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Six Klondike Bars = One serving, right? #whyi'mfat -- nm - Dano Sep 14, 18:00
Well, that might be why hotels are tough to find. UT plays Florida that weekend at home. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 17:58
Set to premiere in February 2017, “The Good Wife” spin-off will take place one year after the events of “The Good Wife” finale episode -- (link) - Beaker Sep 14, 17:57 5
- Damn, the Kings are invovled? It was easier to write it off if they weren't. - iSpam Sep 14, 18:01
- The Gooder Wife. -- nm - MDH Sep 14, 18:00 1
  - Guys, guys. Let's not act like we aren't living the Good Wife sequel right now in the news -- nm - con_carne Sep 14, 18:03
- The Better Wife? -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 14, 17:58 1
  - The Ex Wife -- nm - TWuG Sep 14, 18:00
FYI: we've delayed your morning flight 13 hours. -- nm - Delta 10 minutes ago Sep 14, 17:57 4
- Just kidding, we switched it back to the original time. - Delta 5 minutes ago Sep 14, 17:58 3
  - oh good lord. - prayformojo Sep 14, 17:59 2
    - We maxed out on freaking out during that five minutes. -- nm - Delta 5 minutes ago Sep 14, 18:00 1
      - Calm down, Delta. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 18:45
D**king Bimbos would be a great name for a band. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Sep 14, 17:38 1
- Hi, my jazz band here. And we're Dick Bimbo and the Handjobs. -- nm - Slick Willy Sep 14, 17:46
Ok ST, let's have it: give me your most controversial movie take. Make it hot. - ML Galaxy Sep 14, 17:37 48
- Wes Anderson's films are overrated. Cinematic for the sake of the visuals. Characters being characters for their own sake while what story there is - JD Sep 14, 18:14 1
  - If by overrated you mean horribly horrible then yes -- nm - Bacon Sep 14, 20:15
- Mystic River sucked. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 14, 18:10 2
  - He said hot takes, not legitimate objective assessments! :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 18:11 1
    - Sorry. It was hotter at the time. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 14, 18:12
- I never really found Blazing Saddles all that funny. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 18:07 2
  - Switch Blazing Saddles for Young Frankenstein and that's me. -- nm - Roger More Sep 14, 18:12 1
    - good lord, man -- nm - mr monkey Sep 14, 18:13
- Aliens > Alien -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 18:03 2
  - Way to go out on a limb -- nm - JD Sep 14, 18:07
  - Winner. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 14, 18:04
- bonus hot take: The Magnificent Seven (Brenner/McQueen) is better than The Seven Samurai. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 17:57 2
  - Somewhere, hyde is screaming for no identifiable reason. -- nm - ML Galaxy Sep 14, 17:58 1
    - So am I. - Marlowe Sep 14, 18:11
- Uwe Boll is a mater of the form.. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 14, 17:55 2
  - Who is the Lightning McQueen of the form? -- nm - David Sep 14, 17:57 1
    - Spielberg. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 14, 18:11
- Star Wars: Han Shot First -- nm - budice Sep 14, 17:54
- Braveheart is shallow -- nm - Roger More Sep 14, 17:53
- Tree of Life surpasses Napolean Dynamite as the worst movie I've seen. -- nm - MDH Sep 14, 17:53
- Human Centipede - budice Sep 14, 17:52
- Moonraker is the best Bond film -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 17:52
- All westerns are made by - and for - deplorables. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 14, 17:51
- Goodfellas is just an apologia for reprehensible people. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 17:51
- Lord of the Rings is the most overrated cgi-fest ever. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 17:49
- Major League is not funny enough to make up for its deeply misogynistic attitudes. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 14, 17:48 3
  - It's one of the best baseball movies but that aspect does not hold up well at all in hindsight. -- nm - Tim Sep 14, 18:03 1
    - Best star pitcher ever. Sheen looked competent. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 14, 18:04
  - oo, I'll crib from this - I was trying to think of something to say about "sideways." add moving to funny, and there ya go. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 18:02
- Bull Durham is just another lackluster chick flick with no substance. -- nm - CQ Sep 14, 17:48 1
  - Nodding in agreement and then running away. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 14, 17:50
- Jesus had it coming, rabble rouser, stirring up rebellion, -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 14, 17:47
- Adaptation. is one of the worst written movies in the history of the industry. - David Sep 14, 17:47
- The best 3D in any movie ever is in Step Up 3D -- nm - Dano Sep 14, 17:46
- Pretty sure your IM was claimed by me already, but I will go with Avatar being utter crap. -- nm* - Spawn Sep 14, 17:44
- I dunno, I watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade recently - con_carne Sep 14, 17:43
- Top Gun is a dull hypermacho noisefest with no emotional depth. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Sep 14, 17:40 1
  - He said "controversial". -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 14, 17:41
- I saw that tweet too. - Tim Sep 14, 17:39 8
  - What tweet? -- nm - David Sep 14, 17:47 6
    - this one's making the rounds tonight -- (link) - ML Sep 14, 17:50 5
      - When did Hot Take become synomyous for argumentative? -- nm - David Sep 14, 17:56 4
        
