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I don't doubt people will continue to do so. Doesn't make it right (or wrong). Again haven't seen CA, I can't really speak to the quality of the film. I would have seen it, but... I used to be a fairly regular movie goer. Lack of show-times I want to see and lack of willingness of theater owners to police the audience and throw out people who think they're in their living rooms has contributed to me seeing less and less films. CA had no show times that I was willing to risk an unpleasant experience of some goofball(s) talking at the screen, talking to each other, talking on their phone, talking to their kids, letting their kids run around the theater like it was field day at school, etc. In a way these issues are tied together. Nominally I think it is true that there are more women than men in the US, but I think its in the upper age brackets. I think the younger age brackets are more even or slightly more male.

Pretty sure Captain Marvel was considered a success. Ghostbusters had a lot of pre-press hate on it simply because it wasn't the real Ghostbusters. That it's budget had over-run spectacularly set it up for failure regardless of the quality/lack-of-same of the film. Can't say much about Charlie's Angels one way or the other as I haven't seen it and I'm not sure people were terribly high on it from a tracking standpoint. I think some of the navel gazing over BoPatFEoOHQ is a bit silly, and its also somewhat disappointing the film hasn't done better as its not a bad film, although also not a perfect film either. Most likely the blame can be laid squarely on making it an R-rated film when it doesn't really need to be and lack of clarity in the marketing/advertising (which wasn't helped by the name). Its possible bad weather in areas contributed some as well.

If I'd thought of Manimal I'd have probably said that!

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I got asked what animal I'd be in an interview. Blanked on the entirety of fauna both known and speculative when the question was asked. Eventually stumbled upon 'albatross'. Was asked if I picked that because it soared for hours at sea. Answered no, I literally couldn't think of any animals until Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner popped into my head. Probably not the best answer, but it was the truth. Didn't get what I was interviewing for, obviously.

Has nothing to do with darker stories. I think Star Trek can support that. I think the problem lies in modern creators being cynical about the underlying principals of Starfleet.

I watched the extended directors cut of SUICIDE SQUAD again. I still enjoyed it even though its a mess of a story. I think all the characters are well done even they dont all pay off. Saw BIRDS OF PREY. Enjoyed it, though I think there's a section in the middle where it drags a bit.

I get where you're coming from with DS9. But I also think while it was good, it opened the door enough away from the core of the original show that people felt emboldened to continue in that direction. So instead of being the show that was a cool exception to the rules, it became the rules.

Personally I think all Trek has suffered, post-Roddenberry, from the creators not really believing in the concepts the original show built. Particularly Vulcans in general but also Starfleet's utopian ideal. Haven't seen Picard or Discovery yet though.

The House isn't where the trial happens. My understanding - congressional committees (like the House Judicial Committee) takes evidence or accusations of malfeasance and investigates. The results of the investigation is passed on to the full house who votes on the Articles of Impeachment, or the formal accusation. The Senate is supposed to take the formal accusation and try the accuded. So my layman's understanding is the congressional committee is like the police and prosecutors who bring their evidence to the House, which is like a grand jury, and if the grand jury recommends proceeding, the the senate acts as the trial venue for the accused on the charges brought forth (in the Impeachment). I'm sure someone will be along shortly to correct me.

Looks like she wasn't practicing so much as she tore it so that she could get a clean tear when the cameras were on her.

It was all a dream...of Bob Newheart's previous sitcom character. It was hilarious, imo. Ymmv.

Looks like a hoodie or headscarf to me. The striped part curves close to the head like a hoodie or headscarf can, the solid band is the opening for the face (which, per the angle is away from us) and just past that you can see what to me appears to be grey hair jutting past the front of the apparel.

Let's track this back to talking about departed celebrities and not forum users or each other.

I'm rusty on this, but... $365k over 6 years with a 4.5% interest rate each year, minus $2500 each year, leaves you with a balance of 417K...if I carried the one correctly. 4.5% interest in the first year would be $16,425 on $365k (and about 6.6 times the amount paid towards the loan). *cue someone to correct me on my maths failings...*

A lot of students actually take on more debt that they're likely to need for the cost of college*. And while the reasons vary, its the stuff outside of the actual college cost (mortgage, childcare, transportation, etc) that can really saddle you with more debt than your career will pay for. A lot of colleges are trying to teach financial literacy to students taking out loans or similar programs to try to let the new student know what it is they're setting themselves up for when they take multiple loans to finance their education and/or their lifestyle. *although that said, sometimes people just pick expensive schools that the expense of going to that school isn't going to be covered by the cost of the career the education leads to as well.

Fixed it for you.