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ICantDoThatDave

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  1. While I agree with your assessment of the episode overall (especially on the "shoot" sketch being painful), I thought they very much shied away from "Sydney's hot" or "Sydney's a bimbo". Given recent episodes that centered almost entirely on "OMG the male host is hot" they really seemed to avoid that topic even in her costuming, other than the one Hooters sketch. Not saying they *should* have leaned into that, just that I didn't see them leaning into that at all other than one sketch. It was still mostly terrible, just not for that reason, IMO.
  2. What a weird collection of made up non-jobs these contestants have.
  3. It felt oddly appropriate to send Sam off having Jack get a guilty verdict no actual jury would have possibly delivered. I can see the deliberations now: Juror #8: "Well, there's no actual evidence he committed the crime, & there's another equally valid suspect..." Juror #3: "But... don't forget he did totally say something slightly mean about her once 6 years ago." Juror #5: "That's true. Did we hear any testimony as to why he would have said that 6 years ago?" Juror #1: <checks notes> "hmmm... nope. Oh well, it's Sam's last episode though so... everyone good with Guilty?" Other jurors "Sure, what the heck. Guilty."
  4. I watched "Family Hour" today, the one with the dysfunctional Senator's family, where he stabbed his daughter to death (who killed her mother/Senator's wife) & Nina said he stabbed himself (but had a confrontation with him earlier in the interrogation room). The one where the ME referenced the wrong "Crime Story" book. I just read over the thread in order to see other reactions & saw where people enjoyed Connie doing the closing (most of those posts are nearly two years old, so didn't want to quote them). But.. I thought Connie really undermined her own closing. Her point was that he was 6'1 180 lbs while the "attacker" was 5.5 110 lbs (I'm pulling that from - [recent, granted] memory, but could be off). Yet Connie demonstrated in her closing just how much damage *she* could do, by stabbing that book; how threatening she appeared with that knife in her hand. Just weird to me how Connie wielding a knife, showing how much damage she could do, was somehow shown (in the show) to be a reason to convict. Just strained my credulity even for Law & Order (which is saying something).
  5. Can the writers go back on strike, please?
  6. I'm curious as to how Dee handles the fallout from this. Sure, Sean told Sifu he didn't vote for him, so Sifu is now wondering who did. But... if Dee is smart, she should play it as if she's just as offended as Sifu is likely to be - as in "we all know Sean voted Sifu of course, so who voted for me?!?" And just tries to discredit Sean as having lied to Sifu to stir up trouble when Sifu inevitably brings it up.
  7. Chirrut had clearly watched Star Wars movies & simply knew that Storm Troopers can't hit the broad side of a barn.
  8. I haven't watched Walking Dead in years, probably since around when Rick "left", & even then I was kinda meh & just saving up shows, catching up when I had nothing else to watch. I tune in now, to this show, kinda randomly, &... Negan is still around?!? I'm back out. How many sharks can one show jump?
  9. Just watched seasons 1 & 2, back-to-back. I liked the show, but didn't love it. Probably a B- overall, IMO. I have no background on the show in regard to the stuff talked about upthread. I've played D&D, both table top & CRPG, so I appreciated the characters & the world building. The interactions were great, the supporting characters were great, the whole party was great. But the plot, the story, the encounters... were just terrible & ridiculous. The massive Plot Armor of the the party was a constant distraction. Outrunning constant Dragon Breath was simply eye-roll inducing. The Crouching Tiger leaps & bounds characters pulled off while fighting even mundane enemies was insane. Several of the super high-level enemies they faced should have destroyed this party multiple times over. In the opening to the first episode, we're shown the (later revealed) Blue Dragon just wiping an experienced party, to establish the threat. And I'm supposed to believe these main characters not only survived it, but later beat it (cause "hit it in the throat" I guess)? And they have now survived an attack by not just one Dragon, but several Old/Ancient Dragons (not to mention a Vampire Lord)? What freakin' level are these people? This is the type of campaign me & my friends used to run when we were 13-14 & didn't know any better - a "Monty Haul" campaign where we beat Dragons/Beholders/Chimeras/Mind Flayers/Death Knights... just 'cause it was fun & we kinda ignored the rules. Also, the number of times a character "died", but then not really, was ridiculous. Vex I guess was at least a plot point, but "OMG this character died! we all are sad! OMG they're fine now!" just happened waaaay too much. Still... I like the characters (Keyleth, Grog, & Pike are my favorites), & will watch season 3 when it comes out just for their interactions. But the plot is... waaay dumb & waaay over-the-top, & just ignores all the rules. The characters are the only thing that makes this worthwhile, IMO.
  10. The studios don't get 100% of the Box Office so it's going to need a LOT more than 200-250 million. Studios get the highest % from domestic (50-55% generally), less from foreign (33-40%), & the least from China (25%). A good rule of thumb is a film needs to make 2.5x its budget worldwide to break even. So if the $250 million budget is accurate, it would need to make $625 million to break even. That is highly unlikely at this point & would require almost unprecedented retention, word of mouth, & repeat viewings - like The Force Awakens or Endgame levels. They could easily wind up losing $50-100 million if the film has average-to-poor tails legs.
  11. True, I forgot about the Red Skull one - but again, there are no witnesses, other than Hydra agents. I think expecting The Howling Commandos to have heard him say it is a stretch - he would have had to pause in the middle of a (presumably losing) battle or firefight to say it to an enemy that could actually hear him. I'm not saying it's impossible that the general public would associate "I can do this all day" with Cap, just that from what we were shown on screen, I found it highly implausible.
  12. I still have no idea how the general public would associate "I can do this all day." with Steve Rogers. It's not something he would say often, like a catch-phrase. It requires a very specific set up & audience to be relevant. Then, of the 3 times we know he said it... 1) ...one was 80 years ago to one guy in an alley before he was even famous. 2) ...one was only heard by Tony before they fell out. I don't see Tony sharing that anecdote ("...& then he totally said X before nearly killing me lol!" 3) ...it was his 2012 self saying it to his Endgame self with no witnesses.
  13. Yeah, that blurb is one of those *highly specific* metrics rankings - like being the first left-handed baseball player to get a hit, out, & walk while playing a day game in September on a Friday. Or when Black Widow was the highest grossing movie of the year (for movies premiering on a Tuesday in July during a pandemic). This shows ratings are abysmal, even by CW standards. It debuted to 600k viewers. https://tvline.com/2023/03/15/tv-ratings-superman-and-lois-season-3-gotham-knights-cw/
  14. Jyn died before Luke ever left Tatooine. Unless the speculation was that she visited Tatooine a couple years ago on Space Spring Break then forgot she had a kid, I don't see that theory as ever being plausible.
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