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DTL: We're about to find out what kind of paper my paper tigers are made of. +68 is probably the strongest rating I've had but they can't shoot -- nm - rollo Oct 3, 09:00
I always knew Galaxy Quest had an amazing cast, but looking back now. WOW what a cast. (I loved loved loved Sigourney Weaver in that movie) -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 08:53 16
- Looking back? If you have not rewatched in the last year or two you are fired. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 08:55 15
  - Right? Such a fun movie. - TWuG Oct 3, 09:04
  - It's been a while, I'm due for a rewatch. - ty97 Oct 3, 08:58 1
    - Me too. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 09:16
  - I've never seen it. How about that? -- nm - mud Oct 3, 08:57 11
    - It's the third best Star Trek movie! -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 09:04 6
      - Heh. Full disclosure: I've never seen it as well. -- nm - zork Oct 3, 09:09
      - ... wrath of khan, first contact, galaxy quest, journey home? Maybe. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 09:08 4
        
        I like that one with Strange -- nm - mud Oct 3, 09:14 3
        
        I rewatched it a couple weeks ago. So good. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 09:16
        
        The second kelvinverse one? It had moments. I think I preferred the 1st & 3rd though. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 09:15 1
        
        I have only watched the third once. It was not movie worthy. - Spawn Oct 3, 09:17
    - Stop everything. Go, now, and watch it. Now. -- nm - TWuG Oct 3, 09:03
    - This just surprises me -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 08:59
    - OMGIJD -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 08:58
    - DUDE -- nm - Jovian Oct 3, 08:58
Gary Oldman. This is tough since he's such a chameleon. -- nm - zork Oct 3, 08:51 20
- Drexl -- nm - Jovian Oct 3, 09:26
- The Professional | Fifth Element | Darkest Hour -- (edited) - Max Oct 3, 09:23 [youtube]
- Rosencrantz. -- nm - spamlet Oct 3, 09:21
- Every one of his roles is stellar. EVERY ONE!!! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 09:11
- I can't see anything beyond prick up your ears. I get that he works constantly but... -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 3, 09:10
- Professional -- nm - Volnelk Oct 3, 09:09
- Dracula -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 3, 09:04 1
  - I wondered of this would be mentioned - zork Oct 3, 09:15
- Tiptoes -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 09:01 1
  - I see what you did there. -- nm - Qale Oct 3, 09:15
- I mean, his villan roles were also interseting. - tRuMaN Oct 3, 09:00
- Professional is his most memed -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 09:00
- Snape! -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 08:59 1
  - You monster! Heheh -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 08:59
- 1 deeply personal vote for Drexel -- nm - rollo Oct 3, 08:58
- Sid... Zorg... Jim Gordon... *mind breaks* -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 08:54 1
  - Dracula! -- nm - mud Oct 3, 08:55
- Sid and Nancy -- nm - mud Oct 3, 08:52 2
  - I was expecting you to post that -- nm - zork Oct 3, 08:54 1
    - :-) -- nm - mud Oct 3, 08:54
Alan Rickman. -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 08:47 16
- Gruber . -- nm* - Will Hunting Oct 3, 09:16
- Hans -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 3, 09:04
- Hans. Dr Lazarus. Harry (Love Actually). Snape. - Beryllium Oct 3, 08:58
- Truly Madly Deeply -- nm - mud Oct 3, 08:50
- A real toss up between Hans Gruber and Snape -- nm - zork Oct 3, 08:49 6
  - Tie goes to the movie with greater cultural impact - Snape it is -- nm - rollo Oct 3, 08:57 1
    - Although an argument could be made that action movies can be defined as pre die hard and post die hard because of its impact -- nm - zork Oct 3, 09:08
  - Snape Gruber, the crossover -- nm - budice Oct 3, 08:55
  - I honestly can't decide. -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 08:50 2
    - When my hair gets longer, I get compared to Snape (and Keanu) so this I guess. - zork Oct 3, 08:53
    - I love one, while the maniac in me loves the other. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 08:51
- I think that’s one where different generations impact. Snape or Gruber. -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 08:49 3
  - yup -- nm - budice Oct 3, 08:55
  - As a guy that for a time was even identified as, "That Hans Gruber looking MF", I still side Snape. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 08:53
  - Young folks would easily go Snape. But otherwise, it's tough. - ty97 Oct 3, 08:52
- Always. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 08:47
Apple has reversed its delay of “Emancipation” will release on 12/2/2022 in theaters followed by Apple+ on 12/9. Apple making major Oscar push. -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 08:43
Dan Snyder on the WAS IG -- (link) - budice Oct 3, 08:27
Fandom has acquired GameSpot, Metacritic, TV Guide, GameFAQs, Giant Bomb, Cord Cutters News and Comic Vine. -- (link) - Remlik Oct 3, 08:22 1
