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“Look, I don’t want any wounded guys in the parade. This doesn’t look good for me.” - ty97 Aug 8, 06:38
poll question on the board at my bar friday night: who's the sexiest villain ever? -- (edited) - amanda Aug 8, 06:37 56
- Harry, Resident Alien -- nm - Max Aug 8, 07:17
- Natasha Henstridge - Species -- nm - Inigo Aug 8, 07:14 1
  - my man. -- nm - colin Aug 8, 07:15
- *slaps forehead* Rebecca Romijn - Mystique -- nm - VMan Aug 8, 07:12 1
  - good answer! good answer! -- nm - oblique Aug 8, 07:13
- Demi Moore, Disclosure. Alec Baldwin, Malice -- nm - oblique Aug 8, 07:12 1
  - Alec in Glengary Glen Ross -- nm - VMan Aug 8, 07:13
- the shark from Jaws -- nm - Troy McClure Aug 8, 07:08 2
  - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is an erotic thriller. -- nm - Deep Aug 8, 07:10
  - Heh. -- nm - VMan Aug 8, 07:09
- Comer's Villanelle has to be top three for women. -- nm - Max Aug 8, 07:07
- On the creepier side... Kirsten Dunst - Interview with the Vampire. -- nm - VMan Aug 8, 07:07
- George Clooney - Out of Sight (which leads on to the cast of Oceans 11 too) and Salma Hayek in From Dusk till Dawn. -- nm - LMS Aug 8, 07:06
- demon Kristen Bouchard on Evil. -- nm - Max Aug 8, 07:05
- Loki? I feel like that’s not Tom Hiddleston at his sexiest (hello night manager), but he’s still hot. -- nm - mafic Aug 8, 07:01
- Linda Fiorentino - The Last Seduction -- nm - Inigo Aug 8, 07:01 4
  - yes, all others are wrong. -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 07:02 2
    - Right? It's not even close. It might be the sexiest performance ever. -- nm - Inigo Aug 8, 07:03 1
      - It also may be right because I hate that it's probably right. Like, how dare you, Linda. - Max Aug 8, 07:06
  - nice -- nm - mud Aug 8, 07:01
- Michael Keaton - Pacific Heights -- nm - VMan Aug 8, 07:00 3
  - Rebecca De Mornay - Hand That Rocks the Cradle or Jennifer Jason Leigh - Single White Female -- nm - VMan Aug 8, 07:03
  - Hell yeah. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 8, 07:01 1
    - I will never forget that one. He creeped me the eff out in that movie. -- nm* - VMan Aug 8, 07:05
- Hans Gruber, jesus -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 8, 07:00 5
  - how is jesus a villian?! -- nm - mud Aug 8, 07:01 4
    - He beat up the moneylenders and kick them out of the temple -- nm - VMan Aug 8, 07:04 3
      - he made rich people feel bad about being rich. the monster. -- nm - colin Aug 8, 07:04 2
        
        Don't forget, he wouldn't help Ceranno hit curveballs either. -- nm - VMan Aug 8, 07:06 1
        
        and he didn't get me a nintendo for my birthday even though i prayed for it. major villain in my life. -- nm - colin Aug 8, 07:11
- Gaston - Beauty and the Beast -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 06:59 1
  - Animated or Live Action? (not judging) -- nm - LMS Aug 8, 07:09
- Autolycus, Loki, Al Swearengen -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 8, 06:56
- Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 06:55 1
  - This. -- nm - Marlowe Aug 8, 07:02
- Knives Out Spoiler (just in case) - LMS Aug 8, 06:54
- Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin -- nm - budice Aug 8, 06:53 5
  - opposite list for me. Least sexy Scarlett ever. -- nm - Max Aug 8, 07:03 3
    - oh, when she turned people into skin balloons, that was a boner killer? -- nm - colin Aug 8, 07:06
    - how many other villains has she played? -- nm - mud Aug 8, 07:05 1
      - Nicole Barber in Marriage Story, Kaa in Jungle Book, Lucy, Mary Boleyn if you side with Henry VIII -- nm - colin Aug 8, 07:15
  - threadwin -- nm - mud Aug 8, 06:55
- Kathleen Turner in Body Heat. -- nm - pmb Aug 8, 06:48 1
  - solid. -- nm - colin Aug 8, 06:52
- Michael Fasbender/David or Christian Bale/Patrick Bateman -- nm - colin Aug 8, 06:47 2
  - or, of course, David Boreanaz/Angel. -- nm - colin Aug 8, 06:48 1
