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Alex Gibbs to Seattle. -- nm - David Jan 12, 10:06 4
- Hoping Miami and the Tuna can talk Romeo in not going to KC and coming to Miami as DC -- nm - Capstern Jan 12, 10:37
- who? -- nm - psilotum Jan 12, 10:13 2
  - Famous offensive line coach. It's a big deal. -- nm - David Jan 12, 10:14 1
    - Cool (cluelessness evidence inside) - psilotum Jan 12, 10:17
resolved: viewers will follow Simon Cowell to the newness of X-Factor more than they'll stick with the tired American Idol without him -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 12, 10:05 28
- What exactly is the purpose of X-Factor? Is it a AI-show or an America's Got Talent show? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 12, 10:11 3
  - AI++. The other purpose is that it's what Cowell wanted to do, so Fox opened their checkbook and did it. -- nm - TFox Jan 12, 10:12 2
    - Well, he *is* on X Facotr over there, no? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:12 1
      - right, and decided he couldn't do three shows, and wanted Fox's money for X Factor, so now he does both X Factors... - TFox Jan 12, 10:14
- Personally speaking, I would first like an explanation on WTF X Factor is -- nm - con_carne Jan 12, 10:08 11
  - I'm sure there will be a commercial or two before the premiere. -- nm - TFox Jan 12, 10:11 1
    - Heh. And one, maybe two giant-assed billboards here and there. :) -- nm - con_carne Jan 12, 10:12
  - American Idol where the judges actively coach and interact with the contestants I believe -- nm - decline Jan 12, 10:10
  - Jamie Madrox! -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 10:09 3
    - X Factor Investigations! - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:10 2
      - I dropped it a while ago. Seemed to be going nowhere and too much interaction with the other X-Men for me. -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 10:11 1
        
        Ah. Love Peter David. spoil - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:14
  - The show form England that American Idol is the American version of. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:09 3
    - except, AI was based on Pop Idol. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:10
    - Not exactly. The show that spun off from Pop Idol in England, that is now bigger than Pop Idol was. -- nm - TFox Jan 12, 10:09 1
      - True, I just mean that they have X Factor, we have American Idol. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:12
- are they positioning X to go head-to-head with Idol? -- nm - znufrii Jan 12, 10:06 9
  - Both are Fox. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:07 3
    - ah, okay. - znufrii Jan 12, 10:10 2
      - And rumor has it that Paula will be there, as well. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:11 1
        
        but on the other hand, we're not talking about a zero-sum game, if they're on the same network. - znufrii Jan 12, 10:15
  - i don't know if it will go head to head but i believe it is on another network -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 12, 10:06 4
    - nope, both on Fox. (nm) - howie Jan 12, 10:07 2
      - wikipedia lied! -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 12, 10:08 1
        
        *pats pixie* - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:08
    - They are both on Fox. -- nm - TFox Jan 12, 10:07
- Especially if Paula is with him. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:06 1
  - it would be the smart move -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 12, 10:07
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- He is dropping out of Cowboys and Aliens for Sherlock Homes 2. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:06 1
  - L -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:06
- David started it by asserting that Nathan Fillion now is comparable to pre Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 10:05 13
  - Did everyone forget he was on Lost? -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:08 6
    - Fillion was on Lost? (nm) - musubi Jan 12, 10:11 5
      - He was the poor schmuck who married Kate the first time. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:12
      - spoils - Beaker Jan 12, 10:12
      - Yes. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:11 2
        
        I'm genuinely surprised by this. I don't remember him on the show at all. (nm) - musubi Jan 12, 10:13 1
        
        briefness -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:15
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    - See my first. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:08 1
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  - I will say that Alley McBeal is comparable to Desperate Housewives. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:07
  - They should seriously cast him in the Uncharted movie. -- nm - Shaun Jan 12, 10:07
  - (Nothing equaling nothing) -- nm - David Jan 12, 10:06
(i'd actually peg the start of his comeback to The Singing Detective) -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 12, 09:59 2
- after. *after* that piece of crap. -- nm - Max Jan 12, 10:00 1
  - David? - fatsquatch Jan 12, 10:02
The only times he ever stopped working was when he was in jail/rehab. Lilo - not so much. -- nm - Diva Jan 12, 09:58 4
- hey she saved kids in India? What has RDJ done? -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 09:59 3
  - more crack than the Bronx in 1984 -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 12, 10:02
  - She's doing a documentary on it for BBC3 -- (link) - LMS Jan 12, 10:02 1
    - I thought that was done. But good for her. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:02
"We detected two geographically separated missile launch events with a exo-atmospheric collision also being observed by space-based sensors," she said - Loyola Jan 12, 09:56 21
- Lindsey? -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 12, 10:07
- I'm less worried about them being able to destroy incoming missles than I am with their ability to destroy satellites. - TWuG Jan 12, 10:00 19
  - If they build missiles like they build cars, we'll be fine. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:01 18
    - Not true...look at the Soviets. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 12, 10:08 4
      - damn you and your counter examples. still, the Soviets were quite different. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:13 3
        
        just saying that certain countries can build a decent consumer product but can sure field a fine atuomatic weapon, - Mel Profit Jan 12, 10:16 2
        
        true true. and I'm saying China is not one of those countries. :) -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:17
        
        can't -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 12, 10:17
    - Hardly. Exploding cars may be a design flaw, but exploding missiles is Mission Accomplished. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:02 12
      - it's not your own missiles that are supposed to explode. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:03 11
        
