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General Chat / Re: NBA Thread: about to take our talents to Brooklyn

« on: August 09, 2019, 08:05:43 PM »

Hard to see GS wanting to trade him either way since they're getting a good player on a discount, but that's the point of insurance I suppose.  And it's a better clause to have than not have.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: August 09, 2019, 08:02:55 PM »

Yeah, but that doesn't necessarily turn me off.  It can be pointless, as long as I'm entertained, which I was.  I liked "Everybody Gets Some", and that has almost no plot whatsoever.

The one scene is the "climax", but in no way feels climatic.  That's a pretty big fault of the movie, but I think it's part of the point that it's sudden and random? I dunno.

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Movies & TV / Re: (NEW Poll Added!!) New Movies/TV Shows we should keep an eye out for!

« on: August 09, 2019, 08:00:01 PM »

Are they trying for an Arrow-verse-like product?

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Movies & TV / Re: Disney+

« on: August 09, 2019, 07:58:36 PM »

I'm also in the ad-free Hulu boat, but I also started doing live TV through them.  So, I would need to see yet another package deal.  :^/  I could just switch who I go to for live TV, but that seems like a hassle.  I hope there's plans for the different Hulu versions, and this isn't an oversight.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: August 07, 2019, 08:09:21 PM »

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - 6/10
Very boring for most of the entire movie. The acting is excellent, but it just drags on and on. There are about 4 "good" scenes and one of them is literally just the mention of the name of a character from another, far superior, Tarantino movie. Don't waste your time, unfortunately.

I saw this last weekend.  It's not QT's best work by far.  I'm a little higher on it BranDonk, however.  The movie feels pretty aimless.  It's trying to set up one scene and eventually you get to that scene and then it just kind of ends.  I was enjoying the ride pretty much until the narration kicked in, which is right before the scene.  Even though there isn't a ton of plot, I thought the characters were fun enough to enjoy the first chunk of the movie.  And yeah, the acting is very excellent.

7.5/10

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General Chat / Re: NBA Thread: about to take our talents to Brooklyn

« on: August 07, 2019, 08:02:51 PM »

Draymond, as good as he is, just doesn't seem like he'd command a max salary on the open market.  I saw some pundits say he was leaving money on the table, but I think it's a lot less than people think.  I think it's about right for his role on the team.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: July 29, 2019, 06:57:42 PM »

Wow.... Shazam was genuinely a fun movie.
My daughter loved it. Never seen her that excited during a MCU movie, so I was little surprised, but even I enjoyed it.

I enjoyed the movie. It was just a lighthearted adventure. It was a nice change from brooding Snyderverse stuff.

It's definitely more of a kids movie.  I can see why a younger person would like it more than an adult.

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Movies & TV / Re: (NEW Poll Added!!) New Movies/TV Shows we should keep an eye out for!

« on: July 29, 2019, 06:53:18 PM »

Wasn't it just like two-three years ago that everyone was predicting that theaters were dead and it was the end for them anyway?

Yup.

People thought for a while that Netflix would pull everyone from the theatres.  I personally think the influx of video streaming services will keep people going to the movies, but more than that, there's probably a lot more money to be made in theatrical runs than streaming exclusives or doing day-and-date releases.

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General Chat / Re: NBA Thread: about to take our talents to Brooklyn

« on: July 29, 2019, 06:39:30 PM »

After some light googling, I saw that going $20M over the cap costs ~$65M ($45M in tax + $20M in salary).  According to forbes, that would put roughly 2/3 of teams in the red.  Even if the teams are owned by billionaires, they wouldn't be too thrilled to have a revenue driver turn into a cost center, but they certainly could stand pumping $10-20M into the team, if they wanted, since it's not like owning a team is gonna be their primary business.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch Lite and Future Revisions

« on: July 27, 2019, 03:12:37 PM »

This is great news. I've been holding off on sending mine too get fixed because I moved recently. Also, it's kinda hard to find single joy-con replacements, so even if the cost works out about the same, you're almost better off getting it fixed.

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General Chat / Re: NBA Thread: about to take our talents to Brooklyn

« on: July 27, 2019, 03:10:00 PM »

The leagues can prevent super teams with salary caps. Two superstars might take pay cuts to win championships, but five won't.

With Anthony Davis, the whole situation was kind of messy. I'm generally ok with players asking for trades. Like BnM said, the warning is better for the the teams. But when it's as public as that was, the trade value for the player actually goes down. Few teams are gonna bank on the one year and hope they can keep him. Although, that could change with how the Raptors panned out. But I think Paul George was the last similar risk, and he did stay until recently.

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Movies & TV / Re: (NEW Poll Added!!) New Movies/TV Shows we should keep an eye out for!

« on: July 27, 2019, 11:50:59 AM »

I like the idea of Kraven being the villain. I think it fits with where the story is going. There's one version of scorpion that also fits (iirc, was made specifically to fight Spider-Man), but since he was in the post credits for HC already, I'm not sure they'd go in that direction.

I would like to see them pull one of the bigger villains like Doctor Octopus or Green Goblin into the MCU.

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Movies & TV / Re: IT'S MAHVEL BAYBEE!! [OT] for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Movies & TV)

« on: July 27, 2019, 11:43:08 AM »

I actually love that idea. It would totally fit with the tone of GotG and where they've taken Thor.

