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Sam and Dean needed some road music on the drive to the Comic Con panel... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 24, 08:33 [youtube] 6
- None of those fans were born when that song came out. -- nm - jnine Jul 24, 08:54
- should have got Jeffster -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 08:51 1
  - Exactly -- nm - Amoxy Jul 24, 08:58
- That's fantastic. -- nm - David Jul 24, 08:46
- this gave me chills. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 08:42 1
  - here is the panel -- (link) - Remlik Jul 24, 08:50 [youtube]
groiny, your demand that you didn't want to play with people who waited until Destiny 2 drops in price and have to do catch-up was good in my case - crash davis Jul 24, 08:31 20
- I think when you and I played, it matched our skill levels to others better. - JaxSean Jul 24, 08:45 12
  - that is why it is best to start when everyone starts. - groiny Jul 24, 08:47
  - I thought they fixed the skill levels in beta to everyone is a 20 -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 08:46 10
    - I know that makes sense on the surface level, but you'll be the same "level" as others most of the time you play Destiny. - David Jul 24, 08:50 3
      - do we get to keep the crap we earned in the beta, or do we start over again? -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 08:55 2
        
        start over, you get a fancy emblem, thats it -- nm - groiny Jul 24, 08:55 1
        
        okay. well, I am gaining a little bit of experience :) -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 08:56
    - Level-wise, yes. But it seemed like the two games we played, the other team (and our other team member(s)) weren't Tru/Groiny/Spawn/David level - JaxSean Jul 24, 08:50 5
      - it is that, plus everyone is using the same gun set, so there are no Godlike guns at this point. - groiny Jul 24, 08:52
      - FWIW, one of the things I noticed in the Beta was that evenly matched games were rare. - David Jul 24, 08:51 3
        
        I have only played three matches. The first (my first Destiny in 7 months), I had a 3.67 K/D. The next I had a 0.6. The third, another low positive. -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 08:59
        
        I only played a few hours on the first night, when I joined you. - groiny Jul 24, 08:54 1
        
        Do we know if anything carries over to the actual game, or do we start over again? - Spawn Jul 24, 09:00
- You have to start a new character in order to replay the initial mission. -- nm - Shaun Jul 24, 08:33 3
  - so back all the way out of the game? -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 08:34 2
    - When you log in there is a screen where you choose your character or you choose the empty rectangle below it to start a new. - Spawn Jul 24, 08:35 1
      - thanks to you and Shaun -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 08:36
- You hold down the weapon switch button to get to the heavy. - Spawn Jul 24, 08:32 2
  - Power, Spawn. Power. - Shaun Jul 24, 08:34
  - hold it down longer? thanks -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 08:33
The film script I'm currently reading is pure filth -- nm - LMS Jul 24, 08:31 8
- as in obscene or as in just poorly written? -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 08:32 7
  - the former - LMS Jul 24, 08:37 6
    - I want to go to there. -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 08:48
    - some actually turned that in? heh -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 08:42 4
      - It's from a revered art house film director - LMS Jul 24, 08:51 3
        
        wait...what to the what what? Hiddles? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 08:52 2
        
