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Chris Johnson, fractured tibia. I strike again! -- nm - Christmas LeBaron Nov 30, 15:50 2
- "I don't see any reason he's not in this game right now." - an announcer during yesterday's game -- nm - David Nov 30, 16:03 1
  - ugh. -- nm - b. Nov 30, 16:04
Guess who's back (back back)...back again... -- (link) - ML Nov 30, 15:46 3
- Mattingly had McGwire at the Dodgers. He doesn't care if they were on substances. -- nm - jnine Nov 30, 16:07
- Classy organization they got down there in Miami. - Krusty Nov 30, 16:03
- he's done more than just spring work for the giants. -- nm - b. Nov 30, 15:59
Belichick doesn't mess around. Chris Harper of the muffed punt, was cut today -- (link) - amoxy Nov 30, 15:46 1
- Doin Brady's dirty work for him -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 30, 15:54
Japanese manga artist Shigeru Mizuki dies -- (link) - Remlik Nov 30, 15:40
sitwap: Peter Jackson uploaded a video about Dr. Who and him directing...and it has a fun segment -- (link) - Remlik Nov 30, 15:24 [youtube] 8
- if Doctor Who is on, that means -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 30, 15:38
- Note that Jackson has an annotated copy of the Silmarillion on the table. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 15:37 2
  - that's good trolling on his part. -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 15:40 1
    - Yep. That wasn't by accident. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 15:58
- WHO?!?! -- nm - Djimon Hounsou Nov 30, 15:37 1
  - Correct. -- nm - Ender Nov 30, 15:42
- *DOCTOR* Who. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 15:34
- nice. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 15:31
Don't listen to the rebel scum! Star Wars will be amazing. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 15:24 6
- signed, 1998 - ML Nov 30, 15:42 1
  - (and 1983) -- nm - David Nov 30, 16:04
- "It's a front-loaded fanboy niche movie!!" - toblr.2 Nov 30, 15:41
- The last time I had a feeling anything like this was Guardians of the Galaxy. - Spawn Nov 30, 15:25 2
  - Yeah, and we all know how that turned out. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 15:37
  - Spawn was like the kid at the 1 minute mark -- (link) - Remlik Nov 30, 15:29 [youtube]
"I don't mean to embarrass you, but you know ... I'm a rather brilliant surgeon. Perhaps I could help you with that hump?" - Beryllium Nov 30, 15:22
RIP: 2year anniversary of Paul Walker's death. -- nm - budice Nov 30, 15:03 8
- Damn. That was a fast 2 years. -- nm - Loyola Nov 30, 15:04 7
  - Too fast. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 15:05 6
    - 2 soon. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 15:13 4
      - 2 legit -- nm - psilotum Nov 30, 15:13 3
        
        2 quit -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 30, 15:24 2
        
        2 sue...everybody, the car maker, probably the company that made the street light too -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 30, 15:53
        
        hey hey! -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:49
    - Furiously so. -- nm - decline Nov 30, 15:05
I'm enjoying Gilmore Girls but the theme song is awful. I need to mute the TV before it starts. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 14:46 23
- Yup. -- (link) - Ender Nov 30, 15:49 [Backboard] 1
  - Good to know I'm not alone. And that guy Will mentioned is the person I want to stab. Every time he says, "Mary." I want to - Krusty Nov 30, 16:07
- It was no Golden Girls. That is for sure. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:07 3
  - Thank you for being a friend. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 15:13 2
    - Does your son watch Teen Titans Go? -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:14 1
      - Thankfully no. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 15:34
- I'd rather gouge my eyes out and eat them in a sandwich than watch the Gilmore Girls. -- nm - Loyola Nov 30, 15:03 9
  - I can't believe I'm enjoying it but the mom is great and it's rather funny. - Krusty Nov 30, 15:10 8
    - Heh every character on that show is very stabbable. - Loyola Nov 30, 15:12 7
      - That show contributed to my son being named Logan. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:13 6
        
        Oh. Except for Logan then. -- nm - Loyola Nov 30, 15:14 5
        
        Oh no, he was stabbable. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:16 4
        
        It's a cool name. Have you ever heard of Johnny Logan? Good singer. -- nm - Loyola Nov 30, 15:17 3
        
        Indeed I have. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:18 2
        
        Ok then. I'm going to quit now while I'm behind :) -- nm - Loyola Nov 30, 15:19 1
        
