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  1. 2 hours ago, Leamas said:

    There is no feasible way for him to land in OKC unless the Thunder give up at least one of their big three (SGA, Chet or JDub)

    OKC has a lot of cap space. They could do a sign and trade with a FA and make it work. 

    What you're saying doesn't really make sense - Chet and Jalen Williams combined aren't even making half of Durant's salary. OKC has a fuck ton of draft picks - putting the assets together is easy - making the salary match is the more difficult part.

  2. 1 hour ago, Message Board User said:

    So...are we all ready to admit that 99% of this forum was wrong about the Rudy trade and @MNLonghornFUKM was right?

     

    Because they won a first round series against a dysfunctional Suns team starring the ghost of Devin Booker?

    Let's see how they do against Denver. The trade is for sure looking better, still not sure it was worth Walker Kessler and 4 first round picks. 

  3. 2 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    Herbert wrote Dune as a direct criticism of the fantasy trope of "the main character is the one true good guy who can right the wrongs", and is ultimately a cautionary tale against messiah figures. So I don't think Dune: Messiah is going to be a happy story as Paul and the rest of humanity learns the cost of walking the golden path

    I didn't think part 2 was particularly happy. He basically turns away from his true love to birth a theocracy and start a holy war. To borrow from another fantastic commentary on morality:

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    But like you're saying that's what makes it interesting and multilayered. He envisions a bunch of shit options and goes down the path that he thinks will be the least shitty. And the universe he exists in already seems kind of fucked beyond repair. 

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  4. 8 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

    He's over corrected his choice of teams ever since OKC was too stupid to pay some luxury taxes and keep a young core together.  It's been absolutely nothing but teams where management paid obscene luxury taxes to let him play with his friends at the expense of any type of actual drafting/development.

    He's also just had shit luck. He missed 2 runs with prime Westbrook due to injuries. He missed a 3 peat with the Ws after tearing his Achilles. He likely missed out on winning a title with BKN due to injuries and then Harden and Kyrie just straight up quit on him. 

    Now he's too old to be a 1A on a championship team and he's paired with a guy that's never going to be that good either in Booker. And he has a dipshit owner running things.

    I think he should say fuck it and go full mercenary ring-chase mode his last 5 seasons. Would be cool if he landed back in OKC and could give Chet and SGA 20-25 a night.

  5. 1 hour ago, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

    I mean, I guess if you like chubby chicks with no boobs, butt and an average face, then yeah. 

    I guess I'm just old fashioned. 

    1 hour ago, Captainant said:

    Narratively the entire reason for the Bene Geserit is to put humanity on the "golden path" by creating the ultimate leader, the Kwizatch Haderach (definitely spelled that wrong). And it turns out that it overlaps pretty heavily with the Fremen religion that the BG seeded and the Liasn al Gaib 

    Thanks - I'll quit digging before I get part 3 spoiled. I had seen the 1984 Dune awhile ago but didn't really remember any of the details in how everything plays out. I didn't know the Baron was his grandfather or whether he wins the knife fight or not or that he doesn't marry Chani. Obviously I haven't read the books.

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  6. 1 hour ago, Viper said:

    Lisan al gaib was manufactured by the bene gesserit thousands of years before Dune. It's left to the reader to decide if that is actually any different than an actual prophecy/religion. 

    But at the same time he does ride the worm, he does survive the water of life, etc. 

    I guess it's an interesting thought experiment. Like did the bene geserit just happen upon what would actually come to pass and create a narrative for it or did they sort of will it into fruition?

    37 minutes ago, futureman said:

    she didn’t do anything in the movie. there was no impressive display of acting.  maybe she was good in euphoria but I never saw it. 

    She was pretty phenomenal. To each their own I guess. 

  7. He's been playing like a shithead all season. I watched him shoot PHO out of multiple games. He was supposed to take the torch from KD and be the 1A and he's completely shit his pants in this series. 

    Talented guy but seems very low IQ and like he's not a great leader.

    Say what you want about him Chris Paul seriously carried that franchise for a few seasons there. 

  8. Finally got around to it at the Bob Bullock IMAX. Think it was the 2nd to last showing.

    That was maybe the most impressive technical achievement I've ever seen on film. Rivals the PJ LOTR. The cinematography, sound and score were all incredible.

    I didn't really know any of the story. The twist was solid. The whole thing reminded me of Empire in a good way. 

    Chalamet and Zendaya were both powerhouse. I still think she looks weird but that bitch can act. Bardem was great and well deployed comic relief. Walken was a fun cameo. I loved the Baron's nephew as a character. 

    Something I was wondering about is the Lisan Al-Gaib being an actual prophecy/fatalistic type thing or being more manufactured. I'm assuming it's sort of supposed to be open for interpretation and like a crossing of timelines/time is cyclical/an illusion type deal. 

    I like how morally ambiguous the entire thing is. By the end Paul is just as much of a villain as he is a hero. That Herbet motherfucker could write. 

    I'm hoping ATJ and Pugh take their clothes off in part 3.

  9. 2 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

    When you get past smart phones and the internet, what's puzzles me is how young men just aren't interested in getting laid, to be blunt.  Back in the Gen X days, literally everything we did was in order to get girls.  Get a job, get a car, drive, go to college, make money, stay in shape, etc. were ALL to get girls.  It was rare if you were still a virgin at 18 and especially if you still were in college. When you take away that ambition as a heterosexual (and maybe homosexual) male, there is no reason to get off your mom's couch and put down the controller.

    The idea that every male's life should revolve around and be assigned worth based on "getting pussy" is toxic in itself and rather ridiculous. Just like the idea that every woman needs to get married and have kids to have any self-worth.

    2 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

    I saw a stat a few weeks ago that I'm sure I could dig up if I wanted that said the % of Gen Z women that identified as bi-sexual FAR outstripped women from other generations and then Gen Z men as well.  I took that to mean as the young men were so unimpressive that they were willing to give the other team a try even if they'd prefer to find a man.  

    That's rather ridiculous conjecture. For starters, the % of bi GenZ males almost assuredly outstrips the % of millenial/genX males. By your logic, if there are women tired of men then there are almost as many men tired of women.

    Let's not act like every female out there is doing a bang-up job at presenting themselves as a suitable partner. All of this cuts both ways regardless of whether it's 40% women's fault/60% men's, whatever.

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