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"Aaron becomes the 10th Hall of Famer to die since the start of 2020, joining Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Al Kaline, Tom Seaver, Whitey Ford, Joe Morgan... - David, Horny New Guy Jan 22, 09:28 6
- jeebus. so many heroes of mine... -- nm - Diva Jan 22, 09:40
- :( -- nm - budice Jan 22, 09:33
- That’s a helluva starting rotation and outfield -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 09:29 3
  - Speaking of which (and tying into your post below...) - David, Horny New Guy Jan 22, 09:32 2
    - The NL outfield in the 50’s/60’s was insane. Frank, Willie, Hank, Clemente, Snider. - Will Hunting Jan 22, 09:42
    - Jeez -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 09:33
Jamie Foxx -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:28
ST Movie Quiz! According to WatchMojo, name the Top 20 Actors who broke typecasting. Hints inside -- (edited) - con_carne Jan 22, 09:16 89
- Answers inside, since the board rolled with all the great answers! (Gee, that was fun) -- (edited) - con_carne Jan 22, 09:44 [youtube]
- Woody Harrelson? -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 22, 09:44 1
  - and Jonah Hill -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 22, 09:45
- Ernest Borgnine -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:42
- Daniel Craig: Bond -> Logan Lucky/Knives Out -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 09:41
- she won't be on the list but Kidman in Destroyer. -- nm - Max Jan 22, 09:41
- Jackie Chan? -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 09:38
- The Rock, horny Depp (autocorrect Johnny) -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:38 2
  - #13 Johnny Depp/Edward Scissorhands -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:40 1
    - counter argument: I think it's questionably whether he'd been typed to the point that working with Tim Burton would be risky or unexpected. -- (edited) - Max Jan 22, 09:53
- There's still like 4 funny-turned-dramatic actors left (including one woman) and one popular one that went the other way. -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:35 15
  - Steve Carell? -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:44
  - Leslie Nielsen went from Forbidden Planet to spoof. -- nm - Max Jan 22, 09:43
  - Whoopi Goldberg -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:42
  - John C Reilly - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:42
  - Reese for Walk the Line? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 09:39
  - Jim Carrey? -- nm - mara Jan 22, 09:37
  - Jack Nicholson -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:37
  - Bill Murray -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:37 1
    - That's probably the biggest miss so far IMO. Very good answer. -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:41
  - DeNiro? -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 22, 09:37 4
    - De Niro got a mention for Stardust (Hey, no throwing things! One would think it's Meet The Parents) -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:39 1
      - Yeah, that's what I would have gone with. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 22, 09:39
    - Very good answer -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:37
    - Oh, good answer -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:37
  - Ben Stiller? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:36
- Ewan McGregor -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:35
- Travolta Pulp Fiction -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 09:34
- Harrison Ford in What Lies beneath -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 09:33
- Brad Pitt, Julia Louis Dreyfus -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:32
- Matt Damon! Bourne Identity -- nm - MDH Jan 22, 09:31
- Eddie Murphy going from foul-mouth comedy to family film? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 09:30
- Sally Field -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:29
- Tom Cruise -- nm - budice Jan 22, 09:28
- Michael Keaton going from goofy working man comedy to Batman -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 09:27
- Charlize Theron (Monster), Tom Cruise (Collateral), Baby Goose (Drive) -- nm - MDH Jan 22, 09:27 15
  - #5 Tom Cruise/Collateral -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:32 5
    - If that makes the list, then Denzel for Training Day -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:33 4
      - Kevin Costner played a serial killer, but I think all three of these were playing their personas just on the opposite side of the plot - Max Jan 22, 09:39 2
        
        yes to your IM. I watch Mr. Brooks pretty regularly -- nm - Pippy Jan 22, 09:42
        
        The other thing (for me) is that it didn't change their career path. Tom Cruise was still Tom Cruise, Collateral didn't mean he took on more evil - Roger More Jan 22, 09:41
      - That's probably way up there then -- nm - MDH Jan 22, 09:34
  - Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Terrance Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pierce) - but maybe too early? -- nm - MDH Jan 22, 09:29 8
    - Did non-Australians know who Guy Pearce or Hugo Weaving were in the early 90s? -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:31 2
      - That's sort of what I was thinking... -- nm - MDH Jan 22, 09:31 1
        