    - teenage me would have said Natasha Henstridge/Sil -- nm - colin Aug 8, 06:49
- Dracula, Roy Batty or Frank Booth -- nm - mud Aug 8, 06:44 1
  - or Lady Kaede -- (pic) - mud Aug 8, 06:50 [Attachment]
- my answer is Tim Curry. cause why not, also he was such an entertaining villain at times. even as a quasi-villain too. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 8, 06:42 4
  - as Darkness, yeah!! -- nm - mud Aug 8, 06:45 3
    - or Dr. Frank-n-furter (is that even a villain?) -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 8, 06:50 2
      - undoubtedly. -- nm - colin Aug 8, 06:51 1
        
        and depending on the ending, Wadsworth is a villain too. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 8, 06:59
- Jamie Dornan in The Fall -- nm - LMS Aug 8, 06:41 1
  - good one -- nm - mud Aug 8, 06:47
newyorker: "It is my belief that you were doing great and irreparable harm to my country."—General Mark Milley -- (link) - mud Aug 8, 06:33 3
- without looking, i assume there is yet another book out now about the trump presidency. -- nm - colin Aug 8, 06:52 2
  - Nope, not at all, what would even suggest that? - ty97 Aug 8, 06:55 1
    - ding ding. - colin Aug 8, 06:57
I say again, it is impressive what Biden (and Schumer) have done with a 50-50 Senate (and Pelosi with a closely divided House too). - ty97 Aug 8, 06:26 10
- The excise tax on stock buybacks seems like it should be a bigger deal, I’m actually a little surprised something like that made it in. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 8, 06:57
- He's accomplished a lot in 2 years. He gets no credit (and maybe more belongs to Pelosi and Schumer), but the low approval rating is ridiculous. -- nm - pmb Aug 8, 06:47 5
  - He is repeating the Obama mistake of being absolutely silent in pushing his agenda to the public. - Will Hunting Aug 8, 06:57 3
    - For Democrats, he really shouldn't have to. -- (edited) - Inigo Aug 8, 07:11
    - Yup. I follow politics and I'm unsure what's in this bill. I know what's not in the bill as that has been talked about a lot. -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 06:59 1
      - Main points - znufrii Aug 8, 07:07
  - Yeah, I agree -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 06:52
- Now they need to focus on judicial appointments. - Dano Aug 8, 06:40 1
  - Yep -- nm - ty97 Aug 8, 06:43
- 100% on yout IM re:GA -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 06:30
Perseids meteor shower August 12-13th this year -- (link) - Beaker Aug 8, 06:25
I saw “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” in a sold out theater this weekend. Minimal showtimes since they pushed it to streaming. Sigh. -- (edited) - MDH Aug 8, 05:49
Hold up! There is/was a House Party remake from LeBron and it's been canned by WB/Discovery? Ugh!! -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 05:48 3
- SHHH!! You're not supposed to know this! -- nm - Mop Aug 8, 07:36
- Things we learn from the Streaming Hams -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 8, 05:48 1
  - Yup and now I'm not happy knowing we won't ever see it. -- nm - Krusty Aug 8, 05:52
TIL: Songs from the Big Chair was *not* Tears for Fears' debut album -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 05:40 4
- I weirdly had that album on cassette. -- nm - mafic Aug 8, 07:03
- I didn't know that at the time, but I learned about it when the Mad World cover became popular. -- nm - Dano Aug 8, 06:25
- yeah, i only learned when i saw them a few years ago, that The Hurting was only a hit in a few countries, it was a platinum album here. -- nm* - Andie Aug 8, 06:04 1
  - — — -- nm* - mud Aug 8, 06:19
Not the Onion: ESPN2 televising the World Excel Championship— -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 8, 05:11 2
- I’m not even sure how this is feasible … it’s basically fastest typist, right? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 05:37
