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Maybe I should use this technique for reviewing films. "Yeah, it was an A++, but I'd only buy the toys at 50% off." -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 7, 21:35
Yeah, my friend ended up waiting over five hours for Stan Lee’s autograph. - IrishStephen Apr 7, 21:26
This week, watched Treasure Planet and El Dorado, both for the first time. Very good movies. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 21:08 3
- The Road to El Dorado -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 21:10 2
  - Yes, thanks. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 21:11
  - or the John Wayne film? -- nm* - peglegpete Apr 7, 21:10
Blockers is cute as all get out, but it suffers from the usual "way too many cuts in a single dialogue scene"-itis -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 21:05
we are trying to beat the Canadian Team in trivia. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 20:54 6
- Mop is very good at trivia. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 20:55 5
  - Because he's Canadian -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 20:59 4
    - He knew the very last bonus question- Canadian Holiday ? - Epiphany Apr 7, 21:05 3
      - that's a great porn star name -- nm - peglegpete Apr 7, 21:10 2
        
        Sorry I missed your dinner. Everyone raved about it!! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 21:17 1
        
        hopefully next time -- nm - peglegpete Apr 7, 21:18
‘Black Panther’ to Break Saudi Arabia’s 35-Year Cinema Ban -- (link) - Remlik Apr 7, 20:38 4
- AMC to Open Saudi Arabia's First Movie Theater in Two Weeks men and women to set with a seat bewteen them -- (link) - Remlik Apr 7, 20:48 3
  - Ah yes, the “I’m not straight” seat. -- nm - Qale Apr 8, 03:44
  - I wonder if it will have one of those gold bar vending machines. -- nm - peglegpete Apr 7, 21:17
  - Usually women sit upstairs mezzanine -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 21:15
Rarely does one player lose a game, but Eric Hosmer just managed it. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 19:39
Don’t forget: Cardi B on SNL tonight. -- nm - Dano Apr 7, 19:27 1
- Thanks for the warning. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 21:20
If the promo video for this match doesn't make you want to see Johnny Gargano beat the holy hell out of Tommaso Ciampa, you are cold and dead inside. -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 19:21
It's probably awful but that's an amazing way to sell the movie about Paige's family: Rock being Rock. -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 19:15 1
- I think it's got a shot at being touching. Stephen Merchant directing -- (link) - Remlik Apr 7, 19:18
There's your girl, David. - Tim Apr 7, 19:01 1
- Apparently, I like short women. -- nm - David Apr 7, 19:19
Well that was interesting at at least. (spoilers) - Tim Apr 7, 18:44
The fundamental social forces -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 7, 18:32
"You the one killed our friend?" Open Range spoilers - Beaker Apr 7, 18:10 3
- love. love that movie. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 18:11 2
  - my favorite shootout in a western -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 18:14 1
    - yeah it topped Tombstone. which was impressive -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 18:34
One of the more impressive feats of A Quiet Place was how quiet a full theater was. -- nm - Dano Apr 7, 18:07 2
- Local reviewer said, don't get popcorn, it's too lou -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 20:22
- no one wants to get eaten, Dano. -- nm - mud Apr 7, 18:08
Yes, let's show facey Ronda Rousey cheering on the biggest female heel in NXT. -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 17:59
WWE spoilers - Remlik Apr 7, 17:55
First North American champion spoilers - David Apr 7, 17:55 6
- That was a match where you could make a solid argument for all six guys. - Tim Apr 7, 18:01 2
  - Right (spoilers) - David Apr 7, 18:08 1
    - I agree with your reasoning. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 18:11
- also spoilers... - Remlik Apr 7, 17:56 2
  - Mauro's announcing style is "MAMMA MIA! POP CULTURE REFERENCE! MAMMA MIA!" -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 17:57 1
    - oh yeah. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 18:08
Tim, the ROH supercard do they show that anywhere besides fite.tv? -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 17:52 3
- unless it's on old school PPV, I don't think so. -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 18:08 2
  - thanks. Shimmer 100 is apparently very good as well -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 18:13 1
    - Oh, turns out ROH has their own network now, more New Japan World than WWE Network though. -- (link) - Tim Apr 7, 18:21
Adam Cole is a fucking star. -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 17:23 4
- ain't no party like a superkick party -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 17:39 3
