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ST Quiz (PIRR): Avatar is now at $367,536,685. On what day in 1998 did Titanic pass that mark? -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 10:59 6
- Valentine's Day -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 11:01 5
  - You're as close as possible without getting it right. -- nm - David Jan 6, 11:02 3
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    - Febraury 15th -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 11:03 1
      - Yup. -- nm - David Jan 6, 11:03
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For Spawn (or anyone else that cares) - Jim Jan 6, 10:58 [youtube] 2
- neechay -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 6, 11:00 1
  - ... and now I want to watch the movie again. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 6, 11:03
I mean, I like football. I think the football fans here tend to follow the teams that are from their hometown. - con_carne Jan 6, 10:57 3
- yeah, because the people who were born there leave -- nm - ceregon Jan 6, 11:06
- putting that stadium way the hell out in City of Industry is spawn-level dumb -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 11:00 1
  - Yeah, that's a distance that I consider unqualifiedly FAR -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 11:04
Woah, I found something pretty awesome on cnn.com. They have a new feature called "Wingnuts of the Week". -- (link) - TFox Jan 6, 10:56 1
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Avatar $7.33 million on Tuesday. -- (link) - Inigo Jan 6, 10:55 6
- I was hoping for a better hold vs Monday's #. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 11:02 1
  - Look at Alvin and Fantastic's numbers. I'm betting everything is down, but kids films are down the worst. - Inigo Jan 6, 11:07
- Down less than a million from Monday is pretty sweet. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 10:57 3
  - That's 9.4%. Prince of Egypt was 9.2%. So, it's back to that pattern again. -- nm - David Jan 6, 11:01 2
    - It's bouncing back adn forth between Prince and Titanic - Will Hunting Jan 6, 11:03
    - It's pretty crazy how closely it's followed POE so far. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 11:02
It's fun to make fun of Avatar. Granted I loved the movie, it's still fun. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 10:51 2
- I admit, if I go it will be for that very reason. - Spawn: *The* Blood Feud Champion Jan 6, 10:52
- and papyrus? Come on. The egyptians already went there, Mr Cameron. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:51
i love customer comments... "of all my skills, my electronically one's are the weakest..." -- nm - Guy Jan 6, 10:42 1
- Your electronics are weak. We all know it. -- nm - Spawn: *The* Blood Feud Champion Jan 6, 10:51
Tna Impact did a 1.5 rating..Raw did a 3.6 rating...the Raw overrun did a - Remlik Jan 6, 10:36 3
- Vince can't be happy that they didn't pop a Hart-rating. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:52
- So what happens with Bret Hart now? -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 10:40 1
  - well we'll see...talk is there will be a confrontation of some kind at Wrestlemania...so we have a few months of ppv's and shows to build it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 10:44
Let's face it....Avatar is essentially Independence Day humans as the 'bad guys". nm - Jim Jan 6, 10:31 28
- The true innovation of Avatar is in how many movies he managed to seamlessly rip off. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 10:34 7
  - Word. Sounds like he could have called it Dances with Pocahontas on Independence Day. -- nm - Jim Jan 6, 10:35 6
    - in Fern Gully -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 10:39 5
      - "Dances with Pocahontas on Independence Day in Fern Gully: The Last of the Mohican Rainforests" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:40 4
        
        I think that might be easier to advertiser than "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:41 3
        
        does anyone say out the full title of the latest Harry Potter movies? - fatsquatch Jan 6, 10:43 2
        
        Yes, and the first harry potter movie had a similarly long title. But it was appealing. - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:44 1
        
        it's not for me but the series of books is popular with kids, afaik -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 10:47
- Avatar is basically Fantasia, and the Na'vi are the hippos in the tutus, and Sigourney Weaver is Mickey Mouse. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 10:32 19
  - Now you're talking crazy talk. :) -- nm - Jim Jan 6, 10:34 18
    - Avatar is a ripoff of Boogie Nights, and the Hometree is Wahlberg's penis and the floating white things symbolize coke. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 10:36 17
      - are some of these real spoilers? -- nm - Guy Jan 6, 10:42 3
        
        no idea...haven't seen it. -- nm - Jim Jan 6, 10:46
        
        if you were worried, no, an enormous tree is not growing out of Marky Mark's Calvins. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 10:45
        
