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9 hours ago, Old Man said:

I read the first book between Part I and II and I discovered that I'd forgotten how important the fanaticism was to the plot.  Paul spends a significant amount of time and energy trying to avert the inevitable jihad.

 

That said, there was a lot less open worship of Paul in the book.  In the movie there's so much rapturous "Lisan al-Gaib!" that it's become a meme.

Thanks, as I said, I haven't read book in 20-40 years, so could have been forgetting.

As I said, I was amazed with his ability to show Scale. Last movie I remember doing so well was Star Wars opening, where we got the big ship, Leia's, then the Star Destroyer that went on forever. This reminded me of that in a lot of cases.

I forgot one other change not thrilled with, but maybe I was wrong then too:

10 hours ago, unclevlad said:

The strangest single move to me...Atlanta.  Penix?  After signing Cousins to a megadeal that basically runs the entire period of Penix' rookie deal?

I wonder if they don't already have a trade with someone else almost but not quite completed, so what they were really drafting is a QB for another team, maybe who drafts later, that has a couple players they want.

On 4/23/2024 at 9:07 PM, Michael Hopcroft said:

Dune Part Two is -- something. It's not a movie for the casual viewer seeking escapism. This is a film that revolves almost entirely on very serious topics and addresses them as such -- topics like the nature of religion itself and its social effects and consequences.

 

I would have had a better time seeing SpyxFamily, but won't get the chance due to my work schedule.

Saw this today. I have commented on Chalamet and how impressed I was with his acting in this and his other parts, let me also give equal voice to Zendaya who conveys a lot with just her face and eyes through the movie and is also playing a much different character then we have seen, as well. As MH said, not a light movie, but I think well done. There are changes I am not sure I am happy with from the book, but I think they are a result of modern times. The very fanaticism of religion shown in this movie, to me, is enhanced from the original book and didnt really make its appearance till the 2nd book on originally, though granted has been over 30+ years since I read the original. The other change I am not sure of I will spoiler:

Finally, the cinematography is fantastic and they way they show scale when dealing with the ships, or even toward the end Paul walking through a crowd is impressive. It started early in the first movie with you watching the people loading a giant ship, this flying to a much larger ship and then finally this mite of a ship being loaded onto the star spanning one. They do something similar in this with one of the spice harvesters, where you see the men in armor walking next to it from a distance and they might as well be ants.

11 hours ago, unclevlad said:

I think it's fair to say that Howie Schwab was the first celebrity sports stats/info type guy.  He was big on ESPN...even to the point of them trying a sports trivia show called Stump the Schwab.  He was part of the first of the big purges at ESPN back in 2013, but continued to be valuable behind the scenes in other ways (including being Fox's NCAA bracketologist for a couple years, which I hadn't known.)

He died, apparently of a heart attack, Monday.  Age 63.

MLBNow did a segment on him that was really good, as Brian Kenney was a big fan of his.

went to see Kung Fu Panda 4. Po must choose a successor. Was fun, and Po still kicks butt, but in almost all other ways is still a buffoon (which sort of bothers me) though he does redeem himself at the end. Worth seeing if you enjoyed the other 3.

Aren't we excited, Jets traded Zack Wilson to Broncos.

3 hours ago, death tribble said:

AEW held the Dynasty event yesterday and all the major belts were up for grabs

 

Trent Beretta beat Matt Sydal

Shibata and Orange Cassidy beat Lee Moriarty and Shane Taylor

Switchblade Jay White and the Gunns beat The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn to win the AEW trios belts

Okada beat Pac to retain the Continental belt

The House of Black beat Edge, Eddie Kingston and Mark Briscoe

Willow Nightingale beat Julia Hart to become the new TBS champion

Roderick Strong beat Kyle O'Reilly to retain the International belt

Chris Jericho beat Hook to become FTW champion

Toni Storm beat Thunder Rosa to reain the Women's title

The Young Bucks beat FTR and became the new AEW tag team champions

Will Osprey beat Bryan Danielson

Swerve Strickland beat Samoa Joe to become the AEW heavyweight champion

 

I am surprised only by Jericho beating Hook (and kind of saddened by it, as Hook is one of the better up and comers), Willow beating Hart, though I think may have been long in coming and now sets up Mone vs Willow. Wish they could decide on what to do with House of Black, seriously. They have 2 if not 3 (not sold on Brody King) best in ring guys out there, have set them up as very good psychological manipulators and yet never seem to really accomplish anything. I am indifferent to Swerve or Samoa as champions (They lost me when they had Swerve break into a persons supposed home and threatened his infant (who granted wasn't there) with injury) and Joe, honestly, is a little too long in the tooth for me (one of the real problems I have with AEW now is the amount of elder statesmen (wrestlers over 45 if not 50) taking precedence (yes I include Edge and Jericho in this). Not surprised about White and Gunns as Billy (see my previous comment about elder wrestlers) shouldn't be wrestling and now they can have the Acclaimed go after tag belts. 

