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ST Poll: On a scale of 1-10, how wrong is this? - Strongbad Apr 3, 09:54 3
- 11 - so wrong. -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 09:56
- 10. And everyone knows it's wrong, they can't play this like they didn't understand. -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 09:55
- +11 -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 09:55
So, we're all just okay with a commercial where a rabbit fucks a jar of peanut butter as Barry White plays? -- nm - David Apr 3, 09:50 9
- Marvin Gaye -- nm - JD Apr 3, 10:07
- I've not seen that one, but there was an ad the other day for 'Squatty Potty' that was very literal and I haven't been the same since I saw it. -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 09:55 2
  - they've been sponsoring Gilbert Gotfried's podacast...still gives me the shivers when I hear it in his voice -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 10:02
  - and yet I wonder if it really works and how many millions did someone get for renaming a STOOL? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 09:56
- We live in a Boss Baby 50 mil weekend in Trumplandia - nothing is shocking any more -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 09:54
- HA! that Volvo (I think) commercial that shows the family growing through time by showing the car rocking back and forth is amusing -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:53
- Hop 2 went in a different direction per the studio notes. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:52
- sure, as long as I am not the one who eats it afterwards. -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 09:51
- Well I'm off pb&j for the rest of the week... -- nm - Max Apr 3, 09:51
Just looking at the calendar and seeing we're only 7 weeks away from Pirates of the Caribbean and I've seen nothing on it. nor Prometheus 2. - Max Apr 3, 09:45 4
- In regards to POTC. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 3, 09:50 [Backboard]
- I saw a trailer for Prometheus 2 with B&tB (when they showed the wrong trailers.) -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 09:50
- I've only seen a few for Pirates beginning this weekend, and I saw Prometheus last night -- nm - prayformojo Apr 3, 09:48
- there were about 10 ads for it during Walking Dead last night. (Alien) -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 09:46
Is this the point where I note that the latest GOTG TV ads have been terrible? -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 09:44 1
- file under : too much. - groiny Apr 3, 09:45
Happy birthday nubby! I hope you're celebrating with the CCU cheerleaders! -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 09:40 6
- Thanks! -- nm - nubby Apr 3, 13:21
- indeed -- nm - crash davis Apr 3, 10:11 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - nubby Apr 3, 13:21
- the fact the cops said "nothing to see here" yet they all get booted is crazy to me. -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 09:51
- I heard their rates were getting out of hand. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:41 1
  - on the flip side, enrollment is way up. -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 09:44
that MLB stadium food article was disappointing in that they didn't go to many stadiums, - crash davis Apr 3, 09:39 3
- And by "go to" stadiums, you of course mean "pull publicity photos" from whatever press releases they could scrounge up? -- nm* - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 3, 09:43
- Because they died of heart failure after just those visits. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:41 1
  - there were a few kernals among the chaff, the Tuna Poke Bowl at Dodger Stadium is something I'd eat a lot (but I know it probably cost an arm and leg) -- nm - crash davis Apr 3, 09:56
I don't see it mentioned here but buzz is that Project Scorpio specs will be detailed by Eurogamer/Digital Foundry this week (Thursday). - Max Apr 3, 09:32
ahhhh. I see that Susan Rice is the Alt-Right's new villian of the week. -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 09:30 1
- Everything old is new again! -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 09:43
Second request for ST help below! - Trash Bomb Apr 3, 09:19 6
- I like to do drawrings. -- nm - Simon si Apr 3, 09:35
- I would say drawings or diagrams depending on the nature of the pictures. -- nm - volnelk Apr 3, 09:31
- landscape picturifications -- nm - decline Apr 3, 09:24
- I would keep it simple -- Drawings. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:21 2
  - depictions, sketches, pictures, illustrations, diagrams? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 09:25 1
    - Oooh... Illustrations! -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 09:37
CRANKY -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 09:09 1
- HULK SMASH! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 09:11
Re: Marvel Comics sales. I'm less of the opinion that diversity is hurting. Flavorize is much closer to the truth. - Mop Apr 3, 09:04 8
- so if you loved the rich mythology of the DCU you're picking up the Rebirth line then. good. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:06 7
  - Tell me this: Did we go back to 1 Earth with the Justice Society having been around during WWII? - Mop Apr 3, 09:19 6
    - Answers - Remlik Apr 3, 09:22 5
      - So it boils down to "we're going to pick and choose which continuity we like. Don't worry, it won't be confusing at all." That's so DC. -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 09:27 4
        
        A bit. and it's not. The DC books have been pretty fun, I'm stunned that the Superman books are selling and going out of print. That hasn't happend in - Remlik Apr 3, 09:29 3
        
