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SAG: Supporting Actress spoils... -- (edited) - budice Jan 30, 17:29 2
- Supporting Actor spoils.. - budice Jan 30, 17:35 1
  - nice. -- nm - loosi Jan 30, 17:38
Laura Prepon looks great -- nm - budice Jan 30, 17:20
KFP3 vague talk -- (edited) - Beryllium Jan 30, 17:03
DVRing through the SAG red carpet. WOW Eva Longoria looks amazing. -- nm - loosi at home Jan 30, 17:00
the enduring influence of David Lynch -- (link) - mr plow Jan 30, 16:48
KFP 2:45 2D matinee went well. Fairly full theatre, too. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 16:43
Um. 76ers? -- nm - ML Jan 30, 16:17 4
- the entire season had been leading up to this. -- nm - Tim Jan 30, 16:20 2
  - I won't believe what happens next -- nm - prayformojo Jan 30, 16:21 1
    - Yeah....you will. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 16:23
- Sixers gonna sixer. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 16:19
Now playing: The Princess Bride -- nm - prayformojo Jan 30, 16:17
DMR poll among likely Dem caucus goers: Clinton 45% Sanders 43 O'Malley 3 -- nm - ML Jan 30, 15:50 12
- Among likely GOP caucus goers in Iowa Trump 28% Cruz 23 Rubio 15 Carson 10 -- nm - ML Jan 30, 15:50 11
  - Dear America: Therapy. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 16:35 4
    - DMR poll of Iowa GOPers Which candidate cares most about people like you? 19 % Trump/Cruz 18 Carson 14 Rubio - Spawn Jan 30, 16:36 3
      - The mistake there is in thinking they care about anyone at all. -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 16:47
      - Not surprised that aligns will voting poll results - ty97 Jan 30, 16:41 1
        
        DMR poll among Iowa Dems Cares about people like you - Sanders 51% Clinton 37% -- nm - Spawn Jan 30, 17:00
  - (Jake Tapper is tweeting out a bunch of other interesting stuff re: the final pre-caucus poll.) -- nm - ML Jan 30, 15:56 1
    - Awww, Mr. Holland. -- (link) - psilotum Jan 30, 16:01
  - I realize the Tuesday headline will be "Trump Wins" but that is a bit of a spread across folks -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 15:53
  - still holding strong at about 2/3 of the GOP wanting to lose the election to prove a point. -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 15:53 2
    - no different than 2012 in that respect - ML Jan 30, 16:04
    - extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, son -- nm - mr plow Jan 30, 16:02
SAG Awards start 1 hour from now on TNT/TBS -- (link) - budice Jan 30, 15:48 2
- gwendolyne is tall -- nm - mud Jan 30, 16:11 1
  - Especially for a gymnast. -- nm - nic to be determined Jan 30, 16:22
My god, The Choice might have the worst accents since VanDerBeek's Varsity Blues attempt. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 15:41 2
- I can't get a read on the male lead. Is he supposed to be young? He seems 40. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 30, 16:17 1
  - He is 33, she is 29...but I agree, it looks like at least 15yrs between them. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 16:21
Did u know?...Gene Hackman (86) -- nm - budice Jan 30, 15:40 1
- M -- nm - amoxy Jan 30, 15:40
R.I.P. Frank Finlay, Witchsmeller Pursuivant -- (link) - mud Jan 30, 15:24 5
- The Three and Four Musketeers -- nm - nic to be determined Jan 30, 16:05
- also Dr. Hans Fallada in the 1985 masterpiece Lifeforce -- nm - mud Jan 30, 15:27 3
  - 2016 can kiss my ass. -- nm - Spawn Jan 30, 15:47 2
    - yesterday's *terrible* news -- (link) - mud Jan 30, 15:58 1
      - It's fine. This is fine. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 16:42
SW:TFA will be available on Blu-ray/DVD on April 5. -- nm - budice Jan 30, 15:15 3
- so dumb to miss May the 4th -- nm - Beaker Jan 30, 17:42
- As a sign of how insane Titanic was, the April 5th weekend for it was the first non-#1 weekend of its release. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 15:20
- They obviously know that my birthday is a pretty big deal -- nm - mr plow Jan 30, 15:18
so my mail was held from Monday to thursday of last week, with the accumulated mail delivered friday. it wasnt. it wasnt delievered today either. - Truman Jan 30, 14:52 4
- I've had that happen. But I have an apartment sized box and it was deemed too small for all the mail they were holding. - Meg Jan 30, 17:01
- I have had the experience before where they were supposed to deliver accumulated mail but head it instead. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 30, 15:02 2
  - How did going to the airport solve it? -- nm - Spawn Jan 30, 15:05 1
    - bah - ty97 Jan 30, 15:06
Krusty & znu signal: Brooklyn's Ten Priciest Neighborhoods In 2015 -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 14:22 2
- No surprises other than the prices for some of those houses. Jeez. Also, I wouldn't want to live in DUMBO, there are no trains to get anywhere. -- nm - Krusty Jan 30, 14:39 1
  - It's DUMBO, who ever needs to leave? -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 14:43
the Optimus Prime semi is on the auction block right now on Discovery...Barrett Jackson car auction -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 30, 14:11 2
- sold for $110K...a walk on in the next michael bay transformers is included...Bumblebee is on the block now -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 30, 14:12 1
  - $152K hammer -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 30, 14:18
I forgot to say this earlier - Bery is a poopyhead, -- nm - nic to be determined Jan 30, 14:07 1
- [baconated] -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 14:47
I'm going to see The Revenant tonight...I've been puttering around the house, etc. - Mel Profit Jan 30, 14:07 9
- If you even dare - ty97 Jan 30, 14:08 8
  - I leave this in the hands of ST. DMH. - Mel Profit Jan 30, 14:10 7
    - embrace the day old funk. embrace the scraggly beard. embrace the inner wilderness mel. -- nm - Truman Jan 30, 14:24
    - My vote is in. I only have one addendum. - ty97 Jan 30, 14:13 4
      - you've just made tonight that much more fun. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 30, 14:15 3
        
