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I hate how the Patriots get stuck in the "we're just f'ing around here" mode some times and can't get out of it -- nm - prayformojo Jan 20, 17:49 2
- oh is that what they're doing? -- nm - charlie Jan 20, 17:51 1
  - ayup -- nm - prayformojo Jan 20, 17:52
This Means War is a terrible movie. -- nm - ty97 Jan 20, 17:46 7
- I don't get the awful aspect, it was just meh to me. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 20, 17:47 6
  - I thought it was fairly cute and I say this as someone who cannot stand Reese Witherspoon. -- nm - David Jan 20, 17:51 1
    - I loved the premise a lot more than I loved the execution, but it was more a bigger disappointment to me - Will Hunting Jan 20, 17:53
  - There is nothing real about any character in the movie. Not one believable emotion or choice. -- nm - ty97 Jan 20, 17:48 3
    - And worst of all (spoilers) - ty97 Jan 20, 17:51 2
      - Spoils - Will Hunting Jan 20, 17:53
      - they totally do if (spoils) - prayformojo Jan 20, 17:53
So, it looks like I will be able to go to one day of the Best Picture Showcase. Which day should I pick? - Kelly Jan 20, 17:43 24
- Go to day 2, and arrive late (if that's the order). - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 20, 17:52 1
  - if she arrives late, she gets a seat in the first row for the rest of the day -- nm - prayformojo Jan 20, 17:53
- I would pick day 2 - but that's because I saw 3 of the 4 on day 1 and other than Les Miserables - which I think is worth seeing on the big screen - - JenBro Jan 20, 17:48
- Day 1 should have a suicide booth by the exit. -- nm - David Jan 20, 17:46 1
  - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jan 20, 17:55
- If you've seen 2 of the 5 on Day 2, go to Day One. Otherwise, you're paying $13 each to see 3 (new) movies. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:46 2
  - But one of the re-watches is Jennifer Lawrence's ass.....so ....... -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 20, 17:50
  - True. I'd pay to see SLP again, though. -- nm - Kelly Jan 20, 17:50
- Day 2 is by far the better lineup - prayformojo Jan 20, 17:46 8
  - If I go solo, I'd have to be there early. If I meet up with members of a movie group I belong to, they might be able to hold a seat. - Kelly Jan 20, 17:49 7
    - There was a handful of people that did this last year. Nobody seemed to mind much -- nm - prayformojo Jan 20, 17:50 1
      - Hmm, ok. Thanks. -- nm - Kelly Jan 20, 17:52
    - Just bring a blanket and put your stuff there. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:49 4
      - Are you going this year? -- nm - Kelly Jan 20, 17:51 3
        
        Yes, we haven't seen any of the 9. - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:54 2
        
        I liked texting our grades to each other after each movie a few years back. :) -- nm - Kelly Jan 20, 17:55 1
        
        me too. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 18:05
- (Unless I try the 24-hr showcase where they play them all in one sitting, but I don't think I can handle that.) -- nm - Kelly Jan 20, 17:46 2
  - the most movies I saw in *one* day was 4 - it was in Traverse City - and I only remember that "The Lost Boys" was one of them. -- nm - JenBro Jan 20, 17:52
  - I'd love to do that, but it's never here. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:47
- Day 2 sounds better to me. -- nm - Dano Jan 20, 17:44
- 2 -- nm - Krusty Jan 20, 17:44
- day 1 -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 17:43 1
  - (I haven't seen any, but that would be my hoice) -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 17:44
Ewan seems an odd choice for that project -- nm - prayformojo Jan 20, 17:41
How the hell did he stand much less catch a TD after that hit? -- nm - amoxy Jan 20, 17:40
but that . . . -- nm - charlie Jan 20, 17:39
you wanna have stupid rules, you have to call them all the time -- nm - dogbert Jan 20, 17:39
Wow. Miss other helmet to helmet. -- nm - Shaun via PlayBook Jan 20, 17:39 12
- Replay showed it was a beauty hit....if the TE dumped his head 3 inches though, it's 15yards. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 20, 17:40 6
  - Well, more like 3-4 yards. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 20, 17:45
  - It *is* a game of inches. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:41 3
    - But the act of ducking your head shows it's not a defenseless receiver which is the penalty. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 17:42 2
      - But ya know, if it were really a shit league, the audience and fans would vote with their dollars and eyeballs - JD Jan 20, 17:45 1
        
