slikmar

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.

Yeah, but wasn’t the first incident with Punk. He had literally just returned after the stuff with Omega and the Bucks. Also, Perry hasn’t worked since then either.

Our 2 afternoon games were Raiders/Chiefs (Raiders led 14-0 after 1st qtr) and were trailing 30 to 17 when I gave up. Other game was the aforementioned Browns/Broncos. Up here near Sacramento we must be considered Raiders territory still, otherwise there is no explanation why anyone wouldn't have put the Bills/Eagles game as the major game of the day.

WOW, given everything that happened in AEW and previously in WWE, I am shocked they brought him back. Wonder how long till he sabotages himself again.

On a side note, one of the things I mentioned that I liked about AEW before was that even their heel announcers (mainly Taz and Jericho) did real analysis and didn't come of as idiots. When someone cheated or was doing something stupid in their story-lines, they would agree but say sometimes that's what you have to do. They then hired Nigel Mcguiness to co host Saturday nights. He does the exact opposite. He is the classic "I didn't see anything the Heel did" analyst and in addition, when everyone else is pointing out the falseness of a story-line, in story, he argues for it (see the Christian Cage as a great Father, Jay White is the real champion after stealing the belt or Strong faking his neck injury). He bothers me so much that it takes me out of the show. As I said, I don't mind heels as analysts, but willful ignorance from an announcer like this seems dumb. I thought we had gotten past this type of announder.

3 hours ago, Christopher R Taylor said:

 

But is he going to beat up the Hulk and kill half the universe?  He's right, by comparison having Thanos almost right out the gate makes other threats seem pathetic.  If the Avengers struggle to defeat, say, Kang, they look pathetic and inconsistent.

true, to some extent, except its an Avengers without Steve or Tony and maybe Thor or the full powered Hulk.

1 hour ago, Hermit said:

 

And when they tried, it did not always  go well aka "Martha!"

Sadly, I think that had more to do with the fact no one really knew that was Bruce's mom's name. I had forgotten it.

1 hour ago, Lord Liaden said:

I believe the concept of the classic Marvel series, The Defenders, would have potential. Not the street-level heroes they assembled in the television shows, but the original "non-team" who gathered only to face particular threats. Started off with Dr. Strange, Hulk, and Namor, but drew in new members on a case-by-case basis, while older ones left to pursue their own interests.

 

That concept would allow the MCU to bring exposure to a wide range of characters from their stable, and utilize a variety of villains reflecting any of their temporary members.

You forgot Silver Surfer was part of that. I have always joked when people start talking about most powerful teams that the original defenders were pretty much it. Ultimate energy blaster, Ultimate Brick, Ultimate Mental/Magic. Namor is specialty, but as we all know, a power unto his own.

Not true, there is one in Placerville, I know, have had breakfast there many times.

6 hours ago, Cygnia said:

So, Dr. Evil has arrived in a future ruled by Apes.

15 hours ago, unclevlad said:

Note that you're already conceding  that the defender was beaten in the first place.  Why should he get a break?

 

 

As I said, not a good example, as that defender was beaten. but how many of that type of PI have you seen that the defender wasn't beaten, maybe half step behind the receiver as they ran and the throw takes WR into the defender and causes PI because the defender didn't turn around.

10 hours ago, Cygnia said:

First thought I had was cactus, not dill. then I can't seem to take my eyes of the 2nd from right's lip.

4 hours ago, unclevlad said:

 

Defender's playing the man, not the ball.  Defender never looked.  He went straight through to hit the receiver.  Defender showed zero awareness of what was happening around him.  

 

Pass interference, 100% in my book.  BECAUSE he wasn't aware.  If the DB's looking, if they're jostling for position?  It'll likely be a non-call.

I don't disagree with you and that was probably a bad one to mention against, as you are correct. I just am tired of QBs beginning to learn to throw the ball short for PI, which I know some do. Sadly, if Wilson could have thrown the ball that far, was probably a TD as the WR had 3 steps or something on the defender. I just look at it from the defenders point of view. they cant touch a receiver and if the guy gets by them, there is no way they can stay with them and look back. Really good receivers won't look back or reach for ball till last second specifically to keep defender from doing so.

13 hours ago, unclevlad said:

Denver moves the ball...moves the ball.  Buffalo throws out a max blitz;  Wilson locks up, holds onto it, he's sacked.  NEXT play...another max blitz, but this time Wilson gets out out to a streak pattern.  it's underthrown, but that's quite often for the best.  Pass interference.

I really hate that pass interference type of call. Who is really initiating contact, the receiver slowing up into the defender or the defender trying to catch up. It's kind of ridiculous that a bad thrown ball almost always results in this.