        Of course they are. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 12, 10:05
        
        I'm quite sure that they *are* -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:04 5
        
        the goal, see, is to destroy the incoming missile. that's what missile intercept means. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:05 4
        
        and to do that, most existing systems detonate before impacting the target missile -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:06 3
        
        Give her a break. It's not like she worked at the Pentagon or anything. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 12, 10:11 2
        
        She has a point though. The missile that's going up doing the intercepting should come back down after it killed the other one and park in the army - Loyola Jan 12, 10:13
        
        indeed I never did. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:13
        
        They were supposed to explode. -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 10:04 3
        
        forget it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:05 2
        
        I know what you're trying to say, I'm just trying to say ... all the design flaws in chinese cars are gold-star performance for chinese rockets. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:06
        
        Good thinking. -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 10:05
Didn't I read that RDJ was in trouble with the Doyle estate because of his gay Sherlock remarks? -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Jan 12, 09:55 1
- Of course, money smooths over all troubles. -- nm - Mop (229 lbs) Jan 12, 09:59
Hugh Laurie as Moriarty would be hilarious (since House is so similar to Holmes) ... but what about Ethan Hawke, or Ewan McGregor? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 09:54 8
- I think it has to be someone older than RDJ. Like a Branngh or James Nesbit. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 09:58 3
  - is Ralph Fiennes older? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 09:59 2
    - he could work, he seems older. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:00 1
      - and the way he played Goeth, I think he could pull Moriarty off ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:01
- Ewan and RDJ in the same film? *swoon* -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 09:55
- no -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 12, 09:54 2
  - fine, how about Dwight Schultz, then? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 09:56 1
    - that....intriques me. He was terrific in Little Man and Fat Boy (I think it was called). -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:16
Charles Woodson is your Defensive MVP of the year -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 12, 09:54
Charlie Sheen early on was tabbed as a great acting force going forward iirc - Will Hunting Jan 12, 09:53 33
- We actually watched "Wall Street" and were amazed at how bad he was in it... - Mel Profit Jan 12, 10:00 1
  - yeah but he was the hot young stud of hollywood at the time. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:03
- Ruined his career? Isn't he on what is still the highest rated sitcom on TV and regularly Emmy nominated? -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 09:55 24
  - I think most people consider TV roles to be like the minor leagues. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 12, 09:57 23
    - $825,000 per episode, boitch! -- nm - Charlie F'in Sheen Jan 12, 09:59
    - like RDJ, with his 22 episode run on Ally McBeal? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 09:58 1
      - I forgot to put "slumming it" in there -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 09:59
    - in general they are. Being a TV star is a very different than than being even a mediocre movie draw. - Reagen Jan 12, 09:58 19
      - Could have fooled us. -- nm - George Clooney and Tom Hanks Jan 12, 10:04 13
        
        as Dano said Re: Hanks, and Clooney was looking like an up-market David Caruso for several years. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 10:08 2
        
        Clooney had largely been a failed TV actor, but I will say he doesn't become *Clooney* without ER. -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 10:12 1
        
        agreed. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:14
        
        I wouldn't have ever called Hanks a big TV star. -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 10:06
        
        2 out of how many actors on TV???? - groiny Jan 12, 10:06 8
        
        Just in the last 15 years; Caruso bombed, Romano hasn't done anything, the Friends underwhelm, no one from Seinfeld did much - Will Hunting Jan 12, 10:09 6
        
        Down Periscope was awesome! -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 10:13 3
        
        I will go to my death defending "Down Periscope". - Mel Profit Jan 12, 10:15 2
        
        my brutha. Plus it had Director Sheppard in it! -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:17
        
        appropriate -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:16
        
        Which makes the Kevin James success an out and out shock. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 12, 10:12 1
        
        yeah it is. But he's tapped into something that works for him. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:14
        
        Demi Moore -- nm - Beaker Jan 12, 10:07
      - I agree, but I think that's changing. Look at Glenn Close. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:01 4
        
        no one's exactly beating her door down with scripts. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 10:04
        