        Ha! I thought "maybe too early" was about today's "Top 20 ever" lists never having anything before 1998 -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:33
    - maybe the other one with Snipes, Swayze and ... -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 09:30 4
      - To Wong Foo? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:31 2
        
        right thanks -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 09:32 1
        
        Thanks For Everything -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:36
      - Leguizamo -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:31
- Jamie Foxx -- nm - kelly Jan 22, 09:27 3
  - #12 Jamie Foxx/Ray -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:30
  - Oh! Will Smith! (Fresh Prince to drama) -- nm - kelly Jan 22, 09:29 1
    - #10 Will Smith/Ali -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:31
- Ledger and Keaton, cause batman movies? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 22, 09:27 1
  - #4 Heath Ledger/The Dark Knight. #8 Michael Keaton/Batman (although IMO his break might have come with Clean and Sober) -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:29
- Chris Pratt. Chubby goofy TV actor to ripped goofy movie star -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 09:26
- You guys are doing great, but start thinking more major cultural moments and a dash more funny people or movies. -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:26 1
  - Jason Statham was damned hilarious in Spy. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 09:27
- George C Scott -- nm - znufrii Jan 22, 09:26 1
  - Football to the Groin was quite a break from his past. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 09:27
- JK Simmons. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 09:25
- RDJ, SLJ, -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:25
- Matthew McConaughey. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Jan 22, 09:23 2
  - But which stereotype did he break - stoner or lawyer? :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:25 1
    - Er. Typecasting. You know what I mean. Seersucker or t-shirt. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:26
- Chris Pratt -- nm - spamlet Jan 22, 09:22
- Keanu -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:22 1
  - Seriously, not Keanu? -- nm - zork Jan 22, 09:33
- Sandra Bullock -- nm - Dano Jan 22, 09:21
- Clarification: are we using "actors" here in the gender-neutral sense? -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 09:21 2
  - Affirmative. -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:24
  - Because, if so, Mary Tyler Moore (Ordinary People). -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 09:22
- Nicolas Cage -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:20
- Adam Sandler -- nm - kelly Jan 22, 09:19 3
  - #20 Adam Sandler/Uncut Gems -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:23 2
    - Punch-Drunk Says Whaaaat -- nm - Beryllium Jan 22, 09:24 1
      - That title was mentioned. -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:25
- Jim Carrey. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 09:19
- Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Joe Pesci, and Bryan Cranston are my guesses. also that guy from airplane and naked gun. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 22, 09:19 2
  - #9 Jim Carrey/The Number 23 (but Eternal Sunshine got a mention). #7 Joe Pesci/Home Alone. #1 Bryan Cranston/Breaking Bad! #18 Leslie Nielsen/Airplane -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:23
  - *shakes fist at Tru* -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 09:19
- Vince Vaughn? -- nm - VMan Jan 22, 09:19
- Robin Williams. John Travolta. -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:18 1
  - #6 Robin Williams, One Hour Photo. -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 09:19
- Ryan Reynolds -- nm - decline Jan 22, 09:18
- Tom Hanks? went from comedy to one of the biggest actors alive -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 09:17 1
  - And awayyy we go! #2 Tom Hanks/Philadelphia. Nice job. -- nm* - con_carne Jan 22, 09:18
Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License' Is the No. 1 Song in the World Right Now. But There's More to the Story. - JD Jan 22, 09:11
I am way way behind on The Simpsons and finally got to the Canadian episode. People found this ... controversial? -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 09:05 4
- I missed the controversy, so perhaps most people didn't? -- nm - Roger More Jan 22, 09:11 2
  - "Ralph" as a Newfie rips up a baby seal plush and wears it as a hat while singing The Islander (or a facsimile thereof). This got some people riled up - Reagen Jan 22, 09:15 1
    - I think they interviewed the one person who it pissed off. as I remember all my newf friends didn't care a whit -- nm - Beaker Jan 22, 09:18
- Did they? -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 09:10
Morbius delayed to 2022 -- nm - Remlik Jan 22, 09:03 5
- The bigger story is that Spider-Man 3 has kept its holiday release. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Jan 22, 09:22
- This is really gonna mess up the timing of the sequel. - Spawn Jan 22, 09:13
- I would not be shocked if everything before Bond moves. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 09:08 2
  - you mean everything before Dune of course. -- nm - mud Jan 22, 09:22 1
    - Mmm, maybe. I don't think any studio wants to be the first with something that's not a verified slam dunk out of the gate - Reagen Jan 22, 09:28
Friend just had his third kid... named him Wells. -- nm - colin Jan 22, 08:59 3
- Whatchu talkin' 'bout Wells? -- nm - Qale Jan 22, 09:10
- A beautiful addition to the Fargo family! -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 09:10
- Because the new kid also has free checking? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 22, 09:01
Hmmmmm. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 22, 08:53
ty97 news network: American Airlines has so much extra wine it's starting a delivery service -- (link*) - decline Jan 22, 08:52 2
- it's not good -- nm - ty97 Jan 22, 08:59
- I got that email yesterday but figured it was a miles use thing. -- nm - spamlet Jan 22, 08:54
STIS: manual car - if i think it MIGHT get towed, do i leave it in neutral with park brake on or in 1st, no brake? - colin Jan 22, 08:49 1
- I don't think it'll matter. - JaxSean Jan 22, 08:54
"This was a multipurpose hole." -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 22, 08:47 2
- BIG dinosaur news! -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 08:48 1
  - Multipurpose hole not big enough to stop an asteroid! -- nm - Spawn Jan 22, 09:15
Good. Somebody do something. -- (link) - Diva Jan 22, 08:41
“Leader McConnell’s proposal is unacceptable - and it won’t be accepted.” -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 22, 08:41 8
- I really hope the Dems realize they have exactly 2 years to help lots of people in a big way - Brian Jan 22, 08:55 6
  - I hate that people are so sure that the dems lose the house and senate. Two years is a long time to make big changes and affect voter attitude -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 09:17 3
    - 2022 elections are favourable to Dems anyway. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 09:18 2
      - Yeah, I thought the reps had to defend more seats -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 09:20 1
        
