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Disney Star Wars: Shit or Garbage?
The Marblemouth and Gorp opens tonight.
The movie was previously tracking at a low $80 million for its three day debut. That's on the level of Soylo: A Soy Wars Soyry (as Ethan Van Sciver called it), which was the first Star Wars movie to lose money. Note this weekend is a four day weekend, but that projection was for the actual Fri-Sat-Sun frame. They estimated that with Monday included, it would make $105 million for the four day weekend. I mean: It's opening tonight so it's a five day "weekend," but the industry pretends that Thursday receipts are really Friday receipts. Which just another lie from the Industry of Lies. But that's been revised. Downwards. Now it's projected to make $80 million... for all four days of the weekend. Maybe $60 million for the three day weekend. Disney doesn't like that headline, so now they're bragging about a $160 million opening weekend. The catch? That $160 million is for the global debut, not the North American debut we always talk about. So this is a big revision downwards which Disney is spinning, incredibly, as double the previous projection. Disney looked around for a shill propaganda outlet that was desperate enough and corrupt enough to print up this corporate lie. Gentlemen, you asked for a miracle. I give you Deadline.'Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu' Hopes To Hyper-Space To $160M Global Opening Over Memorial Day Weekend -- Box Office Preview By Anthony D'Alessandro (Chief Corporate Shill)Comparing this opening with the lowest Memorial Day opening ever -- from two years ago. Nice job of bar-lowering!!!
The good news is that this Memorial Day weekend won't be the lowest post-Covid, and Lucasfilm/Disney's Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu won't open as low as Warner Bros' Furiosa did two years ago at this time with a $32.3M 4-day. The new hope is that the pic from director Jon Favreau co-written with EP Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor will meet or exceed its $80M 4-day tracking in North America.
That all depends on whether families show up and push the first Star Wars film in seven years to a bigger number. Burger King is a promo partner on the pic, so hopefully Whoppers will have more influence on potential moviegoers than blue milk did for Luke Skywalker nearly a half-century ago.Wow they have a fast-food promotional tie-in? That means it will make a huge amount of money -- No Star Wars film or other corporate IP slop has ever had a Burger King tie-in before!!!
In other words, the global debut is juiced because most movies do not open in every country in the same weekend. In some cases, very big countries like Brazil or Japan or China or the UK have openings weeks after the North American debut. But this is opening everywhere, except Korea.
The global outlook is $160M worldwide, with $80M of that from a 98% footprint offshore.
The only territory not going this weekend is Korea. That start for the $165M net production would be slightly ahead of the global opening of 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story in like-for-likes. That box office low point in the franchise -- which went into theaters with a lot of behind-the-scenes melodrama (Lord & Miller were fired and the directing reins handed to Ron Howard -- posted a 4-day over Memorial Day weekend of $103M domestic and another $52M abroad.Even shill critics are panning the movie. It is currently just over "rotten" at Rotten Tomatoes, but the bulk of reviews currently tabulated are from hand-picked shills and influencers. It will be Rotten within hours. Most are complaining that it's "meh" or "mid" or a TV episode with a slightly larger budget (but still a cheap, TV look). Those who are sick of masculine action hero and self-declared "Big Bougie Daddy Bitch" Pedro Pascal will be happy to know that he's not really in the movie much, because it's almost always his stunt-doubles in the armor when he has his helmet on. Which is 96% of the time. They're also complaining that it is plainly for children, and by "children," I don't mean 12 year olds. I mean little children. I mean babies. That's not a terrible reposition for the franchise, as it's lost all older fans and all teen fans. Maybe it's best to start over with a New Modern Audience that doesn't know tha Disney Star Wars is a pathetic joke yet. But it's obviously going to result in a low take.. Only babies want to see movies about a baby for babies. And if you want to see a good movie aimed at a younger crowd -- I keep hearing The Sheep Detectives is wonderful. Chris Gore and Allen Ng of Film Threat both praised it, only disagreeing about what audience it's for. Gore thought it was a kid's movie that was also interesting enough for adults, whereas Ng thought it was a good and "worthy" kid's film, but not really one that adults would like.
wait wait wait wait wait -- so God *isn't* a Tranny?
— The Reaping Phase (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 20, 2026
bbbrrrrcccrsshhhhh
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (Oq/TM)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 21, 2026 04:19 PM (VkY89)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:20 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 04:08 PM (qx7Zg)
Hey man, I saw the meme you posted for me and Mannix on an earlier thread. It made me chuckle. Thanks.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (77rzZ)
No problem. If you ever decide to write an ONT, it would fit right in. ;-)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 04:20 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (k4EKw)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (DwqWV)
That's not superluminal. That's a tug-pull to a Hohmann transfer where it will coast to fecobraking on an asteroid made of poo.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (gKWVE)
We need to widen the option pool:
-- Shit
-- Garbage
-- Toxic sludge
-- Gonorrhea-soaked Kotex
-- Nuclear waste
Vote for as many as apply.
Posted by: zombie at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (DwqWV)
We call them Minor Attracted Pyrsyns, you h8ter.
Posted by: leftists at May 21, 2026 04:22 PM (Yqjwb)
That's not superluminal. That's a tug-pull to a Hohmann transfer where it will coast to fecobraking on an asteroid made of poo.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (gKWVE)
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And the movie cost at least $175 million to make.
Doing normal Hollywood estimates, it should need to make $583 million to break even.
Unless this movie has Avatar legs (doubtful), it's going to be a major money loser and a very big stain to start Favreau's and Filoni's reign as head of Star Wars.
Yeah, Kennedy green lit it, but it's all their baby, all while news floats that Filoni hates Andor, the only thing that everyone seems to like about new Star Wars.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:22 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:20 PM (46HP
By their resignation and suicide you mean?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:23 PM (8avO+)
They have gone off the deep end in their product ever since they acquired the Star Wars IP.
They produce nothing but garbage.
Plan is to sell them and invest in SpaceX when that company goes public.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:24 PM (Oq/TM)
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 21, 2026 04:24 PM (yInIL)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM (qivay)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM (OYsYV)
I'm pretty sure the left is unable to learn, though.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM (N1tpc)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM
I actually have one or two of them glasses.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:26 PM (Oq/TM)
I'm pretty sure the left is unable to learn, though.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM (N1tpc)
We can too lear!
Posted by: leftists at May 21, 2026 04:26 PM (Yqjwb)
It's apparently a D+ production that folks should wait for D+...or never...
Never reward obvious money grabs. This should have been season 4 of Mandalorian, but they couldn't monetize that, so they made it all worse to sell toys...they are sure they will sell toys (so don't buy those either).
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)
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Is he fake?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 21, 2026 04:21 PM (DwqWV)
By including a lot of sh%t that doesn't involve him. The best part of the movie (the only good part) is baby yoda with the other puppets solo.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (tOcjL)
However, I will see Godzilla Minus Zero on the big screen, whenever that happens.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (IRj0A)
Posted by: leftists at May 21, 2026 04:22 PM (Yqjwb)
MAPs get nailed to a wall.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (wxgaw)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:28 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 21, 2026 04:29 PM (dmDsy)
Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)
Next you're gonna tell me Liberace was gay...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 04:29 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:29 PM (wxgaw)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Is he fake?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
He's an actor. He's fake professionally.
Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (OYsYV)
But they also predicted a growth of 5% in Q1, so grain of salt.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (46HP
And lame- but he really wants to make sure you know he is gay.
I kind of wonder. A lot of the projects he's been on have tanked. Part of it is he is a charisma vacuum. I wonder if he is steering into the glitter factor in order to make projects have to offer him roles or be afraid to recast him.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (CHHv1)
I kind of wonder. A lot of the projects he's been on have tanked. Part of it is he is a charisma vacuum. I wonder if he is steering into the glitter factor in order to make projects have to offer him roles or be afraid to recast him.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:30 PM (zZu0s)
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He's the new Jared Leto.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Euro at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (6En8V)
Kathleen Kennedy et al have stripped all value from the Star Wars IP.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (wxgaw)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 04:29 PM (FtULh)
Women LOVED him.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (CHHv1)
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Certainly not Ten Seconds to Hell.
Ten Seconds to Hell is quality.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Thanks. It looks like I'll be waiting for a while.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (IRj0A)
Yeah, but if you want to fleece investors and launder money, you have GOT to get a movie out there.
Posted by: Disney at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (3arSl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:25 PM (OYsYV)
Once it gets going, It's Murder She Wrote with sheep - very popular with all ages...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)
They have gone off the deep end in their product ever since they acquired the Star Wars IP.
They produce nothing but garbage.
Plan is to sell them and invest in SpaceX when that company goes public.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude
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Didn't that happen yesterday?
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (VkY89)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (CHHv1)
At this point... Dr Who.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (zZu0s)
Yeah, but if you want to fleece investors and launder money, you have GOT to get a movie out there.
Posted by: Disney at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (3arSl)
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Remember when movie studios were all, "movie theaters are so 2019. We can make bank through streaming!"
Le sigh...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: tcn
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They waited too long to capitalize on it. The cute thing has worn off now. Should have put this movie out four or five years ago.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (4KUe5)
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I keep meaning to watch the second season of Andor.
The first season was quite good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (46HP8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (wxgaw)
I think after the first three SW films were released, everyone involved looked at each other blankly and said, "What do we do now?" And nobody had an answer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (zZu0s)
There was a time when that would have been a good thing, but that time is no more. KFC sucks bigly.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (Riz8t)
Good thing I already checked the mail.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:34 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 21, 2026 04:34 PM (xb5wW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (wxgaw)
Exactly. Four or five good to great seasons. Thats it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 04:34 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM
Stock will not be available to purchase by the public until mid June.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (Oq/TM)
*Yawn*
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (wxgaw)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (HdYcL)
Some tolerable novels and, in the 1990s, some excellent vidjagaemz
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (gKWVE)
This could be said of The Princess Bride also. But I really liked it, and if I'm flipping around and come across it, I'll stop and watch it.
Posted by: Gunslinger at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (R2gO3)
The first season was quite good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (46HP
some of my usual reviewers liked it, but it seemed to be essentially a drama about workers in a nazi-like ecosystem so overall who's sympathetic?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (2Ez/1)
KFC sucks bigly.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 04:33 PM (Riz8t)
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That's the point. Star Wars got taken over by the entertainment equivalent of Yum! Brands.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (HdYcL)
it makes up 50% of their revenue or more
Stop feeding the only way they make money now and watch these tranny loving fucks starve to death
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:32 PM
Another IP that Disney had a hand in destroying
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (Oq/TM)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026
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"Hiring actual science-fiction writers for story treatments or even scripts would have been a good start."
( -- Leigh Brackett)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 04:34 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: leftists at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (Yqjwb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (wxgaw)
I cannot think of anything right now (other than the titles above) that I do want to see.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (8avO+)
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I don't need sympathetic. I need interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (46HP8)
*Yawn*
What? You think we should come up with something original for new movies?! Shyyyaaaaah, as if.
Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Police Academy Franchise at May 21, 2026 04:37 PM (LjNCB)
Watched “Sneakers” last weekend and it was great. Sure, Robert Redford gets to play one of his ‘I wish I was Bill Ayer’s’ roles, but it was - get this - fun! When was the last time you watched a fun movie quit going too hard on something (like gross out humor, political sass, etc.)????
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:37 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: gKWVE
Ummm...whatever you said is tight!
Posted by: The Movie Pitch Executive at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (3arSl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026
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"Hiring actual science-fiction writers for story treatments or even scripts would have been a good start."
( -- Leigh Brackett)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (wzUl9)
Recasting the big 3 with lookalikes and putting a movie series a year or two after ROTJ , when something different could be happening, and no one is god-like yet or so bitter as to be off-putting could be a start...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Theodore the Firsyt at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (xIuYE)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026
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The Dungeons & Dragons movie with Chris Pine?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (wzUl9)
Will they have to use a crane to lower her in?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (wxgaw)
*Yawn*
Posted by: Anna Puma
Sequel? Prequel? Reboot?
Reboot of a sequel to a side story of the prequel?
Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (gu0hJ)
Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (qgHp7)
49 years.
Srsly?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (46HP
Most of what I have seen on it says the character work is very good. Also bleak, depressing and bleak.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (zZu0s)
If we come up with something original and successful, someone- like us- might steal it!
Posted by: Also Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (3arSl)
Not much interest in current movies.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 21, 2026 04:39 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Decaf at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (Z8tay)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (gu0hJ)
someone said she has three scenes, all shot in the same set, so she probably was just on set for three days.
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (1wjle)
Disney, Star Wars: Shit & Garbage
They should be prosecuted for pandering pedophilia, corruption of minors and un-American activities. Whether or not the prosecution wins at first try they should be prosecuted until they are professionally and personally bankrupt and penniless.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (OArx3)
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:38 PM (1wjle)
I say they should have stopped when the busty blonde jumped in the pool and asked who was going to save her.
It was never going to get better than that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Decaf at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (Z8tay)
That's what discount Tuesday is for...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (tOcjL)
I saw the original in the theater in 1977 as a 14 year old science fiction dork/nerd supreme. I couldn't have been more excited, and absolutely loved the entire experience, movie, storyline, spacecraft, characters, actors, everything. It was something brand new and unexpectedly amazing.
Now? I seek funding for a time machine that will allow me not to go back and kill Hitler (or, alternatively, Gavrilo Princip [IYKYK]), but rather to travel back to throttle Gerorge Lucas in his crib, with extreme prejudice and maximum violence.
I hate everything about Star Wars and wish it had never been.
Posted by: Sharkman at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (3nhsg)
Posted by: Yogurt at May 21, 2026 04:40 PM (594J6)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:41 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Was it here that I saw the meme of how "a D&D movie" should really be?
- A character dies in one scene, and the party meets a new character played by the same actor in the next scene.
- All speaking parts outside the main characters are played by the same guy.
Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 04:41 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:41 PM (4KUe5)
You could probably gather a 5 to 1o real Star Wars nerds and cobble together, numerous multifilm arcs.
