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So, is A24 like a new age Mirimax? They pick so many niche movies across the genre spectrum but are hitting awards heavy too? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 13, 10:55 4
- they know their sweet spot for brand relative to budget -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 13, 11:08 2
  - and when studios have abandoned even trying to make anything but IP, they leave the Oscar space wide open for indies -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 13, 11:10 1
    - or when they abandon IP and make 'Babylon'. 🤣🤣🤣 -- nm - Diva Mar 13, 11:32
- But with 100% less rape -- nm - JD Mar 13, 10:56
Ole Miss hiring former Texas HC Chris Beard. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 13, 10:47
Broncos give QB Jarrett Stidham 2 years $10M to back up Wilson. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 13, 10:44 13
- Miami is giving former Jets’ QB Mike White a two-year deal worth up to $16 million -- nm - decline Mar 13, 11:12
- What are the Raiders doing? -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 10:48 11
  - Oh, never mind. They just signed Jimmy G. -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 10:49 10
    - For a LOT of money. -- (link) - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 11:00 8
      - That’s a helluva lot cheaper than Daniel Jones and Jimmy G is unquestionably better. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 13, 11:01 7
        
        I think that's your Giants hate showing up. PFF graded Jones at 76. Jimmy G has never graded at 70. -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 11:05 6
        
        Alternatively, jimmy’s career Qb Rating is 99 and his Td:Int rate is 87/42… Daniel is 86 with a 60/34. - Will Hunting Mar 13, 11:09 2
        
        And what do we think of the validity of QB Rating as a metric, class? -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 11:10 1
        
        I know a 2:1 is better than 1.6:1. I know one guy has played in a Super Bowl and multiple NFC title games as the starting qb. - Will Hunting Mar 13, 11:16
        
        Though that's not 82 vs 32 guaranteed worse? -- nm - JD Mar 13, 11:08
        
        1 season vs a career -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 11:08 1
        
        Yes but that one season is better than any Jimmy G has done. -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 11:09
    - Hmmm...that could work -- nm - JD Mar 13, 10:52
Your top 10 songs: Last Night, Flowers, Kill Bill, Die For You, Boy’s A Liar Pt 2, Creepin’, Thought You Should Know, You Proof, Thinkin’ Bout Me, One Thing At a Time -- (edited) - Tim Mar 13, 10:41 20
- Morgan Wallen is the first Voice contest with a #1 hit. First country #1 since, well, depends who you ask. - Tim Mar 13, 10:44 19
  - huh, never heard of him before this post (but I don't watch the Voice) -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 10:45 18
    - I first heard of him when he was cancelled, which ended up increasing his popularity with country fans. -- nm - Tim Mar 13, 10:51 16
      - Oh no, is this the racial slur dude? -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 10:52 12
        
        Yeah. He’s a local boy; was in town last month to give Halls High 35k - Will Hunting Mar 13, 11:01 9
        
        Has he at least shown contrition? -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 11:03 8
        
        Dunno. Any he did was because he got caught and his hillbilly fans are more love with him now so … -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 13, 11:06
        
        Issued an apology within a day or two -- (link) - ty97 Mar 13, 11:05 6
        
        Eight days after that, issued video asking fans NOT to defend him -- (link*) - ty97 Mar 13, 11:06 5
        
        (Ty accidentally left out the word "not" there.) -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 11:08 1
        
        Important word in that sentence, heh! Edited, thanks -- nm - ty97 Mar 13, 11:09
        
        "In April 2021, following the surge in album sales, Wallen donated $300,000 to the Black Music Action Coalition ... - ty97 Mar 13, 11:08 2
        
        Okay, good. -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 11:08
        
        Whether that was a bunch of PR or real contrition, only he can know. But he didn't double down. -- nm - ty97 Mar 13, 11:08
        
        Yep, and a great video about the controversy and this song will be on YouTube soon. - Tim Mar 13, 10:54 1
        
        Really? Oh, wait...that side of the controversy -- nm - JD Mar 13, 10:55
      - ahh, what'd he do/say? -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 10:52 2
        
