951

(304 replies, posted in Episodes)

Ooooh Denethor's metaphoric dinner.  Nice get on that one.  And I cannot wait for Orc draught.  I consider your offering not lame at all, Mike.  Between what we both have planned we'll have some well fed commentary.

952

(304 replies, posted in Episodes)

And yes....I fully intend to plate and serve these with their corresponding scenes.

953

(304 replies, posted in Episodes)

954

(304 replies, posted in Episodes)

Ill be posting my menu later today so you can cook along if desired.

955

(57 replies, posted in Episodes)

Yeah...sorta kills the idea I had.

there are quite a few .m2v to .mov converters out there.  Even if you're using a pc based system, I would still recommend keeping everything in some kind of QT file.

957

(1,649 replies, posted in Off Topic)

I think it's important too....and I think Invisible Children by and large does great work, but I also believe it oversimplifies the problem.

THe guys who did the last PA also did the very real Catfish, which I enjoyed a great deal.

959

(80 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Pukey and I know each other well.

960

(67 replies, posted in Episodes)

I actually enjoyed the finale.  I can't cheer for the cancellation too hard because I have friends out of jobs because of this, but I'm sure everyone will land on their feet.

961

(48 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Never got into them, but I do respect the notion of "Hey, we're young sidekicks and we matter too."

962

(48 replies, posted in Off Topic)

To be fair, as comic guy, I never liked super hero groups.  Justice League and Avengers, with the exception of a couple runs, have been boring.  It's exhausting having END OF THE WORLD problems to solve every week, and yet unless there is one, there's no reason to hang out together.

The exception is the X Men, who come together because of persecution, and see the school as a safe haven.  That can create interesting stories.  Not, "We're rig and powerful so let's hang out together and punch space in the face until it bleeds."

963

(48 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Yeah, Cliff Barton is an expert marksman at every kind of projectile weapon, but he prefers a bow with gimmicked arrowheads.

Basically, he's Marvel's version of Green Arrow, a super hero with a slightly more plausible origin and reasoning.  I never cared for him, but he has his fans.  Black Widow as written is much more about espionage and subterfuge.  She's written as more assassin-y in the books, but here she's just a chick with a 9mm.  I love that circular shot, EXCEPT for when she's reloading a 12 round clip into a tiiiiiny pistol.  Dammit woman, you're standing next to a God.  COME CORRECT!

964

(255 replies, posted in Off Topic)

Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Feast for Crows (re-reading) by GRRM.

965

(43 replies, posted in Episodes)

Jeffery Wrights definitive role was as Jean Michel Basquiat in the 1994(?) film Basquiat.  He's great in that (which has just a great cast, David Bowie as Andy Warhol, Dennis Hopkins, Parker Posey) but he's also been in Casino Royale and a bunch of other stuff.

966

(80 replies, posted in Episodes)

I sorta know him too, as we made Knudson Menace together.  I also got to film that car when it was the Mr Fusion Delorean.

That's right, he did a full restore to a Mr. Fusion, tore it down, and rebuilt it to an A car.

No, Cris just got popped for roiding.  Puts her wins in a different light.

Ah, Marloes.  I had the pleasure of filming her back in 2002 and she is such a great lady.  Badass in the ring, and completely elegant and humble outside of it.  I ran into her back in 2007 when I was editing the Abu Dhabi Championships and she got 2nd.  Great people over there in Amsterdam.

....and then there's Cris Cyborg....

She has the benefit of living in the Bay Area, which is just a cornucopia of good places to train.  The places she trains at is a greatest hits list: Fairtex for her Muay Thai, Gilbert Melendez for her Wrestling and I think she even treks down to Half Moon Bay to roll with Joao Peirini.  You can't walk more than a mile in San Francisco without running into a world class camp.

Amanda's been doing alright lately.  She still has a lot of development to go.
Her instincts are good, she doesn't shy from punches, and she circles away from the power hand.  Her takedowns are basic, but her size works in her favor.  Her punches on the ground are very disciplined and come at a steady clip.  So yeah, she's off to a good start.

971

(17 replies, posted in Episodes)

Totally off topic, but my wife got me a new Bike for Christmas.  It's a blue, red, and white Schwinn, and I named it MURRICA.

972

(17 replies, posted in Episodes)

It's a mangling of his name that stuck within comic book fandom.  Not sure where it started.

973

(85 replies, posted in Off Topic)

doty
...and iJim

974

(198 replies, posted in Episodes)

975

(23 replies, posted in Episodes)

One director I thought of that doesn't necessarily have A thing but more like two extraordinarily different things, is David Gordon Green.  To wit:

George Washington
All the Real Girls
Snow Angels
Pineapple Express
Your Highness
The Sitter

...and oh by the way, he's the Executive Producer of Eastbound and Down.

And OMIGOD James Mangold directed Heavy?  Check it out if you've ever seen it.  It is a bizarre, sad, little film.