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metsmarathon wrote: whenever i go to the mall, i park at sears. clearly, it's usually where you get the best spots. I just bought a grill from them and put it together while gravity tried to dump acorns on my head. It seems like you guys are saying this is worth seeing.

metsmarathon wrote: don't forget, in just 15 days, arbitration opens up, and you all can lay a serious financial whooping on me! whoop whoop!

Because I love last minute things (football always sneaks up) Anyone want to hop into a football league? Draft's Thursday. http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/832368 No longer can sign up via id/password, have to pass me your email and I have to invite you directly. I think this is a ryder in the Patriot Act.

Zvon wrote: Logo looks kool. For me this all hinges on who's gonna play Batman. too far away to get excited for me yet.

cooby wrote: I'm sitting here, involved in the gentle art of embroidery, an in the tv room my husband is watching Hansel and Gretel. It sounds horrible. All I hear is screaming, grunting, shreiking, clashing of iron, and what sounds like cannons (?). Am I right to think it sounds awful? Has anybody seen it? re-reading this, are you sure he wasn't just watching porn? ;-)

I'm amused by the little twist, kind of want to watch it.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I thought it was okay. A little too long, but not nearly as much so as Superman Returns was. Michael Shannon made a good Zod (much better than that creepy guy they had on Smallville). I liked that they held off on introducing Lex Luthor, and that there was no mention of kryptonite. Kryptonite is as deadly to Superman stories (it so easily gets used as a crutch) as it is to Superman himself. Yeah, save that for later. Though they did make some allusions to it with the atmosphere on the ship stuff. They did a pretty good job of establishing the whole Superman world, Smallville, Lexcorp, Lana, etc were all there, in some part, without being explicitly mentioned. I wouldn't be surprised of there was a scene or two that seemed innocent enough but that they can flash back to in the future as foreshadowing. I feel like I want to state this at every super hero movie reboot. (more applies to Spiderman than Superman here, but it's going to come up with Batman again too) I enjoyed this, but I really don't _need_ to be told the same Superman origin story he's the son of krypton bit every time. Is there really anyone that would be confused if they read a random comic arc and made that into a movie? Superman is iconic, we don't need long explanations about who he is. Restarting every time limits how far into the lore they can really get. I'd love to see for instance, a Spiderman reboot that starts with his first encounter with the alien venom suit.

Wait, did no one actually see? I enjoyed it. Wasn't "great" or anything, but fun. Amy Adams. Origin bits were a bit long as it takes a while to actually get to the main plot. Quite a bit of action on Krypton to start the movie and then all of a sudden Clark's 33. (Hello Jesus?) And you skip all the good 'ole midwestern American values stuff except for a couple of flashbacks and some references. On one hand they overdo some of the origins stuff and then they skip some alltogether, but I guess the thought was a more casual audience probably doesn't really know who Zod is, so you have to develop that character a little bit. So this movie is really about Cal-El taking the first steps along the legacy Jor-El wanted for him and really committing to the whole Human Champion thing. Oh, and a whole lot of damage. They pretty much demolish Metropolis. Lots of fights and wreckage. fun stuff, that. Plenty of silly easter eggs, just that I caught. From things like someone getting hit into a "108 days without an accident" sign and the 1 and 8 falling down, to plenty of Smallvile shots to make it clear they're near the farm I guess. One Lana sighting where she sorta stands up for him. A Lexcorp oil tanker gets used as a weapon. Lois is pretty well done I thought. I've very used to Erica Durance in that role, but this was good too. I really need to go back and watch the last couple of Smallville seasons I missed. they weren't as good as the early ones, but still.

TransMonk wrote: Oh....you're right, you're right, you're right. If I add up the totals in the final screen shot above, they do include Wheeler's stats...he's just not individually listed on the breakdown. No worries then...they just presented it very confusingly. Thanks for checking...this had been worrying me all day. Well you got me worried! In the other league, much like the Mets, I'm relying on Zack to get me some much needed points.

I almost forgot to start him myself because I had him in the Minors slot and he didn't get the little ^ But look at your IP totals for Starters Total and compare it to the pitchers listed. missing 6IP. I think it worked fine, but I'm gonna email them about it anyway. http://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/43/playercard?id=15962 seems to be showing up there too at least.

interesting. I have Zack in my other league, let me check.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I thought it was pretty good as a time travel thingy, but then, it was also a telekenisis thingy. Too many thingies for me. I like this in it hinted at evolution and how society might adapt to mutations and time travel and what not. The villain* so to speak was a more evolved version of it all it seemed, and it touches on the dual path that is often presented with such power to use it responsibly or for evil. I think BioShock Infinite spoiled it for me a bit though (Which is fine, it seems like some of the 'best' stories are video games, not movies, these days) and an aside, I don't know if this is the movie, or Starz, or what, but the volume of the conversations as compared to the action was jarring. I actually ended up putting on the closed captioning.

Vic Sage wrote: i mentioned their screwing around with the origin story above. They're currently shooting the next installment, with Jamie Foxx as Electro. Yeah, I sometimes Google what's filming with the thought of wandering around nearby in a Mets cap. Wandered through a crowd shot of Ninja Turtles that way.

Finally saw this. Beyond the silly reboot (did anyone see this that DIDN'T know the origin story?) it just.. are we sure it wasn't a Godzilla remake?

Might just be Taxi'ing, but I love that he scooped the beat writers by posting an Instagram picture of himself at Busch Stadium.

metsmarathon wrote: shoot, i must've blinked... Wife wants to see this, so we might this week/next weekend. Someone want to tell me where I should make sure I don't blink?

TransMonk wrote: Ceets making my April magic look like nothing now. and now you're 6 points ahead. come back!

Edgy MD wrote: This guy's gonna be a beast. Truer words are rarely spoken. It's a good time to look above and review Adam Rubin's jive-assed Twitter tirade. He supposedly said something about it last night too, although I missed it in the commute. here: "Get amused (and then block) when people retweet things from when Matt Harvey was in Triple-A. He was not the same pitcher. Everyone says it."

My brother's applying to college soon. I should make him watch all of these first.

Edgy MD wrote: Good one. There was sorta a romantic angle in that, wasn't there? in Orange County? I think so. I think they burned down an admissions building too.

TransMonk wrote: Yikes! This was pretty bad. Apatow's wife plays a pretty mean witch. A fake couple fighting for 2-plus hours. Did they really expect anyone to find this flick endearing...even with the cheap joke/gags? Paul Rudd is a guy I want to like...but I'm going to have to see more from him. I feel like he could make better choices now that he has a resume. Step out of you comfort zone, Paul. agree about the comfort zone, although I do like Paul Rudd and I laughed enough at this movie to enjoy it. It wasn't good or anything, but zany and funny enough. Holy Lost spoilers though. I probably should watch the last episode already..

Orange County?

yawned through this one last night. My biggest take away was that Julliannae Hough looks a lot like Kaley Cuoco.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Didn't someone else have this problem? Let's see if an auction for Jason Bay fixes things... Think Russell Martin caused the problem. I dumped him (and it dumped both) and re-added him which seemed to work.