Ace's Hollywood Round-Up

Just imagine me in a fedora and monocle and a May the Force Be With You t-shirt.

A couple of weeks ago I reviewed the Dungeons and Dragons movie. I said it was a movie I could enthusiastically review -- if Hasbro wasn't another c***sucker woke corporation stuffing the George Floyd Agenda and LGBT Rainbow down our throats every five seconds, and if the directors of the film hadn't attempted to appeal to their fellow wokies by bragging about having so much fun "emasculating" the male heroes as much as possible.

The movie opened to a "so-so" box office take. It came in on the higher side of projections (which were pretty low) in the US market -- trackers were predicting a $30-40 million opening domestically; it made $38.5 -- and it outperformed expectation globally, bringing it to an okay $70 million worldwide opening.

This is a movie which has 90% fresh ratings from both critics and audience members -- I think it's 91% fresh from critics, 94% from audience -- and scored a high A- rating from Cinemascore's exit polls of people just leaving the movie at theaters.

It even got Critical Drinker's seal of approval. Spoiler alert: He drops a small but fun spoiler in that.

It should have made more money -- but Hasbro is a woke greedpit of shitlibs, and the writers of the movie openly bragged about how fun it was to "emasculate" the film's male characters.

61% of this film's audience were males, and I can guarantee you that at least half of the women going to the movie only went because their husband or boyfriend was going.

And the film-makers decided to brag about emasculating men for entertainment purposes.

Which isn't even really true. The film is not that woke by 2023 standards, and the male heroes actually do come off as heroes.

It's all fun and games baiting and disrespecting unfashionably straight cis white males, until you realize, oh, right, straight cis white males are our core audience. Maybe we shouldn't have attacked them just before we begged them to come give us some of their straight cis white male money.

As I also mentioned, Hasbro decided to show what greedy little shitlib piggies they are by screwing over the D&D audience just a month ago. They backed down when people began threatening to boycott this movie, but it all left a bad taste in people's mouths. People are flocking to alternatives to the D&D game, and so they can probably just watch Lord of the Rings again this weekend instead of rewarding Hasbro.

They continue playing to a woke audience that doesn't have money to spend because they're all squatters and antifa couch-surfers.

And the non-woke audiences hear this crap too. And we don't like it.

But they'll keep on doing it.

In other entertainment news:

Remember when Rick & Morty creator Justin Roiland was accused of domestic abuse against a girlfriend? And then the Cartoon Network fired him from his own show before any trial?

Yeah. All charges against him have been dropped.

On Wednesday, the Orange County District Attorney's office in California dropped domestic violence charges against Justin Roiland, the co-creator and former star of the popular adult cartoon show Rick and Morty. This after the allegations resulted in Roiland's firing from the popular animated series.
"I have always known that these claims were false--and I never had any doubt that this day would come," Roiland said.
"I'm thankful that this case has been dismissed but, at the same time, I'm still deeply shaken by the horrible lies that were reported about me during this process. Most of all I'm disappointed that so many people were so quick to judge without knowing the facts, based solely on the word of an embittered ex trying to bypass due process and have me 'canceled.'"

Where does he go to get his reputation back? Or his job back?

The actor playing Marvel's new Phase V villain was just arrested for domestic battery. But Disney/Marvel has too much riding on this guy, and he's also the latest Great Black Hope in Hollywood, so people are giving him the benefit of the doubt they did not give to Justin Roiland.

Majors' attorney released texts from Majors' girlfriend, alleging that these disprove her initial claims of battery.

I mean -- it's a standard case of a woman recanting claims of being beaten by her boyfriend or husband. It's not exactly gold-standard stuff, because we see these recantations all the time and understand they are usually false.

Does that mean he's guilty?

No, not at all.

But I do think that Justin Roiland is wondering why the leftwing entertainment media is giving Jonathan Majors so much more time to clear his name than he got.

The woman's name is redacted for privacy reasons, but the text reads, "Please let me know you're okay when you get this. They assured me that you won't be charged. They said they had to arrest you as protocol when they saw the injuries on me and they knew we had a fight. I'm so angry that they did. And I'm sorry you're in this position. Will make sure nothing happens about this. I told them it was my fault for trying to grab your phone. I only just got out of hospital. Just call me when you're out."
Another text shows her explaining that Majors initially called the cops because he was concerned about her passing out. She goes on to clarify that she was never strangled and wasn't attacked.
"They just called again to check on me and I reiterated how this was not an attack and they do not have my blessing on any charges being placed. I read the paper they gave me about strangulation and I said point blank this did not occur and should be removed immediately. The judge is definitely going to be told this. She ensured this to me. I know you have the best team and there's nothing to worry about I just want you to know that I'm doing all I can my end. I also said to tell the judge to know that the origin of the call was to do with me collapsing and passing out and your worry as my partner due to our communication prior. Out of care. She promised all will be relayed," she wrote.

This is not the exoneration his lawyer is claiming it is. And they claimed they'd produce video proving Majors dindu nuffin'.

They haven't released that. I have a feeling I know why.

Midnight's Edge speculates -- or jokes -- that Jonathan Majors will wind up declaring himself a "they/them," because so far, that has kept DC's known woman-abuser Ezra Miller from getting fired.

Posted by: Ace at 05:36 PM

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1 Howdy Ace

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 03, 2023 05:39 PM (rVgO5)

2 Yo

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at April 03, 2023 05:39 PM (4U+62)

3 Called em

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 03, 2023 05:39 PM (rVgO5)

4 Rookie mistake. I read the content.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at April 03, 2023 05:40 PM (KFhLj)

5 It lacked woke 1/2 orc Paladins.

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:41 PM (Lzpvj)

6 I read the content too.

Posted by: rd at April 03, 2023 05:41 PM (Z32m1)

7 Critically the underserved woke Mindflayers were not properly represented with their own hero arc.

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:42 PM (Lzpvj)

8 Majors - "Be All You Can Be By Beating Your Woman."

Not the message you want to send Hollywood.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:42 PM (gPjAY)

9 I found this quite entertaining in the sense that two sledgehammers taking cracks at each other is entertaining.

MTG v Leslie Stahl

MTG says Dems are the party of pedophiles.
Stahl insists they're not.
MTG says Dems are pushing to sexualize kids, and that's what pedophiles do.
Stahl huffs and puffs like a 500lb woman eating a cake.

https://bit.ly/3GdBy9e

Posted by: bonhomme at April 03, 2023 05:42 PM (j2Xg6)

10 I mean to see John Wick, maybe this weekend.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 03, 2023 05:42 PM (44ww/)

11 "Where do I go to get my life back?"

