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"Start Watching Halt and Catch Fire—It's Actually Good Now" - David Jun 17, 10:00 10
- Sorry, no sale - Reagen Jun 17, 10:10
- I gave it a shot and watched most of the first season. Meh. -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 10:04 7
  - They're exploring social media and online gaming in the mid-80s now. It is better. - David Jun 17, 10:05 6
    - Did I miss something in the 80s? Online gaming? - Krusty Jun 17, 10:07 5
      - I've mentioned before that my first online community/gaming experiences were on a C-64. - David Jun 17, 10:10 3
        
        I had a modem with my C-64 and used it to connect with other computers but I don't remember playing games online. - Krusty Jun 17, 10:13 2
        
        I mainly remember board games and chess/checker. -- nm - David Jun 17, 10:15 1
        
        Playing chess does sound familiar. I think I might have done that now that you mention it. - Krusty Jun 17, 10:17
      - I think there were MUDs in the 80s -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:08
- They're not wrong. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 10:02
Has anyone seen any advertising for that 'Max' movie? I haven't seen anything. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 09:56 10
- started seeing them this week -- nm - decline Jun 17, 10:10
- Just the trailer before JW. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 10:09
- 15M seems rich no? But I'm not audience, I guess..... -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 10:07
- I've seen plenty (especially trailers). I will never ever ever see it. - Kim Pine Jun 17, 10:05 3
  - Bill never forgave his mother for taking them to Old Yeller when he was about 12. Never went to another animal movie. -- nm - Meg Jun 17, 10:07 2
    - I can totally see that. -- nm - David Jun 17, 10:11
    - Old Yeller *destroyed* me. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 17, 10:10
- Yes. It has been on a few times during the NBA Finals, other than that i'm not sure as don't really watch a lot of live tv. -- nm - IrishStephen Jun 17, 10:03
- I saw a trailer for it before Jurassic World. American Canine Sniper. - Inigo Jun 17, 09:59
- lots on Disney XD. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:57
Remlik, you probably should consider starting a second Titan character. - groiny Jun 17, 09:33 3
- I don't really have time to do a second character, I mean I get it. but I don't want to run the story a second time..and Batman Arkham is coming... - Remlik Jun 17, 09:39 2
  - yeah, I know, which is why I said a second Titan would make it a bit easier. - groiny Jun 17, 09:40
  - Arkham is Coming -- nm - Batman: Westeros Jun 17, 09:40
Game of Thrones set a new ratings record with 8.1 million viewers. - David Jun 17, 09:24 5
- Brock Holt has been charged with finishing the next book before the next season. [nm] - Mel Profit Jun 17, 09:25 4
  - He's single-handedly making me re-consider my tactic of not starting hitters against the Braves. -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:47
  - He polished the outline shortly after hitting for the cycle last night. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 09:36 2
    - He's this close to saying, "eff it, let me show you how to (GoT Spoilers)... - Mel Profit Jun 17, 09:48 1
      - That'd be a nifty trick to liven up the 7th inning stretch -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 09:50
ugh. work Internet network is down. Thank god for smartphones. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 09:23 1
- +1. Mine was only down for 90 seconds though. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:30
Bill Simmons on HBO? -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:22
Loving the new Peanuts trailer. -- (link) - Mop Jun 17, 09:09 6
- I'm sad there's no piano jazz in this ... -- nm - landbeck Jun 17, 09:14 4
  - If there's no Linus and Lucy played by Schroeder I'll be very disappointed. -- nm - Krusty Jun 17, 09:17 3
    - that's the problem w/ a Peanuts movie . . . we all have certain expectations to see . . . - call me Ishmael Jun 17, 09:52 2
      - Yeah. It'll be hard to please everyone but from the trailer it looks like they did a pretty good job. - Krusty Jun 17, 09:59 1
        
        The trailer pretty much hits all of pacrat's points. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 10:12
- In the theaters they have that shot of the seats with a real seat in the middle you can sit in for a pic. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:10
ST crowd sourcing: Name some great current television show villains - CQ Jun 17, 09:07 35
- Tucco (BrBa and now Better Call Saul) -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 17, 11:56
- I think most of the names in this poll are made up -- nm - con_carne Jun 17, 09:42
- Gilly (GoT) -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 17, 09:42
- Already named: Wilson Fisk. Penguin. Grant Ward. I don't think these have been mentioned yet: Vee (OITNB). Charles Forstman (Suits). -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:33 4
  - I want to point out the first three are comic book villains. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 09:40 3
    - You go ahead and do that. To be fair, though, Ward is just a marvel villain, I don't think he was in the comics. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 10:07 1
      - Nope(spoils) - eag Jun 17, 10:10
    - Most tv shows don't have long-term villains. The heroes solve the issue and move onto a new challenge. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:45
- The network exec who greenlit a second season of Last Man on Earth. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 09:25
- Hannibal -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 09:18
- Don Carmine Falcone on Gotham. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:17
- Boyd Crowder -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 09:16 2
  - This was my initial reaction, but he's no longer current. -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:16 1
    - spoi... oh right. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:19
- Sideshow Bob. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:14
- Mike Erhmantraut ... from Better Call Saul -- nm - JenBro Jun 17, 09:13 6
  - He asked for villains. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 09:15 5
    - you don't think he's a villain? he sure scares me :) -- nm - JenBro Jun 17, 09:34 3
      - Lawful Neutral to True Neutral. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:37 1
        
