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The Original Greaser Bob

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  1. Anatomy of a Fall (2023) I tend to apologize for the French, but this was French in all the wrong ways. Although it did make me interested to know if the French judicial system was as portrayed. That was some fucked up, stream of concioiusness, whatever you want to come into evidence shit.
  2. Oh, and my first actual movie at an actual theater in about 10 years. Still a pain in the ass, but we were the only ones in the theater and it was DX or some such shit with lots of woofers.
  3. Saw it yesterday. Disappointed. The closing credits, which had Fury Road scenes, reminded me of how I thought Fury Road was robbed of the Best Picture. I thought the story line on this didn't add to the admittedly fine and exciting special effects. But holy fuck, you realize how much star power Charlize (sp) and Tom have. They added so much to every scene, and these stars did not. Tom is just fucking cool as hell and Charlize is simply captivating in every scene she's ever been in. Further, the effects on Fury Road felt pretty novel. This one maintained the quality and had some very cool stuff but not as surprisingly fun as Fury Road. ATJ was good. The little kid who played the young F. was more interesting, and when she was grewed up, the flick lost some momentum as well. Worth watching. WAY too long. Fury Road>Road Warrior>Mad Max>Furiosa>What's Love Got to Do With It Mate?
  4. Just want to say a generalized fuck those guys.
  5. In the early 90s, my Joy Division cover band was called The Genocide Convention.
  6. I don't own a drill, but my nickname in college with "The Jackhammer".
  7. I actually would bye many beers for a self aware aggy who wears a T-shirt that says "Aggie Bulldogs". bonus points for Texum Aggie Bulldogs.
  8. Fever in the Heartland was good, but didn't go where I thought it was going to go. Interested to see what you think.
  9. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Caey Cep (2019) (Audio) I was really impressed with this book. It goes off in different directions and is sort of like four different long New Yorker articles all mashed together. But the writing is so swift and spare that the story just moves along. It's just a good read/listen. The idea of her publishers pushing for To Kill a Mockingbird over her finishing Go Set a Watchman - set years after To Kill a Mockingbird with an older and more problematic Atticus is something I never knew of but is a perfect reflection of the race politics of our own time.
  10. Saw him a couple of times riding a bike (looked very wobbley) near the Stanford Law School long, long ago. I always appreciated his strangeness and he could crack me up sometimes.
  11. Stoked. Let's do this.
  12. Oh yes... Coldman. The "d" is silent in America. It's Cole D'Isle au Man, or Cole of the Isle of Man, in France, where the kid's chateau is, Cold-e-man in Greece where Papa Coleman's work is, and finally the vulgar Coleman in Texas where the home is is.
  13. That's a random as fuck group of teams to root for.
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