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#1
The Dead Pool / Swim Until You Can't See Land
May 11, 2018, 11:23:24 AM
Scott Hutchison, frontman of Frightened Rabbit, dead at 36. Goddamn. This one sucks.
#2
I don't even need to watch this trailer to know that this is going to be a great movie.
#3
How much will they offer Daniel Murphy?

Would Rizzo be willing to move to right field to open up a spot at 1st for Vogelbach?

With Soler able to cover so much ground from center field, will Maddon consider using a 5th infielder at times?

Let's go to work, gang.

#4
Paperback Writer / Feeding the Monster
October 07, 2015, 11:44:18 AM
Pretty decent read if you want some interesting nuggets about The Rise of Theo Epstein, such as his baseball operations department building their own defensive metrics because they didn't trust any of the information that was already available. A lot of time is spent on Red Sox history, and the sale of the team to the John Henry group, that I could have done without. My biggest takeaways:

- Larry Lucchino is an egomaniacal asshole and I can see why Theo temporarily quit in 2005 and eventually left for good to come to the Cubs. Say what you will about Ricketts and Kenney but you never see them mouthing off to the papers about baseball operations the way Lucchino did - the guy basically single-handedly torpedoed the deal Theo had in place to acquire A-Rod from the Rangers.

- Kevin Millar and Curt Schilling are enormous tools. You already knew that but the book confirms it.

- I'm really looking forward to Mooney's (it's gotta be him right?) inevitable behind the scenes book about the construction/development of this Cubs team.
#5
Boobtube / Too Many Cooks
November 07, 2014, 09:27:56 AM
Good luck getting this catchy jingle out of your head.
#6
Boobtube / The Americans
February 20, 2013, 09:13:35 AM
Anyone else watching this show about Commie KGB bastards living in 1980s America in deep cover? It's excellent.
#7
Paperback Writer / The Passage
October 26, 2012, 01:40:12 PM
Re-reading this before I start book #2 in the trilogy, which was just released. If you like stories about post-apocalyptic wastelands populated with telepathic vampires created in a government experiment gone horribly wrong, then whoa that's a really specific set of tastes and this book will be right in your wheelhouse you weirdo.
#8
I thought this movie was awesome and I've had a couple of days to enjoy it, so I figure now's a good time to allow you hoopleheads to ruin it for me by nitpicking on why the time travel stuff was TOTALLY UNREALISTIC.
#9
Boobtube / The Newsroom
April 02, 2012, 02:23:31 PM
Thi.

Quotethese two minutes of The Newsroom seem to repeat a lot of the preachy, self-important elements I could never stand in The West Wing and Studio 60. Which may also be the things you loved about those shows.

http://entertainment.time.com/2012/04/02/youre-sorkin-in-it-hbos-newsroom-trailer-looks-pretty-familiar/#ixzz1que90o00
#11
Boobtube / Deadwood
June 23, 2011, 03:23:46 PM
God dammit, did the old thread get eated? Alan Sepinwall has been re-watching the 1st season and posting his reviews, and the dude who plays Ellsworth has been posting some interesting comments to each post (about how Al Bundy (?!) was originally supposed to play Swearengen, what it was like working with David Milch, etc).

SPOILERS below if you're a hooplehead and haven't seen the first season of Deadwood, in which case you should first kick yourself in the crotch, and then get to watchin...

Anyway, I'm reminded of Chuck in the Shoutbox the other day being a moron about how the episode in which Bill dies was too heavy-handed or predictable or some such horseshit. Thought I would post some excerpts of Sepinwall's review of this episode, as he does a better job than I would of explaining that the death is SUPPOSED to be telegraphed - Bill has basically given up on trying to be a good man and is dog-ass tired of life in general and decides to surrender himself to Jack McCall or whichever cocksucker decides they want to be famous.