- PIVOT! -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 05:29
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 8, 04:32 [Attachment] 7
- FIGGY TARTAR - The less successful invention preceding figgy pudding -- nm - VMan Aug 8, 06:29 1
  - I don't know why this makes me want to hurk, but it does - prayformojo Aug 8, 07:44
- GRITTYTITTY… a rejected film title of the early 80’s, starring Charles Bronson and Shannon Tweed -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 8, 05:42
- GrittyAF -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 04:48
- GYRATIFY - how things are passed in Booty Congress -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 04:43
- FRIAR GRITTY - he wasn't always the pop culture phenom you know and love -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 04:40
- GIRAFFYTAFFY - the world's most stretchable taffy (BRB, gotta talk with some marketers) -- nm - Reagen Aug 8, 04:36
Weekend Viewing? -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 04:32 13
- Bullet Train - A (big dumb fun), Sandman - A+. -- nm - Dark Callisto Aug 8, 05:59
- Wedding Season: B- (cute but predictable), Lightyear: B+ (though I fell asleep), Keep Breathing: B-, started Prey but haven't had time to finish - oblique Aug 8, 05:48
- the lack of Prey viewing this weekend by ST makes me disappointed in all of you! -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 05:46
- Sandman S1: A. Love S1 E1-3: B. -- nm - Spawn Aug 8, 05:40
- The Sandman S1, The Grand Budapest Hotel (rewatch), The Tudors S1 (rewatch), Becoming Elizabeth S1 finale — all great -- nm - mud Aug 8, 05:25
- Prey B+, Mortal Instruments C+, Paper Girls B, -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 8, 05:19 1
  - newest Candyman B, there was a great movie in here but they murked it up with social issues commentary. -- nm - St. Epiphany Aug 8, 05:24
- The Sandman :A. Uncharted :B- -- nm - decline Aug 8, 05:18
- Bullet Train - B- -- nm - LMS Aug 8, 05:02
- Lightyear, B; sandman 1-3, A -- nm - znufrii Aug 8, 05:00
- The Sandman: A+, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown: A+ (very funny episode), The Last Leg: B+ and random YouTube videos. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 8, 05:00
- Gray Man - B+ -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 8, 04:51
- Prey: A (Comanche dubbed version B+) ; The Sandman first 3 episodes A- -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 04:33
Framed #150 - 5/6 - prayformojo Aug 8, 04:09 1
- Framed: 3/6. Moviedle: X. Actorle: 1/8. - Marlowe Aug 8, 06:41
Worldle - x -- nm - prayformojo Aug 8, 04:08 1
- 2/6 - mafic Aug 8, 04:17
TV PSA: Raw, American Ninja Warrior, Bachelorette, Roswell New Mexico, In the Dark, Beat Shazam, Weakest Link, Claim to Fame, Snake in the Grass, -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 04:08 2
- UK has the Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony for those that want to see a bit of the Peaky Blinders ballet as well as Dexy's and UB40. -- nm - LMS Aug 8, 04:33
- Better Call Saul, Tuca & Bertie, Below Deck Med, Team Zenko Go, Don't Forget the Lyrics, Industry, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Aug 8, 04:09
Heardle #165 - 2/6 - prayformojo Aug 8, 04:05
Hah! My mom drew a picture of the kid. Showed it to her on FaceTime: “do you know who that is?” “It’s Finn! … … … It doesn’t look right.” -- (pic) - mafic Aug 8, 02:01 [Attachment] 3
- It's the eyes. they look flat, as in not round. -- nm - .🎡 Aug 8, 02:27 2
  - Good call. -- nm - mafic Aug 8, 07:03
  - oooh.. yeah. they need that little prism of white to give them a glint or something. -- nm - colin Aug 8, 06:53
Dark Brandon: winning the meme wars -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 8, 01:09
despite earlier reports of continued rocket fire, al jazeera reports that the truce is holding -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 8, 00:57
