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Harley Quinn/Sue Storm: Margot Robbie will continue as Harley if she gets cast as Sue Storm...a 'scooper' has news -- (link) - Remlik May 8, 08:22 4
- I'd cast the guy from Lucifer as Victor von Doom -- nm - Jovian May 8, 08:26 2
  - I am fine with Cavill. Especially if we have Margot. - Spawn May 8, 08:31
  - approved -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 08:30
- Chris Evans is Johnny Storm! -- nm - Spawn May 8, 08:24
Daredevil and Severance filming shutdown -- (link) - budice May 8, 08:16 1
- I get the issues from listening to SITV. I am disappointed Severance is getting behind. - Pippy Dippy May 8, 08:22
NatGeo: scientists have extracted human DNA from a deer-tooth pendant likely worn by a woman about 20,000 years ago. -- (link) - mud ♪ May 8, 07:56 1
- Sweet Tooth: Origins prequel series coming in 2025. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 8, 07:59
Taylor Swift is reportedly in talks to play Sue Storm in Marvel Studios' ‘Fantastic Four' -- (link*) - budice May 8, 07:35 6
- She'd be damn good I think. -- nm - Remlik May 8, 08:21
- Shouldn't she be playing an antihero? -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 8, 08:17 1
  - Malice! -- nm - Spawn May 8, 08:24
- Oh hell no -- nm - eag May 8, 08:02
- Lili Reinhart or bust -- nm - Jovian May 8, 07:41
- dating Adam Driver in 3-2-1 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 07:37
TV PSA Addition: NHL Draft Lottery is tonight. AKA: the Connor Bedard sweepstakes. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 07:32 1
- here's how the lottery works -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 07:40
"blasphemy" -- (link) - mud ♪ May 8, 07:30
"CNN is the most politically polarizing media source we asked about," - mud ♪ May 8, 07:29
Things on my list to prep for Croatia trip so far: Rewatch the Croatia seasons of Below Deck Med, consider watching Game of Thrones. -- nm - Dano ✔️ May 8, 07:22 1
- Rick Steves has a Croatia video. -- (link) - Mop May 8, 07:31
Mexican artist Carin Leon, summer/fall arena tour - MDH May 8, 07:20
Guardians 3 - post credits thought spoils - Jovian May 8, 07:11 12
- Your second part, Gunn does his thing, very much. That, would not be. -- nm - Spawn May 8, 08:13
- Spoils - Inigo May 8, 07:24 7
  - spoils - Jovian May 8, 07:36 6
    - Oh, honey. Shawarma. -- nm - Spawn May 8, 08:13 4
      - spoils - Jovian May 8, 08:15
      - At least that was funny, and tied back to a line in the film. -- nm - Inigo May 8, 08:14 2
        
        this. and it was from earlier in the movie. Not a scene or line that literally happened 2 minutes prior. -- nm - Jovian May 8, 08:24 1
        
        Just saying, silly is not unusual. -- nm - Spawn May 8, 09:22
    - (spoils) - Inigo May 8, 07:42
- Spoilers - David May 8, 07:14 2
  - spoils - Jovian May 8, 07:16 1
    - Spoilers - David May 8, 07:17
Peter Nygard ordered to pay billionaire neighbor $203 million in damages after driveway feud escalated to accusations of arson and Ku Klux Klan links -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 06:52
LYC: I have been lazy and not shaved for a couple weeks....I am now seeing grey patches in my beard and some on my sideburns. Am I getting old? :o - Walt_Disney May 8, 06:51 4
- not grey. Arctic Brown -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 07:05
- *consults calendar* Yes - oblique May 8, 06:56
- Lucky. I've had grey for years and I'm only.... crap, 45. -- nm - sycor May 8, 06:55
- getting? You're already there bud - decline May 8, 06:53
great, now I am playing the paperclips game.. thanks for the FAQ page update bery. -- nm - tRuMaN May 8, 06:47 7
- I certainly didn't once stay up all night playing that. (Well, I did time a 2 hour nap when I got to a point where it was just running.) -- nm - Dano ✔️ May 8, 07:19
- I forgot about the paperclip game. I'm still not sure what the point is or the right way to play. -- nm - sycor May 8, 06:56 5
  - It's a cautionary tale about AI! -- nm - Mop May 8, 07:02 1
    - i thought it was a cautionary tale about capitalism's need for infinite growth. -- nm - colin May 8, 07:17
  - You allocate resources to make paperclips to complete projects to move through three stages. The third stage involves launching probes to - mara 🍂 May 8, 07:01 1
    - I guess I never played it long enough. I just had the computational resources pop up and I don't think I ever saw that before. -- nm - sycor May 8, 07:08
  - I think the point is to build paperclips -- nm - decline May 8, 06:57
Man do I hope this isn’t the final version, because not good. -- (link) - mafic May 8, 06:36 19
- Did they light that scene with 2 matches and a glow stick? -- nm - TWuG May 8, 07:52
- I don’t think it matters. Minds were already made up on this one a long time ago. Kids will enjoy it and it’ll get played a million times over on D+ -- nm - Qale May 8, 07:33 2
  - I’m sure it’ll make a billion dollars no matter what. I’m just disappointed. -- nm - mafic May 8, 07:53 1
    - Eh. I'm thinking $600 million or so. $1 billion is so much tougher to achieve now that China only like a few Hollywood movies a year. -- nm - Inigo May 8, 08:11
