Recent content by Wombat

The Trailblazers were sold off in September, and this was widely expected this offseason regardless of how the team finished. Allen's will dictates the money goes to charity, so its not like the current owner / executor gets anything out of the SB win. Bezos / Ballmer / Bill Gates are the...

The question for the Dolphins being how much of this is to make room for new hires for the new GM / coaches, giving them cap space to eat a trade / release of Tua, or both.

Eh, I would have liked to have seen Lyonel in action, though the show may not want to paint him in too bright a light if it gets to Aegon's reign. Honestly, the Humfreys get the raw deal - Beesbury gets, what, four words of dialogue? I get the audience is supposed to care about Baelor, but they...

If prior expansions keep their trends, judging from the roadmap https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-letter-to-players-jan-26-en Update 47's additional Quests and Missions will add to the existing Defending Mur Ghala wrapper pool. Update 48's new zone will have a new wrapper quest, and I would...

I enjoy a good troll as much as the next guy, but 1) You have to get to the SB to lose it. 2) Not all teams have been in the league for the same amount of time, and thus haven't had the same number of opportunities to lose. 3) Win% in the SB is more relevant - The Pats being 50% is to be...

To be clear, trailers attached to other movies has become less and less of the overall marketing, with social media campaigns on stars' and directors' accounts taking more importance. The problem being that those posts tend to be insular, and if you want to reach a wider audience, you need to...

Spider-Man 4 is, just like the rest of the Tom Holland movies, released by Sony, but is a Marvel production, with at least some level of profit sharing going to Disney. But if your argument is correct, that would further suggest it is an industry-wide issue: The only Sony releases with any lead...

Actually looking at the movie release schedule, I'd argue this is more than a Mandalorian issue, this is a Disney in general issue: Did you know there's a Toy Story 5, coming out in four months? Why would you, there's no trailer. Did you know Spiderman 4 is still coming out in five months...

The bait-and-switch meta-ad has been done a thousand times. You (sorta) show the horses and the sleigh in the Budweiser style, you do the beer ad voicecover, you pan from tauntaun legs to Grogu at the reins - then smash cut to the actual trailer. Here, they... didn't bother to do the second...

Completionist or not, I would (again, for this thread) recommend his short(er) story material. vGrade mentions Edgedancer, but most of the rest of Arcanum Unbounded is worth your time, Tress of the Emerald Sea and to a lesser extent Yumi and the Nightmare Painter are charming, albeit aimed more...

My opinion hasn't changed with time: It's better than Rhythm of War, but that's not saying much. It's waaaay too long, with Adolin's chapters being basically the only high point. The ending does shake up the world in some very real ways. Some specifics are very unclear, however, and will...

Going back to before the season, the entire reason I didn't think the Patriots were a real contender (or would even make the playoffs) was their Oline. Get them a couple more Oline guys for the rotation and they could be a real contender next time around, though I doubt their path to the SB...

I had the Seahwaks up 7-10 points at Halftime, and squeaking out a win by 3-4 points after second half NE adjustments, so accurate so far.

Boston and Seattle aren't the biggest markets. Obviously there's a lot of money in Seattle and its not that far a flight to San Fran, but not a ton of it is native to Seattle. And a lot of Boston has already had all the opportunities to go to a Super Bowl they could want.