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ok, but why do you think "CGI movies" cannot have a good, well-written story? I submit, as Exhbit A, the LOTR trilogy.
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How good is Wins Above Replacement as an evaluative stat? Where can i find 2009 WAR stats?
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Effects aside, there is sufficient meaning to make this more than mere spectacle. It has a moral worldview, whether one is sympathetic to it or not. It has an archtypal narrative which, while not groundbreaking, hits the right notes to work. Dismissing it out of hand is as silly as lauding it as a life-changing experience. It's simply an excellent SF epic, with great FX.
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FARGO is from 1996, and RIPLEY is from `99.
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As for ranking the LOTR films, its not necessary. They were shot together to tell a single story. I think its appropriate to treat them as a single work, despite the commercial necessity of splitting it up into 3 films.
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don't hijack ths thread. I like the Bourne movies, for what they were... well directed action. They've picked up the 007 mantel and added moral ambiguity. Damon is very good in the series. As for the asswipe from the NEW YORKER, his list is consistent with the magazine. Pretentious bullshit. Its about the appearance of intellect, without having to condescend to the actual applicattion of intellect. Its a coffee table list.
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My Top 10: Almost Famous Batman Begins Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Kill Bill I & II Lord of the Rings I, II, III Moulin Rouge Once Slumdog Millionaire Stranger than Fiction Unbreakable another 40 worth mentioning: 300 A History of Violence American Splendor Bad Santa Billy Elliot Bourne Ultimatum Chicago Children of Men Crash Curious Case of Benjamin Button Dark Knight Donnie Darko Fahrenheit 9/11 Ghost Dog Ghost World High Fidelity Ice Harvest In Bruges The Incredibles Invincible Juno Lars & the real girl Last Samurai Little Miss Sunshine The Matador Memento Michael Clayton Million Dollar Baby Mystic River No Country for Old Men Pan's Labrynth Shrek Sin City The Tao of Steve There Will Be Blood Wall-E The Watchmen Wonder Boys The Wrestler X-Men 2
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Cazale was a well regarded theater actor in NY when he started his film career. That's where he met Meryl Streep, doing work at Joe Papp's Public Theater. He was engaged to Streep while making DEERHUNTER. the director, Cimino, and Streep kept the fact that Cazale was sick from the studio, who would have had major insurance problems if they'd known. Not to be insensitive, but i think his sickliness added to the character.
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john cazale - * GODFATHER I & II, & DEER HUNTER won best picture Oscars, * CONVERSATION & DOG DAY AFTERNOON were nominated - died of bone cancer at age 43
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i would think his value is as a 30hr 2bman. If he moves to LF, his value becomes greatly diminished.
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well, you know what they say about sports writing... A myth is as good as some bile
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I don't think LaRoche is comparable, in that NJohnson and Matsui got the contracts they got only because they are damaged goods that can't play every day. LaRoche is 30, healthy and relatively productive, with a decent glove. His career OPS is around .840 (OPS+ over 120). I bet he can get a 3-5 year deal, at around $8-$10m/yr. He's not a .300/30hr guy, but a .275/25hr guy with a decent glove, in the prime of his career, who plays every day, isn't going to get a low-end deal. I'd prefer him to Murphy, though. And Ike can play the OF.
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30 Johan Santana 29 David Wright 28 Pedro Feliciano 27 Carlos Beltran 26 Luis Castillo 25 Francisco Rodriguez 24 Jeff Francoeur 23 Daniel Murphy 22 Brian Stokes 21 Angel Pagan 20 Gary Sheffield 19 Carlos Delgado 18 Fernando Tatis 17 Nelson Figueroa 16 Patrick Misch 15 Sean Green 14 Mike Pelfrey 13 Omir Santos 12 Fernando Nieve 11 John Maine 10 Bobby Parnell 9 Ken Takahashi 8 Elmer Dessens 7 Jose Reyes 6 Ryan Church 5 Alex Cora 4 Tim Redding 3 Cory Sullivan 2 Schneider 1 Oliver Perez
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class of 2010: Dwight Gooden Darryl Strawberry Davey Johnson Frank Cashen class of 2011: Mike Piazza Bobby Valentine class of 2012: Rube Walker Jane Jarvis
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Mets are middle of the road as has been suggested here several times by some memebers when we read in the local rags about how terrible the system is. Actually, "middle-of-the-road" is a best case scenario. The way they were ranked, they could be as low as 25 out of 30. For whatever that's worth.
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if we wanted a TTO, we should have signed Dunn last year. Heck, i'd take Gorman Thomas. Rob Deer, anybody? Nah. Just give Kingman a ST invite.
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Edgy DC wrote: No one's questioning fans' rights. They're trying to objectively analyze the move. oh, please. yes, lets pretend my point was about "fans rights" instead of the more obvious point that the "right to be pissed" was a rhetorical flourish in support of Firecracker's expression of anger, and Smeggie's attempt to mollify with the standard "oh we don't know how these moves are going to turn out." you stood up here and CROWED when the rumor went around that Wagner was going to retire. Now that Boston gets 2 picks, including the #20 overall, its "lets wait and see" and a straw man "fan's rights" discussion. The Mets were a rich team dumping salary, and getting back a guy who looks on paper like an older, less accomplished Dan Murphy, rather than take a shot at 2 first rounders. It was a bullshit move then. And its proven to be a bullshit move today.
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i'm sorry Smg, but many of us thought it was a short sighted deal AT THE TIME. How it turns out, no one can know. But Wagner was a commodity who was dumped to save money. Now we don't have the #20 pick in next year's draft, plus a supplementary round pick. Fans overpaying for seats, parking and hot dogs have a right to be pissed.
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was that so hard?
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[u:2aqlh8pf]YES[/u:2aqlh8pf] Roberto Alomar Bert Blyleven Barry Larkin Tim Raines [u:2aqlh8pf]BORDERLINE - YES[/u:2aqlh8pf] Alan Trammell Mark McGwire Edgar Martinez [u:2aqlh8pf]BORDERLINE - NO[/u:2aqlh8pf] hArold Baines Andre Dawson Fred McGriff Don Mattingly Jack Morris Dale Murphy Dave Parker Lee Smith [u:2aqlh8pf]NO[/u:2aqlh8pf] Kevin Appier David Segui Robin Ventura Todd Zeile Ellis Burks Andres Galarraga Pat Hentgen Mike Jackson Eric Karros Ray Lankford Shane Reynolds
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Martinez and Baines do not get in, ever. Their careers were extended due to the bastardization of baseball known as the DH.... that is absolute and total bullshit, at least as far as Martinez is concerned. He was one of the most deadly hitters of his generation. If there were no DH, they'd have plunked him at 1b. You can't take away points because they played in the AL. Obviously, they get no BOOST from defensive contributions, but i don't get the logic of diminishing their accomplishments because of the rules they played under and how they were used by their managers. If you have an issue with the DH, write to the commissioner. Don't penalize HOF-caliber players. Certainly there are already 1-dimensional players in the HOF (ozzie, reggie, etc), so it is only a matter of whether your 1 dimension is of a signifcant magnitude to warrant HOF consideration. To automatically reject a player from consideration because he was primarily a DH is unfair, agenda-based, and frankly lazy.
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Mets & Pirates only teams not represented by a warm body great company we're keeping... here's one of my son's favorite jokes: Q: "why are pirates called `pirates'?" A: "I don't know... they just arrrrrrrrr"
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carpenter led the other 2 in ERA, WHIP and adjERA+ Carpenter Lincecum Wainright
