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Molly Hatchet singer Phil McCormack dies at the age of 58 -- (link) - Remlik Apr 28, 11:23
A Marvel movie was the first to break the $100 million, $200 million and $300 million opening weekend barrier. -- nm - Tim Apr 28, 11:19
Eg spoilers. Was thinking of the issue discussed last night. - Spawn Apr 28, 10:56 1
- spoils - eag Apr 28, 11:10
Well, maybe it's good that the Mets didn't sign Gio. - Tim Apr 28, 10:51
Question for Reagen (I guess I have to make this Avengers Endgame spoilers) - David Apr 28, 10:51 1
- It's - Reagen Apr 28, 10:56
Because everything lost screens and showings to Endgame, everything else in the top ten collapses except for Captain Marvel. - Tim Apr 28, 10:39
Re: Endgame - for Halloween, how many - Reagen Apr 28, 10:16 1
- I have been seeing those for years. - Spawn Apr 28, 10:29
Now playing: Deadwood, S01E01 - prayformojo Apr 28, 10:06 3
- wait a minute!..... - prayformojo Apr 28, 10:09 2
  - That’s *Swearingen* -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Apr 28, 10:11 1
    - heh -- nm - mud Apr 28, 10:14
Snap decision: Endgame gets a Best Picture nomination, Y/N? -- nm - Tim Apr 28, 09:52 46
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  - Let's come up with a fun bet. To me, the question is more whether it can win. -- nm - David Apr 28, 11:12 9
    - Lol. As accessible as ROTK was, EG is not to the average Academy voter. Remember they are not fans like us nor movie critics -- nm* - con_carne Apr 28, 11:32 1
      - No, they're cynical money hoarders. -- nm - David Apr 28, 11:37
    - I'm currently rushing my film, A White Person Stops Being Shitty to Black People and Loves Films, into production, so it's got no chance. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 11:24 6
      - Don’t forget to culturally appropriate a bunch of Motown songs! -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Apr 28, 11:27 5
        
        Ain't No Mountain plays on a loop for two hours. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 11:28 4
        
        and the wife and daughters lip sync into a hair brush! -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 11:30 2
        
        LMS, we're ready to pitch! -- nm - David Apr 28, 11:31 1
        
        The coup de grace is that he learns racism is bad *from* watching films about racism. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 11:43
        
        *gives you all the awards* -- nm - Tim Apr 28, 11:29
  - ST Poll: Should I reblock Dawson? - Spawn Apr 28, 11:04
- It had better. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 10:30 1
  - [imagines this in Homer's angry voice] heh -- nm - mud Apr 28, 10:49
- Yes. Best Actor/Actress Nom Y/N? -- nm - budice Apr 28, 10:26 7
  - I thought Karen Gillan was fantastic. Supporting? ..nah -- nm - mud Apr 28, 10:29 6
    - Sp - con_carne Apr 28, 11:37 2
      - she had 3! -- nm - mud Apr 28, 11:38 1
        
        Heh -- nm - con_carne Apr 28, 11:38
    - Spoiler - Spawn Apr 28, 10:48
    - nah = she'll be overlooked like 5 women in BR2049 were. -- nm - mud Apr 28, 10:32 1
      - word -- nm - Jovian Apr 28, 10:42
- N. -- nm - zunk xometimes Apr 28, 10:07
- Absolutely. I meant to say this the other day. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Apr 28, 10:04
- Yes. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 10:01
- N -- nm - Sir Robert Strongbad Apr 28, 10:01
- N. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 09:55
- Y -- nm - prayformojo Apr 28, 09:54
- Y. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 09:54 17
  - (Downey gets heat but no nom) -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 09:56 16
    - Also I would personally pick Evans. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 10:34 3
      - Me too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 28, 10:35 2
        
        Big ol' Spoils (why are you clicking if you haven't seen it) - Reagen Apr 28, 10:38 1
        
        That is good to hear as I thought kinda the opposite. Spoil - Spawn Apr 28, 10:47
    - I haven't seen it yet but I'm getting a huge Return of the King vibe from the reaction here. -- nm - Tim Apr 28, 09:57 11
      - That comparison is apt. Apt! -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 10:01 10
        
        one thing I'd like to say about Return of the King .. (spoilerish) - mud Apr 28, 10:09 4
        
        Sure we are. Those were gratuitous. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Apr 28, 10:12 3
        
        I disagree. more similar than not, to this -- nm - mud Apr 28, 10:14 2
        
        While I never had a problem with ROTK, the scale is vastly different here. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 10:15 1
        
        :-P -- nm - mud Apr 28, 10:19
        
        (I would put less than 0.1% chance of it winning BP) -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 10:02 4
        
        correct since Joker will win it. -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 10:03 3
        
        my Manson picture! -- nm - QT Apr 28, 10:18
        
        Fanboys, boy I don't know -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 10:15 1
        