It's just that nobody at Disney is going to do that.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Lizzy
Same here. I'm watching classics I've never seen. Although that doesn't always work out either. I hated Dog Day Afternoon, and not just for the ghey stuff.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (wxgaw)
Posted by: Decaf at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (Z8tay)
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:09 PM (77rzZ)
No problem. If you ever decide to write an ONT, it would fit right in. ;-)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Although all threads are fundamentally boob threads, I think an ONT expressly devoted to boobs, would be awesome.
100 comment rule, though. The first 100 comments must be about bobs.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 04:42 PM (GD0B3)
- All speaking parts outside the main characters are played by the same guy.
Posted by: mikeski at May 21, 2026 04:41 PM (VHUov)
yeah there should be a huge part for a voice over narrator in any DnD movie.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (8avO+)
https://youtu.be/OSMUZJ2LkU8?
si=dIqLEvz1H52qV5eM
Cage looks to be having fun.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (zZu0s)
I remember that feeling. I felt that way after I came out of Billy Jack.
*hangs head in shame*
Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)
I was betrayed by Forge and Sophina!!!
Posted by: Edgin (unjustly imprisoned) at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)
Even Deadline was pointing out that a lot of people thought of it as a long television episode which is not a good thing when you want people to shell out a thousand bucks for tickets and popcorn.
Also, it's based on a show?? Seriously, even if I gave a crap about Star Wars anymore, I don't want to have to do freaking homework to see the latest piece of garbage.
It was kind of cool, I'm on Instagram following some of my favorite actresses and Ariana Greenblatt who was young Gamora in "Infinity Wars" is in Cannes. She's also a model for L'Oreal I guess. She showed pictures of her advertising on huge buildings. It was pretty cool.
And Julia Butters had pictures of the ruins of Pompeii. Also cool.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:41 PM (4KUe5)
The talking skeleton scene cracked me up for being so true to game play!
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026
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They only had an entire galaxy to play with, after all!
Something that didn't involve yet another Death Star or other giant weaponized construct would have been a good start. There'd have been pockets of the old Empire that needed to be freed or brought into line. See Poul Anderson's Empire of Earth series with interstellar James Bond Dominic Flandry, or the Polesotechnic League tales with Nicholas Van Rijn (what a great role that would have been for Tim Curry!) and David Falkayn. A tale with Luke, Leia, & Co. stranded on a gigantic planet where they can't eat the food, but need to get to a human station before they starve and so have to make it feasible for the natives to help them, would have worked.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM (1wjle)
Clue - still is on point 4 decades later
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (tOcjL)
You could probably gather a 5 to 1o real Star Wars nerds and cobble together, numerous multifilm arcs.
It's just that nobody at Disney is going to do that.
It's so telling that amateurs are doing Spencer Pratt's campaign far more good than anything that's come from a campaign consultant since Reagan. Professionals are vastly overrated.
Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM (1wjle)
Surely you can't be serious?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (zZu0s)
He said it was a satisfying thing to do.
His #1 choice: The Best Years Of Our Lives.
1946. Myrna Loy.
Fun to watch a classy lady.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bulg
About "boobs," I meant.
Posted by: Bulg
No takebacks.
Posted by: Zombie Bob Hope and Bob Newhart at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (LjNCB)
I am enjoying seeing quirky characters that are subtle. Everything now has to be QUIRKY or EDGEY because the audience won’t get it of people in general are so weird they have to exaggerate to stand out? But mostly, such a wonderful break from the everyone is gay and/or bi. Truly, could not see another gay couple on screen for the rest of my life and be happy. They have overplayed their hand on this.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (tOcjL)
Really great. I gotta rewatch that one soon.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (zZu0s)
Something that didn't involve yet another Death Star or other giant weaponized construct would have been a good start. There'd have been pockets of the old Empire that needed to be freed or brought into line. See Poul Anderson's Empire of Earth series with interstellar James Bond Dominic Flandry, or the Polesotechnic League tales with Nicholas Van Rijn (what a great role that would have been for Tim Curry!) and David Falkayn. A tale with Luke, Leia, & Co. stranded on a gigantic planet where they can't eat the food, but need to get to a human station before they starve and so have to make it feasible for the natives to help them, would have worked.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (wzUl9)
I admit, I was always partial to Mara Jade's intro (especially since she comes in as Luke's nemesis as the former Emperor's hand). But I love your idea!
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Zombie Bob Hope and Bob Newhart at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (LjN
I laughed. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (n3VHW)
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:44 PM
Jaws.
Was an awesome movie to see in the theater when it came out.
Made going to the beach interesting that summer.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:47 PM (Oq/TM)
I remember that feeling. I felt that way after I came out of Billy Jack.
*hangs head in shame*
Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)
My older sisters saw that when it was out, when they described the plot I saw the obvious hole in the plot of the kick off your shoes martial arts white indian hero against police corruption - that like Indy Jones did in Raiders to the swordsman in Egypt, someone would have just plugged him very quickly.
but one tin soldier and all that!!
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (4KUe5)
Can Grogu turn himself into a 2-ton fireball by merely grunting? Huh? Can he?
Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (qgHp7)
I saw Close Encounters last year, that was good.
Talk about deadbeat dads.
Posted by: ace at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (zZu0s)
So they have begun to focus on these people flying them out for special events etc and getting glowing reviews in response.
And the old school is really pissed at being thrown aside for a bunch of THOTS and douchebags with a camera and a Youtube channel. And they are getting savage in response.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (5yqx7)
A novelty movie series that should not have continued after the initial trilogy was continued anyway. The rights were a acquired by a massive entertainment conglomerate. That organization was formerly pro-American, at least ostensibly. It was taken over by anti-American dilettantes and communist saboteurs long before that, and acter that had no interest in making a profit, only in manipulating and scolding the audience. Each predictable financial catastrophe was treated as a fluke.
The phenomenon has been echoed throughout the economy. No real interest in making a profit, just setting everything on fire.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 21, 2026 04:49 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:49 PM (gKWVE)
Was an awesome movie to see in the theater when it came out.
Made going to the beach interesting that summer.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude
________
Snuck into the theater at 11 years old to see it. The head popping out the bottom of the boat left me scarred for 11 more.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
Pros can't risk blowing it so they play it safe and run the last play that worked. Amateurs put it all on the line and swing for the fences because if they fail, they go back to work on Monday and put in another 8 hours
Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Zombie Bob Hope and Bob Newhart at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (LjN
I laughed. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
So did I.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (4KUe5)
The old school of Serious Film Journalists were a bunch of whores too, they were just ugly and old.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Euro at May 21, 2026 04:31 PM (6En8V)
It's when they were still giving out GLASS collectable cups for the movie and i have some, now BK is doing the new Star Wars movie and it's plastic cups and I could care less.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (5yqx7)
What would make movies better for me:
- Better lighting. Everything looks like it was shot in the inside of a casket.
- Crisply enunciated dialogue, instead of the mumbling we have today.
- Modulated sound, instead of deafening noise.
