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#471 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 243 weeks ago
I think he's handled the Russia-Ukraine crisis fairly well so far but the upcoming elections will be a complete disaster if he doesn't get control of what's happening here.
I lean left as you know, but I agree. The Russia-Ukraine issue isn't really an election issue. I mean we're just kinda there providing reconassance/support whatever.
The high gas prices (people can relate to this and it's EASILY understandable) and high cost of goods, the economy etc. That will sink the Democrats. It might not totally be their fault but voters blame the party in power here.
#472 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 243 weeks ago
I've seen a few of the movies that Lofton posted on so I'll just comment on those.
Notes on a Scandal: solid film and as mentioned the Dench character is the best thing in the film. She just goes batshit insane around halfway through the film. And yeah, they should have expanded on her character.
Flatliners: assuming this is the Kiefer Sutherland/Bacon/Julia Roberts film. It's watchable. The characters are almost all cocky, young brash times (well the males anyway). For me it makes harder to relate to the characters. I thought the Roberts character was the most interesting one. It's definitely overrated and not as great as the rep.
8MM: I disagree I think it does enough to make you believe in the Cage character and his obsession. Or maybe I was bit leinient in this film since I had seen the George C. Scott film Hardcore a few weeks earlier. Joquain Phoenix is pretty good as Cage's guide through the porno underworld.
#473 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 244 weeks ago
Lost Boys vs Fright Night. Who yah got? I can't decide, they're both fantastic, but I think Fright Night is really underrated in comparison.
Funny story, my brother and I loved Lost Boys. Not long after, they were making Parenthood where I lived, and my brother was working at a grocery store when he saw Dianne Wiest (lost boys mom) walking down an aisle. He walked up to her and asked if she was the mom in Lost Boys and she smiled and said yeah. They started talking and she ended up asking him out on a date. He got really intimidated, he was like 19, and he turned her down. He regrets it to this day.
Dude, I would have totally hit that.
Wait, wait. This was like in the late 80s when Dianne Wiest was still sort of hot? And SHE asked your brother out and he turned her down? Holy shit. This is a great story.
#474 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash confirms “one or two” new songs by June » 246 weeks ago
Axl will be absolutely crucified in the media if he re-releases OMG as a "new" single. Any goodwill will be gone. He spent up most of that goodwill on Absurd.
Yeah, I don't see OMG. The releases are going to have to have a mainstream (whatever that means at the moment) sound.
#475 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 246 weeks ago
Yeah, I saw it was pretty long. Is there any action? I know this was supposed to be a kind of continuation of Serpico. That final shootout was great.
There is some action. I remember a fair amount of surveillence scenes. I wouldn't consider it action heavy.
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003 or 4). Finally got to watch this. It's an intense psycholgical thriller that only the Koreans can make. There's a twist here in the plot but it doesn't really ruin anything for me. Pretty sure Lofton has seen and commented on this film before.
#476 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 247 weeks ago
Anyone seen Prince of the City (1980)? Any good? Not a big fan of Treat Williams but I do like Sidney Lumet.
Solid late 70s type-early type cop/crime drama. I watched it for Jerry Orbach but I thought Treat was pretty good and may have been the best actor in the movie. It's a little long but it's a solid film.
#477 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 247 weeks ago
Purely anecdotal, but some ultra progressive friends are so happy that they're moving from Oregon to Tennessee because of the low taxes and no homeless. This is hilarious. I mean, dude, you're literally running away from your political beliefs!
LOL money trumps everything. Also read something from Carville a few weeks ago where he stated that there are only like 7% of Democrats that identify themselves as ultra progressive. That part of the block has always been overstated. And honestly they are mostly all talk and no bite types.
#478 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 248 weeks ago
There are rumors that Shane McMahon might join AEW. This would be hilarious. I don't know how serious this is, but if you don't know Vince fired Shane a few days ago FOR REAL. There were already tensions as he suggested ideas that were shot down by Vince and the horrible, terrible, abysmal WWE creative team. When the Royal Rumble got bad reviews they blamed it all on Shane.
And if you were aware of Shane disappearing from WWE years ago, it was because he was made aware that he was no longer going to be head of WWE once Vince is gone, but Stephanie and HHH. So there's a big backstory to this and real animosity. I don't know if it would happen, but it would be pretty big.
I think they are scapgoting him to a certain extent. I only watched the Men's Rumble match on Sunday. And holy shit that thing was horrible. There were stretches where you just had a string of jobbers/who? wrestlers come out. Maybe they shouldn't have fired all those wrestlers in the fall/winter. And the ending was obviously predicatable.
On the second part, I think HHH knows what he is doing in terms of running a promotion (NXT has sucked after he left supposedly) more than Shane or Stephanie (maybe). I think he does know how to write storylines and book people. His issue has always been that he thinks he is better (this is only referring to him a wrestler) than he actually is. Also, even in the few matches he wrestles per year now, they are always these long ass boring affairs.
Oh, Shane should not be "wrestling" anymore. He gets winded 2-3 mins into the Rumble.
#479 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash AMA Reddit » 248 weeks ago
Congrats! That was a really well written question too.
#480 Re: The Garden » Current Events Thread » 249 weeks ago
Don't want to see Geriatric Joe vs Trump round 2. Get a younger candidate in there, both parties.