        Only if you've seen the movies being referenced. - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:43
      - You know, if you really want to synthesize znuf posts, you need more multi-syllabic words. (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 10:38 12
        
        This is like a full-board critique. If we tried this hard to find similar plots in every movie we watched, there wouldn't be room for anything else. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 10:40 11
        
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        I tend to think the story similarity is pretty blatant, so those who choose to discuss it have a point. It's not something that matters to me, though -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 10:48 3
        
        The real issue (... that the Dances with Wolves comparison comes from ...) is because it's so similar to actual history. History repeating itself. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:49
        
        but as has been pointed out, to like eight movies. that no one ever cared was like another movie pre-Avatar. -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 10:49 1
        
        I missed that point. Also, I think we can all agree that the moviegoing public does not care. :) -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 10:54
        
        Imagine if we did this every time a comic book movie came out. "Oh, he didn't have powers and now he does? How *original*..." - TFox Jan 6, 10:43 4
        
        "Oh, so it's about segregation and oppression in South Africa? How *original*." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:46 1
        
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        you mean *gasp*... - znufrii Jan 6, 10:48
        
        ... and how eerily identical it is to Fern Gully. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:42
So how much is Avatar going to make this weekend in the US? - ceregon Jan 6, 10:30 10
- More than Daybreakers, Youth in Revolt, or Leap Year will make in their entire domestic run. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 10:56 1
  - My cantor account sure hopes you're right. -- nm - ceregon Jan 6, 11:02
- More than most movies could hope to *open* with :) -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 10:46
- I'm gonna say around $52 million. - Inigo Jan 6, 10:43 2
  - that's about my guess -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 10:48
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- Coming off a 68mil weekend...I'm going to say 45mil. - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:32
- at least $15.50 - decline Jan 6, 10:31 2
  - Sweet. Do you already have your ticket? -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 10:38 1
    - nope. finalizing times with friends now :) -- nm - decline Jan 6, 10:44
LA' -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 10:26 8
- damn bigfoot hands. LA's NFL group wants to poach our team from Jax or Buffalo -- (link) - fatsquatch Jan 6, 10:26 6
  - No!, it has to be the Vikings. ML must suffer. (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 10:29
  - What are their plans to make LA residents care about football? -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 10:28 2
    - 1) Change team name to "Trojans". (nm) - Plan to make LA residents care Jan 6, 10:36
    - Shoot Al Davis first. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:34
  - Building a bigger stadium for Jacksonville football fans would be like building a bigger public library for high school drop-out crystal meth tweakers -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 10:28 1
    - and I quote. -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 10:28
- Woman -- nm - The Doors Jan 6, 10:26
Dawson: This girl Ke$ha's cd is actually really hot, you might want to check it - MDH Jan 6, 10:25 1
- I love Tik Tok -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 10:31
What am I missing from this list of noteworthy TV shows whose season premiere is upcoming? - prayformojo Jan 6, 10:23 14
- SPARTICUS on Starz -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 10:47 1
  - which includes Lucy Lawless nude -- nm - peglegpete Jan 6, 10:48
- The Deep End? -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 10:30
- Human Target -- nm - Mop (227 lbs) Jan 6, 10:30
- per ew: big love. -- nm - b. Jan 6, 10:29 1
  - here's more. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 6, 10:32
- I so glad Nubby finally replaced Paula -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 10:27
- Burn Notice -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 10:26
- Isn't FNL a summer show this year? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:24 5
  - for those of you who don't get DirecTV :) -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 10:25 4
    - I assume he's talking non Directv since it started there months ago, right? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:28 3
      - Yeah, I'm loving this season -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 10:28 2
        
        i dig that they worked out that deal to save the show, but it's hard waiting to see them on nbc -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 10:30 1
        