        He's a white country dude, so we'll give you one guess on which word he used. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 13, 10:58 1
        
        ye haw? -- nm - groiny Mar 13, 10:58
    - Alternately, that you don't listen to current country music or interact with fans of current country music - JD Mar 13, 10:49
I've been dealing with a couple of actor/producers recently on a couple of projects and they've both signed agreements straight away which is nice. - LMS Mar 13, 10:30
‘Three Pines’ cancelled -- (link) - mud Mar 13, 10:26 2
- It was okay, but not great. And I love the books. - TWuG Mar 13, 10:33
- Bastards! - decline Mar 13, 10:27
Eagles center and longtime captain Jason Kelce announced he will return to the team for a 13th season -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 10:12 1
- I feel like he and his brother will retire simultaneously and begin some new project together. Radio show, TV show, manufacturing teddy bears, somethi -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 13, 10:19
hello people. I have a question for you guys. - groiny Mar 13, 10:12 12
- If it's a one-time thing, I'd tip $25 per person for a full day's work. -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 10:40 6
  - Yup, $20 or $25 per person. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 13, 10:42 5
    - what if they bring 10 people to smash the job out in an hour? -- nm - decline Mar 13, 10:50 3
      - well, there are 3, I let them in this morning, they said it should be 5 hours. - groiny Mar 13, 10:55 2
        
        yeah $20 seems reasonable -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 10:57 1
        
