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  1. 29 minutes ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

    Lol I had no idea this season is only 6 episodes. What a shitty shitty season. The multiple posters who have said shit along the lines of "I don't hate it as much as the rest of you," or "it's not terrible," or anything along those lines are going on a list of posters never to trust when it comes to shows/movies 

     

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  2. 4 hours ago, Duane Moore said:

    Yes! I meant to add that one but forgot by the time I made it to the end of the list. 

    Also don’t have the full explanation about what happened to Danvers’ husband and child. Seems like they died in an accident of some kind and it’s probably just character back story for her, but I don’t think they’ve fully explained what happened. 

    Kali Reis is married to Brian Cohen. 
     

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    Yes, she's married to a guy, but she identifies as Two-Spirit and has had same-sex relationships.

  3. I don't hate it as much as the rest of y'all, but I can't figure out if the relationship between Danvers and Navarro is supposed to be platonic or that of ex-lovers. Or maybe maternal, in that Danvers is a mother figure to Navarro? They are too close to be just coworkers who used to be partners, IMO. Or maybe I'm completely off and it's just because they are both queer in real life.

  4. Apropos of nothing, Christopher Eccleston really owns every role he plays. Took me forever to figure out who the hell the actor was playing Ted, even though I've seen him in a million things - I kept thinking it was Michael Rapaport but with a twist, and kicked myself when I finally looked it up.

    I think the supernatural has to play into it somehow. They seem to be trying for some kind of Lost-style faith vs reason setup, although less directly than with Jack and Locke, and playing on many of the locals' acceptance of supernatural explanations. I know it's a totally different show, but I keep thinking of Northern Exposure and Joel's beliefs vs those of the locals and Natives. You have the group deaths, possibly of fright, of both the herd of caribou and the scientists in the first episode. Multiple people in different places at different times hearing "she's awake" or whatever the phrase is. The one-eyed polar bear that keeps showing up.

    They have a shitload of stuff to wrap up, though, so who knows what'll happen. 

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  5. Obviously I’m a full-blown, Republic of Austin, hippie woman who’s a staunch feminist, but…I don’t think it’s that crazy that Margot and Greta didn’t get nominated, while Ryan did. They were all great, but while I loved the movie, it’s a stacked field and he was the standout character, IMO. If Greta was going to win for anything, it should’ve been Little Woman, and Margot for I, Tonya. I think they’ll both get their due one day.

    I said what I said.

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  6. For an early 90s show, they did a pretty good job of dealing with issues of race amongst the natives as well as homophobia. Not perfect, but I like how Joel's super empirical science mind is challenged by Native beliefs and how the non-native locals are open to them. And I've already mentioned Maurice and how his love of musicals and fine food, among other things, are kinda gay-coded. He gets so offended when the gay couple shows up in season 2, who wants to buy something from him, and he realizes they think he's one of them, but he still likes what he likes. (Also, one half of the gay couple is Duncan from Seinfeld, but I digress.) 

  7. On 1/15/2024 at 12:34 AM, safe sex said:

    Overwhelming. Important.

     

    On 1/15/2024 at 1:18 AM, 4th&Five said:

    I have tix to see it tomorrow afternoon. Weather permitting. 

     

    On 1/15/2024 at 1:28 AM, safe sex said:

    Like all of his films, it will feel very intellectualized at first, until a few hours later you realize that Jonathan Glazer had plunged his hand into your chest and gripped your heart tight from the very beginning. I can't stop thinking about it. It's also hilarious how his adaptation process seems to take less and less from its source material with each film he makes (not a spoiler). The first five or so minutes (hard to tell) almost made me feel like I was starting trip. Incredible sound design.

    Pre-show felt like a Seinfeldian problem: was it okay to order popcorn during a movie like The Zone of Interest? We decided that it was fine. Didn't feel like anyone else in the theater gave it a second thought.

    I've never thought about sound editing in a movie until this one. So much of the movie is about the background details - the sounds, the puffs of smoke from the train that passes by, etc. I don't think I've ever seen such a visceral movie that is so free of violence and gore.

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  8. 11 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

    Think my Golden may have been stung in the face by something yesterday. Small red mark on cheek and face swelling at the moment. Benadryl the preferred treatment?

     

    breathing, eating, drinking all normal. 
     

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    I'm sure you've done something by now but yes, Benadryl works - the dose is 1 mg/pound of body weight. So one Benadryl per 25 lbs. Hope he feels better!

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  9. 4 hours ago, lilMAC25 said:

    That whataburger is 1/2 mile (take a right down Monroe, turn left down the 3rd or 4th at) from where I grew up. Kent St. Ugly little house with amazing memories of my family.  I miss Daddy. 
     

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    Going to PM you - we must have lived near each other. We built our house in the early 90s on a lot on Monroe that used to house a big boat the locals called The Ark. Coming from Port Arthur, I had not heard of it, as a child, but people who had been in Groves for a long time used to come by to see the house that was built where The Ark used to be.

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  10. 5 hours ago, Hawndoh said:

    I don't know enough about the original run to be able to tell, but I assume a lot of music has either been cut out or replaced? Anyone know?

     

    4 hours ago, Deej said:

    The series box set has the music replaced. The European version has all the original music, I’d assume Amazon has the replacement music.

    You know, I did noticed most of the music is well-known songs but covers I'd never heard of. I thought it was just an artistic choice but now that you mention it, it makes sense that they'd swap it out for the originals.

  11. 6 hours ago, Scraps said:

    Lol at Mitchs Spioiler


    Agreed

     

    8 hours ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

    Caught this last night and was rather underwhelmed.  Poor character and story development in general. Toward the end of the film the tragedies just seemed to start piling up as if they were just random events rather than examining what caused them. Also, Efron's hair bugged me. The Ric Flair guy was a disappointment but I thought they generally did a good job with the wrestling nostalgia.  I think that's where the film falls flat in trying to balance the cool old school wrestling shit with the Von Erich family tragedies.

    But the worst thing in the entire movie...
     

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    by far was the Von Erich brother afterlife scene. That was just bizarre.

     

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    The first thing I thought when that scene was that it was like the universe flipping off poor Kevin. Bad enough that he's the last sibling standing, and they have to go a step further and show the rest of them happily reunited in the afterlife without him? 

     

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    Dallas ISD files formal complaint over PN-G state championship win

    AUSTIN — KFDM/Fox 4 has learned that Dallas ISD has submitted a formal complaint to the University Interscholastic League (UIL) and Texas Association of Sports Officials (TASO) after the Port Neches-Groves Indians defeated the South Oak Cliff Golden Bears to win the state championship football game.

    "We can confirm Dallas ISD submitted a formal complaint to UIL and TASO (Texas Association of Sports Officials) related to the 5A Division II Championship Football game against Port Neches-Groves High School on December 16," according to a statement released Wednesday to KFDM/Fox 4 by Julia Zachary, Communications Manager at the University Interscholastic League.

    PN-G won its fourth state title by defeating South Oak Cliff, 20 to 17, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Saturday, December 16.

    The state title rematch drew 33,913 fans to AT&T Stadium, according to the UIL's official attendance.

     

    Full article here

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