        He's been in all her films to date. -- nm - LMS Jul 24, 08:54 1
        
        Hmmmm -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 09:05
The DC Kids meet the cast of the Justice League -- (link) - Remlik Jul 24, 08:23 [youtube]
GOT: Observation and question - prayformojo Jul 24, 08:19 5
- spoils - crash davis Jul 24, 08:22 1
  - I would agree 100% with the last part of IM -- nm - groiny Jul 24, 08:49
- Spoilers - David Jul 24, 08:22 2
  - (As explained in the post-credits Inside The Episode segment.) -- nm - Ender Jul 24, 08:31 1
    - Right. -- nm - David Jul 24, 08:31
Eddie Vedder showed up to sing Comfortably Numb with Roger Waters in Chicago this weekend. -- (link*) - jnine Jul 24, 08:19 1
- Niiiice. This tour has some of the best... special effects I have seen. - Spawn Jul 24, 08:34
Weekend Viewing and grades please: -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 08:11 23
- Valerian: B-; Dunkirk: A+ -- nm - Ender Jul 24, 08:39 2
  - do you like Dunkirk better than Saving Private Ryan? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 08:48 1
    - Yes, but I'm more down on SPR than most. The first 30 minutes was great, but I found the remaining 2+ hours to be something of a slog. -- nm - Ender Jul 24, 08:53
- Valerian: C+. Wonderful visuals, but the plot is kind of all over the place and the male lead was doing their weird Keanu channeling the whole time.. -- nm - Shardik the Baron Jul 24, 08:25 1
  - But hey, free soda weekend! -- nm - Shardik the Baron Jul 24, 08:26
- Valerian: B (Script is a hot mess, but the movie was entertaining and fun) -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 08:23
- Dunkirk - A -- nm - LMS Jul 24, 08:23
- Dunkirk: A -- nm - mud Jul 24, 08:21
- Kong - B, Dunkirk - A -- nm - J Jul 24, 08:20
- First 4 episodes of One Mississippi (Amazon). I liked it, but I'm a Tig Notaro fan. -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 08:19 1
  - Her Taylor Dayne joke is my favorite super long form comedy joke. -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 08:23
- Destiny 2, since the gunman on my screen kind of sucked I'll give it a C-. Breakdown inside - crash davis Jul 24, 08:18
- Kong Skull Island B lone ranger C - Amoxy Jul 24, 08:17
- Kiki's Delivery Service: A. -- nm - David Jul 24, 08:17
- Girls Trip A-, funniest movie I've seen in a long time, - Epiphany Jul 24, 08:16 3
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  - Raunchiest ever? Holy moly. Also I didn't even think Sausage Party was that raunchy. - Shaun Jul 24, 08:19 1
    - heh to the IM. There were parts so bold that I could not believe they were going there. - Epiphany Jul 24, 08:33
- Lost City of Z: B Spider-man Homecoming: A Preacher S2 EP 5: C -- nm - Flavorize Jul 24, 08:15
- West Wing: Season 2 Episodes 18-22 & Season 3: Episodes 1-8: A -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 08:14 1
  - you're catching up to me! -- nm - mud Jul 24, 08:21
- Jessica Jones epis 1-5: B+ -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 08:11 1
  - my initial reaction: well, the kids could probably watch Daredevil...Jessica Jones not so much... -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 08:18
SyFy has renewed Wynnona Earp for a 3rd season -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 08:05
Michael Emerson joing Arrow...sweet! - Beaker Jul 24, 08:04 1
- I hope he's a bad guy -- nm - Flavorize Jul 24, 08:09
After a few weeks without rain, we finally got some last night - huge thunderstorm at midnight. It looked like there was a strobe light - kelly Jul 24, 07:53
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- Everyone's a snowflake now. -- nm - jnine Jul 24, 09:35
- if you don't listen to what other people have to say then your own opinions are always correct. -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 08:18
- Wow, they're even targetting atheists now. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 08:06
YDC: the new Pirates is now the highest grossing movie internationally of the series. Crazy. -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 07:35 1
- Time to make another! -- nm - Mop Jul 24, 07:48
Driver in Texas human smuggling case to appear in court today after 9 men die (10 dead now) -- (link*) - Beaker Jul 24, 07:34 3
- Is he acting alone or is it part of a trafficking ring? -- nm - Amoxy Jul 24, 08:27
- He is human scum. lower than scum - Epiphany Jul 24, 07:40 1
  - (I was going to make a joke here, that he must be a hillary supporter, but I wont cause that would be wrong). I agree. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 24, 08:06
Canadian Dollar tops 80 cents US for first time tin 2 years -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 07:33 1
- The falling dollar will help push oil prices higher. chaching -- nm - Bacon Jul 24, 07:40
Man, TJ Miller just keeps douching it up, doesn't he? nm - ralph wiggum Jul 24, 07:20 13
- He just seems like he's doing a bit that whole interview. And actually the bit it seems like he's doing is more Erlich Bachman. -- nm - pmb Jul 24, 07:46 1
  - from what little I have seen from his standup, he is Erlich. -- nm - groiny Jul 24, 07:53
- I would really like to get his women aren't as funny as men quip trending. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jul 24, 07:37 3
  - he obviously has not seen Girls Trip -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 07:39
  - Why advertise? -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 07:38 1
    - this post is fine. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jul 24, 07:39
- Does he actually think people know who he is? -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 07:34
- speaking of that, has Russell Brand disappeared off the face of the earth? -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 07:29 1
  - He did a Hot Ones episode a few months back, but other than that, I don't know. -- nm - Shaun Jul 24, 07:35
- Do you know who I am?! I'm the guy who isn't Ryan Reynolds from Deadpool! -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 07:27
- while I really liked the character of Erlich, they kinda ran out of things to use him for. - groiny Jul 24, 07:22 2
  - Absolutely nothing wrong with moving on. He just comes off as such a posturing git in his interviews. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 24, 07:31 1
    - it is kind of who he is though. -- nm - groiny Jul 24, 07:35
Parrot + Kitteh -- (link) - oblique Jul 24, 07:18 1
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 07:22
How ISIS nearly stumbled on the ingredients for a ‘dirty bomb’ -- (link) - crash davis Jul 24, 07:16 1