- This is not good news. Fandom is a horrific wiki site that waters down contributions by flooding users with every kind of obnoxious ad type ever made. -- (edited) - Qale Oct 3, 08:25
I don't want to turn on the heat yet, but it's cold in here. -- nm - Dano Oct 3, 08:22 3
- Our week ahead: Wednesday: High of 77F. Friday: low of 36F. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 08:44
- We had to use AC yesterday. - psilotum Oct 3, 08:39
- we had to. It was 58 degrees inside and I'm wfh. -- nm - Diva Oct 3, 08:32
Panthers’ QB Sam Darnold is now eligible to come off of injured reserve, but he’s still not close to return from the high ankle sprain -- nm - budice Oct 3, 08:21
Emails for this deal we're closing are coming in so fast that my *chime* notification for new emails on my computer basically isn't stopping for even - pmb Oct 3, 08:18
Tim Allen: Home Improvement, The Santa Clause, or Buzz? which is the first thing you think of. -- nm - Andie Oct 3, 08:08 16
- That guy who does the stupid ape noises -- nm - zork Oct 3, 08:48
- Galaxy Quest -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 08:44
- Last Man Standing. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 3, 08:42
- Home Improvement and oddly Last Man Standing even though I've only seen 3 minutes of that show from flipping channels. -- nm - Max Oct 3, 08:25
- Home Improvement. -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 08:21
- None of the above: Galaxy Quest -- nm - JD Oct 3, 08:12 5
  - ah, yes. I typed my first thought before reading. lol -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 08:45
  - "Oh That's not right. No. No." -- nm - budice Oct 3, 08:20
  - I prefer Galaxy Quest to all the others, but i think of The Santa Clause first, for some reason (and i don't even like it.) -- nm - Andie Oct 3, 08:13 1
    - I've never seen any of The Santa Clause movies and not sure I've ever seen an entire Home Improvement episode so.... -- nm - JD Oct 3, 08:14
  - Good answer. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 08:13
- Jungle 2 Jungle. Hehehe. -- nm - Qale Oct 3, 08:10
- Home Improv. -- nm - rollo Oct 3, 08:10 2
  - this -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 08:16
  - Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 08:12
- Buzz -- nm - Dano Oct 3, 08:09
yes znu - today does require 2 cups of coffee. -- nm - Diva Oct 3, 08:06 2
- Maybe 6. I'm on day 7 of working essentially around the clock and when I finally got to bed last night, my dog got nauseas and started pacing around - pmb Oct 3, 08:10 1
  - oh gosh. good luck to you and hope the dog feels better. -- nm - Diva Oct 3, 08:33
So LYC and on a relatively trivial point - JD Oct 3, 08:02 [Attachment]
Dano's Top 20 Songs of September - Dano Oct 3, 07:58 4
- Glaive earlier suggested we "fuck this down and, like, everyone in it." - Qale Oct 3, 08:08
- Love Sudan Archives -- nm - rollo Oct 3, 08:08 2
  - I just heard the single on the Alt 18 countdown while driving back from Vegas. That's a good one -- nm - JD Oct 3, 08:15 1
    - Come Meh Way is a one hook song, but what a hook -- nm - rollo Oct 3, 08:21
Last week, AA admits they lost JFK slots because they miscounted their slots. This week, their CEO claims ..... -- (link) - ty97 Oct 3, 07:58
FF: Looking like I will get my second FJS win this weekend - oblique Oct 3, 07:51 3
- I have not even looked at results yet. Am I winning BF? -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 07:58 2
  - Yeah. 114.90 to 91.50 and we're both finished with players going - oblique Oct 3, 08:01 1
    - And it looks like David an ML are joining Lafarrow at 3-1. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud 4-0 Oct 3, 08:04
indieWire breaks down that amazing scene from last night with its terrific performances: -- (link) - mud Oct 3, 07:49
heh. Lake Erie fishing competition discovers contestants cheating by stuffing fish with weights -- (link) - oblique Oct 3, 07:49 1
- Not just contestants, but the guys who've been raking in hundreds of thousands in winnings over multiple years. -- nm - TWuG Oct 3, 08:20
Framed: 6/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: 4/8 - Marlowe Oct 3, 07:48
LFG: SCOTUS agrees to hear challenges to online companies' (near) absolute immunity under Sec 230 of the CDA -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 07:46
I feel like HotD finally got started last night -- nm - rollo Oct 3, 07:45 2
- see above -- nm - mud Oct 3, 07:56
- yep. there is going to be a lot of blood spilt soon. -- nm - Jovian Oct 3, 07:50
DK Metcalf confirms he got carted off the field to take a shit during the game -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 07:42
For the crowd: can a persons signature role be a voice role (I.e. animated movie)? -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 07:35 42
- or like a narrator -- kristen bell in gossip girl, say? (her sig role is obvs veronica.) -- nm - amanda Oct 3, 07:47 14
  - Ron Howard -- nm - Roger More Oct 3, 08:56
  - Daniel Stern in Wonder Years. -- nm - Inigo Oct 3, 07:56 5
    - Daniel Stern is Home Alone, right? -- nm - Andie Oct 3, 08:17 4
      - I'd say City Slickers (though I might argue for Breaking Away). -- nm - pmb Oct 3, 08:28 2
        