        for a nude wrestle? absolutely. -- nm - colin Mar 13, 11:11
    - Thanks guys -- nm - groiny Mar 13, 10:44
- for a one time cleaning, i would. $20/person is nice. - colin Mar 13, 10:37
- I wouldn’t either. The agreed price is the price. But American tipping culture is weird to me. - Loyola Mar 13, 10:29
- Tip the dudes enough for a couple beers after work. - Reluctant Cynic Mar 13, 10:29
- I wouldn’t. -- nm - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 13, 10:15
- we typically don't tip the cleaners we have every 2 weeks at home; but occasionally if they do something above and beyond we will - Beaker Mar 13, 10:14
If anyone wants to join a $10 bracket contest (there's one or two of us in this one), email me. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 13, 10:06
XFL: The record for longest field goal in the history of the Seahawks' stadium belongs to the XFL's John Romo, 57 yard -- (link) - Remlik Mar 13, 10:05 1
- The Battlehawks drew 38,000 for the home opener. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 13, 10:07
Today in maps: The best selling artists from each English county: -- (link) - Andie Mar 13, 10:05 8
- Great. Now I've got a Prefab Sprout earworm. -- nm - Mop Mar 13, 10:47
- I thought ONJ was Aussie -- nm - mud Mar 13, 10:30 4
  - What until you find out about Mel Gibson! -- nm - Max Mar 13, 12:09
  - Her family emigrated to Australia when she was 5 -- nm - Roger More Mar 13, 10:35
  - Just means that county isn't above having a favorite non UK pop star -- nm - JD Mar 13, 10:32 1
    - It's the person FROM that county, not their favourite. -- nm - Andie Mar 13, 11:22
- OMG...so many of my faves on that map: Beatles (Hi, David), Elton John, ONJ, Depeche Mode, Robbie Williams, Little Boots(!), Duran Duran, - JD Mar 13, 10:29
- Poor Rutland! -- nm - Roger More Mar 13, 10:29
WWE: Big E may never wrestle again, the wrestler who injured him and his family are getting death threats... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 13, 10:00 5
- Did something change Big E was doing good was suppose to be cleared this month -- nm - eag Mar 13, 10:06 4
  - I've never once heard that he was even within a year of having a chance to perform in the ring again. His early recovery didn't go well. -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 10:39 1
    - A couple months ago he gave an interview saying he felt good and everything was going good that they were gonna check him this month - eag Mar 13, 10:49
  - He might be cleared for normal life … wrestling ain’t normal life. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 13, 10:26
  - I don't think he's being cleared for sports activity. -- nm - Remlik Mar 13, 10:20
Not sure what is weirder now. The % of real life politicians in Predator or the % of Oscar winners in Encino Man -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 09:53 1
- heh -- nm - mud Mar 13, 10:15
Honest Trailers | RRR -- (link) - Beaker Mar 13, 09:47 [youtube] 2
- RRR Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker Mar 13, 09:52 [youtube] 1
  - "I had no idea I wanted to see all that stuff but now it's what I want THE MOST IN THE WORLD." -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 09:58
if only student loan obligors had just tweeted through it like a bunch of giant fucking babies for one weekend -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Mar 13, 09:44
Kevin O’Leary is a fukking idiot. We've known that up here for ages, though -- (link) - mud Mar 13, 09:43 4
- you'd think CNN would be learning some lessons from all the Dominion text/email drops -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 13, 09:45 3
  - These are very different things. O’leary’s are clearly opinions and very general. Stupid isn’t actionable. -- nm - pmb Mar 13, 10:31 1
    - not liability necessarily just the wisdom of trying to replicate the formula that leads to becoming a propaganda factory - hollywood big shot Mar 13, 10:34
  - they had him on last week too, I was so mad. I want to apologize on behalf of Canada. -- nm - mud Mar 13, 09:47
Confession; I didn’t really like EEAAO. - Loyola Mar 13, 09:37 15
- smoke a little weed, try again. it's really good, really builds to some very emotional stuff. -- nm - colin Mar 13, 10:38
- I have tried twice, and fallen asleep in it twice. - groiny Mar 13, 10:25
- I gave it a B. For me the ending pulled it all together. -- nm - zunkskunk Mar 13, 10:10
- One of my favorite movies of probably the last decade. -- nm - pmb Mar 13, 10:03 2
  - Same. I think you just need to go along for the ride. - spamlet Mar 13, 10:04 1
    - I'm sure it's a lot. It requires attention and not getting distracted which is near impossible at home. Ever since I set up the projector and big - pmb Mar 13, 10:08
- I liked it, didn't love it, way too long. -- nm - LMS Mar 13, 09:47 2
  - it felt weirdly obligated to explain the physics behind the idea of a multiverse when we already get it conceptually. just Groundhog Day it - hollywood big shot Mar 13, 09:49 1
    - I think the multiverse is just a hurdle if you're not a sci fi fan. I know it is for my wife and many on her side of the family. They just can't - pmb Mar 13, 10:06
- my wife appreciated the performances but wasn't a fan of the movie -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 09:41
- No movie is for everybody.* Such is life. - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 13, 09:40
- i thought it could have used a little more editing in the second act but still probably the best i saw overall last year -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 13, 09:39 3
  - So what about the other four nominees? ;-) -- (link) - JD Mar 13, 09:46 1
    - Banshees, Fabelmans, Maverick, Elvis, and Avatar were fine but just a step below for various reasons - hollywood big shot Mar 13, 09:48
  - I’ll give it another go at some point. Maybe I was in the wrong mood for it. -- nm - Loyola Mar 13, 09:40
Canadian Tire launches fee-based Triangle Rewards subscription program for $89/year (6 months free Crave on signup, plus $50 "gift") -- (link*) - Beaker Mar 13, 09:31 5
- Doesn't sound like a square deal to me -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 13, 10:51
- And on the same page - - Meg Mar 13, 09:38
- so you pay them to give you triangles? -- nm - decline Mar 13, 09:36
- Triangle of Happiness? -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 13, 09:36
- My initial reaction is that this is dumb & they are full of themselves, even though it might save me some money on Crave. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 13, 09:35
The Atlanta Falcons have traded a 2023 seventh-round pick (No. 245) to the New England Patriots for tight end Jonnu Smith -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 09:27 2
- YEAH WE DID! -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 13, 10:06
- Falcons make Chris Lindstrom NFL's highest-paid guard; The deal is for five years and $105 million -- nm* - Beaker Mar 13, 09:28
Bears are on the board signing mid-level LB T.J. Edwards. -- nm - zunkskunk Mar 13, 09:22
Is this the ST Yahoo Bracket info? - oblique Mar 13, 09:20 16
- I think you need to be logged in to Yahoo first -- nm - mud Mar 13, 09:34 11
  - Tried that too. Link didn't work so I tried logging in and manually entering the info to join. Didn't like that either -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 09:36 10
    - weird. There's only five of us there, I hope it's sussed out soon. -- nm - mud Mar 13, 09:40 9
      - Message I get when manually joining is that the password (312.50) is incorrect so *shrug* -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 09:43 8
        
        Same. Direct link claims it's expired. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 13, 09:46
        
        try this lionk? -- (link) - mud Mar 13, 09:45 6
        
        That one worked! I think the group number changed. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 13, 09:47 2
        
        Yup. Group 27196 - decline Mar 13, 09:48
        
        yeah, that's a different group # -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 09:47
        
        It says I'm not a member, with no option to join that I can see. -- nm - mara Mar 13, 09:47 2
        
        I didn't use the link but that group # with the pw I posted above works -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 09:48 1
        