        Terminator! -- nm - mud Apr 28, 10:16
AOC vs KAC -- (link) - mud Apr 28, 09:44
Don't fuck with a comedian. -- (link) - Reagen Apr 28, 09:29 1
- I hope he doesn't get assassinated. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 09:40
Bob Iger: "Endgame is far from an end for the Marvel Cinematic Universe." -- (link) - budice Apr 28, 09:22 3
- nah dude, you were totally gonna set $5B on fire. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 09:30
- "We like making money." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 28, 09:24 1
  - As do we -- nm - Disney Shareholders Apr 28, 09:25
Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar passed away -- (link) - budice Apr 28, 09:12 2
- That is sad. And odd for me as he was mentioned at my board meeting yesterday. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 11:02
- oh that's a damn shame. He literally made the world a safer place. -- nm - Remlik Apr 28, 09:52
So far, I've watched MCU stuff this weekend on USA, SyFy, and TBS. I missed TNT's movies. - Will Hunting Apr 28, 09:06 1
- True. caught Avengers and GotG yesterday -- nm - budice Apr 28, 09:10
Endgame spoils - Jovian Apr 28, 09:02
ERC: $350M -- (link) - budice Apr 28, 08:34 8
- $350.00! -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 10:42
- Captain Marvel passed Wonder Woman at US-Domestic Box Office -- nm* - budice Apr 28, 09:08
- $859M Int'l = $1.2B Worldwide -- (link) - budice Apr 28, 08:36 5
  - IMAX: $91M (vs $47M record for TFA) -- (link) - budice Apr 28, 08:56
  - Bye Bye Blue Aliens -- nm - eag Apr 28, 08:47 1
    - Kill Avatar, my pretty! -- Spawn Apr 26 '19, 16:13 KILL IT!!! -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 11:05
  - US/Canada $350M China $330.5M UK $53.8M Korea $47.4M Mexico $33.1M Australia $30.8M Germany $26.9M India $26.7M Brazil $26M France $24.2M Italy $19M - budice Apr 28, 08:41 1
    - = $1 BILLLLLLION! -- nm - mud Apr 28, 08:44
Gettleman is an idiot. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Apr 28, 07:57 8
- Is that worse than what Bears Ryan Pace did in 2017? -- (edited) - zunk xometimes Apr 28, 08:31 2
  - Yes. One big reason. - Will Hunting Apr 28, 08:38 1
    - Good points. We'll never know who liked Trubisky better than Mahomes or Watson. Except the Bears. But always feel the move from 3 to 2 was panic. - zunk xometimes Apr 28, 08:51
- I love the there were two teams who would have taken him quote. Because everything you hear up to the draft is true. What a boob! - Bacon Apr 28, 08:30
- He thought Ohio State played in the Big 12. -- (pic) - Volnelk Apr 28, 08:13 [Attachment] 1
  - It's an easy mistake to make since they can't count either. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 08:28
- word -- nm - budice Apr 28, 08:08
- No question. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 28, 08:04
Mets designate Travis d'Arnaud for assignment. -- nm - Tim Apr 28, 07:30
finally watched Suicide Squad last night. That's some messed-up picture .. - mud Apr 28, 07:28 2
- "David Ayer's Spotify Playlist on Shuffle" -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 07:36 1
  - [imagines Quill's mixed tapes playing prominently throughout Endgame] ..yeesh -- nm - mud Apr 28, 07:42
Saw Endgame yesterday then went to our high school production of Sister Act. Loved both. Spoiler. - zunk xometimes Apr 28, 07:07 1
- in some ways.... -- nm - prayformojo Apr 28, 07:08
Leaked footage from Endgame 2? -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 28, 06:46 [Attachment]
If the 358.5mil is accurate (likely low if anything), Endgame is already in the top 50 domestic all time - Will Hunting Apr 28, 06:34 2
- The Variety ad from Disney congratulating itself for beating itself will be heretofore unknown levels of smug. -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 06:37 1
  - ("P.S.: good luck ever beating this, we own everything now) -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 06:43
In weird HSX stuff, Avengers 4 is down today. - Will Hunting Apr 28, 06:20 7
- Reminder: Bonds still show good return for the movie -- nm - budice Apr 28, 06:25 6
  - Just noticed RDOWN will adjust to H$250. Has that ever happened before? -- nm - GregW Apr 28, 08:14 1
    - Lee Pace was close. his 5th delisted at 236 so he was at 247 or so. -- nm* - Will Hunting Apr 28, 08:46
  - #RaiseTheBondCap -- nm - Dr. Bruce Baron Apr 28, 07:29 3
    - Some bonds were added Thursday/Friday and I missed out on a lot of H$ by not having them. -- nm - Shaun Apr 28, 07:48 2
      - Dammit, I just picked them all up last week -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 07:53 1
        