        And this, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:37
      - Villains tend to be strategists. He's a tactician. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 09:34
    - Erhmantraut is a criminal, but a self-defined "good guy" -- nm - landbeck Jun 17, 09:18
- Gustavo Fring - Krusty Jun 17, 09:13 5
  - "current" but that's the type I'm looking for. comic book villains are comical -- nm - CQ Jun 17, 09:14 3
    - There's nothing comical about what Ward's done on AoS. -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:16 2
      - Did they teach him to act? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:17 1
        
        since the big CA:WS related twist - Reagen Jun 17, 09:20
  - Oops, missed current. Sorry. - Krusty Jun 17, 09:14
- Daniel Hardman in Suits has been repeatedly dastardly but I think his arc is over. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 09:10
- Grant Ward -- nm - eag Jun 17, 09:10
- Ward on Agents of Shield -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:10
- Wilson Fisk -- nm - decline Jun 17, 09:09
- Frank Underwood on House of Cards -- nm - prayformojo Jun 17, 09:09
- Is Red (Blacklist) still a villain? -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:08
- Gotham's Penguin. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 09:08
Here is a game that's getting some buzz at E3 its called Cuphead -- (link) - eag Jun 17, 09:04 [youtube] 1
- I love that there's a studio developing something like this, but at the same time I feel like Disney would have a claim. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 09:08
I name a band, you name the Michael J. Fox movie their song appeared in. For instance, I saw Huey Lewis and the News, you say... -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 09:03 10
- I say Yellow, you say... -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 09:04 4
  - Secret to My Success -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:15 1
    - Thank you for playing. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 09:20
  - banana! -- nm - decline Jun 17, 09:13
  - You guys suck at this game. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 09:12
- American Psycho -- nm - CQ Jun 17, 09:04
- Ferris Bueler's Day Off -- nm - decline Jun 17, 09:03 1
  - You're wrong, it was Sixteen Candles. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:04
- Back to the Future -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:03
- B2TF -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 09:03
California's labor board has ruled Uber drivers are employees, not independent contractors - slipping jimmy Jun 17, 08:59 1
- one of fave little gags in Silicon Valley is the Uber bubble in the opening credits. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:03
Ooohhhh ... check out the roof top bars in Chicago for our meet up ... the J Parker at Hotel Lincoln looks like you can see a BUNCH of stuff up there! -- (link) - JenBro Jun 17, 08:56 8
- 'Glen's Sausage Shop' is so apt for Chicago. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 09:02 1
  - "You're Abe Frohman?" -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:06
- Roof Top Bars are a great place to meetup. -- nm - Diva Jun 17, 08:58 3
  - wonders which person is gonna get drunk and fall off. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 08:59 2
    - they have package deals for private menus and one said $25 per person per hour for an open bar ... we could WRECK that! -- nm - JenBro Jun 17, 09:11
    - or . . . murdered -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 17, 09:02
- omg! you can really see stuff from a roof? -- nm - decline Jun 17, 08:57 1
  - well this particular building isn't blocked by others for seeing Lake Michigan - the Zoo - and other things :) -- nm - JenBro Jun 17, 09:10
OK, I know what you're going to say about this.....Abby showed me a story she wrote in her 3rd grade class recently - prayformojo Jun 17, 08:55 3
- Stephen King gonna sue somebody. -- nm - David Jun 17, 08:59 1
  - *writes him a check for one dollar sixty cent* -- nm - Dawsin Jun 17, 09:06
- *no comment* -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 08:56
TTK Titan Iron Banner armour. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 17, 08:55
Just Cause 3!! -- (link) - Shaun Jun 17, 08:53 3
- Just Cause 2 was a ton of fun -- nm - decline Jun 17, 08:54 2
  - I never finished it, but it was definitely a blast. -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 08:55 1
    - yup -- nm - Remlik Jun 17, 09:06
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- Odd that they did that....just call back and make sure the PNRs are linked -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 08:50 4
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    - I might be wrong, but somewhere in the back of my mind... - ty97 Jun 17, 08:55 1
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  - (that's my understanding of how it works at least) -- nm - ty97 Jun 17, 08:51
It's raining. Again. -- nm - spamlet Jun 17, 08:49 2
- I'd say that I'm looking forward to all the rain we're supposed to get this weekend, except... - Kim Pine Jun 17, 08:58
- Are you losing a friend? -- nm - David Jun 17, 08:55
Wisconsin Town Council Unanimously Agrees That Baby Kangaroos Aren’t Service Animals -- (link) - ty97 Jun 17, 08:47 5
