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Sneak preview of the game that kieran and I started making last night. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 11, 10:38 [Attachment] 3
- will there be sea monsters? -- nm - decline Jul 11, 10:42 1
  - excellent idea! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 10:43
- Link to the kickstarter? -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 11, 10:40
Lion King 57% (63) -- nm* - Beaker Jul 11, 10:05 25
- Metacritic is at 56 (28 reviews). I don't get it. - Marlowe Jul 11, 10:26 23
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  - Disney Cashgrab Cinematic Universe -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 10:32 6
    - Third live action remake of an Animation classic this year -- nm - eag Jul 11, 10:37 5
      - I'm looking forward to the Despicable Me remake -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 10:38 4
        
        Live-Action Despicable Me - Reagen Jul 11, 10:40 3
        
        Sounds like Batman with the Penguin. -- nm - Max Jul 11, 10:42 1
        
        the one where the bad guy was named Max? Max Shreck? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 10:45
        
        Yes. It would be glorious. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 10:41
  - I'm more suprised the original was only an 83. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:30
  - Maybe people see it as the remake for Psycho. Just because it’s the same doesn’t mean it’s good. Sprinkle in a dash of ‘why do we need this?’..... - Volnelk Jul 11, 10:29 6
    - People harshed on TS 4 for being pointless and it's at least a new story. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 11, 10:46 1
      - Is it? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 11, 10:53
    - Yeah, the Vince Vaughn Psycho comparison is exactly what I was thinking about as a comp. Plus, who's to say that the medium doesn't matter? - Name Withheld By Request Jul 11, 10:38 3
      - Marshall McLuhan? - Beryllium Jul 11, 10:40
      - Maybe it does. David Ehrlich, which is someone I like to read, one of the few even, goes a bit through that road. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 11, 10:39
      - Uncanny Valley is a thing. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:39
  - seems to be more the "Disney unneeded money grab" than the "racist" angle at least -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 10:28 6
    - I agree with this, and the fact that they are cranking them out too quickly. -- nm - sycor Jul 11, 10:50 1
      - It is a bit surprising they are releasing it so close to Aladdin -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 10:55
    - Yeah, but that's not judging it at face value. - Marlowe Jul 11, 10:38 3
      - Aren't you a "why do we need all these super hero movies" guy? -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:42 2
        
        Nope, I never said that. I dislike a lot of them, sure, but feel free to see that I - Marlowe Jul 11, 10:47
        
