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For discussion: What was the last musical that appealed to youth (teens and 20s).? - Andie Jul 6, 10:28 4
- Classic musicals have never really appealed to that group. Musicals have always needed to skew hip/young/different/edgy to connect. - ty97 Jul 6, 10:30
- South Park movie -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 10:29 1
  - would 8 Mile be considered a musical? -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 10:31
- Glee -- nm - amoxy Jul 6, 10:29
Vampirates: I've attempted to post our draft order on the Blood Feud board. One of y'all should check it for me. - Strongbad Jul 6, 10:24
The Philadelphia 76ers will release former All-Star Elton Brand under the league's amnesty clause, according to sources -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 10:23 4
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- Rather than trade his expiring contract, which is a rarity these days. -- nm - David Jul 6, 10:24 2
  - they've signed a bunch of guys and if traded have to take back equivalent salaries don't they? - Beaker Jul 6, 10:27
  - He's *THAT* bad. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 6, 10:25
y'all probably don't remember when i posted inthe winter about that guy walking around the mall in the green poufy dress? - Andie Jul 6, 10:17 [flickr] 9
- What does HMV stand for? -- nm - amoxy Jul 6, 10:19 8
  - I always wondered that. In my head it was always "Her Majesty's Video" or "Her Majesty's Vinyl" -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 10:21 3
    - it comes from this image. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 6, 10:22 2
      - I like my version more, I shall ignore facts -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 10:23 1
        
        life is better that way. -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 10:24
  - Home Video Market? -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 10:20
  - spoiler - loosilu Jul 6, 10:20
  - His Master's Voice -- nm - Roger More Jul 6, 10:20
  - it's a giant music/entertainment chain. -- nm - Andie Jul 6, 10:20
Have you met the next basketball prodigy? -- (link) - GregW Jul 6, 10:13
Shocker: Charlie Sheen took steroids will filming "Major League" -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 6, 10:08 3
- So they were lying in the movie? The radar gun said he hit 101 when he struck out the Duke - amoxy Jul 6, 10:11 1
  - yep. Congressional hearings to start any day. -- nm - Jovian Jul 6, 10:14
- Oddly, this had nothing to do with the movie he was starring in -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 10:10
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- I hate hearing about shit like that. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 6, 10:02 2
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    - no, not on you. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 6, 10:04
Louisana State Rep very excited for new voucher program. We can now have religious schools paid for by tax dollars -- (link) - amoxy Jul 6, 09:57 2
- *HAW HAW!* -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 10:28
- Wow. I bet he owns a pair of blinders, too...... - miffed67 Jul 6, 10:13
Lucky the kitten saved from Plymouth recycle van crusher -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 6, 09:50
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- Do you want to run the whole house or just a couple of things? - decline Jul 6, 10:16
- I read this as 'Particle Generator'. I was all like, they sell those?? Scratch that. They make those?? -- nm - Jovian Jul 6, 10:06 2
  - he wants to buy a particle accelerator for his yard. -- nm - loosilu Jul 6, 10:14 1
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- No. Just buy the biggest one you can afford. - spamlet Jul 6, 09:54 1
  - because in an emergency all your neighbours will be stringing extension cords across the road to your place -- nm - zork Jul 6, 10:01
- check your meer twice 24 houers apart and device by 24 -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 6, 09:50 1
  - devide* -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 6, 09:51
I feel like the most prudish prude ever when I read that CDAN crap -- nm - Beryllium Jul 6, 09:40 2
- Keep in mind that it's not only gossip but intended to be the most hyperbolic gossip possible in order to gather the most attention. -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:51 1
  - Yes, the way it is couched is doubly offensive. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 6, 10:09
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I don't think Blake Lively can sell much more than her panties. -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 09:31 4
- She was really good in Accepted, The Town and even Gossip Girl's first season. Green Lantern might have ruined her like B&R did Alicia Silverstone. -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:35 2
  - I don't mean that she's bad, I just don't know if she sells/carries movies (I think no?) -- nm - ty97 Jul 6, 09:48 1
    - There are very few actresses who do and she definitely isn't one of those. -- nm - David Jul 6, 10:00
- *buys a dozen* nm -- nm - groiny Jul 6, 09:33
hey, while I have you here, do I like moneyball? do I like the new footloose? -- nm - amanda Jul 6, 09:27 9
- 1) Yes. 2) Footloose is actually better than the original, but without the passionate cheese, it just becomes generic. -- nm - Max Jul 6, 10:25
- MoneyBlah (except for Jonah Hill) -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 10:20
- My wife liked Moneyball but doesn't like baseball. I read the book and didn't like the movie. -- nm - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 6, 09:44
- Yes Yes you do -- nm - amoxy Jul 6, 09:36
- I own Footloose on UV, but I haven't watched it yet. I liked her well enough in Rock of Ages, so I need to give it a shot. -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:34
- My wife liked Moneyball and she is bored silly by baseball. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 09:29 2
  - i am not your wife, but i felt exactly the same way -- nm - prayformojo Jul 6, 09:31 1
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- amanda, the boards are full of people mocking the Spider-Man reboot. - Spawn Jul 6, 09:28
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- 312,5 -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 6, 09:27
- The movie is about 70%. The book is 95%. -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:27 2
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    - A couple of times, yeah. -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:31
- 70-75% -- nm - amoxy Jul 6, 09:26
Porn condom use to be put to Los Angeles voters -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Jul 6, 09:24 4
- Too bad the industry is so entrenched it can't just pick up and move. Oh, wait... it can. -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 09:31 3
  - perhaps that's the goal. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 6, 09:42 2
    - Job killing taxes! -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 10:25
    - Next up: WANG TAX -- nm - Beryllium Jul 6, 09:44
The reason the 2002 Spider-Man was *Spider-Man* was because it was the first of the new breed - Reagen Jul 6, 09:22 38
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  - The first-person stuff in the new version works really well, although it did have me instinctively reaching for my Xbox controller. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 09:38
- You mean X-Men. -- nm - Spawn Jul 6, 09:26 27
  - "Do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning?" - prayformojo Jul 6, 09:32 6
    - That's a case study in how tone on a line reading changes everything. - Reagen Jul 6, 09:34 2
      - or the reader/character. Magneto could have made that delivery sound solidly menacing. -- nm - Max Jul 6, 10:19 1
        