        Nothing wrong with being back here. - Spawn Nov 30, 15:20
- Don't make me say two hours, Krusty! -- nm - David Nov 30, 14:55 6
  - It's like a cheesy '80s TV show theme. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 14:59 5
    - Recorded in 1971. -- (link) - kelly Nov 30, 15:36 1
      - Thanks! It's the only thing I don't like about the show, so far. - Krusty Nov 30, 15:39
    - You were warned! Two hours! -- nm - David Nov 30, 15:02 1
      - Worth it. - Krusty Nov 30, 15:10
    - Too Many Gilmores -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 15:00
I am excited about TFA, despite being fully cognizant of the fact they might have pooched it. - Beryllium Nov 30, 14:39 1
- But there were (rightly, since it proved irrelevant) precisely zero quality based arguments against TPM doing well. -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 30, 15:07
Has Kobe dropped any more quitter poems today? -- nm - barnaby bear Nov 30, 14:38 1
- all unfinished -- nm - prayformojo Nov 30, 14:47
A guy set up an email address for me. [email protected] and gave me the password. How do I sign into that email? - Loyola Nov 30, 14:34 2
- Generally you install an email program like Thunderbird and then add a new account with "newcompany.com" as the SMTP and POP3 servers. - Beryllium Nov 30, 14:54 1 1
  - Thanks. *Favourited* -- nm - Loyola Nov 30, 14:56
"Not one person ever acknowledged how wrong they'd been, either." - groiny Nov 30, 14:33 28
- I'm going to say I'm sick of this in all aspects of my life - Pippy Bells Nov 30, 17:17
- I was utterly wrong about "Steve Jobs". -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 15:38
- do they ever? - znufrii Nov 30, 14:48
- FTR,I made no claims whatsoever about who *would *win the Cy, and explicitly disavowed any prediction about what sportswriters would out wouldn't do. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 14:42 5
  - that is convenient. - groiny Nov 30, 14:44 4
    - Because I'm not in the business of predicting what irrational people will do. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 14:52 3
      - I am confused then. Because you were arguing pretty hard against my logic for why I said he would win. - groiny Nov 30, 14:55 2
        
        I was arguing about what factors *should* be used. - Reagen Nov 30, 15:02 1
        
        ok -- nm - groiny Nov 30, 15:04
- It tracks back. You never said a word about Harper last September, either. -- nm - David Nov 30, 14:35 17
  - I dunno, I spent a whole lot of time fighting with a whole lot of people this season - groiny Nov 30, 14:38 16
    - Right, you're only saying it now as you try to make an entirely different argument... - David Nov 30, 14:40 15
      - Sure, except I also called him as MVP in April this year as well. - groiny Nov 30, 14:42 14
        
        This wasn't the best thread for you to start. Maybe next time! -- nm - David Nov 30, 14:44 13
        
        I will just be happy with my unanimous MVP that I called right, and my Cy Young and ROY in 2015. - groiny Nov 30, 14:45 12
        
        And I'll be amused indefinitely by your starting a thread about people not admitting their wrong on a subject where you never admitted you were wrong. - David Nov 30, 14:48 11
        
        so, because I did not admit that I was wrong, absolves you from the same? - groiny Nov 30, 14:53 3
        
        It was like a clever checkmate one opponent sees several moves before the other. - David Nov 30, 14:55 2
        
        hilarious. - groiny Nov 30, 14:56 1
        
        Exactly! -- nm - David Nov 30, 15:03
        
        He's also said there was a better chance of seeing a winning game on the South Side the last two years. - toblr.2 Nov 30, 14:53 6
        
        why are you talking again? -- nm - groiny Nov 30, 14:53 5
        
        Why not? -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 30, 14:56 4
        
        because, whenever you decide to needle me, it does not end well. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 30, 14:57 3
        
        Not for you. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 30, 15:04 2
        
        I gave your boys credit this year, more than most Sox fans would do. - groiny Nov 30, 15:11 1
        
        You didn't read the IM. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 30, 15:15
- It is the internet. -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 14:34
December opening; this will have an impact on the opening weekend? -- nm - Loyola Nov 30, 14:31 59
- It will have more in advance sales than the current Dec. record holder by the time it opens - sweet baboo Nov 30, 14:45 4
  - has there been anything about demographics for the advance sales since the first week of them? nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 30, 15:16 2
    - He is saying the $ in advanced sales will beat the BO for the December *opening* record. -- (edited) - Spawn Nov 30, 15:17 1
      - I understood that. -- nm - b. Nov 30, 15:19
  - Doesn't it already hold a reord or two on advanced sales? -- nm* - toblr.2 Nov 30, 14:54
- This is big enough to shatter the opening weekend, and then with Christmas in the path, will give it even longer legs after that. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 14:43 1
  - I agree on the legs. I thought Abrams did a fantastic job on both the Star Trek films. - Loyola Nov 30, 14:51
- Nope. It's going to break records. no question. -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 14:40 39
  - Pete, there are many, many questions. -- nm - David Nov 30, 14:41 38
    - I'll say this, if the movie sucks, WOM will kill it and in this age of social media... - Remlik Nov 30, 14:47 37
      - Respectfully, you're still disccussing something I'm not. This is about mid-December box office behavior much more than Star Wars 7. -- nm - David Nov 30, 14:54 36
        
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        I think even people traveling will make it to the theater. - groiny Nov 30, 15:20 14
        
