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26 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:
And she knows this how?
Wasn’t there a big inquiry into what happened? I think some of the press was also arrested and tried in court so I’m assuming witness statements were taken. Her bodyguard survived so I’m sure he was questioned about the events of the night by any investigation into the crash.
To me, it was a perfect storm of a situation that multiple parties contributed to, where the removal of any one might have made things turn out differently. If the driver wasn’t under the influence and unfit to drive. If the press hadn’t been chasing them. If Dodi and his people had better experience handling these situations. Change any of these and she may still be alive today. You can’t say one thing caused the crash, like @Absolom mentions, but you can definitely say quite a few things contributed to it.
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44 minutes ago, Fool to cry said:
I'm glad for this board because there is an embarrassingly large number of people on Twitter who are media illiterate and don't understand basic storytelling who think Diana was an actual spiritual entity and not Charles's imagination. So many idiots irate that Diana was so complimentary to him. The fact that Charles doesn't freak out screaming when she appears should have given them a clue this wasn't the real Diana speaking from the spirit world!
Wait, some people think the show is depicting it as Diana's actual spirit visiting Charles and Elizabeth like Jacob Marley visiting Scrooge? Wow... I mean, I thought it was pretty evident it was Charles and Elizabeth imagining what they would say to her if they could talk to her.
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Yikes. Can't say I'm excited for this to return. If season 2 was unnecessary, this is even more so.
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3 hours ago, Maire said:
Getting to the part in The Crown that I remember vividly in real life. I think they are really twisting history with all of the co-parenting talk from Charles. I doubt they had such a friendly of a relationship at that time in their lives. This may just be a way of showing that C and D were in a good place before she died.
While I obviously don't know their personal interactions with each other, it seems from the books I've read and docs I've watched, that, while their personal issues may have gotten in the way and affected their parenting, both of them really loved the boys and wanted to be better parents then their parents were. It also seems like one of the things they could come together on, so I can see them having a discussion about being successful coparents and what it would take. I can't remember where I heard this, but I remember hearing that at this point, before she died, they were actually reaching out to each other for parenting discussion/advice. Whatever their issues were with each other, they wanted to do right by their sons.
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8 hours ago, Roseanna said:
Thus, the real story was in fact a classical tragedy: Diana had played with the media, not understanding the dangers of it.
I agree. That is the crux of her real story, which is neglected here. Her story is the classic someone playing with forces they don’t fully understand and in the end getting destroyed by it when they can’t control them. She used the press and its attention to gain attention and affirmation she wanted and to get back at the royals. She was unable to control the intensity of the press however, and the press and public just became more hungry and intense, helping lead to all the press intrusiveness she faced and the part they played in her death. In a metaphorical sense she was the lion tamer attacked and killed by the lion she thought she could tame. The show seems to paint her as just a victim of forces beyond her control, in this case that she was manipulated by Mohammed Al-Fayed into a relationship with Dodi.
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Just now, Fool to cry said:
Seeing old Magnum PI reruns reminded me Tom Selleck can be funny or at least goofy so it's odd they didn't play into that when they got him on the show. I guess they wanted him to be more of an adult in comparison to the guys. That's a bit of stunt casting that paid off later because 1) viewers remembered him years later and 2) unlike other exes for the characters he could believably threaten the Chandler/ Monica romance.
While I will always love Monica and Chandler, I thought that other then Chandler, Richard was the best relationship Monica had in the show, even if it was a little icky he was a friend of her family from way back when. They had good chemistry and I could have seen them staying together happily if the children issue hadn't come up. Even then, I thought the breakup was handled in a believable mature way. They loved each other but wanted different things and saw different futures for themselves.
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16 minutes ago, Roseanna said:
In the 4th episode not only PM Blair were not present but the tabloids were only mentioned although they increased the public's criticism towards the BRF, and especially the Queen, for staying in Scotland, and the reason was clear: they wanted to refocus the public's anger from themselves for buying pictures from paparazzi and thereby causing them to hunt Diana even more.
As it's said here before, it was the only time when the Queen put her family, especially her grandsons, first - but the public, or some of them, wanted her to put them first and comfort them because, as the Queen so finely put it, they "feel that they had known" Diana.
Afterwards William and Harry's walking behind the coffin is severely criticized, but at the time it was practically decided (at least on William's part) with the decision about the state funeral. The public wanted to see these two motherless boys who made the most moving sight.
