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RomaVicta

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  1. Maybe an inoperable kidney stone. Or fall into an industrial shredder. He hangs on long enough to realize what's coming then, adios. Maybe get Vance's childhood sweetheart, too.
  2. Their answer the last few years about being "little brother" is that people don't realize that A&M opened its doors 7 years (or whatever) before we did. They think that's a real zinger. Should shut all those shit-talking t.u. mouths! Fucking morons think the nickname has something to do with relative age rather than relative station in the world. Their answer confirms how small they are. Personally, I won't call a stalker "little brother" even if the stalker isn't particularly threatening. They've become more virulent since their stint of shady success under Sherrill then his bagman. Thought they had a new world order going there for a while. Nope. To be clear, I talk about the TexAggies not the increasing number of 2%ers who may save the place.
  3. As Greenspoint alludes, you pretty much describe what I was referring to. The amusement park ride comparison recognizes the enjoyability of the experience. As such, the ride does what you say it will. The notes above (by others) about the movie being too long may be an indicator of what I mean. A well-wrought story never feels long. Some will reflexively say that all movies don't have to be Shakespeare. I find Shakespeare mostly impenetrable to read or watch. However, as I understand, his plays appealed to all levels of intellect and social strata in his day. They're all great stories, many of them borrowed from other sources. The Dark Knight is otherworldly and brilliant in every aspect of filmmaking. Michael Mann's Thief is one of the tightest movies I've ever seen. Bridesmaids is similarly brilliant to me. They have well told, interesting stories with some depth. The quality I'm describing can be found in the full range of move genres. It's not about intellectualism. (I don't mean to lecture @GreenspointTexas, I'm speaking generally just to make my own position clear.) Avatar has simplistic plots of good versus evil, ugliness versus beauty, and man conquering nature. You can do a lot with those conflicts. Avatar does not. The story provides the thinnest of threads to tie together a bloated movie that is way too much in love with itself. When something meant to be thrilling seems to drag, it's a sure sign that the filmmakers see their work as so wonderful that not a thing should be removed. I'm concerned that the studios only generate extravaganzas where only the most accomplished of directors have freedom to breath in life. Director Nolan does so. His movies are good on the surface and invite you to think if you're inclined to. That's a perfect balance. Most other big directors are hacks with technical prowess and largely empty souls. No world view. A last observation about the sadness of studios dropping quality, riskier, cheaper movies from their slate can be seen in the Academy Awards the last few years. Most nominees are small movies not seen by many people. Some are very good. Last year's slate was pretty awful. I didn't finish The Brutalist or the Emma Stone nekked fest because I didn't care about anything or anyone in them. The movie that won was watchable. It would be nice to see a real Hollywood movie with sweep, solid story, great acting; something memorable. To create anything artistically great, the artist must take risks. Risks payoff or fail with more magnitude than staying safe which risks being boring. The studio executives are risk averse, so they churn out the same movies over and over with only minor twists. The worst thing would be if they're creating an audience that remains satisfied with that. I write long because this interests me so much. Film is one of my fields.
  4. The movies are more like amusement park rides than movies to me.
  5. The Texas A&M University Fightin' Texas Rubes from Texas!
  6. Thank you for that. All the talk is about money and assuming that's the only reason players choose schools. Of course, the conversation is led by sports idiots who want CFB to be the NFL. I know you're no romantic, and what you write make sense. Nobody has enough money to wrap up all the good players. A lot of places have the money to get some difference makers. I don't want to see this sport become pro ball. I don't give a rat's ass about the NFL.
  7. We elected the wrong miscreant. Hunter sounds like his dad back in his dad's prime. Sharp. Articulate. Pointed. Makes me wonder how much was lost when his brother died. Glad I waited to post. I was thinking this was a fake to draw all the attention of the narrowly focused, stupid press. Make the letter the one issue, then prove it's false. The GOP criminal organization and their constituency of moron can discredit the other thousands of pages. The CNN panels will discuss how this might affect the next election instead of sticking with the broader story. We've seen it before. Hope that's not the case here. Trump floated that a few times early in his term. "Why are you brining this up? It's old. Nobody cares."
  8. They must've taken one of them TV medicines. [Do not google perineum side effects on images. I was looking for a warning label and got scarred for life instead.]