        Be sure to add Bear sounds. -- nm - budice Jan 30, 14:18 2
        
        "I remember my first time with a bear. oh. ooooh" -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 14:18 1
        
        "in prison" -- nm - budice Jan 30, 14:19
    - Method Man -- nm - budice Jan 30, 14:11
Eff Ted Cruz -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 14:06 22
- They've had how long to come up with another plan? -- nm - nic to be determined Jan 30, 14:59 1
  - In their minds, the count is 2 election waves and one election loss. - Will Hunting Jan 30, 15:00
- The funny thing is that during the debate Cruz said (note it is possible that it was Rubio, I can't remember for sure) described in general terms what - pmb Jan 30, 14:24 9
  - Everyone loves the plan, they just don't want to pay for it. -- nm - GregW Jan 30, 14:40 1
    - It's this. There is a huge disconnect in this country between what people want and how they want it. They want only the good with none of the costs - pmb Jan 30, 15:02
  - Which matchews with polling on healthcare. Everyone *loves* the individual aspects of the ACA, but *hate* Obamacare. - TWuG Jan 30, 14:29 6
    - It was a smart choice to embrace the name after they spent timing running from it. - Mel Profit Jan 30, 14:33 5
      - They should have called it the Heritage Foundation Free Market Care Act -- nm - mr plow Jan 30, 14:38 1
        
        *finger to nose* -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 30, 14:56
      - The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways - TWuG Jan 30, 14:36 2
        
        There are still signs on the interstate naming him though, which helps to keep awareness up. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 14:37 1
        
        I was aiming more for "it will become accepted over time" and likely just end up "healthcare". -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 14:49
- "government regulations" are keeping health care costs up? Name and account for them, Ted. -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 14:13 9
  - "Can't buy across state lines, malpractice insurance is required so we need tort reform, taxes prevent innovation" - TWuG Jan 30, 14:16 1
    - "Can't buy across state lines" Okay, here's a federal marketplace. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 14:17
  - That's the part where I got pissed. - ty97 Jan 30, 14:15
  - he'll counter with the "need" for tort reform. - Mel Profit Jan 30, 14:14 3
    - I thought they actually did that in Texas, to basically no effect. -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 14:15 2
      - And Missouri. Same. Little to no effect. -- nm - pmb Jan 30, 15:03
      - that may be a fact, I don't know, but that seemingly wouldn't matter. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 30, 14:16
  - also, this is the reality going forward - it was all fine and dandy to rail against theoretical plans, now you're actually yanking health care away - Reagen Jan 30, 14:14 1
    - Yup, this is the legacy of the 2012 reelection of Obama. ACA survived and now anyone trying to repeal has to answer to those who lose healthcare. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 14:16
There's been shooting(s?) and stabbing(?) at Denver Coliseum. This is breaking news so details with grain of salt as usual. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 13:59 5
- Seems to be biker gang-related -- nm - Roger More Jan 30, 14:01 3
  - I don't know much about livestock shows and rodeos, so this strike me as a bizarre place for this to occur. -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 14:09 2
    - Colorado Motorcycle Expo -- (link) - Roger More Jan 30, 14:13 1
      - Aha. Thanks! -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 14:20
- A spokesperson from the Denver Coliseum confirms with Denver7 the multiple shooting took place at National Western Stock Show. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 30, 14:00
*sigh* Time to collect college emails for my annual scholarship promotion. Every - Meg Jan 30, 13:56
Just saw the worst movie of 2016...And it's only January "The 5th Wave" I was hoping for cheese and got mind-numbing awful Rated "F" -- nm - amoxy Jan 30, 13:51 5
- I saw the trailer and thought the premise was interesting. Has anyone read the books? Are they good? -- nm - ty97 Jan 30, 13:57 1
  - I read the first one. It was just ok -- nm - decline Jan 30, 14:34
- Did you lose a bet? - TWuG Jan 30, 13:53 2
  - I was hoping it would be so bad it's good...But it was just awful -- nm - amoxy Jan 30, 14:09
  - Indeed. Why did you pay to see that? - JD Jan 30, 13:56
Wow, A View to a Kill got 35% Rotten Tomatoes? That's ... 1/3 of critics who shouldn't have jobs. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 13:40 20
- Look at the reviews for Revenge of the Sith. -- nm - David's Pad Jan 30, 14:00
- I love how terrified Roger Moore looks when Grace Jones gets into bed with him. -- nm - Roger More Jan 30, 13:47 2
  - a natural reaction for anyone she gets into bed with. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 30, 14:11 1
    - Warm...leatherette -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 30, 15:51
- And Live and Let Die only got 66%. - Will Hunting Jan 30, 13:41 15
  - Er, I might be willing to allow for age of reviewers who posted on line as partial reasoning for that score - JD Jan 30, 13:49 14
    - There's a lot to not like about Live and Let Die - Sherrif JW Pepper, the airport chase, the voodoo subplot, etc -- nm - Roger More Jan 30, 13:53 13
      - Hate to say it but RM is my least favourite Bond. Great as the Saint but just never was Bond for me. -- nm - zork Jan 30, 17:23
      - Uh, and ... I guess you should know? 😀 -- nm - JD Jan 30, 13:54 5
        
