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I will say this : The initial reaction would be to run for the exits. - groiny Jul 20, 09:03 2
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- Exactly. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 09:04
relatedly ,,, just checked in on HSX, and TDKR is down over $9, ... likely because of the shootings? - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 20, 08:57 6
- It's currently priced at $180mil opening...that's huge and any questions are probably that's it approaching the break-even on likelyhood vs tying up - Will Hunting Jul 20, 09:01
- How's Gangster Squad doing? I suspect the release may get pushed back. -- nm - LMS Jul 20, 08:59
- I don't know what the price is or was...but Midnight totals just started popping up. I'd say any movement is more related to that. -- nm - Jim Jul 20, 08:59 2
  - but they were insanely high. 10M higher than Avengers. and Batman is going *down*. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 08:59 1
    - Frontloaded! -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 09:00
- i sold it. i don't even care how it does, i just didn't want it anymore. i think the impact will be minimal, - Andie Jul 20, 08:59
FWIW the radio show is reporting that there were already some police on-site to deal with the large crowds they were expecting. - Stephen Jul 20, 08:55 5
- Is the the theater going to be open still? -- nm - eag Jul 20, 08:58 1
  - no that theater is closed for the weekened. -- nm - Remlik Jul 20, 09:03
- Wouldn't surprise me. I see cops at the theater anytime I go to an event movie on opening weekend. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 08:57
- where? at the Wal Mart? At the Target? at Paris Hiltons Bedroom?" nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 08:56 1
  - At the theatre. - Stephen Jul 20, 08:57
nobody really cares, but we're going to sheetz for lunch. I still can't get over that we get lunch at the gas station - amanda Jul 20, 08:53 8
- We've eaten at Sheetz in NC. Decent food and cheap, too! -- nm - miffed67 Jul 20, 09:25
- We saw them everywhere in NC but never stopped. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 09:04
- Speaking of Gas seems like the prices are falling like a rock am I right? -- nm - eag Jul 20, 08:54 2
  - um, no. Prices have jumped .30 a gallon here over the past 3 weeks. -- nm - GregW Jul 20, 08:55 1
    - we're up about .15 in the last ten days. of course both of my cars need gas. -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 08:57
- I go there occasionally. But the Dairy Queen is right beside it so I usually default there. -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 08:54 2
  - you have sheetz? where *are* you? -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 08:55 1
    - North Carolina -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 09:05
This is why Curb Your Enthusiasm is funny -- (link) - Beaker Jul 20, 08:53 [youtube]
There is a fair bit of irony in a Batman film being the site of a shooting given Batman's feelings toward the use of guns. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 08:51 1
- The other irony is, being that it took place in Denver, Batman couldn't have stopped it in time. - Beryllium Jul 20, 08:52
"Show me the way to go home...I'm tired and I want to go to bed" - amoxy Jul 20, 08:49
Argh, I need to get dressed and go dog-walking but I'm suffering from 'train wreck' syndrome. - MojaveMeg Jul 20, 08:49
well, this board escalated fast. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 08:45 13
- Sorry, I'll keep my thoughts on Kenny Williams to myself from now on. -- nm - spamlet Jul 20, 09:05
- given the topics being discussed - race and guns - two of our most controversial, people are being very civil and honest and respectful. - amanda Jul 20, 08:51
- i actually think this is a pretty calm and non-personal conversation. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 08:50 6
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    - Well, except for Spawn - and I completely understand his stance, even though I somewhat disagree. - Beryllium Jul 20, 08:56 2
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        The only non-gun-in-every-hand solution I can think of is one that has an even greater downside. - Beryllium Jul 20, 09:02
  - heh. -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 08:51
  - ( i mean considering the topic and the circumstances.) -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 08:51
- time for an ML dong joke! -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 08:49
- "That escalated quickly." "It kicked up a notch." "I mean it really got out of hand fast." - con_carne Jul 20, 08:46 2
  - EXPLETIVE YOU! -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 08:47 1
    - Sounds kinky -- nm - eag Jul 20, 08:47
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- That's not John Simm. -- nm - LMS Jul 20, 08:50
- The Fred Willard story? - Beaker Jul 20, 08:46
ML, that's exactly the kind of crap move that Kenny would make. I'm really hoping he stands still at the deadline. #firekenny - spamlet Jul 20, 08:36 6
- I disagree. He needs to pick up a reliable SP, even if it is a rental. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 08:37 5
  - But it's Kenny. He'll trade the farm for a home run chance like Liriano if he can. - spamlet (iPhone) Jul 20, 08:40
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    - no, I am thinking more like a Randy Wolf, or Ryan Dempster. - groiny Jul 20, 08:39 2
      - Dodgers trying to deal with Dempster currently -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 08:40 1
        