        By the time I noticed Friday night, each one was up between 8 and 14. Oh well. -- nm - Shaun Apr 28, 07:57
This take on Avengers showed up in my Facebook feed. It’s a general take but spoiler warning I suppose. - Dano Apr 28, 06:20 2
- except - Reagen Apr 28, 06:23
- What...the...f**k. Just enjoy the movie. -- nm - Bernie Sanders Apr 28, 06:21
Some actual "thinking too hard about this" thoughts about the aftermath of Endgame (do I have to say spoils?) - Reagen Apr 28, 05:35 10
- Why wouldn't the wish be (spoils)? - Inigo Apr 28, 10:22 1
  - It's all on (spoils) - Reagen Apr 28, 10:26
- Also, you had it right on the backboards - con_carne Apr 28, 08:48
- I also laughed a bit during the sequence where spoils - Reagen Apr 28, 07:16
- I expect them to have some implications going forward....Marvel's been too smart not to show real-world impacts (Spidey H:C) -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 06:19 3
  - I figure that is the main reason SM is still in this phase. -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 10:54
  - I think there'd also be some real - Reagen Apr 28, 06:27 1
    - hence - budice Apr 28, 06:30
- You need to switch off. -- nm - Shaun Apr 28, 06:15 1
  - The genius machine has no off button. -- nm* - Reagen Apr 28, 06:20
DHD: Endgame $111.4M Sat / $358.5M 3-Day -- (link*) - budice Apr 28, 05:10 5
- is that a Billion Dollar Adjust? (i know they don't "adjust" anymore but still, that makes our old 312.5 seem like remembering when gas was only 32c) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 28, 11:37
- I went to my usual theatre yesterday. It has 20 screens. Avengers was on at least 13 of them. - Dr. Bruce Baron Apr 28, 07:27
- Boy, got that one wrong. It broke the record by 100million. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 28, 05:55 2
  - by Iron Man (plus a little). -- nm - Reagen Apr 28, 06:10 1
    - Percentage wise, it's the largest increase in the record since Return of the Jedi in 1983 (23mil) over Wrath of Khan (14mil) -- (link) - Will Hunting Apr 28, 06:29
This is an article about the Jeopardy bets, spawned from Ken Jennings responding to a joke on Twitter. (He never did actually bet $69.) -- (link) - Tim Apr 28, 04:51
Endgame c-c-c-combo breaker! -- nm - Qale Apr 28, 04:11 7
- I prereleased for the first time in a while yesterday. Also bought a box but haven’t opened it yet. - Tim Apr 28, 04:14 6
  - It will be my first pre-release since Theros. -- nm - Qale Apr 28, 04:15 5
    - I did Dominaria, and before that I actually don’t remember. Might have been Khans. -- nm - Tim Apr 28, 04:19 4
      - Do you think there will be any weirdo interest later on for a draft of Guilds,Allegences,War even though that’s not intended? What about a more insane - Qale Apr 28, 04:26 3
        
        The IM absolutely. I bet 9 pack Ravnica sealed will be a thing at GPs. - Tim Apr 28, 04:32 2
        
        That’s spectacular. Do you think we’ll have to wait just as long for Ravnica: Renewed? -- nm - Qale Apr 28, 04:34 1
        
        They'll run it back soon enough. - Tim Apr 28, 04:55
Took the kids to a 10 pm showing. One of them didn't make it more than 10 minutes. -- nm - Mop Apr 28, 02:08 1
- TaP -- nm - Spawn Apr 28, 11:09
Just finished my 11pm showing. Man that was great. -- nm - Jovian Apr 27, 23:42
My theater had 75 showings of Endgame today. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 23:36
I want to buy this and use it to start a side business. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 27, 23:34 2
- ooh, now that's strange, I've never seen my code fail that way before. Fun! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 23:35 1
  - there we go, false positive removed -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 23:43
A taco time veggie burrito for dinner was a bad (albeit delicious) idea. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 23:28
Endgame - Local theater added a 2am showing tonight. Already 60% full. -- nm - budice Apr 27, 23:18
Quiet night. Was SNL a rerun? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 23:09 5
- Rerun, but only a couple weeks old, Kit Harrington. -- nm - . Apr 28, 00:50
- We watched last week's with Emma Stone and BTS. They're horrible, and the episode wasn't great either. Then watched Free Solo. - JaxSean Apr 27, 23:41 1
  - I wanted to Jamie-Lannister Alex's girlfriend out a high window. She's one of last year's greatest film villains. - Max Apr 28, 01:33
- Endgame showings do not end for hours. -- nm - Spawn Apr 27, 23:34
- The Night King is expected to attack before morning and we are all getting last minute preperations done. -- nm - peglegpete Apr 27, 23:13

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