//Hollywood creator who had bent the knee plenty

"better call Saul"

//Johnny Depp

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:42 PM (Lzpvj)

12 And yes Wizards of the Coast is still a flaming stinking pile of Bantha po-do.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:42 PM (gPjAY)

13 Justin Roiland never ran the math on his cucking out for She-Too....

Majors has some victimalympic cred he lacks.

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:43 PM (Lzpvj)

14 Sven

The woke Mindflayers were behind the camera.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:43 PM (gPjAY)

15 12 Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:42 PM (gPjAY)

They'll fuck up any goodwill this brings this year I am certain....

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:44 PM (Lzpvj)

16 Anyone going to see the last Guardians of the Galaxy movie?

I know it has Amy Pond but still.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:44 PM (gPjAY)

17 14 Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:43 PM (gPjAY)

"We'll leave Bob to do this film what's the worst that can happen?"

//Bleeyort the Mindlfayer leaving Bob the mentally retarded mindlfayer in charge

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:45 PM (Lzpvj)

18 Lee Majors >>> Jonathan Majors >>> (soon) "Joan" Majors

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 03, 2023 05:45 PM (WmGrA)

19 I watched a John Wick 4 cam yesterday. It failed to reach even my low expectations for the movie, and not just because of the Romanian kids talking and people coughing up a lung in the theater.

The franchise is just a bad Marvel series now with villains' and heroes virtually indestructible.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2023 05:46 PM (yQpMk)

20 So, the Jonathan Majors' braintrust is using the excuse, "Bitch Started It!"? It is not his fault she got all those bruises, and he had nothing to do with her getting knocked out cold? Really?

Posted by: rd at April 03, 2023 05:46 PM (Z32m1)

21 FYI: Ezra Miller is fired. He just finished his movie and it's too expensive to replace him. But he won't be the Flash again.

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 opened presales today. They are going poorly for a Marvel movie. The production budget was a reported $250M. Disney could finally go from theatrical break even (Ant Man 3) to a theatrical bloodbath for their MCU movies...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2023 05:46 PM (exHjb)

22 ITS FUNNY BECAUSE STUDLY ACTORS LIKE JOE MANGIELLO HAVE LONGSTANDING D&D GAME NIGHTS.

Posted by: BEN at April 03, 2023 05:46 PM (rNDFM)

23 16 Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:44 PM (gPjAY)

I left the 2d regretting having gone so probably no....

I'll cave and wait for it to be bargain bin on Vudu at some point because "anthropomorhized machine gunning raccoon" but yeah not paying theater prices for it.

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:46 PM (Lzpvj)

24 I saw a trailer for this flick with all of their featured co-starring characters and my gaydar was pegging the redline.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 03, 2023 05:47 PM (uAY3R)

25 Just imagine me in a fedora and monocle and a May the Force Be With You t-shirt.

I know Ewoks tend to be hirsute, but if you're going to try to pull of that look, you're going to need more neck beard.

Posted by: Flyguy at April 03, 2023 05:47 PM (VrVjC)

26 MTG v Leslie Stahl

MTG says Dems are the party of pedophiles.
Stahl insists they're not.
MTG says Dems are pushing to sexualize kids, and that's what pedophiles do.
Stahl huffs and puffs like a 500lb woman eating a cake.
------------
The Left has been attacking Stahl for enabling the racist, mass-murder!!!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 03, 2023 05:47 PM (Vwz3I)

27 16 Anyone going to see the last Guardians of the Galaxy movie?

I know it has Amy Pond but still.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:44 PM (gPjAY)

Nope, but I'll see it on D+ before my $2.99/month cancel comes up on Black Friday...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2023 05:47 PM (exHjb)

28 MTG v Leslie Stahl

MTG says Dems are the party of pedophiles.
Stahl insists they're not.
MTG says Dems are pushing to sexualize kids, and that's what pedophiles do.
Stahl huffs and puffs like a 500lb woman eating a cake.

https://bit.ly/3GdBy9e
Posted by: bonhomme at

Shouldn't the Democrats be required to prove their innocence?

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 03, 2023 05:47 PM (d8oLB)

29 Ezra Miller needs to be fired from a cannon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:47 PM (gPjAY)

30 I wouldn't like any of my favorite movies if I watched a noisy bootleg.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 03, 2023 05:47 PM (44ww/)

31 The zJohn Wick movies are like the Matrix movies — there’s only the first ones, I pretend the sequels never happened.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2023 05:48 PM (rNDFM)

32 I don't think Hasbro alienated its audience with the licensing issue. The people who are most passionate about the licensing issue are the OSR crowd, who effectively checked out of official D&D in favor of older versions and new versions other than the one promoted by WoTC that nonetheless are arguably dependent on the open license.

I think Hasbro/WoTC had already alienated a good deal of its base over the last couple of years in particular. They've been all in on the DEI stuff, hiring only "diverse" writers to produce certain products (which are widely regarded as being of poor quality). They've been going on and on about queer characters, and how there are no intrinsically evil races (like orcs, who they weirdly see as the equivalent of fantasy black people -- no, I'm not kidding), and included a wheelchair in one supplement, you know, so cripples feel welcome at the table too. (Is there anything sadder than the idea of some wheelbound dude playing a crippled person in D&D?)

All this stuff has driven away customers, like it did in the comics industry, without replacing them with others. Because commies don't buy stuff.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at April 03, 2023 05:49 PM (KFhLj)

33 Thanks for whomever recommended "Extraction" earlier today.
I watched it this morning, enjoyed it a lot.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 03, 2023 05:49 PM (jTmQV)

34 29 Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:47 PM (gPjAY)

They need to do a Tranny extended cinematic crossover event with Ezra, Sam Binton, Ru Paul, and Big Mike....

"What's In My Ass!?!" the prequel blockbuster

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:49 PM (Lzpvj)

35
I mean to see John Wick, maybe this weekend.
Posted by: BourbonChicken

Probably going either tonight or tomorrow. I'm actually annoyed, I don't want to watch The Drinker's review until I've already seen it. So the review keeps coming up in my yootoob feed, mocking me.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2023 05:49 PM (n+4am)

36 That raccoon has more moral fibre than the rest of Hollywood.

As for the D&D movie, they should put a Beholder as director.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:49 PM (gPjAY)

37 I've got Mario tickets this week, so I'll let everyone know next week if it meets the "non-woke" animated needs for your kids.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 03, 2023 05:49 PM (exHjb)

38 Just imagine me in a fedora and monocle and a May the Force Be With You t-shirt.

It's the J. Crew Messenger Bag that really ties it together.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2023 05:50 PM (a3Q+t)

39 32 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at April 03, 2023 05:49 PM (KFhLj)

The only people saying orcs are American blacks are the people yelling through megaphones they are not racist.