        Oh, and probably the worst opening sequence of the series. -- nm - Roger More Jan 30, 13:57 4
        
        Heh. I love that you're taking a Bond film starring your nick namesake to task 8-) -- nm - JD Jan 30, 14:01 3
        
        Oh, I like the movie - the villains are all fun. But it's very silly. (New Orleans jazz funeral processions have to be the worst place to kill someone -- nm - Roger More Jan 30, 14:03 2
        
        I can think of a sillier place and time. -- nm - SPECTRE Jan 30, 14:05 1
        
        "Oh look, the bad guys are getting away in a fleet of SUVs!" -- spoiler - Roger More Jan 30, 14:10
      - I like the sheriff for comic relief. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 13:54 5
        
        "Boy, when I get home, I'm gonna punch yo momma in the mouth. There ain't no way you done sprang from my loins." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 14:00 2
        
        (I don't think "comic relief sheriff" ages well as a concept, is my point, even though my example is from Smokey ... But I could be wrong about LALD.) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 14:02 1
        
        Add in a couple of pauses to spit and it's pretty much the same sherriff -- nm - Roger More Jan 30, 14:33
        
        You're the first person I've ever heard say that. -- nm - Roger More Jan 30, 13:56 1
        
        Then I'll be the second. He fits with the other stereotypes in the movie. -- nm - zork Jan 30, 17:20
Dang, it's half hour after wedding start time, mother cone to me, says she's going to the bride's as she's throwing up and hints it might not be - zeitgeist Jan 30, 13:33 6
- Seriously? Never had a bride back out? -- nm* - Mop Jan 30, 14:13 1
  - I've couples break up the night before, I had groom take a walk about and be late late. Mom once had a bride go to the bathroom and not come back -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 30, 14:36
- they still pay your whole fee? this is last minute and they have consumed your time. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 30, 13:35
- She is preggers. Wedding will happen -- nm - Epiphany Jan 30, 13:34 2
  - Middle aged, has teen girls -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 30, 13:37 1
    - Welllll, pippy might have right, wedding happened, I'm out of here -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 30, 13:53
American Athletic is such a freaking mishmash of a conference -- nm - prayformojo Jan 30, 13:30 3
- *ding* For the two previous responses which are variants on the same take...part of why I adore this board -- nm - JD Jan 30, 13:39
- American Apparel is a mish mash of a brand -- nm - budice Jan 30, 13:36
- And all the plunging V-neck see-through uniforms are really disconcerting. -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 13:32
Bond. Dread Pirate Bond. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 13:29 13
- Black Pearl Jam -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 30, 13:30 12
  - I was not continuing the movie puns! I was observing how they might consider segueing into new Bond actors. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 13:31 11
    - I think it's been the accepted theory that each new actor is also a new agent taking up the 007 name. - TWuG Jan 30, 13:36 8
      - No, the producers have said the opposite. Plus Roger Moore visited Tracy's grave, Leiter refers to Timothy Dalton as having been married once, Brosnan - Roger More Jan 30, 13:45 7
        
        In the first official bond (lasenby) In her majesties secret service, he...spoils - zeitgeist Jan 30, 14:42 1
        
        But he does say "This never happened to the other guy" as I recall -- nm - zork Jan 30, 17:25
        
        I should have stipulated "accepted *fan* theory". The producers are welcome to insist they are all the same person - TWuG Jan 30, 13:51 1
        
        I think their POV is that people are going to see a Bond movie for logical sense. It's all "just go along with it" -- nm - Roger More Jan 30, 13:55
        
        Yeah, it's one of those things that would be far more palatable if they rolled with the better theory than their own idea. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 30, 13:50
        
        He's a Time Lord. -- nm - Reagen Jan 30, 13:48 1
        
        It would explain how he's also a Stormtrooper. :-) -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 13:52
    - Stringer Bell would make the best bond ever...a litmus test for equality? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 30, 13:36 1
      - A benchmark for awesomeness that all subsequent action films would have to hurdle. - Beryllium Jan 30, 13:50

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