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Aloha, a Cameron Crowe film starring Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, and Emma Stone is in theaters in 3 weeks? Why haven't I heard anything about it? - volnelk May 4, 10:52 3
- I'm seeing a lot of ads for this, especially last night. CBS? -- nm - Max May 4, 10:53 2
  - yup a tropical storm of them just recently, can't help but think I've seen this before, thought it was for a DVD release at first -- nm - z on the go May 4, 13:53
  - Weird. Haven't seen one. -- nm - volnelk May 4, 11:07
Leaked image of groiny suiting up to play some Call of Duty -- (link) - Shaun May 4, 10:49
The Dadbod. Why beer guts are sexier than 6 packs -- (link) - Beaker May 4, 10:47 3
- Hey ladies, I'm both fit and off-putting, check me out. -- nm - Trivago guy May 4, 10:51
- i swear, i heard the word "Dadbod" for the first time less than a week ago, and i've heard it about 5 times since. -- nm - Andie May 4, 10:49 1
  - It's red hot now! -- nm - Shaun May 4, 10:53
TV PSA: CBS special tonight - "David Letterman: A Life on Television" -- nm - GregW May 4, 10:43
"Inject him with the happy cupcake virus!" -- nm - prayformojo May 4, 10:36 1
- I watch eps now and then but I'm just not sold on this show. I don't like Timothy Simons at all. - Max May 4, 10:50
is there an after credits scene to AofU? -- nm - Beaker May 4, 10:32 1
- No, there's a mid-credits one though. -- nm - Shaun May 4, 10:33
So trailer report from AoU - eag May 4, 10:32 6
- What the? No Star Wars trailer? -- nm - Shaun May 4, 10:34 5
  - nope, not for me either. nm -- nm - groiny May 4, 10:51 1
    - It's not like we haven't seen it anyway but still. -- nm - Shaun May 4, 10:54
  - I only had Tomorrowland (2D) and I just now remembered Jurassic Park (3D) -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 10:50
  - We didn't have it either. Pixels. JWorld. Tomorrowland. Ant-Man. That's it. -- nm - volnelk May 4, 10:46
  - Nope and I was suprised and we didnt miss any trailers -- nm - eag May 4, 10:38
On this date in 1869 the first professional baseball game was played by the Red Stockings of Cincinnati. -- (link) - Ender May 4, 10:31 3
- did they play by themselves? -- nm - Beaker May 4, 10:49
- And the next day the Gotham Metropolitans were mathematically eliminated -- nm - professor smartbrain May 4, 10:33
- *whistling* -- nm - crowd May 4, 10:33
Hypothetical: Let's say WB didn't blink, and still had Batman vs. Superman coming out the same weekend as Civil War. - Inigo May 4, 10:17 29
- In addition to the other comments, Civil War has a stronger selling point in terms of story. - David May 4, 10:31 3
  - As a non comic fan, I find the Civil War storyline fascinating. -- nm - Tim May 4, 10:42 2
    - the really good thing is that with the SHIELD tv show, they will be able to do a good build and after-effects for it there -- nm - Beaker May 4, 10:43 1
      - (not just a one and done, but after effects that will ripple through other shows) -- nm - Beaker May 4, 10:44
- Not a chance. Avengers 2 is still the second biggest OW ever. -- nm - TWuG May 4, 10:21 7
  - The Dark Knight Rises was the #3 opening ever at the time, and was widely considered a disappointing opening. -- nm - Inigo May 4, 10:49 4
    - a lot of that unfortunately had to do with the Aurora shooting. No one could exactly be excited about a movie opening that weekend. -- nm - Diva May 4, 10:51 3
      - Oh, for sure. But the idea presented was since it was the #2 opening ever, it couldn't be soft or disappointing. - Inigo May 4, 10:54 2
        