D and D had black civilizations in Greyhawk.

Hasbro and the new kids are literally retards.

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:50 PM (Lzpvj)

40 Orc is my spirit animal

Posted by: FETTERMAN at April 03, 2023 05:50 PM (786Ro)

41 I watched a John Wick 4 cam yesterday. It failed to reach even my low expectations for the movie, and not just because of the Romanian kids talking and people coughing up a lung in the theater.

The franchise is just a bad Marvel series now with villains' and heroes virtually indestructible.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

==================

A John Wick film I would love to see?

The BATF raids his place and they kill his puppy.
Working title, "John Wick Goes to Washington"

Posted by: rd at April 03, 2023 05:51 PM (Z32m1)

42 Hollywood? Fuck those guys, in particular.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2023 05:51 PM (Wnv9h)

43 Leslie Stahl, is there a featherweight in news with less substance than her?
She is as dumb as a post turtle.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 03, 2023 05:51 PM (jTmQV)

44 It's the J. Crew Messenger Bag that really ties it together.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2023 05:50 PM (a3Q+t)

Furlined Crocs complete the ensemble.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2023 05:51 PM (yQpMk)

45 Sven

With a cameo by Cartman and his alien satellite dish?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:51 PM (gPjAY)

46 On 90 Day fiance Gabe told Isabel's parents that she's trans.
Riveting TV.

Posted by: wth at April 03, 2023 05:51 PM (v0R5T)

47 @TheInsiderPaper · 2 minutes
BREAKING: Apple to Make Small Number of Job Cuts in Some Corporate Retail Teams - Bloomberg

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 03, 2023 05:52 PM (Vwz3I)

48 name field test

Posted by: Biden: Making sure he - under legitimate efforts of our Constitution - does not become the next pres at April 03, 2023 05:52 PM (MNz1C)

49 45 Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:51 PM (gPjAY)

Yup the usual superhero "we just met we must fight" scene is M Night Shamalamadingdong swerved with the cast of WIMA fighting to be the FIRST in line for Cartman's ass antenna.

Gold Jerry, GOLD!

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:52 PM (Lzpvj)

50 Finally saw the new Top Gun. Not great. Paint by numbers Cruise. But at least if felt like there was an attempt to entertain, rather than stridently lecture me.

Posted by: Regular joe at April 03, 2023 05:52 PM (nnp+f)

51 My favorite part of D&D (the game) was creating my own world, with all the maps, histories and legends.

the game itself is kind of boring.

Guess I coulda been the next Jorge RR Martinez.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at April 03, 2023 05:53 PM (UQUAY)

52 'Member when you could actually count the number of rounds that John Wick had fired and knew when a mag change was coming up? Try that now.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2023 05:53 PM (yQpMk)

53 of their featured co-starring characters and my gaydar was pegging the redline.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 03, 2023 05:47 PM

Are we not doing "phrasing" anymore?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2023 05:53 PM (Wnv9h)

54
I'm still kind of stoked for Sisu though. Despite the historical stupidity of using Nazis as the bad guys, when they really should be the Soviet commie cocksuckers.

And having a wrinkley, craggy old fart with a poodle sidekick as the badass hero is hilariously awesome.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2023 05:53 PM (n+4am)

55 51 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at April 03, 2023 05:53 PM (UQUAY)

Ah a fellow sufferer of "DM's disease!"

Yeah I only played the game as a player for maybe 4 years...

I mostly DM'd.

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:54 PM (Lzpvj)

56 Just imagine me in a fedora and monocle and a May the Force Be With You t-shirt

merchandising!

Posted by: Yogurt from Spaceballs at April 03, 2023 05:54 PM (786Ro)

57 I have Top Gub; Maverik on Blu-Ray. Might get around to watching it soon. I bet it's better than the first one. Lord, I hate that movie.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at April 03, 2023 05:54 PM (UQUAY)

58 There’s something so silly about Stahl acting offended by MYG when her former, Obama-loving / covering colleague Steve Croft turning out to be such a weirdo pervert. Stahl no doubt knows many of Epstein NUC and media pals yet feigns surprised disbelief that someone might accuse any of them of being perverts.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2023 05:55 PM (rNDFM)

59 Ugh, I'm trapped in a retrospective meeting and the usual suspects are beating a dead horse.

Sprint story estimation isn't as accurate as we'd like
We need more details on stories
We need to review stories ahead of time
We need more admin in meetings so we can get questions answered
We need more meetings!

whack whack whack
Keep on beating that corpse.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 03, 2023 05:55 PM (j2Xg6)

60 Finally saw the new Top Gun. Not great. Paint by numbers Cruise. But at least if felt like there was an attempt to entertain, rather than stridently lecture me.
Posted by: Regular joe

Highway to the Boredom Zone.

I found the first episode better.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 03, 2023 05:55 PM (WmGrA)

61
Leslie Stahl, is there a featherweight in news with less substance than her?
She is as dumb as a post turtle.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

*Katie Couric has entered the chat*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2023 05:56 PM (n+4am)

62 Yeah I only played the game as a player for maybe 4 years...

I mostly DM'd.
Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 05:54 PM (Lzpvj)

Yup.

I wonder, sometimes, if I could write a short story or ten about the world I created. Might be fun to revisit.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at April 03, 2023 05:56 PM (UQUAY)

63 pegging the redline.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 03, 2023 05:47 PM

I never thought of putting a streak of lipstick there. This could be fun!

Posted by: Lady Lindsey at April 03, 2023 05:57 PM (0YMew)

64 Leslie Stahl, is there a featherweight in news with less substance than her?
She is as dumb as a post turtle.

Bubble headed bleach blonde...

