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The problem with Black Adam, and I actually was fine with the movie and enjoyed the JS as you did, is that Adam isn't a hero. He is Doom, effectively, in the DC universe, which this movie was sort of setting up. He is a master villain who is a leader of a country, and therefore has a certain amount of immunity.

I'd watch that

On a more humorous bent, I enjoy the Dan Shamble series of books by Kevin J. Anderson. Noir style PI detective returned as a Zombie after someone messed with the Necronomicon and brought back all the mythological creatures.

6 hours ago, Bazza said:

However old he is, or for whatever personal reason if Evans, Marvel pulled off a superhero legacy in a live action film. That is fairly bold, when we have multiple actors continuing the same role, in the same series or different series. 

Something DC has tried to do for YEARs, even introducing the legacy hero as a sidekick, then deciding over and over to return to the original. Then reboot, but because "reasons" not only keep the original BUT any and all legacies - the various Robins, Kid Flashes, etc.)

10 hours ago, Ternaugh said:

So he's re-doing Battlestar Galactica?

Well, maybe his redo won't have EVERY SINGLE MAIN CHARACTER NOT NAMED ADAMA BE A CYLON!!!!!! Sorry, I really enjoyed the original AND the first 2-3 seasons of the remake.

Saw Wonka today.

I enjoyed it. Was the Gene Wilder Wonka, younger, meets Annie and was fun and whimsical in front of a Londonish type of town. For those who liked Wilder's version, it is recommended, if you preferred Depp's, probably not for you.

ReWatching Winter Soldier and never payed attention before, but the pictures next Peggy's bed when Steve visits do not have her husband in them, just son and daughter. Foreshadowing of the fact was Steve who she married? The young boy the got in picture for son looks a lot like Steve.

8 hours ago, Rich McGee said:

If you enjoy the "magical detection" subgenre and haven't already done so, I'd recommend taking a look at Randall Garrett's Lord Darcy stories, which got a big compilation a while back that's probably in the library system by now.  Stylistically they're a bit Sherlockian, if Holmes was more lot personable and Watson was a magical forensic expert.  Michael Kurland wrote a few sequel novels after Garrett died, which are also worth a look - they're almost flawless pastiches of his style, something you don't see very often.

 

Or if you want a more "pulp noir" take on the subgenre, there's the lengthy series of Garrett, P.I. (no relation to Garrett) novels by Glen Cook, starting with Sweet Silver Blues way back when.  They're generally much lighter reading than his Dread Empire or Black Company work, but as a fantasy mashup of Nero Wolfe and Sam Spade tropes pretty good.  

Count me as another in favor of the Lord Darcy books. And I am a huge fan of noir detective style, so will look into the Garrett stuff, thanks Rich.

and then their exhausted defense fell apart in 2nd half, but honestly, you add even 3 fgs and a td to Jags going into half, so 23-10 and I think a different game in 2nd half. I get trying to catch a team by surprise, but honestly, you look one time for guy in end zone then throw it out the back if not there. you can't throw short at that point

Puttin this here instead of What Have you Watched because deals with Soccer.

We have been watching a series on showtime called The World According to Football with Trevor Noah. Basically does different countries about Soccer and an issue there. Starts with the anonymity and struggle of the women of Brasil. 2nd is on US and why we can't seem to  find players here, was surprising. 3rd was on Premier League of UK and the stress and depression a lot of the players seem to suffer from. Highly recommend.

2 hours ago, Old Man said:

What would Thanos' hairstyle be, though?  Crewcut?  Pompadour?  Pageboy?  And more importantly, who would cut it?

Gotta go with a big 60s-70s Afro.

was that before or after they decided to blow a 17-3 4th quarter lead and lose in OT.

7 hours ago, Starlord said:

not sure I believe everything I read and would not even want to know if it's true.

4 hours ago, unclevlad said:

From SI's NFL power rankings...

 

 

wonder how much this new interim coach wishes he had Carr, whom Mcdaniel drove off.

15 hours ago, Ternaugh said:

Dredd: Karl Urban as Judge Dredd. It's a violent movie that is much truer to the source material than the Sylvester Stallone version. It's just a shame that it didn't get a sequel. (4K UHD)

 

The Dark Knight: Second movie in the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, and one of the best. (4K UHD)

 

Escape from New York: Air Force One is hijacked and crashes on the island of Manhattan, which is now a federal prison. Snake Plissken is tasked with finding the President, and returning him and a tape before time runs out. This one's released by Shout! Factory, and includes a very clean transfer of the movie to 4K, as well as an Atmos soundtrack. There's also a Blu-ray of extra features included. (4K UHD)

 

I've also watched the Dr Who Special 1: The Star Beast, which reunites the David Tennant Doctor with Donna. I liked it, and will be watching Specials 2 and 3 very soon. (Disney+)

 

 

Totally agree with all takes, especially the Dredd one. 

Didn't realize they were only doing the Doctor Who on Disney +, was just looking last night for them. Dammit. Cant really stream.

sorry, Minn got FG at 2 min warning apparently.

And are owned by Fox Sports group, which means, like the Cubs/Braves/Yankees they own the main station their team plays on, so all the tv revenue goes to them. "Payroll high, how about a sweet tv deal worth 3x more then any other team, will that help?"

normally, yes, but the Fox group that owns the Dodgers, much like what is seeming to be like the Mets, don't care about how high payroll is and figure they will make a lot back by marketing Ohtani. Again, not sure he will be the same pitcher again, but we shall see.

at least, and they still haven't really addressed their pitching depth.

As an Angel fan, sad to see him go, but honestly, they could never afford him at that price. And I wonder if any incentives on his pitching built in. As has been noted, 2nd tommy john surgery in same arm.

I would be shocked if anyone would take Stanton and his contract at this point. He will be DH. They also picked up Grisham, who is a very good defensive outfielder to be the 4th one and late defensive replacement.

17 hours ago, Clonus said:

Do those work for the alignment chart?

Problem is, as my brother has pointed out, that Bama has 1 loss AND 3 wins against unranked teams in the last 2 minutes. They really don't deserve to be there.

21 hours ago, csyphrett said:

marvels needs 87 mill to break even on budget.

CES  

Sorry to hear that, as I found the movie enjoyable, for the most part. I guess the surprise I had was that the main villain has Ronan's Universal Weapon, which I thought was destroyed in GOTG 1. You could say isn't his, but it has the purple energy and hole from where he inserted the Power Stone.

13 hours ago, unclevlad said:

Why am I still watching MNF tonight?

 

<sigh>  SO much bad football this year...

And once again a prevent defense prevents their team from winning a game. Whole game they had Fields throwing ball erratically by pressure, so when game on line, stop rushing him.

27 minutes ago, Old Man said:

Honestly the Chargers' record is weird to me.  If I watch a Chargers game there is clearly abundant talent on the field, on both sides of the ball, and it always looks like they're playing well... but it just doesn't show up on the scoreboard.  I don't know what it could be other than maybe playcalling.

Hmm, reminds me of another San Diego team from this year.