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nerdlegame 71 3/6 - crash davis Mar 31, 08:07
ObiWan Kenobi with some news -- (link) - budice Mar 31, 08:06 4
- BASTARDS! -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 08:07 3
  - May the 27th be with you doesn't work at all! -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 08:09 2
    - I dig the D+ logo with the lightsaber motion at the end -- nm* - budice Mar 31, 08:09 1
      - They are smart with it. The Moonknight jump is another recent win. -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 08:12
my employee who rrates herself "exceptional" is super pissed that I referneced her job description in her review. - amanda jeans Mar 31, 07:59 3
- I'm more of a can I just skip the self evaluation part and have you give me a 3? I just want to be bonus eligible. -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 08:09
- I'm doing reviews this week also. Last one this afternoon. -- nm - oblique Mar 31, 08:06 1
  - finished mine yesterday! -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 08:09
#Worldle #69 6/6 (100%) - crash davis Mar 31, 07:58 5
- I didn't get it. I kept guessing other places that were close but no cigar. -- nm - Diva Mar 31, 08:56
- 4/6 - but I got lucky - ReluctantCynic Mar 31, 08:10
- x/6 - I got within 63 miles of it - prayformojo Mar 31, 07:59 2
  - Pretty much the same (153 km). - VMan Mar 31, 08:00
  - Me too. (spoils) - Baruno Mar 31, 08:00
I've never seen Fifth Element or Hudson Hawk or 12 Monkeys -- nm* - ty97 Mar 31, 07:51 19
- I absolutely loathe Fifth Element. Insultingly stupid film. - TWuG Mar 31, 07:56 3
  - DTM -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 07:57 2
    - I've seen it twice in theaters. It never managed to engage me. - TWuG Mar 31, 08:03 1
      - Once in theaters, at least 60 times at home. Never failed to engage me. - Spawn Mar 31, 08:11
- WTF? -- nm - decline Mar 31, 07:55
- Fifth Element is a lot of fun if you turn off your brain completely. - spamlet Mar 31, 07:53
- Absolutely do not bother with Hudson Hawk. The other two are pretty fun. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 07:53 10
  - HH is a masterpiece. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 31, 08:03
  - Richard E Grant's film diary about filming that is fun (the whole book is a great read). - LMS Mar 31, 08:03
  - HH is pretty dumb but it has one of my all-time favorite soundtracks -- nm - decline Mar 31, 07:56
  - "Butterfinger!" "No shit." -- nm - Shaun Mar 31, 07:56
  - LIES! -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 07:55
  - It is not nearly as bad as its reputation. I wouldn't call it good, by any stretch, but it's not painful. -- nm - Reagen Mar 31, 07:54 3
    - Like it’s fine and very early ‘90s, but I wouldn’t go out of my way for it. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 08:09
    - ditto, the only thing really bad about it are the cartoonish henchmen. -- nm - Max Mar 31, 08:06
    - That's what she said? -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 07:56
  - *gasps at the Hudson Hawk sacrilege* -- nm - Baruno Mar 31, 07:54
- How hard can I fire you? -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 07:51 1
  - With extreme prejudice. -- nm - sycor Mar 31, 07:52
ST Poll: YOUR top 3 Bruce Willis movies. GO! -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 07:46 34
- Die Hard, Fifth Element, The Sixth Sense. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 31, 09:05
- Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, Moonlight Kingdom, The Player (which I can include because it is a cameo). (NM) - Marlowe Mar 31, 08:08
- last boy scout, red, die hard, hudson hawk, armagedon, tears of the sun. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 31, 08:07 1
  - Tears of the Sun is a movie I'd expect to be on tv a lot more often, and I'd expect I'd get little done as I kept paying attention to it. -- nm - Max Mar 31, 08:09
- Die Hard, Armageddon, Fifth Element. Also 12 Monkeys, Die Hard 2, Hudson Hawk, Red, Last Boy Scout. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 31, 08:05
- Pulp Fiction, Fifth Element, Sixth Sense - znufrii Mar 31, 08:00
- Die Hard, 12 Monkeys, Fifth Element, with Looper a close 4th. Favourite performance is probably To Die For though. - LMS Mar 31, 07:59
- Die Hard Pulp Fiction Fifth Element -- nm - Jovian Mar 31, 07:58 1
  - I had a feeling that *you* would get it right. -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 08:03
- I liked unbreakable so much more than I should have. maybe looper? die hard of course. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 31, 07:53 3
  - Rather impressive portfolio that Those two had not been mentioned until now, but are worthy of being there. -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 07:59 2
    - I think unbreakable gets lost because it's overhsdowed by the sixth sense. it's such a departure. but looking at it on its own merits... it's pretty - amanda jeans Mar 31, 08:00 1
      - Yeah, but Sixth Sense was crap. - Spawn Mar 31, 08:05
- 12 Monkeys, Looper, Fifth Element -- nm - Baruno Mar 31, 07:53
- Die Hard Fifth Element Unbreakable Last Boy Scout - eag Mar 31, 07:53 2