- Spoken like people who have never owned a baby kangaroo. -- nm - Mop Jun 17, 09:02
- "Roo, give 'em a taste of your fightin' fists." -- nm - Max Jun 17, 08:57 1
  - they need to reboot that Elliot Gould boxing kangaroo movie -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 17, 09:05
- Damn you, Assemblyman Sylvester! -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 08:51
- *puts a 6-pack in it's pouch* What do they mean? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 08:48
I've played a few hours of Democracy 3 that I bought in the steam sale. Definitely worth the six bucks I paid but could get repetitive - spamlet Jun 17, 08:47
so, in rampaging-dinosaur-scenarios, i think we all agree that Bryce is no Laura Dern. -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 08:45 3
- True, BDH is much nicer to look at. -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 08:59
- well, yeah, one was a corporate businesswoman, the other a digger. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 08:46 1
  - i'm just sayin'... -- nm - Andie Jun 17, 08:49
Lines that exist in BDH fantasy action movies: "Get away from my stilettos, you bitch!" -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 17, 08:43 1
- she can wear whatever she wants as long as she looks like that. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 08:43
wes, Capps could legitimately be closing--that's how good he's been this year - ML Jun 17, 08:42 3
- I imagine his success will bring more scrutiny to his delivery and how legal it is. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 08:43 2
  - *illegal* - Krusty Jun 17, 08:55 1
    - I agree with you. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 08:58
The only soundtrack I ever bought was for, "Repo Man" -- nm - landbeck Jun 17, 08:41
JR Smith says he is opting out of his contract. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 08:40
The dude who plays Stannis is such a gifted actor. -- nm - David Jun 17, 08:40 8
- For a moment recently I thought he was a Lannister because he and Charles Dance have the same look, this great old guard warrior look. -- nm - Max Jun 17, 08:52
- I saw this article yesterday: A bunch of GoT actors in other things -- (link) - Reagen Jun 17, 08:43 2
  - I am happy to brag that I have seen almost half of those. -- nm - landbeck Jun 17, 09:25
  - I hope they highlighted his role as "anonymous, silent henchman #2 in For Your Eyes Only" -- nm - Roger More Jun 17, 08:49
- And the lady who plays Brienne really is that tall. I thought it was a camera trick. -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 17, 08:43 3
  - she will be gracing the screen in the next Hunger Games movie as well. - groiny Jun 17, 08:50 1
    - and Star Wars -- nm - Roger More Jun 17, 08:54
  - She's about to start production on one of our films. -- nm - LMS Jun 17, 08:47
*wonders why Spawn wants to use the new hunter helmet whilst swordbearing* -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 08:40 19
- I am gonna one-shot that biotch. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 08:40 17
  - *fires up Golden Gun and gets thwacked because he's not invisible and David doesn't have Gjallarhorn* -- nm - Spaun Jun 17, 08:42 15
    - *watches Spawn fire his one shot golden gun past Crota and hits the oversoul* -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 08:44 14
      - What is he going to drop the sword on the rock, activate GG, shoot Crota, pick up sword, and then get 1 hit in? - Shaun Jun 17, 08:46 13
        
        Uhm, there was a video posted (I thought here) of someone doing just that. - Spawn Jun 17, 08:51 11
        
        *waits for the Spawn solos Crota youtube vid* -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 08:53 10
        
        (it actually just takes down his shield) -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 08:54 9
        
        Which is not what the Swordbearer should be doing. -- nm - David Jun 17, 08:55 8
        
        BUT IT WOULD BE HELLA COOL!!! -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 08:59 5
        
        To shoot him while he cleaves you in twain? -- nm - David Jun 17, 09:02 1
        
        This is what my video would look like. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 17, 09:07 [youtube]
        
        I have seen you shoot rockets, it would be a glorious fail. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 09:01 2
        
        As long as the bastard does not do a lateral move like Omnigul. -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:02 1
        
        "you think I'm just gonna stand here and let you shoot me?" -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 09:04
        
        You're not his supervisor! -- nm - Shaun Jun 17, 08:56 1
        
        "I got this." -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 09:01
        
        spawn is dum -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 08:46
  - I am gonna record your attempt and post it to Youtube. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 08:41
- he wants to make his teammates have an aneurysm. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 17, 08:40
~Wish I was too dead to cry~ -- nm - Spawn Jun 17, 08:39

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