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09 Sep 2021 05:48 PM
If an episode of a TV show has not aired yet, a book has not been published, or a movie has not premiered, any discussion of their plot details and descriptions are considered to be spoilers. Threads that are going to discuss such things should...
Yeah, so not sure what the policy is on starting threads. Don't see too many here, actually. Yeah, yeah, OK. So I saw *The French Connection* again the other night, and the first half of *The French Connection 2*, which I hadn't seen, and,...
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The picture association game thread has a photo of Michaelangelo's David in it. It's not too hard to notice that the guy isn't particularly well-endowed. I've also noticed that many classical sculptures, both Greek and Roman, are also...
In another part of the internet, someone asked if there were any personal little saying that you say that no one else understands. I do but most of them are from TV shows and commercials. Catchphrases that are only catchphrases to me. A few...
I am not much of a celebrity news person, and only see 5 or 6 movies per year. I watch TV occasionally, but not that much. I saw "Top Gun" and "Risky Business" when I was a kid, but besides his involvement with Scientology, know little about Tom...
Who's old enough to join the AARP and still turns your crank? I'll start this thread off with Mark Harmon, who still looks great: Yes, I would still do you, Mark. In fact, I'd probably pick you over Michael Weatherly.
After many years away from LOTR, I'm reading it to my ten year old, who's liking it a lot. I'm enjoying it too, but I'm starting to pick up on things I never noticed as a kid or young man. Something that hit me like a ton of bricks recently...
In this corner, weighing in at 118lbs, Michael Cera. This Canadian actor is known for his roles in Arrested Development, Youth in Revolt, Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Juno. VERSUS Weighing in at at 120lbs, Jesse Eisenberg. This...
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Since it's been a while since we did this, I figured I'd start it up again. Today I'm putting up "Bloodstained Heart" by Darren Hayes. I've always enjoyed his vocals, but this song really surprised me. The guitar on this track is particularly...
So Matt Smith is leaving the show after 4 years of playing the Doctor are over and already the papers have gone into a frenzy of trying to guess who the next one will be. It's a shame that John Hurt is unlikely to play the next one, probably because...
I commute on the train 1 or 2 days a week now, and it's giving me time to use my nook and actually get some stuff read. I recently finished Unbroken, which is something I think should be read by those of us who haven't lived through a World War. ...
Knightmare was a kids show from the 1990's sending a group of four kids to try and complete a quest. One of them would walk through a computer generated dungeon with a massive helmet so they couldn't see anything, while the other three advised and...
River Song - the Doctor's Wife. Time traveller, adventurer and played by the delightful Alex Kingston. Now Alex Kingston is an excellent actress. I have no problems with her appearing in Doctor Who and she brings a lot to the role. If only the role...
I've always hated birds, kind of. Because the most prominent are the .... refrain from comparing one of god's creatures to a shrieking harpy or merman ... crows that are constantly shrieking and crapping all over the place. (btw Vergil's...
You may know her as the ambitious Dr. Yang from Grey's Anatomy, or the chick from Sideways who beat that one guy with a motorcycle helmet. She's kinda odd-looking. But is she good odd, or bad odd?
I wrote a first draft of this right after filming, and recently revised it, now that the movie has been released in the U.S. and we're released from the studio's nondisclosure agreement. Hope you like it. I'll remember that night for a long, long...
Yeah, so it occurred to me, if this is to be an acceptable board, there should be a thread devoted to one of the established forms of formal, musical expression. So, why not bebop, to take one well-formed example. ...
When a company decides to build a skyscraper, do they ever put out call to artists to create pieces/murals for the interior?
CBS counting down top SB ads. My favorite: Bird and MJ playing HORSE for Big Mac meal. Who would you put in the 2016 version? I'd pit LeBron against either KD or Curry.
Although this has a political component I put it here as it is related to aesthetics. Political Murals of Northern Ireland There is a rich tradition on both sides of the divide in Northern Ireland of painting political murals. As far as I...
Yeah so this guy is OK I guess, but he illustrates my point that don't even bother modulating fancy through the fourths/fifths -- just go up by half-steps. My cite? this video, and James Brown's Live at the Apollo album. THAT, my friends,...
Love or hate the previous album cover, then post one of your own! Love and hate are your only choices. I will start with this:
I'm trying to work up the gumption to do some cooking. I have a fridge full of beer, but I'm not a beer drinker. I was talking to an old friend who said he loves to put beer in pot roast, which made me think it might be pretty good in some...
