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today's matinee of 'Hamilton' had to be stopped mid-show. The Stage Manager asked the audience if there was a doctor in the house. - Diva Feb 27, 15:15 2
- I see a tweet from someone a few minutes ago saying they just got home from seeing it so hopefully this means everyone is okay -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 15:21
- I hope somebody is having a baby -- nm - amoxy Feb 27, 15:17
Now playing....The Revenant - prayformojo Feb 27, 15:13 2
- Oh god, is that the last movie of the day for you? - amoxy Feb 27, 15:14 1
  - I think it's so people don't have to come back if they don't want to see it. -- nm - iSpam Feb 27, 15:15
Klan rally turns violent. What a surprise. -- (link) - GregW Feb 27, 15:11 1
- For the report, the rally was peaceful until the anti-Klan protesters showed up. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 15:51
The Witch I really wanted to like this movie, but no C+ (spoilers) - amoxy Feb 27, 15:11
This Big 10 refs are awful. We get you hate UMD since they came in and wrecked your conference. -- nm - MDH Feb 27, 15:09 1
- Weren't you saying the same about Duke and the ACC? - Strongbad Feb 27, 16:17
The Martian holds up really well to multiple viewings - prayformojo Feb 27, 14:38
Saw The Revenant last night. Not impressed. My favorite of the nominees remains Big Short. -- nm - MDH Feb 27, 14:33
Having just finished second viewing of Spotlight: I think that's my favorite of the nominees, reserving the possibility of The Revenant pending - JD Feb 27, 14:30
Historians, get on this question -- (link) - ty97 Feb 27, 14:24 2
- Wedding to his current wife or one of the previous two? -- nm - GregW Feb 27, 14:58
- Thats great -- nm - prayformojo Feb 27, 14:45
Looks like the Saints will be your Hard Knocks team this year. -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 14:22
My group's Oscar Party drinking game rules. - Ender Feb 27, 14:15 10
- I'm drunk just reading this -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 14:59
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- nothing if there are any streakers???? -- nm - David Niven Feb 27, 14:28
- Rule 1: take a drink for every person of colour who wins an award - Beryllium Feb 27, 14:20 4
  - You all are going to be very sober. -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 14:22 2
    - Minnesota Style. - Beryllium Feb 27, 14:24 1
      - Effing Lutherans ruin everything. - iSpam Feb 27, 15:17
  - chug -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 14:22
- You are all going to die of alcohol poisoning. -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 14:18 1
  - We specifically take Monday off work. -- nm - Ender Feb 27, 14:42
The Martian: A-. I did not expect to like this as much as I did. - kelly Feb 27, 14:11 3
- While I really liked it....it shouldn't be BP when Straight Outta Compton isn't on the list. -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 14:16
- It's an enjoyable flick, based on an even better book. I just take issue with it being an Oscar nominated film. -- nm - ty97 Feb 27, 14:13 1
  - I can agree with this. -- nm - kelly Feb 27, 14:22
Big if true -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 27, 14:06 1
- deadmau5? -- nm - mud Feb 27, 14:09
Switching from ATT to Comcast is very stressful. - zunk xometimes Feb 27, 13:57 1
- easier to break up with abusive stalker ex or some fanatic cult religion -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 15:03
Heh, that heritage house I photographed is available as a location for meetings -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 27, 13:41 2
- I stumbled over that while looking to see what office/retail space goes for in town here. - Beryllium Feb 27, 13:56 1
  - put in an espresso machine...and a cold display case for some sandwiches, salads, bagels -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 15:05
TNA: looking for investing partners. Panda Energy still an owner but no longer paying for anything with TNA. -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 13:25 3
- lol -- nm - Tim Feb 27, 13:31 2
  - i.e. right offer means the whole thing is for sale -- nm - Remlik Feb 27, 13:37 1
    - oh, Dixie. -- nm - Tim Feb 27, 13:39
how WarGames led to real-world cybersecurity -- (link) - sweet baboo Feb 27, 12:56
Disney has implemented demand pricing for theme park admissions -- (link) - sweet baboo Feb 27, 12:12 1
- Good. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 12:21
Someone in the theater is ill...Martian paused while this is dealt with. :/ - kelly Feb 27, 12:09 2
- i had a similar reaction -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 27, 12:09 1
  - spoils.. - budice Feb 27, 12:34
PSA: if you have any interest in Fallout 4 DLC, buy the Season Pass this weekend. - Tim Feb 27, 11:46
I think Robin Hood: Men in Tights will be our movie tonight, Anything really bad I'm forgetting about? -- nm - spamlet Feb 27, 11:34 7
- Like Snakes on a Plane, everything you need to know is right there in the title -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:57
- Patrick Stewart cameo -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 11:49 3
  - (It has the only line in the movie I actually remember) -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 11:52 2
    - "Lend me your ears!" -- (edited) - Beryllium Feb 27, 11:59 1
      - No, it was actually... - Roger More Feb 27, 12:08
- 10 minute strap-on scene. - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:38 1
  - There's the scene where he's singing but I think that's about it other than chastity belt jokes. -- nm - spamlet Feb 27, 11:40
This is amazing -- (link) - ty97 Feb 27, 11:29 1
- It's not like she's a known quantity or anything. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:37
Spotlight: A. Fucking.infuriating. -- nm - kelly Feb 27, 11:19 8
- Spoils - prayformojo Feb 27, 11:28 1
  - Spoils - kelly Feb 27, 11:41
- spoils - amoxy Feb 27, 11:23 5
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    - I hope so. But I think that big fat bear is going to maul the competition. -- nm - amoxy Feb 27, 11:25 3
      - I know he gains weight for the role, but do we need to call Bale a fat bear? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 11:27 2
        