        uh huh -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 10:45
- "Joyless, artless, and maybe soulless, it transforms one of the most striking titles from the Mouse House vault into a very expensive..." (IM) - MDH Jul 11, 10:10
Soska Sisters remade the movie Rabid with CM Punk, AJ Lee& Laura Vandervoort, they shared footage and twitter kicked them off the platform -- (link*) - Remlik Jul 11, 10:05
Several years ago (maybe closer to like 10-15 years), Burger King had tacos on heir value menu. They’re back. And they’re a thing. - Tim Jul 11, 09:44 4
- they are fantastic - groiny Jul 11, 10:45
- Jack in the Box tacos are drunk food -- nm - Pippy -Starbucks Barista Manipulator Jul 11, 10:16
- Let’s not. -- nm - Qale Jul 11, 10:07
- gross -- nm - decline Jul 11, 10:03
"Agent: Chargers' Gordon wants trade if no deal" - David Jul 11, 09:41 3
- He feels very strongly about Brexit, huh? -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 09:50 1
  - heh -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 10:15
- *holds onto his Austin Ekeler with interest* -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:41
IU: Bob Knight has bought a house in Bloomington.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 11, 09:31 3
- "which is in the College Park Mall area" Uhm, that is not a place here. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:37 2
  - But the subdivision they mention is very close to his x-wife. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:38 1
    - The powers of these new X-Men are getting more specialized with every iteration. -- nm* - Baronfiki Jul 11, 10:31
Bagel Guy talks... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 11, 09:30 15
- Wake me when his Pon-Farr proposal gains traction. -- nm - Roger More Jul 11, 10:18
- So this is his viral internet ticket and we’ve finally punched it. Fuck off, little man. -- nm - Qale Jul 11, 10:11
- If the girl behind the counter did mock him, he has every right to be pissed. But he went overboard -- nm - amoxy Jul 11, 10:11
- This story reminds me of Amy's Baking Company. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:00 2
  - yeah! -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 10:09 1
    - Short Guy & Amy's Bagel Company -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 10:36
- That Facebook page will be lovely discovery in a lawsuit. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 09:40
- This guys seems well-adjusted. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:40 3
  - In fairness, he’s 16” taller than my daughter. She’s 3 years old. - Volnelk Jul 11, 09:44 2
    - "Would you ever think about killing yourself because you're a midget?" -- (link) - In Bruges Jul 11, 10:35 [youtube]
    - Just make sure she doesn't give him the smirk with the lip bite. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:02
- Another blueprint example of untreated medical illness. - David Jul 11, 09:39 1
  - no doubt. I'm pretty sure we are doing a fine job of ruining ourselves. -- nm - Pippy -Starbucks Barista Manipulator Jul 11, 10:17
- Yeah, get that interview money, Pesci -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:32 1
  - and go get your shinebox! -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:35
‘How to Get Away with Murder’ to end with sixth season on ABC -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:29 2
- I hope in the final episode they get caught - decline Jul 11, 09:31 1
  - They've killed more people than Stalin. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:42
just a video of Washington Redskins CB Josh Norman jumping over a bull in Pamplona Spain -- (link) - Beaker Jul 11, 09:27 1
- I’ll see that and raise it OBJ throwing a football 100 yards. -- (link) - Volnelk Jul 11, 09:50
66% after 29 reviews for The Lion King -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:22 38
- Maybe it's just me since I always thought the original was good but not great but the ads haven't done much for me. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 11, 09:37 3
  - Movie was okay, stage performance was pretty great. Do we need yet another iteration? -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:39 2
    - There will always be and have always been reiterations, reimaginings -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 09:44 1
      - Wait... even BEFORE Tim Burton??? -- nm* - Cuzzin Todd Jul 11, 10:01
- Damn it, Jack! -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:26
- 66%? That's crap. I haven't seen it, but there's no chance that this is a rotten movie. Those reviewers are on bad dope. -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 09:26 32
  - I haven't looked, but I believe RT % means "two thirds liked it, one third thought it was [meh]," not "consensus is a D quality movie." -- nm - Max Jul 11, 09:56
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    - Allow me to play Devil's advocate here -- (edited) - Reagen Jul 11, 09:44 17
      - Speaking of visuals, their cgi is excellent, but Blue Planet did a far better job of showcasing nature's vistas. - Max Jul 11, 10:04
      - I think Disney redoing this stuff is ok, but they're ramming it down people's throats too fast. IMO they should treat this like they used to do with - pmb Jul 11, 09:55 4
        
        Ironically, based on the route they took with it, Dumbo is the one of these that had the best reason to exist. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:24 1
        
        (it's also why I think "Mulan as an action movie" is a good call) -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:38
        
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        agreed. 2 or 3 a year is too many -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 10:00
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      - I suggest if you're considering a movie on its own terms, you're not questioning why it was made Asking artists why they make stuff seems a bit weird -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 09:48 9
        
        If you're asking me to pay $15, I'm sure gonna ask you why. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 09:49 8
        
        The critical thought I learnded in skool did not take into account the price of the manuscripts being discussed or novels or history textbooks. -- (edited) - con_carne Jul 11, 10:11 3
        
        This cuts both ways. If you are asking me to spend my time and money on your work, "why" is a reasonable question - Reagen Jul 11, 10:15 2
        
        But different amounts of time and money are being spent. Folks who watch a movie on their phone or wristwatch or plane - con_carne Jul 11, 10:32 1
        
        Well 1) The job is to review it in the format it's presented - Reagen Jul 11, 10:37
        
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        But the purpose of criticism is to make guidance to the public of whether this is worth their time and money, no? -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:01 2
        
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        It's impossible to separate, for me. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:19
  - The only general problem I forsee having with it is that it's basically just a CGI remake with new voice actors. It really isn't "live action" like - oblique Jul 11, 09:30 10
    - i actually hate that it is getting called 'live action'. i'm sure the movie is great, i just don't like this label. -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 09:37 6
      - To be fair, Disney isn't labeling it like that but I'm sure it is in people's minds -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 09:42
      - By this definition, it feels like the spongebob movie could be called live action -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:42
      - Heh. I think I see what you mean. Something better could be thought of -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 09:41 3
        
