2 hours ago, cezero said:

He used some Norwegian actress to play Leia, but I get your point. 

Both Leia and Tarkin had motion capture provided by different actors. 

CGI Tarkin was a big misstep. His presence was never convincing. It would have been ok had his appearance been limited to the reflection in the window or a hologram, but he got nearly as much screen time as Ben Mendelsohn and it was just distracting. 

Frankly, I'm kind of bored of movies about Death Stars and the rebel-empire conflict. I want to see more Jedi. 

calling shotgun is the polar opposite of douchey

The host that Man in Black encountered at Wyatt's camp is the same one that greeted him 30 years ago

This episode solidified the theory with the reappearance of the host who used to be the park greeter when William arrived 30 years prior

Younger
The Knick
The Fall
Banshee
Halt and Catch Fire
Humans
iZombie
Catastrophe
Orphan Black
Outlander
Silicon Valley
Rectify
Walking Dead
Homeland
Justified
Call the Midwife
The Affair
Once Upon a Time
Switched at Birth
Teen Wolf
The Strain
Power
This is Us
Westworld
Black Mirror
Atlanta
The Good Place
Ray Donovan
Jonathan Strange
12 Monkeys
Kingdom
Agents of Shield
Orange is the New Black
Mr Robot
Fargo
Gotham
Narcos
Casual
Difficult People
Ash vs Evil Dead
Supergirl
Love
Sense8
Arrow

Saw Arrival last night. Jeremy Renner's character serves zero purpose. He's a theoretical physicist whose expertise isn't put to use once. 

Kingdom. It doesn't get the attention it deserves because it's a DirectTV show. 

I subscribed to the theory that William is the Man in Black the moment he put on the white hat, but it's so obvious at this point that I'm kind of worried it's all a red herring. 

This confirms the dual time period theory and that the scenes with Bernard and Dolores are actually depicting Arnold 30 years prior

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/5ctwfo/we_have_seen_the_basement_before/

On 11/12/2016 at 4:36 PM, wopphil said:

More and more, I think Trump's victory is the fault of leftist policies that a vast majority of Americans despise. Not just Obamacare, but things like outlawing plastic grocery bags, transgender bathrooms and sports teams, opposition to police officers (remember that meeting Hillary had with Michael Brown's mother?), and the constant war on business. People had enough and took out their frustrations through their votes. Democrats should stop advocating the extreme positions and pay more attention to the middle.

Clinton et al. don't represent the left. They're more center-right than anything. Trump won because Clinton neglected to address the working class and by sabotaging Sander's campaign, she alienated an enormous segment of the population that would have otherwise voted against Trump. 

9 minutes ago, wopphil said:

No man in California should make that little money.  If you are making only minimum wage, work two jobs. 65-70 hours a week at minimum wage will put you at $35,000. And if you have a half-functioning brain, you will quickly find yourself making more than minimum wage. 

Those aren't livable earnings in California. And no one should have to work 70 hours a week to make ends meet. This type of sentiment suggests that you've never had to work a minimum wage job. Were you born into privilege? 

Sure, we need more skilled people in the primary sector. We need more nurses and engineers. We also need people in the service industry. Furthermore, raising minimum wage would be a good thing because it increases consumer demand. 

It was one of my most anticipated shows and it lived up to the hype. I'm most curious about Teddy. They gave the impression that he was a human at the beginning and he seemed shocked that the bullets didn't affect Ed Harris. I know they're not able to harm visitors, but are they even supposed to fire at the them?

Video of Ryan Lochte and his friends causing trouble at the gas station

http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/olimpiadas/rio2016/noticia/2016/08/video-do-posto-de-gasolina-mostra-confusao-com-nadadores-americanos.html

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Where did Heyman get his information? If I'm not mistaken, the Angels offered Pujols about 20 million more than the Cardinals. 

Hey, man. You need to stop eating so much rice and beans and eat some of my "rice and beans." 

I might be in the minority, but I don't find the conclusions to many of these story arcs very satisfying. They were naturally developed over the course of 5 seasons and with 14 episodes to go it feels like the writers are scrambling to wrap up everything with a neat little bow. 

Green Room leaked a couple of days ago. Solid thriller

1 hour ago, nate said:

HBO released this image.  I guess so we can try to unravel who has a claim to the Iron Throne.

Cersei is the rightful heir because she was Robert's wife and no other Baratheons exist. However, anyone can come along and take it by force. 

I'd probably trade Lewis Brinson for Matt Shoemaker 

On 6/22/2016 at 2:12 PM, gotbeer said:

Coincidentally.  This is what is happening in Arlington.

Rangers' new stadium will cost taxpayers additional $300 million

The title alone is patently false. The parking surcharge (which typically goes to the city in these cases) is instead going to the owners, mitigating some of the city's financial burden caused by things like bonds. It's merely an alternative to bank financing and not the nefarious scheme sites like Deadspin are making it out to be. 

Doesn't really make sense to enforce this unless you have carpet. Shoes on carpet don't even bother me unless they're heavily soiled. 

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/19/hollywood-reacts-anton-yelchin-death

I wouldn't exactly call a 197 wrc+ over a full season a "fluke." It's more of an outlier. That's not a reasonable standard for any player not named Bonds. 

Admittedly, I don't know how battled ball data is calculated on Fangraphs, but I think it's a very small part of the equation. Grichuk reminds me of JP Arencibia who's also had decent batted ball profiles but has never been a good hitter.