        Some time after Stephen A. Smith procured gainful employment. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 17:59 3
        
        10 points for Hufflepuff. -- nm - Delta 5 minutes ago Sep 14, 18:00 2
        
        what's the word for feeling both complimented and insulted at the same time? -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 18:07
        
        Delta is clearly in Slytherin. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 14, 18:04
  - Yep, I'm bringing it here -- nm - ML Galaxy Sep 14, 17:41
- Damn dude. That's DLC -- nm - iSpam Sep 14, 17:39
you are running for president. who is your Doctor? Doogie Howser, River Song, Dr. No? be creative :) -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 14, 17:30 17
- Krieger. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Sep 14, 17:57
- The doc came in, stinking of gin, proceeded to lie on the table, said hillary you met your match, doc it's hardly a scratch, then hacked up an email -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 14, 17:54
- Feelgood -- nm - ML Sep 14, 17:46
- Dr. Acula -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 14, 17:41
- Nick Riviera -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 17:41 1
  - Sorry, that's who drumpf got already...though he reminds me of the alien doc data played in independence day -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 14, 17:50
- Doctor Detroit -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 17:40
- Dr. Bombay. He makes house calls. -- nm - Baron Witch Project Sep 14, 17:39
- Dr. Cox from Scrubs - con_carne Sep 14, 17:38
- Dr. Spaceman -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 17:37 1
  - "Tracy, you are going to die." - Tim Sep 14, 17:40
- Seuss -- nm - David Sep 14, 17:34
- Olivia Wilde on House -- nm - mr monkey Sep 14, 17:32
- Doctor Watson -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 17:31 1
  - wait, changing this to Dr Zoidberg -- nm - Beaker Sep 14, 17:41
- Deanna Troi and I hate Star Trek -- nm - CQ Sep 14, 17:31
- Who -- nm - JaxSean Sep 14, 17:31
ACC follows NCAA in moving its own championships out of North Carolina -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 14, 17:15 1
- Sincerely B206 -- nm - budice Sep 14, 17:16
Didn't Dano work on Swimfan? - prayformojo Sep 14, 17:12 20
- Here, look for yourself. -- (link) - David Sep 14, 17:17 19
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    - still there. :) - -- nm - b. Sep 14, 17:33 5
      - this reminded me that I've meant to go see what former tt'er buddha hat has been up to. anyone watch a tv movie called "the arrangement"? nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 14, 17:38 4
        
        If we're discussing Bryan Greenberg movies, go with Always Tomorrow in Hong Kong. -- nm - David Sep 14, 17:53 3
        
        What did you love so much about this one? - kelly Sep 14, 18:05 2
        
        I was swept away by the autobiographical elements of the story, I adore the leads (who are actually married), and I was transfixed by the city itself. -- (edited) - David Sep 14, 18:09 1
        
        oh wow for that im - thanks for the rec! -- nm - b. Sep 14, 18:20
    - For that star turn as "Menacing Convict #3" in Con Air? nm - ralph wiggum Sep 14, 17:31 1
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  - Dayyyyyymn. -- nm - budice Sep 14, 17:19
  - aha. Thanks. (but why is he down 1% in popularity this week? Let's work on that!) -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 17:19 8
    - (and I can't be the only one that read the "Thanks" as being for "Step Up") -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 17:30 2
      - They *should* thank me. -- nm - Dano Sep 14, 17:44 1
        
        seriously, you've probably raised global awareness of the franchise by a good 15% - prayformojo Sep 14, 18:00
    - Just from clicking on the link you probably bumped my popularity up 1000% -- nm - Dano Sep 14, 17:29 3
      - Testing through the roof! -- nm - Roger More Sep 14, 17:52
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      - high five! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 17:29
    - Somebody figure out how to stack the deck on IMDB! -- nm - David Sep 14, 17:28
Netflix's Bloodline will end after Season 3. -- nm - MDH Sep 14, 17:08
OK, so: If you currently live in an area other than where you grew up, do you feel more affinity for where you are now or where you were then? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 17:07 40
- Still a Wisconsinite even though they appear to have gone mental politically -- nm - Mara Sep 14, 18:02 2
  - they're even forgiving library fines now -- (link) - mr monkey Sep 14, 18:06 1
    - Well, I was thinking more of the GOP governor and legislature, pixie. *glare* -- nm - Mara Sep 14, 18:13
- Now. I've been here for over 20 years and really have no affinity for upstate NY where I grew up -- nm* - decline Sep 14, 17:57
- It's complicated. I don't know that I'll ever consider myself a true Calgarian, but what I want out of a place to live can't really be had - Reagen Sep 14, 17:56
- I lived one place until I was 12, another until I was 35 (still work there) and have been here since then. - Spawn Sep 14, 17:43
- I've been in Florida, grew up in Colorado & New Jersey. Mostly Florida now. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 14, 17:30 4
  - You... seem to be having fun where you are now :) -- nm - con_carne Sep 14, 17:31 3
    - All he does is drink beer, watch live football, and see live bands. -- nm - CQ Sep 14, 17:32 2
      - I need to win the lottery so that is all I did, instead of working all the time in between. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 14, 17:39 1
        