Etc.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (n5tGW)
Redford, Newman, Hamlisch, the music, all of it. Saw it a bunch of times.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM
THAT scene I believe was the most startling and scary scene in the movie.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (Oq/TM)
So they have begun to focus on these people flying them out for special events etc and getting glowing reviews in response.
And the old school is really pissed at being thrown aside for a bunch of THOTS and douchebags with a camera and a Youtube channel. And they are getting savage in response.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (5yqx7)
The Critical Drinker can never be bought by a flight out! A nice bottle of Scotch though might work.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (8avO+)
They vary, the first two are GREAT, the last one is really good, and in between are fun enough still. Powell is a terrific leading man who for some reason was considered washed up when he got the Thin Man role.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Open Channel D at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026
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Back then I did not know who Carrie Fisher was. Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 and I enjoyed the movie for its depictions of things we'd read about in written SF. And it was the most visually realistic SF movie in many years: It looked "lived in," with scars and streaks on the ships and power cables snaking across hangar floors.
The model and camera work was outstanding too. See the scene where Solo and Luke fire the laser cannon at the attacking fighters. They didn't fire, then we cut to a shot of the ship blowing up; we saw Luke or Solo, the cannon, the starfield, and the fighter exploding all in the same shot.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hollywood at May 21, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
Pros can't risk blowing it so they play it safe and run the last play that worked. Amateurs put it all on the line and swing for the fences because if they fail, they go back to work on Monday and put in another 8 hours
Maybe, but I think it's also that none of those guys have had a new idea in 50 years. They're the Bruce Springsteens of politics.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)
how do you 'buy' a congressional seat for half the going rate?
serious question.
FEC DATA
//www.fec.gov/data/
How much has been spent by:
01/01/2025–12/31/2026
11. MASSIE, THOMAS H. [REP] $5,840,666.14
12. LAUBACHER, EILEEN [DEM] $5,487,524.43
13. CRANE, ELI [REP] $5,443,960.11
14. EMMER, THOMAS EARL JR. [REP] $5,409,563.77
15. JORDAN, JAMES D. [REP] $5,203,298.05
16. CHAKRABARTI, SAIKAT [DEM] $4,972,236.89
17. VINDMAN, YEVGENY 'EUGENE' [DEM] $4,541,406.43
18. WOOD, JORDAN [DEM] $4,437,808.03
19. CONSTANTINO, ANTHONY THOMAS [REP] $4,116,985.84
20. OMAR, ILHAN [DFL] $3,842,103.4
.
.
46. GALLREIN, ED [REP] $2,620,238.75
Posted by: really serious at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (ADssA)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 04:53 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026
***
The second Thin Man film is a wonder -- as a mystery, even better than the first.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:53 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:50 PM (4KUe5)
It flopped b/c the idiot studio wanted you to pay 3 times to see all the endings (they only put one ending on each movie)...aka, greed killed it.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 04:53 PM (tOcjL)
'Hobo with a Shotgun" was a great movie. Seriously.
It may be Canada's greatest export ever.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 21, 2026 04:53 PM (Sco7b)
Redford, Newman, Hamlisch, the music, all of it. Saw it a bunch of times.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (2Ez/1)
That was decent. A Remington Steele episode did a variant in an episode and since their thing was old movie references during the case they gave it an attribution.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM (8avO+)
...GET OFF MY LAWN!!
Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM (77rzZ)
https://youtu.be/OSMUZJ2LkU8?
si=dIqLEvz1H52qV5eM
Cage looks to be having fun.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:43 PM (zZu0s)
It's got enough of a hook that I might check that out. I love Nick Cage.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM (N1tpc)
Redford, Newman, Hamlisch, the music, all of it. Saw it a bunch of times.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026
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Anybody who wants to see how a movie *should* work to surprise an audience needs to watch The Sting several times.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:55 PM (wzUl9)
I saw "Sheep Detectives".
I liked it, but having had young children, I don't think really young children would be entertained by it.
They'd probably be bored half-way in.
Older kids who are more familiar with the usual mystery tropes and romance shenanigans will more than likely enjoy it.
Adults will do fine if you don't mind a silly comedy.
Very much an old-fashioned style family movie.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 04:55 PM (iJfKG)
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I dont know if theyre just convenient punching bags or if theyre legit hurting hollywoods revenue (I tend to think theyre making a dent)
Another thing I think are making a dent are movie recaps (even the shitty AI slopped ones). Been able to enjoy movie recaps that last 10-15 minutes for free instead of having to pay $6 and sit through 90 minutes of garbage shit just to find out what happens
Thats how I watched It Follows
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 04:55 PM (fapp/)
Victory or Death is a riveting and provocative film telling the poignant story of unsung heroes inside the French Revolution. The year is 1793. Amid the tumult of the Revolution, peasants from Vendée rise up to defend themselves against forced conscription, brutal attacks on the Church, and execution of their king. A retired naval officer, Charette de La Contrie, is pulled from his quiet chateau life when a ragtag group of peasants urge him to lead them and champion their cause. The film traces the reluctant leader as he transforms into a charismatic and brilliant strategist, rallying an unconventional army of ordinary men and women to wage a fierce war in defense of their land, faith, and families, against forces determined to crush insurrection
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 21, 2026 04:55 PM (ubCxQ)
Also, actual feminine females instead of angsty bitches, hard-boiled girlbosses and kickass Mary Sues.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (HdYcL)
*polite cough*
Allow me to point out that I have a shiny new grandson with the first name of "Dashiell."
Yeah. Kinda badass.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (2Ez/1)
how do you 'buy' a congressional seat for half the going rate?
serious question.
FEC DATA
//www.fec.gov/data/
How much has been spent by:
01/01/2025–12/31/2026
11. MASSIE, THOMAS H. [REP] $5,840,666.14
.
.
46. GALLREIN, ED [REP] $2,620,238.75
Posted by: really serious at May 21, 2026 04:52 PM (ADssA)
MAGA and Kentuckians don't follow the media buys and thus save money. Same was true in 2024, Trump spent far less and got far more results.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (8avO+)
But Massie's money was clean money. Gallrein's money, if there was less of it, was (((dirty money))).
Also it just goes to show how stingy the Jews are.
Posted by: the groypsters at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (gKWVE)
Redford, Newman, Hamlisch, the music, all of it. Saw it a bunch of times.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (2Ez/1)
That was decent. A Remington Steele episode did a variant in an episode and since their thing was old movie references during the case they gave it an attribution.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM (8avO+)
There was a Rockford Files episode that was an homage to The Sting too.
Posted by: far cry at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (pBJ6M)
The directing duo for "Solo: A Star Wars Story" (Phil Lord and Christopher Miller) got fired. I think they brought in Ron Howard to tailor it to Disney's vision....AND IT LOST MONEY.
Fast forward to the present day and the most successful film this year: "Project Hail Mary". Guess who directed it?
That's right, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
Irony!
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026
***
"How many bars have you been thrown out of, Mr. Charles?"
"That would be all of them, Mrs. Charles."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:56 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Jimmie Stewart's only completely villainous role, IIRC. Though he did play some sketchy characters in his later films.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg
About "boobs," I meant.