        Soft/disapponting ~= bomb. Nuance is dead. -- nm - Roger More May 4, 10:59
        
        There were many more ideas other than the #2 opening ever that were presented. Not soft. - Diva May 4, 10:58
  - This. Most movies would sell their firstborn for this opening. -- nm - iSpam May 4, 10:28 1
    - I know I would. -- nm - Rosemary May 4, 10:31
- Nope. If anything, they'd double down. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 4, 10:20 1
  - "Screw it, we're opening Ant Man the same weekend!" -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 10:21
- it was still the second biggest opening of all-time -- nm - Beaker May 4, 10:20
- I don't agree that $191.3MM is a soft opening. I realize other's mileage may vary. -- nm - Diva May 4, 10:20 12
  - It's an 8-10% drop from the original, after 3 years of ticket inflation... - Will Hunting May 4, 10:29 7
    - Lots of people are thinking it's not soft because it's the 2nd largest opener ever and in 12 days it's earned more internationally than Cap Am, Thor, - Diva May 4, 10:38 4
      - I have zero evidence, but I bet the higher ups at Disney are disappointed overall. - Shaun May 4, 10:40 3
        
        and they're going to ride that disappointment all the way to the Iron Bank of Braavos (Dawson) to make a deposit. -- nm - Diva May 4, 10:44 2
        
        No effect on the Stock price its up .25 today - eag May 4, 10:49
        
        That's not a real place. Hello?! -- nm - Shaun May 4, 10:44
    - this post by David sums it up the best for me -- (link) - Beaker May 4, 10:31 [Backboard]
    - Ticket price inflation is muddy over the last few years since IMAX and 3D numbers were downplayed by the MPAA. - David May 4, 10:30
  - $190 million is soft like Ron Jeremy. -- nm - David May 4, 10:28 3
    - Hmm, this might not be the best example since he's soft in other places but not the place I meant. -- nm - David May 4, 10:29 2
      - the place you're thinking about. -- nm - Diva May 4, 10:39
      - I heard that a lot of "actresses" like performing with him because he's not like a rolling pin - zork May 4, 10:35
- Great, just what the marvel cinematic universe needs, alternate realities ....... ;-) -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 10:19
Trackpad on my fingernail? P-uleeze, spare me. -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old May 4, 10:17
Heh, I just got an e-mail from the Nationals saying Happy Star Wars Day, and they'll be showing the trailer on their bigscreen at the game tonight. - MDH May 4, 10:13
Disney has revised the Age of Ultron estimate to $191.3 million. Almost $4 million higher than the Sunday estimate. - Inigo May 4, 09:55 13
- Fight + Ken Derby + NBA Game 7 me factors all had impact -- nm - budice May 4, 10:13 11
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    - I saw it in 3D, but I would've considered 2D - Beryllium May 4, 10:28
    - Exactly. This is the point that people keep missing. -- nm - David May 4, 10:28 1
      - I am not. -- nm - Diva May 4, 10:39
  - Agreed, but those events in years past haven't effected box office in this way. -- nm - Inigo May 4, 10:18 4
    - This was the biggest fight in *decades*. It definitely had an impact. -- nm - Shaun May 4, 10:26 3
      - I meant that the Derby and NBA playoffs usually don't have an impact. -- nm - Inigo May 4, 10:45
      - If it had an impact then we should expect to see longer legs as those folks see it next weekend instread. -- nm - TWuG May 4, 10:29 1
        
