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if Iran’s team really wants to protest against the regime they should forfeit their game tomorrow against the Great Satan -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 10:04 3
- Or, after the protests they have already made, sending the US packing may be the way to save their hides. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 28, 10:17
- -Iranian, +Persian seems good enough for their expatriates. -- nm - con_carne Nov 28, 10:07
- Well, I'm sure they'd like to not be executed. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 10:05
Speaking of Lou, the little girl (Ridley Asha Bateman) has nearly the exact face of Tina Majorino at her age. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 10:01
Pilot of a small plane in a bit of a pickle -- (link) - TWuG Nov 28, 09:54 1
- I remember a similar event here. We were glued to the local live feed all evening while the pilot and student were rescued. I later met the pilot - Meg Nov 28, 10:06
November 28th birthdays: Randy Newman (79), Paul Shaffer (73), Judd Nelson (63), Jon Stewart (60), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (38), Karen Gillan (35) - Max Nov 28, 09:48 [youtube]
And already the Magic 30 packs are “out of stock.” Now… we wait. -- nm - Qale Nov 28, 09:44
TownHall-Iger: "Need to be more aware of cost spending for linear media creation." -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:27 14
- Imagineering to Lake Nona, Florida, still happen in 2026? A: Iger has not made a decision -- nm - budice Nov 28, 10:01
- So even as streaming is losing them billions, they're looking to reduce costs on linear. Interesting. -- nm - Mop Nov 28, 09:40 2
  - Iger admitted in interviews this summer that network/cable is a dead platform walking. just a matter of how long it will linger on -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 09:42 1
    - I mean... duh. -- nm - Mop Nov 28, 09:43
- Park pass reservation system. A: Iger hasn’t used it, only read about them. Wants to hear more from Josh before saying anything. -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:40
- Buying any more assets aka companies? A: very comfortable with the assets we have and no interest in acquiring more. -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:38 1
  - there's nothing left to buy -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 09:40
- No comment on the Reedy Creek situation. What’s the timeline? A: No timeline yet -- nm - budice Nov 28, 09:32
- ahahaha -- nm - Netflix Nov 28, 09:31
- How am I supposed to synergize that statement with my deliverables? -- nm - Max Nov 28, 09:28 4
  - Maybe if you had a machine. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 28, 09:55
  - Cross-functional collaboration, obviously -- nm - rollo Nov 28, 09:46
  - it means they're going back to the VHS sequels to theatrical releases budget model -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 09:39 1
    - Since that was Chapek’s baby… -- nm - The Allfather Nov 28, 09:43
Jax (or anyone) - are there any tricks to getting something signed at a concert or is it just hang out after the show and see if the band comes out? - Dano Nov 28, 09:07 13
- Probably too late, but fan groups and media, now influencers will apply for a pass, before or after the show. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 28, 10:10
- at (new) 9:30 we would just wait around and blag security to let us go up to the green room -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 09:32
- Get their attention with an 11 second scream -- nm - prayformojo Nov 28, 09:30
- No meet and greet? -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 09:20 5
  - Doesn't look like anything official. -- nm - Dano Nov 28, 09:28 4
    - Yeah, I don't see anything on their web site about offering them. Are you in the Wet Leggers group on FB? - JaxSean Nov 28, 09:32 3
      - actually forget this. they want to wear them so the signatures would just get washed off anyway :) -- (edited) - Beaker Nov 28, 09:39 1
        
