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Many of the MCU "A-Listers" are on the A list because of the MCU. Evans wasn't A-list based on his F4 work and Downey was arguably a has been before IM. Had anyone heard of Tom Holland before Civil War? Just because some rumored Surfer isn't well known doesn't mean it can't be true. Maybe...

I don't know who that first guy is but that isn't metallica.

Have they said how long this movie is? It feels like there is a ton of plot just to get to the gratuitous Thanos fight scenes (and it appears there's at least two). I have faith in Feige and the Russo's but just the sheer number of characters in this is overwhelming.

I don't know about the past several years but they used to do most of their casting from the aspiring actor ranks so even if they know anything about survivor it's doubtful they'd be willing to come in a bit flabby to make life easier. There's a reason the fatties/uglies are the ones tagged as...

Babbage's/Software Etc had a book section with walk through books that helped solve some of those ridiculous puzzles. I don't know if anyone ever bought those books because they were all tattered and worn from kids reading them in store. I remember using them for some Zork and Planetfall...

I guess maybe it isn't too bad then. Early game you're less likely to face instant death jumping into an FTL inhibitor but with the dependence on hyperlanes any defensive fleet worth its salt in a chokepoint system will camp the inbound point. I feel like I should know this answer but can you...

Maybe I'm misunderstanding but this seems an overly harsh fix to an early game only problem. If I'm in a war of conquest late game I have to basically suicide a manned science ship into an opponent's core system in order to invade? Or does a sensor range >1 bypass the lack of intel?

I fully realize that the autists will just find something else to rage about but the whole thing could be solved with like two lines near the beginning of the fight. "Their shields are blocking our projectiles...we'll have to 'gravity' bomb them." "We're inside the capital ship's gravity...

Article about MoviePass's business model which I think most of us assumed. They are losing money but are slowly working contracts with studios for promotion and metrics. They are also pressuring theaters for a cut of concessions. For example they claim that MoviePass accounts for 62% of AMC's...

I agree. Plus there's a reasonable argument that Vikings fans from across the northland are more likely to travel to MSP in the dead of winter over fans from somewhere else. The locals will ensure all the non-game festivities are well attended too.

The real kicker is that the kickoff spread was Vikings -5.5 so that kneeldown for the PAT made NO the gambling winner.

2018 taxes. If you're expecting a bigger refund in April you'll have to wait a year but you should see bigger paychecks in Jan as less is withholded.

I know it's kind of how the comic ended but I think it will be a weak finale if Thanos "wins" but then the whole war is undone by Nebula or whomever and all the various characters are freed up for their individual movies as if nothing happened.

It looks like the $6.95/mo but prepay a year was just their Thanksgiving sale. They're back to $9.95 a month one month at a time now. Without the prepay it seems like a no brainer. Star Wars alone will get you your December's worth plus my family typically goes to a couple movies over...

They have the Inhumans and several others that have appeared on TV. I think they were originally slated for the big screen but might just be relegated to TV only now. edit: I suppose depending on his fate in the two Avenger movies Adam Warlock would be a good candidate for some movies.

One thing I don't get with these movies is the dependence on comic plot lines. I bet a very small percentage of Avengers viewers are familiar with the source material. I mean we're talking about only 6 issues from 25 years ago. If the MCU showrunners come up with new plot lines that fit the...

Yea, it will be interesting to see if they pick another big, long-term plot after Infinity War to unite the universe. We've already seen the basic blueprint though with antman, spiderman, and the other new to the MCU characters. Have the more established characters show up in cameos while also...

Saw it yesterday. Loved it. The only thing that felt off to me was human Bruce. I like Ruffalo and I get that he would be disoriented by what happened but it seemed like his personality was totally different than his avengers appearances. He works as a straight man to IM's eccentricity but...

One of the best comments from the reddit thread: Can't have a disappointing world cup if you don't even qualify. (taps forehead)

I'm not sure being a "private" university offers any protection here. With very few exceptions (places like Hillsdale College) they all take federal money in one form or another. edit add: the threshold I saw for accepting federal money is $10k, which is peanuts for even a small private school.