        That's entirely possible. -- nm - Shaun May 4, 10:30
  - there was a lot going on that day. -- nm - Diva May 4, 10:14 1
    - Don't forget the night golf -- nm - oblique May 4, 10:24
- I figured that the actuals would be around 5 mil higher - eag May 4, 10:11
Colorado Geoglyphs -- (link) - Peglegpete May 4, 09:51
So this tells you how much I go to movies - eag May 4, 09:36 2
- Yeah. We don't have them here in Cincy, but in Hilton Head, we went to a theater on a rainy day and they had the full leather recliners. - volnelk May 4, 09:45
- Our AMC has had them for maybe a year now? It's interesting because it is great for the whole assigned seats thing but it also means we have to - oblique May 4, 09:44
Craig Counsell is the new manager of Milwaukee. - David May 4, 09:26 1
- worst batting stance ever. -- nm - groiny May 4, 09:28
I'll be honest. I'm seriously excited by this year's Celebrity Jeopardy week. Some really intriguing contestants. -- (link) - Der Frühlingshafterbaron May 4, 09:11 15
- go Janitor! -- nm - Beaker May 4, 09:22 4
  - Scruffy's on? -- nm - David May 4, 09:23 3
    - Janitor from Scrubs -- nm - Beaker May 4, 09:23 2
      - Yan Eetor -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 09:24
      - Durnit. -- nm - David May 4, 09:24
- Ginger Zee was our local weather person here. Always liked her. -- nm - pmb May 4, 09:21
- Josh Gad's gonna crush it -- nm - prayformojo May 4, 09:20
- All of those look like promo shots for an NBC lawyer show. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 09:19
- they need a day with Connery, Burt Reynolds and *insert various third celeb to fill out the trio here* -- nm - Beaker May 4, 09:17 4
  - or do Norm MacDonald, Darrell Hammond and Will Ferrell as a trio -- nm - Beaker May 4, 09:17 3
    - Have Will be the host and Alex be a contestant -- nm - eag May 4, 09:20 2
      - I've always wondered how Alex would do. He HAS to be smarter just from reading all the questions/answers. -- nm - volnelk May 4, 09:29 1
        
        I'd be totally prepared to pounce on any error with a pursed "Oh, I'm sorry. The answer is 'What is...'" -- nm - Roger More May 4, 09:39
- they should have Secret Stupid Celebrity Jeopardy Week - professor smartbrain May 4, 09:16
- I will take great joy in O'leary not doing well. -- nm - volnelk May 4, 09:14
TB Bucs decline fifth-year option on Doug Martin's contract -- nm - Beaker May 4, 09:09 1
- Jets fire pro personnel director Brendan Prophett, five college scouts -- (link) - Beaker May 4, 09:10
May 4, 1871 – The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana. -- nm - Beaker May 4, 08:48 5
- 1932 – In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion. -- nm - Beaker May 4, 08:48 4
  - 1959 – The first Grammy Awards are held. -- nm - Beaker May 4, 08:50 3
    - 1970 - The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four - Beaker May 4, 08:51 2
      - 1972 – The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace F - Beaker May 4, 08:51 1
        
        Oh, they're canadian? Another thing we have to apologize for. - Beryllium May 4, 09:25
This is freaky! -- (link) - TWuG May 4, 08:47 1
- yuerrk! -- nm - znufrii May 4, 08:56
"It was announced on 20 August 2009 that Merchant would star as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones" - David May 4, 08:46
WAP? Oprah has pulled Dr. Oz's radio show -- nm - zork May 4, 08:43 22
- Maybe she should sit him down and rake him over the coals in front of an audience like she did with James Frey. - Max May 4, 08:48 21
  - If I was in charge of the Ironic Punishments Division, I'd sentence him to only being able to use treatments promoted on his show. -- nm - Reagen May 4, 09:06
  - did he do something? or just bad ratings? -- nm - amanda May 4, 08:55 16
    - Did everyone under here just not believe me? -- nm - Shaun May 4, 09:32 6
      - they're all time coded pretty close. so likely just missed it -- nm - Beaker May 4, 09:44 1
        
        Yeah, ST doesn't auto refresh, so if I open a post to respond to it I can't tell if others are doing the same. -- nm - TWuG May 4, 09:49
      - They were porobably all just waiting for someone else to say it first, then pile on. It's the ST way! -- nm - Roger More May 4, 09:40 3
        
        That and every one of them were more specific than Shaun -- nm - zork May 4, 09:48 2
        
