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*Laughing* -- (link) - ML May 6, 10:03 1
- Wow -- nm - volnelk May 6, 10:05
It's currently warmer here (86F) than Houston, TX (82F) -- nm - ML May 6, 10:00 1
- 66 here, feels freakin' great outside for May. -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 10:02
I think part of the issue with the Doctor Strange trailer is that it's going to be super super effects driven and they probably aren't done. - volnelk May 6, 09:53 4
- I except it's gonna be like the Scarlet Witch scenes from Civil War. Lots of hand-wavy magic stuff with lots of looks of concentration. -- nm - Inigo May 6, 10:04
- The only thing it's got going for me is a good cast. -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 09:59
- it is less that for me, and just that it is boring as shit. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:58 1
  - But wouldn't it follow that one impacts the other? They can't show much of him as the Doctor, so it's just the set up essentially. -- nm - volnelk May 6, 10:04
Wittertainment's interview with Chris Evans & Paul Rudd last week descended into greatness. Hiddleston is this week's guest. -- (link) - LMS May 6, 09:39 5
- I'm 3 weeks behind after my trip! -- nm - iSpam May 6, 09:58
- so the Hiddles one is not available yet for download? -- nm - Pippy May 6, 09:52 3
  - Hopefully up in the next hour. But here's a taster of the song they did -- (link) - LMS May 6, 09:54 [youtube] 2
    - so odd to go from Night Manager to I Saw the Light -- nm - Pippy May 6, 09:59
    - thank you -- nm - Pippy May 6, 09:58
""Metro next month will begin a massive subway rebuilding effort with portions of most rail lines shut down for up to a month at a time" -- (link) - prayformojo May 6, 09:36 6
- Friday news dump indeed -- nm - ty97 May 6, 10:05
- This is what happens when you insist on building new infrastructure rather than maintaining what u you have - iSpam May 6, 10:04
- Eesh. - znufrii May 6, 09:44
- Tom Sherwood suggests closing the metro completely for repairs during the week around Inauguration to light a fire under Congress's ass. -- nm - Max May 6, 09:43 1
  - "Oh, HIllary supporters can't get around the city? What a shame" -- nm - mr. sassafras jeans May 6, 09:50
- "The plan includes a moratorium on extended hours and midnight closings on Friday and Saturday starting June 3." uber will love this. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones May 6, 09:41
Angels ace Garrett Richards is done for the season. Needs Tommy John surgery. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 09:33 4
- We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better, stronger, faster. -- nm - decline May 6, 09:40
- you must have all the ST conservatives on killfile :-) -- nm - ML May 6, 09:35 1
  - I'm running around and miss things often. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 09:39
- I would not say he is their ace. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:34
Baseball aside: I should have seen it coming, but I'm reasonably sure I'm going to miss Edwin Encarnacion more than Jose Bautista next year. - Name Withheld by Request May 6, 09:33
Labatt's is sending at least 200,000 beer-cans of water this week to FMM. -- (link*) - Andie May 6, 09:30 5
- they should send beer too - decline May 6, 09:31 4
  - Potato potahto -- nm - Reagen May 6, 09:32 3
    - I'm a Blue drinker by choice and even I enjoyed the obviously set-up. Labatt's is practically trolling its haters. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request May 6, 09:34 2
      - I'll take a Bud over either that or Molson at this point but hopefully there's another option. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 09:50 1
        
        There isn't a Molson distributor for SoCal. :( -- nm - budice May 6, 09:51
ESPN: Steph Curry out for Game 3. - Strongbad May 6, 09:26
Now playing: overtime #3. -- nm - David May 6, 09:21
Post cinco de mayo update from my friend's bar - znufrii May 6, 09:19 2
- "people drank, people hooked up, bar was crowded." -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:19 1
  - It's a Tex-Mex place so I'm sure it was a madhouse. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 09:38
Still burning "#FortMcMurray #wildfire is now 10 times the size of Manhattan" - Andie May 6, 09:17 5
- do we know, will those oil sands sites burn - decline May 6, 09:21 3
  - No, it's basically wet sand, and also buried quite deep. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 09:23 2
    - (Were it to hit the processing plants, that's a different story) -- nm - Reagen May 6, 09:24 1
      - gotcha -- nm - decline May 6, 09:25
- TrumpFire -- nm - Max May 6, 09:17
"Making America great again by running it like a failing Atlantic City casino." -- nm* - Paul Krugman, on Trump's debt plan May 6, 09:11
I think I'm going to captain Payet for my $league. double game week and all. Risky for a mid, but I'm leading the league with 2 weeks to go by 90 -- nm - CQ May 6, 09:10 1
- I may be looking at 0/2 this week in C. -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 09:18
Anymore questions about Ant-Man? -- nm - budice May 6, 09:09 43
- Yes. How did it ever get made? -- nm - David May 6, 09:10 42
  - First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came - Max May 6, 09:20
  - until Marvel makes a clunker (Doc Strange?) they have a blank check from the studio. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:16 14
    - Hush. As I told Remlik last night after the trailer, it is like film nirvana. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:19 13
      - I will be there, I just have some reservations about its translation to film. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:20 12
        
        spoiler - Spawn May 6, 09:21 11
        
        you are not helping your reputation for movie watching here. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:23 10
        