        You would hope that GA might have made people think more positively but I suspect people don't think it's real yet. -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 09:29
  - yup -- nm - decline Jan 22, 08:58
  - I agree to the IM - we have to move now! -- nm - Pippy Jan 22, 08:56
- "We keep the filibuster *AND* we share power with you. Deal?" -- nm - Mop Jan 22, 08:44
"Look left. Waaaaay left." -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 22, 08:38
Meg, it sounds like a can't-win situation. Our governor is being attacked for prioritizing teachers over the elderly. -- (link*) - Mop Jan 22, 08:33 3
- Why can't every group be first? -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 09:19
- Exactly, and they can change priorities all they want. Makes no difference if they don't have the vaccine. -- nm - Meg Jan 22, 09:04
- In my County (in Illinois, there are county level rollouts as there's no statewide rollout plan that I can see) teachers are in the 2nd group with - zunkskunk+ Jan 22, 08:54
FA Cup Fourth Round this weekend, who’ve you got? - znufrii Jan 22, 08:31 8
- I'll be rooting for anybody to score in the Man U - Liverpool match - JD Jan 22, 08:58 3
  - watching clips of the liverpool game from yesterday - tRuMaN Jan 22, 09:02 2
    - Yeah, he's a different story when his team is losing compared to winning. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 22, 09:09 1
      - between him falling apart like this, and Lampard basically not figuring out coaching - tRuMaN Jan 22, 09:17
- I rooted for Marine. After that, i became deeply cynical. -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 08:56
- Spurs continue their tour of going to likeable smaller clubs and playing the role of bad guys. This time at Wycombe. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 22, 08:43 2
  - Heh, if both the Blues and the Spurs win this round, they'll meet in the next round -- nm - JD Jan 22, 08:54 1
    - Well aware. Well aware. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 22, 09:09
This was gratifying. Anyone else avoid the acclaimed movie Whiplash because the trailer bugged the hell out of you? Rick Beato is with you! -- (link) - con_carne Jan 22, 08:29 [youtube] 8
- No -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 09:18
- I love these tiny videos. -- nm - Spawn Jan 22, 09:16
- It's a movie about the dilemma of whether pushing people to the edge is what brings out greatness in them, and whether that's necessary. -- (edited) - Inigo Jan 22, 08:49
- I don't get this desire to watch movies and see real life - Guigue Jan 22, 08:42
- I think Baby Driver will be my Friday Night viewing - Pippy Jan 22, 08:34 1
  - Oh, I still have plenty of S & E nostalgia films on deck. Mrs. Brown (Judy Dench/Billy Connolly) in particular is calling to me. -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 08:43
- My review of his review is that spent the same proportion watching it as the trailer is of the movie and I found it "cringey". -- nm - Reagen Jan 22, 08:33 1
  - I'm prepared to admit Simmons' character really is an interesting and flawed human being and that's why he has to make up for it with his huge muscles -- nm - con_carne Jan 22, 08:39
~Why do you have to go and make me inoculated?~ - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 08:24 2
- I'm really hungry now. Is that a known side effect? -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 22, 08:52 1
  - only if its hungry for brains -- nm - Pippy Jan 22, 08:57
how does the xbox live family thing work? - tRuMaN Jan 22, 08:21 3
- This is an interesting idea. The vudu groups showed that we can all play nice. If family plans save money, we should bundle - amanda jeans Jan 22, 08:39
- yes. Essentially, you make your home Xbox Krusty's, and he makes his home Xbox yours. - JaxSean Jan 22, 08:37 1
  - Interesting -- nm - Krusty Jan 22, 09:19
Nickname? Taken. -- nm - prayformojo Jan 22, 08:20
The answer to greatest living athlete is different than it was yesterday. -- (edited) - David Jan 22, 08:18 1
- Willie Mays is now the greatest living baseball player. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 22, 08:26

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