        They need a bat more than an arm -- nm - eag Jul 20, 08:42
From last board weekend plans continue to unpack apt go see DKR and work on other things -- nm - eag Jul 20, 08:36 1
- Los Feliz street fair on Sunday. Maybe seeing The Amazing Spider-Man -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 08:39
TDKR: via ERC's twitter: 27M from midnights. -- nm - Shaun Jul 20, 08:33 7
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  - 18m I think. I don't have numbers at hand but it's behind the most recent Harry Potter and Twilight midnights. -- nm - Roger More Jul 20, 08:36
  - 18.7M -- nm - Shaun Jul 20, 08:36 4
    - goodness - was not expecting that. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 20, 08:42
    - Looks like that would make it fourth biggest midnight opening of all time - con_carne Jul 20, 08:41
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    - whoa. that's a good sign. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 08:37
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- It's worth about $9.00 -- nm - con_carne Jul 20, 08:34
Anytime I think of civilians opening fire, I'm reminded of Diallo case in NYC where trained officers put like 19 of 41 shots into a guy 15 feet away. - Will Hunting Jul 20, 08:33 21
- or the more recent shooting in downtown Philly - znufrii Jul 20, 08:38
- handguns are horribly inaccurate even if you have time to line up the shoot -- nm - zork Jul 20, 08:36
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  - You'd think that would improve their aim. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 08:35 17
    - not if it were dark outside. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 08:36 16
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        This *is* ST. Everything becomes a joke. -- nm - TWuG Jul 20, 08:41
        
        I was trying to figure out a way to phrase this without launching a 17 board argument. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 08:40 8
        
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        All Will was doing was pointing out that a high-stress situation can negatively impact training & skill when it comes to shooting. You brought race. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 08:44 3
        
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        Oh, I know, I'm just saying that it's completely tangential to Will's original point. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 08:46 1
        
        ... and that we should be discussing *will's original point*, not this. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 08:47
        
        I knew where you were coming from. -- nm - znufrii Jul 20, 08:43
        
        and I am just trying to be a sarcastic ass. - groiny Jul 20, 08:43 1
        
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        oh, is that what your post was? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 08:40 2
        
        yeah i was confused since i wasn't talking about that case beyond the stats -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 20, 08:43
        
        This. Exactly. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 08:42
      - They could tell him jokes first to get him to smile. - TWuG Jul 20, 08:38 1
        
        I was going to make the same (but different) joke but decided against it. -- nm - sycor Jul 20, 08:43
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The Three Reasons to See Total Recall -- (link) - con_carne Jul 20, 08:32 1
they're getting smarter -- (link) - znufrii Jul 20, 08:31
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- not surprising, in that area. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 08:31
Does it surprise anyone that Meg knows how to sneak into movies? -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 08:30 3
- heck no. -- nm - Diva Jul 20, 08:35
- :-P -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 20, 08:31 1
  - I'm onto you lady! -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 20, 08:33
probably far too early to know - znufrii Jul 20, 08:29 39
- Some injuries are not bullet wounds at all, just people getting checked out for tear gas inhalation. -- nm - mara Jul 20, 08:32
- Plus inhaling tear gas. You could run into anything and not even know it from choking. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:31 37
  - tear gas causes fires often. that's all you need in that situation. -- nm - zork Jul 20, 08:37
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    - In all honesty, police did nto arrive until after the guy was out. Any action would have been over by then. - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:36 23
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        If I might be able to save the 12 year old kid that was killed? There is no debate. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:40 5
        
        When the problem is guns in inappropriate places, adding more guns to those places only ups the potential for bad stuff happening. - TWuG Jul 20, 08:47 4
        
        Okay, I give up. *Clearly* the thing to do was nothing at all. Hope he runs out of ammo, and go from there. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:49 3
        