        I had to drop the Superman books. - Spawn Apr 3, 09:30 2
        
        that's fair. But Action 976 was a pefect comic. - Remlik Apr 3, 09:31 1
        
        Oh, back to the original number! That's something, at least. -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 09:34
ST Help hereby requested. I am writing a cover letter for some landscaping mock-up/drawings that were created by a landscape guy. - Spawn Apr 3, 09:02 6
- Concepts? Designs? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 09:36
- landscaping mock-ups. -- nm - Max Apr 3, 09:24
- designs? -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 09:23 1
  - *likes* -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:24
- garden doodles -- nm - decline Apr 3, 09:04
- Specs? -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 3, 09:03
Remlik, you can't rely just on old-timers to fuel your business. - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 3, 08:54 38
- Marvel made changes to the line, some worked (miles morales Spider-man, Ms. Marvel, Amadeus Cho as Hulk, Jane Foster as Thor) and others didn't - Remlik Apr 3, 09:05 21
  - They really did fuck up Captain America on a whole other level. - David Apr 3, 09:09 19
    - yeah I thought so to, but the story has been awesome and hilarious -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 09:52
    - major spoilers - Spawn Apr 3, 09:10 5
      - But isn't that part of the issue right there? - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:12 4
        
        But will it be fixed? We don't know the ending. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:14 3
        
        If not, they turned Captain America into a Nazi. You don't see that as an issue for the character? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:18 2
        
        excpet they didn;t turn him into a nazi. You don't see the problem of not actually reading the story? -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:24 1
        
        But Callisto's point about competition for eyeballs means that people make snap decisions about what media to consume. - Roger More Apr 3, 09:38
    - Nope. and that shows you haven't read the book sorry. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:09 11
      - That's the problem of the industry right there. - David Apr 3, 09:11 10
        
        So won't give a quailty book a try because something is different and are afraid to go on a ride with the story? -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:12 9
        
        If Superman were suddenly as evil as Lex Luthor, would that be a problem? - David Apr 3, 09:17 8
        
        Except he's not. you haven't read the story. respectfully you don't know what you're talking about. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:25 6
        
        As I said here at the time it was revealed, either they're fucking up a beloved character permanently, or doing a stupid bait and switch that - Reagen Apr 3, 09:34 1
        
        perhaps it's neither of those things. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 10:02
        
        get em Pete!!!! -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 09:26 3
        
        Did you just Get 'Em Steve-Dave on ST? -- nm - David Apr 3, 09:49
        
        Yesterday my mother commented that the older you get, the less you like change. - Spawn Apr 3, 09:28 1
        
        "Come Come Mr. Scott, young minds, fresh ideas!" -- nm - Admiral Kirk Apr 3, 09:30
        
        Hey, Red Kryptonite is fun. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:20
  - the other side of the arguement is that Marvel and DC need to create new characters and use them to fill that base, problem is... - Remlik Apr 3, 09:07
- If Marvel and DC do nothing, they die through attrition of their fanbase. If they adapt, then they at least try to appeal to a wider swath of demos. -- (edited) - TWuG Apr 3, 09:03 13
  - But many people are seeing a wholesale change in characters to be more diverse instead of creating new diverse characters... - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:08 6
    - spoilers - Spawn Apr 3, 09:14
    - again you haven't actually read the books where these happened. - Remlik Apr 3, 09:11 4
      - Did Jane Foster become Thor? Did Miles Morales become Spidey? Did the young black girl become IronMan at any point? - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:17 3
        
        But none of original characters are gone. Peter Parker is still Spider-man, Tony Stark is still around helping RiRi, The Odinson is still around - Remlik Apr 3, 09:27 2
        
        To Will's point, I don't think it matters so much if the characters are still around, the story isn't about them (read:*just* them) anymore. -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 3, 09:31
        
        Well, I would put an asterisk on Stark, but yeah. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:28
  - I will say that the massive amount of tie-ins is the reason we stopped reading. -- nm - David Apr 3, 09:08 5
    - Tie-ins are not really a problem. Crossovers are. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:11
    - Again you were still in the 90's mentality of "gotta buy them all" when you didn't. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:10 2
      - Pete, you're making the mistake of telling potential customers what they should like instead of listening to what they're saying. -- nm - David Apr 3, 09:12 1
        
