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| Topic | Have any of you seen the movie that won best picture last night... |
| Yesmar_ 04/26/21 5:25:00 PM #10 | ChaosTonyV4 posted... I googled the movie, and apparently it has a character named Gay, played by an actor named Gay. With the exception of Frances McDormand and David Straithairn most of the people in the movie were non-professional actors that pretty much played themselves. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Watching Music so you don't have to (spoilers) |
| Yesmar_ 04/26/21 1:56:33 PM #24 | Thank you for your service. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Oscars Tonight |
| Yesmar_ 04/26/21 1:24:52 PM #52 | They should have just ended with the In Memoriam segment, and kept the rest of the order the same as other years. It would have been appropriate given the past year, and they could have ended on Boseman without it blowing up in their face. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Oscars Tonight |
| Yesmar_ 04/25/21 11:36:08 PM #42 | Paratroopa1 posted... Damn, sick call Yeah, I saw the movie recently, and this was partly a case of "I can't believe someone would see this movie and not want to give Hopkins an Oscar for it." --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Oscars Tonight |
| Yesmar_ 04/25/21 11:31:15 PM #41 | Yeah, they had to have thought Boseman would win, and it would end on a big note. Or at the very least that whoever won Best Actress wouldn't just go "K' Bye." As far as I know, the only time since the Oscars has been televised that it did not end on Best Picture, was when Charlie Chaplin got his Honorary Oscar for '71. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Oscars Tonight |
| Yesmar_ 04/25/21 11:21:47 PM #37 | They did have an Oscar available in France to give to the Screenplay winner for "The Father." I wonder if they had someone hanging around every foreign location, but only that one had an Oscar in their briefcase. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Oscars Tonight |
| Yesmar_ 04/25/21 11:09:26 PM #35 | lol, forget my prediction about Hopkins earlier. They're clearly ending it with Actor/Actress to deify Boseman at the end. Edit: lol, that didn't work out for them. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Oscars Tonight |
| Yesmar_ 04/25/21 10:46:31 PM #34 | The role of Barbara Billingsley will be played tonight by Glenn Close apparently. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Oscars Tonight |
| Yesmar_ 04/25/21 10:10:10 PM #32 | Amanda Seyfried must be feeling that it's about to rain. Well...raining --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Oscars Tonight |
| Yesmar_ 04/25/21 8:54:42 PM #29 | The show looks very nice from a visual standpoint; I hope they keep this cinematography and some of the aesthetics for next year. They despearately needed a orchestra to play people off though; they're allowing the winners to ramble on forever about nothing. They have also apparently instructed the presenters to be as grim and non-charismatic as possible for some reason. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Oscars Tonight |
| Yesmar_ 04/25/21 4:25:37 PM #9 | I'm really tempted to go with Hopkins for the big upset of the night, but I'm not sure. This definitely feels like a circumstance where the media is driving a narrative ("We have to give Boseman a sympathy Oscar") that is not felt to the same extent in the industry itself. This isn't a great comparison, but I'm reminded of Stallone being the favorite to win for "Creed," with a narrative being built up in the media that it would be a great personal accomplishment for Stallone. This completely ignored the fact that within the industry itself, Stallone is very disliked, and on a personal level many people in the Academy were in no rush to reward him, like the media thought they were. Now, Boseman is actually very well liked in the industry itself, so in this case personal factors might be enough to help him win, but I am not sure if he is as *beloved* as he is in the press. So the question is, how well liked was he, and is it enough for people to overlook one of Hopkins's greatest performances, and the desire to give Hopkins a legacy Oscar of his own? --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Chairs |
| Yesmar_ 04/24/21 3:50:57 AM #12 | Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Tables |
| Yesmar_ 04/23/21 4:26:57 PM #37 | Beauty and the Beast - Be Our Guest --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Leaving |
| Yesmar_ 04/22/21 1:20:24 PM #34 | MrGreenonion posted... John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Leaving |
| Yesmar_ 04/21/21 9:50:01 PM #11 | crazyisgood posted... Semisonic - Closing Time --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: a Road/Street/Avenue/etc. |