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:57 PM (gPjAY)

65 I liked that the Country that shant be named in Maverick turned out to be Iran, unless Switzerland has started to arm itself with nuclear weapons.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2023 05:57 PM (yQpMk)

66 I liked John wick sequels so far, the third was a bit weird but Halle Berrys sexy keto powered body stirred up some movements in the old engine parts

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger at April 03, 2023 05:58 PM (VTu1l)

67 Go for it Pug

The manga and anime Record of Lodoss War grew from gaming sessions of a home brew fantasy system.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:58 PM (gPjAY)

68 ITS FUNNY BECAUSE STUDLY ACTORS LIKE JOE MANGIELLO HAVE LONGSTANDING D&D GAME NIGHTS.
Posted by: BEN at April 03, 2023 05:46 PM (rNDFM)

Did you see the video of him getting his new gaming table?
Awesome table.
Sofia makes a brief appearance.
He seems like a decent guy.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 03, 2023 05:58 PM (ufFY8)

69 I want to see this movie

https://amz.run/6Xtb

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2023 05:59 PM (yQpMk)

70 Ugh, I'm trapped in a retrospective meeting and the usual suspects are beating a dead horse.

Sprint story estimation isn't as accurate as we'd like
We need more details on stories
We need to review stories ahead of time
We need more admin in meetings so we can get questions answered
We need more meetings!

whack whack whack
Keep on beating that corpse.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 03, 2023 05:55 PM

You need a better Scrum Master.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2023 05:59 PM (a3Q+t)

71 I read that as Scum Master...

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 06:00 PM (gPjAY)

72 More girls like and play D&D than you think. But they like it for the same reason guys do, and it has nothing to do with woke bullshit. Just the opposite. You think girls who like the game are fantasizing about the nerdy, effeminate scholar who identifies as feminist and pores over ancient texts at Candlekeep? I assure you they do not.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 03, 2023 06:00 PM (srvBI)

73 Batman is a Fascist according to the New trailer for Blue Beetle, they killed off Ted Kord for this garbage.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 03, 2023 06:00 PM (dKiJG)

74 Go for it Pug

The manga and anime Record of Lodoss War grew from gaming sessions of a home brew fantasy system.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:58 PM (gPjAY)

Yeah. I had some cool things going on. Better to write short stories rather than slog through the tedium of a D&D campaign. I have a short atenntion sp...

Gotta go, beer time.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at April 03, 2023 06:00 PM (UQUAY)

75
I liked that the Country that shant be named in Maverick turned out to be Iran, unless Switzerland has started to arm itself with nuclear weapons.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Cukoo clocks where the little men come out of the door and hit Fat Man with hammers...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2023 06:00 PM (n+4am)

76 73 Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 03, 2023 06:00 PM (dKiJG)

Susan Sarandon is playing the part of the "white military industrial complex".....

no not a parody, and yes I am just about quit on the genre.

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 06:01 PM (Lzpvj)

77 and not just because of the Romanian kids talking and people coughing up a lung in the theater.

*******

Wow they still have movie theaters?

I stopped going after force awakens, which pissed me off so much I never went back since

Just realized that was 6 years ago

Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger at April 03, 2023 06:02 PM (VTu1l)

78 43 Leslie Stahl, is there a featherweight in news with less substance than her? She is as dumb as a post turtle.

Andrea Mitchell, for the win? She & hubby are their own tiny wrecking crew.

Posted by: Lola - ALL the videotapes from Alexandra and Jade, too. at April 03, 2023 06:02 PM (GshMh)

79 Pug

There is still time, April 30 deadline, to submit a fantasy adventure short story to Baen.

Max 8,000 words.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 06:02 PM (gPjAY)

80 My favorite part of D&D (the game) was creating my own world, with all the maps, histories and legends.
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There's a genre of historical toy soldier wargaming that creates their own states -- often 18th Century based due to all of the small European principalities and lesser kingdoms in that period -- called Imagi-nation Gaming.

Design characters, uniforms, flags, exotic military units, and maps with a background history. Sometimes completely fictional and sometimes creating a fictitious set of small countries bordering a historical major power like Prussia, France, or Austria to use historical armies along with the fictional troops.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 03, 2023 06:02 PM (Vwz3I)

81 Standing Stone Games runs both of the mmos Lord of the Rings Online, and, Dungeons and Dragons Online.

The basics are free to play, or subscribe for all the perks and privileges, or pay for bits and pieces, or, earn 'points' in game play to purchase content.

Posted by: davidt at April 03, 2023 06:03 PM (SYTee)

82 Can we sell Hollywood to Tehran for their soccer team and a nuke to be named later?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at April 03, 2023 06:03 PM (S3x6T)

83 80 Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 03, 2023 06:02 PM (Vwz3I)

I work in imaginary countries used for wargaming about 30 weeks a year.

I started in Atropia, helped flesh out South Torbia, and mostly reside in Arnland.

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 06:04 PM (Lzpvj)

84 I wonder, sometimes, if I could write a short story or ten about the world I created. Might be fun to revisit.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at April 03, 2023 05:56 PM (UQUAY)
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You wouldn't be the first DM to give it a whirl...Lots of great stories out there created by players who threw out the rulebook and just decided to have fun...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2023 06:04 PM (BpYfr)

85 I stopped going after force awakens, which pissed me off so much I never went back since

Just realized that was 6 years ago
Posted by: The Unmasked and Unvaxed Ranger at April 03, 2023 06:02 PM

Until I went to see Man of God last year, the last movie I saw in a theater was the first installment of The Hobbit.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2023 06:04 PM (Wnv9h)

86 Can we sell Hollywood to Tehran for their soccer team and a nuke to be named later?

Kathleen Kennedy and Brie Larson in burkas would be an improvement...

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 06:05 PM (gPjAY)

87 82 Can we sell Hollywood to Tehran for their soccer team and a nuke to be named later?
Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at April 03, 2023 06:03 PM (S3x6T)

Speaking of Hollywood and Iran, I watched Argo last night.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 03, 2023 06:05 PM (ufFY8)

88 I saw Ace Hollywood Round Up open for Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Crisco the Wonder Mule at Gabby Hayes Museum and Dildo Emporium in Sante Fe 58'

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damnit! at April 03, 2023 06:05 PM (A/LmY)

89 The manga and anime Record of Lodoss War grew from gaming sessions of a home brew fantasy system.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 05:58 PM (gPjAY)

Isn't that how LEGEND OF THE GALACTIC HEROES started.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 03, 2023 06:05 PM (dKiJG)

90 Standing Stone Games runs both of the mmos Lord of the Rings Online, and, Dungeons and Dragons Online.

The basics are free to play, or subscribe for all the perks and privileges, or pay for bits and pieces, or, earn 'points' in game play to purchase content.
Posted by: davidt at April 03, 2023 06:03 PM (SYTee)
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LOTRO is pretty amazing if you enjoy Middle-Earth. I managed to complete the main campaign where you travel all the way to the bowels of Barad-dur after the Fellowship completes its mission. (Since the game's main storyline is faithful to the books, you cannot enter Mordor until after the Ring is destroyed.)

