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This is what 20 high school marching bands performing a song together sounds like. -- (link) - Mop Oct 20, 10:46 1
- Don't click. It's a link to the brown note. -- nm - Baron Bostwick as Brad Majors Oct 20, 10:49
Destiny Patch Notes. -- (link) - Shaun Oct 20, 10:46 2
- so they removed Quiver entirely???? - groiny Oct 20, 10:47 1
  - That's, imo, only a PvP skill anyway. Also I really think there has to be a typo on the KF HM recommended light. -- nm - Shaun Oct 20, 10:50
ST anti-poll: Least Favorite US airline. -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 10:42 9
- Spirit -- nm - Epiphany Oct 20, 10:49
- United, though Frontier has plummeted for me -- nm - prayformojo Oct 20, 10:47 2
  - And that's a bad thing, for an airline. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 10:50
  - Frontier seems to be modeling themselves off Spirit nowadays. -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 10:49
- American. - spamlet Oct 20, 10:45
- All the ones that try to fly me in the air. - David Oct 20, 10:44
- Delta -- nm - budice Oct 20, 10:43
- which ever one falls out of the sky the most -- nm - decline Oct 20, 10:43
- United. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 10:42
Bernie Sanders sits down with Felix Salmon to talk about the economy. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 20, 10:42
ST Poll: Favorite US airline. -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 10:42 14
- Virgin -- nm - Epiphany Oct 20, 10:48
- They're all about equally Greyhounds with wings at this point -- nm - jangles Oct 20, 10:48 1
  - Nah, some are Chinatown buses with wings. -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 10:49
- Virgin American is fanfreakingtastic -- nm - prayformojo Oct 20, 10:47 2
  - It really is, and if it ever grows into a real airline that goes to more than 10 places, I could fall in love with them. -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 10:48 1
    - It's shinier than others but having to fly through SF for too many flights usually is my deal breaker -- nm - jangles Oct 20, 10:50
- I guess American since that's what we always fly. - spamlet Oct 20, 10:43 4
  - Curious about the IM - ty97 Oct 20, 10:45 3
    - I've only flown them once (our trip to NY on SkyPesos) and it was fine. - spamlet Oct 20, 10:46 2
      - Where you are located is definitely slanted toward AA and Southwest for loyalty and service. - ty97 Oct 20, 10:48 1
        