        She went the other way though. TV has been great particularly for "older" actresses because there are no film roles for them. - Dano Jan 12, 10:04 1
        
        all very true points in this thread. Kyra Sedgwick got a nice career out of her show on TNT when the she wasn't getting anything for movies. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:15
        
        her other options were 110 Dalmations. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 12, 10:03
- I loved him so much in Hot Shots. It breaks my heart what a bastard he is. -- nm - David Jan 12, 09:54 5
  - You telling me? I mean, Emilio is the *good* son?! I mean, he married f*cking Paula Abdul!! -- nm - Martin Sheen Jan 12, 09:57
  - agreed. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 09:54 3
    - I keep waiting for a "Men at Work" sequel. -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 09:54 2
      - poor Emilio -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 09:57
      - the Commie bastard gets no food! -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 12, 09:55
No cheating box office trivia: out of all the films RDJ had done prior to Iron Man, what was the most successful domestic performer? - David Jan 12, 09:52 42
- Bowfinger? -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 10:02
- Chaplin -- nm - JaxSean Jan 12, 10:01
- Soapdish! -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:00 2
  - Ignoring the correct answer (where he's the son's friend), this was correct at one point. - David Jan 12, 10:08
  - I need to rewatch this -- nm - con_carne Jan 12, 10:02
- Zodiac -- nm - con_carne Jan 12, 09:56
- I will guess Air America. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 09:55
- Weird Science? -- nm - landbeck Jan 12, 09:55
- Guess: Something that earned more than Serenity. -- nm - Diva Jan 12, 09:54 16
  - Actually, ignoring this film, it took him 12 tries to have a title beat Serenity's domestic take. - David Jan 12, 09:59 14
    - This is inherently why they are not compable. -- nm - Diva Jan 12, 10:12
    - Body of work makes a difference. As in RDJ has one. - Reagen Jan 12, 10:02 12
      - See below. - David Jan 12, 10:05 10
        
        You know me better than this. - Reagen Jan 12, 10:11 4
        
        Which is to say, Fillion has the talent to carry off that kind of role but no where near the exposure to open it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 10:12 3
        
        Michael Keaton as Batman? Oh hell no! Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man? What's a Tobey Maguire? - David Jan 12, 10:17 1
        
        again, movies vs. TV. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 10:28
        
        And this is entirely the point. -- nm - Diva Jan 12, 10:13
        
        I love the way you state that first half of the IM's first sentence. Love, love, love it. (nm) - musubi Jan 12, 10:07 4
        
        (And I mean it, too.) -- nm - David Jan 12, 10:09 3
        
        It wouldn't be David, if you didn't. (nm) - musubi Jan 12, 10:12 2
        
        The best part is that everyone is looking at his early resume now going "Oh." -- nm - David Jan 12, 10:13 1
        
        wrong again. -- nm - Diva Jan 12, 10:15
      - He'll just pull some more junk out of his butt, attach it to his brain and make another ridic comparison. - Diva Jan 12, 10:04
  - This is easily my favorite non-baseball grudge match, in the last year. (nm) - musubi Jan 12, 09:56
- The one with Michael Douglas as a professor/author? -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 09:54 2
  - Wonder Boys was woefully unappreciated imo. -- nm - Diva Jan 12, 09:55 1
    - Yeah, pretty solid film. -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 09:55
- US Marshals where he was a semi-lead? - Will Hunting Jan 12, 09:54
- I have no clue. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 12, 09:54 1
  - Weird Science? nm -- nm - groiny Jan 12, 09:54
- Shaggy Dog or Natural Born Killers. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 09:54 1
  - Or Air America. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 12, 09:56
- US Marshalls? -- nm - Dano Jan 12, 09:54
- Back to School? -- nm - Inigo Jan 12, 09:54 3
  - Back to School is correct. Eag and you are correct. - David Jan 12, 10:04 1
    - Yeah, hollywood tried to make him a star in the late 80s/early 90s, it just didn't work out that way. -- nm - Inigo Jan 12, 10:05
  - Unless there are some other qualifiers David isn't mentioning, Back to School is right at $91.25 million. -- nm - Inigo Jan 12, 10:02
- tropic thunder? -- nm - Capstern Jan 12, 09:54 1
  - that was post-ironman -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 09:54
- Back To School -- nm - eag Jan 12, 09:54
- I will guess Zero. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 09:53
I'm actor Nathan Fillion. You might remember me from such TV series as "Firefly" and "Drive". -- nm - Nathan Fillion Jan 12, 09:51 9
- I was amused to find him in Dracula 2000. - groiny Jan 12, 09:56 1
  - agreed on the IM -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 09:58
- I did enjoy Drive. It's funny seeing the actors pop up elsewhere ... like on Dexter. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 09:52 5
  - and Zombieland. -- nm - Reagen Jan 12, 09:54
  - I still have the entire run of Drive (all 6 episodes!) on TiVo. -- nm - David Jan 12, 09:53 3
    - even the ones that did not air? -- nm - Remlik Jan 12, 10:02 1
      - Anything I could torrent, yeah. -- nm - David Jan 12, 10:04
    - I like the last 15 minutes of the 3rd episode, IIRC. I believe I called it "the best 15 minutes of television that season" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 09:55
- Castle! -- nm - Capstern Jan 12, 09:52

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