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by AuthorTony
Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:05 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Politics And Current Events
Replies: 231196
Views: 12730102

Politics And Current Events

I was waiting in line at the bank the other day and some folks ahead of me were talking about Trump and how he's going to destroy Biden and fix the country, etc. One woman joined in and said that Trump should have bowed out and endorsed DeSantis or Haley last year. The main MAGA guy went off on her,...
by AuthorTony
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Colossal TV Show thread
Replies: 17499
Views: 1294280

Colossal TV Show thread

Yeah, reusing the "time is a flat circle" made me groan out loud. So, so corny. Thinking about it more last night, I probably dislike it more. Some of the plot holes are just inexcusable. Tsalal has several vehicles (Danvers and Navarro take one after the storm passes) so why didn't they sit in a ve...
by AuthorTony
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Colossal TV Show thread
Replies: 17499
Views: 1294280

Colossal TV Show thread

I finished Night Country up tonight. It wasn't terrible. I agree that it was "fine." With a few more rounds of rewriting it could have been pretty good as the bones of the story were solid enough, but it definitely felt clunky. Even in the finale episode, when Danvers and Navarro are chasing the guy...
by AuthorTony
Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: Pittsburgh Penguins
Topic: GDT #52: Jagr Day
Replies: 283
Views: 2304

GDT #52: Jagr Day

Very hard not to shed a few tears watching that ceremony. I know Craig Patrick was pretty loathed by the end of his tenure, but he really did love Pittsburgh and love that team, and you could see the emotion all over his face today. It probably wouldn't have gone well, but I still hate that the Pens...
by AuthorTony
Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:30 pm
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Topic: Colossal TV Show thread
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Views: 1294280

Colossal TV Show thread

I made it about 4 episodes before bailing. Too silly for me.
by AuthorTony
Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:10 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Movie Thread
Replies: 30870
Views: 2076379

Movie Thread

Last Voyage of the Demeter had some crazy logic, even for a horror movie. Spoilers: The ship's crew knows that people only die/get attacked at night. They have seen two people who have been bit burst into flames in the daylight. So their grand plan is to lure Dracula onto the deck of the ship at nig...
by AuthorTony
Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:57 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Politics And Current Events

Lara Trump, lip filler addict and wife of the dumber Trump sibling, is now co-chair of the RNC. Sounds about right.
Oh neat. She already had pledged to funnel all their money to Trump. The dumpster fire burns hotter.
Hopefully this hurts the GOP in House and Senate races.
by AuthorTony
Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:36 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Politics And Current Events

Re: Swift/Kelce. This has been all over my FB feed.
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by AuthorTony
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:37 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!
Replies: 6089
Views: 524250

home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

Interesting article on Zaslav's "deleting films for the tax write off" strategy.
https://www.rogerebert.com/mzs/coyote-vs-acme-canceled
by AuthorTony
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:09 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Weather Thread
Replies: 11323
Views: 784032

Weather Thread

Two inches in Scumerset.
by AuthorTony
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:08 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!
Replies: 6089
Views: 524250

home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

I don't watch much Prime. Usually just as background noise on the weekends. I did watch a couple episodes of Bosch last week. There were ads at the beginning and then an ad break around the end of the second act - maybe 4 min long. If they handle it like Freevee (not sure if I got that right), it wi...
by AuthorTony
Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:46 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!
Replies: 6089
Views: 524250

home theater, cord cutting, video streaming, a/v tech, and more!

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02 ... tell-subs/

No more Dolby Vision or Atmos from Amazon Prime until you pay for the "ad free" tier.
by AuthorTony
Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:13 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Movie Thread
Replies: 30870
Views: 2076379

Movie Thread

I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that Poltergeist and Gremlins were basically the "reason" for why PG 13 became a thing.

Up until then a movie was PG if it didn't contain excessive profanity and gore.
by AuthorTony
Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:03 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Colossal TV Show thread
Replies: 17499
Views: 1294280

Colossal TV Show thread

True Detective S4 E5
Okay, this show is just plain bad. By far the worst season of the franchise, and I can't imagine any way the final episode could change that.
by AuthorTony
Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:44 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Pet Thread
Replies: 4086
Views: 340837

Pet Thread

Congrats!
by AuthorTony
Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:55 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Politics And Current Events
Replies: 231196
Views: 12730102

Politics And Current Events

My FB feed is flooded with anti-Swift/Kelce comments this morning. It's pretty darned hilarious how the people who call liberals snowflakes freak out over musician and her boyfriend. Top comment so far: Suck it Kelce!!! Take your lil girlfriend and leave the country, like she says she will, WHEN Tru...
by AuthorTony
Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:39 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Movie Thread
Replies: 30870
Views: 2076379

Movie Thread



Sounds like Streets of Fire would be a good one to throw on after these
I'll have to see if it's streaming anywhere. Right now I'm getting ready to watch Class of 1984. Another one I haven't seen.
by AuthorTony
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:03 am
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Topic: Movie Thread
Replies: 30870
Views: 2076379

Movie Thread

The Warriors is amazing. The corniness and the over the top, ridiculous gangs are what makes the movie work so well.
Agreed. They never failed to make me smile. I think the baseball furies were my favorites.
by AuthorTony
Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:57 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Movie Thread
Replies: 30870
Views: 2076379

Movie Thread

I watched a few classics (or "classics") that somehow slipped by me all these years. The Warriors, Savage Streets, The Outsiders. All pretty good flicks. The Outsides was probably the weakest of the bunch. Coppola's directing did the material (which was admittedly ham-fisted) no favors. Savage Stree...
by AuthorTony
Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:07 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Views: 12730102

Politics And Current Events

I've already admitted that the Biden report is worrisome. I also think he's declining. That said, I do see how my father's long battle with brain cancer turned those 8 years into a blur for my mom. Dad's been gone for 4 years now, but she can't remember the order of certain events, like his stroke, ...
by AuthorTony
Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:01 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Politics And Current Events

Come on, guys, we all know it's Pennsyltucky.
by AuthorTony
Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Movie Thread
Replies: 30870
Views: 2076379

Movie Thread

Yep. And Zaslav wants to buy Paramount too. Dark times for movie lovers. Very dark times.
by AuthorTony
Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:56 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
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Views: 12730102

Politics And Current Events

Also, I’m with CB in that I’d be in favor of Klobuchar running.
I like Klobuchar too. I worry she won't get as much of the Black vote as she needs to win, but I'd certainly vote for her. I still really like Buttigieg, but I feel like he's DOA between being gay and his cabinet position.
by AuthorTony
Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:53 pm
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Topic: Politics And Current Events
Replies: 231196
Views: 12730102

Politics And Current Events

Little weird that it’s a big deal all of a sudden. I say this because Trump multiple times hasn’t been able to remember when he was in office or when things happened. He famously said there were airports during the revolutionary war. I don't think it gains Trump any votes, I just worry that it will...