        Actually, Delta has more flights than AA does now out of STL. - spamlet Oct 20, 10:54
- Virgin America, JetBlue, Spirit\ -- nm - budice Oct 20, 10:43 1
  - I did not expect Spirit to show up anywhere in this poll. -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 10:45
- which ever one has the cheapest fair to/from where I'm going on the days I need -- nm - decline Oct 20, 10:43
Really cute. Watch Daisy Ridley and John Boyega reacting to the Star Wars trailer. -- (link) - Mop Oct 20, 10:41 12
- I wish there were one of these for Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christiansen. -- nm - David Oct 20, 10:44
- Interesting note on Ridley, she went from a noname talent agency to CAA in a matter of months upon landing the Star Wars role. -- nm - boodice Oct 20, 10:42 4
  - I read this as: The instant she got famous, she dumped the people who got her the role of a lifetime. - David Oct 20, 10:50 1
    - Which is how it always happens. 10% of her Ep. VII money will still be a nice payoff -- nm - jangles Oct 20, 10:52
  - Well done. *golf clap* -- nm - Inigo Oct 20, 10:48
  - *shrug* I would have expected that to happen the day she got cast. -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 10:45
- Boyega...LOL -- nm - ML Oct 20, 10:42
- WHAT!?! WHAT!?! WHAT!?! WHAT!?! -- nm - Spaun Oct 20, 10:42 4
  - You *know* what scene made him do that. -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 10:44
  - Pure joy and dream fulfillment. -- nm - Inigo si Oct 20, 10:43 2
    - yep -- nm - Reemlik Oct 20, 10:44
    - AND *THEY*, ARE PAYING *ME*, TO DO THIS!!! -- nm - Spaun Oct 20, 10:44
Your samurai slicing a 100mph fastball in half with a sword post of the day -- (link) - ML Oct 20, 10:38 1
- U.S. plans invasion of Japan using baseballs. -- nm - budice Oct 20, 10:40
The Ohio St U - JT Barrett will start at quarterback this weekend. -- nm - budice Oct 20, 10:38 2
- His performance warrants it. -- nm - TWuG Oct 20, 10:40
- I don't think Cardale Jones is going #1 overall, Kiper. -- nm - David Oct 20, 10:40
I guess I need to watch with Star Trek trailer everyone keeps talking about. I'm curious how the Daleks will get Harry Potter this time. -- nm - sycor Oct 20, 10:33 3
- Justin Trudeau smiles and the good guys win -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 10:45
- I heard Florence + The Machine are doing the theme song this time -- nm - con_carne Oct 20, 10:41 1
  - That will be awesome. It will accentuate the scenes with Katness using The One Ring being to stop the Reavers. -- nm - sycor Oct 20, 10:45
Preordering. Because why give you a good product when you have already paid for it. -- nm - Qale As Folk Oct 20, 10:33 1
- never. ever. ever. -- nm - colin Oct 20, 10:39
I don't know what Meb Keflezighi is. Should I get tested? -- nm - David Oct 20, 10:31 1
- Yes -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 20, 10:31
(unrelated to below) Southwest Airlines flight turns back to LAX amid violence on board -- (link) - ty97 Oct 20, 10:29 1
- And, because LA, the star of 90s sitcom Hangin' With Mr Cooper helped restrain the assailant. -- (link) - ty97 Oct 20, 10:36
Have we done this yet? Happy birthday Bery! You make life bery-able! -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 10:29
Seriously, other than the toys, this is the best thing that come out of Star Wars. -- (link) - David Oct 20, 10:24 [youtube] 1
- Part 2. -- (link) - David Oct 20, 10:42 [youtube]
The Umps just tossed Tulo, Bautista and EE for today's game, just to be safe -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 10:23
Okay, what is your Star Wars Epi 7 Delist estimate? - Will Hunting Oct 20, 10:21 23
- 5 -- nm - decline Oct 20, 10:47
- 600. -- nm - colin Oct 20, 10:38
- $500 million if it's bad, $550 million if it's average, $600 million if it's good, $650 million if it's great. -- nm - Inigo Oct 20, 10:30
- 600 would not shock me. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 20, 10:29
- $525M -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 10:27
- 500 -- nm - eag Oct 20, 10:26
- I would say $550 million aka Jurassic World territory. - David Oct 20, 10:25 14
  - That didn't stop Jurassic World.... - Will Hunting Oct 20, 10:29 13
    - Indeed, because JW was a *highly* entertaining summer popcorn film. -- nm - Shaun Oct 20, 10:40
    - Whatever semantics you want to use, JP3 was a good movie and Jurassic World was a fast-forward sequel. - David Oct 20, 10:30 11
      - Revenge of the Sith - RT - 80%, Cinemascore - A-, Jurassic World - RT - 71%, Cinemascore - A - Inigo Oct 20, 10:38 5
        
        I know what the grades are. That only shows how much people *want* to love this crap. -- nm - David Oct 20, 10:41 3
        
        Nightfall Loot Change - groiny Oct 20, 10:45 2
        
        Bungie's going the wrong way at the worst possible time with Halo 5 looming. -- nm - David Oct 20, 10:47 1
        
        with all due respect, Halo has a lot of shit to prove as well before they get my $. -- nm - groiny Oct 20, 10:48
        
        His hate clouds his judgement. -- nm - Jim Oct 20, 10:40
      - the fact that he got original 3 actors to at least show faces in there, is gonna go miles. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 20, 10:34 4
        
