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UpperWestside

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  1. Does anyone expect an honest answer from a guy who loves violating unsuspecting couch cushions?
  2. They sure did. I’m eagerly awaiting the regret posts we’ll be seeing from people as our economy spirals out of control while prices keep going higher. What a time to be alive to see 80 million buffoons get exactly what they deserve.
  3. Those of y’all on the mainland that live in cities or areas that get lots of foreign tourists are about to see your local economy go in the tank. The only reason things are okay out here is because we get a ton of tourists from Japan, South Korea, The Philippines and China. Canadians have the pretty much quit coming and Europeans are like seeing Bigfoot. The loss of tourism dollars will lead to thousands of restaurant closures, suppliers with much more product on hand, the closing of clothing stores and the hotel industry will get massacred as well. The f’ing around already happened and now the finding out will happen to Americans while TFG is busy trying to extort UCLA for money and skimming a few billion off the top on tariff money taken in.
  4. It was noticed. Cool, but easy to spot.
  5. Saw a clip of his highlights. Good on him for doing well. He got better blocking from the Browns line today than he ever had at CU.
  6. Yeah I went to a wedding in 2021 for two Italian Catholics and not only did everyone get a bottle of wine with their name on it, but the reception was down in Jersey. Drove an hour to ge there to watch all these Italians get trashed as well as everyone else there. I had stopped drinking well before then, but it was impressive to watch.
  7. Go see this one. Any critic that doesn’t like that movie should probably find a new line of work. 38 million very, very well spent.
  8. Definitely not off-topic when the moron put Trump hats and visors in the pictures of animals he killed. We should find a way to get this particular Cape Buffalo sponsored by this website.
  9. How many careers in movies and sports have taken a decided uptick once Helo says they are doomed to failure?
  10. I enjoy movies and shows with Brolin as well as Garner. She's really talented and I've seen the preview several times now. It seems like a really interesting plot.
  11. They made movies about that? I remember years ago seeing that game, but that’s all I remember.
  12. Good on both of them. I like that she no longer wears makeup. I think they’re both pretty cool people enjoying life.
  13. My favorite movie is from 2019 so I’ll just take that year.
  14. I mean it's impressive how quickly he saw that couch up there and made a beeline for some sexy time in front of God and country.
  15. This plays a big role as well. We all eventually get dated and settle into quoting the movies we grew up with or saw as young adults. It happens. Every generation will go through it and every single one will think there are no more good movies of their favorite genre because the style and delivery has changed. I’ll watch just about anything, but when I am incredulous about something I still fall back on are “You Serious Clark?” instead of something more modern.
  16. Well I say this about any movie and I think it will always hold true. We all like different movies and sometimes a movie that can be pretty popular may just fall flat with one of us. I said I did not enjoy the Superman movies I saw growing up and I know that some people found that to be odd. The only way I can say that might help you connect with the movie is to think that you're seeing a Polynesian Jew playing Hitler and that much of the movie revolves around the imagination of a child. I watched it from that perspective. I know I mentioned this years ago in the thread about the movie and that I got to hear Taika Waititi speak about the movie. AMC had this thing on opening night and it had some screenings at the UWS location by Lincoln Square with a sign saying Q&A. I asked about it and was told that someone associated with the movie would come out and talk about it after it was done. They had a screening the next morning for a Q&A of the movie so I got really lucky and the AMC app finally showed an open seat for it in the front row. At the end of the movie we are all surprised to see that it was Taika who came out to answer questions for 30 minutes. One random guy yelled out "Heil Hitler" (Recurring theme in the movie, especially with the Heil Hitlering scene later on in the movie with Stephen Merchant playing an SS agent) and Taika's like "Wasn't expecting that this morning!" I still have 15 minutes of video on my phone I took from that. He explained that he did the movie to warn about nazis and that they were again on the rise and that he was, in his words, "I should have to be making a movie warning people about nazis 75 f****** years later, but here we are." Again not everyone likes every movie and I think that's normal. This one just really hit home with me for several reasons, especially because my Oma was six years old when that idiot came to power and she turned 18 in January of 45 while her country was being destroyed. Just watching it through the eyes of a child who knows nothing else, but hate yet finds a way to change in the midst of unimaginable sadness perhaps makes it hit home more.
  17. I don’t say this lightly because I can’t send anyone to any place once they kick the bucket, but I hope they both go to hell. I also hope that they have to watch an endless loop of their own lives from beginning to whatever their pitiful end is, and that it never stops for the rest of eternity.
  18. Screw that. I’d sit down and finish eating and never go back. I am as patriotic a person as you will find. I will gladly go to bat to talk about the military and the history of the navy and marines in particular, but this faux patriotism really hacks me off. Call it what it is, a cult wrapped up in a grifter-in-chief, and go on about your business.
  19. I saw that movie several times as a kid, but I didn’t like how the predator looked. Sometimes I just can’t watch a movie based on something like that. The more I learn about myself and being neurodivergent the more I understand why I don’t take to certain movies.
  20. Jojo Rabbit every time it’s on for me. I don’t get to sit down often to watch movies at home, but that is the movie for me.
  21. @CurlyDumps mentioned this one, but Paul Walter Hauser needs some mentions. He is in the new Naked Gun and he was great in his role. The scene with him fighting the kids was, well, perfect for that movie.
  22. My favorite movie of all time. Say it! Say it!!!!
  23. The commute for fans is an easy one. People sometimes forget that the New England states are small and things are not that far apart. You can drive from New York to Boston in 3.5 hours or so. I have gambled, but one thing that does bother me is the inability now to talk about sports without the money someone has on a game. I also find it to be a good idea to get this team away from a gambling-fueled area. Boston is a really cool city with a rich history and love for basketball. I may be a fan of the Purple and Gold, BUT I can respect a city that cares about the game. Putting them there will be a good move for league revenue. It just won't be a good one for owners who wanted an expansion team there instead so they could collect millions in league expansion fees. I'll cry one tear for them.
  24. The snowman scene had me laughing hard. Completely out of nowhere to say the least. Those are the kinds of things that remind me there are still some off-the-wall funny people out there. We could all probably use more laughs like the two parts you mentioned.
  25. I don’t think anyone is there because it’s a hobby so I get that. The only thing I am attempting to say from my viewpoint is that the league was propped up financially by the NBA. If it had not been the league would have folded already. I have said more than once on this thread that I am glad the NBA paid to keep things going. It grew some loyal fans and a generation+ of women have had women to look up to in professional basketball. Had I been David Stern or Adam Silver I would have had the owners do what they did while knowing MBA revenue sharing made sure I still made money. The amount of money required of each team in the NBA to keep the league solvent was a rounding error for them. Now the women can make really good money and I hope the interest explodes going forward.
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