| Yesmar_ 04/19/21 11:27:11 AM #47 | The Wiz - Ease on Down the Road --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Witches/Wizards |
| Yesmar_ 04/17/21 12:02:02 AM #35 | Wizard of Oz - Ding Dong the Witch is Dead Little Mix - Black Magic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkElfR_NPBI --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite music video ever? |
| Yesmar_ 04/16/21 1:27:51 PM #14 | Cliche, but probably "Thriller" and "Love is a Battlefield" Probably "Hurt" among more "recent" ones. Madonna's streak of videos from 89-91 is amazing too: The David Fincher Trilogy ("Express Yourself," "Vogue," "Oh Father"), "Like a Prayer," "Justify Your Love." This was in a 2 year period! --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Jesus |
| Yesmar_ 04/16/21 11:45:01 AM #39 | Jesus Christ Superstar - I Don't Know How to Love Him Traditional - O Come All Ye Faithful --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1366 |
| Yesmar_ 04/14/21 5:29:11 PM #112 | UltimaterializerX posted... This poll is embarrassing, and it really shows the lazy gamer stereotype where they cant and wont relate to anything requiring hard work to succeed. Or maybe other forms of entertainment require hard work as well? --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Demons |
| Yesmar_ 04/14/21 5:03:04 PM #5 | Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (The Exorcist Theme) --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about angels? |
| Yesmar_ 04/13/21 6:48:24 PM #5 | Robbie Williams - Angels Nobuo Uematsu - One Winged Angel --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | NFTs are a scam right? |
| Yesmar_ 04/12/21 6:25:12 PM #27 | I'm really slow when it comes to how laundering money works, but how would that work with an NFT? Isn't your purchase linked to your crypto account via the blockchain? You can't purchase it in cash like with real estate or art. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | NFTs are a scam right? |
| Yesmar_ 04/12/21 4:09:39 PM #1 | Walter Benjamin must be rolling in his grave. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Robots |
| Yesmar_ 04/09/21 3:01:38 AM #37 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 - MST3K Theme Song --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Rodents |
| Yesmar_ 04/08/21 12:13:52 AM #26 | DreamEater12 posted... Michael Jackson - Ben An American Tail - Somewhere Out There (The little kid version!) --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Reports of Movie Theaters' Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated |
| Yesmar_ 04/05/21 6:36:44 PM #16 | Hey, I would love to see to see stand alone adult dramas return in popularity too, but I want that on the big screen! If we have to use tentpole movies to subsidize that, so be it! --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Starting |
| Yesmar_ 04/05/21 3:50:11 PM #12 | Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Reports of Movie Theaters' Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated |
| Yesmar_ 04/05/21 12:24:53 PM #1 | https://variety.com/2021/film/news/box-office-godzilla-vs-kong-sets-pandemic-record-1234943885/ Twice as high as industry expectations! Godzilla vs. Kong muscled its way to a pandemic-era box office record, giving Hollywood studios and theater owners alike hope that people are ready to return to the movies after a year of watching Netflix at home. The tentpole, from Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment, generated $32 million over the weekend and $48.5 million in its first five days of release. That exceeded the industrys expectations and easily marked the biggest debut since coronavirus hit. Prior to this weekend, Wonder Woman 1984 had the biggest three-day start with $16.7 million, followed by Tom and Jerry with $14 million. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Felines |
| Yesmar_ 03/31/21 11:04:53 PM #29 | Al Stewart - Year of the Cat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak_MTXQALa0 Friends - Smelly Cat Here's a long version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNXIZuIBJKs --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1366 |
| Yesmar_ 03/31/21 4:47:10 PM #87 | Everyone get prepared for the Summer of the 90's! --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Dogs |
| Yesmar_ 03/31/21 11:40:37 AM #37 | The Simpsons - See My Vest --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 370: Trial of Tears |
| Yesmar_ 03/30/21 6:42:01 PM #17 | EXCLUSIVE: Matt Gaetz, Trump's close ally, is being investigated by DOJ over whether he had a sexual relationship w/17-year-old girl and paid for her to travel with him. I'm pretty sure Nestor is a guy. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Crustaceans & Cephalopods & Molluscs |