Posted by: Bulg
No takebacks.
Posted by: Zombie Bob Hope and Bob Newhart at May 21, 2026 04:46 PM (LjNCB)
You forgot Bob the Boob Builder, didn't you.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: neo-nazi groyper logic at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:54 PM
Colleen Camp mmmmm mmmmm MMMMMMM
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (Oq/TM)
how do you 'buy' a congressional seat for half the going rate?
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I was reliably informed AIPAC spent $30 Million to buy Massies seat for Jew Lesbian Lover and Mossad Agent Gallrein
Louis Rossman told me so, after hoping I was having a lovely day
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 04:58 PM (77rzZ)
His best idea was "A gruff but lovable two-headed monster that's always arguing with itself!" But then gives up the idea..."Naw...It'll look rotten on a Burger King glass."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 04:58 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 04:58 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 21, 2026 04:55 PM (ubCxQ)
The Vendee were against the French Revolution and eventually got crushed for their pains.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:58 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: weew at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (9TspW)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026
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And like his earlier Maltese Falcon, I found it a hard novel to get through and lost interest in it at the same point on several tries over several years. Thin Man the novel is somehow not the lighthearted romp you'd think it is from the Powell-Loy film.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (wzUl9)
My HS girlfriend and I were absolutely crazy about The Sting.
Redford, Newman, Hamlisch, the music, all of it. Saw it a bunch of times.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (2Ez/1)
____________
Those Newman-Redford movies show what a great actor Newman was and what a cigar-store Indian Redford was.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (HdYcL)
how do you 'buy' a congressional seat for half the going rate?
*********************
I was reliably informed AIPAC spent $30 Million to buy Massies seat for Jew Lesbian Lover and Mossad Agent Gallrein
Louis Rossman told me so, after hoping I was having a lovely day
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 04:57 PM (fapp/)
Well they say that Jews don't like to spend money right?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: runner, with a recommendation at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (GD0B3)
Yeah. Kinda badass.
That's awesome. He'll hate it when he's young, but will probably go by Dash. When he's old enough, it'll be a fantastic conversation starter with the ladies.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 05:00 PM (Riz8t)
But Massie's money was clean money. Gallrein's money, if there was less of it, was (((dirty money))).
Also it just goes to show how stingy the Jews are.
=
makes it even more hilarious Massie spent 2x and still lost.
the whole 'isreal money' bought the election is a hoax. has anyone alerted tucker, et al ... that they outspent their opponent 2x and still lost.
Posted by: really serious at May 21, 2026 05:00 PM (ADssA)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger
I am really REALLY hoping that Anton Petrov's next video won't be about how the Jews ruined 51 Pegasi b, hello wonderful gentiles.
Posted by: gKWVE is upset with Rossman at May 21, 2026 05:00 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026
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I saw that! I hope he's as successful with the fillies as Solo was with the ladies!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:00 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: runner, with a recommendation at May 21, 2026 04:59 PM (GD0B3)
Thanks!
Posted by: zombie Johnny Horton at May 21, 2026 05:01 PM (pBJ6M)
===
I was reliably informed by well placed sources, that various groypers running for office are offering Cucker Tarlson to not endorse them. Or it was the Bee...One or the other...
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (5yqx7)
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They tried that in a BIG way with Amazon's Rings of Power. Then it was discovered that the "influencers" who were bought and paid for by Amazon never bothered to watch the show they were supposedly pitching for.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026
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What Redford did well was the "comic exasperation" look as shown in his turn as hapless thief Dortmunder in The Hot Rock and in a few scenes in Butch Cassidy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: It's me donna
It's amusing, in its way, but, in my opinion, it hasn't aged well. The Acatius Page angle, in particular.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (77rzZ)
You can take Bob Dole's word on it!
Posted by: The ghost of Bob Dole at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner, with a recommendation at May 21, 2026
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Kenneth More and Dana Wynter!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (wzUl9)
Our 5yr old girlie is crazy about princesses. Of course Disney owns them as well but I find ways of rebelling.
The liberals won't be happy til everyone is trans. Then they will want them to become furries.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (LjNCB)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026
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What Redford did well was the "comic exasperation" look as shown in his turn as hapless thief Dortmunder in The Hot Rock and in a few scenes in Butch Cassidy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (wzUl9)
_______________________
The Sting. How could be anything but fun and entertaining. With Robert Shaw as the heavy. Shaw was one of my favorites.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 04:35 PM (8avO+)
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I don't need sympathetic. I need interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:36 PM (46HP
I agree with TJM here.
Sympathetic characters are nice but I want interesting character and a real character arc in a story.
Often sympathetic characters mean stagnant thus boring characters.
Also, I think that's a libtard concept that gets us characters loaded up with woke tics that designate them as "good, sympathetic characters".
Not that you'll see it but "The Devil Wears Prada 2" has that by the bucket loads.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 05:04 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 04:48 PM (5yqx7)
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They tried that in a BIG way with Amazon's Rings of Power. Then it was discovered that the "influencers" who were bought and paid for by Amazon never bothered to watch the show they were supposedly pitching for.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 05:02 PM (gnNyN)
They tried to do it for this movie - Mando and Grogu. They had a surprise Mandolorian visit with fans for an early show with Pedro Pascal - turns out they were all specially selected influencers by Disney, when Disney didn't mention that in their initial postings (and only did when social media folks outed themselves)...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 05:04 PM (tOcjL)
https://www.youtube.com/live/TBu6JFjt0tk
-- or --
https://www.youtube.com/live/ou6rUKyNmUQ
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:04 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: gKWVE is upset with Hill too at May 21, 2026 05:04 PM (gKWVE)
5pm
CBC - Alberta News
MS Now - Trump is bad. Getting rich using the Presidency. Citing the New York Times.
CNN - also IRS - why the hell does that still exist - fund.
FoxNews - the Five - dnc autopsy.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:05 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:05 PM (GD0B3)
You know, Sink the Bismarck! is still good.
Posted by: runner, with a recommendation at May 21, 2026
____________
"Blimey! The Hood's gone."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:05 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Bob Shaw at May 21, 2026 05:05 PM (2Ez/1)
- Better lighting. Everything looks like it was shot in the inside of a casket.
- Crisply enunciated dialogue, instead of the mumbling we have today.
- Modulated sound, instead of deafening noise.
Etc.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 04:51 PM (HdYcL)
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The sound and speech in particular annoy me. At first I thought it must be just me getting older but then I saw an old movie and I could hear the dialogue perfectly. Even technically Hollywood is failing.
Posted by: Decaf at May 21, 2026 05:06 PM (Z8tay)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Jimmie Stewart's only completely villainous role, IIRC. Though he did play some sketchy characters in his later films.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026
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Now that you've mentioned it, Bulg -- I'll say that his performance gave an ordinary but charming whodunit a thunderbolt surprise worthy of an early Ellery Queen novel. In fact I wondered after seeing it if the Queen cousins, who did some movie work in the mid-Thirties, might have had a hand in the screenplay; but no, they themselves said none of their work ever made it to film.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:06 PM (wzUl9)
>>It's got enough of a hook that I might check that out. I love Nick Cage.