        "Oh, you learned how to say no to cake. Well GOOD for YOU." *eats more cake* -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 11:43
        
        He was a bear, wasn't he? -- nm - amoxy Feb 27, 11:28
Spotlight: Solid A. Best of the BPs so far by a few touchdowns -- nm - prayformojo Feb 27, 11:18 2
- This is the one I'm pulling for - con_carne Feb 27, 14:29
- Yes, definitely. -- nm - kelly Feb 27, 11:22
Sha Na Na's Lennie Baker, voice of Blue Moon, dies at 69 -- (link) - Beaker Feb 27, 11:07 1
- 2016 can kiss my ass. -- nm - Spawn Feb 27, 12:45
Don't forget to signup for the ST Oscar Pool. Info is above. -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 11:02 2
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  - I like that site too -- nm - Beaker Feb 27, 11:07
hillary or hillary? -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 27, 10:41 3
- Because foreign policy opinions can't and should not change... -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 27, 11:04 2
  - Especially that one. (But like Obama said in his 2008 pitch, it's also about having good judgment) -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 11:18 1
    - the 2008 campaign litigated that issue within the party -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 27, 12:10
ML, not knowing much about Dorsett I can't tell if that was a jab at or a compliment of Fuller? -- nm - The Death Sceire Feb 27, 09:35 1
- The good: Dorsett went first round to the Colts. The bad: he shouldn't have, and he had a lousy rookie year. [Edit: yeah, this isn't good for him.] -- (link*) - ML Feb 27, 10:35
Yolande Betbeze Fox, Miss America Who Defied Convention, Dies at 87 -- (link) - amoxy Feb 27, 09:28 1
- Huh. Her stand led to the creation of the Miss USA pageant. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 12:43
Brooklyn was terrifically endearing: B+. I liked Saoieoarioseiorse Ronan a lot -- nm - prayformojo Feb 27, 08:51 28
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- Yes. B+ for me as well. (Spoilers) - kelly Feb 27, 08:58 23
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    - She's Irish Bella Swan. -- nm - David Feb 27, 10:07
    - Yes. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 27, 09:59 2
      - and more (spoil) - sweet baboo Feb 27, 10:05 1
        
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    - Mainly because (spoilers) - amoxy Feb 27, 09:45 16
      - spoils - Roger More Feb 27, 11:24 1
        
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      - Yup. (spoilers) - David Feb 27, 10:09
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        right -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 27, 09:58
        
        spoils - amoxy Feb 27, 09:52 10
        
        Spoilers - David Feb 27, 10:14 4
        
        Brooklyn 2 - The reckoning. -- nm - amoxy Feb 27, 11:24
        
        Yes. -- nm - kelly Feb 27, 11:18
        
        even for you this is dumb -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 27, 10:33 1
        
        As always, it's fine that you're wrong. -- nm - David Feb 27, 10:42
        
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        Or (spoils) - Dark Callisto Feb 27, 10:00 3
        