Among the creepiest experiences I've ever had while gaming online.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2023 06:06 PM (BpYfr)

91 You wouldn't be the first DM to give it a whirl...Lots of great stories out there created by players who threw out the rulebook and just decided to have fun...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2023 06:04 PM (BpYfr)

Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman come to mind. I loved the Dragonlance series when I was young.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Lookin' for me wooden leg at April 03, 2023 06:06 PM (UQUAY)

92 Isn't that how LEGEND OF THE GALACTIC HEROES started.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 03, 2023 06:05 PM (dKiJG)

Well damn, we lost 2000 ships and took 2 million casualties. I guess we better bring in another fleet.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2023 06:07 PM (yQpMk)

93 Where does he go to get his reputation back? Or his job back?

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He can learn to code! I hear it's a good time to get into Big Tech ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at April 03, 2023 06:07 PM (S3x6T)

94 "As Trump is indicted, Merrick Garland is closing in!" shouts a hysterical buffoon at MSNBC with the unfortunate byline of Michael Cohen. You can't even make that kind of stupid up...

So...Nope. That is why Alvin Bragg got the go ahead from the DOJ to charge Trump - its a lot more problematic to your hopeful carreer or legacy when federal judges and appeal courts drag your ass around for this stupidity than some state moron jurist named Merchan - he'll and Bragg aren't ever gonna advance on the rung of jurisprudence - but a federal appeals court juidge still holds out hope - as Alvin discovered last week - he'll clownishly fall on his sword now - har har!

Posted by: Boswell at April 03, 2023 06:07 PM (+Cgut)

95 Speaking of Hollywood and Iran, I watched Argo last night.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 03, 2023 06:05 PM (ufFY

I need to find the TV movie CANADIAN CAPER, when Canada had balls

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 03, 2023 06:08 PM (dKiJG)

96 you travel all the way to the bowels of Barad-dur after the Fellowship completes its mission. (Since the game's main storyline is faithful to the books, you cannot enter Mordor until after the Ring is destroyed.)

Among the creepiest experiences I've ever had while gaming online.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 03, 2023 06:06 PM

I cannot imagine what the orcs' latrine must have looked like.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2023 06:08 PM (Wnv9h)

97 Remember when Rick & Morty creator Justin Roiland was accused of domestic abuse against a girlfriend? And then the Cartoon Network fired him from his own show before any trial?
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By the third episode of the 1st season, they've trashed the Right several times and openly declare Republicans to be genocidal.

This is a case where I not only don't care that he's wrongfully screwed over, but I'm kind of glad it worked out this way.

Good. And fuck him.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at April 03, 2023 06:09 PM (0k/I2)

98 "THE PRESIDENT: Well, we just have to demonstrate that he will not take power by — if we — if he does run. I’m making sure he, under legitimate efforts of our Constitution, does not become the next President again."

https://tinyurl.com/ywjy4d69

Whitehouse.gov is banned in the url field. What link shorterners work *in the URL field* these days to source Biden's quote?

Posted by: Biden said they'd do this to Trump at April 03, 2023 06:09 PM (c8IdU)

99 Didn't Wizards of the Coast decide to relaunch Dragonlance without telling the creators?

Smart move...

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 06:09 PM (gPjAY)

100 I saw two movies a week in the theater in the late 80s and early 90s, when movies were fun and being made by somewhat reasonable human beings who had some degree of connection to reality.

Now it's two movies a decade and honestly probably less than that.

Posted by: ... at April 03, 2023 06:09 PM (BXxcV)

101 How does one choose between a Round-Up and a Hoe-Down?

Posted by: For gp, The Action IS The Juice at April 03, 2023 06:10 PM (MvF+J)

102 > You need a better Scrum Master.

Yep. We had a great Scrum Master. She got transferred to help out a dumpster fire team. Our current Scrum Master is a wet rag who will ALWAYS emphasize discussion, consensus, and most of all, PROCESS. There are two people on this team, other than the SM, who want MOAR PROCESS for everything. They both have strong personalities.

Everyone else goes along because disagreeing means you will be butting heads with both of these people. Even management is tired of butting heads with these people. Anything goes wrong, MOAR PROCESS. Anything unexpected happens, MOAR PROCESS. It's exhausting.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 03, 2023 06:10 PM (j2Xg6)

103 Justin Roiland should talk to Roseann Barr.
No one gives you your show or reputation back, you have to start over.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2023 06:10 PM (rNDFM)

104 Speaking of Hollywood

What is the latest on Indiana Jones 5: Destiny of the Bedpan?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 06:10 PM (gPjAY)

105 They can all go straight to hell… Is that clear enough?

Posted by: tubal at April 03, 2023 06:11 PM (PCK5/)

106 Round-up is for killing weeds.

Ho-down is when Kamala parties.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 06:11 PM (gPjAY)

107 I am watching Red Sox pregame.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at April 03, 2023 06:12 PM (Eeb9P)

108 I'm easy.I liked John Wick 3 ' cause there was some humor in it.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2023 06:12 PM (nOp1G)

109 test

Posted by: Biden 2022: Im making sure he does not become the next president again at April 03, 2023 06:12 PM (c8IdU)

110 https://tinyurl.com/bddpe449
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
It's a alligator eat alligator world

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2023 06:12 PM (xhxe8)

111 Jesus, Ace, do you seriously just conform your opinions on movies to whatever The Critical Drinker says?

Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2023 06:13 PM (bkAtW)

112 Move Over, Pierre Delecto: It Looks as If AOC Has a Burner Account, and It’s a Doozy
BY ROBERT SPENCER 9:35 AM ON APRIL 03, 2023
[andy: see sock link]
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Joe Biden Hates Black People @realnikohouse
YOOOOO!!! AOC has burned accounts. I responded to one of her posts reminding her that she sends money to Nazis, and some random account responded to me speaking in first person as if I attacked them. Then that same person DELETED the tweets 😭🤣
https://tinyurl.com/3kwjmxxb

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 03, 2023 06:14 PM (Vwz3I)

113 >>So...Nope. That is why Alvin Bragg got the go ahead from the DOJ to charge Trump -

Starting to look like he got more than just a go ahead. The former #3 at the DOJ, Matthew Colangelo, left the DOJ and was hired by Bragg, coincidentally.

Looks more like the Biden administration is actually running this scam.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 03, 2023 06:14 PM (ZLI7S)

114 Does anyone else think Jim is a dick?

Posted by: bonhomme at April 03, 2023 06:14 PM (j2Xg6)

115 Jesus, Ace, do you seriously just conform your opinions on movies to whatever The Critical Drinker says?
Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2023 06:13 PM (bkAtW)

He should cross check it with Nerdrotic.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2023 06:15 PM (yQpMk)

116 Eeekkk!!!!

Picture Legal Insurrection has of Dylan Mulvaney is very very frightening...

Galileo!

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 06:15 PM (gPjAY)

117 I enjoyed Wick 4 except for the one thing. You know, the thing. But I enjoyed it past that and want to keep.our small town theatre open.

