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  1. Dude, seriously, you might want to edit this while you can.
  2. Holy crap you’ve never watched all of It’s a Wonderful Life? And where are you on Donna Reed v. Audrey Hepburn?
  3. So you enjoy all the screen time the film dedicates to Wyatt Earp's love life? They make his wife ridiculously two dimensional to justify the affair with Delany's character, the hollowest in the film ("I want one"), escorted by the very awkward/overdone Billy Zane character. It would be so much better without all that shit. To me its a mash-up of a real western (the scenes with Doc, Johnny Ringo, and the Earps) and something like Mean Girls.
  4. Since it's not showing up, just tell us if its "well, Bye" or "I'm your Huckleberry" so we know where you stand.
  5. I'm a James Cameron fan. The concept, script, direction, and noir elements of The Terminator were great, Cameron was just way ahead of his time and didn't have the tech for modern effects. Also, it is Arnold's most iconic role, with dialogue perfectly suiting him, and some unforgettable scenes. The noir feel of The Terminator make it a more rewatchable movie to me than T2, where the noir elements were swapped for better effects.
  6. While we're slaughtering sacred cows, I'm just going to say that Val Kilmer is the only thing that saves Tombstone. Dana Delany is terrible in her role and her scenes with Kurt Russel are unwatchable, and really fuck up his role as well IMO.
  7. Lt. Dan and Jenny were memorable characters. American Beauty doesn't have any.
  8. I nominate Roman Holiday. Its a nice little flick, but 10 Oscar nominations and 3 wins? WTF? It's a Wonderful Life is a timeless classic from several years before that only garnered 5 nominations / no wins. Additionally: Donna Reed >> Audrey Hepburn
  9. Any movie where the convoy and gunships are rolling out to SRV’s Voodoo Child is fucking doing it right.
  10. I'm going to need a beer to put these flames out. Great Mav, real slick.
  11. I would say Top Gun may be the epitome of “smash hit bad movie that doesn’t hold up at all”. I love Crocodile Dundee, the juxtaposition of Mic from the outback and 80’s New York is great, and it’s got the lighthearted Aussie vibe of not taking itself too seriously that keeps it watchable.
  12. I'm on the complete other side of this argument. The score and voiceover make Platoon and are the parts that hold up and are still relevant (This nation is still at war with itself, and the Barnes and Elias characters are just as relevant today as ever). The war scenes are bad and don't hold up at all. Blackhawk Down was a fantastic war movie that I thought did an admirable job illustrating the chain-of-command inefficiency that was noted in the book as being a significant factor in the events, along with actual heroic actions by some MOH recipients and general badasses that made a difference. Also, I thought it did a better job re-creating Special Forces missions than any other movie before it. The weakest parts that are grating/don't hold up are Josh Hartnett, Jason Isaacs, the contrived comedic relief with McGregor and Hardy, etc., which are a small part of the film, but they do date it somewhat. If the script would have gone totally hardcore war movie without the few comedic relief scenes/lines and trimmed down the Josh Hartnett storyline, it would feel less dated, but it would have probably been a little more dark/depressing/realistic that what was considered optimal for commercial viability at the time.
  13. I really enjoy this series. I went back and started from the beginning before starting season 4. I'm appreciating little details I missed/don't remember from watching the first time.
  14. Yeah, I hear you. That’s a kick ass frame and really nice G2s and G3s.
  15. That’s a huge 8. Did you score it?
  16. It was a little brisk this afternoon, but it was a great first day of the season for us.
  17. Tow-n-Stow FTW. No more shin banging, height adjustable, and always there.
  18. I hit my steel from 550 today with the 300WM, it’s just to the left of the galvanized feeder. The best part was I setup some binos on a tripod so my wife could watch/spot and she was nice enough to refrain from knocking it over and breaking them. I wish I could build another setup further back but I’m going to lose LOS pretty quickly due to topography. I might be able to get to 600 yards. I’m looking forward to going to a 1000 yard range. Also got some practice with the 375 off of shooting sticks, and broke in the new cans as well. It was a good day. Hopefully I can get my reloading operation going in the next few weeks, get my 375 load worked up and then get my ballistic turret doped and get consistent out to 400 with it.
  19. And everything else. Beautiful rigs.
  20. They actually were, the lady at the shop just didn’t see the second one until I was there to pick up the one she called me about
  21. I’m putting the Fritos in the sandwich in that situation amigo. I got this range bag at bass pro and was pretty excited about it for 5 minutes, the then a strap came loose (lower left in the photo). I am disappoint.
  22. You are correct, the only problem is the velocities they are showing are a little less than what I’d like (2850+) and they don’t have Superformance data published: Hodgdon shows Superformance as being a little slower than H4831, so I thought I’d start around that minimum for loading. I’m also interested in Alliant Reloader 26, but I’ve seen no data on that for 375 chamberings, but folks are saying they like it in most longer range chamberings. Here’s the R26 published data for 300 WBY: Lastly, here’s Hornady’s published 375 WBY loadings, which seems to me like it’s all faster powders than what would be optimal, granted they were using a 24” barrel and I’ve got a 26”: Lots of ins and outs. Luckily, I’m adhering to a strict drug regimen to keep my mind limber...
  23. Reloading Endeavor Update: After exhaustive(ing?) research, I decided to go with the Redding Big Boss 2, and their slide bar automatic primer feed system. This seemed to combine a magnum cartridge sized press with what looks to be a well designed primer feed system (I don’t want to handle primers individually if I can avoid it). I’ve also picked up a set of RCBS dies for 375 WBY, some Lyman case cleaning and prep accessories, and a Hornady reloading manual (only published source with 375 WBY I could find) Probably going to go with an RCBS Chargemaster Lite powder dispenser. My rifle really liked the Hornady Superformance ammo, so I’m going to try that powder with the Barnes 270gr LRX working up from minimums ( nothing published with this combo so going to have to interpolate some). Pics to come at some point when I get all this stuff set up. Lots of strands in ol’ Duder’s head....
  24. Man you have quite the collection. Did you find a loophole for buying guns through your IRA? Which swaro is it?
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