        We like the violence....but it's a shit league for the simple reason they are legislating out of pure fear - Will Hunting Jan 20, 17:46
  - It sure looked like their helmets hit after mayo hit him with his shoulder. -- nm - Inigo Jan 20, 17:41
- It wasn't. Watch the replay. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:40 3
  - defenseless receiver and the top of the defenders helmet with the bottom of the facemask - dogbert Jan 20, 17:42 2
    - that's one penalty, if it were a penalty. - Reagen Jan 20, 17:44 1
      - their helmets touched. I will be the first to say it's an awesome tackle, but they have been calling awesome tackles like that all year because of - dogbert Jan 20, 17:54
- That was shoulder to chest. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:40
drove home with a mattress tied to the roof, nice and slow, noticing how weird others drive - zeitgeist Jan 20, 17:39
Like that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:39
It's the way I think the game should be played, but they're allowing tons of contact after 5 yards by the Pats DBs. -- nm - Inigo Jan 20, 17:36 1
- Unlikely -- nm - Indianapolis Colts Jan 20, 17:37
head to head hit after a fair catch signal with no flag? -- nm - dogbert Jan 20, 17:34 1
- No kidding. -- nm - Shaun via PlayBook Jan 20, 17:34
Brady is 67-0 leading at the half at home. Flacco is 1-16 trailing at the half on the road. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 20, 17:30
The No Hitting League -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 17:28 20
- That one should have been a penalty. Though I wonder why no fla on the Pats on the punt. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 20, 17:33
- The Cheapshots Aren't Legal League. - David Jan 20, 17:29 18
  - It's still a crappy rule, but that was a lot more legit than the one on Hernandez where he was turtled up like he was Danny Woodhead's height. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 20, 17:33
  - really? a shoulder to the head is a cheapshot now? -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 17:30 16
    - Why do you want Wes Welker to die? -- nm - David Jan 20, 17:33 1
      - Becuase he can't F@#$@#$ catch my man's passes. -- nm - Gisele Jan 20, 17:43
    - I think so. Go for the body, no foul. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:31 12
      - Check out the hit on Hernandez where Ray Lewis hit him in his ribs, but becuase he ducked a foot and a half, it was flagged. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 20, 17:33
      - unless the guy with the ball lowers his head, then it's the defenders fault -- nm - dogbert Jan 20, 17:32 10
        
        Then the defender shouldn't be tackling while lowering their head. That's where 80% of these calls are happening. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:38 9
        
        so the defender has to stand straight up while tackling? -- nm - dogbert Jan 20, 17:41 3
        
        at the very least not lead with your helmet. They couldn't be more expllicit about the kind of hit they're trying to eliminate. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:47 2
        
        spearing has always (at least as long as I can recall) been a penalty. good tackles are being called. -- nm - dogbert Jan 20, 17:52 1
        
        they've expanded the definition to include headbutting. - Reagen Jan 20, 17:54
        
        It's how these guys are taught from pee-wee football....lower the shoulder in. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 17:39 4
        
        But they're not supposed to lower the head. You keep your head up. -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:44 3
        
        great for kids but if someone tries to tackle ray rice while he lowers his shoulder to run through you, the guy is gonna have his liver fractured -- nm - dogbert Jan 20, 18:00
        
        to lower the shoulder the head has to follow -- nm - dogbert Jan 20, 17:49
        
        Did you see the Ray Lewis tackle? - Will Hunting Jan 20, 17:49
    - ...yes... -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:31
I've gone with the black. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:26 1
- you'll never go back -- nm - charlie Jan 20, 17:27
I haven't paid attention lately - who gets $20 million for a film these days. Does anyone? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 20, 17:19 19
- For tentpoles, A-listers angle for smaller salaries in return for a cut of the global gross. - David Jan 20, 17:28 1
  - don't they charge a million just to read a script and consider it? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 17:32
- what did Harrison Ford get for Indy 4? -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 17:24 5
  - he ended up with >$80 million, I think. I don't know how much of that was paid up front. -- nm - mafic Jan 20, 17:47
  - too much -- nm - charlie Jan 20, 17:26 3
    - "How much money for me to give up my self-respect?" -- nm - Roger More Jan 20, 17:34 2
      - "What's a Shy LeBuff?" -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:35
      - The pre-nup was for $50mil, right? -- nm - Callista Jan 20, 17:35
- Robert Downey Jr -- nm - Roger More Jan 20, 17:21 9
  - (for the right vehicle, at least. Same for Johnny Depp) -- nm - Roger More Jan 20, 17:21 8
    - Same for Tom cruise? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 17:22 7
      - I think so, but his price outside of Mission: Impossible films has to have dropped -- nm - Roger More Jan 20, 17:24 2
        