        I'm glad it got saved. Also, DirecTV's channel 101 is really starting to play some quality television. -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 10:32
okay, so here's my take on the whole Avatar discussion on how it's political, all about the white man, etc... - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 6, 10:21 27
- people have a vested interest in self-validation. - znufrii Jan 6, 10:32 2
  - when you start college, are you going to have to write stuff? you're going to post it for us, and your grades, right? - TFox Jan 6, 10:34 1
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- If I could be Stephen Colbertish about it, the only real point of the film that matters currently is this $1,063,151,759. -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 10:29 2
  - the market has spoken. oppressing indigenous cultures is bad. -- nm - mafic Jan 6, 10:30
  - "The market has spoken" -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 10:30
- I think you had to be blind during Avatar not to pull some of James Cameron's agenda/morality from it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:27 2
  - the same with John Milius's right wing/gun rights wet dream in "Red Dawn" doesn't make it any less fun to watch every damn time it's on cable -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 10:30 1
    - Exactly. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:30
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  - who said I was upset? -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 10:30 7
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      - ??? -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 10:38 5
        
        I still don't get how this means I was upset... - znufrii Jan 6, 10:43 4
        
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        whose posts were you mistaking for mine? - znufrii Jan 6, 10:52 2
        
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        As the creator of the work, he has ultimate ownership of the themes expressed by it, whether he intentionally placed them there or not. - znufrii Jan 6, 11:03
- it's pretty clear that Cameron has a point of view. so what? if you don't like that POV, don't go to the movie -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 6, 10:24 5
  - Avatard! -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 6, 11:07
  - well, maybe that's part of my arguement ... - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 6, 10:31
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    - what i mean is the movie has a point of view (whether it's Cameron's actual beliefs or not). subjugation of nature/natives by technologically - fatsquatch Jan 6, 10:28 1
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- son, welcome to america. where nitpicking only follows the nose in picking ranks -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 6, 10:22 2
  - that statement would work better with a split infinitive. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 10:29
  - unfortunately, Granted... -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jan 6, 10:23
Christmas ruined Diva! -- nm - Dano Jan 6, 10:19 1
- Well played, Christmas. Well played... -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 10:22
Things I did not know before this morning: Alan Trammel played four games in centerfield for the Tigers in 1993. (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 10:17 10
- how could you not know that?! -- nm - TFox Jan 6, 10:18 1
  - I know! It's like I slept throught the year 1993 or something. (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 10:20
- that is just one thing, trust me there are tons more -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 10:18 7
  - True, for example, prior to this morning I didn't know that I was gonna kick you butt for being a wiseass. (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 10:19 6
    - using the word know implies certainty, there is nothing certain about you being able to kick my butt -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 10:21 5
      - I'm certainly regreting awarding my prestigious National Championship� to your beloved Broncos. (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 10:22 4
        
        but by doing so, you're contradicting David who ran the Broncos down during Halo - and contradicting him can be a good thing -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 10:23 2
        
        This doesn't change the sassiness of your pants, Mr sassypants. (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 10:26 1
        
        I recommend the guacamole -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 10:26
        
        honestly, I would blame david for crash's sassypantsness. it all started over some football talk. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 6, 10:23
Having generally liked Shanahan in Denver, I'm trying to convince myself that he won't be the savior of Washington that everyone's painting him to be -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 10:17 1
- Easy peasy to do. Since Elway retired and TD wrecked his knee, his teams have won exactly 1 playoff game. - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:22
pfm - that was hilarious. -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 10:17
In addition to listing their top 10 recipes of last year, the LA Times posts their archive of the top ten recipes of the past 25 years -- (link) - crash davis Jan 6, 10:16
Oh, TSA...... -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 10:16 1
- There is also that Guardian article about how the full body scanners may inadvertantly be causing issues with child porn laws. No one wins! -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 10:18
"Arenas pretends to shoot teammates before 104-97 win over 76ers" on Tuesday night -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 10:15 5
- really? hm. -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 10:19 4
  - see photo 2 in the gallery -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 6, 10:20 3
    - Endorsement deals being cancelled in 3, 2, 1.... (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 10:28 1
      - We're interested. -- nm - Smith & Wesson Jan 6, 10:30
    - Come on, Gil. Let's ride. -- nm - Marvin Harrison Jan 6, 10:25
Like this. - con_carne Jan 6, 10:15
WTF are Suntots? (nm) - Confused Winnipeggian Jan 6, 10:14 4
- Google, MF, do you speak it? -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 10:16 2
  - We don't get those fancy internets up here. (nm) - Confused Winnipeggian Jan 6, 10:18
  - Say Search again! -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 10:18
- SFAN. (nm) - musubi Jan 6, 10:15

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