        Agreed. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 6, 10:30
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      - He's said yes. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 09:35 1
        
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  - ^this. X-men proved if you do it seriously you can have a success. Spider-man 1 just did it bigger -- nm - Remlik Jul 6, 09:29
  - Not close to the same degree. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 09:27 18
    - Disagreed. X-Men broke the ground, and then 2 years later Spider-Man refined it. -- nm - Spawn Jul 6, 09:30
    - And such a trainwreck of a movie. -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:29 13
      - X-Men was a trainwreck of a movie? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 6, 09:37 12
        
        Yes, it's a blueprint example of the dangers of deleting too many scenes. -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:39 10
        
        and somehow, X-Men 3 was even worse. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 6, 10:07 2
        
        And then Wolverine worse than that. -- nm - David Jul 6, 10:15 1
        
        can't wait for Magneto. - groiny Jul 6, 10:15
        
        Outside of them missing on Cyclops....I have limited problems with it. - Will Hunting Jul 6, 09:56 1
        
        Since Mel wants it dropped, all I will say is that it's clear that Singer had to drop most of the story and only left in the "action". -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:57
        
        we shouldn't talk about this. - Mel Profit Jul 6, 09:41 4
        
        What was the other movie? -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:50 3
        
        I'd like to stay married, thank you. - Mel Profit Jul 6, 09:52 2
        
        we'll talk about this later. - Diva Jul 6, 10:30 1
        
        you're getting a spankin'. - Mel Profit Jul 6, 10:31
        
        2 was better -- nm - J Jul 6, 09:38
    - Well yeah, 50mil vs 115mil. - Will Hunting Jul 6, 09:28 2
      - Raimi was hired five months before X-Men opened, so unless there's a time machine involved... -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 09:31
      - this. -- nm - Remlik Jul 6, 09:29
- I think a key part of the disappointment here is how dull the trailers are. -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:24 7
  - I thought the opposite; this one looked miles better to me than the 2002 version. - Will Hunting Jul 6, 09:27 3
    - The "small knives" line is the only memorable moment. I wasn't a huge fan of the 2002 film either. - David Jul 6, 09:28 2
      - just mentioned the fight with Doc Ock recently. Amazing fight sequence that holds up perfectly -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 10:21
      - Agreed on the IM. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 6, 09:29
  - That clip they kept showing on the talk shows where he gets bounced around the buses and such made me think "really? That's your best shot?" -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 09:26 2
    - I was under the impression they were showing this kind of thing to make Spidey seem more realistic. Not an instant superhero. -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 09:32 1
      - enh. The first one had Tobey crashing into buildings too. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 09:35
That Marvel stuff sounds complicated. Sometimes I miss reading comics. Other times I'm glad I stopped. -- nm - sycor Jul 6, 09:18 1
- I tried to catch up for awhile, but I refuse to keep a checklist to see where I'm supposed to be in my entertainment. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 09:24
*pulls the bottle away from Nathan to check the nipple* *has his finger pulled to put the bottle back in feeding position* - Will Hunting Jul 6, 09:18 6
