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Quote from: SKO on February 06, 2017, 04:14:10 PM
I bought the Athlon Sports baseball preview, unaware that Trueblood apparently writes for them. He had one article about players changing their swings to hit more home runs that was fine, but then there was an article in which he wrote about "the perfect MLB lineup" and I guess in his world Stephen Piscotty is the Platonic Ideal of a 5 Hitter and Right Fielder. I have no idea why he's so fucking obsessed with Cardinals Matt Murton but Jesus Christ. The guy had an .800 OPS last year.

Well, that is the best OPS.

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on February 06, 2017, 12:07:24 PM
30 reviews in, 29 positive. Friday night, kids.  Let's go!

Excellent, the middle kid is turning 10 on Friday and this is what she wants to do. Looking forward to it.

Quote from: JD on February 03, 2017, 10:00:38 PM

Quote from: Tonker on May 21, 2014, 07:13:07 AM
I'm probably late to the party but I'm about a third of the way through this book having picked it up with precisely zero knowledge of what it was, and what it was about.  As with "The Truman Show", had I heard anything about it before I started it, I probably wouldn't have bothered - but now I've begun I don't seem to be able to stop.

Has anybody else read it?  Please tell me it doesn't fizzle out...

Wrong thread.  This was a movie.

It can be two things

1. Nigel Farage
2. Donald Trump
3. Steve Bannon
4. Rupert Murdoch
5. Henry Kissinger
6. Queen Elizabeth
7. Robert Mugabe
8. Ted Nugent
9. Kirk Douglas
10. Frank Welker

Thrill has posted the new Dead Pool thread 4 different times and I keep deleting it.

Quote from: Saul Goodman on January 12, 2017, 12:40:56 PM

Quote from: R-V on January 12, 2017, 11:06:40 AM

Quote from: PenFoe on January 12, 2017, 10:50:56 AMWe're not big TV people

Sorry, my eyes rolled out of my head after reading this part so I didn't finish your post. My wife is typing this for me.

"You shouldn't listen to my opinion about TV. Now everybody listen to my opinion about TV."

Eh, this is literally what the internet is for.

Quote from: Tonker on January 09, 2017, 03:58:53 PM

Quote from: SKO on January 09, 2017, 03:38:05 PM

Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on January 09, 2017, 03:31:21 PM

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Quote from: Saul Goodman on January 09, 2017, 02:29:09 PM

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on January 09, 2017, 09:43:50 AM
Quick reminder: Lucroy turned down being traded to Cleveland.

...when he learned Yan Gomes would still be the starter despite his being bad and Lucroy being good. How dare he.

Yeah, the Indians owe more Gomes more money and are committed to him longer and would have used Lucroy at first base and DH next year in his FA walk year, when he has way more value as a catcher. He made the best decision for himself financially and it's not like the Rangers suck.

Until the day I die I will genuinely have warm feelings for Yan Gomes because of that 9th inning At-Bat he gave away to Chapman when we were staring straight into the goddamn abyss.  God bless Yan.

I couldn't tell you who batted in that 9th inning except maybe I think Santana was the one that hit the foul ball that thanks to the camera angles looked like it was most definitely a walk off dong. I spent that entire inning in the fetal position.

The only thing of which I have any recollection is Bryant picking and throwing to Tony Ballgame, and that's only because I've seen it a hundred times since.  That whole thing is a complete fucking blur.

I remember collapsing face down on the floor when Lindor threw out Fowler.  That's why I was SURE I misheard when they said Chapman was returning for the bottom of the ninth. I laid there through the bottom of the inning, and forced myself to get up and watch once it went to rain delay.  I remember being absolutely certain Zobrist would get a hit when he did, and I remember being apoplectic when they didn't send him home from 2nd base on Miggy's single.  

After that I don't remember anything clearly until Mike Montgomery strode in from the bullpen to save to us all.

Quote from: Eli on January 08, 2017, 10:23:48 PM

Quote from: CT III on January 07, 2017, 09:03:03 PM
I've finally just seen it. Some mild SPOILERS below:

I loved it. The characters were a bit thin but I'm a guy who loves the shit out of Kelly's Heroes and the only characters I can even name from that movie are the titular Kelly and Oddball.  And Don Rickles, who is playing Don Rickles.

What was I talking about? Oh yeah, Rogue One. It had what I wanted: a filthy, lived-in world. Periods of violence, punctuated by a robot or monk cracking wise.  And a third act battle that goes down as maybe the finest combat sequence this series has ever put on screen.

