at March 14, 2025 05:44 PM (j4U/Z)
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I love Intolerable Cruelty (a Coen joint).

Just something about that movie stuck with me.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:46 PM (krQz2)

342 I have heard very mixed reviews of Mandy, that its great or horrible. Nothing in between, I kinda want to see it some time.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:44 PM

When it comes to songs, Brandy >>> Mandy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 14, 2025 05:46 PM (a3Q+t)

343 Con Air was a Malkovich movie. Any vaguely-charismatic action hero could have played Cage's role.
Trejo and Meaney were also good in it. And Buscemi being Buscemi.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 14, 2025 05:46 PM (gKWVE)

344 Monk was ok the first couple seasons but I got a little bored with it.

Yeah, I liked parts of most episodes but they spent WAY too much time on "look at how weird Monk is, isn't he weird, here's him being weird. WEEEIRD."

Hell, I like Faceoff.

It was dumb and bad but entertaining. The superdupermax prison scenes were a bit odd, that felt too over the top even in that movie.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 14, 2025 05:46 PM (2VST1)

345 When it comes to songs, Brandy >>> Mandy.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 14, 2025 05:46 PM (a3Q+t)

No need to start a fight. They're both wonderful.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at March 14, 2025 05:47 PM (eb5mD)

346 The Big Lebowski

I'll shove that gun up your ass and keep pulling the trigger until it goes 'click'
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 14, 2025 05:42 PM (xG4kz)
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Yeah, I'll consent to Big Lebowski, but just for taste O Brother hedges it out by a tad.

I'm a HUGE Coen bros fan, though.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:48 PM (krQz2)

347 Mandy is good, but it is super-weird, like weird for the sake of being weird.

Cenobite-like Demons walk the earth and they're selling drugs. And Cage has to take out the trash.

The movie is basically a Frank Frazetta painting.

Posted by: ace at March 14, 2025 05:48 PM (KRtlO)

348 "Dog Eat Dog" (2016) was absolutely disgusting.

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:48 PM (3l52y)

349 nood

Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:49 PM (3l52y)

350 "Dog Eat Dog" (2016) was absolutely disgusting.
Posted by: Ides Of gp at March 14, 2025 05:48 PM (3l52y)
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I liked the song, though.

Posted by: Axeman at March 14, 2025 05:53 PM (krQz2)

351 I think the comments in the Midnights Edge link sum it up. Disney has ruined the brand and many people, including myself, will never subscribe to Disney+. When Spectrum and Disney reworked their contract, I think it was about a year ago, Spectrum lost Nat Geo Wild, Freeform, FXX and FXM but offered customers access to Disney Basic. Not a good trade off, Disney and Spectrum probably lost customers over that one.

Posted by: MH-53J at March 14, 2025 06:02 PM (7NmRg)

352 Not a movie fan. Haven't seen a movie I've never seen before since 2020 and haven't seen a brand-new movie in theaters since 2019. But this year has offered me three possible choices.

Fantastic Four does not look interesting. Superman still has a chance. I will credit the teaser with giving us a sense of hope which we could really use, just not sure this movie is going to help.

I'm fine with them including Krypto, but if you're going to have Superman beaten and bloody on the ground, I want the villain standing there, laughing with victory. Then Krypto drops down between them, growls directly at the camera like a beast out of hell and leaps towards us with more rage than we could ever imagine. What little we saw in the teaser does not look like that Krypto, whom Superman is depending on right now.

Now there's Spinal Tap. Nothing repulses me although it doesn't really have show anything either. Does it have a chance...?

Posted by: ChrisW at March 14, 2025 06:07 PM (rLfcT)

353 I've walked out of more movies than I've completed.
Posted by: Braenyard

I walked out of 'Conclave' with 10 minutes left. At the big reveal.

Posted by: Candidus at March 14, 2025 06:13 PM (qKa+O)

354 Why would you let Disney's lesbian Marxists remake anything. The reason why they are lesbian is because they hate men. Anything they make or remake is going to be for one audience only. This is easy stuff.

Posted by: wferrin at March 14, 2025 07:58 PM (lCdHU)

355 What's an 'arcade'?

29 year Olds, such as myself, have no idea what that is.

Some sort of coffee shop?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 14, 2025 04:28 PM (/x6eu)

You didn't sit down except on a few machines.

It was a store with video game machines in it.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 14, 2025 09:05 PM (n7h9X)

356 Why would you let Disney's lesbian Marxists remake anything. The reason why they are lesbian is because they hate men. Anything they make or remake is going to be for one audience only. This is easy stuff.
Posted by: wferrin at March 14, 2025 07:58 PM (lCdHU)

I keep hearing about these new shows being very slow to develop, even if the characters and plot and dialog are not horrid. I wonder if this is also due to feminization of these new writers and directors...they are more tolerant to extra words to drive the plot rather than actions, even as simple as walking around.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 14, 2025 09:08 PM (n7h9X)

357 Now there's Spinal Tap. Nothing repulses me although it doesn't really have show anything either. Does it have a chance...?
Posted by: ChrisW at March 14, 2025 06:07 PM (rLfcT)

I find it impossible to believe that modern writers rooms are going to be able to write a parody of male hard rock music groups very well. They seem to be able to only write about their own personal life, not even other women's lives.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 14, 2025 09:10 PM (n7h9X)

358 I think the comments in the Midnights Edge link sum it up. Disney has ruined the brand and many people, including myself, will never subscribe to Disney+. When Spectrum and Disney reworked their contract, I think it was about a year ago, Spectrum lost Nat Geo Wild, Freeform, FXX and FXM but offered customers access to Disney Basic. Not a good trade off, Disney and Spectrum probably lost customers over that one.
Posted by: MH-53J at March 14, 2025 06:02 PM (7NmRg)

The iron law of entertainment is there's only so much a middle class family can afford per month for all types. Streaming might steal from ad supported cable and movies but the total amount of money won't grow.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 14, 2025 09:13 PM (n7h9X)

359 Daredevil was pretty good.
The Punisher was pretty good.
The one with the chick from "Don't trust the B from Apt whatever" was decent.
Luke Cage was boring.
Iron Fist was unwatchable.

I have no idea what this new season of Daredevil is like, because I will never pay Disney another dime.

I don't really watch Marvel anymore either, but the previous Daredevil was good enough that I probably would have checked it out on a different platform.

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