Posted by: Richard Sean McEnroe at April 03, 2023 06:16 PM (LlXyc)

118 Sad about D&D, would probably have liked to seen it but not spending a penny to do so.

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2023 06:16 PM (xhxe8)

119 >>>How does one choose between a Round-Up and a Hoe-Down?

>Choose the one spinning music that most resembles country and western - not that trailer-park pop they crank out nowadays.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 03, 2023 06:17 PM (uAY3R)

120 Yeah, AOCs burner twitter account is a banger. She calls libs of TikTok a c&nt and wishes Matt Walsh be off’d by a trans. What a peach!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2023 06:17 PM (rNDFM)

121 I enjoyed Wick 4 except for the one thing. You know, the thing.

so many things were bad, I don't know what you are referring to. In my house we obey the laws of physics.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2023 06:17 PM (yQpMk)

122 But I do want one of those John Wick suits.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2023 06:18 PM (yQpMk)

123 get woke get fucked

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:18 PM (BRHaw)

124 Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 06:18 PM (T4tVD)

125 Dylan Mulvaney is a cartoon.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2023 06:18 PM (rNDFM)

126 Don't fall for fake round-ups like the ceil() function. Accept nothing less than genuine round().

Posted by: For gp, The Action IS The Juice at April 03, 2023 06:19 PM (MvF+J)

127 Yeah, AOCs burner twitter account is a banger. She calls libs of TikTok a c&nt and wishes Matt Walsh be off’d by a trans. What a peach!

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AOC wouldn't have all that stress if she had a man in her life.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 03, 2023 06:20 PM (wb1YC)

128 I like TG/M. There was a good resolution there.

Posted by: Richard Sean McEnroe at April 03, 2023 06:20 PM (LlXyc)

129 Try and find Dirty Laundry on YooToob. You won't. They won't let you hear it.

Posted by: Skulls For the Skull Throne at April 03, 2023 06:20 PM (+eHVa)

130 There is a day coming on TV, if they show it, where a tranny kills a youtuber and claim she did it for AoC!

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:20 PM (BRHaw)

131 China-Linked TikTok Grabs Power Norway Needs To Make Ammo

Days before the European Union formally agreed to a landmark, 2 billion Euro deal, bolstering depleted NATO arsenals and expanding European ammunition-manufacturing infrastructure, TikTok, the embattled China-linked viral video provider, finalized a plan to commission a 150-megawatt data center in central Norway. The move leaves one of Europe’s largest ammunition production facilities without enough power to increase production of much-needed NATO-standard cannon shells.

The energy grab, part of TikTok’s “Project Clover” was perfectly sized, perfectly timed, and perfectly couched to roil Norway’s defense sector and create an unwelcome political mess for Norwegian leaders.

The new TikTok facility in Norway, when built, will account for almost 10% of the electricity consumption in Norway’s interior.

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at April 03, 2023 06:20 PM (MFZ8i)

132 AOC wouldn't have all that stress if she had a man in her life.
Posted by: Azathoth at April 03, 2023 06:20 PM (wb1YC)

the Paolo ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 03, 2023 06:21 PM (NtVYv)

133 125 Dylan Mulvaney is a cartoon.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 03, 2023 06:18 PM (rNDFM)

What is the pink face of mammies lil baby has shortnin

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:21 PM (BRHaw)

134
(bkAtW)

Who's the gimp?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2023 06:21 PM (n+4am)

135 I Wana know how they put all the wrinkles back in Angelica Houston's face in JW3?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 03, 2023 06:21 PM (cjpp+)

136 Yeah, when the gal was having trouble NOT passing out, and has to declare "he totally didn't strangle me," I'm gonna say he did more than just keep her from grabbing his phone.

By the way, did you know prior strangulation behavior is the number 1 predictor your partner will eventually kill you?

Cuz... yeah.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 03, 2023 06:21 PM (yo6Ms)

137 A criminal defense attorney told me: people don't realize how easy it is to get arrested. Someone swears out a complaint. You can't sue the "victim" for fakse arrest unless you can prove they knew the charge was false. Don't even think of suing the cops because Immunity.

So you can be charged arrested, jailed, pay a defense attorney, (starting at $5000), and, if you get the false charge dropped, you will want to get the arrest expunged. But some agencies can still gind out about the bogus arrest

System sucks.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at April 03, 2023 06:22 PM (Oe7SD)

138 Jesus, Ace, do you seriously just conform your opinions on movies to whatever The Critical Drinker says?

*******

Is that wrong… should he not be doing that?

Posted by: George Costanza at April 03, 2023 06:22 PM (VTu1l)

139 Rick and Morty writer? Like the ones destroying the M-She-U? I can't even be bothered to get out a nano scale violin.

Posted by: Legion of Boom at April 03, 2023 06:22 PM (BsoVM)

140
AOC wouldn't have all that stress if she had a man in her life.
Posted by: Azathoth

I thought she was engaged to some lefty ging.... Ohhhhhhhh.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2023 06:23 PM (n+4am)

141 My wife and I have played AD&D for 34 years with our group of friends. She was excited about the prospect of this movie, until I watched the YouTube reviewers and saw all the "We didn't emasculate our leading men for Woke - just because we think that kind of thing his HIGH-larious!"

And I knew it's another woke piece of shit I won't go see. So, I don't care what your review says, Ace, they can suck a bag of dicks. I'm sick to death of every movie and television show being a pair of middle fingers in my face for the entire run time.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at April 03, 2023 06:24 PM (vhMB7)

142 By the way, did you know prior strangulation behavior is the number 1 predictor your partner will eventually kill you?

Cuz... yeah.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 03, 2023 06:21 PM (yo6Ms)

Serial killer
wets bed my guess about half trans
hurts animals same
fire starter this would be a great study to see how many played with fire

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:24 PM (BRHaw)

143 Saw John Wick 4 today. Absolutely the best cinematography and lighting of any movie I've seen in the past year.Too bad the Academy hates profitable movies.

Posted by: Motion view, new phone, too lazy for full nic at April 03, 2023 06:24 PM (0b4v3)

144 I Wana know how they put all the wrinkles back in Angelica Houston's face in JW3?
Posted by: Ben Had

She stopped ironing her face for a coupla days.

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2023 06:24 PM (T4tVD)

145 I thought she was engaged to some lefty ging.... Ohhhhhhhh

*******

I finally saw a picture of this twat waffle and he looked precisely… like a twat waffle

It’s uncanny how consistent the soyface look is

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 03, 2023 06:25 PM (VTu1l)

146 Jesus, Ace, do you seriously just conform your opinions on movies to whatever The Critical Drinker says?

Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2023 06:13 PM (bkAtW)

As far as I can tell Ace reviewed it before Critical Drinker.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 03, 2023 06:25 PM (Mw/Hv)

147 Movie Reviews, celebrity gossip-this is like a wonderful amalgam of Rex Reed, Rona Barrett, and Earl Wilson. With a side-order of Irv Kupcinet for you midwesterners.