        It's like your willfully ignoring all the added bad because that tiny potential for good exists. - TWuG Jul 20, 08:54
        
        that actually is the best thing to do. -- nm - zork Jul 20, 08:53 1
        
        Then you disgust me. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:54
      - yeah, how fast could they get there if the guy tore up the theater and went out to his car? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 08:37 15
        
        I am a little amazed that ST would rather let the guy keep shooting people, and just hope for the best. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:39 14
        
        if carrying a gun around, your chance of doing something harmful with that gun are way higher than the chance that you are in a position to be a hero. -- nm - zork Jul 20, 08:41 5
        
        That is not the debate that I am having. My point is, if I am at that same showing and I am legally carrying a gun anf this madman opens fire. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:43 4
        
        the point is that you carry that gun around all the other days that this isn't happening and there's a higher chance of something tragic happening - zork Jul 20, 08:50 3
        
        You are not listening. all my debate is is this one night. This one moment. Do you do nothing, or do you try? -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:54 2
        
        you sh!t your pants and run away along with everyone else. - znufrii Jul 20, 08:57 1
        
        You know what, fuck you znu. - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 09:05
        
        of course not, I just don't think adding more random bullets would improve things. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 08:39 7
        
        Well, that is how you see it. I guess letting him continue to intentionally kill is a better option. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:41 6
        
        i wouldn't want to the be the person who accidently killed a different innocent person in my attempt to get the killer -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 08:42 5
        
        Agreed. But as I said, if I am carrying a gun, I have a certain level of confidence and training. And it is my responsibility as a human to protect - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:45 4
        
        If your desire is to prevent the death of that 12 year old in this situation, then you get between the gunman and that 12 year old whether - TWuG Jul 20, 09:01
        
        Honestly, I think you might think you have that skill level....but until we know for sure, you don't...and even then, you are saying you're better - Will Hunting Jul 20, 08:59
        
        I would not, as a general rule, assume that everyone who might be carrying a weapon has the adequate level of confidence and training to be effective - znufrii Jul 20, 08:49
        
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  - but you could shoot the guy. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 08:32 10
    - Big theater. It would take a lot of cans to fill it. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:34 9
      - so you could shoot the guy as long as you were at the other end of the theater with dozens of people in between you. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 08:35 8
        
        and what if another civillian shoots you because you are killing people and don't know that you are not part of the plan -- nm - zork Jul 20, 08:39 6
        
        Chance you take. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:46
        
        and what if everyone had the same idea? - znufrii Jul 20, 08:46 1
        
        Because that *obviously* was the case. - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:48
        
        the SWAT team would take you out on sight. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 08:40 2
        
        Well, as they are obviously magic and teleported there, they would know better. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:46 1
        
        well, it's a good thing you have magic bullets that only kill bad guys - loosilu Jul 20, 08:49
        
        If I still carried a piece and was still proficient, I would try. Duck down and see if there was an opportunity. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:37
I watched Megamind last night. Very fun movie :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 08:29 1
- yup, our kids love it -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 08:29
amanda : louie sucks. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 08:28
I'm glad all my Halo playing has trained me to be functional on 4 hours of sleep - oblique Jul 20, 08:27
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- anyone keeping him in BF? -- nm - Beaker Jul 20, 08:28
- What is his incidents to TD ratio? -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:28
Hopefully my B2 joke doesn't count as tasteless. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 08:25 8
- I kind of feel like eight hours is too soon to joke. maybe I'm alone, but... -- nm - amanda Jul 20, 08:27 5
  - 20 years is too soon to joke about something like this, imo. -- nm - kare Jul 20, 08:38
  - you aren't alone. -- nm - Andie Jul 20, 08:28
  - less than 8 hours since most of us heard of it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 20, 08:28 1
    - Yeah, I heard about it less than an hour ago. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Jul 20, 08:30
  - Oh, I agree. I think I will change the subject. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 20, 08:28
- it would have, if it were a better joke. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 20, 08:26 1
  - teabag him! -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 08:27
What we need is more Step Up Revolution! -- nm - oblique Jul 20, 08:25 3
- We need to take a stand! Apparently a " Dancing Stand". - Epiphany Jul 20, 08:28
- Enough with performance art. It's time for protest art. -- nm - Dano Jul 20, 08:28
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