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  1. On 6/28/2022 at 2:57 PM, Carl Spackler said:

    Started watching this recently and am three episodes in.  Really good stuff.  Sometimes difficult to keep the different family connections straight, but that's a minor quibble.  Warren Jeffs and his ilk need to go die in a fire.

    You should read Under the Banner of Heaven. Disturbing people. 

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  2. 18 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

    Remember those red circle stickers that used to be commonly applied to bedroom windows in order to notify the fire department to check that room?

    It doesn't seem like that's done any longer, but I wonder why. Are we just less interested in saving everyone? Were they discontinued because they're ineffective or otherwise unhelpful? Do firefighters have some newer technology that renders them useless? 

    Pederasts were using them to target which room housed the kids.

    *I have done no research and in no way can I backup my statement. 

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  3. On 2/12/2022 at 3:25 PM, Guest Lobo said:

    My goodness, Hoffman was so damn wonderful in that film.  The son of a Greek soda pop maker.  RIP.  He was on maybe ten minutes of screen Time, if that.  And engulfed the entire movie. 

    Go fuck yourself, you fucking child. 

  4. 2 hours ago, Nole-4-Life said:

    Man when she throws Tony's shit out the windows after finding out about the one legged Russian. The ensuing fight is some of the best acting ever put on film. Just outstanding by both Edie and James G.

    Whitecaps is a fantastic episode. 

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  5. 18 hours ago, Deej said:

    Still more likeable than Carmela. Every rewatch she gets worse. 

    Now, Artie's wife....

    Agreed. Every time I watch, I like Carmela less and less. 

  6. 13 hours ago, WBT said:

    Really good book.

    I just watched the first episode, pretty good so far.  That big family bbq scene was weird as fuck...the dad and all the brothers gawking at the new girlfriend, the oversharing by the Scottish wife, and that creepy Culkin being there also.

    The book is excellent. I plan on starting the series this week. 

  7. 12 hours ago, SizzleChest said:

    Wood really wanted to kill Westhead, but they decided it was a more dramatic story to have the team decide and Kareem be the deciding vote.  In reality, Westhead kicked him off the team and he tried to hire a hitman from Detroit to kill Westhead.

    Yeah, and he wasn't kicked off the team. He was suspended from the team after the Finals had already started. 

    Heywood's mom is actually the person that talked him out of taking out the hit on Westhead. 

  8. 17 minutes ago, oSuJeff97 said:

    Ok fine. But he was still an NBA coach and he still has a ring.

    It's like saying someone in the MLB who hits .200 "sucks." Yeah, they may "suck" in the context of other MLB players, but they still made the show, and are still better than 99% of the baseball players in the world.

    Westhead may have been a mediocre NBA coach, but he still accomplished more than 99% of all the basketball coaches in the world, and I'm never going to believe he acted like they are portraying him acting on this show. (I still love the show)

    FWIW, this is just another thing the show is taking considerable creative liberties, as well as Segel playing him as some befuddled pussy. The book does not portray him anything like they are in the show. He was a good dude, smart dude, and the players liked him. Until he totally changed the system and started buying into his own hype as a "basketball genius." In fact, they still liked him personally, but didn't believe in him as a coach any longer. 

    Oh, and that whole thing of Westhead having to miss due to a kidney stone and Riley having to take over.....never happened. 

  9. 4 minutes ago, bullzak said:

    Given all the interest in this now there will probably be a documentary at some point where they will contrast events with this show. In the meantime I will take this over the top version because its flat awesome. 

     

    They Call Me Magic, the documentary series about Magic and Showtime, is being released Friday on Apple+. I bet it will do some of just that. 

  10. I'm currently listening to this book. I read it once before, back about 12 years ago. Got me wondering if any of you Texans on here grew up in or around Odessa back when this was written and can comment on the accuracy of his depiction. 

  11. On 4/16/2022 at 3:29 AM, notre dame joe said:

    The Civil War is the GOAT documentary, even better than The World at War.  The way Burns has the historical figures speak their own voice, it is like your really know Abe Lincoln and Robert E Lee.

    Only Brat could truly say he knew them. As wee pups, but still. 

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