Buffalo fired their OC. Not sure it's his fault the receivers don't seem to catch the ball anymore or that Allen can't seem to throw like he did before. I really wonder if he has a hand injury, as he doesn't seem to have the same zip he did.

On 11/9/2023 at 6:20 PM, Bazza said:

An elderly man rear-ended a younger man who was driving an expensive European sports car…
Enraged, the younger man hops out & confronts the old man. "Look what you did to my car…!!!  ”He yells
"I demand that you give me $10,000 right now or I'm going to beat you to a pulp!"
"Oh my…" the old man said nervously, "I don't have that kind of money.”
“ Just let me call my son…,” he said with hope, “he trains dolphins and he will know what to do."

"Dolphins..!?!?! Right" the other driver huffed, while rolling his eyes.
The old man took out his phone, dialed his son, & just as his son answered, the irate man snatched the phone away from the old man.
"So, YOU'RE a dolphin trainer, huh..?!?!” The irate man yelled, “Well, your old man here just rear-ended my car and I need TEN GRAND right now, or I'm going to beat you AND your old man to a pulp…!!"
"I'll be there in 10 minutes," says the voice calmly on the other end.
Exactly 10 minutes later, a Jeep pulls up and a guy hops out and proceeds to pulverize the bully, leaving him in a heap on the side of the road.
When he finished, he walked over to his father and said….
" Dad .for the last time, I train Seals… Navy Seals.”
“NOT dolphins..!!”

23 hours ago, slikmar said:

Funnily, I kept thinking he would end up a trainer for the Miami Dolphins, which feels like would work too.

23 hours ago, Bazza said:

Yep, I too thought the dolphins was going to be a sports team. 

22 hours ago, Pariah said:

I don't wanna talk about getting beaten by Dolphins....

now occurs to me joke works if father says plays with dolphins.

13 hours ago, unclevlad said:

I hardly paid attention.  Slap up a browser window, stream it...didn't stop me from doing other stuff, including getting dinner set up.  

 

Heh...SI has an article that Travis Kelce helped rescue Al and Kirk from another miserable game.  And lordy, was it.  I also saw a point of interest...this was set up in advance...which makes sense, but that also suggests Amazon's producers *also* expected it to be a totally miserable game.

 

 

Or were hoping he would bring Taylor with him.

Funnily, I kept thinking he would end up a trainer for the Miami Dolphins, which feels like would work too.

10 hours ago, Cancer said:

God I miss real Nyquil when I'm sick.

19 hours ago, unclevlad said:

 

Note that the Chargers' 27 is misleading.  Punt return TD.  Strip-sack and fumble, returned to the 2;  run in from there.  Jets' yardage is also misleading;  much of it came after that score put the game away.

 

 

IIRC, when the Chargers were up 21-3, the offensive stats for both teams, yardage wise, was pretty much the same. Difference in game was Chargers took ball away and Jets didn't get any of the fumbles they caused. This game was painful to watch, honestly.

1 hour ago, Old Man said:

That and this Dobbs kid might actually be a decent QB. 
 

So far the Derps with their rookie QB and their rookie coach are at least not imploding. I mean, it’s the Giants. But I’ve seen worse out of them. Recently. 

Said to my brother that maybe the team decided to actually play with Josh gone.

All True Bazza, but in doing almost all of those, his EGO got in the way of common sense. Putting an unknown AI from off world into Ultron, an ultimate weapon. Not listening to Steve's argument and assuming he could control any government interference in the Avengers, then, again, not really investigating Winter Soldier's attack, but following "orders" and attacking Steve and the others. Not following up on what was going on with SHIELD and Project Insight, but instead effectively handing the 3 most technological weapons to a Bureaucracy run organization, despite his earlier run-ins with them, including butting heads with the leader of SHIELD over their secret weapon projects.

So, again, I wasn't saying Tony's reasons for doing things weren't, in some ways, altruistic, but that his own arrogance made him think that it was better for everyone and that he could keep control of it.

The problem they have with Strange, and to a slightly lesser degree Stark, was that they need to show their ridiculous level of arrogance in addition to being more intelligent then the people he interacts with. So how do you show this, by making him do something that anyone with a modicum of common sense would know was stupid. It reminds me of a variant of Wolverine is a great fighter - Iron Fist level fighter, but the only way to show his healing factor and adamantium skeleton is for him to constantly get his butt kicked. If you actually showed how good a fighter he was, then his healing factor and toughness wouldn't come into play most of the time as he wouldn't get hit. For Strange and Stark, you have to show their arrogance by having them assuming that they know all the variables and therefore can use their superior intelligence to control the situation.