        Also, maybe - maybe - Adam Sandler. -- nm - Roger More Jan 20, 17:27 1
        
        Not any more. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:42
      - other than a MI sequel, i don't think so -- nm - charlie Jan 20, 17:24 3
        
        Hmmm... he was paid $5M for Rock of Ages, but that was an ensemble movie. I can't find out how much he was paid for Jack Reacher, but the budget was - Roger More Jan 20, 17:33
        
        Cocktail 2 -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:24 1
        
        Top Gun 2. - Beryllium Jan 20, 17:36
- Will Smith -- nm - charlie Jan 20, 17:20
newer (better) spot for the new Cruise "Oblivion" -- (link) - charlie Jan 20, 17:15 [youtube] 4
- meh -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:16 1
  - it still feels a little generic, but i get a better sense of what's at stake for his character in this one -- nm - charlie Jan 20, 17:18
- I can't wait to play it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:16 1
  - I cannot decide which I like better between After Earth and this. -- nm - David Jan 20, 17:17
*french fry goes flying* "Dammit!" "Hey! You don't say that word!" "But mommy says dammit..." - Reagen Jan 20, 17:09 13
- Nick and I were playing a board game with his two cousins: - ralph wiggum Jan 20, 17:47
- "You can say it once you're 18." -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:13 2
  - :you can say it when you're a mommie" -- nm - dogbert Jan 20, 17:15 1
    - that's just setting us up for a reality show. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:17
- I am so bad at not swearing around children. -- nm - mafic Jan 20, 17:13 2
  - Who the fuck is? -- nm - amoxy Jan 20, 17:36
  - well if all kids are like my oldest nephew, they keep doing things to make you swear - dogbert Jan 20, 17:14
- at least she has her priorities straight ... lost french fry = dammit - valid take IMHO -- nm - JenBro Jan 20, 17:12 4
  - really, she could have dropped an F-Bomb there -- nm - charlie Jan 20, 17:14 3
    - IKR? it was a FRENCH FRY -- nm - JenBro Jan 20, 17:20 2
      - maybe even a C-Bomb -- nm - charlie Jan 20, 17:21 1
        
        Crikey ? -- nm - JenBro Jan 20, 17:54
- bad mommy -- nm - charlie Jan 20, 17:10
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- Psych -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 17:14 1
  - Justified, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, Archer -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 17:23
- Being Human (the US version). Archer. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:13
- also: I started watching Luther (BBC series) on netflix over christmas. it's pretty good. -- nm - mafic Jan 20, 17:12 5
  - Me too! I find it good, but not grrrreat. Though (spoilers) - ralph wiggum Jan 20, 17:49 2
    - This. So this. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 17:53 1
      - (the IM, not the subject - I thought it was very good) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 17:53
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    - Yeah, definitely different. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 20, 17:31
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  - Blind Dead End: The Series -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:23
  - I really liked it. The complaints were as much about what the marketing promised as anything else. -- nm - Dano Jan 20, 17:20 2
    - Though I liked it more as a character study than as a plot driven show. -- nm - Dano Jan 20, 17:25
    - my complaint was it was deathly dull - charlie Jan 20, 17:25
  - Not as uch as the rest of the season (especially the finale) had them ranting. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 20, 17:15
- *grumble* I had my first real netflix experience over christmas, and now I'm exceedingly bitter about the lack of streaming options in this country. -- nm - mafic Jan 20, 17:11
- Terriers. Breaking Bad. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 17:10
- Sons of Anarchy -- nm - prayformojo Jan 20, 17:09 1
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- current or vintage? have you seen Jekyll? Steven Moffatt wrote it -- nm - peglegpete Jan 20, 17:08
- isn't walking dead still 8 episodes behind on netflix? -- nm - dogbert Jan 20, 17:06 1
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- Once Upon a Time -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 20, 17:06 2
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    - I've said it before, it's as close to Lost as you'll find today. -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jan 20, 17:34
- Breaking Bad -- nm - Belichick Jan 20, 17:06 8
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    - Damn it is so worth it. Fantastic show -- nm - amoxy Jan 20, 17:42
    - Then definately avoid The Killing. (maybe spoilery warning) - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 20, 17:18
    - I've tried watching it, and couldn't get past the first season. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 20, 17:15
    - four great seasons -- nm - dogbert Jan 20, 17:12 1
      - the rare series where each new season is better than the last -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 17:17
    - they're short. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:10
  - Or as you call it, "Half Measures". -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 17:07
nice groin kick attempt -- nm - ndamukong suh Jan 20, 17:04 2
- He knows kung fu -- nm - Belichick Jan 20, 17:05
- Word -- nm - Gostkoswki the Barbarian Jan 20, 17:05

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