I agree with everything you just said. I think the Queen was right to focus on the boys. Why should she be expected to lead the public mourning for her ex-daughter in law who had publicly attacked the institution and family the Queen was the head of?
I would argue also that while the public almost certainly did have feelings of guilt(I'm American and was 10 at the time so while I remember this in the news, I can't speak to the reaction of the British public) the more I read or watch about the reaction to her death the more I see the anger against the royals as being pumped up by the press in order to deflect from the role the press had in her death. You see videos of people yelling at the news reporters things like "You killed her!" or "Why didn't you leave her alone?" and the press reports of anger against the royals seem very much like deflecting the anger to another party.
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5 minutes ago, Roseanna said:
She didn't need to "arrange" them as she knew that there were paparazzi with longdistance lens nearby. When she chose to kiss Dodi in the place they were seen instead of suggesting that they would go to their cabin, she was either stupid or she wanted pictures about them were taken and published.
I agree. She had to have known she was being watched by paparazzi. She wanted those pictures taken. She knew how to avoid detection when she wanted to.
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All of them are sweet! I like that they released their personal statements on the same day. I'm betting they did that to avoid any one of them being harassed online that "so-and-so put out a statement! Why haven't you?"
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5 hours ago, tv echo said:
Dwayne Johnson Breaks Into 'You're Welcome' from Moana as He Reveals He's Shooting Live-Action Remake Next
By Alexis Jones November 14, 2023
https://people.com/dwayne-johnson-reveals-shooting-live-action-remake-moana-youre-welcome-8402017Ugh, just why? Apart from the fact I find the Rock insufferable and his persona an act, why remake a movie less then 10 years old? That's not even enough time to cash in on the nostalgia. I can categorically say I will not be seeing this, and is it wrong to say I hope it underperforms so Disney might finally give the live action remakes a rest?
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Give me Phoebe and Mike over Ross and Rachel every day. I hated them together, they both brought out the worst of pettiness and jealousy in each other, and the only reason I'm glad they got back together in the finale is that they can make each other miserable instead of inflicting their drama on other people. It's amazing to me the show fumbled their big romance when they were able to write good relationships like Monica and Chandler and Phoebe and Mike where they were able to keep people invested without making the characters unlikable by causing drawn out drama and forced tension. I know Ross and Rachel were end game from the earliest days, but the writers/showrunners should have seen that the characters had evolved beyond that romance and that they should let them stay apart. By being open to seeing how the story developed, they were able to write the best relationship of the series with Monica and Chandler, so they are able to pivot(heh) with a storyline if it's better served by going in a different direction. Why not do that with Ross and Rachel?
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Between this Guardians 3 and Loki season 2, I feel like Marvel is getting back on track, even if I feel like recent Marvel projects aren’t as bad as others have said.
I agree that Iman Velanni was the best part of the show. I must be a sucker for young superheroes because Spidey is my all time favorite superhero, and Ms Marvel is my favorite of the newer introductions to the MCU. She does well as a teen thrown into crazy circumstances and goes well portraying youthful exuberance and inexperience along with Kamala's fangirlish side, all of which could easily be overdone and come across as tiresome in the wrong hands.
This was the most I’ve liked Bre Larson as Captain Marvel. I feel like Larson needs the right scene partners to really do her best, as her best scenes in the first movie was with Fury and the Rambeaus, and her best scenes here were with the other 2 Marvels.
I was cracking up during the baby Fluerkin scenes. Playing “Memory” from Cats was an inspired choice.
All in all, the best superhero movie I’ve seen all year, and while I think it’s optimistic to think this will stop critics and internet haters from saying Marvel or superhero movies in general are dying, to me, at least, this is evidence that reports of their deaths are highly exaggerated.
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I will admit, if the pizza balls were like little pizza bites, kind of maybe hot pockets, that might be good, apart from being on a pizza. I would love like a little calzone bite. Pizza is my favorite food though, so I might be biased...
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2 hours ago, Morrigan2575 said:
Also that scene where Bratt ended up back in the mansion, the excitement of being in the fight, then the happiness realizing the kids escaped (with his help) followed by the sad realization that he was once again trapped alone in the house; well played by Long.
I really liked that moment as well.
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On 10/31/2023 at 12:29 PM, Tachi Rocinante said:
However, she knew her piece of crap invention didn't work and probably never would. She put people's lives at risk.
