LWFS

This... is unfortunate. I'm hoping this isn't chased with an Arenado trade.

WHEN THEY SEE US was faaaaaantastic, and should be watched by more people than it will be; I think it's considered more of a miniseries than a movie. (Though the lines do keep blurring for streaming fare.) RE: stuff I've seen in the last week. I was surprised by how little I liked THE IRISHMAN-- although I get what he was going for, it wasn't necessarily an improvement over earlier considerations of the same thematic/plot ground-- and by how much I liked ROCKETMAN-- weird and wooly and entertaining-- and THE TWO POPES (though it got a little Odd-Couple-y in spots).

Some critics argue that The Liberatore should be the national anthem, but those people often ignore the song's roots as a Georgian opiate-smoking song and its problematic associations with the induced-labor movement of the early 20th century. Besides, it's in Pig Italian.

=Ceetar post_id=30206 time=1579576150 user_id=102] yeah and the vast majority of MLB players are idiots too. Didn't a lot of pitchers get all whiny about steroids too even though they were just as roided up, if not more? Hell, plenty of pitchers get all up in arms about the shift too, even though they're dead wrong about it hurting them.

Whether you agree or not about its seriousness, the Astros' actions-- players included-- seem to have crossed a pretty serious line in the sand for a lot of MLBers, judging from the https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-cheating-scandal-players-react-to-the-many-layers-of-the-sign-stealing-fallout/vast majority of the dozens who've responded publicly (and that's just the Twitter-active ones). It's not hard to imagine that being a source of friction between an active participant in the cheating (regardless of how active you believe that to be, or how much it matters) and a player he's trying to motivate and direct, especially if said active participant is a little light in the experience-cum-authority department anyway.

Yeah, the "]I am WAY to much of a fan of Eltons to go see Rocketman. I'd be picking that apart Lolol

MOVIES I SAW (in order of preference): (updated 1/20) BOOKSMART US LITTLE WOMEN THE FAREWELL AVENGERS: END GAME DOLEMITE IS MY NAME LONG SHOT JOJO RABBIT ONE CHILD NATION MARRIAGE STORY ROCKETMAN THE TWO POPES BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON THE KINGMAKER THE IRISHMAN SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON III MIDSOMMAR SHAZAM! CAPTAIN MARVEL THE REPORT STAR WARS: RISE OF SKYWALKER THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART HARRIET JUDY FROZEN II ON MY LIST, YET: 1917 AD ASTRA A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEMENCY THE DEAD DON'T DIE FIRST LOVE (HATSUKOI) FORD V FERRARI GLASS GOOD BOYS HIGHWAYMEN HONEY BOY HUSTLERS I LOST MY BODY JOHN WICK III JOKER KNIVES OUT THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO LATE NIGHT THE LIGHTHOUSE LITTLE WOMEN MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD PARASITE 6 UNDERGROUND TERMINATOR: DARK FATE TOY STORY 4 UNCUT GEMS VELVET BUZZSAW WEATHERING WITH YOU YESTERDAY ZOMBIELAND DOUBLE TAP It bears noting that I liked almost all of these, to some extent. Like, FROZEN II ended up being my least favorite because I just happened to rate all of the new releases I saw a bit better; it never gave me the worst-movie-ever feeling. I think I'm being a lot more careful with curating my movie time (and/or giving all of my crapwatching mental energy to episodic TV/streaming fare).

Martinez will be a MUCH better fit in the AL. Good God, that's a big dude.

After I got my kid into Queen-- honestly, once you play the song "BR" for about 90% of kids, the work is done for you-- she ended up taking the ball and running the length of the field with it, to the extent that she goes deep-cut-heavy when asked her favorites ("Innuendo," "I'm Going Slightly Mad," "The Show Must Go On"... though "Somebody to Love" makes the cut, too) AND ended up being the one who called my attention to the opening date of the movie. In preparation, I took a quickie swerve through Queen history just to see what minefields I'd have to be prepared to discuss with her, post-flick (she was eight at the time). So... the basics of the Freddie personal history, basic band history, discography chronology, and all that. I didn't notice every single distortion in real time, but there was a sort of creeping feeling of "Wait, did that actually" at more than a few junctures. It's not like the movie is a terrible film. It's just... there. Though when one considers the fact that it flattened out aspects of the main character that were KINDA key to how much he means to a lot of people (and, likely, his actual personality), and that it distorts the AIDS announcement timing for cheap melodrama, and that it was all approved (if not pushed) by his ostensible friends, well... the there-ness curdles into something a little more sour for me. I mean, if you're going to play that fast and loose with facts... at least do something more interesting (see: the weird-ass, shaggy-dog-as-stage-outfit-tale "Rocketman").