These are all songs I'm subjected to at work, and since it was a quiet night tonight, I was inspired to start this thread. Right now I'm pretty sick of Augustana's "Boston", where the singer says that he thinks he'll go to Boston where "no one...
Let's do this: Please first the most-played album or song on your player, then list the last two things you loaded onto it.
It has now been continuously running for 60 years in London and is the world's longest running stage production. Agatha Christie's play, the Mousetrap, is still going strong. To celebrate the occasion a special guest cast took to the stage for a...
Don't know if anybody will be commenting, but here's the thread. So, looks like Dean's gonna get out of Purgatory. Who knew. And, I gather, the boys are going to re-unite after a year. Again. Somehow I'm not optimistic. But we'll see....
Thread title carefully crafted to allow the inclusion of the occassional heterosexual couple. ;) Prince Humperdinck / Count Rugan - The Princess Bride. First of all, the prince is clearly completely unmoved by the charms of Princess Buttercup...
For the upcoming Superman/Batman film, Ben Affleck will be starring alongside Henry Cavill as Batman. You know what...I don't mind it too much, I think he could pull off a really good Bruce Wayne, but I'm not sure I've seen him be able to pull...
Most of you may not have heard about him, but he was the world’s longest-running presenter of a single television show: the Sjy at Night, which give most people their first glimpse of astronomy. It first started in 1957 and he was still going until...
Can you think of any TV show/movie (besides the JUST occurred to me "Call the Midwife") in which a ROUTINE, PLANNED home birth is depicted?
One of cinema's greatest visionaries has died aged 93, although his skill with models is always going to be there. Given just how cheap and easy CGI looks, it rarely has the realness that he was able to generate with models, which look as good...
Looking through the latest sci-fi, I was struck by the number of aliens around that all appear to be vaguely humanoid with a lack of anything really different? Admittedly it is always easier to film someone humanesque, but have there been any new...
They'd both be Shorts, but: The Play (end of '82 Cal-Stanford) The Flutie Hail Mary in '84
I was on Facebook just now, doing one of those "5 Things" dealies, when I started thinking about the worst concert experiences of my life: - I walked out of U2's "Joshua Tree" show in Atlanta when they did this halfass rendition of "New Year's...
I have gotten into a serious rut with the after work meals I have been cooking lately, so I was thinking maybe you all could help add a few new items to my quick and easy meals menu plan. The peramiters. 1) Must be relatively cheep to make (no...
Yes, one of THOSE threads. I'm bored. The B-52s "Good Stuff"
I just want to see what my post count is right now. http://images.joke.co.uk/images/webshop/custPhotos/small/22728a.jpg Gah, I can't even post img tags!
Because I want a place to ramble on about the movies I see. :dumbo::hist::dumbo: I believe we all know the awesomeness of The Avengers, so instead I will start with ...
I joined instagram, but am yet to post anything (primarily because I unsure how). In light of this fact, what do my followers (I have about 150) actually SEE in my feed?
A limited IMAX release, for the week of Sep 7-13. I'm assuming US only, and I don't know how many theaters it'll be in. Normally I'm not too excited about movie re-releases, but this one for some reason grabs my attention. I actually want to...
I was chilling with my uncle today and he had some funny old videos of me and my nephew playing piano at some Christmas, and me drunkenly playing a piano on the sidewalk. I didn't want to find a way to seamlessly get these from his ancient phone...
How far in advance are they shot? Assuming she's in the 2016 edition, how noticeable will Chrissy Teigen's (unretouched) bump be? Assuming she does bf, I assume shoots have enough downtime for nursing breaks?
Okay. Wow. Thanks to Annals of Improbable Research for pointing this out to me. I feel such an awesome thing is wasted on such a terrible song. bbLshnfu0wY
1. "The Weight" being played in the background while something happens. 2. Eva Green getting naked. 3. William Sanderson doing something.
Inspired by Esquire magazine's occasional feature, "The indefensible position" Whenever people on the internet discuss pizza, you can rest assured that no one likes Hawaiian style pizza. It's a subject of ridicule. Who is so forsaken by God as...
Well, Sam will be back. Of course he will, but does it seem to anybody else that Hell is easier to get out of than the parking lot at Walmart? And since he and Dean are obviously going to have to get in the Impala and hit the road, it might be...
Fye5Nwe4qeI Marsilia got me hooked on the Hunger Game series of books and now the first of the movies is coming out this spring. I'm geekily excited about it, because sci-fi with a strong, young female lead isn't exactly a plentiful genre.
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