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Hot take: I have mostly zero issue with how the new Genie looks, especially after like 3 whole seconds of footage. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 09:23 14
- It looks like an amusement park hourly extravaganza production. - Max Feb 12, 09:51
- #NotMyAladdin, #NotMyGenie - Marlowe Feb 12, 09:31
- Key audience question. Would you want your kid to see that? -- nm - budice Feb 12, 09:30 4
  - His choice, but hopefully he will choose Dumbo over that. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 09:31
  - What are we worried about? Them wanting to go f**k a smurf doll? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 12, 09:30 2
    - Uhm, this is no way influenced my Dumbo response. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 09:32
    - LBGTS -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 09:32
- It's a blue genie...i'm not sure how else it should look. - Will Hunting Feb 12, 09:26 2
  - For sure. Did people expect him to not be blue or something? Did they expect a full CGI version? - Shaun Feb 12, 09:28 1
    - He is like, bloated or something! -- nm - haters Feb 12, 09:30
- Actually seeing the blueman version makes me feel a little less "oh hell no" about seeing compared to the non-blueman version I saw previously. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 12, 09:26
- I kind of think it looks ridiculous. - groiny Feb 12, 09:25 2
  - this -- nm - JaxSean Feb 12, 09:38
  - yep -- nm - mud Feb 12, 09:26
“I don’t think you’re going to see a shutdown. If you did have it, it’s the Democrats' fault.” -- (link) - mud Feb 12, 09:22 1
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Hey all. The new normal has been in place for a touch more than a week now. Here's the situation. - Shaun Feb 12, 08:52 25
- Very sorry for your loss -- nm - Abby Normal Feb 12, 13:45
- really sorry to hear this, shaun -- nm - prayformojo Feb 12, 09:41
- ((( (( ( i ) )) ))) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 12, 09:38
- my condolences. -- nm - peglegpete Feb 12, 09:37
- Sorry - at least it sounds like he was surrounded by family and friends at the end which is all anyone can hope for. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 12, 09:28
- So sorry :( -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 09:24
- :( - so sorry, I'll be thinking of you and your family. -- nm - i.b! Feb 12, 09:21
- There no good way for things to end. Very sorry. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 12, 09:15
- sorry to hear this. Big Hugs -- nm - Epiphany Feb 12, 09:13
- I am so very sorry. -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 09:12
- very sorry for your loss. -- nm - Remlik Feb 12, 09:11
- Oh man. My condolences. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 12, 09:09
- :( -- nm - budice Feb 12, 09:08
- So sad, very sorry -- nm - ty97 Feb 12, 09:08
- Sorry for your loss. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 09:05
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- I’m truly sorry. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Feb 12, 09:05
- My thoughts/condolences to you and your family -- nm - MDH Feb 12, 09:02
- very sorry for your loss -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:01
- Sorry for your loss, condolences to you and your family. -- nm - Roger More Feb 12, 08:57
- so sorry for your loss -- nm - mud Feb 12, 08:57
- My deepest condolences to you and your family. -- nm - Krusty Feb 12, 08:56
- Dude, I am so, so sorry. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 08:55
- Very sorry for your loss and all the strain that came with it. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 12, 08:54
- my condolences -- nm - decline Feb 12, 08:54
Remember that employee we terminated and sent off with a $250 gift card as severance? - Max Feb 12, 08:50 6
- Has she thought about pursuing anything legally -- nm - MDH Feb 12, 09:03 1
  - "show us on the doll where Max touched you" -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 09:22
- So, how much did you score? -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 08:59 1
  - Enough to make me sick to my stomach I'm complicit in something unjust - again - but unwilling to do anything about it - Max Feb 12, 09:48
- that's just crap -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 08:58
- Got a Postal Worker in the office today who doesnt know its gonna be his last day. Attitude aint right. -- nm - budice Feb 12, 08:52
‘Yesterday’ Trailer: Only One Man Remembers The Beatles in Danny Boyle’s New Musical Rom-Com - Remlik Feb 12, 08:48 [youtube] 1
- oh my [chills] god I am [chills] first in [chills] line -- nm - mud Feb 12, 08:53
Chris Pratt responds to Ellen Page's criticism of "infamously anti-LGBTQ" Hillsong Church -- (link) - Beaker Feb 12, 08:43 12
- I like Pratt but you can’t say “welcoming environment” on this subject. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Feb 12, 09:08 7
  - so you do not think one can be welcoming, while still disagreeing with one's lifestyle? -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 09:10 6
    - This is one of the reasons why I've distanced myself from the religion I grew up with. - Beryllium Feb 12, 09:42
    - I'd say that they're welcoming to people who might want to join their church, who feel they have sinned and want to be redeemed - Roger More Feb 12, 09:29
    - Let’s start by not dismissing something innate as a “lifestyle”. - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 09:17 3
      - I could not come up with a better term, I tried. -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 09:17 2
        