  9. I thought this was William, at first. Maybe it's a pen name. Times change. You no longer value a sitting natty winner as much as the old days. You don't really have to know how to win a national championship in this new modern age as defined continually by TexAggies. At the same point in time, Saban had landed on Moon. Elko is the sharpest kid in the rocket club. Nearly tangible similarity! It's remarkable how Aggies lead the world in loss examination! Elko may not be sitting heavily on an NC, but he loses the same way Saban did years later. They're just about the same person, really. It's almost scary how similar these guys are. I'm sure Alabama's schedule was as widely doubted as A&M's. Red notes are final rankings. Almost a carbon copy (remember carbon copies, kids? No? Fuck you.)! Their last two losses were the same as well. Bama played #1 and #2 and only managed a couple of touchdowns in each game! Eerily similar. What do we deduce? Or, at least, what does this Aggie analyst deduce? The Aggies are on that launchpad to the moon this coming year! Off to a good start against Missouri State.
  10. They have their chair. It was symbolic. It's what you sit on when you're working your shine box.
  11. Sentenced to life in a blue barrel.
  12. Guy'd be a stone cold slaughter in the middle.
  13. I was wondering how good Cushing was. Their line was much better than last season, I thought. They went from pitiful to competent, and that seems like a pretty solid advance from what they'd been. I wondered if an upgrade in talent (graduation of the cubes) and a better coach would do them good. Not anymore.
  14. A sampling of TexAgs this morning. For the particularly dumb ones, I try to make sure they have an Agtag. Same thread, these guys know what would appeal to a penniless QB prospect! From a different thread. Very Aggie. Quash the truth: Some true insight, here. Actually, most of that does matter, IMHO. Otherwise, dead on. They are just that talented and awesome and rough, tough, real stuff! When ESiPN is not quite clear enough for your audience which, admittedly, isn't that bright to start with: I guess since ebil t.u. is in the new, wittier reference, ESPN doesn't get capitalized either. Klein isn't just bad. He's the goddamn enemy working against the dear old Aggies: * He surely could use the experience! Maybe keep legal genius, SouthLlano, away from a Boy Scouts job. Klein should be prostrate with gratitude for his opportunity. Motherfucker just coaches for himself. Pure EBIL! I leave you with impenetrable Aggieness. Obvious observation that slides to incoherent response. I don't know, maybe it's me, but I think it's these Aggies and their logic.
  15. On TexAgs the majority opinion (vast majority) is that they played like champions prior to Elko's raise and, with remarkable timing, they failed to play like the champions they are against USCe, t.u. (mediocre team), and Miami. Maybe the biggest example of what constant self-congratulatory narcissism means with Aggies is their aversion to the word lose. It's not just games they won't use the word (outscored, instead), but they refer to losing efforts as underachieving. The notion here is that with only a little more passion (displayed for all to see) or a little less interference from the t.u. controlled referee establishment or disappointing coaching performance, they would be revealed as the champions they already are. The offense wasn't stopped. Klein had his mind elsewhere and didn't care. That's largely the reason Reed "regressed" as the season proceeded and melted down against good competition. Further, with their huge talent advantage (in their heads), they should be in the title hunt every year. You take over coaching at Texas, Notre Dame, tOSU, Alabama, or USC, you expect that expectation and perception. There is truth in it. At A&M, they don't recognize that they're still Michigan State or maybe Iowa. Because of the Aggie attitude, they end up making crazy deals with coaches. Why else would a promising or established coach go there? And cannot stand the notion that nobody really gives a shit about them unless they pay attention. Then people learn what a weird place that is.
  16. *Neither did you. Maybe losing to a "mediocre" team means you don't belong either.
  17. Kills me that I will remain so far behind on this beloved thread, but... * Because no coach wants to stay at A&M. You must always worry that they will flee the shit storm that you've created. You are not a destination. You are only able to hold coaches through absurd contracts. The thing is, you won't get anyone who has great ambition to be Aggie coaches or is in the prime of their career. You're only hope is to catch lightning in a bottle with an up and comer who leaves you with something great. Is it a mystery not that Elko's name only appeared on the board of actually big time schools after the cream was gone?
  18. Knowing who his father is, the fetus opted out. Hell awaits me.
  19. I thought the Aggies got away with one maybe two pass interference calls the first half. I guess it's a tradition.
  20. One gets the impression that any decision that wasn't hiring an OC is a bad decision even when it's a good decision. We near Festivus. There will continue to be airing.
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