        disregard thanks -- nm* - Beaker Nov 28, 09:39
      - Thanks. I'll give it a try and will hopefully avoid a restraining order. -- nm - Dano Nov 28, 09:35
- (your fab Christmas card from last year) ..see my Mean Girls post below? -- nm - mud Nov 28, 09:17 2
  - Heh. You do realize that Buffalo 66 is a movie, right? :) -- nm - Dano Nov 28, 09:25 1
    - yep -- nm - mud Nov 28, 09:31
- They play smaller(ish) venues, so yes, you can likely hang out by the bus / tour van after. - JaxSean Nov 28, 09:13
Weekend viewing: 1899 (B+), Dark (S1: A). -- nm - JaxSean Nov 28, 09:02 36
- Ben-Hur A, Lawrence of Arabia, A -- nm - con_carne Nov 28, 10:03 1
  - nice -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 10:20
- Nope B+, Moulin Rouge! The Musical: A- -- nm - JD Nov 28, 09:40
- Wednesday S1 - solid A - decline Nov 28, 09:38 1
  - it's very enjoyable. Im through episode 5. -- nm - Jovian Nov 28, 09:56
- GotG Holiday Special: An F. -- nm - TWuG Nov 28, 09:33 5
  - can't believe something James Gunn dashed off in three hours might not be substantial -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 09:36 4
    - It was painful to watch. Only saving grace was the short runtime. -- nm - TWuG Nov 28, 09:42 3
      - I wasnt that harsh on it. Id give it a C+. But I went from almost recommending it to my very fickle brother to definitely not by the end of it. - Jovian Nov 28, 09:59 1
        
        That song had me in stitches -- nm - eag Nov 28, 10:01
      - For what it was it was solid I think I like it better than GotG 2 -- nm - eag Nov 28, 09:59
- Wednesday, Peripheral, the first few minutes of Due South S1E1, Tulsa King, and ... I think something else? But I forget. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 09:24 4
  - Oh - Lou! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 09:29
  - My Peripheral gripe: not knowing what is "normal" for the main timeline. spoils - Spawn Nov 28, 09:28 2
    - I'm really enjoying Peripheral, but this week's ep put me dangerously close - Max Nov 28, 09:35
    - Spoils - Beryllium Nov 28, 09:32
- Caught up on Peripheral: B+. Foundation first 6 or 7: A. Watched first two hours (of 3 hours 40 min) Gotham Knights cut scenes: B. DVD extras of The Batman: A. The Story of BM:TAS: A+. -- nm* - Spawn Nov 28, 09:22
- Strange World, A - Dark Callisto Nov 28, 09:18 1
  - Oh, and finished off Season 1 of Interview with the Vampire. A. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 28, 09:20
- Glass Onion - A, The Menu - B- -- nm - Inigo Nov 28, 09:18
- Glass Onion: B+; Finished last season of Good Fight:B - spamlet Nov 28, 09:17
- Matilda (the Musical version of film) - B+ -- nm - LMS Nov 28, 09:13 1
  - Also Tokyo Vice ep 1 - A- -- nm - LMS Nov 28, 09:15
- Guardians Holiday, A. Falling For Christmas, holiday grade C+. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 28, 09:12
- Strange World, B -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 28, 09:06
- NFL: was OK; Mr Beast videos a range of B to A+ (showed the wife his Squid Game one and she loved it), some cooking shows: B - Beaker Nov 28, 09:06
- Fabelmans (A-) Glass Onion (A) Spirited (B) -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 09:05
- Wednesday eps. 1-4 (dir. Tim Burton) A/A-, eps. 5-8 (dir. not Tim Burton) B+/A- ; -- nm - mud Nov 28, 09:05 7
  - Jenna Ortega says she's not trying to just imitate Ricci from the movies but . . . - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 09:07 5
    - vehemently disagree -- nm - mud Nov 28, 09:09 4
      - a de-aged Ricci could have delivered every one of those lines in exactly the same tone - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 09:35 3
        
        that's the character though isn't it? -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 09:37 2
        