- Oh joy. -- nm - Mop Jul 24, 07:53
Movie Grading - would you personally give an A grade to a movie that was predictable in plot? -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 07:06 14
- Me? Never. - Beryllium Jul 24, 09:12
- Probably not. Screenplay is awfully important to me. It would have to be truly remarkable in other ways. -- nm - Shardik the Baron Jul 24, 07:53
- It's never bothered me if I could predict where a movie is going so long as they are internally consistent and entertaining in getting there. -- nm - TWuG Jul 24, 07:23
- Yes, but it's gotta be really well done. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 24, 07:18 3
  - Right. Ocean's 11 is tremendously predictable in how the movie will resolve itself, but the style is in how it gets there. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 24, 07:33 2
    - I look at that type of movie as less a rote exercise than you do. The flash-jumps were part of that story. I think something like John Wick is more - Will Hunting Jul 24, 08:53
    - Good example! Yeah--Also romantic comedies are easily the most predictable genre. -- nm - Flavorize Jul 24, 07:41
- Yeah. Avatar had a pretty pedestrian plot, but I gave it an A -- nm - Amoxy Jul 24, 07:18 2
  - Worst movie ever and I would know because I didn't even watch it. -- nm - Spaun Jul 24, 07:21
  - Yeah. This is a good example. -- nm - mafic Jul 24, 07:21
- Sure, depending on how broadly predictable is defined. Going in to The Dark Knight, I knew Batman would beat the Joker in the end. -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 07:14
- Yes. I mean, Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy wins girl is a tired plot but can still be done very very well. -- nm - oblique Jul 24, 07:11
- Yes but it is more difficult. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 07:10
- of course. -- nm - MDH Jul 24, 07:09
Wonder Woman is now the biggest movie of the summer. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 24, 07:02 1
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($596 million overseas) - wow, overseas audiences are less tired of that, I guess -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 07:22
Your home as seen by... -- (link) - Shaun Jul 24, 07:01 [Image] 1
- spot on -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 07:01
10TaW - prayformojo Jul 24, 06:47
Trump tweet storm is pretty unhinged this morning - Amoxy Jul 24, 06:44 4
- Let me leak the story about his meetings to see if he'll quit now... - Will Hunting Jul 24, 07:24
- That one really isn't unhinged at all. Remember Sessions had to recuse himself from the Russian probe. - crash davis Jul 24, 07:07
- The speed at which he throws his own supporters under the bus when he thinks he needs to is impressive to watch. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 06:59 1
  - "You're either with me or you are an enemy" -- nm - TWuG Jul 24, 07:24
I did a quick search for myself after doing what Amanda did and found out that Curbed NY used one my photos in an article about the best Halloween -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 24, 06:38 5
- 718? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 11:14
- those are quite good -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 06:49
- cool! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 06:41
- nice! -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 06:40 1
  - It gave me a little smile. Nice way to start the week. -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 06:42
Happy birthday Cuzzin Todd! Happy birthday, Decline! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 06:32 11
- Happy birthdays!! -- nm - kelly Jul 24, 09:54
- cheers! -- nm - mud Jul 24, 08:03
- Happy birthdays!! -- nm - kelly Jul 24, 08:00
- Thank you -- nm - decline Jul 24, 07:48
- indeed -- nm - crash davis Jul 24, 07:10
- Party on my brothers! -- nm - Amoxy Jul 24, 06:50
- Happy birthday, guys! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 24, 06:48
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jul 24, 06:41
- Hope you both have a great day! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 06:37
- Happy Birthday Cuzzin Todd! Happy Birthday Decline! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 24, 06:37
- Happy Birthdays! -- nm - Shaun Jul 24, 06:32
my pokemon go goal is to be halfway to 37 by the time we lose 2xp. I'm going to have to evolve at lunchtime to even have a shot at it. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jul 24, 06:30 13
- This has been a fruitful event though it's way too short. - Krusty Jul 24, 06:35 12
  - i actually like short events. I mean, this one is great and sure longer would be nice, but i would rather more quick ones. -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 06:36 11
    - I think if it had started on Friday morning that would have been enough to give people a real chance to enjoy it. -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 24, 06:40 10
      - I have nothing to evolve. Booooo. -- nm - kelly Jul 24, 06:44 1
        
        Crap, sorry. I usually save up the common ones like pidgeys for events. -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 06:48
      - i still have never been able to do a raid. Not once. I get face to face then i get an error message and spun out to the previous screen. - Andie Jul 24, 06:42 7
        
        Ugh! That sucks. It bothers me to see them adding to the game without fixing the many problems. - Krusty Jul 24, 06:47 6
        
        i caught a Girafarig just last week. First new thing i've seen in months. I get bored without new things to find - that's my favourite part. -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 06:57 5
        
        I've never heard of that even. I haven't seen anything new in... forever. -- nm - amanda jones state university Jul 24, 07:41 3
        
        i was a couple minutes late for work to catch it. - Andie Jul 24, 07:45 2
        
        ohhhh I did get that just after the second level was released. but it doesn't eveolve so I gave it back. I haven't upgraded my bag so I have no room - amanda jones state university Jul 24, 07:51 1
        
        that's a big goal. I used an egg yesterday that i had anyway. i'd been saving up to evolve so it worked out. - Andie Jul 24, 08:04
        
        Same. I get more new ones from eggs than catching and that isn't fun. -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 07:00
NBC signs Dale Jr to multiyear on-air deal. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 06:29

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