Wow, that looks like it might actually be worth a watch.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: weew
There were three in Total Recall.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 21, 2026 05:03 PM (LjNCB)
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I'd go see a Star Wars with a Jedi named "Bob" as long as he's a synic, makes fund of other Jedi, and continuously rolls his eyes everytime some Jedi spouts out their "no emotion" spiel.
Light saber fights with "Bob" would be a hoot as he continuously uses the force to hit the "off switch" on his opponent's light saber, and uses the force to coat the opponent in bantha shit.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (dIske)
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (GD0B3)
Often sympathetic characters mean stagnant thus boring characters.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 05:04 PM (iJfKG)
I didn't mean the character had sympathy, but that you had sympathy for his situation and arc. Hard to fit that into your life of working for the galaxy spanning mass murdering totalitarian dictatorship.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (8avO+)
But Massie's money was clean money. Gallrein's money, if there was less of it, was (((dirty money))).
Also it just goes to show how stingy the Jews are.
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how the losers are going on and on about buying a KY congressional seat, i was expecting to find that Gallian outspent Massie by like 10x or something.
the truth is , he spent 1/2 . lol Massie torched himself...his coattail riders are too stupid to realize or they are just grifting .
Posted by: really serious at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (ADssA)
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026
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And Father Brown in a '70s (?) PBS series of the Chesterton stories. Plus he did a remake of The Thirty-Nine Steps in the '50s with him as proto-Bond Richard Hannay
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:08 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Decaf at May 21, 2026 05:06 PM (Z8tay
I don't enjoy bringing foam earplugs to the theater.
If it's too loud, you're too damn young.
No Emily on the Five.
Sadness emoji.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:08 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner, with a recommendation at May 21, 2026
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"Blimey! The Hood's gone."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:05 PM (HdYcL)
Take that little flag off the situation map, Doris!
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:08 PM (8avO+)
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I couldnt even see the trailer for the Odyssey until I turned the brightness up on my TV to 100
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 05:08 PM (fapp/)
Light saber fights with "Bob" would be a hoot as he continuously uses the force to hit the "off switch" on his opponent's light saber, and uses the force to coat the opponent in bantha shit.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (dIske)
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You do know that Bob Anderson, an Olympic quality fencer, was Darth Vader's stunt double, yes?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 05:09 PM (gnNyN)
"Obsession," a $1M horror indie is excellent.
Shockingly both are competently made. However, Sheep cost $70M and will probably not make its money back at the B.O. (It'll make it back streaming for sure.)
Obsession has already made 25-30x its budget, and about double what Blumhouse paid for it.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 21, 2026 05:09 PM (/d4WW)
Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 05:09 PM (vFG9F)
The only one who could have saved Star Was was Bob Fosse.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 21, 2026 05:09 PM (IifOV)
It's very good.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 21, 2026 05:09 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (D1E+2)
Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (vFG9F)
Light saber fights with "Bob" would be a hoot as he continuously uses the force to hit the "off switch" on his opponent's light saber, and uses the force to coat the opponent in bantha shit.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:07 PM (dIske)
Make him look and sound like Lt Robert "Bob" Floyd in Top Gun: Maverick (Lewis Pullman, son of Bill Pullman), and it could be funnier. He'd be so low-key other Jedi would forget he was there.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:11 PM (Gqar8)
The will be the first of the v3 Raptor engines, and the v3 Starship.
If we're gonna get our asses landed on the Moon again by 2028, Elon needs to get in gear with all this, and get orbital refueling down pat. Can they do it in 2 years?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:11 PM (w6EFb)
Kenneth More was the original Young Jolyon in the original 1960s The Forsyte Saga.
Posted by: runner
And The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 05:11 PM (Cqx++)
Yeah. Kinda badass.
We are not worthy
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:12 PM (5yqx7)
There is an early Ellery Queen in which Ellery and his father are trapped in a mountaintop mansion with a killer and suspects -- not by the cliched snowfall, but by a forest fire that is working its way toward them. Built-in suspense right there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:12 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (ndZc7)
Boy, they really have their finger on the pulse of the fans.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (ArEvj)
Should be fun.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (qx7Zg)
Hard to see how the Jedi found wiping out the Sith so hard -- living on lava planets, having lumpy faces, slithering about talking about birthing babies by the force. Should be very easy to put out a 'Know Your Sith' pamphlet.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026
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I blame Brando and James Dean.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (wzUl9)
The will be the first of the v3 Raptor engines, and the v3 Starship.
If we're gonna get our asses landed on the Moon again by 2028, Elon needs to get in gear with all this, and get orbital refueling down pat. Can they do it in 2 years?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:11 PM (w6EFb)
How's that antimatter drive coming along?
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Skip at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (Ia/+0)
Starring Crispin Glover.
It's not great, but it's fun. Borderline campy at times. Falls apart at the end. Captures about 40% of the sleaze of an actual 1970 film.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 21, 2026 05:13 PM (/d4WW)
They do that with all the big productions and it isn't really working because it comes across as so inauthentic
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:14 PM (5yqx7)
Still in the early concept phase.
Which it will remain for a while.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:14 PM (w6EFb)
Temple
The Contest
Great Zoo of China
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 05:14 PM (4KUe5)
"BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (GD0B3)
If we're gonna get our asses landed on the Moon again by 2028, Elon needs to get in gear with all this, and get orbital refueling down pat. Can they do it in 2 years?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:11 PM (w6EFb)
It would be a lot easier than refuelling a jet aircraft, its just hovering there in orbit with you.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Archimedes
......
I hope she's a lesbian.
Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (UjdFS)
In the first Tarzan book, the first words Tarzan speaks to Jane are...when he's saving her from a forest fire in Wisconsin.
"Jane! Jane Porter!"
On top of that, he most surely said them with a French accent, as French was his first language.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (/d4WW)
Fun for the whole family, and under 2 hours long.
Recommended if you don't mind talking animals!
Posted by: jocon307 at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (EuROc)
"BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (GD0B3)
This never happened to Erwin Rommel.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (8avO+)
Fun for the whole family, and under 2 hours long.
Recommended if you don't mind talking animals!
Posted by: jocon307 at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (EuROc)
humans are talking animals.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: runner "
It's a badge of honor for these people.
Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (4KUe5)
I blame Brando and James Dean.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Scatch your ass and mumble method actors.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (/d4WW)
Still in the early concept phase.
Which it will remain for a while.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:14 PM (w6EFb)
I think a problem is finding a jar to hold it in. Harder than lightning bugs, they've discovered.
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (qx7Zg)
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You could really make Star Wars entertaining with someone like that pointing out the plot flaws....or taking one look at the Jedi robes and saying deadpan, "I'm not wearing that. It looks stupid." Meditating in a hot tube. Making up names for all the antagonists..."Popcorn Head", "Stringbean" "Lumpy" . Coninuously whining that the Force won't allow him to get a decent buzz on. Taunting villians with Jedi tricks.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (dIske)
You're welcome.