  - Last Boy Scout high five -- nm - sycor Mar 31, 07:53 1
    - *dances a jig* -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 07:59
- Die Hard, Armageddon and either Sixth Sense or Fifth Element. -- (edited) - sycor Mar 31, 07:51
- 12 Monkeys, Sixth Sense, The Whole Nine Yards -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 07:51
- Die Hard, Armageddon, 12 Monkeys -- nm - oblique Mar 31, 07:50
- Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, Fifth Element -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 07:50 1
  - ditto -- nm - Max Mar 31, 08:05
- Die Hard(s), Armageddon, Hudson Hawk -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 07:49
- Die Hard, Lucky Number Slevin, Armageddon -- nm* - ty97 Mar 31, 07:49 3
  - Dang I forgot about Slevin. -- nm - sycor Mar 31, 07:52 1
    - ::Googles:: I guess I have heard of it but never saw it. -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 07:54
  - ... and Pulp Fiction -- nm - tie97 Mar 31, 07:50
- Die Hard, Fifth Element, Die Hard 3 -- nm - decline Mar 31, 07:48
- Die Hard, Hudson Hawk, Armageddon -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 07:48
- Puilp Fiction, [okay, Die Hard] and Fifth Element -- (edited) - Spawn Mar 31, 07:47
- Die Hard. Sixth Sense. Die Hard 3. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 31, 07:47 3
  - I love Sixth Sense, but that’s a Haley Joel Osmont movie. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 07:51 2
    - He’s the 2nd spot and vital so it’s a Bruce movie too. - Will Hunting Mar 31, 07:58
    - And is a horribly predictable movie. -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 07:55
I'm taking today and tomorrow off from trolling job sites. I'm so bored of it. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 31, 07:43 1
- The COO that was fired, they should give you his job -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 07:46
Putin-Will Smith-Batman Venn Diagram -- (link) - budice Mar 31, 07:35
"Unfortunately, you were not selected to run the 2022 TCS New York City Marathon." - the way training is going, I'm not upset about that. -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 07:35 1
- :( Onward to 2023!!! -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 07:38
Concerns about Bruce Willis’ declining cognitive state swirled around sets in recent years -- (link) - con_carne Mar 31, 07:30 10
- He needs to do one last movie with Liam Neeson. -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 07:47
- Of all of his movies, that’s an odd one to highlight. - spamlet Mar 31, 07:42 4
  - I’d put it second. I can see why you’d pick it if you were like “Die Hard is too obvious,” - mafic Mar 31, 07:50 1
    - Sixth Sense is another good option. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 31, 07:51
  - Agreed but the article references a more recent movie that features both Willis and Travolta -- nm - Roger More Mar 31, 07:47
  - Pretty f-in' beloved, though. -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 07:46
- I feel so bad for him and his loved one and this one is really bothering me a lot. Like Bruce feels young. -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 07:40 1
  - 67 years young, but agreed. -- nm - Spawn Mar 31, 07:56
- mmmmm… earpie -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 07:40
- That’s sad given his age…too young to be that lost. - Will Hunting Mar 31, 07:39
Truth Social has suffered a 93% decline in downloads since launch and is a massive flop - decline Mar 31, 07:14 4
- Creed Thoughts -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 07:35
- What's 93% of nothing? -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 07:15 2
  - CNN+’s ratings. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 31, 07:25
  - -1/12 -- nm - Baruno Mar 31, 07:21
Peacemaker Theme making the Wedding Rounds -- (link) - budice Mar 31, 07:08
Framed #20 1/6 - ty97 Mar 31, 07:08
Geek Deal: Amazon/Best Buy has 14TB External Hard Drive for $200 -- (edited) - budice Mar 31, 07:04 3
- That’s a *lot* of pr0n -- nm - spamlet Mar 31, 07:08 2
  - I sense a lost marketing opportunity: The Brazzers Drive. -- nm - Baruno Mar 31, 07:13 1
    - "Nice pair of GGs for your desktop" -- nm - budice Mar 31, 07:15
I have zero idea how people naturally switch languages so easily. - spamlet Mar 31, 06:58 8
- I do this with Spanish, Russian, French, Japanese and Jive. -- (edited) - Diva Mar 31, 07:20 1
  - Pardon me, stewardess... -- nm - Reagen Mar 31, 07:47
- Welcome to my life. Right now with FIL visiting everything is a Spanish-Russian-English pidgin. - mafic Mar 31, 07:20 1
  - Though today I forgot the English word for door, which made me have a moment of sympathy for Hilaria Baldwin. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 07:26
- You say as if fosse uma coisa complicada, n'est-ce pas? So desu ne. - Marlowe Mar 31, 07:16 1
  - IM is what I do with Russian. I get it, but I’m not great at noun cases. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 07:27
- I think that's a level where it comes so naturally you dream in said language. -- nm - Baruno Mar 31, 07:06