        Being first has it's costs :) -- nm - Shaun May 4, 10:45 1
        
        its -- nm - Shaun May 4, 10:45
    - A bunch of real doctors are trying to get him to stop being a quack. John Oliver also just did a thing on his quackery -- nm - decline May 4, 09:01
    - just google Dr oz quack. it pretty much will give you the Coles Notes of it -- nm - Beaker May 4, 09:00
    - there's been a growing backlash against his brand of quackery - znufrii May 4, 08:59
    - he makes claims on his show about products who pay him to endorse them that are bullshit -- nm - Beaker May 4, 08:59
    - His advice on his programs mostly amounts to quackery unsupported by science, but totally supported by the people giving him money. -- nm - TWuG May 4, 08:59
    - which one? - Max May 4, 08:59
    - Dr. Oz? He's a quack. -- nm - Shaun May 4, 08:57 2
      - Wait, so this one simple trick won't cure my prostate cancer? -- nm - Ender May 4, 09:13 1
        
        based on the pamphlet the company sent me with their massive cheque...maybe -- nm - Dr Oz May 4, 09:19
  - see, I'd watch that...probably tape it for rewatching -- nm - Beaker May 4, 08:49 2
    - oh, you didn't mean real coals did you/ -- nm - Beaker May 4, 08:49 1
      - Sure, and then he can come up with a miracle cure for his burns. -- nm - Max May 4, 08:50
5 Job Secrets Of A Movie Theater Grosser Than The Floor -- (link) - Beaker May 4, 08:29
so, I had a doc appt. for this friday, and I've been bumped up to this afternoon after getting a call this morning that there was a cancellation . . . - call me Ishmael May 4, 08:27 7
- good thoughts! they can give you a scrip and fix you right up -- nm - Epiphany May 4, 08:41
- alien symbiote - decline May 4, 08:40 4
  - yeah, that's all I need right now . .. the world's 1st documented chest-burster -- nm - call me Ishmael May 4, 08:53 3
    - Maybe you can channel it's intelligence to help with your courses. -- nm - zork May 4, 08:56 2
      - that would be kind of sweet, wouldn't it? "Yeah, I have this awful pain in my side, and i'm losing weight like I have a tapeworm, but at least i'm... - call me Ishmael May 4, 09:10 1
        
        Seriously, I hope it turns out to be nothing serious. -- nm - zork May 4, 09:52
- good thoughts -- nm - Beaker May 4, 08:28
To take over at Sysco? -- nm - Reagen May 4, 08:25 5
- Producing records and a comeback tour for Sisqo? -- nm - Beryllium May 4, 08:42 3
  - Taking over for Avery Brooks on DS9 as Capt. Sisko? -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron May 4, 08:47 2
    - Helping the Flash as Cisco Ramon's replacement? -- nm - Beaker May 4, 08:53 1
      - spoilers, man! - Beryllium May 4, 10:31
- Mmmm...Sysco. -- nm - Shaun May 4, 08:26
Apparently the new sex ed curriculum in Ontario is making some parents flip the F out -- (link) - Beaker May 4, 08:22 2
- crazy parents, yes. -- nm - Andie May 4, 08:26 1
  - As a parent with a child about to enter Kindergarten I am okay with the curriculum but I could see why some parents would flip out.... - Walt_Disney May 4, 08:42
On a scale of 1 to "Are you Iron Man?" I'd say the sunburn on my arm is an 11. -- nm - Max May 4, 08:18 6
- SUNSCREEN MUTHERFUCKER, DO YOU USE IT???? -- nm - Samuel L Jackson May 4, 09:15
- the hell you do, boy? -- nm - professor smartbrain May 4, 08:38 4
  - I was in the countryside of Maryland from 10am to 2pm taking photos of my brother in the Savage Race mud run. - Max May 4, 08:41 3
    - pasty white boys will never learn -- nm - decline May 4, 08:42 2
      - Two weeks at the beach when I was a kid and I could pass for Egyptian. This adult skin thing is a cruel lie. -- nm - Max May 4, 08:46 1
        
        "Hey intern, grab the lotion and get in here" -- nm - professor smartbrain May 4, 09:06
Is it safe? -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron May 4, 08:17 1
- Depends . . . -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old May 4, 09:19

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