- He's still on a bottle? Thought he would be eating ribs by now -- nm - amoxy Jul 6, 09:20 4
  - neighborhood pets keep disappearing. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 6, 09:24
  - No but the bottle is a one gallon jug. -- nm - pmb Jul 6, 09:23
  - A few more weeks and we'll start him in on solids...6 months is when that starts up from what I've heard. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 6, 09:21 1
    - Just wait until you feed him the jarred meat...His diapers will smell worse then the Mines of Moria -- nm - amoxy Jul 6, 09:27
- Mail Slot, Jr.! -- nm - Tim Jul 6, 09:19
Reagen's right that The Amazing Spider-Man should be around $135 million after Sunday. - David Jul 6, 09:18
STIS: how do I find my wireless router security key? Trying to hook up a kindle and new computer. tia -- nm - CQ Jul 6, 09:17 3
- log in to your router. It should be on the Wireless Settings page. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 6, 09:39
- is it direct from the provider? - groiny Jul 6, 09:18 1
  - ah, so the key is on my router I bought probably. I'll check, thanks -- nm - CQ Jul 6, 09:19
Man finds 100-year-old whiskey in his attic. -- (link) - CrankYanker Jul 6, 09:16 7
- PRAYFORMOJO CLICK ON THAT LINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - zork Jul 6, 09:18 6
  - now that would be cool -- nm - prayformojo Jul 6, 09:19 5
    - and check out the slideshow at the bottom of the article -- nm - zork Jul 6, 09:22
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      - you get wasted and wake up the next morning married to a waitress named Flo and your car is in the pool -- nm - Epiphany Jul 6, 09:25 1
        
        when they pull your car out of the pool, the trunk smells like death and there's a bloody glove on the seat. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 6, 09:27
      - The house is cursed....one owner went to the nuthouse for alcoholism and the current nut isn't going to sell them, he wants to wait and drink them. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 6, 09:23
Gingers-only dating site launched in the UK. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 6, 09:15 12
- Ginger chics are generally hot. But almost always crazy. - sycor Jul 6, 09:21 8
  - SHUT IT! -- nm - loosilu Jul 6, 09:23 7
    - :) -- nm - sycor Jul 6, 09:26
    - Yell at him! That will convince him you're not crazy! -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:24 4
      - I'll convince you next! -- nm - loosilu Jul 6, 09:25 3
        
        I divorced a redhead. My stance is absolute. -- nm - David Jul 6, 09:32 1
        
        Tell me about it. -- nm - Leroy Jethro Gibbs si Jul 6, 09:41
        
        current earworm: ~To dream the impossible dream~ -- nm - zork Jul 6, 09:28
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- +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jul 6, 09:20
- I wonder how many will try the line "We have to, for the sake of the species" -- nm - Roger More Jul 6, 09:17 1
  - For the greater evil? -- nm - Qale Jul 6, 09:33
word. -- nm - amanda Jul 6, 09:15 6
- LIR - no Amanda, Blake Lively can't open a movie - the best thing going to draw people are Del Toro and Hayek and shit blowing up in the trailer - Epiphany Jul 6, 09:23 4
  - every time Blake Lively is mentioned somewhere I have to try to remember who she is and most times have to google/imdb her. -- nm - zork Jul 6, 09:29
  - That song in every trailer is my favorite trailer music in ages. - Will Hunting Jul 6, 09:27 1
    - right? I feel like the trailer is *perfect.* how can anyone not want to see it? -- nm - amanda Jul 6, 09:29
  - I just emailed some normal, non-us people (not spawn) re: going to this tonight or tomorrow. we'll see what they say and I'll let you know. -- nm - amanda Jul 6, 09:26
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