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Movies & TV / Re: (NEW Poll Added!!) New Movies/TV Shows we should keep an eye out for!

« on: July 21, 2019, 10:27:13 AM »

Re: CATS

Making it look like the Broadway play is dumb. This is a movie, make a movie. I think they should've just animated the whole thing. Maybe not realistic, CGI cats; I think full on cartoon animated animals (like Top Cat or Garfield) would be better.


Re: HBO's Watchmen

I liked Watchmen for what it was and didn't think it needed to be expanded upon. But the trailer looks interesting, so I'll be checking it out.

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Movies & TV / Re: IT'S MAHVEL BAYBEE!! [OT] for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Movies & TV)

« on: July 21, 2019, 10:18:18 AM »

and that Phase 4 will contain 10 Films in total (as of right now)

05/01/2020 - Black Widow
11/06/2020 - Eternals
02/12/2021 - Shang Chi: And the Legend of the Ten Rings
05/07/2021 - Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness
11/05/2021 - Thor: Love & Thunder
02/18/2022 - (not announced yet - my guess: Black Panther: Vibranium Boogaloo)
05/06/2022 - (not announced yet - my guess: GotG3 - No, Seriously: Where Is Gamora?)
07/29/2022 - (not announced yet - my guess: Spider-man: Home Away from Home / No Place like Home )

While I expect the movies we know are coming to actually come during this phase, the only thing that's missing is an Avengers movie.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: The 'Merica Thread!

« on: July 18, 2019, 11:57:42 PM »

Wow. America beat Canada at hockey once? How'd they ever pull that off? You should also post America's victory at the World Cup to further show its mighty dominance in all things sports related.

Got you covered:

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: So are we joining in on that plan to invade Area 51?

« on: July 18, 2019, 08:37:55 PM »

I Naruto run for no man.

But what about the A L I E N S ? ?

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Movies & TV / Re: IT'S MAHVEL BAYBEE!! [OT] for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (Movies & TV)

« on: July 18, 2019, 08:35:15 PM »

So, Thor (of all characters) will be the first to get a 4th* movie?  I never would've guessed that coming out of phase 1, not sure anyone would.

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General Chat / Re: Amazing Deals!

« on: July 18, 2019, 08:27:06 PM »

That's probably been a long-term strategy for them.  They really don't need to sell products below cost anymore, unless they're aggressively pricing out competition (again).  I'll bet next year will be comparable to this year but will seem better as they take the foot off the gas a bit.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: So are we joining in on that plan to invade Area 51?

« on: July 15, 2019, 10:36:47 PM »

Yeah, I used to have that as my regular Friday night. . .until I took an arrow to the knee.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: So are we joining in on that plan to invade Area 51?

« on: July 15, 2019, 09:10:10 PM »

1) Arrested for trespassing on federal property
2) Shot by security
3) Getting dehydrated out in the desert
4) Added to terror watch list
5) Being put on the no fly list
6) Aliens not as thicc as advertised :/
7) Freeing aliens may lead to invasion of Earth

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General Chat / Re: NBA Thread: about to take our talents to Brooklyn

« on: July 15, 2019, 08:53:34 PM »

Nike drawing a line in the sand just seems weird to me. Trades and free agency will always make printing jerseys somewhat perilous. In this instance, James and Davis have both said they’re switching to #6 and #23 respectively just in 2020 now. Nike is going to end up with extra jerseys either way. Seems easier to just take the L on the extra James #23 printed so far.

I'm assuming there's leeway on players who are traded/entering free agency.  That being said, it's still a weird rule for players staying put.  I'm sure someone's done the math on why it should work that way, but Nike should just move the deadline to . . . idk something after free agency opens?

So, AD will be wearing number 3 this season.  This is after LeBron said he'd switch back to 6, but Nike stepped in and said "No can do, we already printed a year's worth of 23 jerseys".  The deadline to switch numbers is apparently in March, for some reason.

I guess that March deadline is so all the players that get traded at the February trade deadline can be made jerseys for their new team. Still this offseason I have learned more about the NBA than in years past.

Yeah, but a trade that happens "this season" is just as likely to make a non-traded player change numbers as a trade that happens "in between seasons".  But I guess there isn't a league-imposed deadline during the summer, so Nike doesn't have as much to build off of.

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Movies & TV / Re: (NEW Poll Added!!) New Movies/TV Shows we should keep an eye out for!

« on: July 14, 2019, 03:00:58 PM »

I didn't pick Aladdin, and I'm surprised it's doing so well! I should've figured since that kind of movie rarely gets a Hollywood backing.

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General Chat / Re: NBA Thread: about to take our talents to Brooklyn

« on: July 13, 2019, 08:56:45 PM »

So, AD will be wearing number 3 this season.  This is after LeBron said he'd switch back to 6, but Nike stepped in and said "No can do, we already printed a year's worth of 23 jerseys".  The deadline to switch numbers is apparently in March, for some reason.

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Movies & TV / Re: (NEW Poll Added!!) New Movies/TV Shows we should keep an eye out for!

« on: July 12, 2019, 05:31:27 PM »

LOLOL! Nice!