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I wish I could be that easygoing with movies, but I get way too easily annoyed by stuff my brain identifies as weird. Probably why I'm usually very pick with what I watch and only watch a movie or two a month usually, .

"dream logic" That reminds me of how a RedLetterMedia video said more or less the same thing about Suspiria (1977), which I also thought was extraordinarily painful. I think I might start avoiding any movies where anybody even remotely implies it being "dream-like". Seemingly not to my taste.

I believe it's the Italian version, The Mask of Satan (UK-sourced BluRay/DVD combo with both the Mask of Satan and Black Sunday - we watched the former, and it's my understanding that that is the Italian version). I saw a different trailer for Viy yesterday after we watched The Mask of Satan (since we looked it up and saw that it was based on it). I think I would die from the awkwardness of this film if I saw it, . At least Black Sunday has a cool poster.

La maschera del demonio AKA The Mask of Satan AKA Black Sunday (1960). An Italian film, it's difficult to believe that this was released only a year before Viridiana (I picked out Viridiana, the person I generally watch movies with picked out this one) - it's so dated in almost every single way except maybe visuals to a degree. A rather miserable watch, it had really bad audio (why was the original audio track removed and then the movie redubbed with a new Italian track? So awful...is this an Italian thing?), lots of awkward editing and scene transitions, hit-you-over-the-head-obviousness, ultra predictable plotting, and just laughably terrible characters that were making me hope evil would win the day from almost the start of the movie, which, of course, they didn't, and instead the young fop who I was hoping to be the first killed is the "hero". Ugh. (e): Also, I have a special hatred for movies where women swing wildly between the acting dichotomy of "stupid and hysterical" vs. "pathetic and/or fainting". Bah.

I'm of the opinion that any penalties that aren't strictly a matter of player safety should be eliminated, simply because the amount of penalties have gotten insane and it's hurting the sport. The biggest casualties of this would be a good percentage (but not all) of holding on offense (...and instantly, offensive line play gets better across the league, which is currently a serious problem both in terms of performance and penalties - ye' gods, so many holding penalties every game), and on the other side of the ball, you get rid of a lot of pass interference calls as well. You still can't mug receivers, but hand fight to your heart's desire, don't ever turn your head around to play for the ball, etc. I would also think that makes referees' jobs much easier and lets them focus on the stuff that actually matters, but who knows, maybe they start screwing that up, too. I've heard the "you shouldn't let the game be in a position to be decided by the refs" defense a hundred times for these sorts of incidents, but it always rings hollow for me, then and now. The NFL is designed for parity, and it's not a coincidence that many games end up being within a TD between a win and a loss, where the referees putting a thumb on the scale absolutely does affect who wins. So sure, Detroit had many opportunities to put away the game (had an amazing first quarter, did little to nothing the rest of the game), but yeah, they got screwed.

the hell was that

Here's a reminder that we all used to use Windows 7 for a decade without any of those terribly obnoxious security features and never got viruses without them. Well, I didn't, at least, .

I guess the Cowboys are the biggest fakers of them all, along with the Rams. From 3-0 to 3-3 both of them.

Packers are the only team in the NFL to have defeated another team >=100 times...and it's stood at 100 wins since we swept them in 2016. The two losses in 2017 were against Brett Hundley, the 2018 @Lions game would've likely been won if not for a Mason Crosby apocalyptic-level kicking day (missed 3 FGs all under 50 yards + a 56 yarder + an XP) and the terrible fumbles didn't help either, and the final 2018 @Packers game was vs. Brett Hundley due to Rodgers being concussed in the first quarter. Hoping to make it 101 wins this Monday after all this nonsense.

I'm not sure that this crowd is on on copypastas, @213374U.

He then went on twitter and complained about people making a big deal out of his lie when he was the one that went to social media to make a big deal out of Mayfield not shaking his hand (which he did) to begin with. Definitely not a liar and a drama queen at all.

Our team's level of success seems to be super dependent on who scores a TD or two first.

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Witness from mentioned Guyger killer cop trial murdered in home by currently unknown assailant: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Man-Fatally-Shot-at-Dallas-Apartment-Complex-562267151.html Theories currently abound on the perpetrator. (e): Also, my condolences to his family, but more importantly, I hope the person(s) responsible hang.

There are areas where Hillary and Trump share way too much in common for my liking...but extrapolating that to them somehow being the same seems like a case of losing the forest for the trees, though. It's interesting to think about an alternative scenario where Hillary is president, the Democratic party continues to refuse to move left, and Republicans still control both the House and the Senate, though...and knowing Mitch McConnell (who has since openly admitted that his "no SC appointees in an election year" stance was a lie), the Supreme Court is still at a 4-4 split (as in this scenario, Kennedy is never coerced to retire).

I just hope that the majority of his base is sensible enough to realize Warren is the closest to him, and not Biden...if he drops out at all, that is.

I looked at a chart of runs, and we're actually doing O.K. against runs to the right and up the middle - it's runs to the left (both inside and outside) that are disproportionately successful. Tyron Smith being out might actually be very helpful for us in containing the run game.

As Gromnir pointed out, high ankle sprain is a nebulous diagnosis. From what I've seen in fantasy football, it's also something that usually cripples a player for the rest of the season even after they've "recovered" - takes until the offseason for it to heal fully. As an aside, you know a game should be either great or terrible if fans of both teams are feeling pretty bad about their chances against each other, . (e): Also, Davante Adams is unlikely to play vs. the Cowboys, who is a bit of a Cowboy killer himself (at least, as I recall), so that should make you feel better...other players, including our starting RT, to be determined.

The jury decided the case in six hours, too, which is...all things considered, I think pretty short?

@smjjames: probably referring to this: https://www.inquisitr.com/5656541/donald-trump-mike-pence-conversations-ukraine-president-transcripts/

>the bears, as hard as it is to believe, blitzed less than all but two teams last year. When you can consistently contain the run and rack up pressures (combination of sacks, hits, and hurries) while only rushing 3 or 4, the guys that aren't going after the passer are dropping into coverage (and it also lets you successfully do stuff like have a QB spy the entire game against mobile QBs). Similarly, the Packer barely blitzed throughout the first three weeks this year (4th lowest rate) and got an insane amount of pressures (we were #1 - don't know after this week 4), which let us keep our defense in perpetual nickle and dime and make passing that much more torturous for our opponents. Of course, the Packers fell short in containing the run week 2 and 3, and the Eagles successfully abused that to all hell and made us look downright silly in week 4. But yeah, not having to blitz and still getting those pressures is a huge boon to pass defense.

@Gromnir Vikings @ Bears: I also expected the Vikings to play better given the injuries. Vikings seem to always play horribly at Soldier Field no matter how good those teams are, though. Chargers: They have so many bad and important injuries/absences that this is probably not as surprising as one might think. They did just finally get Melvin Gordon back, but they're a badly beat up team. Buccaneers @ Rams: Hell of a game. Thought for sure the Buccaneers were going to choke it, but they didn't. Packers @ Cowboys: If Rodgers plays amazingly at Dallas as he always does, we'll have a chance, especially if we get a score or two ahead quickly, which will play to our strengths for pass rush and pass defense. If, on the other hand, the Cowboys get ahead by a score or two early, I have to agree that it won't be very close.

Especially fitting, seeing as Roy Cohn was Trump's personal lawyer for a time.

Said some days ago that I wasn't sure what or how good this team actually was - well, there you go. Pretenders until further notice!