        I completely agree. The reason why the first trailer was so much better was the line they gave Harrison Ford to sell it. - David Oct 20, 10:37 3
        
        I saw a very different trailer than you did. -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 10:44
        
        I think that one needs to take in the target audience for the trailer. You were not the target audience on several levels. Besides your hate. - JD Oct 20, 10:44 1
        
        Agreed. I also think this trailer doesn't exist in a vacuum. It is the next logical step from the last trailer. - TWuG Oct 20, 10:49
- January 11. -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 10:23
- $500 -- nm* - budice Oct 20, 10:23
I just got "we estimate your wait time to be between 2 and 4 minutes" when calling my friends at the IRS. They're just effing with me right? -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 10:19 3
- "... Hours, we meant hours." -- nm - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 20, 10:20 2
  - 6 minutes. 6! -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 10:38
  - I'm not gonna lie, when I heard "2" my heart sank. -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 10:21
How Whooping Goldberg was essentially forced to make a talking dinosaur buddy cop movie -- (link) - jangles Oct 20, 10:16 6
- Damn anti-vaxxers. If you'd just vaccinate your kids we wouldn't have all these cases of Whooping Goldberg!!! -- nm - Ender Oct 20, 10:33
- Does anyone listen to the connected podcast? Sounds good but wanted to check. -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 10:31 3
  - it's quite good. I *hate* the commerical breaks. -- nm - Remlik Oct 20, 10:43
  - How Did This Get Made is really entertaining. It was actually the inspiration for the column - JD Oct 20, 10:37 1
    - So if I'm more interested in the background of the movie, the column is the better bet? -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 10:53
- Of course "German tax shelter money" had to factor into this conversation. -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 10:28
LIR: I hope to gorge on the new SW trailer a lot today in the glory of a movie theater, as I work greeter today! -- nm - con_carne Oct 20, 10:15
btw, for Canadian Scene card holders, you might want to redeem your free movies soon, you can still get any showing for 1000 points. - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 20, 10:11 5
- It's funny to see people bitching about this when they've kept movie redemption levels at the same pts since like 2006. -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 10:26 1
  - i was always amazed that things like IMAX and VIP were the same redemption level. But, it was great. -- nm* - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 20, 10:28
- Not sure if I have enough points at the moment, but that's a good reminder :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 10:12 2
  - current redemption levels change November 4. but it let me book further out. -- nm - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 20, 10:13 1
    - I get to see movies so infrequently it probably won't matter. - Beryllium Oct 20, 10:19
Beaker re: B2: I played a bit of the demo and it did certainly look gorgeous. Gameplay seemed good too. -- nm - Shaun Oct 20, 10:10 3
- I played the demo as well - eag Oct 20, 10:11 2
  - I didn't play it enough for the demo to let me play the Hoth map, so I can't comment on that directly. -- nm - Shaun Oct 20, 10:13 1
    - I played Hoth a couple times as rebel and imperial - eag Oct 20, 10:16
ST, I have a crisis. I may have to fly S..S...Southwest :/ - ty97 Oct 20, 10:08 12
- it's 2 hours of your time - decline Oct 20, 10:49
- they're not horrible unless you're traveling with someone. then it sucks big time - nobody will give you two seats together unless you're on first. - colin Oct 20, 10:22 2
  - Your IM: yup. And the flight I am looking at comes from Phoenix and continues as the same flight number - ty97 Oct 20, 10:26 1
    - make up for it at the airport bar :) -- nm - colin Oct 20, 10:38
- It's not bad pampered old man. - spamlet Oct 20, 10:11 4
  - (If I could just get an assigned seat, my hatey would decrease by at least 60%) - ty97 Oct 20, 10:22 2
    - link for you -- (link) - spamlet Oct 20, 10:22 [Backboard] 1