        Diner? Although I don't know if anyone has seen Diner in 20 years. -- nm - Reagen Oct 3, 08:32 1
        
        I watched it last year for the first time and enjoyed it! -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 08:39
      - Yes. -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 08:22
  - arguable. more people have seen her in Good Place, viewerwise -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 3, 07:48 1
    - fair fair. I might allow this. -- nm - amanda Oct 3, 07:49
  - scarjo in her, another example. (what is her signature role?) -- nm - amanda Oct 3, 07:48 4
    - signature scenes: making a pass at Banner, Marriage Story argument, Lucy dead eye walk -- nm - Max Oct 3, 08:23
    - For me it's Under the Skin, but I know that's not a real answer. -- nm - Dano Oct 3, 08:12
    - She hasn't had hers yet -- nm - rollo Oct 3, 08:10
    - Black Widow. Just generally the character. - MDH Oct 3, 07:53
- To a point, I wouldn't necessarily pick Zazu* as Gottfried's signature role but it would be pretty close as it is so identifiable. EDIT: Iago -- nm* - oblique Oct 3, 07:37 5
  - Zazu wasn't Gottfried, it was Mr Bean -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 07:40 4
    - ("how can a character so noisy be voiced by one who never says anything? That's- ohhhhh") -- nm* - Max Oct 3, 07:41 1
      - The second time around, they sagely hired someone who won't shut up. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 07:43
    - Sorry, I meant the bird from aladdin -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 07:40 1
      - Ah - Iago -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 07:41
- yes. Kevin Conroy is Batman. -- nm - Remlik Oct 3, 07:37 9
  - Similarly: Ashley Eckstein. Her husband has two World Series rings and was a WS MVP and these days he's known as Ashley's husband ;-) -- nm - JD Oct 3, 08:09
  - Who is Kevin Conroy? -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 07:37 7
    - He's done most, if not all, of the animated Batman roles for the last 30 years -- nm - zork Oct 3, 08:47 2
      - To the point that when it is *not* him, I have trouble watching them. -- nm - Spawn Oct 3, 08:48 1
        
        Something like that can be unnerving like replacement Fred Flintstone -- nm - zork Oct 3, 08:56
    - Broadway and voice actor who had some tv roles. But anytime best Batman lists are posted he's gets mentioned... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 3, 08:00
    - Batman. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 3, 07:43 1
      - I am just over halfway through by Batman: The Animated Series re-watch. - Spawn Oct 3, 07:59
    - nobody knows!! -- nm - Jovian si Oct 3, 07:43
- Make an argument for where this can be the case -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 07:36 9
  - I think I could argue for Eddie Murphy as Donkey in Shrek. -- nm - pmb Oct 3, 07:55 1
    - I would almost do Mark Hamil-Joker, except for the obvious reason not to. -- nm* - Spawn Oct 3, 08:00
  - James Earl Jones for Darth? - Epiphany Oct 3, 07:39 4
    - This... is CNN. -- nm - Darth Vader Oct 3, 08:46 1
      - :-] -- nm - mud Oct 3, 08:47
    - Morgan Freeman: March of the Penguins -- nm - Max Oct 3, 07:42
    - Lol I didn’t read all the way through. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 3, 07:41
  - I’m not sure, hence my poll to the crowd. I guess maybe I think Owen Wilson in Cars? But he’s also Hansel. -- nm - MDH Oct 3, 07:38 1
    - Actually, Mater - Larry the Cable Guy. Most people don't know who he is outside of Cars. -- nm - Inigo Oct 3, 08:53
- first to mind signature voiceover performance is Hanks as Woody but I wouldn't call that his signature role. -- nm - Max Oct 3, 07:36
Bite The Biscuit -- (link) - zork Oct 3, 07:35
LIR: amanda. Thanks. That's super interesting. -- nm - oblique Oct 3, 07:31
"Huh, Tommy Lee Jones is younger than I thought" "oh" -- nm - ty97 Oct 3, 07:30 1
- lol same -- nm - rollo Oct 3, 08:05
Day 2. Let’s *do* this! -- nm - znufrii Oct 3, 07:29
Oct. 3rd birthdays: Tommy Lee (60), Clive Owen (58), Lena Headey & Neve Campbell (49), Tessa Thompson (39), Alicia Vikander (34) - Max Oct 3, 07:29 [youtube] 2
- I want to see Clive Owen & Alicia Vikander in a Denis Villeneuve picture. -- nm - mud Oct 3, 07:40
- I don't know why, but Lena and Neve being the same age breaks my brain a little. -- nm - sycor Oct 3, 07:37

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