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College Bowl Pickem Group: Group# 18743...pw 312.50 -- (link) - Kylo Bud Dec 19, 08:46 3
- I'm in. -- nm - The Death Sceire Dec 19, 09:56
- Kept it simple, straight pickem. No confidence stuff. -- nm - Kylo Bud Dec 19, 08:54
- in -- nm - CQ Dec 19, 08:51
So haircut done lunch being made then 3 hours till that movie we all been talking about alot -- nm - eag Dec 19, 08:43
I wonder how much this run will mean to LCFC as far as an American fan base. - CQ Dec 19, 08:38 4
- It is crazy. They just don't fade away. What a story. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 19, 08:40 3
  - Solid 3 points for Spurs. nj -- nm - CQ Dec 19, 08:54 1
    - Top 4! Though it's tight. Cant believe we lost to Newcastle. -- nm - volnelk Dec 19, 09:07
  - I mean, it's early, but based on past years and their points haul already, they should be top 4 and playing Champions League next year -- nm - CQ Dec 19, 08:42
IsDiegoCostastillawhinybitch.com? -- nm - znufrii Dec 19, 08:32
STAR7 now H$582 (215m opening) and still climbing with 615.3m Long shares to 3.3m Short. -- nm - Max Rebo Dec 19, 08:27
It must suck to be Ronny Chang. The weakest link of a new Daily Show cast. -- nm - Qale Dec 19, 08:26
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS earned an official estimate of $120.5M on opening day Friday -- (link) - Kylo Bud Dec 19, 08:24 21
- also, $250m worldwide in 3 days. Disney will probably make back 1/4 of its cost to buy Lucasfilm in about a week -- (link) - jar jar trump Dec 19, 08:53 10
  - But that's revenue, not profit. I hate when they use that measurement of how cheap Lucasfilm was. -- nm - iSpam Dec 19, 08:54 9
    - otoh, that's just the films. add in all the merchandising etc. and it's still dirt cheap -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 19, 08:58
    - It's a silly point anyway. The merchandising sales of $5 billion this holiday season is the story. -- nm - David Dec 19, 08:58 1
      - I agree but don't mix revenue and profit! -- nm - iSpam Dec 19, 09:00
    - I still wonder why the valuation was so bad compared to awful tech cos -- nm - Beryllium Dec 19, 08:57 5
      - Consider how little value it would have if Lucas still ran it -- nm - General Zeit Dec 19, 11:41
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      - 100% of 10 billion is nothing if Disney can't actually afford to pay you that - jar jar trump Dec 19, 09:00
      - I don't think the valuation was a protracted negotiation. He just wanted to sell to Disney. -- nm - David Dec 19, 08:58 1
        
        Guess he really needed those zebra burgers. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 19, 09:00
- That on its own makes it the biggest December opening ever, yes? -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 19, 08:30 1
  - Ayup. -- nm - Tim Dec 19, 08:31
- But that was includes Thursday, right? -- nm - iSpam Dec 19, 08:26 7
  - So it's 57/63.5. -- nm - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 19, 08:45 5
    - Jurassic World had a bigger "true" Friday. That...might be important. -- nm - Tim Dec 19, 08:58 4
      - I get it $63.4 million for jurassic world''0 -- nm - Inigo Dec 19, 09:05 1
        
        So, almost exactly the same. TFA would be 63.5 if the estimate is right. -- nm - Inigo Dec 19, 09:06
      - Yup, the only surprise right now is that it's 120 instead of 100. - David Dec 19, 08:59 1
        