Posted by: Christian Lambert at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (8avO+)
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Ernst Rohm at May 21, 2026 05:17 PM (zZu0s)
+++
Wait. Does this mean no one should have the expectation of privacy in a Porta John?
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 21, 2026 05:17 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 05:17 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Archimedes
......
I hope she's a lesbian.
Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM (UjdFS)
It's a tranny.
And your 2028 Democratic Presidential Nominee.
By my computer, I have a tv while I do grut work. I'm not catching all of it, bits and pieces, but 'Farscape' looks fun.
And the 2 leads were great in Stargate-SG1. I was sad to see it end when they were there.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 21, 2026 05:17 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (GD0B3)
Stephen Colbert, a professed Catholic, says he believes that when we die, "there is some continuance of some kind. But it’s like a dispersion of the self into some other greater being. And I don’t have any other feelings beyond that.”
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Well, that's that right out of the catechism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (ndZc7)
I even have a script ready.
https://instapundit.com/798356/
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (iMotb)
Still in the early concept phase.
Which it will remain for a while.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:14 PM (w6EFb)
step 1: make antimatter.
step 2: put it in an antibottle for storage.
step 3: ...wait a second.....
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:19 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: George Costanza at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (2Ez/1)
*************
Do you often have trouble bending over to suck your own dick because of how small it is?
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (fapp/)
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Well, that's that right out of the catechism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:18 PM (ndZc7
I think he’s describing what happens after his show gets cancelled.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (NyxOA)
There's the whole zero boil-off thing to work out, a way to insulate the cryo propellants enough to prevent boil-off loss. Bezos Blue Moon scheme is working on that as well.
Now, with Starship and the Raptors, they use subcooled propellants. Both the LOX and liquid methane are chilled closer to the freezing points rather than at boiling point. That gets more density and efficiency, but means once you fuel it at the pad, you've only got a brief time period before it gets too hot.
So, they've got to get some way to keep it cool down pat.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: runner
He was awarded the Iron Erection.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner"
I think he misunderstands the concept of "Master Race".
Posted by: fd at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (vFG9F)
Patton was right, we should have fought the commies then while we had the manpower there and the industrial base spun up to do it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 05:20 PM (zZu0s)
"BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM
And Platner just spent a shit ton of money on his new campaign slogan signs:
"Drain the Maine Vein: Platner '26
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 21, 2026 05:21 PM (IifOV)
‘Grogu’ sounds like a fat, smelly ettin who eats carrion and shits vomit.
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 21, 2026 05:21 PM (9BfZU)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:21 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (Gqar
in junior high I think we invented the concept of the best grease ever, made everything thing frictionless. But the problem was keeping it in the bottle
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:21 PM (8avO+)
Others have pointed this out, but all the Jedi wear robes based on what Obi Wan was wearing on Tatooine. But he was IN DISGUISE on Tatooine, hiding from the Sith forces, on an obscure backwater planet nobody goes to. That was not the Jedi uniform, it was hobo rags.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Big Phat Pharma at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (2Ez/1)
The Babylon Bee
@TheBabylonBee
23h
Gen Zer Dies Of Starvation After DoorDash Driver Gets Flat Tire buff.ly/1DPmviI
"A member of Generation Z reportedly starved to death while waiting for a DoorDash delivery that would never come, authorities confirmed Wednesday.
Local 22-year-old Tyler Baker was found dead in his parent's basement after his DoorDash driver suffered a flat tire and couldn't get him his 20-piece chicken nuggets order in time. According to DoorDash, the driver was delayed 90-minutes, which turned out to be 90-minutes too long for Tyler Baker..."
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Octochicken at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (oCS0o)
"BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM
Lemme guess. It will come out that he masturbates in a Darth Vader costume, and demands to be called Master Vader.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (qx7Zg)
"Drain the Maine Vein: Platner '26
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 21, 2026 05:21 PM (IifOV)
Today Maine! Tomorrow, Poland!!
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (8avO+)
Stephen Colbert, a professed Catholic, says he believes that when we die, "there is some continuance of some kind. But it’s like a dispersion of the self into some other greater being. And I don’t have any other feelings beyond that.”
__________
He may well find out his Particular Judgement is a bit more straightforward than that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (HdYcL)
Yep, to get antimatter, we'll have to make it, since it ain't exactly in abundant supply (one of the ongoing mysteries of why the Universe favored an excess of matter over antimatter -- we wouldn't be here if they were in equal proportions).
And that would take more energy to make it than you'd get from reacting it. Of course the reaction could go much faster.
Also, matter-antimatter annihilation makes gamma rays big time, and there ain't any gamma ray mirror. So making thrust from that reaction would be a problem.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Octochicken at May 21, 2026 05:22 PM (oCS0o)
no it was the OT that did. I'm not that old yet.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (8avO+)
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Poland, Maine ?? *searches map....Portland...Palermo...Palmyra..Porter...
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (GD0B3)
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He may well find out his Particular Judgement is a bit more straightforward than that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (HdYcL)
Or the greater being is a flatfish or something.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (8avO+)
Everyone is kinda tired of Groot, but that was at least partly offset by making him grow up. So you got Baby Groot and Child Groot and Teen Groot.
Baby Yoda is still Baby Yoda. He hasn't grown or changed. he still cannot speak and he's FIFTY YEARS OLD. I think Luke gave him back to Mando because the thing is just a retard and cannot be trained.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (5yqx7)
"BREAKING: Maine voters are openly demanding that Graham Platner drops out of the race after multiple posts came to light of him bragging about masturbating in public."
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:15 PM
THAT'S THE DEMOCRAT'S LINE?
Was he doing it over an open coffin onto a dead celebrity?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (Sco7b)
— Pee Wee
‘INORITE?’
— George Michael
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (9BfZU)
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Octochicken at May 21, 2026
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It was 1977, 1980, 1983 for the first three films.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (wzUl9)
I'm not surprised if it didn't make money. We're a very polarized nation and so mostly people who like Trump would go to see it. My review is I liked it and that Melania is a strong, lovely , kind and talented woman.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (OYsYV)
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Has he no Zoom calls?
Has a no Ficus?
Posted by: Ebenzer Toobin at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner
Vertigo for example.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Big Phat Pharma
......
Side effects include naps, naps and over sleeping.
Don't take Grogu if you are operating heavy machinery.
Posted by: wth at May 21, 2026 05:26 PM (UjdFS)
A guy wears a literal Nazi tattoo for years and the thing that voters find to be beyond the pale is some juvenile on-line joke?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 05:26 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:27 PM (Gqar8)
I'm talking a mainline film like they did with "Not Another Teen Movie". Essentially, a film like that if successful, takes all the air out of the balloon, and immediately labels any DEI messaging done by Hollywood going forward as immediately recognized and devalued in the eyes of the viewers. Teen movies were all the rage before "Not Another Teen Movie" came out, and then *splat*, the market disappeared and they had to grab onto another trend.
Currently, DEI messaging is a joke in our eyes. It would be interesting to see what happens if it becomes a joke in everyone's eyes.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:27 PM (dIske)
Can Grogu turn himself into a 2-ton fireball by merely grunting? Huh? Can he?