True. I didn't follow the case at all really, but wasn't her invention a cancer test that gave false results? That's really bad and definitely a risk to people who got false negatives.
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3 minutes ago, LexieLily said:
Paget Brewster (Kathy) posted.
Very sweet tribute!
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17 minutes ago, Bastet said:
They do if they suffer cardiac arrest.
I’m guessing that’s what happened. Hot tubs are not good for people with heart issues, which he might have had due to his substance abuse. I was born with a bicuspid aortic valve and had to have a coarctation of the aorta (basically one of my aortas was pinched and blood couldn’t get through) repaired and was warned since I was a child about overdoing it in hot tubs.
I am so sad for him and his loved ones. RIP Matthew. I hope the fact you have a lot of laughter and entertainment to the world gave you some peace and joy.
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On 10/24/2023 at 7:41 AM, Tachi Rocinante said:
I believe so, yes.
Between them not having baby Burns say anything, which is weird as having him say something would have made the connection that the baby is Burns easier, and the episode with Burns talking with a strange voice last season(can't remember which one, though) are they working Burns out of the show?
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On 10/17/2023 at 11:55 AM, lidarose9 said:
I'm watching this a year later and just want to add, for those of you interested in the murder of the Romanovs, the film "Nicholas and Alexandra" was very good. The screenplay was adapted from a book by Robert Massie written long before their remains were found. After the fall of the Soviet Union, more evidence came to light, and it turns out Massie's book did a good job of filling in the blanks.
The only point where his account lacked important detail (imho) is the fact that most of the men who took part in the massacre were very drunk that night. The Whites were breathing down their necks, they were nervous and scared, and they wanted to get the hell out of dodge. It was a sloppy, horrific operation. They made a huge mess of it, it was dark and there were so many bodies to carry out and heap onto carts. The room was full of smoke and blood. Some of the victims were still moaning as they were being carried out. The forest was pitch black. One of the carts got stuck in the mud. They had to dump them temporarily that night and come back the next day to dig a better grave. They literally abandoned the Ipatiev house that night after the bodies were removed. When the Whites arrived a couple days later, they found everything as it had been, including the bloodstained walls and personal items left behind.
Also the jewels were small and had been sewn into the gowns' seams so they'd be less obvious. It's an exaggeration to say the bullets bounced off the jewels.
It's all so sad. No matter what you think of Nicholas and Alexandra, they didn't deserve that. The kids especially didn't deserve that...
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That ending was tough, seeing their reactions to the pruning. Everyone sold the emotions of that scene.
Loved Loki and Mobius’ conversation over pie. I can really see where Mobius is coming from. You’d want to know what your life was like, but how hard would it be to see what you were taken from, especially if it was a good life with a lot of family and friends.
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2 hours ago, Affogato said:
But it is hard to see how they could have maintained the cannibalism jokes.
I agree. It sounds like that’s a reason why they went away from the concept.
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Today I learned the Belchers were originally going to be cannibals and serve their customers human meat ala Sweeney Todd. Safe to say, I would not have watched this show if that was the case…
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So glad to have this show back! Was not expecting the reason Mobius didn’t know Loki was what it was a different time. I’m interested to know more about that. I’m looking forward to this season. OB will be a welcome addition, but I think the Loki/Mobius interactions will be the real highlight, as always.
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I really enjoyed this series. As someone who works with books (library worker) and follows the bookish world/publishing, I found a lot of the commentatry on the publishing world rang true and added an extra level of enjoyment to me.
As for the ending, I wish it would have been less of a cliffhanger, but I suppose if this is a one-and-done it's enough to know they are taking action? I'm just glad they didn't make it that she chose the grease, as I could have seen them going for a tragic ending...
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Bob's Burgers - General Discussion
in Bob's Burgers
That sounds like so much fun! I know many places have digital/audio-animatronic puppets like him, but my only experience with one was the Mr. Potato Head carnival barker they have in front of the Toy Story Midway Mania ride at Disneyland. He actually picked me out of the lineup and, not going to lie, even as an adult it got me excited he was talking to me. I would have hated it as a kid, though. I get creeped out by being close to audio-animatronics, even though I can handle them now, but as a kid if one of those things talked to me I would run screaming...
I always love big Bob and his interactions with the kids. He seems to get the kids and has a soft spot for them and their weirdness.