        *laughing* -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 19, 09:00
  - Yes -- nm - Roger More Dec 19, 08:28
2-0 Norwich? Mourinho might not be the only manager fired this week. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 19, 08:19 1
- HasLouisvanGaalbeensackedyet.com -- nm* - znufrii Dec 19, 08:23
annnndddd I've already ruined someone's christmas by not having the Bombshell Wonder Woman Blanket in stock... - Remlik Five standing by! Dec 19, 08:11 1
- to the yelp! -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 19, 08:25
Is this reasoning sound? 1. The internet makes it easier to get spoiled about new movies. 2. One reason to go opening weekend is to reduce the odds of - mara Dec 19, 08:07 4
- I agree point 5 doesn't work. Basically, good movies have good legs and bad movies have poor legs. - Roger More Dec 19, 08:38
- 3 works both ways. Good movies get higher internal multiples and bad ones get lower ones due to WOM. -- nm - iSpam Dec 19, 08:27
- I think point 3 is true, but for a multitude of reasons, not just this one -- nm - Beryllium Dec 19, 08:20 1
  - e.g., competition from other entertainment sources/streaming and to a certain extent piracy - Beryllium Dec 19, 08:40
Mother Teresa's status has been upgraded to sainthood. - David Dec 19, 07:46 3
- If anyone deserves it - Krusty Dec 19, 07:46 2
  - The Hitch is rolling in his grave - jar jar trump Dec 19, 07:47 1
    - Heh. :-) - Krusty Dec 19, 07:48
Mr. Plow is back! -- (link) - David Dec 19, 07:33 [youtube]
Box Office: Conservative Disney estimates are $225M as of late last night -- nm - Kylo Bud Dec 19, 07:24 4
- #isDavidWrongYet? -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 19, 07:30 3
  - Yes. Mark this day on your calendar. - David Dec 19, 07:33 2
    - *likes* -- nm - Spawndroid Dec 19, 08:47
    - limiting it to one day a year hardly seems fair -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 19, 07:35
Celeb BDays: Paulina Gretzky (27), Alyssa Milano (43), Jennifer Beals (52) -- nm - Kylo Bud Dec 19, 07:20 2
- FMK -- nm - J Dec 19, 08:05
- FMK -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 19, 08:05
Man, the entire first act of Southpaw was right in the trailer. - David Dec 19, 07:11 6
- Meanwhile, the allegory that Ted 2 was going for was surrounded by soooo much unfunny (and more or less disgusting) nonsense it was brutal to sit thru - prayformojo Dec 19, 07:17 5
  - Yeah, both were pretty awful. -- nm - kelly Dec 19, 07:57
  - PP2 was the suckiest suck that ever sucked. Even the music was bad. And the other team was clearly better. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 19, 07:50 2
    - "I think the Puerto Rican couple should have won..." -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 19, 08:31 1
      - ? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 19, 08:42
  - I was so disappointed in PP2. -- nm - Krusty Dec 19, 07:47
10 minutes. Theater is 1/4 full, maybe less. -- nm - ML Galaxy Dec 19, 07:08 3
- SHORT NOW -- nm - Tim Dec 19, 07:08 2
  - Our theatre at 12 noon yesterday wasn't full either. I don't think it mattered. :) - R2-Deev2 Dec 19, 07:26
  - ZERO LEGS -- nm - ML Galaxy Dec 19, 07:09
Anyone planning on ordering from Kidrobot? I have a 15% off code to share. -- nm - Krusty Dec 19, 07:04
Bonne Fete Guigue! -- nm - andie Dec 19, 07:00 1
- Thank you! -- nm - Guigue Dec 19, 07:54
Star Wars is the story of an orphaned farm boy that is radicalized after a military strike kills his family. Indoctrinated into an ancient religion... - Volnelk Dec 19, 06:54 2
- "Young man from the desert joins insurgency and flies craft into symbol of government power'" -- nm - ML Galaxy Dec 19, 07:07
- This has been making the rounds as well... -- (link) - znufrii Dec 19, 07:00
Blue Christmas playing at the Everton LCFC game. That was funny -- nm - CQ Dec 19, 06:53
My wife now wants to see Hateful Eight: "who's in it?" "Kurt Russell, SLJ, Boyd" "I want to go to their" -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 19, 06:44 3
- yep - looking forward to this. -- nm - Diva Dec 19, 07:06
- Heh. :-) I can't wait. This the first film I bought advanced tickets to go see. - Krusty Dec 19, 06:52
- She'll enjoy, its good -- nm - Kylo Bud Dec 19, 06:45
Vote Chelsea for relegation! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 06:39 4
- They have a pulse! -- nm - Kylo Bud Dec 19, 07:07
- If this happened there would be a major freak out, right? -- nm - Tim Dec 19, 06:58 1
  - Off the charts. It would be insane. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 19, 07:28
- Agreed. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 19, 06:56
TV PSA: Thursday Night Football (yeah, I don't get it either), Ash vs. Evil Dead, Da Vinci's Demons, UFC Fight Night, other stuff -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 19, 06:34 3
- Not only is Saturday NFL as awful an idea as Thu. but to call it that on Sat. makes no sense and is ridiculous. - Krusty Dec 19, 06:40 1
  - I liked SaturDAY games late in the year, but to call it Thursday Night Football is moronic (and I hate Thursday games) -- nm* - Emperor Beak Dec 19, 06:42