        Not quite the character from the original series was verry different it was Ricci that gave her the deadpan dark humor to her charachter -- nm - eag Nov 28, 09:57
        
        youse guyz are too young to remember the original cartoon. Each of the MANY iterations since - mud Nov 28, 09:42
  - and Mean Girls (2004) ? - which I somehow had never seen so imagine my SHOCK when this (spoil) -- (edited) - mud Nov 28, 09:06
- Glass Onion, The Menu: both A-. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 28, 09:04
is it bad that I am filling up on presents for the wife at the Dollarama? - Beaker Nov 28, 09:00 1
- And Meteor bars! -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 09:04
Today is the day that Magic 30th Anniversary packs are on sale. $1,000 for 4 randomized packs of non-legal cards, reprints from 1994. - Qale Nov 28, 08:59 3
- $250 per pack...they know how sales work right? -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 09:04 2
  - They’ll sell out if pre-orders didn’t do it. -- nm - spamlet Nov 28, 09:18 1
    - They're going to claim it sold out regardless of how many they actually sell. -- nm - Qale Nov 28, 09:40
Reminder: vote for Jim’s friend!! -- nm - kelly Nov 28, 08:56
Heh -- (link) - ty97 Nov 28, 08:54
Seattle's Light Rail v. London's Underground (imagine if they'd given Steve his Supertrain back in 92 when they had the chance) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 08:54
DT Comics Cyber Sale 20% off online orders CYBER21 is the code -- (link) - Remlik Nov 28, 08:50 2
- 21!?! I refuse to use a code that makes no sense!!! - Spawn Nov 28, 08:54 1
  - ask Mike not me. -- nm - Remlik Nov 28, 09:07
Effing lawyers. The delay in the boil water notice was due to the extreme shortness of dip in pressure (less than 1 min) and questions if one was req. - Qale Nov 28, 08:42 2
- We had one of those a few weeks back. I found out after it was over. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 28, 08:48 1
  - It's the combination of a holiday weekend and typical non-communication that's frustrating. Not the actual event. After all... - Qale Nov 28, 08:55
Retailers report record sales for Black Friday -- (link) - budice Nov 28, 08:41 10
- Record Store Day -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 08:51 5
  - I was at both Target and Best Buy and parking was easy and stores did not seem quite as busy. But this was Thursday evening. - Spawn Nov 28, 08:52 4
    - I went to a few department stores, the mail and a bed bath & beyond. All stores were busy but not overly so. I easily found places to park and hardly - kelly Nov 28, 09:05
    - We were at Target on Friday. It was busy, but not insane busy. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 28, 09:00
    - Thursday evening? I thought a lot of stores ended the Thanksgiving opening. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 28, 08:56 1
      - Oops, I meant Friday (yeah, they opened at 5am Fri). -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 08:59
- but I thought this was a recession. -- nm - Jovian Nov 28, 08:49
- was a strong day -- nm - Remlik Nov 28, 08:49
- wow, even with all that inflation -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 28, 08:44
- Consumers spent a record $9.12 billion online shopping during Black Friday -- (link) - budice Nov 28, 08:43
Arriaga is the best. Arriaga 2 is just a poseur. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 28, 08:38
I dig Tulsa King so far -- nm - prayformojo Nov 28, 08:34 9
- A couple historic reality questions I had from eps 1 and 3 (minor spoils) -- (edited) - Max Nov 28, 09:25 2
  - I remember having to walk to a bank in another town to get out money to buy booze while at university in 1990. -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 09:32
  - spoil thoughts... - Remlik Nov 28, 09:29
- We love it and (ep 3 spoiler) - zunk takes things literally Nov 28, 08:53
- I finished episode 2 last night. It's pretty decent so far. Wasn't a fan of the pronoun dialog but technically it made sense for the character. - Beryllium Nov 28, 08:37 4
  - the pronoun dialog was pretty much directly on point. A lot of people honestly and genuinely dont understand it - Jovian Nov 28, 08:48 3
    - Yeah, which is why I say it's accurate for the character. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 08:54 2
      - yep :) - Jovian Nov 28, 08:57 1
        