I've thought that multiple times this past week. Who's fucking idea was it to reuse the same colors at the top end of the scale. Make the top end shit brown or something so we can at least make jokes about getting dumped on or something juvenile like that.

This just reminds me that ASOIAF autism is nothing new. Twenty years ago when GRRM first started using the name "Jeyne" there was all kinds of arguing over whether it was pronounced Jenny or Jane. Apparently it pissed old man george off enough that he made Reek say it out loud in a later book...

Ghost is actually the secretly legitimate heir to the wolf throne but his real name is Nymeria so to avoid confusion with Arya's wolf they decided to just cut his scenes.

I'm hoping the whole Aegon name is just the show writers being bad and picking an obviously Targ name. If that's Jon's real name in the books it makes even less sense considering the "first" Aegon survived and is also contending for the throne. Has the show ever named Rhaegar's two dead kids?

So yes, the boxer won a boxing match, but as a 80-20 mma to boxing fan Mayweather's win did nothing to move me any more to the boxing side. If anything it just put more nails in the coffin for my boxing watching future.

I heard Conor loses his share of purse if he goes mma, but I think his mma stock would shoot over 9000 for all the mma only fans who find this king of fighting boring if he would just body slam him when he turns sideways

hammerfists were cheapshots yea, but mayweather showing his back like a pussy deserved them

Yea, it's stuff like that that annoys me the most about this series. It would be fine if they just totally ignored logistics, raw materials, travel times, etc. but they'll include it as a plot point in one episode and then completely counter and/or ignore the idea in another episode. I don't...

Can you imagine if they would have cast Sheen as Euron. They could have included tigers hooked up to IV's on his ship and have him end his conversation with Jamie with "winning".

You act like HBO isn't going to charge the same amount for the BluRays even when it's only 7 or 6 episodes.

Regarding the Arya/Jon reunion, I'm kind of curious how a faceless man would react to someone coming back from the dead. I have no expectation that the show writers would even address it and you could easily explain that Arya no longer subscribes to that religion but for all the emphasis that...

I thought I remembered last year after Ramsay died that the producers said there would be a new "bad" guy that would be hated even more than Ramsay ever was. It was hinted if not outright stated that Euron would be that guy. Am I totally misremembering this? I'm in the camp that thinks Euron...

I struggle with this too. I think the biggest problem, at least for our American attitudes of sex=bad, violence=ok, is that the first couple seasons really went overboard on the sex. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it when it aired but fuck if I want to explain plot points to my teenagers from...

I just don't see any way they can make Euron a bad enough guy to really care about. What made Ramsey bad occurred over seasons and was strong enough to turn the prior bad guy into a sympathetic character. They can certainly attempt to have Euron do worse things than Ramsey did but I don't...

I can totally respect not liking DC movies but I'm gonna need you to take back the gay comment sir. There was nothing gay about this movie. Even in my imagined deleted scene of Connie Nielsen and Robin Wright tutoring Gal on Clio's Treatises on Bodily Pleasure it still wasn't gay.

Saw this last night and enjoyed it. I am curious about the future of the DCEU though. It seems like all the DC heroes are too powerful without obvious limitations so any believable villain will have to get absurdly powerful. Which of the suicide squad would even last 10 seconds in a fight...

If GRRM really subscribes to Chekov's theories than it's no wonder he's having problems finishing the series. There's literally thousands of "guns" sitting out there needing a final purpose. edit add: I think Gendry's purpose is truly finished. He served the dual purpose of showing that true...

Interesting theory. It's reasonable to me to assume Cersei wasn't always as polished a cold hard bitch so not killing the child is in the realm of possibilities. I would have a problem if that is the direction the show goes though as Gendry has been non existent for a couple of years. He...

If HBO doesn't get this done they suck cock by choice. I'd be more than willing to accept some ancillary cast changes and/or omissions as long as Ian and Tim return.