        Nope. In fact I am not. I'm explaining to you that you do not have to buy all the things. And that while I would like all your money I'd rather - Remlik Apr 3, 09:14
    - Too much work to be sure. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 3, 09:08
- Most of their collagen is too far depleted to be tapped as an energy source. -- nm - Max Apr 3, 08:56 1
  - Exactly! - Callisto Buffalomeat Apr 3, 08:58
Doctor Who new trailer -- (link) - Remlik Apr 3, 08:52 [youtube] 1
- *twitch* -- nm - znufrii, definitely not 40 Apr 3, 09:08
ST poll - monday at the movies - is anyone going to confess to seeing Boss Baby this weekend? what did you see? what grade? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 08:51 14
- 2001: C- (beautifully shot, but boring as Hell), liked the Amazing Race premiere and Survivor has been fun so far this year too - Survivor spoilers - Beaker Apr 3, 09:06 1
  - he says he couldn't have spoiler - amanda jones state university Apr 3, 09:28
- Kong: Skull Island (in Spanish) - B-. I don't know if being unable to understand 99% that was said helped or not. -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 09:06 1
  - that woulda been great! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 3, 09:08
- Skull Island : C-, Dog's Purpose B. -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 09:02
- I didn't go but I bought a dozen tickets for it, just to make sure it beat BatB. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 08:57
- Passengers B - eag Apr 3, 08:56
- I saw Maudie. Heart breaking and great, but, not exactly a block buster type film. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 08:56
- Moonlight: B+? Emotionally it's great, cinematography is fantastic, but it doesn't feel like a complete movie. - Max Apr 3, 08:55
- Better Call Saul S2 on netflix: A-. Had to catch up before the season started. - JaxSean Apr 3, 08:54
- Beauty and the Beast -- A-. Luke Evans was superb. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:54 2
  - yup, our favorite part too. weak links were the Beast's servants imo, looked beautiful but the voices paled to the original cartoon's -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 09:08 1
    - If/when the visual effects team wins an Oscar, it'll be primarily for Lumiere imo - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:11
- I saw Ghost in the Shell which I enjoyed. I give the movie a friendly B with an A- for the effects team. -- nm - Baronspringa Apr 3, 08:53
Is Wrestlemania over yet -- nm - David's iPad Apr 3, 08:45 11
- There'll just be another one next year. -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 08:57
- nope. Got Wrestlemania Raw tonight. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 08:51 4
  - So, they bring Finn back on Raw for his belt he never lost -- and Shinsuke to Smackdown... - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:53 3
    - very possibly for Taker. Hopefully with Reigns they turn him full heel and he embraces "I'm the man" aspect now. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 08:58 2
      - I doubt after all this that they go hell with Roman -- they don't want him to be a heel and Vince is allergic to smart decisions. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:59 1
        
        sadly you're correct. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:27
- I saw a comment this morning that at exactly midnight, Undertaker sat up and began his exit... - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:46 4
  - I thought Lesnar/Goldberg was a shockingly great match, but it got buried by later events. -- nm - David's iPad Apr 3, 08:51 3
    - I really liked that match myself. Was pretty much what I wanted out of it. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 08:57
    - Reading the recap, for what it was, that's about the best they could hope for. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:53 1
      - Right, they did it like Hagler/Hearns, and that was extremely smart. -- nm - David's iPad Apr 3, 09:01
Second bomb found and deactivated St Petersburg -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 08:43 5
- 12 civilians shot in the process of trying to disarm it..? -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 08:57 3
  - 12. -- nm - Trash Bomb Apr 3, 08:57 2
    - 10 -- nm - Negan Apr 3, 09:06 1
      - ... 10. -- nm - Trash Bomb Apr 3, 09:16
- Much better Yvegney...did you make certain to fashion the device to appear like the devices our Syrian opposition fancy? -- nm - Putin Apr 3, 08:44
My goal for this week: To be able to yell, *in context* - prayformojo Apr 3, 08:38 6
- NOT! -- nm - Borat Apr 3, 08:54
- in bed. -- nm - Max Apr 3, 08:44 1
  - And then the murders began. -- nm - David's iPad Apr 3, 08:45
- that should be all our goals, every week. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 08:41
- living the dream -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 3, 08:40 1
  - sure would be -- nm - Epiphany Apr 3, 08:51
Important nephew question: If they ever cross breed a cat and a dog, would it be called a Dat or a Cog? -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 08:37 3
- Evil. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:03
- what if C-A-T spelled D-O-G? -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 08:38 1
  - WHOA -- nm - Max Apr 3, 08:44
Bery, as noted by Zeit on B2 the WAGS voting period has ended and may be removed from the news. -- nm - Meg Apr 3, 08:37 3
- THANK YOU all for your support. As noted in the fine print, the vote does not rule the final outcome but I'm sure will count for something. -- nm - Meg Apr 3, 08:38
- how'd it do? -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 08:38 1
  - I'm not sure when the results will be announced. Hope I'll get an email when they are. -- nm - Meg Apr 3, 08:52
HGTV in a nutshell. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 3, 08:32 12
- *unless the episode is filmed in Texas - Andie Apr 3, 08:35 11
  - Shiplap FTW! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 09:38
  - My favorites are the Hawaii or Alaskan ones. "We're 27 years old, married for 2 years, and our budget is $800k." - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:50 2
    - I really like the ones who are looking for a house either in the carribean or the pacific or near a beach - eag Apr 3, 09:47
    - Presumably HGTV looks for a specific demographic. "We've got $10,000" doesn't really make for an entertaining show. -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 09:39
  - I get pissed by some of the people on those HGTV house shows - eag Apr 3, 08:47 6
    - "i hate this house!! the powder room is blue, i cannot *possibly* live in a house with that color!!" -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 08:49 3
      - We have a co-worker who's house has been seen by 50 people -- one complaint were the low ceilings. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:51 2
        
        My fingertips brushed the ceiling when I stretched! Unacceptable! - Reagen Apr 3, 09:12 1
        
        at the mart portions of the basement are under 5 feet. I hate getting beer there. -- nm - amanda jones state university Apr 3, 09:30
    - some? -- nm - decline Apr 3, 08:48 1
      - Well i was trying to be somewhat conservative -- nm - eag Apr 3, 08:50

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