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  1. 2 hours ago, Chopper said:

    That was about the point I would have bailed if I had been by myself - the 15 mile mark. Dystopian, gory flicks aren't my thing. 

    I am genuinely not trying to sound bitchy, but did you know anything about it going in? Dystopian and gory are definitely two major hallmarks of the book.

  2. Haven't read this whole thread yet, but for the "he was just trying to have an open debate" crowd, do you really think that there's any info you could've presented to him that would've been met with actual discussion? Any facts that would've changed his mind? It's not debate if one side insists on their viewpoint regardless of evidence that says otherwise. 

    (Obviously none of that justifies violence.)

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  3. I listened to her on Amy Poehler's podcast a few weeks ago. They were pretty funny together, but I cannot listen to her voice for long stretches of time. She swears it's really how she talks, and I realize the irony of being from southeast TX and shitting on someone else's accent, but her voice is about 10 levels up from anything you hear in the Golden Triangle. 

  4. The Great Outdoors is my favorite movie from when I was a kid - we recorded it off TV at some point in the late 80s/early 90s, and watched that tape a couple times a year until some point in the early 2000s when my parents moved on to Blu Ray and I had gone to college. I wish they still had the tape just because of the commercials, but alas, it is no more. The good news is that we've been able to stream it and now my kids have seen it and love it. He was such a treasure, and it still weirds me out that I'm now older than he was when he died.

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  5. On 1/8/2025 at 1:40 PM, BlueGreySky said:

    Devil's Bath was good, thanks for the rec.

    I also watched two others since the weekend that were just bleak as fuck.  

    Goodnight Mommy (2022) - that was one of the better executed twists in a movie and just ends with a gut punch. 

    The Lodge - holy fuck.  So well done it just left me with a 1,000 yd stare for a good while after it was over. 

    I liked both versions of Goodnight Mommy (the German one's still better) and agree with you on the thousand yard stare after The Lodge. Riley Keough is amazing in it.

  6. Was anyone wondering how Fox News is sharing the news about the job numbers? I got you. Here's the page above the fold:

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    Maybe it's on the second screen?

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    Nope! Maybe the third screen?

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    Still no, just random shit about a 30-yo murder and some ads. Keep scrolling?

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    And there it is, all the way down in the middle. Fair, balanced, and definitely focused on the right things.

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  7. I firmly maintain that this is the best Motown song ever:

    But if I were to accept arguments, this would be a close second:

     

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  8. 2 hours ago, Parliament said:

    And it's a brilliant premise.  The narrative that pets can see ghosts + our love of pets = compelling movie.  

    Exactly!

    5 hours ago, royiv said:

    Only a psychopath would want to watch this. 

    Just call me crazy, then. 

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  9. On 8/8/2025 at 1:06 PM, jimmyjazz said:

    No, they're fine with us keeping the body.  It would be a pretty big hole, I think we'll either go with the cremation or 311 route.  I mostly just want my kids present when she passes, they need to experience it (which may sound cruel but it is obviously part of life and a huge part of pet ownership).  My son has already said he's gonna make her a steak and my daughter is offering up cupcakes.  I was very touched by that.

    Our kids were 12 and 16 when Rocket died and they were at the vet with us. It's hard, of course, but they understood what a lovely thing it is to be there for your pet when they take their last breath. Rocket got to go out with all his humans petting him and telling him they loved him. We should all be so lucky.

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  10. 8 hours ago, TexArcher said:

    Isn't Markwayne Mullin the guy who challenged somebody to a fight in the middle of Congress?

     

    LOL yes, it was the president of the Teamsters. Apparently they're friends now, in a true enemies-to-lovers story.

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  11. 27 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

    Did they shut it down for the shooting or was it just part of the general construction mess up there?

    For the shooting specifically. The updated KXAN article explained it.

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    Police said the suspect stole a vehicle from the scene, drove away and crashed the vehicle. APD said on X that the 8000 block of MoPac southbound frontage road was shut down between Executive Center Drive and Anderson Lane.

    KXAN was also at that scene where you could see a black SUV that had crashed into several parked vehicles and was resting on top of another.

    The suspect then stole another vehicle and was later found by Austin Police in southeast Austin in the 2400 block of La Costa Court, where he was taken into custody — that is about 18.5 miles away from the scene of the shooting. 

     

     

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  12. 48 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

    minor continuity error?

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    When the cop drags the junkie out of the cruiser, it's night time/evening and he's been in there all day.  But when Alex comes home after school, the cruiser is there and both the cop and the junkie have been zombified.  If it were just after school, the junkie would still be in the car. If it were the next day, after the cop/junkie arrival, Alex would have noticed them and not been surprised by the cop car or the cop being there when he came home from school.  

     

    I think so. We noticed this, too.

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  13. Loved it. The humor/horror mix was perfect - I feel like it's what Cregger was trying to do with Barbarian, but couldn't quite get it (and I liked Barbarian a lot). 

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    When I was in the restroom after the movie, this group of girls came in after me and one was all "I think it's, like, a commentary on our society's dependence on cameras and like, how even though they're everywhere you like, still can't know everything." I don't think so - as my son (he's 17) said afterwards, it's about a witch doing witchy things. I'm sure someone will draw some broader commentary that's relevant, but I like the simple interpretation. Some random thoughts below.

    I cannot wait to get a gif of the kids chasing Gladys at the end. Everyone in the theater was dying laughing during that whole scene. And I never would have thought it was Amy Madigan.

    Loved Gladys's whole "Raggedy Ann on crack" aesthetic. It was perfect for that character.

    Speaking of crack, Austin Abrams was hilarious.

    There were a lot of fun details around Marcus and his partner. They had matching (but not identical) Mickey Mouse shirts, and apparently only ate food that little kids eat? They had something like six hot dogs on that tray before Gladys showed up. I'd have liked to hang out with those guys. Before all the head smashing, of course.

     

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