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Rimbo

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  1. Saaaame. I was gonna watch it anyway because I'll watch nearly anything Star Wars.
  2. I'm not even sure she's the best character in Andor. Which is not to slight Kleya so much as to highlight how fucking well written, directed, and acted the whole thing was.
  3. i bet the returns from Andor S2 change that btw, watched the first 20 minutes of Rogue One immediately after. Andor s2e12 really places the ball well for Rogue One's game winning field goal, I'll say. There's a little delay before you see that because you have to meet Jyn's childhood friend Saw first, but... that first scene with Cass is much more meaningful now.
  4. More accurately, it was why they shouldn't make Andor as a buddy-adventure series.
  5. I didn't immediately rewatch any of these scenes, except for Krennic v Partagaz, and it was entirely to watch Anton Lesser's performance. Now here's a guy (/Collinsworth) in Partagaz who keeps the Empire going. He's efficient, no-nonsense, competent, and deals with a room full of backstabbing ambitious sycophants amazingly without ever raising his voice. And here he is, raising his voice just once before bringing himself back under control. Finally panicking because he knows he's done for, if not the entire ISB.
  6. I'll see you that scene and raise you Krennic vs Partagaz.
  7. Oh man. That guy used to troll Quartertothree, too, way back in the day.
  8. I don't know if I want to replay Oblivion, which I have, or get the remaster. The appeal of paying for the game again to see it in UE5, plus hopefully balance fixes, but the same great sidequests is very tempting. Either way, I feel like I can't do that until I've finished BG3. But I'm at the Iron Throne now, and I really, REALLY want to get that one right without dropping the difficultly level.
  9. It's the TIE Avenger, or TIE/ad. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/TIE_Avenger
  10. Way. Because you're taking these and treating them as if they're meaningful outside of the context of everything else. It's not that using statistics is wrong. It's that you're using meaningless statistics in an invalid way. now that's fuckin funny 🤣🤣🤣
  11. That's an aspect of Ewers that Warner loves, too - the touch on his passes. That Ewers CAN throw rockets, but instead throws accurate, well-timed arcs that go over the defense's heads and be very easy for receivers to grab is his biggest strength.
  12. Or a legendary troll. So... the thing about this kind of analysis is that it appears to tell you something while telling you nothing at all. The reason I like Warner's analysis of quarterbacks so much, and weigh it so much more highly than others, is that it's not about statistics; it's about "Here are the skills I think you need to have to succeed in the NFL; here's how well this quarterback executes those various skills." Percentages, success rates, etc are meaningless; he doesn't even consider them. What matters is: What are you doing in this situation, and is it what you're supposed to be doing? What do you need to do to get at that level? And later on, when Ewers was on Coach Chucky's show, he mentioned that he was working on one of the two things Warner identified: His footwork. It's bad footwork that leads to inaccurate throws from Ewers. When his footwork isn't sloppy, he is insanely accurate and throws very catchable balls. He makes throws no other QB in this draft class does. When it's sloppy, he has such a good arm that he STILL is often accurate... but every missed throw can be attributed to either bad footwork or the receiver just dropping the ball. The other thing, of course, is making the right read under pressure. Ewers faced three defenses that show you one look, then switch to another: Georgia, OU, and tOSU. He struggled against those. I don't think very many other QBs faced a similar gauntlet of skilled, well-coached defenses. Of course, that's what NFL defenses do. That Ewers has seen this, and others in this year's class haven't, actually helps him in the long run, especially how young he is. The real problem with Ewers as an NFL prospect is that he's made of glass. This is painfully likely.
  13. Ok listen, you actually understand football, so that makes you very very smart. But you're also trying to change Derka's point of view. And that's... not as smart.
  14. No no no, I posted a long time ago, back before this thread became... whatever it is now. I was sharing e.g. Kurt Warner's film breakdown of the Vanderbilt game. You know, actual football talk. NOT... whatever this is here. At this point... Although mockery of the current participants is a sign of intelligence, too.
  15. Well, now that the infamous bodybuilding.com forum --home of the thread where guys are arguing about how many days there are in a week -- is gone, y'all should be proud that this thread can now be in the running for "Stupidest thread on the internet." Congratulations!
  16. 24 hours, 32 minutes, 26 seconds to go. ...what?
  17. Monitor: I am mostly using text, and I personally can't go back to anything less than 150 pixels per inch. That's a 28" 4k display, roughly. Text is so much easier to read that way. I wouldn't spend any less than $500. Also, pro tip: Avoid Dark Mode. It's fashionable for a lot of people, but it's going to strain your eyes. (If you know about how hard it is to get in focus with a low f-stop, the same principle is at work here.) Storage: The advantage of cloud storage is that they work very seamlessly and you've got a remote copy of your data. Personally, I also use a USB drive to keep snapshots. Time Machine on Macs is great; for Windows, I use Macrium Reflect, but it takes some fiddling to get it working just right. Have restored from it several times and it works well.
  18. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45074124/college-football-2025-newcomers-recruits-portal-players College football's top 2025 newcomer classes
  19. https://deadline.com/video/tony-gilroy-video-interview-andor-behind-the-lens/ “George Lucas called me after Rogue, I had a 45-minute conversation with him after he saw Rogue One, and that’s the only time I’ve ever spoken to him. He loved it. He really did. He had a lot of things to say…It was like a call from the president."
  20. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45090233/astros-say-lance-mccullers-jr-family-received-death-threats Astros' Lance McCullers Jr., family get death threats amid loss not cool.
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