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IGT #8 4/14/15 Harvey Home Opener vs Phillies
RealityChuck replied to Ceetar's topic in Archived Game Threads
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I don't suppose anyone has seen this (it was never released into US theaters, though it's on Netflix), but is is a wonderful stop-motion animated film about a girl from Australia who starts up as a penpal to a random New Yorker. It is certainly one of the best animated films of the past ten years, filled with some very funny (and adult) humor and with a poignant ending. Definitely not aimed at kids, which is probably why it no US distributor wanted to handle it. The voice cast includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Eric Bana, and Barry ("Dame Edna") Humphries. [youtube:2n6zgp3d]MgRjB8PEDkM[/youtube:2n6zgp3d]
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Who's demanding assholes?
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I think the statement is better understood if you consider that Murphy probably intended "gay lifestyle" to mean "gay sex." It's not controversial that straight men don't like the idea of gay sex (otherwise they'd be gay or bi). Murphy is saying that, he doesn't like what gays do in bed, but that doesn't mean he can't be civil and friendly to a gay man. Though it's kind of a silly thing to say by someone who's on the trade block -- the team is less likely to keep him if he becomes controversial.
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Likeable, but it's mostly John Ford highlighting his roots, and it's all very slight.
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Well, this is clearly the Oscar favorite (if he leaves the garbage can to vote for it). http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/02/20/big_bird_actor_carroll_spinney_spoofs_the_movie_birdman_video.html
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Black now looks like Yukon Cornelius. "Ground balls bounce!"
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The first time in each time period, the year was clearly indicated with a title. From then on, the characters (and, I think, the cinematography and lighting) kept it all straight.
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MFS62 wrote: In addition to Academy Award nominations for Best picture, best actor, best actress and score*, it was nominated for Best Editing. Editing is one of those things I always thought was like Umpiring - if you noticed it, it was bad. But when I walked out of the movie, I told my wife that I thought the editing was good, and its probably the first time I ever said that about any movie. And I can't explain why.I think it was the way they were able to keep the parallel stories separate; you always knew which time period was being portrayed, even when there was no subtitle to point it out. I did think it was an excellent film; I've seen a lot of good ones this year.
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Mays's "decline" was primarily due to the fact that he misjudged one fly ball in the playoffs. Admittedly, Mays was known to be a terrific defender, so that sort of thing was unusual for him, but everyone makes mistakes. And he still could hit: his OPS+ in 1972 was a healthy 131. Mays wanted to retire then, but was persuaded to come back one more year. He didn't play all that well, but his OPS+ was 81, so he wasn't exactly an embarrassment, especially since their regular center fielder, Don Hahn had and OPS of 67 (and it was higher then Grote's and about the same as Harrelson's). About the only thing he was guilty of was not being a young Willie Mays. The myth is probably the second biggest bit of counterfactual "common knowledge" in Mets history, almost as bad as the myth that the Mets should have known not to trade Nolan Ryan (all statistics -- including modern ones -- show that Ryan was regressing at an alarming rate and was likely to be a bust).
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I had forgotten he was a Mets coach; I remember mostly as the Red Sox's ace in the 60s. And that his name translates to mean "My little bouquet."
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Call me old fashioned, but I think Robin Ventura's was the best MLB single.
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The Great List of Mets Baseball Progeny
RealityChuck replied to Edgy MD's topic in New York Mets Talk
First baseman Mike Glavine, whose brother pitched for the Mets for a while. -
Bosch knew he wasn't going to cut it. My favorite quote from him was when he told Don Cardwell (who came over from Pittsburgh with him for Dennis Ribant), "You're the one who's gonna make the trade look good." I think the bird was a warning that the team was planning toucan him soon.
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I don't think I've seen ten new movies this year, but from those I have: 1. Birdman 2. The Grand Budapest Hotel 3. The Book of Life 4. St. Vincent 5. Interstellar It came out in 2012, but I didn't see it until this year: 6. Blancanieves
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Animated film produced by Guillermo del Toro about two Mexican boys/men who become entangled in a bet made by the rulers of the afterlife, set on the Day of the Dead. Personally, I think this was the best non-Aardman animated film in years. The style is eye-popping, the characters well drawn, and the plot continually serves up surprises.
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Saw this -- hard to say which performance was better, Murray or Keaton in Birdman. A more traditional story, but played to the hilt. Murray is excellent, as is the actor playing the kid. Noted that Naomi Watts was in both this and Birdman.
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Nominated for seven Golden Globes (the most of any movie), including best actor, best supporting actress, and best comedy/musical. The Golden Globes is a bit of a bogus award, but it's a nice honor.
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The characters from the original reprise their roles. My wife (who's going through a Kevin Spacey kick) insisted we see this for her birthday. Spacey was great in his three minutes of screen time. The funniest thing in the movie were the closing credits, and I spent the entire film hoping they'd arrive soon.
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Sandy has said that some people (especially the team doctors) have talked about the idea, but it hasn't gotten past the "is this a good idea?" stage. The DL would allow the team to bring up someone from the minors to spot start, so it's better than just skipping a turn. It certainly is something to consider, maybe only until September 1, when there will be bodies available.
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Keaton and Norton deserve Oscars and Emma Stone was pretty damn good, too. The movie went into all sorts of unexpected places and dealt with a bunch of fascinaing issues. It's funny, dramatic, and fascinating from start to finish. I discovered that the cinematographer also did Gavity. That should give you a real "oh, yes" moment. A great film from start to finish.
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Michael Keaton as a washed up actor from a superhero franchise, who tries to revive his career by directing and writing a Broadway play. Edward Norton as the unpredictable star and Emma Stone as Keaton's daughter.
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I saw it this weekend and was very impressed. People talk about the science (which, while good in cosmology and physics, is so-so in biology), but the real strength is the human story, which is very touching and effective.
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Wow, a baseball player gets pissed off at his manager and swears at him. This is certainly the first time this had happened, and I'm sure Terry will need years of therapy to get over hearing such an offensive word, especially since he undoubtedly never heard anyone use it before, or ever had a player curse at him. This will probably scar him for life! Or longer! Why on Earth is this news?
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Big surprise. I guess they're looking to not worry about as prospect who'll be ready in four years and not give up any of their pitchers. Let's just hope this works out. The Mets' luck with established free agents has been terrible.
