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Haley Center Basement / Re: Interesting Resource Worth Sharing
« Last post by GH2001 on January 15, 2025, 12:30:06 PM »Welcome Calvin. Is your last name Klein? Are you from Plano?
Do you have a dog?
Do you have a dog?
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Haley Center Basement / Re: Kaos' way behind movie reviews
« Last post by GH2001 on January 15, 2025, 12:29:21 PM »I couldn't help myself. I watched it anyway. Wish I hadn't.
The Catholic Church is guided by greed, power, corruption, and internal maneuvering/scheming. God is secondary. Okay, we kinda knew that. It's been that way for centuries. The slow, somber plod through that shady history as factions of self-serving bishops sought to elect a new pope was snooze-inducing. There were no new revelations. Popes are flawed, sinful, prideful men with public and private agendas. No kidding. Bore me more!
The cast had pedigrees. The Trinity Killer from Dexter (Lithgow, who I vowed never to watch again after what he did to my beloved Rita, and if I'd known he was in this I never would have started the thing), Fruity McFagg from Hunger Games, Voldemort, the once beautiful and now haggard Isabella Rosseliini (who never really did anything of note but look good 40 years ago), and a few others. They were all boring as paint drying on an eggshell colored wall.
Other than the STUPID "they are the most virtuous of us all" sickening twist at the end, there were two things that irked me and pretty much ruined it BEFORE the big surprise.
One, any random street fool could have told you 15 minutes in how their stupid election was going to end up. You knew from the earliest moments who would be elected Pope, so all the posturing, grandstanding, scheming, and plotting was merely a 90 minute waste of everyone's time. That was plotted like the worst Hallmark movie ever written.
Second, the liberal, progressive agenda was championed. Ordaining gays, ordaining women, abandoning the basic tenets of the faith was the "high road" while returning to God and the Word was sneered at as "backward." That right there, my friends, is the problem. I don't care what this stupid movie (or the awful Catholic Church) tries to tell you. The Word hasn't changed, isn't going to change. The Church - as portrayed in this movie - attempts to mold itself to the ebb and flow of societal constructs rather than helping society see, accept, and subjugate itself to God. That's a problem and one on which Hollyweird lands on the hellish side.
As for the "surprise" ending? Shove that up your bishop butt with a red hot poker and let it ruminate there.
I cannot believe Fiennes allowed himself to be in this travesty.
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War Damn Eagle / Re: NFL Head Coach Change Season Thread
« Last post by GH2001 on January 15, 2025, 12:23:38 PM »He...has a ring...
I think hes also done a lot with very little compared to most of the top teams and how much they spend.
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War Damn Eagle / Re: Portal Status
« Last post by GH2001 on January 15, 2025, 12:22:32 PM »With the influx of tackles from USC and VT, it looks like for the first time in fo-evah, we may have some real competition and choices to make on the O-line.
we may actually have a legit O-Line now. Hallelujah.
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Haley Center Basement / Re: Kaos' way behind movie reviews
« Last post by Kaos on January 15, 2025, 11:44:45 AM »Let me save you all two hours on Conclave.
For 1 hour and 41 minutes, it's a taught thriller in the world behind the walls of the Vatican after a pope dies and the process to elect a new one commences. There's secrets, conspiracies, back-biting, lobbying, and everything that makes your basic political thriller work. Then, there's the "twist" of the end when you realize this whole thing was a vehicle for "The MessageTM" and it sinks the whole thing. Such a fumble before the goal line at the end. The Atlanta Falcons were embarrassed (for more than just their usual existence).
I couldn't help myself. I watched it anyway. Wish I hadn't.
The Catholic Church is guided by greed, power, corruption, and internal maneuvering/scheming. God is secondary. Okay, we kinda knew that. It's been that way for centuries. The slow, somber plod through that shady history as factions of self-serving bishops sought to elect a new pope was snooze-inducing. There were no new revelations. Popes are flawed, sinful, prideful men with public and private agendas. No kidding. Bore me more!
The cast had pedigrees. The Trinity Killer from Dexter (Lithgow, who I vowed never to watch again after what he did to my beloved Rita, and if I'd known he was in this I never would have started the thing), Fruity McFagg from Hunger Games, Voldemort, the once beautiful and now haggard Isabella Rosseliini (who never really did anything of note but look good 40 years ago), and a few others. They were all boring as paint drying on an eggshell colored wall.
Other than the STUPID "they are the most virtuous of us all" sickening twist at the end, there were two things that irked me and pretty much ruined it BEFORE the big surprise.
One, any random street fool could have told you 15 minutes in how their stupid election was going to end up. You knew from the earliest moments who would be elected Pope, so all the posturing, grandstanding, scheming, and plotting was merely a 90 minute waste of everyone's time. That was plotted like the worst Hallmark movie ever written.
Second, the liberal, progressive agenda was championed. Ordaining gays, ordaining women, abandoning the basic tenets of the faith was the "high road" while returning to God and the Word was sneered at as "backward." That right there, my friends, is the problem. I don't care what this stupid movie (or the awful Catholic Church) tries to tell you. The Word hasn't changed, isn't going to change. The Church - as portrayed in this movie - attempts to mold itself to the ebb and flow of societal constructs rather than helping society see, accept, and subjugate itself to God. That's a problem and one on which Hollyweird lands on the hellish side.
As for the "surprise" ending? Shove that up your bishop butt with a red hot poker and let it ruminate there.
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War Damn Eagle / Re: Portal Status
« Last post by Snaggletiger on January 15, 2025, 09:39:09 AM »Too Tall Miller reported to be returning for the '25 season.
With the influx of tackles from USC and VT, it looks like for the first time in fo-evah, we may have some real competition and choices to make on the O-line.
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War Damn Eagle / Re: Portal Status
« Last post by wesfau2 on January 15, 2025, 09:11:50 AM »Too Tall Miller reported to be returning for the '25 season.
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Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum / Re: 2024-2025 Fighting Pearls
« Last post by The Six on January 15, 2025, 08:00:54 AM »22 point beatdown of a top-15 conference opponent? Without the nation's best player (eat shit Flagg-bearers)???
Sounds like #1 team shit to me.
'Twas a most impressive beat down
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Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum / Re: 2024-2025 Fighting Pearls
« Last post by AUJarhead on January 15, 2025, 07:16:06 AM »20
War Damn Eagle / Re: NFL Head Coach Change Season Thread
« Last post by Token on January 14, 2025, 10:00:10 PM »Miss Jackson asked, "What have you done for me lately?"
Yes, but I'm looking at it from Tomlin's side as well. I think the guy deserves better than what the front office has produced. He's not the only cog in the playoff win drought, I think he would do well with a fresh start.