        Fair. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 09:19
        
        "so you do not think one can be welcoming, while still disagreeing with one's buttstuff?" -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:18
- So he's saying he's not on their yearbook editing committee. -- nm - Max Feb 12, 08:55
- So, zero response to her actual claim, of course. Anna Faris always deserved better than him. -- nm - MDH Feb 12, 08:47 1
  - yea his statement is basically "it's not true, they've helped me" -- nm - mud Feb 12, 08:48
- "Pratt is just echoing Hillsong’s own stance" -- nm - mud Feb 12, 08:45
Wilson-Raybould resigns from Trudeau cabinet -- (link) - mud Feb 12, 08:41 21
- She is getting legal advice from a former Supreme Court judge on what she can and cannot say, but some legal experts are weighing in and suggest... - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 08:57 7
  - I'm still in the BFD camp -- nm - mud Feb 12, 08:59 6
    - it's not the crime it's the coverup. If they're lying now about what they asked her to do they are Fed -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:00
    - Just test the hypothesis if it was a conservative Prime Minister and a case against someone like Suncor or Enbridge. If you can still say BFD then... - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 09:00 4
      - I agreed with MacDonald's article on B2 and like I said above, it's not the crime (which for me is BFD) it's the cover-up/lying if that is happening -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:08 2
        
        I got where MacDonald was going with his column, but it's kind of an asinine argument when boiled down. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 09:37
        
        Also: the BC Chiefs are rallying to her side now; this could really go south fast...er than it already is -- (link) - Beaker Feb 12, 09:09
      - I always do that. -- nm - mud Feb 12, 09:06
- I look forward to the 4 upcoming years of Conservative rule -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:44 12
  - One and a half to two in the first term. I think a minority is very possible, but the NDP collapse probably negates a majority this year. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 08:58 9
    - I like Trudeau but he just hasn't been a good PM; that and the Russian trolls will doom him -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:59 8
      - Well, I think they did help get him elected, so its probably only fair.... - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 09:02 7
        
        I think the strategy is less about who gets in or out, and more about ensuring democracies are divided to the point where sides aren't talking to each - Roger More Feb 12, 09:04 1
        
        this. -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:07
        
        I said "Russian" but Iran I gather is a big one now drumming up the anti-pipeline folks to squash the competition. -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:03 4
        
        The CBC report this morning suggested Iran, Russia and Venezuela going back to 2013. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 09:06 3
        
        if he was in charge of their anti-Justin campaign than yes you are correct. I don't recall any anti-Harper shadiness during the election - Beaker Feb 12, 09:10 2
        
        It was pretty well established that the Liberals spent more time on the online campaign than previously before. So amplification of some of... - Name Withheld By Request Feb 12, 09:30
        
        My daughter at breakfast today said "Justin, he's just not ready"...so it was definitely catchy -- (edited) - Beaker Feb 12, 09:11
  - What could possibly go wrong? -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 08:45 1
    - wait for it .. -- nm - mud Feb 12, 08:47
woohoo! they just told everyone that actually came it to leave at lunch before the freezing rain starts. -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 08:40
Chilly morning again - frosty white roofs across the driveway, #CaliforniaWinter ;) -- nm - Meg Feb 12, 08:40
Debt related to Rio's Olympic Games has tripled in the last two years with over 600 lawsuits pending -- (link) - Beaker Feb 12, 08:37 1
- Maybe if they sell the scrap of the instalations that went to hell, they ran recoup some of it. - Marlowe Feb 12, 08:45
This song's gonna get stuck inside your. This song's gonna get stuck inside your. - Spawn Feb 12, 08:15
This is straight absurd. They were better off not saying anything. -- (link) - Volnelk Feb 12, 08:15 5
- Wow. -- nm - MDH Feb 12, 08:44
- Even Beal is laughing at it. -- (link) - Will Hunting Feb 12, 08:42 1
  - giggity -- nm - James Harden Feb 12, 08:44
- So as long as he's a fumble fingers, he can take as many steps as he wants. Got it. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 12, 08:30
- There's no way that's legal and not traveling. Fire all the refs! -- nm - Krusty Feb 12, 08:19
Question on the new streaming services: I see the rumours of friends leaving Netflix for WB have started again; do the stars have any leverage here? - Beaker Feb 12, 08:07 27
- L3! But by your logic, who it to say that the better business move is to take it away for a few years and then sell it back later for even more? -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 08:27 1
  - Disney Vault? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:33
- Your friends are dumb! -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 08:18
- WB wouldn't take back Friends just to lock it in a vault, they'd want to use it to bring viewers to their own streaming service, and I expect that - Roger More Feb 12, 08:15 5
  - I suspect that NBC will be having Friends on their service in 2020. -- nm - Remlik Feb 12, 08:42
  - but how? If it is internal to WB how can they prove they are doing due diligence in maximizing the profits for the show? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:16 3
    - WB doesn't owe the actors a duty to maximise profits for the show. They would owe a duty to their shareholders though. - Roger More Feb 12, 08:27 1
      - cool, just an interesting aspect. Thanks! -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:33
    - Friends lost 100 Million last year! -- nm - Hollywood Accounting 101 Feb 12, 08:23
- Whoever owns the rights (and it isn't the actors) has the say. That's it. -- nm - Andie Feb 12, 08:12 12
  - haven't there been a lot of lawsuits related to this involving movies though? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:14 11
    - I haven't heard any. Can you give an example? -- nm - Roger More Feb 12, 08:17 10
      - I thought LOTR had one; George Miller, Cruise?...TV rights maybe? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:17 9
        