- At some point people will stop giving Rob Marshall money to direct movies. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 07:22
- My concern is that she looks at the camera at the 39-second mark, and that made the final cut. -- nm - David May 8, 07:09
- or otherwise known as, 'In A Rowboat with Tucker Carlson' -- nm - Jovian May 8, 07:01
- Instead of the racial change to Ariel, can we instead protest they made Prince Eric look like a 3rd-recopy of a handsome guy? - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 8, 06:55 1
  - nm -- nm* - budice May 8, 07:04
- a David Fincher joint -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 06:53
- "Nice Made-for-TV movie" -- nm - budice May 8, 06:52
- that CGI is hot hot garbage. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 8, 06:51 2
  - It is imperative that the fish squirting arcs of glowing neon water over the magically transformed mermaid look like real fish. -- nm - mafic May 8, 07:08
  - i love when someone does a screenshot comparison of the expressive animated original versus the dead-eyed CGI version of the same shot -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 8, 07:01
- like if someone told me that’s a fan arrangement of the song I’d believe them. -- nm - mafic May 8, 06:36 4
  - I like that version. - David May 8, 07:09 2
    - and I totally agree on Disney renaissance. -- nm - mafic May 8, 07:15
    - It sounds so bad next to the original. That one layers and builds and has artistry and craft, this one is just blah. -- nm - mafic May 8, 07:14
  - fans actually care about making good versions of covers. -- nm - colin May 8, 07:08
Because Disney is absolutely terrible at weekend estimates, GOTG3 actually made $32+ million on Sunday. 5 million more than estimates. -- nm - Inigo May 8, 06:32 3
- Underpromise and overdeliver. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 8, 06:36 2
  - in a lot of things definitely. But what people see and focus on is the Sunday reported numbers. This makes GOTG3 look MUCH better while the early - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 06:41 1
    - Right. There's zero benefit to continually being horrible at estimates. - Inigo May 8, 06:45
15 digits - znufrii 🦄 May 8, 06:18 1
- here - decline May 8, 06:31
I had a fun trip to Urgent Care this weekend. When I was cutting grass Thursday I thought I got a couple mosquito bites on my leg. Got up Sat - sycor May 8, 05:35 18
- Vampire. -- nm - Andie May 8, 06:21
- Taiwanese Blue Micro Unicorns - Pippy Dippy May 8, 06:18 4
  - this is my favorite thing ever. (do we have these in PA yet??) -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 8, 06:28 1
    - Probably, your friend Norman likely has one in his house right now! -- nm - Pippy Dippy May 8, 07:40
  - That actually makes sense. Since I didn't see anything they were probably invisible when they attacked. -- nm - sycor May 8, 06:22 1
    - Stealth Mode. I agree. -- nm - Pippy Dippy May 8, 06:25
- if you develop super powers don't go evil -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 06:10
- So there were two bites/blisters? Could it have been a snake, or are they definitely bug/spider bites? -- nm - JaxSean May 8, 06:08 4
  - I think they are too far apart to be snake. Or it was a really big snake, and I'd like to think I would have seen a big snake. - sycor May 8, 06:21 3
    - Wasn't me -- nm - Jormungandr May 8, 06:40
    - any places near where you were mowing that a hornet/wasp nest might of taken up shop? -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 06:25 1
      - Not unless they are underground. I have not seen any nests in the area. -- nm - sycor May 8, 06:36
- sycor season stats 40HR, 102 RBI -- nm - budice May 8, 05:57
- Yeesh. Hopefully they heal up very soon. -- nm - Krusty May 8, 05:53
- rattlesnake! -- nm - decline May 8, 05:36 3
  - Chiggers! -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 8, 05:48 2
    - or a scorpion! -- nm - decline May 8, 05:56 1
      - Definitely a scorpion. Cause that would be pretty badass. -- nm - sycor May 8, 05:58
So the Cardinals are blaming their star off-season signing for their pitchers being fragile like Faberge. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 8, 05:17 3
- At least STL is trying something different unlike some teams - budice May 8, 05:20 1
  - No. They're blaming an average player and their marquee signing for their poor mental strength and underperforming hometown boys - Will Hunting May 8, 05:40
- He’s the fall guy for a terrible start. -- nm - The Allfather May 8, 05:20
Streaming PSA: My Samsung smart TV gave me 3 months of Apple+ for free over the weekend - decline May 8, 05:16 1
- Our Roku gave us 3 free months. no idea why -- nm - Pippy Dippy May 8, 06:19
5 waffles - znufrii 🦄 May 8, 05:06 5
- 3 - 472 - GregW May 8, 12:13
- 4 stars. Got careless right at the end. Streak of 13 over. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 8, 06:13 1
  - This was very much a dropping the ball as you're strutting into the endzone situation. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 8, 06:19
- 2 deluxe waffles - znufrii 🦄 May 8, 05:39
- 2 - decline May 8, 05:21
