Jump to content

Eskimohorn

Legacy Members
  • Posts

    4281
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by Eskimohorn

  1. The stepmom, in particular, was a fascinating story as was the Joe’s dad descent after losing Joe’s mom. Then the story of Joe taking care of himself on his own land, then working on the Gorge dam. Then the rigors and passion of the sport. Unbelievable and gritty stuff. Also have the story and pedigree of George Pocock and his influence on the sport was fascinating. You had a perfect set up to tell his story as a break from Joe’s story. Lot of meat and extraordinary scenes from history. At the end of the day, I suspect finances and wanting to appeal to the broadest audience made this just another sports movie.
  2. Hate to be a bookfag, but thought there was a huge discrepancy between the quality of the book and what was portrayed on screen. It was a solid average movie, decent casting. The book was an epic story of Joe Rantz and his unlikely rise with others as an Olympic Gold medalist. The biggest mistake was putting too much in and focusing (superficially) on the love story. The meat of the story was left the floor.
  3. You bookfags. Unless you read 120-page novellas they arent being faithfully adopted into a 2-hour movie. Regardless, on Surly people arent worried about bookfags snobby opinions.
  4. Thank God. Still dead. Get worried every time this thread gets bumped.
  5. Starship Troopers and Big Trouble do not belong on that list because: 1) They have both aged well 2) Directed by geniuses 3) This is Surly and we mostly love those films now if you admit you love Starship Troopers 2-4, then you’re on to something
  6. There’s no fighting in the war room!
  7. One thing I appreciated about Glory is that it didnt have much battle porn, that glorified war. But it showed men, black and white, heroic and scared, killing and dying. It glorified the men who were in the war.
  8. As a conman, Deion will spread rumors that Arizona or Giants are interested, and Jerrah will pick in the first round. Most likely scenario.
  9. With the current trajectory I’d pencil Shadeur in as a Cowboy. Middle of the 1st or 3rd round depending Dax’s status. Other Circus Destinations Cleveland Vegas Arizona Carolina Based on Need Rams Giants So thats 7 teams in the market, but I dont think serious organizations like the Rams or Giants (they try) want non-serious people at QB. So that leaves five dysfunctional teams in various stages of QB uncertainty that likely will take a hard look and want a piece of the Sanders hype machine. Its also possible and likely in the eval and interview process, the Sanders team will alienate these remaining franchises. Thats why I think Jerrah will get both Sanders kids. Travis Hunter is an elite prospect. He will get drafted, then work will get done to separate him from Deion’s team or whatever it is.
  10. So your policy is just to move “trash” around and kinda keep them out of an area that has been known as “Dirty Sixth” for 30 years.
  11. Disagree with your premise. It is a masterful comedy that mixed genres, captured the time period perfectly, and was ahead of its time. Its anti-militaristic message is about as good as it gets. A near perfect movie. Shit, even dorky lead Mitch was perfectly cast opposite scene-stealing Val Kilmer as Chris Knight. Id put this up there with Dr Strangelove and Tropic Thunder as seminal comedic masterpieces.
  12. Thats by far his best strategy. Shutting the fuck up. He’s a loathsome person. The normals who pretend he’s same as Biden feel better about voting for lower taxes and being tough on crime and saving babies . Thats a small minority, probably 1-2% of undecided morons. Probably some DT Southpark Libertarians and other bothsiders.
  13. Wouldnt touch Sanders for anything. Lot of potential. Not getting coached up. Shows little leadership ability. I predict operation shutdown after 8 games. If Im the New York Giants next year. I make sure to build up Daniel Jones
  14. Joey Mcgwuire seems shitty. The pro model talent eval doesnt seem like a good fit and not sure how you’ll attract good coaches if someone is calling the shots on your players. It can work but Im skeptical a meathead can pull it off.
  15. She got naked in Imax. Her sweaty body left an impression. Most importantly, she was totally convincing as a leftwing pinko academic of that time period.
  16. Austin’s Duval, Shoal Creek, 290/71/360/1/Burnet have no problem with that.
  17. In their prime? Risk It All… Rihanna Hathaway Marriage Material… HBC Bullock Blanchett Civilians… Sarah Paulson Mindy Kaling Just Friends… Awkafina
  18. As an illiterate, not being true to the book is a feature not a bug. Hearing “according to the book” - who gives a shit? Regarding Lynch’s version, his casting decisions were phenomenal. As besotted as I am with Florence Pugh, Virginia Madsen was smoke. Wow, whoa what a beautiful woman! Sean Young and Francesca Annis were striking. Hell, might as well add Sting to the list.
  19. At 3-4, the NFL player shutdowns will begin. Relying on transactional relationships is not a recipe for success in any business. I will relish the meltdown.
  20. Read this in the voice of Dirk Digglar trying to pay for studio time based on future earnings of “Feel My Heat”
  21. When you have no agenda except kleptocracy and extortion, it makes it easy to not trade in favors. He has no respect or understanding of branches of government and believes he’s king.
  22. Texans includes people in cities. And from my perspective in Austin, dems in city council are being dunked on from issues like homelessness, public safety and affordability. Dems need to be the party of good governance and not get sucked in too much on wedge issues. But they need to be competent and responsive and have a clear communication. When Fitlump is one of our best council members in some respects, you see the rot exposed. And state gov is exploiting this weakness. Hell, even the grifter Dan Patrick understands that investors are driving up the price of single family homes. And with our upzoning scheme, welcomed by investors, developers and realtors, we will make each plot even more lucrative. His study on the issue will be a money grab but nevertheless.
Ă—
Ă—
  • Create New...