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"the iconic FloodWallStreet photo" -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 22, 22:00 1
- Yiff in jail! -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 22:04
the computer stuff in Mission Impossible 1 is laughable. - Beryllium Sep 22, 21:57 3
- I want a Pentium 6 computer with the artificial logic chip -- nm - Bacon Sep 22, 22:06 2
  - he says "686" and the chip is something something RISC -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 22:16 1
    - Risc architecture was also mentioned in Hackers -- nm - J Sep 23, 04:33
Bombing targets in foreign countries seems so common these days, I can't imagine this would be news. -- nm - Mop Sep 22, 21:40
Here is the evaluation of Destiny I have read. - David Sep 22, 21:28 2
- regarding the last paragraph you quoted: I'm with him on "boring missions pay better", but farming exploits is always more rewarding than playing the - mafic Sep 22, 21:36
- (Best) -- nm - David Sep 22, 21:28
There's two OSU's in the AP rankings, but their of them are 3-0. -- nm - Mop Sep 22, 21:22
The bridges at the beginning of Gotham make it look very similar to Chris Nolan's Gotham. One thing about the show bugs me. - Mop Sep 22, 21:19
Went 5-2 this week. Including a 0.85 win over RC. Three weeks in a row with a one point or less victory. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 21:11 1
- 1-6 - Scots-IrishStephen Sep 22, 21:31
I don't know where to start on my delight over the new Occupy Wall Street protests. I think I'll start with Hipster Cop. - Mop Sep 22, 21:10
Huh, That BBT was not great. Didn't laugh once -- nm - amoxy Sep 22, 21:03 6
- You could barely hear the jokes over the sound of the giant piles of money being delivered to Galecki, Parsons and Cuoco -- nm - Tim Sep 22, 22:12
- This show literally wouldn't exist without the laugh track. nm - Dignan Sep 22, 21:24
- They're *nerds*! They say nerdy things about physics and engineering! You should be laughing at them! - JaxSean Sep 22, 21:09 1
  - It's such a terrible show. -- nm - Qale Sep 22, 22:04
- I'd ask which one, but ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 21:07 1
  - heh, this. - Spawn Sep 22, 21:09
USA, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE. That's a bit of a mishmash of cooperation, isn't it? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 20:54 4
- And apparently it marks the first time the F-22 Raptor has been used in combat -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 20:55 3
  - Because a billion dollar plane is needed for a third world enemy. Talk about killing an ant with a hydrogen bomb. -- nm - Bacon Sep 22, 21:10 2
    - Don't get us started on the Army Ant threat -- nm - USAF si Sep 22, 21:13 1
      - I shall avenge my friends!! -- nm - Ant-Man Sep 22, 21:22
Slackers on Delta.org, we need you. -- nm - Mop Sep 22, 20:53
Sorry, Krusty. FWIW, that was total pass interference. -- nm - David Sep 22, 20:43 1
- Yeah, that wasn't even close. - Scots-IrishStephen Sep 22, 21:14
Gotham City has a rather sizable cemetary. -- nm - Reagen Sep 22, 20:36
*starts writing the first page of a terrible near-future detective story* -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 20:34 3
- if he's looking for the near-future, all he has to do is wait. -- nm - mafic Sep 22, 21:26 1
  - well, near-ish. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 21:31
- Working title: "CASCADIA NIGHTSHIFT" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 20:59
Donal Logue has lost some weight. -- nm - Reagen Sep 22, 20:17 3
- Donal Logue playing an alcoholic cop. Where have I seen this before? -- nm - Mop Sep 22, 21:38 1
  - The mirror? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 21:56
- I just think of him as playing his Life character but without the super-hot partner. - David Sep 22, 20:20
Marshall - 1 reception...8 yards - Scots-IrishStephen Sep 22, 20:16
Rex Ryan needs to go before the Jets takeoff -- nm - budice Sep 22, 20:06 1
- he should have been axed at the end of last season. -- nm - Jovian Sep 22, 20:25
I totally forgot about new shows and never set my dvr. Oh well. -- nm - Truman Sep 22, 20:06 1
- Gotham re-airs Friday. -- nm - Spawn Sep 22, 20:16
"Have you heard of the craziest thing in the world?" "Why of course, I'll take you right to it!" - Typical Sleepy Hollow Dialogue Sep 22, 19:46 2
- I'll disagree in that... - Mel Profit Sep 22, 19:52
- Yeah, embracing the crazy gleefully makes it work. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 22, 19:48
Eliza Coupe, formerly of Happy Endings, has a new shoe on USA called Benched.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 22, 19:46 11
- I'm delighted that despite the title credits, Damon Wayans Jr remains a regular on New Girl. -- nm - Mop Sep 22, 21:24
- Lol. I'm in -- nm - Epiphany Sep 22, 20:54
- That clip is pretty awesome. - JaxSean Sep 22, 20:27
- er...I'm sure she has new shoes on the new SHOW. -- nm - Remlik Sep 22, 20:04
- *and* Better Off Ted, *and* Oscar from The Office, *and* Maria Bamford. -- nm - Reagen Sep 22, 19:48 5
  - Damn, I am going to have to check it out. It is about time someone hired Maria Bamford. -- nm - GregW Sep 22, 19:52
  - *and* someone from under the dome! no wait, that's not a selling point. -- nm - mafic Sep 22, 19:51 1
    - mafic made a funny -- nm - budice Sep 22, 19:53
  - (Jay Harrington from Better Off Ted.) -- nm - JaxSean Sep 22, 19:51 1
    - he's just Better Off Ted to me. -- nm - Reagen Sep 22, 19:52
- Is it a sequel to Necessary Roughness? -- nm - TWuG Sep 22, 19:47
So I take it Brandon Marshall is not in the game? I needed 1 lousy point -- nm - Bacon Sep 22, 19:44 3
- He had a TD that was nullified by a stupid penalty. -- nm - nubby Sep 22, 19:50 2
  - Well at least I still have a chance at getting 1 damn catch for 10 yards to win my FJS -- nm - Bacon Sep 22, 19:59 1
    - Will that do it? -- nm - Epiphany Sep 22, 20:15
omg the Jets are painful to root for. holy shit. -- nm - Jovian Sep 22, 19:43
Geno had the right idea on the int, the ball hanging in air allowed defender to recover -- nm - budice Sep 22, 19:42
Blacklist Season 1 Ep:1 major spoilers in IM. We are hooked, give it a solid B maybe B+ - Bacon Sep 22, 19:40 3
- just wait till the Wig starts really showing her acting chops... - Jovian Sep 22, 19:44 2
  - actually she seemed ok last night. spoils - loosi at home Sep 23, 05:50
  - Heh -- nm - Epiphany Sep 22, 20:06
I was expecting Gotham to be more stylized. I'm glad it wasn't. - TWuG Sep 22, 19:29 16
- spoils... - budice Sep 22, 20:02
- I'm abut 15 minutes or so... apparently eveyone we meet is going to "become somebody" huh? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 22, 19:38 2
  - Batman has the best rogues gallery in fiction. They're going to flex that muscle. -- nm - David Sep 22, 19:41
  - That's one of my gripes. -- nm - TWuG Sep 22, 19:39
- I don't understand the criticisms about the writing. I nodded my head in approval a lot. - David Sep 22, 19:33 9
  - I had no issue at all with the writing. I think the pilot suffered from "introduce every character", but it wasn't bad. (spoils) - TWuG Sep 22, 19:39
  - It's very pulp. Appropriately bad in dialogue. It's fine. -- nm - Amanda Sep 22, 19:38
  - is Flash this week as well? -- nm - Jovian Sep 22, 19:34 6
    - Oct. -- nm - Remlik Sep 22, 19:36 5
      - Flash is a little weaker, but shows sparks of potential -- nm - budice Sep 22, 19:38 4
        