        Spoilers - David Feb 27, 10:11
        
        [deleted] 1
        
        spoils - Dark Callisto Feb 27, 10:05
    - right -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 27, 09:43
- Spoilers - David Feb 27, 08:57 2
  - spoils - amoxy Feb 27, 09:18
  - Spoils - prayformojo Feb 27, 09:06
Oh come on, Norwich. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 27, 08:47
McConnell preparing plans to cut Trump loose to protect Senate -- (link) - Reagen Feb 27, 08:44 30
- My favourite part of that article - imagining Romney saying "I'm going to push Trump on his tax returns. He won't have a comeback for that!" -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 11:49 1
  - (I just hope the audience is kind, because my material is weak and, uh, and I have that bladder thing.) -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 11:55
- deleted -- nm* - Strongbad Feb 27, 10:22
- "if it threatened to harm them in the general election, they could run negative ads about Mr. Trump to create space between him and GOP senators" - sweet baboo Feb 27, 09:28 5
  - The funny part is, they think this will hurt him in the general. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 10:23 3
    - I'm trying to imagine the reaction of Trump supporters to ads from Republicans telling them not to vote for Trump - Reagen Feb 27, 10:33 2
      - Plus, the only thing worse than Trump's likability numbers are Congress' numbers. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 10:47
      - Watching the trump supporters on Twitter is amusing. - Strongbad Feb 27, 10:44
  - I've been making 1860 jokes, but they're starting to feel too real. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 09:42
- the real problem they have with him: "highlighted his support for government-funded business subsidies and government-backed health care" - sweet baboo Feb 27, 09:24 8
  - There isn't a hint of, "he'd be a disaster for the country that would make the Cheney Administration look like the good ole days"...it's about what - Mel Profit Feb 27, 10:38 2
    - You know who else has a pattern of human resources like that?..... BOND VILLIANS that's who -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:29
    - "Rich people are fucking you over, and *I* should know!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 10:58
  - all of these people are just so awful. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 10:24
  - also, Kasich is *hilarious* - sweet baboo Feb 27, 09:26 3
    - just flying around the country flailing about like he'll get the nomination. -- nm - Diva Feb 27, 10:20
    - "Rubio called Jeb! on Monday, their conversation did not last long, two people briefed on it said, and Mr. Rubio did not ask for his endorsement." - sweet baboo Feb 27, 09:30 1
      - "Romney is expected to withhold his support before the voting this week on the so-called Super Tuesday" - sweet baboo Feb 27, 09:31
- still listening to Karl Rove? good luck -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 27, 09:15
- It's disturbing that the GOP establishment sees a Trump candidacy as a threat to their authority, not to the country. - Mop Feb 27, 09:11 4
  - Well ... aren't they one and the same? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 09:24 3
    - No. Go look some of the exit polls. I'll provide them if you want. - Strongbad Feb 27, 10:28 2
      - I wasn't being serious. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 10:29 1
        
        OK. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 10:31
- 6 days after decrying Trump, LePage endorsed him. What a quack. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 27, 08:56 3
  - the asshole who ran as an independent to split the vote in that governor's race should be tarred & feathered -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 27, 09:32
  - Or a perfect politician. -- nm - David Feb 27, 08:57 1
    - Almost ... Pluperfect -- (edited) - Beryllium Feb 27, 09:00
- Oh, it's *Trump* that deeply wounds the Republican Party. Okay. -- nm - David Feb 27, 08:47 1
  - Having read the full article, it's amazing how bungling Rubio is. - David Feb 27, 08:56
Amazon has a bunch of books that were adapted into Oscar nominated films on sale today. -- (link) - iSpam Feb 27, 08:30 1
- Nice find; thanks! -- nm - Amanda Feb 27, 10:10
Perhaps it's because I deal with annoying teenagers all day, but I take comfort in the fact that Justin Bieber and Drake will be "old people" music - Reagen Feb 27, 08:17 5
- Our old people music is way better than their future old people music. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 09:56
- The minute Beiber is played in supermarkets, im out -- nm - budice Feb 27, 08:20 3
  - Yes, that's what'll push you over the edge. -- nm - Mop Feb 27, 13:23
  - They could play it, I don't know if I'd even recognize it (esp if its a muzak version) But its rap music that makes me leave.... - zeitgeist Feb 27, 11:41
  - I'll say it. I really like this 'love yourself' song. I'm not proud but facts are facts. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 27, 08:22

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