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Wifey enjoyed the flick. She rates the Anderson movies much the same as I do and proclaimed that this one was the best since (but not as good as) Tannenbaums.

My wife is seeing this right NOW while I'm watching the Mets game. She went with a friend to one of those fancy theaters we have that serve wine. I'll update the thread on what she has to say. This all but guarantees that I will not see this film until some time next year.

Wes Anderson is one of those directors who makes movies that all seem the same to me. I've seen all of his features and would rate them as getting worse with each new film. From best to worst: Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited. Fantastic Mr. Fox did buck this trend, but mostly because I found the animation fascinating and I didn't have to look at Owen Wilson's nose. The wife is a big fan (of both Anderson and Bill Murray), so we will end up seeing this one eventually.

Sorry...you have to highlight the bottom of my post in order to see...the text is the same color as the background.

The more I think about it, there have to be sequels that bridge the gap between this one and Alien. There are way to many questions left unanswered that lead me to believe there will be more...otherwise this movie was worse than I originally thought walking out of the theater.

I saw this one last night. It is pitched as Ridley Scott's quasi-prequel to the Alien film series, but other than the opening title and the last 45 seconds of the movie, it stands on it's own as a philosophical sci-fi flick. Earth scientists that discover mutiple cave paintings are funded by an aging, dying man to travel into distant space to find an ancient species that they believe started life on Earth. Things get dicey as circumstances are not what they first seem to be and alien-infested hijinks ensue. Ridley Scott can still create an amazing visual film. During the first scenes on the huge transport ship, the references not just to his 1979 Alien film, but also the sequels are evident in the design and feel of the shots. The Alien series world is definitey visually represented in the film, even if it is very rarely referenced by the plot or characters. The story was almost too big for the film. Unfortunately, the philosphical who-are-we and where-did-we-come-from questions were attempted, but were lost in the tension of the action sequences. I definitely sat through the second half of the film with a feeling that I wasn't entirely sure what was going on and that there would be a big "AHA!" moment...but it never came. The acting was decent, but again, the character development was overshadowed by the action and granduer of the situations. Michael Fassbender playing the obligitory Alien series android was the best of the bunch. I was amazed at the amount of actors in this movie that were playing characters with different accents than their native one: Noomi Rapace is Swedish, but had a British-ish accent Michael Fassbender is German born, but moved to Ireland at the age of two, but had an American/British/Android accent Guy Pearce is an Austrailian, but had an American accent Idris Elba is British, but had an American accent Charlize Theron is South African, but had an American accent Patrick Wilson had a small role; he is American, but had a British accent I guess I was hoping for more of a true Alien prequel, so I came away slightly disappointed, although, I would have most likely been disappointed in a true attempt anyway. I will definitely watch this film again when it comes out for home viewing, as I feel there is a lot that I missed in trying to keep up with the action. I wouldn't mind immediately revisiting the original Alien now, too. This film was better than most but not excellent.

Cool blog. I sent him a friend request on Facebook. I won't hold my breath for a response.

I finally saw this and was pleasantly surprised. Not a great movie, but a very good movie...much better than I thought it would be.

I wouldn't put it in the Shaun of the Dead gory-comedy category, but I did laugh out loud more than a few times.

OK...so this is the horror movie that everyone is talking about how they can't talk about. I like a good horror movie...my wife doesn't. She's out of town this weekend, so I took in a matinee that she would never agree to go see. It's been hard to like horror movies since over the past 10 years it seems like all studios are doing are ripping off good horror from the 70's and 80's with remakes and reboots of Jason, Freddy, dawns of deads, massacres in Texas and houses on the left. And his was only after studios were finished ripping off good horror movies from Japan. Well, for the first time in a long time, an original horror movie was made. The Cabin In The Woods is truly a premise that I have never seen pulled off. It is getting good reviews and I had managed not to read any spoilers or summation about it's plot...which was hard for me to do since it has been out for 2 weeks. I was less impressed than I thought I would be, but impressed none-the-less. And of course, like all of the reviews are saying. I can't give too many details on the plot without ruining the fun of the movie. The story is almost clever. It is certainly unbelievable as most horror stories are, but entertaining and unique. My biggest problem was the actors playing the college students. IMO, the dialogue was over the heads of the actors, and some lines, if delivered better, could have turned this really good movie into a great one. The exceptions are Bradley Whitford (he's a 'Sconnie, I'm a 'Sconnie) and Richard Jenkins, who are excellent in their roles (as they usually are). I had fun...and I highly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys horror movies. There is the typical gore, camp and small amount of crude humor that appears in most horror films of today. And again, it is refreshing to see something different for a change.

In the attitude of fairness and sportsmanship...I have Coco Crisp who went 0-5 in the first game. You can add him to the list. But, I'll understand if nothing can be done.

I guess that's what I meant by "work" yesterday.

Yeah, I thought I had my lineup set last night, but I guess it reset everything either at the end of the draft or the start of the season. Luckily, Coco Crisp was the only player I would have had going this morning and he was 0-5.

Could be coolish...if you're into doing the work. I'm OK with whatever goes down tonight.

Speak for yourself on the overbidding. Like I said in the other thread, I won't raise a stink either way...but my preference is to proceed with the way we were originally drafting and have Fman's team sit out.

Personally, if someone wants to pick up the abondoned team, I would rather they do it once the rest of us have our rosters in order. I understand that this would put this potential GM at a severe disadvantage, but I have a feeling that having the second half of a draft/auction with one GM having nearly all of their cash means that it is going to be really hard for the other 11 GMs to find value for the small amount of cash that we have left. I guess I would rather have it be extremely hard for one person than somewhat hard for 11 people. Just my opinion. I'm up for anything.

metsmarathon wrote: i'm going to have a hard enough time sneaking bargains pas the lot of you all. but a guy with a full wallet - sheesh! This. But whatevs. I blame Fman and his lack of patience.

Muddy Chicken wrote: Hello! Just wanted to introduce myself to the forum. I'm a friend of metsmarathon and am pretty pumped for this league. The draft last night, although slow, was quite fun. I'm not a Met's fan, but I do hate the Yankees. That's just as good, right? Welcome! Are you a Sox fan? I think the price you paid for David Ortiz was one of the best values of the night.

I'm glad. I agree that Muddy shouldn't be saddled with the phantom Nelson Cruz.

Not for nothing, but I was kinda of relying on the tiredness/drunkeness/boredom of a long draft as a stategy to try and make some late, cheap moves under the radar. I think this break in the action is going to allow for a little more studying and deal searching by everyone now that all of the GMs have an idea of how the auction and league works. Good for the league...but prolly worse for me in the long run, considering my plan going in. But I'm feeling OK about what I got last night.

Very cool. I was just thinking of this today.

*avi...I'm losing it today. Seriously.

Got it. I'm reading through on all the stuff on Fangraphs and it sounds fun. The last time I played fantasy baseball was 1991. I was the youngest owner in a keeper league that held a live auction. Back then I would wait for the Sporting News to come out on the weekend that listed all of the stats for all of the teams and then I would look all of my players up and keep their stats by hand each week. The commissioner would release standings every month printed by a service on a dot-matrix printer. I haven't played since the advent of internet stat compiling. I'm looking forward to it, but am admittedly a bit rusty on the process. I'll brush up and be ready to go on Thursday.

Is this NL only or both leagues?

I'm in. Miracle Monks