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        It is a movie. It is not like it is an all day activity. - Spawn Nov 30, 15:27
        
        And the thing is, how many of those family plans will include taking kids to see this? - groiny Nov 30, 15:24 7
        
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        Someone mentioned the library copies being checked out? Yes, they are. With a waiting list like you would not believe. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:29 4
        
        I have plenty of FB friends posting shit about it, that they have tickets to take their kids. - groiny Nov 30, 15:31 3
        
        When my mom said she is going to see it, I realized it was batting for the cycle. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:32 2
        
        well, I don't know about all that. - groiny Nov 30, 15:34 1
        
        The toys are staggering. We had the tv on while tree decorating and each commercial break had multiple commercials for various Star Wars toys. - Spawn Nov 30, 15:39
        
        oh, it is more than you and I, for sure. - groiny Nov 30, 15:29
        
        That is the beauty of it. - Spawn Nov 30, 15:22 3
        
        well, it is either confidence or arrogance. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 30, 15:23 2
        
        spoiler - Spawn Nov 30, 15:29 1
        
        you have to think no studio wants to release a behemoth like this in a time when it can lose money. - groiny Nov 30, 15:33
        
        fair enough. I'm saying Star Wars will break those December expectations and history. - Remlik Nov 30, 14:58 17
        
        the thing is that it can break records and not be as huge as some seem to be predicting. - b. Nov 30, 15:11 14
        
        WHile I do think 300 is way to high. I think it will be Jurrassic. How many theaters were running 24 hours a day for it's opening weekend? -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 15:21 1
        
        that is not all theaters. mention of that is what made me look at availability (see below). - b. Nov 30, 15:30
        
        Which leads to negative headlines about disappointment, which leads to questions about what's lacking about it... -- nm - David Nov 30, 15:20 11
        
        yah, that totally sucks. fwiw, there are still lots of options for tickets for regular times opening night/weekend in my area - nerd central. ;) - - b. Nov 30, 15:25 10
        
        12,000 auditoriums X 225 seats X $10 ticket X 18 shows a day X a 60% occupancy=$291.6M - Remlik Nov 30, 15:34 9
        
        Literally the same threads as 1999. -- nm - David Nov 30, 16:04 1
        
        I deleted this from my post below, but yah - I was going to say that those results are working to get to the goal. -- nm - b. Nov 30, 16:06
        
        in looking at my area there aren't that maximized number of showings - b. Nov 30, 15:55
        
        225? Where we are going has somethign like 440. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:35 5
        
        Oops. 404. Noblesville has 455. Here is a complete list. -- (link) - Spawn Nov 30, 15:37 1
        
        that list is incomplete for my area, at least. -- nm - b. Nov 30, 16:08
        
        I'm sure it's an average. -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 15:36 2
        
        I call it a low average. Theaters are not putting it on their smallest screens. - Spawn Nov 30, 15:42 1
        
        fwiw, it's in some very small theaters here, like the whole location is small. (bigger, too, of course.) -- nm - b. Nov 30, 15:57
        
        Everyone is agreeing it will break December records. The problem is that it has to break them by 144%. -- nm - David Nov 30, 15:04 1
        
        It's probably got the biggest appeal across all audiences of any movie. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 30, 15:11
        
        Oh, I just thought of a second scenario where I might see STAR7 - if my father in law wants to -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 14:55 1
        
        (It opens on his eldest daughter's first birthday) - Beryllium Nov 30, 14:55
- Right, if the film had opened the first week of November, everyone would agree it'd set the record. -- nm - David Nov 30, 14:34
- This is much of the entire argument against it being in the historical argument - Will Hunting Nov 30, 14:33 10
  - Yikes. This could be epic. -- nm - Loyola Nov 30, 14:38 9
    - It's still a sign of how well everyone thinks it's going to do when we're already ceding the monthly record by about 50-60% on the low-end of the - Will Hunting Nov 30, 14:42 8
      - True. But if I was a SW fan and I watched the 99 one and skipped the next two over quality issues, I'd keep my powder dry opening weekend and see what - Loyola Nov 30, 14:46 7
        
        Then you are absolutely not a Star Wars Fan. Period. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:19 4
        
        Real Star Wars fans suffer through every crappy movie! -- nm - David Nov 30, 15:21 3
        
        Exactly. Now see what we do when we return to great ones. - Spawn Nov 30, 15:23 2
        
        I don't love that we are on the same side of this arguement. nm -- nm - groiny Nov 30, 15:25 1
        
        Enjoy being right, dumb ass. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 15:34
        
        I'm guessing 165mil as we get closer. - Will Hunting Nov 30, 14:48 1
        
        missed that im earlier - yah, this has the biggest range I'd accept of anything I can remember. -- nm - b. Nov 30, 16:03
ty97 has stew-pid money email! -- nm - fabulous squid Nov 30, 14:30
Hi Marlowe! -- nm - spamlet Nov 30, 14:27

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