Didn't smell a thing, but a huge tree caught fire a couple blocks from here, we wondered why the fire truck went down our street. -- (pic) - zeitgeist Aug 8, 00:55 [Attachment]
Wordle 415 3/6 - TWuG Aug 8, 00:23 8
- 2 - 415 - GregW Aug 8, 14:45
- 5 - rollo Aug 8, 08:14
- 3/6 - mafic Aug 8, 07:04
- 4/6 - Marlowe Aug 8, 07:02
- 5/6 - oblique Aug 8, 07:00
- 5 - decline Aug 8, 05:26
- Wordle 415 5/6 - prayformojo Aug 8, 04:04
- 3/6 - Beryllium Aug 8, 00:23
The Sandman E1 spoiler - Ender Aug 7, 23:36 1
- E2 spoiler - Ender Aug 8, 00:05
The Miles Davis post set me off on a quest to find this song that I had vaguely remembered. Finally tracked it down. -- (link) - Dano Aug 7, 22:55 [youtube] 3
- He used to swim every morning at my school's pool. He was older and I kept reading he wasn't well, but he was in incredible shape for his age and - jnine Aug 8, 00:10
- I saw Miles when he toured in 1982 -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 7, 23:09
- cool, I have to go to bed soon so I'll listen to it tomorrow :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 22:57
I want to know the podcast's name... "an interview with a hitter, a thief, and a hacker" or "the long-con-tiki expedition" or ... -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 7, 22:36 4
- Brian Brushwood already has The World's Greatest Con... -- nm - Ender Aug 7, 23:39
- Leverage gets a pass and remains glamorous due to its fiction, they don't kill, and Christian Kane needs a job. -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 22:56 2
  - Speaking of which, is Almost Paradise good? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 23:31 1
    - Not really -- nm - Epiphany! Aug 8, 03:58
Meg: I suspect Mr Donnie is the entire continuum. He runs the gamut. -- (edited) - Beryllium Aug 7, 22:33 6
- He's a strange case because he barely succeeds inspite of himself and childish bumbling. yet most everything he touches dies and they love him for it -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 23:45 5
  - He's tapped into people's anger. They are unhappy and they want others to be. He makes the people they don't like very unhappy, therefore he is a - jnine Aug 8, 00:15
  - He found a flaw in people that allows his showmanship to insulate him from true repercussions ... I don't know how to snap people out of it. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 23:49 3
    - he's managed to tap into religious zeal in a secular way -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 7, 23:56 1
      - Seems accurate enough, yeah. Also extremely scary, and will continue to be for many decades. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 23:59
    - (Other people have found similar flaws and insinuated themselves into their own little microcults ... it's a problem.) - Beryllium Aug 7, 23:55
Ender, I'm sorry. My condolences -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 22:30 5
- Meg, since people died on Jan 6th, he doesn't qualify. I'm thinking people like Elizabeth Holmes, Anna Delvey, the Fyre Fest guys, Bernie Madoff. -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 22:32 4
  - WE have an evil mo fo that ripped off seniors in a devious way, selling long term home care coverage that nobody qualified to claim - zeitgeist Aug 7, 23:55
  - Ah, I overlooked the 'lack of violence' clause. -- nm - Meg Aug 7, 22:35 2
    - The Indian dudes who created a fake cricket league to rip off Russian oligarchs score highly on all three axis. They need a documentary, stat. -- nm - crash davis Aug 7, 22:52 1
      - More problematic is a couple years ago is some Kenyans created a fake US embassy to sell visas. On one hand, they ripped off desperate people which - crash davis Aug 7, 22:55
A U.S. Return to Guadalcanal, in Another Tense Historical Moment - crash davis Aug 7, 22:28

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