I could have done without a couple of the extra video game contrivances thrown in the way of the heroes transmitting the plans (since we knew it was going to happen) but I can forgive just about anything of a movie that gives me a convincingly filmed scene featuring one Star Destroyer cleaving another in twain before absolutely WRECKING a planetary shield.  If you were looking for something that gave a deeper insight into the SW universe, I can understand why you'd be disappointed.  I wasn't, and I'm not.

Pretty much all of this. The last 30 minutes or so was especially fantastic.

My only minor disappointment was that the final Vader scene had been built up by so many people that it ended up being a little underwhelming for me. Probably just a product of expectations though.

Agreed on the Vader bit. It was good but what I'd just seen blew it away.

However that goes both ways, because while Tarkin's presence in the film was built up to be anything from a disappointment to a disaster, it didn't really bother me at all.

I've finally just seen it. Some mild SPOILERS below:

I loved it. The characters were a bit thin but I'm a guy who loves the shit out of Kelly's Heroes and the only characters I can even name from that movie are the titular Kelly and Oddball.  And Don Rickles, who is playing Don Rickles.

What was I talking about? Oh yeah, Rogue One. It had what I wanted: a filthy, lived-in world. Periods of violence, punctuated by a robot or monk cracking wise.  And a third act battle that goes down as maybe the finest combat sequence this series has ever put on screen.

I could have done without a couple of the extra video game contrivances thrown in the way of the heroes transmitting the plans (since we knew it was going to happen) but I can forgive just about anything of a movie that gives me a convincingly filmed scene featuring one Star Destroyer cleaving another in twain before absolutely WRECKING a planetary shield.  If you were looking for something that gave a deeper insight into the SW universe, I can understand why you'd be disappointed.  I wasn't, and I'm not.

Quote from: SKO on January 03, 2017, 11:24:36 AM

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on January 02, 2017, 06:06:16 PM

Quote from: Tonker on January 02, 2017, 02:33:17 PM
I went to see two films this Christmas: the new J.K. Rowling, and this one.  I slept for a good three-quarters of an hour in the middle of both.

Plinkett dropped an 7-8 minute piece on R1. Pretty much nailed it.

I agree with him and most reviewers who say the character development in the movie was fairly poor overall and that the first two acts were choppy story-wise. That said, I think his whole "the movie doesn't stand on its own without the star wars nostalgia" criticism is a little ridiculous.

"If you didn't know what Star Wars was you wouldn't know how Vader was choking that guy, why the Empire is bad, why the whole point of this movie is to steal the plans but not blow up the Death Star".

Well, no shit. No one should see this movie if they haven't seen fucking Star Wars. I don't think a valid criticism of franchise movies is "well, they rely too much on the franchise" and yet Plinkett goes to that well a lot. He acts like everyone should just accept that the fact that Disney now makes Star Wars and that it's going to be an endless franchise is inherently bad. If the franchise installments are actually good, and make sense, then make as many as you want. I'm not asking for Citizen Kane, I want competently made films set in the Star Wars universe. TFA and Rogue One are exactly that, the Prequels were not. "GRR FRANCHISING" is not sufficient criticism for me.

I find that to be an odd criticism since Empire, which is usually hailed as the best in the series relies almost entirely on character development from its predecessor.

Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on December 20, 2016, 03:47:49 PM
I assume your buddies at TCI are still Trueblooding the holy hell out of Quenneville while going on Year 7 of trading Seabrook, yes?

And somehow you're still asshurt at us because your brother got banned from there.

Quote from: thehawk on December 20, 2016, 12:39:07 PM

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on December 20, 2016, 11:22:19 AM
Currently leading the NHL in points, Marian Hossa skating like he's 10 years younger, rookies like Ryan Hartman and Vince Hinostroza playing well, and Trevor Van Reimsdyk hasn't been terrible.

And Jonathan Toews still hasn't gotten going.

And the Veznia quality starting goaltender missing 3 weeks with an appendix and the team not missing a beat.

This only demonstrates how expendable Crawford is.

Darling forever!

Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 15, 2016, 09:54:21 PM
Okay... But did TJ's and Pen's dads ever wear clothes?

My dad is always standing on his hind legs, just like Rory Calhoun.

Just started listening to Crimetown, which is pretty self-explanatory - each season will explore some of the more colorful criminals related to a specific city.  1st season is Providence and I'm liking it so far.

Kirk Cameron outlasts another one.