        Got it, thanks. -- nm - mara Mar 13, 09:48
- Yep, no go for me -- nm - JaxSean Mar 13, 09:32
- I linked below too, does that work? your info looks correct... -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 09:25 2
  - the link below didn't work (transaction error) -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 09:25 1
    - yeah, doesn't work for me either... -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 09:27
LYC: Damon Stoudamire could be hired as soon as this afternoon for the GT opening. - Strongbad Mar 13, 09:11
I'm a fan of the Premier League and Ray Ratto. Not a regular BBC viewer of MOTD but this is / was very much in my interests - JD Mar 13, 09:05 7
- I worked on Match of the Day for 2 weeks many years ago, I figured that meant I should walk out in solidarity for about 5 minutes pro-rata. -- nm - LMS Mar 13, 09:21 1
  - 👏👏 -- nm - JD Mar 13, 09:23
- and Lineker initially won -- (link) - JD Mar 13, 09:06 4
  - The show lasted 20 minutes and had about half a million more viewers than the previous week (but about the same number of viewers as 6 months ago). - LMS Mar 13, 09:30 1
    - Thank you for the that. That's interesting info so people tuned in either out of habit or to see what would happen but the show wasn't really a show - JD Mar 13, 09:36
  - Gary Lineker Routs BBC - JD Mar 13, 09:10 1
    - After a surreal few days, I’m delighted that we have navigated a way through this. I want to thank you all for the incredible support -- (link) - JD Mar 13, 09:10
DTL: Got blown out again in the first round as a 2 seed - spamlet Mar 13, 09:03 3
- I upset a 4 seed. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 13, 09:08 1
  - Nice! Looks like only 1 of them made it through too. - spamlet Mar 13, 09:09
- LOL, only 1 of the 2 seeds made it through the first round. -- nm* - spamlet Mar 13, 09:07
It would've been nice if the selection committee had put 1 of the 4 KS/MO teams in the Midwest region. - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 13, 08:49 5
- As a Maryland fan, making annual trips to Spokane, I hate local team whining. - Will Hunting Mar 13, 09:05 2
  - I still remember the year the committee put Maryland, Georgetown, and GW all in the same pod... in Boise. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 13, 09:38 1
    - But my complaint is really from the standpoint of the facility. They made it much harder to fill seats. A Houston-Texas would help. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 13, 09:41
- I was hoping KU ended up in the East so I could see them play. -- nm - Krusty Mar 13, 09:01 1
  - They should have been seeded higher than Houston -- nm - eag Mar 13, 09:11
Oh, and I also started playing Dyson Sphere Program on the PC and lost most of my weekend to it. It's Factorio-like and those games are my jam - oblique Mar 13, 08:48 2
- I might have to look into this, sounds fun. -- nm - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 13, 08:53 1
  - My only real complaint is the complexity of the tech tree. There's two sides to it, one for the stuff you build and the other for your mech - oblique Mar 13, 09:09
LIR: Weekend viewing: Mandelorian EP2: A. Working through You S3: A+ so far. -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 08:47 6
- I've been watching Monarca S1, Succession at a tequila distillery to brush up on my Spanish. Also the latest seasons of Formula 1: Drive To Survive - con_carne Mar 13, 10:09
- I'm hoping that if LMS says D&D is a B, that I will find it to be an A because I'm a nerd -- nm - crash davis Mar 13, 08:51 4
  - No doubt there were a ton of references I didn't get that would elevate the score. -- nm - LMS Mar 13, 08:54
  - I fear I'm going to hate it because I'm a nerd -- nm - oblique Mar 13, 08:53 2
    - The trailer had an owlbear, a displacer beast, and a mimic. That is promising -- nm - crash davis Mar 13, 08:54 1
      - There wasn't any rolling of 8-sided dice though (thankfully). -- nm - LMS Mar 13, 08:57
nmb Bery - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 13, 08:44
I think Krusty would agree with me the West is by far the toughest bracket - eag Mar 13, 08:41 7
- It's the toughest but it should give us some fun games. -- nm - Krusty Mar 13, 08:44 1
  - Yep - eag Mar 13, 09:10
- anyone setup an ST Bracket yet? -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 08:43 4
  - Yes but I can't link to it right now. It's on a backboard. -- nm - Krusty Mar 13, 08:44 3
    - got it, linked -- (link) - Beaker Mar 13, 08:50 [Backboard] 2
      - Pin that link! Pin that Link! -- nm - Volnelk Mar 13, 09:26 1
        
        didn't work for a couple of us so far though.... -- nm - Beaker Mar 13, 09:27

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