3/6 - znufrii 🦄 May 8, 05:04 3
- 3 - 688 - GregW May 8, 12:11
- 4 - rollo May 8, 07:39
- 6/6 - decline May 8, 05:20
Weekend viewing? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 04:48 12
- Yojimbo. Last Man Standing. -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 07:52
- Nate Bargatze: Be Funny Tour - A. Hadn't been to a live comedy show in years. Forgot how much being in an audience adds. - Dano ✔️ May 8, 07:12 1
  - He's my absolute favorite right now. Yikes to the parking/fees being more than the ticket! -- nm - Pippy Dippy May 8, 07:39
- Guardians - B+ -- nm - Jovian May 8, 06:56
- Aniara - B+. dark movie... -- nm - colin May 8, 06:09
- Ghosted B - decline May 8, 05:55
- Guardians 3: B. A good 2 hour movie stretched to 2 1/2. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 8, 05:50
- D&D A-, Scream 1 B+/A- -- nm - sycor May 8, 05:17
- Frozen Jr., B+ -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 May 8, 05:10
- Queen Charlotte ep1 to 3 A, Silo epi 1 &2 A- -- nm - Pippy May 8, 05:05
- Personality Crisis: One Night Only (David Johansen doc.) A+, Silo S1 first 2 eps. A- -- nm - mud ♪ May 8, 05:01
- Star Wars Visions 2: B (some good stuff, but 1 was much better overall), Barry s3 and up-to-date on s4: A -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 04:49
TV PSA: Neighborhood, All American, Raw, Jeopardy! Masters, Voice, 911, Bob Hearts Abishola, NCIS, Will Trent, Fantasy Island, NCIS Hawaii, - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 04:38 1
- 911 for the girls maybe Jeopardy Masters if I remember -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 06:03
Wordle 688 6/6 - Three Finches at Sunrise - prayformojo 🐵 May 8, 03:50
MLB— 8 teams have won 20+ games so far. 4 are in the AL East. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 8, 03:46
Toronto celebrating like they won the Cup after getting out of the first round and then getting swept would be the funniest thing ever. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 02:58 1
- brutal, but funny -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 8, 04:48
TX driver had taunted migrants, shouting 'You are invading my property' words Gov Abbott used, before driving over sidewalk to mow down victims -- nm - wapo May 7, 23:56 1
- why not, probably get a pardon for it -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 00:17
so if I juggle the numbers around appropriately ... joining the boat club program would be about the same cost as buying a Hyundai Kona. - Beryllium May 7, 23:39 3
- which one is less likely to get stolen -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 23:50 2
  - well, piracy is at an all-time low in these waters -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 23:59 1
    - Canadians are way too polite. -- nm - . May 8, 05:17
It might be time to sell my theremin - JD May 7, 23:22 2
- *makes that wavey hand gesture that says 'meh' or is that mmmmMMMMmmMMMMMmmmMMMMMMmmmmMMmMMMMMMmmmMmmmm mmmm -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 23:57
- heremin, theremin - Beryllium May 7, 23:43
“I watched so much pandemic TV and I couldn’t do The Circle” - hollywood big shot May 7, 22:29
ChatGPT is powered by these contractors making $15 an hour -- (link) - budice May 7, 21:24 4
- If you're going to replace workers with AI, why not start at CEOs save 100 million vs 100k a year -- nm - zeitgeist May 7, 23:54 1
  - CEO salaries are a tax loophole - the more companies pay CEOs, the less they pay in taxes. It's just winning to lottery to get to be the beneficiary. -- nm - colin May 8, 06:12
- We all thought it was an AI. Turns out it’s just some really fast typers who are good at Googling. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 7, 21:49 1
  - It's not possible to be good at googling any more. -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 22:11
a very good 1981 interview with Barney Kessel about Charlie Christian. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 7, 21:14 [youtube]
THROW THE DAMN TOWEL!!! -- nm - David May 7, 21:10
Kraken want their shot at Edmonton -- nm - budice May 7, 20:49
Chris or Christ? Chris Pratt says Jesus's struggles help him deal with criticism over his religious beliefs -- (link*) - budice May 7, 20:43 1
- I don’t remember people criticizing him for being a Christian, just that he belonged to church that they said was Anti-LGBTQ -- nm - Flavorize May 7, 22:55
Whatever deal with the devil that Crash made today is airtight. - David May 7, 20:40
Circling back to the Commanders/Luck story—Irsay now going to sue the Commanders for tampering -- (link) - Flavorize May 7, 19:59
I get it. We wouldn’t shut up about Star Trek so they gave us Picard and threw in the kitchen sink. There! Happy?! Yes, I am! Now I want more. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 7, 19:06 1
- You might be interested in this petition -- (link) - Beryllium May 7, 20:32
I think O'Reilly might be a Panther's spy... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 7, 18:08 2
- i stand by this statement -- nm - Beaker May 7, 18:31 1
  - RADAR!!! /*FAINT*/ -- nm - Peglegpete May 7, 18:35

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