Posted by: Tiger Beat at April 03, 2023 06:26 PM (j+jCx)

148 Maybe Jonathan Majors and that chick were having rough sex. Or have a choking fetish. Or maybe she started the violence and he ended it. Or maybe he's a violent dick. In any case I'm WAY over the "severity of the accusation" standard that gets applied to subvert the presumption of innocence and the functions of due process whenever a woman points the finger.

Posted by: Whatever. A pox on all these motherfuckers at April 03, 2023 06:27 PM (dMtzC)

149 I cannot imagine what the orcs' latrine must have looked like.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 03, 2023 06:08 PM

I can.

Posted by: Huma at April 03, 2023 06:27 PM (a3Q+t)

150 Looks more like the Biden administration is actually running this scam.
Posted by: JackStraw at

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See #98

Biden outright stated they were going to do it.

Whitehouse dot gov

Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at April 03, 2023 06:28 PM (Xt8HN)

151 Posted by: ~~Tiger~~ Ewok Beat
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Fixed!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 03, 2023 06:28 PM (Vwz3I)

152 137 A criminal defense attorney told me: people don't realize how easy it is to get arrested. Someone swears out a complaint. You can't sue the "victim" for fakse arrest unless you can prove they knew the charge was false. Don't even think of suing the cops because Immunity.

So you can be charged arrested, jailed, pay a defense attorney, (starting at $5000), and, if you get the false charge dropped, you will want to get the arrest expunged. But some agencies can still gind out about the bogus arrest

System sucks.
Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at April 03, 2023 06:22 PM (Oe7SD)

Fed prosecutors get 97% or so convictions.
100% if that is process crimes. BTW, Paul Newman in Absence had about 20 crimes. Brimley says so at the end.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:28 PM (BRHaw)

153 AOC wouldn't have all that stress if she had a man in her life.
Posted by: Azathoth at April 03, 2023 06:20 PM (wb1YC)

The odd spanking would be salutary.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at April 03, 2023 06:28 PM (d8oLB)

154 Speaking of entertainment again, Leo DiCaprio testified against one of the Fugees in a trial about the Fugee guy laundering money to, get this, contribute more than the legal limit to the Obama campaign. But that's fine, bc Obama's a Democrat.

https://tinyurl.com/5n6fy35c

Posted by: PJ at April 03, 2023 06:28 PM (G1dq6)

155 So the Bidet Junta in order to protect the people will deny the will of the people if they elect Donald J Trump.

How Fascist.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 06:29 PM (gPjAY)

156 54 Speaking of entertainment again, Leo DiCaprio testified against one of the Fugees in a trial about the Fugee guy laundering money to, get this, contribute more than the legal limit to the Obama campaign. But that's fine, bc Obama's a Democrat.

I think he got kicked out, then allowed to join the band again. So he became a re-Fugee.

Posted by: I'll see myself out at April 03, 2023 06:30 PM (dMtzC)

157 This is a movie which has 90% fresh ratings from both critics and audience members -- I think it's 91% fresh from critics, 94% from audience -- and scored a high A- rating from Cinemascore's exit polls of people just leaving the movie at theaters.

- Ace

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Yes, obviously Ace is following Drinker's lead here.

Posted by: Azathoth at April 03, 2023 06:30 PM (wb1YC)

158 well duh!

Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale fired 152 rounds from an assault rifle and handgun and studied other mass murderers before she butchered six including three kids

hope Satans great horned cock is extra special barby these day

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:31 PM (BRHaw)

159 Nerdrotic, Disparu, Geeks and Gamers, Critical Drinker, Midnight's Edge - all great resources for movie and show reviews.

Having said that, I unsubbed from Drinker when he said that GoldenEye wasn't full of Woke trash. All through the movie Bond is constantly emasculated by stronk, empowered womyns. He just stoically takes it and accepts their insults.

If Drinker can't detect basic third-wave feminist Woke bullshit when he sees it, then he's no good to me as a reviewer, even if some of his videos are kind of clever.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at April 03, 2023 06:32 PM (vhMB7)

160 152 Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:28 PM (BRHaw)

Everyone in America commits multiple felonies a day, they have criminalized living because you cannot coerce or compel free men.

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 06:33 PM (Lzpvj)

161 Having played D&D back in the day I will definitely see this movie but probably streaming.
And as a Steely Dan fan, I enjoyed the link in hte sidebar. I didn't realize that the reason they didn't tour had a legit reason and not that they were unable t o reproduce their songs live. Which is what I alway thought.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at April 03, 2023 06:33 PM (Y+l9t)

162 115 He should cross check it with Nerdrotic.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2023 06:15 PM (yQpMk)

Or Movieblob.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at April 03, 2023 06:33 PM (DTX3h)

163 Anything goes wrong, MOAR PROCESS. Anything unexpected happens, MOAR PROCESS. It's exhausting.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 03, 2023 06:10 PM

And self-defeating. My primary metrics: Are you getting the *right* stuff done and delivered? Are you having fun?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2023 06:33 PM (a3Q+t)

164 Eh, still going to the DnD movie as a mantinee next week. Husband is a GM for Pathfinder, but grew up on the Drizzt Du'Orden books.

Posted by: pookysgirl, kitsune winter witch for the current campaign at April 03, 2023 06:33 PM (dtlDP)

165 New testimony from Bob Hughes confirms ballot tampering in Maricopa County’s 2022 election. Hughes states in his affidavit that “an intentional change was made to the printers affecting the DAY OF Election ballots” in the 2022 Maricopa County midterm election.

well duh

It is baked into the system.

I bet they have a machine code that can tell if it is an R or D ballot.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:35 PM (BRHaw)

166 As far as "accurate" estimates, get everything to a 1 or a 2, count throughput, use a Monte Carlo simulation for the estimate.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 03, 2023 06:35 PM (a3Q+t)

167 It’s uncanny how consistent the soyface look is
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We don't put soyface on our screens, losers!

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1033687586/ china-ban-effeminate-men-tv-official-morality

Posted by: 2nd look at China? at April 03, 2023 06:36 PM (fs1hN)

168 Everyone in America commits multiple felonies a day, they have criminalized living because you cannot coerce or compel free men.
Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 06:33 PM (Lzpvj)

They know
They have records
They know how you vote
They have the gun purchases

And I aint paranoid

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:36 PM (BRHaw)

169 hope Satans great horned cock is extra special barby these day
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IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO BE KEN.