        Which is my concern, that choosing to show it seemingly uncritically could be seen as a political choice. - Beryllium Nov 28, 09:03
Based on current standings, the entire NFC East would make the playoffs and 5-6 Tampa would host 8-3 Dallas. -- nm - Dano Nov 28, 08:29 8
- That DC is remotely a playoff team is insane. - Will Hunting Nov 28, 08:42 6
  - Taylor Heinicke gonna get paid -- nm - Dano Nov 28, 08:46 2
    - He's at worst a Fitzpatrick-type where the floor is pretty high for a backup. - Will Hunting Nov 28, 08:47 1
      - Leadership skills are difficult to measure, but are an important part of the quarterback position. -- nm - Dano Nov 28, 09:02
  - Also, we play the Giants in back to back games? (bye week in the middle) -- that's....not common, right? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 28, 08:46 2
    - Don't think it's common, but Cleveland did that with the Ravens last season. -- nm - Dano Nov 28, 08:50 1
      - I think Colts have had that with Jags before so probably more common than we think. -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 08:53
- Point differentials by division: AFC East: +207 NFC East: +169 AFC North: +5 AFC West: +5 NFC West: -46 NFC South: -91 AFC South: -117 NFC North: -132 -- nm - budice Nov 28, 08:39
Aubrey Plaza for GQ -- (link) - budice Nov 28, 08:28 1
- she rules -- nm - mud Nov 28, 08:45
Man arrested and charged in grisly 1983 killings of 2 women in Toronto, police say -- (link) - Beaker Nov 28, 08:22
Semantle Jr.: 34 guesses, 1 hint. Should have gotten it sooner but I'll take that - prayformojo Nov 28, 08:06
heh. this is a funny Terrible Map -- (link) - Jovian Nov 28, 08:04
This dildo was arrested for making threats against my hometown LGBT establishments. -- (link) - Qale Nov 28, 07:55
Somehow Bob Iger has returned -- (link) - budice Nov 28, 07:41 1
- Those are some big balls. -- nm - Dano Nov 28, 08:19
Matilda opened in the UK this weekend and made £4.1m from 668 location for distributor Sony, it's on Netflix for the rest of the world. -- nm - LMS Nov 28, 07:40 4
- *not sure if musical or original or compulsory gritty remake that passed under my radar* -- nm - con_carne Nov 28, 07:51 1
  - Trailer -- (link) - LMS Nov 28, 08:32 [youtube]
- Dancing? -- nm - Spawn Nov 28, 07:48 1
  - Some. It's good but I preferred the stage version. -- nm - LMS Nov 28, 08:02
I see the Twitter King is bored today already. -- nm - Jovian Nov 28, 07:35
Crypto lender BlockFi files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. -- (link*) - budice Nov 28, 07:24 2
- Not a huge surprise given FTX was bailing it out. -- nm - spamlet Nov 28, 07:38
- It's going well, I see. -- nm - Mop Nov 28, 07:33
have a good thought or two for the unfortunate souls on the Jan.6 Comm. this AM -- (link) - mud Nov 28, 07:19
TNF is BUF@NE this week -- nm - budice Nov 28, 07:19 3
- couple great late games (KC @ Cincy and Miami @ SF), Wash @ Giants and Ten @ Philly best of the early ones -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 07:22
- and Colts go from MNF this week to Sunday night next week. Oops. - Volnelk Nov 28, 07:22 1
  - can NBC Flex? the two late afternoon games would be much, Much, MUCH better you'd think (although the Cowboys = ratings) -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 07:24
Rams WR Allen Robinson needs foot surgery, will miss rest of season -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 07:04
Heh -- (link) - ty97 Nov 28, 07:02 3
- You've got a 50/50 chance of getting it right. -- nm - Mop Nov 28, 07:32 2
  - Those are areas, not gates, though I suppose you'd be close enough. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 28, 07:37
  - or, you know, check your flight number... -- nm - Beaker Nov 28, 07:36
New trailer for Babylon -- (link) - budice Nov 28, 07:02
Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano erupts for 1st time in nearly 40 years -- (link) - Beaker Nov 28, 07:01 3
- We were on the Big Island in early October and viewed the Kilauea crater which is active, steaming, and glowing. There were already news reports about - zunk takes things literally Nov 28, 08:08
- Thanks, Obama. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 28, 07:10
- Mmmmmm. Magnum PI macadamias... -- nm - con_carne Nov 28, 07:09

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