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Quickie poll - how many of you think you will see Jurassic World this weekend? -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 11:15 8
- nope - decline Jun 10, 11:18
- That's the plan. And I never see anything opening weekend -- nm - Roger More Jun 10, 11:18
- Probably not, only due to a perfect storm of demands on my schedule. -- nm - Max Jun 10, 11:17
- Unlikely. - Will Hunting Jun 10, 11:17
- I am the first in line Thursday. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 11:17
- Unlikely. -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 10, 11:16
- Certainly. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 11:16
- my current plan is 'definitely.' -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 11:16
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- And I hope he's amphibious! -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 10, 11:09
I hate that I did it, but I just flipped Jurassic World to a short. - groiny Jun 10, 10:54 38
- Pay no attention to the nay-sayers, they're just refusing to believe the economic realities. This is a ballsy move. - Beryllium Jun 10, 11:11 5
  - It's likely it's the long-term right move...unless this thing opens to like 150; - Will Hunting Jun 10, 11:13 4
    - Right this second it is priced for $110M opening. -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 11:15 1
      - Yeah, I can't get a gauge on it. That # is *HUGE* for a franchise that somehow withered a generation ago. - Will Hunting Jun 10, 11:19
    - it is at 299.71 now. -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 11:14 1
      - So a $110M OW, which is $15M lower than tracking -- nm - Roger More Jun 10, 11:19
- I might flip eventually but the traders are going to run it up before the weekend -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 10, 11:03
- that seems ill-advised. -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 10:58 13
  - I know. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 10:58 12
    - You should go ahead and short Star Wars, Mission Impossible, Cap 3 and Batman vs Superman too, then. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 11:01 11
      - Ill probably end up shorting that last one at some point - eag Jun 10, 11:20
      - ass. What did Jurassic Park 3 open to? -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 11:03 9
        
        This is *not* the Dumb and Dumber sequel. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 11:05
        
        Irrelevant. -- nm - TWuG Jun 10, 11:04 7
        
        disagree. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 11:05 6
        
        that was 14 years ago. it's an entirely different industry and much of the audience won't even remember that film. -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 11:13 5
        
        even so, it is a sequel to a movie that opened to 50 million. - groiny Jun 10, 11:16 3
        
        *14 years ago* -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 11:16 2
        
        *looks at Sin City 2* -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 11:16 1
        
        not even close to the same thing. -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 11:27
        
        This is what the new Terminator *hopes* to be, but will fail. - Spawn Jun 10, 11:14
- First Event movie of the summer. - Spawn Jun 10, 10:57
- Wow, it's very very well priced for a long right now imo. -- nm - Shaun Jun 10, 10:56 5
  - It's also my biggest gainer, both in % and H$. -- nm - Shaun Jun 10, 10:57 4
    - PPDM -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 10:59
    - oh, I have had it long forever. It was around 20 mil gained when I flipped it. -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 10:58 2
      - I think 125M is the floor for OW. -- nm - Shaun Jun 10, 11:01 1
        
        I agreed with you 2 weeks ago. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 11:02
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  - the couple things I have heard were not kind to it. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 10:57 7
    - just the early reviews when it was almost evenly split. Now fresh is taking over. -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 10:58
    - if ever there was a movie where reviews won't matter for opening weekend, this is that movie. -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 10:58 5
      - I know this too. - groiny Jun 10, 10:59 4
        
        well, you could prove us all wrong... -- nm - Andie Jun 10, 10:59 3
        
        I will know when I see it Thursday night. I still might flip again. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 11:00 2
        