        "animation." -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 09:46 2
        
        Which opens a big can of worms for a bunch of films that people call live action but are in truth mostly animated. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 09:48 1
        
        it does, but i have issues with those too. -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 09:58
    - well, they did put out a casting call for talking lions, but had trouble finding any with acting chops -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:32 1
      - Lion ... chops ... ehhhhhhhhhhhhh, what's up, doc? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:37
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  - but its a Disney money grab! with no surprises! (which is really shocking given it is based on an already known property) -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:28
Give Nikki the title! -- nm - Qale Jul 11, 09:18
So the other day Apple pushed an update to Mac's to disable the Zoom func that let people spy on you and now have disabled the iWatch's walkie talkie - decline Jul 11, 09:13 1
- That's unfortunate.. curse spoilers - Marlowe Jul 11, 09:32
How multiplayer works in Man of Medan. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 11, 09:12 2
- what's man of Medan ? -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:13 1
  - New game from Supermassive (Until Dawn devs). -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 09:14
Alita: a shiny but mediocrely written B+ -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jul 11, 09:09 1
- Yeah, think I settled on a B. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:09
Fire and explosion in a smoke shop up the street from me. Likely a honey oil lab.... -- (link) - Meg Jul 11, 09:05
Did you know our President is smart, good-looking and a stable genius? - Amoxy Jul 11, 08:55 10
- he looks really bad compared to even six months ago. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 09:01 9
  - It crossed my mind that he may hope to die in office. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:03 8
    - we can only hope and pray -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 10:14
    - no. He wants to be back in NYC as 'mover and shaker' and I bet he thinks he's getting a new tv show out of this. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 09:04 6
      - Oh don't worry. There's always the dedicated right wing media machine, which is epitomized by Fox News -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 09:06 1
        
        not according to him! He thinks Fox sucks now. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 09:16
      - At first but I think he may finally see the walls closing around him. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:05 3
        
        he's not that aware. remember he has the 'tough guys' on his side. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 09:16 2
        
        Yes and no. The protection of the office is still huge. Tough guys will write him off as soon as he is of no use to them. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:21 1
        
        they got their tax break, roll back of epa rules, I figure pense can continue their agenda -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 10:45
Man, things are looking bad for New Orleans. Barry now a tropical storm. They're expecting 2-4ft of storm surge + 1-2ft of rain. The Mississippi will - decline Jul 11, 08:55 2
- it's already badly flooded, right? -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 08:55 1
  - yeah, a lot of roads are already underwater -- nm - decline Jul 11, 08:56
Speaking of polls on B2, this is the one I find interesting because I assume it indicates who will be able to stay in the race. -- (link) - Volnelk Jul 11, 08:51 4
- wtf is Pollercoaster? and why would they include Crooked in their name? -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 08:53 1
  - Crooked Media has been around for ages - they investigate media practices among other things. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 09:46
- And Iowa in particular is interesting. -- (link) - Volnelk Jul 11, 08:52 1
  - I take artery clogging amounts of salt with outlier polls from pollers I don't have a track record for. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 09:10
Real Fire-marshal Power!! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 08:43 2
- we are back in, again. it is freaking STEAMING outside. Everyone was whining. I guarantee the building does a drill in the next - Andie Jul 11, 08:49 1
  - They should let you evacuate to the mall and call that "good enough". -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:03
Stuber 44% (66), Crawl 100% (4), The Farewell 100% (58), The Art of Self Defense 89% (35), Ray and Liz 94% (49), Lion King 66% (29) -- nm* - Beaker Jul 11, 08:43 10
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  - 12???? Disney would never let it get that low. Oh. At twelve noon, you meant. Never mind. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:00 5
    - Anything under 110% is a failure. -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 11, 09:02 4
      - oh, I will wager heavily that either a couple Disney haters or a couple racist reviewers keep it from being 100% -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:04 3
        
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        Simba and Nala are white!!! -- nm - Merica Jul 11, 09:27 1
        
        everyone knows there are no black lions -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:33
  - and GO! -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 09:00 1
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- in some ways The Farewell and Crawl are very different movies... -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 08:44
Annoying TV Kid Bracket - Final Four (AJ Soprano vs Carl Grimes is a doozy of a matchup) -- (link) - Beaker Jul 11, 08:40
sadly the Foodchem in Chef hat Funko was only released overseas -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 08:36 9
- I want to see the Office Depot exclusive of musubi at the chalk board, writing out a lesson plan - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:09
- Petco Exclusive Crash Davis with a Doberman on his leg. -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 08:37 7
  - idol ripping scoops it a FYE exclusive, I heard. -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 08:41 6
    - Dignan in basement is an RCMP exclusive -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 08:45 5
      - Not selling well due to the age requirement. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 08:46 4
        
        Jax in a wheelchair with a yard in hand. -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 08:49 3
        
        ... and rice in his throat -- nm - zork Jul 11, 10:46
        
        Sadly that was a Quarks exclusive - eag Jul 11, 09:00 1
        
        DBYA series are pretty hard to find. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 09:06

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