Edgy MD

It opens sort of like Lord of the Rings, in that you need so much backstory to catch up with the layout that they bring you up to speed with a ton of narration accompanying shortcuts of the Lanternian history. (The narrator actually sounded like Alec Guinness.) Once I got that in my head, I started realizing that it had a lot of the same themes --- a ring of power coming to an unlikely holder, opening up the entire universe to a sheltered isolated people, but with him left to wonder why, in such a vast universe, the responsilbiitly has been left to him. Meanwhile, an unspeakable but relatively formless foe that had been defeated but not destroyed ages before has been inexplicably left unguarded and is gaining power. You get douchebags in the hero's company, and the allure and power of the dark-side-turning mentors. And I didn't like it and don't see people watching this five years from now. The big problem with all stories in the DC universe exists here: if a big evil spidercloud guy the size of Canarsie (sometimes he's the size of a city, sometimes he fits in a room, so I'm compromising) is threatening the Bay Area as his first stop in destroying the planet before going on to conquer any far off races that get in his way, why isn't Superman on the job? Where's the Flash? Hawkman? The Wonder Twins? Why is it left to a rookie? Some of these DC guys are just too omnipotent. In order to make threats big enough to challenge such godlings as these, the whole planet --- the very existence of mankind --- has to be in the balance. In every film! How can mankind survive in such a state perepetual existential crisis? The PTSD plague would turn us into a race of jibbering nincompoops. I really wish these guys would fight purse snatchers or car theives once in a while. Build a movie around them foiling a ring of nursing home executives bilking seniors out of their benefits. Anyhow, I realize that Iron Man has already established that, in superhero movies, chicks in Boston Proper cocktail dresses can be capriciously promoted to become CEOs of multi-billion dollar defense contractors, but at least Gwyneth Paltrow wasn't 23 or so at the time, like this one seemed to be. Give me an anchor of reality to make the fantasy more believable, you know? I can't focus on the screen with my eyes rolling all over the place, boobies or no. So, yeah, more of the same with these films. Some good ideas jumbled together on storyboard, but indifferently sewn into a semi-coherent script, apparently springing from the FX and design concepts, rather than vice-versa, culminating an a rather goofy climax*. But there was clobbering, smartassery, and legs, so congratulations, 14-year-old boys, the world is yours and not mine. * Did you know once you leave the Earth's atmostphere, you pretty much have all you need in outerspace, right there just beyond our communications satellites? You have big meteor fields and worm holes, and the Sun is like, right next door.

Serves Mets fans right for trying to be Cubs fans.

I'm adopting the man, and I'm adopting the name for my new emo band. Lara rained dominance down upn his fellow Dominican teenagers last summer, going 4-2 for the DSL Mets with a 1.97 ERA and a .209 batting average against. Twelve of his 14 appearances were starties. When you have a 0.95 WHIP, I call your name. In 64 innings, he yielded 2 homers and 13 walks against 51 strikeouts. Yeah, maybe nobody hits too many homers in the DSL, but I'll take Walter Johnson numbers when and where I can find them. Is that so wrong? He has yet to be unveiled stateside in the Gulf Coast League. Stay tuned.

The Atheltics are also in the afterglow of a managerial change.

There's a 3-D version in the theaters, if that means anything to you.

Way too little. They also put a lot of thought into slinky dresses, says Ms. Edgy. Comparable to Flash Gordon, I thought, without the self-awareness. So it wasn't camp and it wasn't quite earnest, and in between is a difficult place to land.

This guy remains in the orphanage despite the manner in which he's burning it up? I don't think so. Numbers at St. Loose. WLERAGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERHRBBSOGO/AOAVG822.44131300070622219522881.18.240 That performance has earned him a promotion to Backmanton just in time to screw him out of his scheduled start in the Florida State League All-Star Game. Fellow Saint Darin Gorski (won't someone adopt him?) took the hill instead. "Everyone wants to be recognized for the hard work and everything that's put in during the season," Harvey said. "Me being in my first season, it's a huge honor to represent the team and the organization in the all-star game." Sorry, Matt.

is Cobb number one?

Spitter, would you like to poll-arize this thread?