- (Jets/Cowboys is the game - set FF teams accordingly) -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 19, 06:35
Reagen I had the same thought. -- (edited) - Davi Dec 19, 06:32 4
- Have Beer, Will Travel? -- nm - JD Dec 19, 06:42
- That's a funny autocorrect. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 19, 06:41 2
  - Ha! He's like a young Hunter S. Thompson! -- nm - David Dec 19, 06:59
  - I was gonna say, I'm......not familiar with that writer's work -- nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 06:43
A small, light $10 item and they want to charge me $8 for ground shipping. MFers! - Krusty Dec 19, 06:29 3
- yeah shipping prices are out of control. This years USPS seems to be doing " averaging" for shipping -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 19, 07:12 2
  - It seems that some sites just rip you off with the shipping charges. We know what ground shipping costs but for some reason some places charge $3 or - Krusty Dec 19, 07:46 1
    - I'm always surprised when USPS is cheaper - and quicker - than UPS. -- nm - Meg Dec 19, 08:02
Happy birthday, Guigue! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Dec 19, 06:27 2
- Don Homer! -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 19, 06:32 1
  - Thank you both! -- nm - Guigue Dec 19, 07:54
Costa starting today.....Hazard not. -- nm - CQ Dec 19, 06:09 3
- to be fair, Hazard is injured. -- nm - CQ Dec 19, 06:12
- Humph -- nm - Andie Dec 19, 06:12 1
  - :) -- nm - CQ Dec 19, 06:13
LDBC: Out. Count Basie Orchestra got me; I didn't even recognize it for most of the clip. -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 19, 06:02 8
- I'm at the hair salon and I feel like I'm gonna get got. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 19, 06:39 3
  - Serves you right! -- nm - David Dec 19, 07:15 2
    - So far, so good. - Dark Callisto Dec 19, 07:33 1
      - Come on, satellite radio programmers! Deliver the justice! - David Dec 19, 07:34
- I got killed again last night at jz's daughter's choral concert. it was not only the LDB, it was *awful.* -- nm - all the boys love christine baranski Dec 19, 06:29
- Given the amount of Christmas music I've heard while out and about the last week, I'm shocked I'm still in. -- nm - kelly Dec 19, 06:20
- Still surviving. I don't think I heard a lick of Christmas music in the last week -- nm - prayformojo Dec 19, 06:15
- I almost got knocked out twice. @Midnight had some metal band play the song but I heard him mention it before the clip started and I was able to fast - Krusty Dec 19, 06:08
Wtf, premier league? -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 19, 05:27 5
- Ah, you get the Bein. As do I, but I'm watching Fish Oil Benefits Examined instead. -- nm - CQ Dec 19, 06:06 1
  - Better than nothing, I suppose. -- nm - znufrii Dec 19, 06:22
- Yeah. I don't get the schedule week to week. It's always different. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 19, 05:34 2
  - Holiday football is the best though. 3 games in 9-10 days. -- nm - CQ Dec 19, 06:01 1
    - Also, the FPL match day live is great. This from a player: "feeling risky, triple captaining bojan?" -- nm - CQ Dec 19, 06:03
Mel, Bradley Jay does overnights on WBZ. -- nm - Star Manning Dec 19, 05:12 1
- All I'm saying is... - Mel Profitine Dec 19, 05:29
The Force seems to be napping. -- nm - third stormtrooper on the right or left depending Dec 19, 03:36
second record, down -- (link) - barnabybacca Dec 19, 00:28
So, what the f already. (what I keep translating those initials to) -- nm - third stormtrooper on the right or left depending Dec 18, 23:25
*lil wookiee roar* - barnabybacca Dec 18, 23:17
Heh, glad I didn't go to the mall tonight. Fight outside the movie theater, knocked over a trash can, reports of gunfire = panic. -- (link) - Meg Dec 18, 23:12
SWTFA question for those who have already seen it in more than 1 format. which was best. normal, 3D, Imax? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 18, 22:29 17
- The 3D isn't dazzling, there's little in it that plays with/expands the capability which I think was a missed opportunity but... - Mel Profitine Dec 19, 04:21 12
  - I hear this about every 3D movie. Not one since Avatar has anyone thought to be worth it. - Krusty Dec 19, 05:28 11
    - It'll sound silly, but I liked How to Train Your Dragon in 3D. -- nm - mara Dec 19, 07:51
    - I hate 3D (I'd actually pay more for a 2D showing generally), but it was great in Gravity and Step Up 3D -- nm - Dano Dec 19, 07:22
    - Gravity is the only thing I've seen in 3D, and it was totally worth it. -- nm - znufrii Dec 19, 06:18 2
      - agreed. -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 19, 07:07
      - That's a rare endorsement for it but Gravity could be a good film for the tech. -- nm - Krusty Dec 19, 06:34
    - SW:tFA doesn't...force...the issue. - Mel Profitine Dec 19, 05:35 2
      - That's what I was saying. If they want a 3D movie then do it right and with the 3D in mind from the very beginning of the process. - Krusty Dec 19, 05:42 1
        