Posted by: muldoon
True story, doggeh's puppy name was Jack-Jack (the whole litter was named for Incredibles).
He did his best to live up to it, too!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 21, 2026 05:28 PM (znREB)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:28 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:28 PM (ixS3i)
Probably an exercise. Probably.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 05:28 PM (g/iaZ)
Posted by: In Order at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (oftw2)
If Disney had done an adventure comedy with the two Stormtroopers from the TV show, that would actually be fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znLMtDBXI50
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (y9nCu)
A guy wears a literal Nazi tattoo for years and the thing that voters find to be beyond the pale is some juvenile on-line joke?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 05:26 PM (vTZFs)
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I continue to believe this guy is gay as fuck. What straight guy jerks off in public? Public sex? Sure. But straight guys don’t jerk off in public. That’s homo shit.
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (9BfZU)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:23 PM (w6EFb)
There are gamma ray telescopes, though they dont really focus - its more a matter of excluding gammas from other directions from counting than bending gammas.
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/
observatories/technology/
gammaray_telescopes1.html
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (8avO+)
Can Grogu turn himself into a 2-ton fireball by merely grunting? Huh? Can he?
Posted by: muldoon
***
The Incredibles was beautifully done.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (wzUl9)
Which denomination has " earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust" spoken as part of their burial ritual?
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The Anglican
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: runner at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (GD0B3)
Actually, there is
https://www.polandtownoffice.org/
Leaving Maine, you can find them in New York, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Louisiana, and North Dakota.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:30 PM (qx7Zg)
Ughhh. 'Baby Geniuses'
It's the last step before self-mutilation. Horribly annoying.
And don't forget 'Dancing Baby' on Ally McBeal.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:31 PM (Sco7b)
"Graham Platner, the masturbating nazi!
Posted by: runner"
I think that's the title of the newest Netflix series.
$30B budget!
You'd think they could get a Porta-Potty centered at a county fair for less, but-
it's all CGI, so....They're gonna Green screen Platner yanking it while in one of those black skin suits covered with ping-pong balls.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 21, 2026 05:31 PM (iJfKG)
I prefer Jack Jack from The Incredibles to baby Yoda.
Often mistaken for larval stages of ... something or another ... baby Yodas more often found squashed on the bottoms of boots than running free in the wild.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:31 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Maine Voters at May 21, 2026 05:31 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:27 PM (Gqar
Anglicans.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 05:32 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:32 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: That Guy at May 21, 2026 05:33 PM (qTrmL)
Anglican and Episcopal and denominations that came from them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 05:33 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:33 PM (ixS3i)
Which denomination has " earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust" spoken as part of their burial ritual?
____________
The Anglican
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 21, 2026 05:29 PM (HdYcL)
Thank you. We Baptists are a drab lot. Our denominational color is the Pantone color of the year, this year.
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:33 PM (Gqar8)
Something that is actually conceivable for us, although pretty far away is a fusion engine like the Epstein Drive from the Expanse.
The physics works. There are a few fusion reactions that produce mostly charged particles as output, rather than with a lot of neutrons on the side. Yu can use powerful EM field to push against, without some ridiculous neutron flux.
Here you get crazy high specific impulses (10% c), and that would allow constant 1g thrust trajectories.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:33 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 05:10 PM (qx7Zg)
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You could really make Star Wars entertaining with someone like that pointing out the plot flaws....or taking one look at the Jedi robes and saying deadpan, "I'm not wearing that. It looks stupid." Meditating in a hot tube. Making up names for all the antagonists..."Popcorn Head", "Stringbean" "Lumpy" . Coninuously whining that the Force won't allow him to get a decent buzz on. Taunting villians with Jedi tricks.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 05:16 PM (dIske)
This Jedi would have an orange lightsaber, right?
Posted by: the Horde needs to know at May 21, 2026 05:35 PM (Yqjwb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026
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I read that as "110% c" and got all bothered.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:35 PM (wzUl9)
The book of prayers is just packed with incredible wording and rich, brilliant phrases. Its beautiful and written by geniuses. Get the older versions though
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (5yqx7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (8zz6B)
Graham Platner, the masturbating nazi!
Pair him up with Vic Hitler, the Narcoleptic Comic!
Gold, Jerry! Gold!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026
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Hearing about Thune puts me in a mood too.
Oh, you meant NOOD!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 05:37 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 05:37 PM (cWLG3)
The physics of that Epstein Drive is fine. It's just the materials science and engineering to do it is well beyond out current tech capabilities.
That would open the solar system to earth-like travel times. Mars in 3 days. Uranus in #2weeks.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 21, 2026 05:37 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:37 PM (5yqx7)
It will be nothing short of a miracle if I pack well and make the flight on Saturday. I plan a nap on the plane, and am not eating the breakfast they offer as that's the last thing I need to start a trip.
I am also behind in productivity. Even more behind than normal procrastination. My husband has said it does not matter so I will do the best I can.
It used to be when I went out of town the house was super clean in the event the plane crashed and my MIL had to help clean out our stuff. Now she's dead and I am slacking, but still like to come home to a clean house. Full of woe and the wrong day.
Behind in gardening for two weeks. I am currently soaking ranuculus corms and telling you Morons to see what you make of this. It sounds like I am soaking corns on my feet, which I have never had and nor do I soak my feet. It sound kinky, though.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 05:38 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 21, 2026 05:39 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: the Horde needs to know at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (Yqjwb)
The book of prayers is just packed with incredible wording and rich, brilliant phrases. Its beautiful and written by geniuses. Get the older versions though
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 21, 2026 05:36 PM (5yqx7)
We can't even decide if we are Arminian or Calvinist. Sunday school often devolves into half the class squawking " Free Will, Free Will" while the other half drones on about the Sovereignty of God - with Table Thumps!!
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar8)
I really hope you're feeling better.
And I wanted you to know someone read your willowed post.
Ah hell, I'll bring it over.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (Sco7b)
‘Let he who has never spanked the monkey in public cast the first stone!’
— Pee Wee
‘INORITE?’
— George Michael
Posted by: The Blade Herald at May 21, 2026 05:25 PM (9BfZU)
You haven't lived until you've been busted walking around Central Park naked, holding a bunch of meth and with your dick on a leash.
Posted by: Richard Quest - CNN at May 21, 2026 05:41 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)
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Is he fake?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 04:27 PM (46HP
I think he is. His face looks like it's made of rubber. Can't believe that jowly motherf**ker stars in movies.
Posted by: Nelly at May 21, 2026 05:47 PM (6+ehB)
And I wanted you to know someone read your willowed post.
Ah hell, I'll bring it over.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 05:40 PM (Sco7b)
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Sweetie, I'm fine. Dingbatty but fine. Last week is a blur and I didn't miss much (well, I did, but nothing super important that my dude could not handle).
It is a family tradition to get dramatic with GI bugs as they were rare. My bro and I used to laugh about them once we decided we might live. I've had four now in my life. The bicentennial one was more spectacular but brief.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 05:48 PM (WONhk)
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