      - nmbNMSE - ty97 Oct 20, 10:25
  - I have just never been a fan. And they are rarely price competitive to boot. - ty97 Oct 20, 10:17
- i only flew Southwest once (out of Buffalo), i actually kind of liked it. -- nm - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 20, 10:09 2
  - I like not having to pay to check a bag but they're not as competitive on price as they used to be - jangles Oct 20, 10:11 1
    - I have heard (can't confirm) that the lack of redeyes is because their reservation or operations system can't handle it. - ty97 Oct 20, 10:14
ST Prediction time: Predict Star Wars opening weekend Box Office: - Beaker Oct 20, 10:04 39 1
- ALL THE MONIES! -- nm - TWuG Oct 20, 10:39
- $160 million sounds about right. -- nm - David Oct 20, 10:21
- One dollar, Bob. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 10:20
- $92m -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 10:20
- $217M -- nm - mara Oct 20, 10:19
- what did Avatar make opening day? -- nm - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 20, 10:15 6
  - 26.7M, but it really didn't open huge. It had a -1.8% drop in weekend 2, so it was all legs. -- nm - Shaun Oct 20, 10:17 1
    - $77 million is huge for December. -- nm - Inigo Oct 20, 10:23
  - $26.7 million opening day. -- nm - Inigo Oct 20, 10:17
  - $77M opening w/e -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 10:17
  - Opening weekend was like 75mil. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 20, 10:17 1
    - hmm, i knew it was lower than I would have guessed, but that's *lower*. -- nm - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 20, 10:19
- FWIW, it's trading over there at a 158M OW. -- nm - Shaun Oct 20, 10:14
- i'll go w/ the obligatory 312.50 . . . - call me The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Oct 20, 10:12 1
  - One day this will be true. -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 10:24
- $240M OW -- nm - budice Oct 20, 10:10 1
  - $100M Friday, $80M Sat, $60M Sunday -- nm - budice Oct 20, 10:13
- Whatever it takes for David's head to explode! - IrishStephen Oct 20, 10:09
- 201M -- nm - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 20, 10:08
- 150 -- nm - eag Oct 20, 10:07
- What's Avengers' record? - jangles Oct 20, 10:06 2
  - It doesn't have a record. Jurassic World has 208mil, Avengers 1 has 207mil. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 20, 10:07 1
    - Okay $209 -- nm - jangles Oct 20, 10:09
- I'll go with $170, which will double the current record -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 10:06 11
  - That sounds about right. Something along the lines of 85 million Friday, 45 million Saturday, 40 million Sunday. -- nm - Inigo Oct 20, 10:12 10
    - Whatever % they might lose to holiday shopping or travel should more than be made up for by repeat viewers - jangles Oct 20, 10:14 9
      - Over time, yes. In the first weekend, no. - Inigo Oct 20, 10:20 7
        
        This is my comparison. If LotR didn't bring the GFBs opening weekend... -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 10:24 6
        
        Well, it did. It just opened on Wednesday, and was 12 years ago. - Inigo Oct 20, 10:28
        
        Star Wars has way broader appeal than just the hardcore fans -- nm - jangles Oct 20, 10:26 3
        
        If i even see it, it won't be opening weekend. - spamlet Oct 20, 10:40
        
        Let's compare 2002. LOTR2 - 340m, STAR2 - 302mil. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 20, 10:30 1
        
        Yes the prequels were turrible -- nm - jangles Oct 20, 10:40
        
        It's the most extreme test we've ever had of the BOP theory that a blockbuster will open huge at any point on the calendar. - David Oct 20, 10:26
      - yeah, i don't think this will follow models. -- nm - Andie - Go Jays! Oct 20, 10:15
- My guess -- OW of 151.2m -- delist of $525m -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 20, 10:05
- More than that. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 20, 10:05 2
  - (Real guess: $186M) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 20, 10:06
  - "More than that" plus $1, Bob -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 10:06

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