QuoteWhat a showcase for Keith Carradine. As I recall, HBO sent out the first four episodes of "Deadwood" for review, and though it was clear Olyphant and McShane were both doing some exceptional work, the guy I wound up wanting to interview was Carradine. He makes such a meal out of Wild Bill's final day on earth, at showing how he could be so full of self-loathing and yet still possessed of so much dignity and nobility. He complains to Charlie that he tries so hard every day to be something he's not capable of, and yet throughout this episode we see just how much he really can do, how smart and powerful he is, and exactly how he came to build up this reputation that's now such an unbearable burden on him. Even though Bill is preparing for the end, however it may come, he still has it in him to stand up for the widow Garret, and to know exactly how to play Al Swearengen (who only trusts Hickok once he presents himself as yet another con artist), before passing things off to Bullock. He says his goodbyes, sometimes with the other person knowing and hating it (Charlie), sometimes not (Jane, Seth, Alma), and he writes his letter, and then he goes to play some damn poker and see what happens.
#12
Boobtube / Game of Thrones
April 18, 2011, 08:40:00 AM
Beards, beheadings, bewbs, midgets, and incest. So far so good.
#13
Paperback Writer / The End of Baseball
April 07, 2011, 11:39:45 AM
I'm about a third of the way through this and enjoying the hell out of it. Historical fiction that has Bill Veeck buying the Philadelphia A's in 1943 and signing Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and the best of the Negro Leaguers to run roughshod over MLB. I was thinking that someone here recommended this to me but there doesn't seem to be a thread on it.
#14
The Dead Pool / A McCaskey Died
January 31, 2011, 08:57:58 AM
But was it the right McCaskey?

QuoteThe Bears announced Tuesday that vice president Tim McCaskey, after a 17-month battle with cancer, has died.

"Tim, first and foremost was a fan; as passionate, loyal, critical, analytical, committed and devoted a Bears fan as there ever was," the McCaskey family said in statement. "The tenacity and dignity with which he fought this dreaded disease is an inspiration to all of us."

QuoteTim McCaskey is survived by four children, eight grandchildren, and 10 siblings, in addition to his mother.

We're doomed.
#15
A Swedish movie about a 12 year old vampire. Creepy as hell. Watch it.

And if Yeti's parole officer is reading this, add this movie to his restricted list.
#16
Paperback Writer / Hunter S. Thompson
October 12, 2010, 10:14:01 AM
Can't seem to find a thread on him. Currently reading The Great Shark Hunt, a great collection of his articles from the 60s and 70s. It includes several articles about his favorite punching bag, Richard Milhouse Nixon. For my money it doesn't get much better than an extended Thompson rant about that rotten waterhead. Here's an excerpt just for you, Gil.

QuoteNixon's entire political career - and in fact his whole life - is a gloomy monument to the notion that not even pure schizophrenia or malignant psychosis can prevent a determined loser from rising to the top of the heap in this strange society we have built for ourselves in the name of "democracy" and "free enterprise." For most of his life, the mainspring of Richard Nixon's energy and ambition seems to have been a deep and unrecognized need to overcome, at all costs, that sense of having been born guilty - not for crimes or transgressions already committed, but for those he somehow sensed he was fated to commit as he grappled his way to the summit.

Looks like there are 3 more volumes of the Gonzo Papers - planning on reading all of them, but any one that's particularly good? Other Thompson favorites I should check out? I'm a moron, so the only other book of his I've read is Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail.
#18
Boobtube / The Dark Tower
September 08, 2010, 04:47:11 PM
There used to be a thread about these books somewhere. This sounds crazy:

QuoteThe plan is to start with the feature film, and then create a bridge to the second feature with a season of TV episodes. That means the feature cast—and the big star who'll play Deschain—also has to appear in the TV series before returning to the second film. After that sequel is done, the TV series picks up again, this time focusing on Deschain as a young gunslinger. Those storylines will be informed by a prequel comic book series that King was heavily involved in plotting. The third film would pick up the mature Deshain as he completes his journey. They will benefit from being able to use the same sets cast and crew for the movie and TV, which could help contain costs on what will be a financially ambitious undertaking.
#19
This is movie is so awesome I don't want to spoil anything for dudes who haven't seen it.

He was dreaming at the end. The kids hadn't changed at all.