        see I thought it was better than Gotham, and I really liked Gotham I'm just nitpicking. -- nm - Remlik Sep 22, 19:40 3
        
        I liked Flash better as well. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 22, 19:46
        
        Gotham is setting up 20 characters....the Flash only two. (figuratively) -- nm - budice Sep 22, 19:45 1
        
        that's fair. -- nm - Remlik Sep 22, 19:47
- spoils... - budice Sep 22, 19:31
- It was good. Definitely gets more watches from me. -- nm - Jovian Sep 22, 19:30
Poor Kat McPhee tweeting all night for Scorpion. I have a feeling it will be met with very low ratings tomorrow. - Jovian Sep 22, 19:18 3
- It's CBS...bet it wins the time slot in total viewers. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 22, 19:21 2
  - ahhh thats right, I forgot it was on the Lemmings Network -- nm - Jovian Sep 22, 19:22 1
    - and with the Big Bang Theory lead-in. Okay yea forget everything I said. -- nm - Jovian Sep 22, 19:23
Nice pass -- nm - JD Sep 22, 19:16
BLACKLIST -- nm - loosi at home Sep 22, 19:03 1
- spoiler. - loosi at home Sep 22, 19:10
the Green Party might win a seat in the NB Provincial election...(the leader is beating our current Energy Minister who is quite popular) - Beaker Sep 22, 18:59
Lion King has become the all time box office record holder with $6.2 BILLION !! -- (link) - Meg Sep 22, 18:58 1
- Geez, those tickets must be getting expensive. -- nm - GregW Sep 22, 19:50
ball was loose -- nm - budice Sep 22, 18:53
The Blade Runner gymnast villainess in Kingsman is a sublime idea. -- nm - David Sep 22, 18:52 13
- I thought the same. I cant believe we have to wait to Feb though. -- nm - Jovian Sep 22, 18:55 12
  - It's rare for a film like that to be advertised this early, but it definitely ramped up my excitement. - David Sep 22, 18:57 11
    - not really a Matthew Vaugn project but more a Mark Millar, the writer of the book and also creator of Kick Ass -- nm - Remlik Sep 22, 18:58 8
      - Oh God. Thanks for ruining it, jackass. British xXx was working for me as a concept. -- nm - David Sep 22, 19:00 7
        