        For this movie I have made no claims that it was *not* created for me. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:23 9
        
        it is by far, the worst trailer for any marvel movie in the new regime. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:36 8
        
        Just like GotG was proclaimed to be. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:36 7
        
        let's be honest, you and I are going to see these movies regardless.... - groiny May 6, 09:38
        
        and this trailer was WORSE than their first one. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:37 5
        
        You are missing my point. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:38 4
        
        no, I am not. - groiny May 6, 09:39 3
        
        This, right here. I would say that GotG was the exception, not the rule. - Jim May 6, 09:41 2
        
        I have faith in Marvel Studios. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:48 1
        
        as do I, however, even the best studios, directors, actors, swing and miss sometimes. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:50
  - 80% at RT. Over half a Billion worldwide. Yeah it is a headscratcher -- nm - Beaker May 6, 09:11
  - shush you. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:11 24
    - He's a man with the power of ants. -- nm - David May 6, 09:12 23
      - Coming Soon: Moth Man! -- nm - Strongbad May 6, 09:23 2
        
        No, that would be the sidekick of The Tick. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:36
        
        no, that would be the Wasp. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:23
      - If my choices were to have his power or not have his power, I'd take that power in a hot second. -- nm - volnelk May 6, 09:14
      - you just don't get it. - groiny May 6, 09:14
      - It is more about the power of size. - Spawn May 6, 09:13 17
        
        So, people with tiny stuff can relate to it. That makes sense as to why you two like it while I don't. -- nm - David May 6, 09:16 16
        
        Wait until you see Cap3 and talk to me then. - Spawn May 6, 09:18 14
        
        Why? Does he no longer have the power of ants? -- nm - David May 6, 09:20 13
        
        "Is it too late to change the name?" - Spawn May 6, 09:23 7
        
        Out of the three of you, Pete is *by far* the coolest. -- nm - David May 6, 09:26 6
        
        pfft.... -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:34 4
        
        Yeah, we have both met Remlik and he is by far the uncoolest of us. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:37 3
        
        clearly, David has been anal probed and mind controlled. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:40 2
        
        If the dude was not afraid to drive north he might actually meet some of us. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:49 1
        
        well, understandable, since he hates fun. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:51
        
        Because he shares your love of BvS and Green Lantern? -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:26
        
        you know that ants can carry 1,000 times their weight???? - groiny May 6, 09:22 4
        
        Yes, I saw the movie (which I obviously regret). -- nm - David May 6, 09:23 3
        
        Ok, so what was it about the movie that you didn't like? nm - Jim May 6, 09:27 1
        
        There was a tiny trainwreck. - David May 6, 09:35
        
        I often wonder if you have been replaced by a replicant. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:27
        
        a lot more than just the two of us like it. You are the little one in this story. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:16
They're still counting but it looks like Sadiq Khan is the new London Mayor. -- (link) - LMS May 6, 09:06 4
- Khaaaaaaaan!!!! -- nm - Boris May 6, 09:21
- he's the one we want, right? Not the douchey guy -- nm - decline May 6, 09:07 1
  - Correct. These are the political positions of Goldsmith (according to wikipedia) -- (link*) - LMS May 6, 09:12
- Nice! -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 09:07
Freudbergs. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 09:05
I mentioned to Remlik last night while leaving, this is the best super hero follow-up movie I have seen. - Spawn May 6, 09:04 13
- but RotJ was 101% as good as Empire -- nm - mud May 6, 09:28
- I put this movie at #2 for me after Avengers 1. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:06 1
  - Cap2 still sets there, and is a slightly better movie than this. But as I said, this is 99% as good as it was. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:07
- AoU is almost completely forgettable. CAPA3 spoils - Shaun May 6, 09:05 9
  - I am *really* curious to see what they do with Infinity War. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:07 7
    - I bet they rename it -- nm - decline May 6, 09:07 4
      - I think they already said they were doing so. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:08 3
        
        Are you new here? - Spawn May 6, 09:09 2
        
        alot of time, I do not even pay attention to who I am replying to. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:10 1
        