  - It's kind of stunning how over he is. -- nm - David Apr 7, 17:43 2
    - Whatever It is, he's got it. -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 17:47
    - he connects with people. He doesn't have a great look but man he connects -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 17:45
wrestling: Alberto El Patron has been fired from Impact Wrestling for no showing an event last night -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 17:18 7
- What a joke. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 17:28 6
  - I don't understand how he has a career. - David Apr 7, 17:45 5
    - His uncle is Mil Mascaras. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 17:47 2
      - His father is also considered a legend in Mexico. -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 17:55
      - I didn't know that, but nepotism totally explains it. - David Apr 7, 17:51
    - he oozes charisma and he's really good. When he wants to be. which isn't often. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 17:46 1
      - I told Tim he was crazy to say that like 10 years ago during the billionaire gimmick, and nothing's changed. - David Apr 7, 17:47
If I enter NCAA Challenge now I can have a perfect bracket this year. -- nm - . Apr 7, 17:17 1
- I'd still manage to mess mine up. -- nm* - ty97 Apr 7, 17:19
And now, Tim's favorite three hours of the year... -- nm - David Apr 7, 17:02 14
- Just think: in 24 hours, we will be in hour 4 of wrestlemania and the show will be half over. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 17:48 2
  - My nephew just called and said he's coming over. So, we'll have to watch every second. - David Apr 7, 17:50 1
    - You can at least pretend to have do other stuff for the two hour preshow outside of the matches. - Tim Apr 7, 18:01
- This Mauro guy is having a nightmare start to the show. -- nm - David Apr 7, 17:36 2
  - That's Mauro all the time. -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 17:40 1
    - This is the worst announcing since the Boom Goes the Dynamite guy. -- nm - David Apr 7, 17:43
- I humbly request mindful spoilers. I won't get it via Hulu until tomorrow. -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 17:36 5
  - Just watch YouTube videos of Ricochet while you wait. - David Apr 7, 17:46 2
    - Any nudity? Oh no wait that's Kota Ibushi's thing. -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 18:02
    - or Prince Puma in Lucha Underground -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 17:47
  - Will do. Also stay off Twitter (or mute the hashtag) because I'm livetweeting. -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 17:41 1
    - Oh yes. Not just you but Twitter is spoilerful always. -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 18:01
- Ricochet! -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 17:21
- squeeeeeeeeee -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 17:04
I got bored so I tried making homemade potato chips. -- (pic) - Beryllium Apr 7, 16:26 [Attachment] 2
- The thicker ones were more like round frenchfries, but it was all quite yummy. -- (pic) - Beryllium Apr 7, 16:45 [Attachment] 1
  - very cool! -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 17:00
Black Panther 'sinks'...sails past...leaves titanic in its wake? and is now the #3 highest grossing movie ever. -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 7, 15:32 3
- I see that boycott realky worked. - . Apr 7, 16:45 1
  - It's okay, you can call them racists. -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 17:36
- Crashes into? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 16:13
Oh, cause his *name* is Reed! -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 15:25 1
- and it was a good read, Reagen! ... (gawd) -- nm - mud Apr 7, 15:43
Fire on 50th floor of Trump Tower in NYC. -- nm* - mara Apr 7, 15:15 7
- Twitter thread - update from FDNY -- (link) - ty97 Apr 7, 17:01
- One person has been seriously hurt, and the fire is not yet under control -- (link) - ty97 Apr 7, 16:52 1
  - Isn't this the second such incident at trump tower this year? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 16:53
- Towering Shitferno. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 15:25 1
  - That's awesome! -- nm - zunk on edge Apr 7, 15:48
- all the jammed shredders and overworked incinerators, quite the fire hazard. -- nm - mud Apr 7, 15:21 1
  - Just found a list of people who live there. Trump's higher up. Nobody of interest apparently on the 50th floor. -- (link) - mara Apr 7, 15:36
Yeah, I’m glad we did our Stan Lee stuff yesterday; my friend has been waiting in his line since 10:00 this morning. - IrishStephen Apr 7, 14:59
New Avengers TV spot with more beard for Pippy once she gets out of theater and more Wakanda -- (link) - eag Apr 7, 14:30 [youtube]
If I win the lotto I'm going on this 'cruise' to a space hotel -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 7, 14:26 1
- Imma build my own hotel. underwater. totally exclusive. totally self-sufficient. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 14:27