        I guess I just want everyone to understand that I'm making a distinction... - Mel Profitine Dec 19, 05:55
    - I accidentally bought tickets for 3D to Ant-Man, and I was really impressed. That was my first time since a really bad AVATR experience. -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 19, 05:30 2
      - I could see that one being enjoyable. Very often people ask if the 3D is worth the money and I don't recall many, if any, people saying it's worth it. - Krusty Dec 19, 05:34 1
        
        Yeah, that one was an excellent application, given that so much of the action plays on size, distance, perspective. Really fun. -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 19, 06:12
- How many different formats is it shown in? -- nm - General Zeit Dec 18, 23:38
- THX -- nm - budice Dec 18, 22:58
- I saw someone on twitter complimenting the 3D version. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 22:35
- 70mm -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 22:35
SW:TFA question. --spoilers, obvie - Spawn Dec 18, 22:25 5
- spoilers - amoxy Dec 18, 22:35 4
  - No. I figure - spoil - Spawn Dec 18, 22:38 3
    - But maybe - spoil - Spawn Dec 18, 22:40 2
      - I think you're close with this (spoils) - iSpam Dec 19, 04:23 1
        
        SPOILS - TWuGbacca Dec 19, 05:44
Hey SS, having trouble finding a gift? -- (link) - Spawn Dec 18, 22:20 1
- Dehydrated Prince, just kiss in an emergency -- nm - General Zeit Dec 18, 22:25
Must not be as cold tonight - I haven't felt the need for the space heater. I'm getting *looks* from the fur-kids. -- nm - Meg Dec 18, 22:07 1
- Natasha has not left my electric blanket in 4 hours. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 22:17
24 hours ago... -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 22:06 6
- Admit it. You want to see it again. -- nm - Grand Mop Tarkin Dec 18, 22:16 2
  - I already said today that if I were single I would see it daily for at least a week. -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 22:20 1
    - you have it backwards - jar jar trump Dec 18, 22:26
- I wanna be sedated? -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 22:14 2
  - nothing to lose nowhere to go home -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 22:16 1
    - I can't control my fingers, I can't control my brain -- nm - General Zeit Dec 18, 23:19
Vermont governor marries his girlfriend. -- (link) - Grand Mop Tarkin Dec 18, 22:05 2
- um 4 years is not a long time partner - pippy bells Dec 19, 04:23 1
  - im being judgey. on the other hand. they look very happy -- nm - pippy bells Dec 19, 04:27

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