        Jackson and Miller's disputes were both about how much they should get paid in directors fees, not about streaming rights. - Roger More Feb 12, 08:23 5
        
        But if streaming rights ARE part of the profit margin (for Friends it would be massive) than it could be a HUGE issue wouldn't it? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:25 4
        
        To be a little clearer, neither of those cases were about who owned the movie. - Roger More Feb 12, 08:36 1
        
        cool thanks! -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:37
        
        the lawsuits aren't whether they could have made more, they are disputing what the film/show actually made. actors have no say in where or how some- - Andie Feb 12, 08:28 1
        
        ahh gotcha -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:32
        
        profit participation I think is the term... -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:20 2
        
        Walking Dead is another one; Bones, Bill Nye -- nm* - Beaker Feb 12, 08:21 1
        
        I may be zeroing in on the streaming rights specifically from the larger issue of Hollywood accounting... -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:23
- same thing for the Disney shows. Do they have to match what they "could" get for rights fees? or is that baked into the contracts? - Beaker Feb 12, 08:08 4
  - My assumption would be that it's the distributor / studio that owns those rights. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 12, 08:12 3
    - right, but if I am Matt Leblanc and I get 1% of all streaming rights they could be costing me millions by staying internal -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:15 2
      - In the end, it depends on the terms of the contracts - Password is Taco Feb 12, 08:42 1
        
        thanks -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 09:13
Follow-up to yesterday’s discussion of Israel -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 07:55 2
- We care more about this entirely corrupt nation then we do our on own citizens. - Jovian Feb 12, 07:58 1
  - How so? -- nm - Facto Feb 12, 09:15
trailer for The Hustle with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 12, 07:50 [youtube] 9
- Meh -- nm - Amoxy Feb 12, 08:22
- I'll watch this and assume they are related to Dirty Rotten Scoundrals in some way...plus Posca from Rome! -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 07:56 7
  - Yeah. It's a remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, right? Except they didn't call it Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, so it's OK. -- nm - Mop Feb 12, 08:21
  - Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson are remaking Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? I am very much interested in this. -- nm -- Beryllium (aka grayman) Feb 11 ' -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 07:58 4
    - did he post the link? -- nm - Beaker Feb 12, 08:00 3
      - No, I am pointing out to *him* that he needs to see this thread! -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 08:07 2
        
        Thanks. I hadn't seen the trailer, only the imdb listing. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 12, 09:33 1
        
        I thought the timing was a bit awesome and I myself did not know of it until you posted. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 09:37
  - He was the psychologist in Skyfall! -- nm - Roger More Feb 12, 07:57
Katy Perry pulls shoes from stores over blackface concerns -- (link*) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 07:48 18
- Okay, I'm having a couple of problems here. - ty97 Feb 12, 07:59 14
  - There's a long history of racist caricatures of Africans drawn with big, ruby-red lips. Even if the shoe comes in different colours, guess what the - Roger More Feb 12, 08:10
  - It is okay, you can go ahead and wear the ones you bought. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 08:08 1
    - They are like Mr Potato Heads for your feet! -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 08:10
  - I agree that the shoes are fine but white people shouldn't wear cornrows. -- nm - Krusty Feb 12, 08:08 7
    - I'm not a fan of corn rows period, but if anybody wants to wear them, that's their right -- nm - Amoxy Feb 12, 08:28 1
      - you should give them a shot. -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 08:31
    - mmm Bo Derek -- nm - groiny Feb 12, 08:14 1
      - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 08:16
    - I disagree as that is a form of racism. -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 08:13 2
      - Is it? Or is it just generally good advice? -- nm - Roger More Feb 12, 08:15 1
        
        Are the two mutually exclusive? -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 08:16
  - I think it’s ugly af, wasn’t selling, and they needed to come up with a reason to pull it that gets them some publicity. -- (edited) - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 08:06 2
    - so any publicity, even bad publicity is good publicity. - Epiphany Feb 12, 08:38 1
      - It’s not even bad publicity, really. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 08:42
- *waits in line 6 hours to buy 10 pair* -- nm - krustee Feb 12, 07:49 2
  - heh -- nm - Spawn Feb 12, 07:55
  - I’d love to see Krusty in a pair of heels. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Feb 12, 07:50
I find that fortune cookies are more validating (i.e. reinforcing) of my behavior (i.e. antics) than a horoscope, yet I don’t think either excuse it. - Mop Feb 12, 07:45 1
- ....in bed -- nm - SyrDragon Feb 12, 07:46
Alita Battle Angel 59% (59/41), Fighting With My Family 88% (30/4), Happy Death Day 2 U nsy, Isn't it Romantic nsy; How to Train Your Dragon 3 98% (50/1) -- nm* - Beaker Feb 12, 07:37 2
- isn't it romantic's trailers are cut very well, I think. -- nm - amanda Feb 12, 07:47 1
  - The pepper grinder joke slays. -- nm - Baroon 5 Feb 12, 07:53

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