someone call Mop. let's see if he turned his phone off before the film started :))) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 7, 14:13
RCMP say a 15th person has died in the Humboldt bus crash. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 14:10 1
- Jesus. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 16:29
Best post on B5 -- (link) - Todd Manning Apr 7, 13:57 [Backboard] 2
- also wins best band name from a slack post subject line - zeitgeist Apr 7, 14:22 1
  - No. I said it was a terrible name for a band! -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 17:38
It’s driving me nuts. There is a red ‘1’ by my Twitter icon but I have no notifications. Sometimes when i close it, it goes away. Other times, nope. - Volnelk Apr 7, 13:37 1
- The trick is to let other icons get red numbers by them. Once you've lost control it's easier to accept it. -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 17:39
LIVE on internet TV.... bear sleeping in a hollow tree....oooh his ears twitched..... -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 7, 13:26
Now playing: Captain America - The First Avenger. - Spawndroid Apr 7, 13:09 8
- Just finished Larry Crowne, cute little movie -- nm - Amoxy Apr 7, 15:44 1
  - I rather like it. Love the Star Trek stuff. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 17:48
- Okay, much better the second time. Moved up from last. -- nm - Spawndroid Apr 7, 15:21 4
  - It’s rather high on my list, last I checked -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 17:16
  - still aint watching it. -- nm - mud Apr 7, 15:48 2
    - it's rather good. Hayley Atwell and Tommy Lee Jones are terrific and Chris Evans is tremendous in it. It has a ton of heart -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 17:17 1
      - Too much. One of the problems I have with it. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 19:17
- Im rewatching the Incredible Hulk -- nm - eag Apr 7, 14:06
"Man, would you believe *two* idiots almost hit me yesterday?" -- (link) - Reagen Apr 7, 13:03 4
- Pretty sure there are some countries where that would result in a court-ordered beating. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 13:05 3
  - possibly the one it occurred in. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 13:06 2
    - One can hope. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 13:06 1
      - I think they sentence them to driver's re-education camp for seven years -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 13:25
Jen I have ground up the trimmings and Bolognese is on the stove. it'll be done after 6 pm -- nm - peglegpete Apr 7, 12:54
TV PSA: UFC 223, SNL (Chadwick Boseman with Cardi B), Ransom, Trading Spaces, HNIC, NBA, Deadliest Catch, WWE HOF, Showtime Boxing, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 12:25 3
- Paterno with Al Pachino on HBO -- nm - peglegpete Apr 7, 12:49
- Hall of Fame was last night, tonight is NXT! -- nm - Tim Apr 7, 12:31 1
  - airs tonight on USA -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 12:49
Pun alert. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 7, 12:08
This is pretty cool. It seems my theater's #1 movie this weekend is going to be (sp) - con_carne Apr 7, 11:41 5
- You didn’t have A Quiet Place? - Will Hunting Apr 7, 11:45 4
  - Yes we did. Chappaquiddick beat it -- nm - con_carne Apr 7, 11:47 3
    - Wow. That’s unexpected. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 11:50 2
      - All Byron Allen does is make money. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 7, 13:13
      - Yup. As soon as I walked in the door yesterday, my mgr asked me "Hey con_carne, what's Chappaquiddick about?" -- (edited) - con_carne Apr 7, 11:59
Meh. It's a living. -- (pic) - Mop Apr 7, 11:02 [Attachment] 8
- Still annoyed. I have met them all, but then J shows up. -- nm - Spawn Apr 7, 16:43 1
  - "Met them all" means you don't come? Were we that underwhelming? -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 18:21
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 11:22
- Fun! -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 11:08
- Who is that with Marlowe? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 11:05 3
  - We are using the “adult” names here... (NM) - Marlowe Apr 7, 20:12
  - Banzai? -- nm - Amoxy Apr 7, 11:15 1
    - Yup. -- nm - Mop Apr 7, 16:28
I don’t buy complete albums much any more but I’m really digging Combat Sports by The Vaccines. -- nm - Dano Apr 7, 10:48 1
- Yep. It’s great. Like their older stuff. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 7, 11:19
Pogba. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 7, 10:47
Jen the cheesecake will be here when you & meg return wednesday -- nm - peglegpete Apr 7, 10:46
Pick for the Masters win -- (pic) - budice Apr 7, 10:11 [Attachment] 2
- Odds wise, I like him & DJ. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 7, 10:41
- pretty good! Love me some Stenson! Great golfer, always goes overlooked -- nm - Flavorize Apr 7, 10:38

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