        You are an odd bird. - Spawn Jun 10, 11:02 1
        
        I will know how many people are in the theater, and how the movie itself is. -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 11:03
- 44/15 at RT right now -- nm - Beaker Jun 10, 10:55
oooh, Brain on Fire is one of today's IPOs. Need to get that read as well. -- nm - spamlet Jun 10, 10:53
Had a domain expiring so did my first GoDaddy -> Google transfer. Was fairly painless. -- nm - spamlet Jun 10, 10:51 2
- I need to remember this next time. -- nm - sycor Jun 10, 10:55
- Related to this, I heard that Amazon is applying to become a Root CA, which is interesting. - Beryllium Jun 10, 10:53
ST Poll: Seemingly simple foods that are nearly impossible to get done right, but when they are, they're impeccable: French fries. -- nm - Shaun Jun 10, 10:50 10
- sunny side up eggs -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 00:07
- Good teriyaki seems hard to find, IMO -- nm - con_carne Jun 10, 11:03
- Cookies. One wrong move and they're horrid -- nm - oblique Jun 10, 10:53 5
  - As a crispy cookie lover, I can do without the "soft baked" mania you see everywhere -- nm - con_carne Jun 10, 11:01 1
    - I have yet to meet a crispy cookie worth eating on its own. Dunked in milk, they're fine. - TWuG Jun 10, 11:04
  - Nearly impossible to be done right? Disagreed. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 10:57
  - Indeed. Cookies can be ruined by overcooking for seconds. -- nm - Shaun Jun 10, 10:53 1
    - Oddly, I often get complimented on my cookies but I just use the recipe on the back of the chips -- nm - oblique Jun 10, 10:55
- eggs -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 10, 10:52
- mac n cheese -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 10:52
Hey Mop - if you happen to be lurking or check in a little later...can you drop me an email? - Jim Jun 10, 10:40
I am writing an blog article for work and I almost used the phrases "children are our future" and "wont someone think of the children."....... - Walt_Disney Jun 10, 10:28 1
- Oh, sure. Like we'll believe anything big Nature says. - spamlet Jun 10, 10:50
Upgrades: Tablet - Samsung Galaxy Tab S....Phone - Samsung Galaxy Note 3...Both running CM 12.1 -- nm - budice Jun 10, 10:23
does anyone have a paper copy of the martian I can borrow? amazon is out. I'll pay postage and return when done. - amanda Jun 10, 10:12 8
- support your local used book stores and libraries -- nm - mud Jun 10, 10:15 7
  - ha ha. I live in a college town. if I bought it used from our one local store, it'd cost more. - amanda Jun 10, 10:16 6
    - hahaha Your IM is exactly how I feel about them. -- nm - sycor Jun 10, 10:39
    - If you have an e-reader I could send it 2 u -- nm - mud Jun 10, 10:16 4
      - I have it electronically. thanks anyway. -- nm - amanda Jun 10, 10:28 1
        
        then just print it out and you'll have a paper copy too! -- nm - decline Jun 10, 10:33
      - "paper copy" is clearly requested, dum-dum -- nm - ST Jun 10, 10:24 1
        
        d'oh! -- nm - mud Jun 10, 10:24
The Catskill Game Farm closed?! - ty97 Jun 10, 10:08
The search for America’s best food cities: Chicago -- (link) - ty97 Jun 10, 09:58
Chris Pratt & Jimmy Buffett Take A Trip To 'Margaritaville' -- (link) - mud Jun 10, 09:49 6
- Fuck that writer. Fuck him to Hell. -- nm - David Jun 10, 09:55 5
  - "Yes, Chris Pratt is so charming that he can make "Margaritaville" come across as a delight." - Spawn Jun 10, 11:04
  - "Play PinaColadaBerg!" -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 09:58 3
    - Mmmm...Peen-a-lope. -- nm - Shaun Jun 10, 11:09 1
      - damn skippy! -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 11:13
    - Broken Lizard makes it funny. -- nm - David Jun 10, 10:00
Ika: glad to hear we are winning. POFF and IRAN are going at it on .org FYI - Beaker Jun 10, 09:38
*shards Gjallarhorn* - groiny Jun 10, 09:30
Oopsies! Data-collecting spyware reportedly found at Iran nuclear talk venues -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 10, 09:20 2
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  - *plays cymbals innocently* -- nm - STUXNET Jun 10, 09:43
Wow. Totally forgot that we had tickets to see Dora last night. Damn. What a waste of moeny. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 09:19 9
- She is *pissed*. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:22
- and money -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 09:19 7
  - I figure of all people - eag Jun 10, 10:00 1
    - Yeah. Totally spaced. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 10:11
  - If only there was a way to edit typographical errors. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 10, 09:20 4
    - I have two ways, including one that doesn't add "edited". I'm just lazy. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 09:20 3
      - c'mon you only created the toy to appease Him. -- nm - mud Jun 10, 09:53 2
        