- And now trying to switch back, all that's coming out is Spanish. - spamlet Mar 31, 07:02
bbcnews: Russia says it has signed up 16,000 recruits from the Middle East to fight with its forces in Ukraine. - prayformojo Mar 31, 06:42 9
- Syrians will be less restrained. No connection to Ukrainians, maybe peaceful civilian protests stop working quite so well. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 07:24
- “Maybe we're the baddies?” -- nm - Mop Mar 31, 07:14
- Also: "Several hundred Russian soldiers were forced to hastily withdraw from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine after suffering 'acute radiation sickness'" -- (link*) - decline Mar 31, 07:10
- “Russia says…” -- nm - znufrii Mar 31, 06:55
- $7,000 what? US Dollars good. Russian Rubles bad. -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 06:45
- Also comes with collectable poster of Putin wearing a turban and holding the Quran -- nm* - budice Mar 31, 06:44 1
  - A turban and nothing else but strategic censoring. -- nm - Baruno Mar 31, 07:05
- How much do Russian conscripts get? If less than 7k, a few bullets to the Syrian’s backs sounds in order. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 31, 06:44 1
  - They get to live (until the front lines, at least) -- nm* - spamlet Mar 31, 06:52
Morbius 19% (15/64)...this is one of the Fresh reviews: 2/5: "its a defanged vampire movie with no bite' -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 06:40 12
- MC 37. Even that seems generous, but not many reviews there so far. Should go lower -- nm - budice Mar 31, 06:51 3
  - yeah, the early sneak reviews my kids saw were not good for the most part so seems to diverge from the original Venom which tanked RT but was liked - Beaker Mar 31, 06:55 2
    - Everything I heard, this sucks unholy ass -- nm - budice Mar 31, 06:55 1
      - sucking unholy ass usually costs extra -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 06:56
- In what word is that a fresh review? A 2/5? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 31, 06:43 6
  - right? seems like they are trying to skew reviews positive -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 06:43 5
    - That's argument #766 of why RT sucks. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 31, 06:50 4
      - I still enjoy my weekly tracking posts though, keeps the movie conversations going :) -- nm - Beaker Mar 31, 06:50 3
        
        Sure. I just prefer MetaCritic because the information is more complete, IMO. - Marlowe Mar 31, 06:59 2
        
        37 on MC after 24 reviews :) -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 31, 07:01 1
        
        Yep. The average grade out of 100. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 31, 07:16
- My over 30 bet isn't looking so good. -- nm - Baruno Mar 31, 06:42
ST Poll: Now that I’m on a normal work schedule, I have to ask, “How much sleep do you get a day (on average)—I’m going 7 hours now… - Flavorize Mar 31, 06:38 11
- Watch says 6:51 sleep, 7:24 in bed. -- nm - mafic Mar 31, 07:28
- I can't usually sleep more than 4 hours at a time, but I usually get 7-8 hours overall. - JaxSean Mar 31, 07:23
- 6ish -- nm - oblique Mar 31, 07:06
- I get 6-7 hours a night -- nm - Krusty Mar 31, 06:57
- 7 most nights. -- nm - znufrii Mar 31, 06:53
- used to be 5-6 but I've been trying to get more so now I would say 6-7 -- nm - decline Mar 31, 06:44
- I have a nest hub in my bedroom and it monitors my sleep. I get way not enough. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 31, 06:43
- 6ish -- nm - budice Mar 31, 06:42
- I'm right around 6. - Reagen Mar 31, 06:42
- 6-7 sounds about right for me. Try for bed 11:30 up at 6:30-7 - Beaker Mar 31, 06:41
- I aim for 7 and a bit more on weekends. -- nm - spamlet Mar 31, 06:39
Wordle - 5 - Diva Mar 31, 06:32 4
- 285 6/6 this one was tough. Had it down to 3 possible, so feel lucky to guess the right one on the 2nd try. - GregW Mar 31, 14:03
- 4 - ty97 Mar 31, 06:41 1
  - same - Roger More Mar 31, 07:43
- Wordle and Nerdle both took me 6 today. Not great. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 31, 06:33
Nice Columns on this house -- (link*) - House Mar 31, 06:29 1
- This reply: -- (pic) - Flavorize Mar 31, 06:34 [Attachment]
This board does not reset thread -- and spamlet said we were pedantic -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 06:18
If you don’t call it a murder, the crime rate goes down and you don’t have to work to investigate. Win-win! -- (link) - spamlet Mar 31, 06:13
Elton John Family Affair, coming soon to Bravo! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 31, 05:59
My house is angry that we are moving. Garbage disposal died last night. One month man, you only had to last one more month... -- nm - oblique Mar 31, 05:54 2
- Ha! think youre clever and can buy an EV that easily *twirls moustache* -- nm* - House Mar 31, 06:13 1
  - I realized a possibly positive wrinkle in my plan (for me, not my son). I believe I want to wait to install the Level 2 charger along with our solar - oblique Mar 31, 06:17
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Mar 31, 05:53

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