G-Fafif wrote: Every game I've been to thus far since the news (several), the Mets play a tribute on the video board to Carter. Always gets a big response. Twice I've heard such a chant go up and remain sustained shortly thereafter. That's my people.

Crazy thought, but now that the Mets are home, how about we start an internet pass-it-on campaign? We pick an inning in a hgh-profile game and start a GA-RY CAR-TER chant. When the chanting has caught on, folks can unfurl their get-well banners and make it an unofficial Gary Carter Appreciation Day.

That's for me me to report. Valdespin makes BA's 'Prospect Watch' (#7) for the week Why He's Here: .423/.464/.846 (11-for-26), 3 HR, 2 2B, 6 R, 6 RBIs, 2 BB, 3 SO, 4-for-4 SB The Scoop: Scouts never questioned Valdespin's raw tools, but they cautioned that the young middle infielder's game required a lot of refinement. Playing shortstop every day at Double-A may have afforded Valdespin that extra incentive he needed to mature. He's swiped 16 bases in 19 tries on the year, and in June he's turned on the power (five homers, .733 slugging) and tuned down the strikeouts (11 percent of at-bats). His performance may prove to be a statistical blip, but the Mets have to be happy with what they've seen lately.

MFS62 wrote: OThey've been bitching (my word) for years because there are 6 teams in their division, and it makes their division race tougher than in divisions with fewer teams. He added that the recent comments by the D-Backs ownership that they wouldn't oppose a move to the AL may cause the idea to grow some legs. It's a perfectly rational complaint. On dumb luck, an AL west team has a 34.1% chance of making the playoffs, and an NL Central team has a 24.4% chance. That's the sort of unfair we should all be against. And yeah, I have no problem with spreading inter-league games over the course of the season to eliminate it.

Quality pitching is ephemeral. Simple as that. It's always a bad bet in the long-term, and investing in a lot of good pitchers is always a better bet than investing in one or two excellent ones.

The Second Spitter wrote: I was mostly indifferent to Portman's performance. Her character was probably the most underdeveloped of any on screen. If their intention was to create a "plain Jane" character then it worked. But other than that, she looked good and delivered her lines efficiently. (Just don't expect a performance on-par with Black Swan). Changing Jane Foster's back-story probably added to the character, provided you buy into the fact she is an astrophysicist. If she's a plain Jane, why does she wear all her makeup to bed? Why is she walking around with nasty hair extensions and seemingly eyelash extensions as well? She's as much a glamour puss as they come.

Prequels are the way the game is going. Studios get to extend the brand with no obligation to re-assemble the cast, or necessity to amplify the action to incoherence.

Alejandro Pena came up recently as one of the pitchers Dillon Gee tied at 6-0. It's also the name of a guy in a celebrated Brazilian human rights case.

I have an opinion --my opinion-- that Citi Field is detrimental to power hitters. Great. Everybody agreed with you before the park even opened.

Caught robbing a Port St. Lucie bank.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Wow. The word of Jeff Francoeur. Talk about selective data. Come on. Take it easy and come back to shore. There's no solid ground at all under your feet. What's wrong with that theory? Wright confides to Frenchy. Frenchy disses Citi Field, couching Wright's gripes as Frenchy's own opinion. And how is this "selective data"? Or any kind of data? It's --possibly-- one baseball player's opinion that Citi Field's dimensions are ridiculous. Because you typically responded to self-serving quotes out of Francouer's mouth last year with "I see through that **********." Now that he's gone, the sudden creditiblity of these opinions are useful to your agenda. This is obvious if you'd take a step back. I'm not sure how this became a referendum on Wright fucking himself, but no, I'm not in favor of that.

Nobody said there isn't a park effect. And no, they're not everything. They're effects.

Gettting?

Wow. The word of Jeff Francoeur. Talk about selective data. Come on. Take it easy and come back to shore. There's no solid ground at all under your feet.

G-Fafif wrote: Jose Pagan, 76, Giant and Pirate World Series star. And what the hell is Lewy body dementia? Man, I don't wanna get old.

Finding the power stroke, JDV has two homers in the last four games. He's still at 12 errors, so maybe he's settled down. Righthanded hitters are getting just as much help on the other side of the diamond, where thirdbaseman Eric Campbell has 13.