        My work here is done.... - Remlik Sep 22, 19:19
        
        to be fair Kick Ass was decent. Kick Ass 2 on the other hand.. - Jovian Sep 22, 19:02 5
        
        I'm squarely in the "Kick Ass is offensive" group. -- nm - David Sep 22, 19:04 4
        
        Don't forget Wanted. -- nm - Roger More Sep 22, 19:04 3
        
        That wasn't Vaughn (but it was Millar, whose hatred of women is umistakable in his writing). -- nm - David Sep 22, 19:07 1
        
        I'm only talking about Millar. -- nm - Roger More Sep 22, 19:08
        
        But I want to. -- nm - Kim Pine Sep 22, 19:06
    - It was an October release but they pushed it for Valentines Day which was idiotic. -- nm - MDH Sep 22, 18:58 1
      - I like everything I saw except Samuel L Jacksons involvement. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 22, 19:00
alright, this is fucking ridiculous -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 18:50
US striking ISIS targets in Syria with airstrikes... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 22, 18:45
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Im with Krusty...Jets need a break. -- nm - budice Sep 22, 18:44
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- CBS had an alert come on during scoprian -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 18:46 1
  - "We're bombing some shit. Just thought you should know. Carry on watching." -- nm - Reagen Sep 22, 19:57
- Don Homer! -- nm - Assad Sep 22, 18:44
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are we even allowed to call them that? I mean, "tomahawk"? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 18:44
Ah Yahoo...I have AT&T email via Yahoo and have the ST RSS feed on my home page. Very often I get this message..... - Meg Sep 22, 18:41
Y'all can't hate me for the Jets!! It's not my fault their quarter back is not hawt! - Epiphany Sep 22, 18:38 4
- he was 45 years ago when they won the Superbowl :) -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 22, 19:01 1
  - Joe is alright in my book -- nm - Epiphany Sep 22, 19:09
- Well youll need to change yer tune..not outta this one -- nm - budice Sep 22, 18:43 1
  - I see. Cutler better step up -- nm - Epiphany Sep 22, 18:51
Okay, going to watch episode 1 season 1 of the Blacklist now. Here goes nothing -- nm - Bacon Sep 22, 18:36 9
- A decade to the night that Lost premiered. Fitting. The first episode of the Blacklist is an exercise in holy sh*t TV. -- nm - Mop Sep 22, 21:52
- If nothing else, I will always be grateful to the show for introducing me to Co-Education by Officers. - David Sep 22, 18:39 2
  - That straight up rips off the groove to Closer. But if you're gonna rip something off, rip off the best thing. -- nm - Reagen Sep 22, 18:47 1
    - It reminds me of Undead by Hollywood Undead, only without the childish posturing and homophobia. -- nm - David Sep 22, 18:53
- just watch the Red scewnes. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 22, 18:37 3
  - the villain of the week scenes are good too -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 18:49 1
    - most of the villains are great. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 22, 19:04
  - scenes -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 22, 18:38
- you lucky shit. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 22, 18:37
</scorpion> is very CBS but I'm not hating it. -- nm - Dano Sep 22, 18:35
Gotham was pretty good. Like remlik on B2: good ideas, good acting, writers need to tighten it all up -- nm - MDH Sep 22, 18:22 2
- MacKenzie is a savant as an actor. - David Sep 22, 18:27 1
  - he and Russell Crowe need to do a project together. -- nm - Remlik Sep 22, 18:30
no knock on Gwen but I love Shakira -- nm - crash davis Sep 22, 18:15 1
- Michael Caine respects your choice of women - Peglegpete Sep 22, 18:18
Manuel Noriega suing Activision for using his likeness in Call of Duty... -- (link) - Meg Sep 22, 18:14 3
- I wish Activision would make a sequel to Fishing Derby already. -- nm - Jovian Sep 22, 19:15
- Man, I would have lost a boatload on an alive-or-dead bet on him -- nm - prayformojo Sep 22, 18:15 1
  - I was just going to post, he's alive!? -- nm - MDH Sep 22, 18:21
What. The. Hell. Is happening on Sleepy Hollow right now?!? -- nm - Buzz Sep 22, 18:12 3
- spoil. - loosi at home Sep 22, 18:38
- spoil - Jovian Sep 22, 18:15
- Penny's getting her hair cut? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 22, 18:14
I liked <scorpian> better the first time I saw it...when it was called numb3rs -- nm - Beaker Sep 22, 18:11 1
- Friggin' Canadians spell everything weird. -- nm - Mop Sep 22, 21:25

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