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General movie thread!!!!
Maybe it'll be a Kaiju shooting skybeams out of its eyes. (Yes I know what it appears to be)
- Obituary thread
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General movie thread!!!!
It's not a direct follow-up (only the actors for The Wall, Flagg, Quinn, and Boomerbutt return) and I think giving the mixed reputation of the original, the title is an attempt at a fresh start. I imagine ties to the original film will be few if not entirely non-existant.
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What You've Done Today - As the World Turns
I'm just a subscriber (I don't want to see him in court!)
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General movie thread!!!!
- The All Things Political Thread (One thread to rule them all and in the darkness bind them)
There's an ad now by one of these stupid semi-anonymous PACs telling us we should be thanking our benevolent overlords elected officials for 'saving the integrity of the vote'. But, the Gov, Lt Gov and Secretary of State said there was no voter fraud. So why are we changing laws to "prevent the rampant voter fraud"? Well apparently its not because there *was* voter fraud, but because people *feel* there was fraud, so the laws need to be changed so that these people with the *feels* can return to confidence in the election process. Despite the fact that the only reason the *feel* there was fraud was that people lied to them and told them there was voter fraud. Which the Gove, Lt. Gov and Secretary of State said there wasn't. Its quite possibly the dumbest political theater I've seen. Its a solution searching for a problem, as one pundit here put it.- What You've Done Today - As the World Turns
As I understand it (not lawyer/not legal advice) you have a legal right to ring a doorbell, and then a legal obligation to leave if no one answers or they ask you to leave in the US. So provided he didn't have to get behind a posted no trespassing sign or gate or something, I would doubt it could count as trespassing, even if the police ended up being called. Only time I had a package knowingly delivered to somewhere else, it ended up at an abandoned property(!) so it wasn't a big issue for us to retrieve it.- The All Things Political Thread (One thread to rule them all and in the darkness bind them)
- General movie thread!!!!
I just watched the film again not long ago. Transported me back to the 80s (alas, only figuratively).- The All Things Political Thread (One thread to rule them all and in the darkness bind them)
Will the militia require them to learn how to use the gun and gun safety? What if a person doesn't perform to the expected level in the militia, can they be kicked out? Questions, questions...- Obituary thread
- Coronavirus Goes Fourth
Surely for lumberlasses, it'd be Timber...? ... I'll get me coat.- The TV and Streaming thread Series 4
I misspelled her name, and then went to check it and had to fix it for every instance of the name, and still misspelled it.- The TV and Streaming thread Series 4
"Cost of Living" TNG Forgot to post here after watching it. Lame B story that doesn't go anywhere and doesn't add any impact at all. TNG really suffers from the A/B plotting I think. Not because they use it, but they seem to insist on it when even when the A story is sufficient to be left alone. The A story wasn't anything to write home about; TNG isn't typically at its best trying to be a family drama. There are a few really good bits (this may be my favorite Lwaxaana Troi episode so far, simply because I hate the others, but here Lwaxana displayed a certain amount of savvyness usually lacking in the character which made the character more tolerable. Nice final sting with Worf, Alexander and Lwaxana which was a better payoff than the episode deserved. But Counselor Troi spouts psychobable child psychology (making a contract with a kid who is most likely too young to actually understand a contract or why it may be important or indeed what he needs vs what he wants? Huh?) and they waste Tony Jay entirely. Bonus points for the grumpy assistant to Jay's character, though. He was appropriately grumpy.- The TV and Streaming thread Series 4
Iirc whedon was brought in to add humour/ punch up the script (like he did on the 1st x-men film) and when Snyder had to step away, he was brought in to finish as he was already connected to the product. But he did extensive reshoots and changes (with studio approval who were worried about the tone and second guessing Snyder) to the plot. Supposedly he was determined to prove the criticism over the 2nd Avengers film to be wrong. I think with everything that's gone on, including the Ray Fisher stuff, all the people who were in charge of DC movies, WB movies, and the major producers are all gone (albeit I think Geoff Johns still works independently with WB, he's no longer with DC/WB.) Suicude Squad supposedly tested well, it was the response to the ad campaign that led to the ad company making an edit.- Obituary thread
Animator, director Yasuo Otsuka- Weird, random, interesting
Monopoly allowing people to vote on new Community Chest cards - https://www.cnet.com/news/monopoly-wants-your-help-in-updating-its-community-chest-cards/- General movie thread!!!!
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A bit like Gallaxhar trying to give orders his clones in MONSTERS VS ALIENS, I'd guess (tried to find the clip, but failed). While true, I was joking a bit too, since Archie doesn't use The Shield character a lot, Marvel's is safe from additional legal action as the suit isn't an active trademark (plus they redesigned the Shield's outfit to be less shield-y so it stopped having the distinctive look) so have used that shield for stories set in the period Cap carried it in the comics. EDIT: I looked it up, MLJ didn't sue, they asked Martin Goodman (who the MLJ founder, Louis Silberkleit, was friends with and I believe all three had worked with Goodman at an early point in their publishing career) to change the shield since they got there first. That's why the one shield only existed for the first issue and was changed to round for issue 2. As mentioned they subsequently went back after the trademark issue wasn't an issue and did re-introduce the original shield as historically happening in Cap's timeline.- Weird, random, interesting
Only if they want Archie to sue again. 😄 The round shield was created because MLJ/Archie's sued over the similarity to the Cap's Shield to the Shield's outfit.- Weird, random, interesting
They killed one of the 50s Caps* (he couldn't take the pressure and committed suicide) that was created to explain why there were Captain America stories published by Marvel post WWII. In the 70s Steve abandoned the identity and became Nomad (and I think John "US Agent" Walker was brought it by the Government to take over) but I don't recall him being killed then. Steve Rogers was killed post Marvel's Civil War, but its comics, and they wibble-wobbled a storyline (Cap's body was dead but his spirit was still around, Armin Zola resurrected Steve's body with the Red Skull's spirit for giggles, eventually Bucky helps spirit-Steve evict Skull). He wasn't a hydra agent either (that was a cosmic-cube time manipulated alternate Cap). Because, again, comics. *I think they recently brought him back too- Weird, random, interesting
Captain America is still Steve Rogers. They're doing a story about Steve-Cap traveling the US with Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes and John Walker (who've all been Cap; I think we're up to 8 official Caps now, discounting Cap-for-a-story like The Punisher and alternate or future Caps). While traveling, they meet people who've taken up the Captain America mantle to defend their local communities. The design doesn't grab me, but as I understand it this version of Captain America is defending runaways and the homeless, so I'm going to guess either is or was a homeless runaway himself, and may be wearing an outfit made from what he was able to find.- The TV and Streaming thread Series 4
This is a documentary though...- Funny Stuff: Revenge of the Funny
El Arroyo - The All Things Political Thread (One thread to rule them all and in the darkness bind them)
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