Glad they had Osprey win, can't wait for him to leave Callas, as he doesn't need a mouthpiece.

through 3 episodes of the Prime series Fallout. Is well done and fun so far, though violent. For fans of the video games I highly recommend it.

agreed on the double play thing. especially if you take the play mentioned earlier, if the runner beats the throw to first, is there an error? if there is, then why wasn't there on the 1 out should be double play.

on wednesdays aew the young bucks showed footage of the fight between cm punk and Jack Perry. pretty clearl that Punk goes up to him and basically starts it.

Punk responded, but truthfully, the video contradicts some of what he says: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/wwe/article-13296397/CM-Punk-AEW-fight-Jack-Perry-Wembley-Dynamite-WWE.html

16 hours ago, unclevlad said:

Bullpens and bad defenses always bring you down....

 

O's in Boston.  Red Sox come into the series 7-3.  Lose game 1 on Tuesday, 7-1...but gave up 4 runs after the 6th.  2 errors don't help.  Game 2, jump out to a 5-0 lead...starter throws 5 shutout innings, but 86 pitches.  Bullpen gives up 3 in the 6th, 4 in the 7th.  2 more errors don't help, but technically only 1 unearned run.  

 

Tonight?  Top 8th, Sox up 2-1.  Error on a ground ball allows wunderkind Holliday to reach first.  Out.  Double play grounder to second...flip to the SS...who never touches the bag.  Both feet cross the line of the bag...but neither touches it.  Instead of a DP and inning over...the inning continues.  Another pitching change and.......boom....ball nestled down the right field line, into the seats.  2 run homer, Orioles have the lead.

 

Technically only 1 unearned run, because the scoring rules say you can't assume a double play, and the runner was out at first.  Hooey!  This is as much an error as the ground ball to 3rd was.  

 

Sox just tied it on a drive that cleared the monster seats, so now it's 3-3.  More time for their bullpen to implode, perhaps.

 

EDIT....O's score 6 in the 10th, so...yeah, that's a bullpen implosion.

 

O's sweep the Sox and flip positions with em...from 1 1/2 back to 1 1/2 up.  

Yeah, the MLB analyst shows talked about how Boston just kept giving the O's, a world series favorite, extra outs all series. They really miss Trevor Story, it is showing the holes in Dever's defense at 3rd.

I also wish baseball would adapt the team error - the popup that falls between 2 -3 guys all standing staring at each 2 feet away other as it lands, as an example.

Apparently the players union is trying to say its because of the pitch clock. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, MLB, DON'T LISTEN. The pitch clock, IMO, is the best rule change to hit MLB in the last 20 years. Games are now actually watchable.

Weird, I recall the Windham and Rotunda as a different tag name, though can't think of it now.

It always saddened me because I was (well, still am) a big Scott Bakula fan and had hopes for that series.

Problem is, with the uptick in velocity nowadays, you have more and more pitchers throwing all out instead of the veteran pacing to get through 7 innings. Now its, get through lineup twice so empty the bucket. I have to believe these things play a factor.

how much to hold the veggie burger part and just add bacon?

So, they are about to become my local team officially, wonderful, as I live in the placerville area and work in Rancho Cordova.

On a side note, I am happy with the 4-2 start from my Angels, but up next we will have home and home series with Boston and TB, then apparently have upcoming series with the Reds, Orioles again, Twins and end month with Phillies. If we are close to 500 I would be shocked and thrilled.

Stop Saying That!!!!.

On a side note, that scene is brilliant in another way. Every injury that Inigo puts on Count Rugen is a mirror of the ones on him, including the 2 cheek scars. The final of course matching the knife wound he received when he arrived.

I recently have been watching the Zorro series on Prime. Done in spanish, but dubbed English. Some minor changes to the story but I have enjoyed the first 9 or so episodes and the changes work so far. Recommend it for fans of Zorro.

I am still impressed that the same actor playing Paul is the same one who recently played Willy Wonka, and both excellently, IMO. I have high hopes for his future as an actor, as the 2 roles mentioned I think couldnt be more far apart in character if you tried.

Third half? This doesn't end the first book?

3 hours ago, Pariah said:

Spend money on a broadcast package for a team that's going to lose 100 games this year? Tempting. 🙄

I basically pay Directv $160 a year to watch 130 or so Angel games - not including vs Giants or A's as those are our local markets or the games that get streamed, as MLB package doesnt include those, which seems annoying.

12 hours ago, Pariah said:

Rockies are down 16-1 to Arizona in the 8th.

 

What a way to open the new season.

 

A few hours ago, I was wondering who would.finish closer to the bottom of their league, the Rockies or the Broncos. Now, I'm not really wondering any more.

Better question, who will have more points per game average by seasons end.

One of the analysts on MLB commented that with those 3 leading off, if your the starting pitcher at home, get through the 1st and odds are you have a lead when you come back out and if on the road, you should have a lead when you first take the mound. only 12 times in history have 3 former MVPs batted 1-2-3, Dodgers should dwarf that by May.

2 hours ago, Cancer said:

I once saw a sign saying "Enforced by Aircraft". Needless to say there was a lot of neck craning going on in the car.