Among many other more trivial things are these big 'uns: -- Queen hadn't been on hiatus before Live Aid; they were a tight, well-oiled touring machine at that point (which is part of the reason they were able to pull off such a tight set on short notice). -- The breakup prior to Live Aid is an invention, presumably for dramatic convenience; also an invention, then, is his being an asshole over going solo, and that being the reason for their breaking up (he wasn't even the first to record a solo album-- Roger Taylor, the guy who scoffs at his solo ambitions in the movie, had recorded TWO before Freddie made a move to do so himself). -- The AIDS diagnosis came a few years after Live Aid. Which... well, Freddie Mercury's diagnosis and subsequent public announcement were a huge deal in terms of acceptance of AIDS patients as, y'know, human beings, so its usage here as emotional glue to foster the band's reunion following an imaginary breakup seems... a little cynical and untoward, at best; at worst, it's gross tragedy porn.

It's tough to be sensational-- or even the least bit edifying-- when you're not being, y'know, honest about the subject. In both form and content, it's the kind of biopic you tend to get when some of the subjects are directly involved with the making. Malek is really good, but he's buried under a pile of sanitized-cum-bowdlerized stuff that lightly crucifies the dead guy in service of serviceable biopic material that isn't emotionally or factually true... and those teeth.

=whippoorwill post_id=29989 time=1579294372 user_id=79] That's just it. What's the big deal? They all do it.

A damn delight.

=Ceetar post_id=29944 time=1579223297 user_id=102] Beltran was a good choice and still is. This probably isn't even top three sign stealing scandals

I mean, they could have hired me. I don't have any managerial experience. [smirks nerdily] [Pushes glasses up bridge of nose]

I wonder if he wanted to. I wonder if he was counseled not to, by a colleague or work superior.

Vic Sage wrote: i find it amusing that it got a nomination for editing, but whaddyagonndo? And that 1917-- whose whole thing is edited-to-look-like-one-shot-- didn't.

Building a rationale... https://twitter.com/nypost_mets/status/1217545480923688961?s=21https://twitter.com/nypost_mets/status/1217545480923688961?s=21 Integrity is a buzzword with the Mets. Just not something the Wilpons actively practice. INTEGRITY (In 'teh gri tee) Dithering just long enough over a difficult decision that it's taken out of your hands, or gives you semi-plausible cover; leaking gossip anonymously when you defame, so as to not be directly responsible in any attributable way "I know some of you have been counseling rash, decisive action, but hey, let's show some integrity here, and he just might resign our way out of this." -Excepted from Wilpon's Dictionary, Fifth Ed.

=kcmets post_id=29833 time=1579190410 user_id=53] =LWFS post_id=29826 time=1579189471 user_id=84]I feel like we explain this on here to someone, like, once every 9-12 months.

I feel like we explain this on here to someone, like, once every 9-12 months. #bulletproofcoffee #gingkobiloba Anyway... figures that we'd take the slow boat to an announcement, with copious leaks and low-level/anonymous employees leaking their opinions to the media. Verrry on-brand, as the young'uns say. Now, if they let him go, it looks all the more as if they got bullied into this. If they stand behind him, it looks mealy-mouthed rather than strong, no matter what's said. In concerning themselves first and foremost with public opinion, they fuck themselves in the court of public opinion.

I'm with Edgy on this. My fingers were starting to drift toward my cell phone to fiddle until that banquet. The deaging did NOT work so well, did it?

=TransMonk post_id=29803 time=1579133580 user_id=71] Lupita Nyong'o wuz robbed.

Think Eddy Perez would take El Esta Aqui's sloppy seconds?

I mean, he's an asterisk. Hired-but-never-managed. Anyway, more importantly, if Beltran is out... who's likely in? Luis Rojas? Tony DeFrancesco? Mike Bell?

MOVIES I SAW (in order of preference): BOOKSMART US THE FAREWELL AVENGERS: END GAME DOLEMITE IS MY NAME LONG SHOT JOJO RABBIT ONE CHILD NATION MARRIAGE STORY BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON THE KINGMAKER SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON III MIDSOMMAR SHAZAM! CAPTAIN MARVEL STAR WARS: RISE OF SKYWALKER THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART HARRIET FROZEN II ON MY LIST, YET: 1917 AD ASTRA A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEMENCY THE DEAD DON'T DIE FIRST LOVE (HATSUKOI) FORD V FERRARI GLASS GOOD BOYS HIGHWAYMEN HONEY BOY HUSTLERS I LOST MY BODY THE IRISHMAN JOHN WICK III JOKER KNIVES OUT THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO LATE NIGHT THE LIGHTHOUSE LITTLE WOMEN MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD PARASITE ROCKETMAN 6 UNDERGROUND TERMINATOR: DARK FATE TOY STORY 4 THE TWO POPES UNCUT GEMS VELVET BUZZSAW WEATHERING WITH YOU YESTERDAY ZOMBIELAND DOUBLE TAP