        You always leave out the day to day stuff :) -- nm - CQ Sep 14, 17:40
- It's pretty much the same place. So now. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 14, 17:29
- Now, my lasting affection for the west coast notwithstanding. -- nm* - znufrii, dad. Sep 14, 17:27
- this seems weird, but I currently don't feel a real affinity towards either place - and I live only ~10 minutes from where I grew up. nmbutblahblah.. - b. Sep 14, 17:24 2
  - we're moving -- nm - barnaby bear Sep 14, 17:26 1
    - did you win the lottery, b.bear? it would behoove us both for me to live closer to work. (wait, if lottery, why am I working?!) -- nm - b. Sep 14, 17:32
- I'll always identify as a South Florida person. -- nm - CQ Sep 14, 17:23 1
  - you Hamptons, bruh -- nm - mr monkey Sep 14, 17:26
- Where I was. But the calculus is slightly different for me -- nm - Roger More Sep 14, 17:21
- Barracks brat, teen hood in San bernardino socal, left my heart in San Francisco, 20 years now a real estate refugee in tacoma wa -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 14, 17:20 1
  - I have no idea who our mayor is, though I don't follow SF stuff as much, the online news suck now -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 14, 17:22
- Not applicable. That said, I never knew you could even *have* a city-based affinity until the Internet -- (edited) - con_carne Sep 14, 17:17 1
  - :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 17:40
- I am and always will be an Ohioan, even after 6.5 years in Illinois. - TWuG Sep 14, 17:13
- I'm in a different place, but it's fairly close. So there doesn't seem to be too much of a change. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 17:13
- Interesting question. I'd say I really have more affinity for where I am now... -- (edited) - Dark Callisto Sep 14, 17:12
- Born in NC, raised in NJ, school in OH, 20 years in VA. I feel like a NJ expat with roots in OH who wants to live in NC. - Max Sep 14, 17:11 2
  - you stay over there, chump -- nm - mr monkey Sep 14, 17:13
  - A lot of people associate their affinity with sports teams or alma mater but I've only slightly leaned that way, toward NJ. -- nm - Max Sep 14, 17:13
- Where I is, landed where I wanted to. -- nm - budice Sep 14, 17:10
- yes -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 14, 17:10
- Then. Thenthenthen. -- nm - kelly Sep 14, 17:10
- Where i grew up. -- nm - iSpam Sep 14, 17:10 4
  - Which is where -- nm - con_carne Sep 14, 17:13 3
    - Chicago. -- nm - iSpam Sep 14, 17:15 2
      - Sorry I haven't been following all the pizza threads -- nm - con_carne Sep 14, 17:24 1
        
        #thickcrust4life -- nm - iSpam Sep 14, 17:38
- Is this the question or is this a preliminary question to the upcoming question on board 24891? - David Sep 14, 17:09
- i'll have a great answer after the board rolls -- nm - mr monkey Sep 14, 17:08 1
  - real answer: it's complicated. i still don't know if will ever really love LA the way i love Maryland. but i do feel more like an Angeleno now - mr monkey Sep 14, 17:10
where's your Sanchez now?! - mr monkey Sep 14, 17:06
Why is there a handprint on my face? - ty97 Sep 14, 17:06 1
- Couldn't you feel it? -- nm - iSpam Sep 14, 17:18
Many thanks, Bery! (NM) - Marlowe Sep 14, 17:04 1
- *licks this* -- nm - con_carne Sep 14, 17:10
ooh, I have a good poll question after the board rolls -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 17:03 9
- *sighs, pulls up lawn chair, waits* -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 17:05
- see ya tomorrow! -- nm - b. Sep 14, 17:04
- aww, we gotta wait for a whole board? -- nm - Tim Sep 14, 17:04 1
  - All this waiting has me pretty bored -- nm - Bacon Sep 14, 17:05
- great -- nm - mr monkey Sep 14, 17:04 4
  - I blame the last person to post on B2 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 17:05 3
    - Dammit, B! You should have stopped never stopping! -- nm - David Sep 14, 17:08 2
      - nuh uh, it was a different person who never stopped! (who was the 150th post poster?!) -- nm - b. Sep 14, 17:15 1
        
        Dammit, B! Stop trying to frame other posters who never stopped never stopping! -- nm - David Sep 14, 17:16

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