        Agreed. - Spawn May 6, 09:12
    - if anything, this movie shows me that the Russo's "get it" -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:07 1
      - Yeah, I am confident in them taking over. Joss set the stage very well and these guys can run with it. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:08
  - Agreed on AoU. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 09:06
crazy ex season 1 free in tunes! -- (link) - unbreakable mandy jones May 6, 09:02 1
- and jane season 2 -- (link) - unbreakable mandy jones May 6, 09:03
Reminder: Powerball is a $415M draw tomorrow night -- nm - decline May 6, 09:00 1
- should we do a thing? -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones May 6, 09:01
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Yes, I just radared PINK2. Had to do it :) -- nm - Meg May 6, 08:55
spam : He had a bad hip the last few seasons, which is supposedly fixed now. - groiny May 6, 08:55 1
- I hope so but ugh. -- nm - iSpam May 6, 09:59
Just based on my theatre alone, CAPA3 should shatter BvS's OW, but that 25M Thursday number seems stupidly low. -- nm* - Shaun May 6, 08:53 34
- Anecdotally, I've spoken to two different casual movie goers who are skipping Captain America due to their dislike of Batman vs. Superman. - David May 6, 08:58 22
  - We also need to keep in mind that $25 million for Thursday previews is almost 2.5 times what Winter Soldier did. - Inigo May 6, 09:04 4
    - FWIW, I strongly suspect Disney is holding back on that number. -- nm - David May 6, 09:09 3
      - Doesn't make much sense to intentionally have the Thursday number be lower than either Avengers movie. - Inigo May 6, 09:33
      - Why would they? -- nm - spamlet May 6, 09:17 1
        
        To control the message. They did this with The Force Awakens, too. - David May 6, 09:21
  - That makes me sad, especially as a follow-up to Cap2 which is a high point for most. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:02 1
    - Right. Winter Soldier is what every comic book movie should aspire to be. - David May 6, 09:11
  - i get this, i have zero desire to see CA, and i know the difference. BvS just finished me off for superheroes. - Andie May 6, 09:01 11
    - you're making a mistake. but I get it. -- nm - Remlik Stark May 6, 10:04
    - I have had superhero fatigue for a while and even skipped BvS. WOM on it killed me the rest of the way for comic movies unless - unbreakable mandy jones May 6, 09:04 8
      - i quit after the first Iron Man -- nm - mr. sassafras jeans May 6, 09:50
      - If you liked Cap2 you will like Cap3. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:10 4
        
        I liked one but not two. Over long. -- nm - Amanda May 6, 09:30
        
        And anybody here who didn't like Cap 2 might as well make out with Putin. - David May 6, 09:11 2
        
        Two words: Three some. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 6, 09:16 1
        
        Two words: Devil's threesome. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:25
      - I don't have superhero fatigue, but I skipped BvS because I have shit fatigue. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 09:06 1
        
        eat more fiber. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:09
    - (i was close to being over it anyway, BvS just was the final straw.) -- nm - Andie May 6, 09:02
  - this actually makes perfect sense to me. -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones May 6, 08:59
  - That's anti-officer thinking. -- nm - Shaun May 6, 08:59 1
    - yup. "that baseball game was boring as hell so I'm not watching hockey because of that" -- nm* - Beaker May 6, 08:59
- yeah, I go to opening nights all the time, this was the busiest one I have been to in quite some time. -- nm - groiny May 6, 08:55 9
  - Yeah, even arriving at 9:30 I had to park the farthest away I ever have. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 09:01 6
    - I still panic sold it and shorted the OW. Blech. -- nm - Shaun May 6, 09:04 5
      - The OW is at 203 and the stock at 190. I'm still long the stock but shorted the OW. I think it falls in that range. -- nm - spamlet May 6, 09:09 3
        
        I'll take a stand early tomorrow moring on the stock itself. -- nm - Shaun May 6, 09:10 2
        
        FYI we usually get indicative #s at around 4pm Friday now, so it might be worth checking the news (and the price) at that time -- nm - Roger More May 6, 09:15 1
        
        Good call. -- nm - Shaun May 6, 09:44
      - I am all in, too late to change now. -- nm - groiny May 6, 09:06
  - Since The Force Awakens? -- nm - Inigo May 6, 08:57
  - I showed up 10 mins later to the theatre this time for the 7pm show and there were hundreds of people there. BvS? I was first in line. - Shaun May 6, 08:57
- Agreed. Our IMAX was 10:30 and I know they had 11:00 showings as well. Pretty sure they normally cut off showings before that. -- nm - Spawn May 6, 08:55
just dropping this here for TWuG: Inside Tesla's Gigafactory -- (link) - decline May 6, 08:50

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