| Yesmar_ 03/29/21 6:55:06 PM #14 | Alice in Wonderland - The Walrus and the Carpenter --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Fish |
| Yesmar_ 03/29/21 12:01:26 AM #35 | John Williams - Jaws Theme --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Reptiles |
| Yesmar_ 03/27/21 12:42:32 AM #24 | Elton John - Crocodile Rock --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | RIP Beverly Cleary |
| Yesmar_ 03/26/21 5:15:52 PM #1 | https://twitter.com/HarperCollins/status/1375554229729918980 I was amazed every year that she was still alive when a news article would come out around her birthday. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 369: Non-Fungible Tokenism |
| Yesmar_ 03/26/21 4:27:52 PM #407 | The Republican messaging about Biden being senile and incompetent is so confusing to me. Why would you set up your opponent with such a low bar to clear, and one that they will obviously clear? Now any time Biden gives a speech or passes a bill, it will be positioned as a huge accomplishment. They tried this during the campaign, and it failed then too, so I'm not sure why they are going down this road again, unless the commentators pushing this narrative honestly believe it. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Birds |
| Yesmar_ 03/25/21 11:49:12 PM #30 | The Beatles - Blackbird Miranda Lambert - Bluebird --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Bugs |
| Yesmar_ 03/25/21 2:27:57 PM #42 | Seconding: crazyisgood posted... Smile.dk - Butterfly Also nominating: Charlift - Moth to the Flame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QfUuVyJlbg --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Gravity |
| Yesmar_ 03/23/21 10:40:23 PM #20 | Wicked - Defying Gravity Sara Bareilles - Gravity --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | The only Star Wars poll that matters |
| Yesmar_ 03/23/21 12:39:05 PM #56 | The problem with most of the Star Wars movies is that they don't exist for a movie's own sake, but to explain some sort of shared universe. That's not how you make a good movie. This is true of a lot of franchise films these days, but the prequel trilogy especially feels like a filmed Wookipedia article. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: a Mountain |
| Yesmar_ 03/23/21 2:28:47 AM #28 | Fleetwood Mac - Landslide --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Billie Eilish debuts her NEW LOOK as she DROPS her ANDROGYNOUS style. She Hot??. |
| Yesmar_ 03/23/21 1:36:05 AM #6 | This is exactly why she dressed the way she did before. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Best First lady? |
| Yesmar_ 03/22/21 1:52:26 PM #6 | Would have still voted for Eleanor regardless, but Betty Ford should be on the list. One of the first celebrities to speak frankly about her struggles with breast cancer and addiction, helping to destigmatize both issues. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Shadow the Hedgehog completed. Pick my next Gamecube game! |
| Yesmar_ 03/22/21 1:19:18 PM #9 | "Just like taking candy from a baby. Which is fine by me." --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Literature |
| Yesmar_ 03/22/21 2:09:47 AM #35 | Also nominate: Limahl - The Neverending Story --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Literature |
| Yesmar_ 03/21/21 8:18:50 PM #15 | Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Correct the Academy's choices: what should actually be nominated for the Oscars? |
| Yesmar_ 03/21/21 4:09:10 AM #29 | Having just seen "Minari," I would like to make a "No Guts, No Glory" prediction for Youn Yuh-jung in Supporting Actress. In a year where the category is very split, and where the top two contenders are so divisive (Close and Bakalova), I could see her slipping through for a win. It's a funny, showy, performance in a movie that a lot Academy voters are going to be watching. Years ago, I remember someone predicted Laura Linney's surprise nom for "The Savages" by saying "I can't imagine that someone would watch the movie and not nominate her." I don't remember anything about Laura Linney in that movie, so I'm not sure I agree with that particular sentiment, but it reflects how I feel about Youn Yuh-jung. I find it hard to believe that voters would watch the movie and not want to vote for her, especially in a weak year, when they might have trouble mustering up enthusiasm elsewhere. Edit: Damn, I just checked the odds, and apparently she actually is the favorite, lol. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Favorite song about: Movies |
| Yesmar_ 03/20/21 12:53:02 AM #21 | Would Meco-Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (the disco version) count? --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
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