        Whom? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 09:57 1
        
        Our leader is good, Our leader is great! We surrender our will as of this date! -- nm - mud Jun 10, 10:04
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- Suit up, Pippy! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 10, 09:28
- Think of the cap space they will have!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:21 1
  - Think how wide open the field will be with only 7 players! -- nm - pmb Jun 10, 09:24
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Without googling, could you say what the Teledesic of the mid-to-late 1990s project was? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 10, 09:09 9
- some sort of hovercraft? -- nm - Reagen Jun 10, 10:11 4
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 10, 10:15
  - Ooh, well played. -- nm - David Jun 10, 10:11 2
    - I don' get it. -- nm - mud Jun 10, 10:15 1
      - I believe it's a joke from the Simpsons - con_carne Jun 10, 10:48
- No. -- nm - David Jun 10, 09:25
- Was it the top secret CIA project to give Shawn Desman a musical career? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 09:16
- Nope -- nm - Krusty Jun 10, 09:12
- Yes. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:10
169 minutes. Maybe Gore Verbinski is related to Peter Jackson? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 09:08 1
- "Not enough Gore, a little too much Verbinski" -- nm - Reagen Jun 10, 09:09
Wow. Homer and Marge are splitting up? That is dumb. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:06 13
- I can give you the plot now. Homer upsets Marge, they decide to separate, it's great at first, then they realize they miss each other, then they get back together before the episode ends. -- nm - Ender Jun 10, 09:33 7
  - but first, marge and luann have an affair and then luann convinces marge to be a drug mule. - Beryllium Jun 10, 09:34
  - See my spoil below. That is the actual reason. And --more spoils - Spawn Jun 10, 09:34 5
    - Your IM is awful. -- nm - Krusty Jun 10, 09:36 4
      - And sadly, true. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:37 3
        
        As for a good season spoil... - Spawn Jun 10, 09:38 2
        
        Much better news. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 10, 09:49 1
        
        And there was a Sideshow Bob spoiler I read that made me happy that I will keep to myself. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 11:09
- hot dogs in the sink? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 09:11 2
  - spoil - Spawn Jun 10, 09:12 1
    - They've already nearly split up due to... (spoils) - Roger More Jun 10, 10:30
- I mean, they've never had martial problems on the show bef... oh. -- nm - Reagen Jun 10, 09:08
- Well he's put up with her constant nagging and scolding for a real long time -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 10, 09:07
Me, my family and friends are *nothing* like those dopes on Jersey Shore. NOTHING! - Krusty Jun 10, 09:02 3
- Walking away? Watch out for landmines. -- nm - Shaun Jun 10, 10:03
- Poor you. - The Idol Jun 10, 09:02 1
  - I don't know who you are. -- nm - Krusty Jun 10, 09:04
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- They spent $150M marketing it? Someone should be fired, b/c the movie failed since no one knew what it was about. -- nm - MDH Jun 10, 11:05
- what a shame. -- nm - Jovian Jun 10, 10:47
- Ick...the article goes on to say that 50 Shades of Grey is the third highest grossing film this year with $569 million worldwide. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 10, 09:52
- The ML jinx is strong -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 10, 09:05
- *takes it out of petty cash* -- nm - Bob Iger Jun 10, 09:04
- BANKRUPTCY... DOOOOOOM! -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 09:03
- Live action summer films are not their skill set. -- nm - David Jun 10, 09:03 12
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    - Original summer live action film of significant scale? Presuming Maleficent doesn't count, it's probably Pirates. -- nm - David Jun 10, 09:10 10
      - Other notable misses: Prince of Persia and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. - David Jun 10, 09:24 8
        
        were they John Carter too? -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 09:35 7
        
        Yes, I thought Lone Ranger and it went without saying, sorry. -- nm - David Jun 10, 09:36 6
        
        Which is fairly stunning since marketing is usually where Disney is stellar. -- nm - pmb Jun 10, 09:44 1
        
        Not for these types of movies, though. -- nm - Spawn Jun 10, 11:15
        
        John Carter was a failure in marketing, and naming the movie, honestly. - groiny Jun 10, 09:43 2
        
        Biggest failure was the name of the movie. "John Carter of Mars", I mean, c'mon. This ain't your "John Carter of Chicago" movie. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 10:51 1
        
        The sequel will be Agent Carter of Mars -- nm - TWuG Jun 10, 11:05
        
        They really have to be scratching their heads at this point. - Spawn Jun 10, 09:41
      - "The O.S.L.A.F.O.S.Ss? I don't think they exist." -- nm - Reagen Jun 10, 09:11
- they should just stick to superhero movies. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 10, 09:02 1
  - And Tron. They need to make Tron 3. bastards. -- nm - sycor Jun 10, 09:06
Diva... - Mel Profit Jun 10, 08:59 2
- okay. :) - Diva Jun 10, 09:10 1
  - I'll do it and then maybe have you assist. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 10, 09:14
Distinct incident #142 is a swan flying into PFM's office. -- nm - David Jun 10, 08:56 1
- A minute below the deadline, I'm clear by a count of 66 -- (edited) - prayformojo Jun 10, 08:59

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