Posted by: ben roethlisberger at April 03, 2023 06:36 PM (Vwz3I)

170 critical drinker sucks and is boring and that accent is fake and gay

sorry

not sorry

no idea how anyone could get thru two minutes of him on YT

Posted by: BlackOrchid at April 03, 2023 06:36 PM (w0NJk)

171 Pooksygirl

So which type of Japanese fox spirit are you running? One of Inari's messengers? A Nogitsune? How many tails?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 06:38 PM (gPjAY)

172 I always figured he did the accent to try and maintain some sort of anonymity.

Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at April 03, 2023 06:38 PM (Xt8HN)

173 Is that wrong… should he not be doing that?

*******

The Drinker recommended "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once"; his opinion is...suspect.

The way Ace cites him on every movie post is bizarre at this point.

Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2023 06:39 PM (bkAtW)

174 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO BE KEN.
Posted by: ben roethlisberger at April 03, 2023 06:36 PM (Vwz3I)

well fuck me runnin

Kens gay friend was Alan

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:39 PM (BRHaw)

175 Jim, you should emphasize to ace that your suggestions for his movie reviews should be heeded.

Posted by: fd at April 03, 2023 06:41 PM (iayUP)

176 Ace is Critical Drinker!

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at April 03, 2023 06:42 PM (Eeb9P)

177 I loved EEAOC until I realized it was a big Hollywood production with big names and apparently a big joke. I thought I was watching a B-Movie that had some good, dumb ideas done cleverly and stupidly. A fun B-Movie that was good because the people making it tried.

And then I found out that there were superstars in it and it was something pretentious, and I didn't like it nearly as much.

Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at April 03, 2023 06:43 PM (Xt8HN)

178 As far as I can tell Ace reviewed it before Critical Drinker.

*******

You're correct. So what's the point of revisiting it and citing The Drinker's review?

Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2023 06:45 PM (bkAtW)

179 168 Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2023 06:36 PM (BRHaw)

Trust me part of why I have reduced my digital footprint is the Feds pore over it.

Not paranoid, I know.

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 06:45 PM (Lzpvj)

180 You're only paranoid if they aren't out to get you.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 06:46 PM (gPjAY)

181 Nood

Posted by: NISTdot gov: office chairs, not jet fuel or impact, caused perfect simultaneous collapse of WTC7 at April 03, 2023 06:47 PM (Xt8HN)

182 Jim, you should emphasize to ace that your suggestions for his movie reviews should be heeded.
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And maybe use a snappy phrase like, hmm, hmm, "Stop punching down" to polish it up a bit?

Still, has anyone ever seen ace and this Critical Drinker fellow together in the same room at the same time?

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 03, 2023 06:50 PM (Vwz3I)

183 Ace is Critical Drinker!
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That's what I hinted!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at April 03, 2023 06:50 PM (Vwz3I)

184 180 Posted by: Anna Puma at April 03, 2023 06:46 PM (gPjAY)

They are criminalizing dissent using the language of war when we are not in a declared conflict.

Posted by: sven at April 03, 2023 06:51 PM (Lzpvj)

185 I always figured he did the accent to try and maintain some sort of anonymity.

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The hilarious thing is that when I first heard the drinker I thought he was a Hindu judging from his accent

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger at April 03, 2023 06:52 PM (VTu1l)

186 >It should have made more money

No, not really. D&D isn't as popular as the media wants you to think. It's like the CW.

>They backed down when people began threatening to boycott this movie

No, they didn't. Hasbro knows that no matter what they do or say, D&D players will never stop consoooooming D&D because it's their entire identity.

>People are flocking to alternatives to the D&D game

No, they aren't. See above.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at April 03, 2023 07:05 PM (ZVVbb)

187 Nerdrotic, Disparu, Geeks and Gamers, Critical Drinker, Midnight's Edge - all great resources for movie and show reviews.

Having said that, I unsubbed from Drinker when he said that GoldenEye wasn't full of Woke trash. All through the movie Bond is constantly emasculated by stronk, empowered womyns. He just stoically takes it and accepts their insults.

If Drinker can't detect basic third-wave feminist Woke bullshit when he sees it, then he's no good to me as a reviewer, even if some of his videos are kind of clever.

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As I mentioned earlier, The CD recommended "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once," a pile of confusing horseshit with a message that boiled down to "The universe will end if you don't embrace your daughter's lesbian relationship, which is way more loving and caring than your heterosexual one."

Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2023 07:10 PM (bkAtW)

188 I loved EEAOC until I realized it was a big Hollywood production with big names and apparently a big joke. I thought I was watching a B-Movie that had some good, dumb ideas done cleverly and stupidly. A fun B-Movie that was good because the people making it tried.

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It was a pile of confusing horseshit with a message that boiled down to "The universe will end if you don't embrace your daughter's lesbian relationship, which is way more loving and caring than your heterosexual one."

Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2023 07:12 PM (bkAtW)

189 Justin Roiland is a huge POS whose first cartoons featured children being tortured and made to eat shit.

Posted by: The_Hoser at April 03, 2023 07:15 PM (l7/6Q)

190 Yes, I know spammed a comment. Accident.

Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2023 07:15 PM (bkAtW)

191 As far as I can tell Ace reviewed it before Critical Drinker.

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You're correct. So what's the point of revisiting it and citing The Drinker's review?
Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2023 06:45 PM (bkAtW)

He just does it to disappoint you.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 03, 2023 07:34 PM (yQpMk)

192 "EEAAO" is essentially a cross between a Hallmark greeting card and a long-winded Adult Swim short. In other words, it's an affront to genuine absurdism (Luis Buñuel), surrealism (David Lynch), or postmodern comedy (Wes Anderson). Absolute shit.

By the way, the trailer for Anderson's new comedy, "Asteroid City," dropped last week. Absolutely lovely. Anderson is the kind of artist idiots like Kwan and Scheinert wish they were. His films feature a unique mix of mirthfulness and soulfulness that's impossible to replicate.

Posted by: The Chaffeur at April 03, 2023 08:15 PM (+b+nq)

193 "I told them" sounds less than a fact than "I just got out of the hospital" from the domestic beat down...

Posted by: Carlos Rodriguez at April 03, 2023 09:29 PM (ryaeR)

194 Was going to try and see "Dungeons and Dragons"...but now its a hard pass.

Posted by: Mutnodjmet at April 03, 2023 11:30 PM (sPJyv)

195 I miss the days when corporations only cared about money. At this point, I'm convinced that every major company in the world would sooner go bankrupt than not push the tranny agenda.

Posted by: The Individual Eleven at April 04, 2023 02:01 AM (18PNs)

196 thank you

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