Posts made by Arkandel

@surreality Well, shit.

@Lotherio said in Good or New Movies Review:
***=That was the only scene that got cheers in your cinema?***

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@Selira This was my favorite scene from last night's episode:

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@Three-Eyed-Crow I think we might not have as much of the story resolved yet as we currently think we do. We'll see, though.

After all a certain character spent a great deal of time during the episode doing... something, and we don't know what it is.

I agree with @Aria on how dark the episode was (as in, I can't see what's happening) but wow, that we can have something like this on TV is still unreal. This is A-list movie level production values.

What a weekend for the Starks!

Although I wasn't spoiled - if only because I watched the newest episode as soon as it aired - there's a Yahoo! article right now literally titled "RIP <character name>".

These motherfuckers.

@Warma-Sheen I agree for the most part but that's hardly something we can hold against it. Is it the latest season of Game of Thrones diminished because a large part of its emotional impact is in having favorite characters imperiled and seeing how plotlines will be resolved after watching the show for years?

I think not.

Endgame.

It was incredible. It was a different movie than I expected as it set its pieces up, then it went from strength to strength.

I don't know how any franchise, including Marvel/Disney's, can top this. We might have just peaked for some time.

@Tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@Arkandel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Maybe we're all getting old and cranky!

Maybe?

Well, there's an alternative to both states.

Maybe we're all getting old and cranky! I'd say that's okay but it's not.

@Ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

So yeah, warning to folks. People are spoiling the movie in random YT comments.

People still read YT comments?

The few times I've done so I regretted. People there are beyond toxic.

@Ganymede I actually think (and we might be getting way ahead of ourselves here of course since the Raptors have two full series to grind through before they even get to the Finals) the key might be Marc Gasol.

Sure, he's not the force he used to be but it's a contract year for him and the last bit of his prime, which for a player as hungry and tough as he is means this might very well be the one good chance he's got left to earn a ring. If that plays out then he's a guy who can spread the floor and an excellent passer who can help dissect an interior defense.

Don't get me wrong, when the Warriors start hitting shots... it's over. There's no team - perhaps none ever - who can take a barrage from a hot Steph + Klay + KD and survive, simply because 3 points are more than 2 points. They can erase deficits and put you in the hole within minutes.

On the other hand Steph is a big defensive liability and as you say, the fumes of Bogut will hardly match up well against the Raptors' big guys. Plus Kawhi+Green can defend Steph+Klay pretty well, for what you can do to guys prone to going nuclear on a second's notice. KD is a problem because of his length but Ibaka can rough him up if he can stay out of foul trouble.

@Ganymede said in The Basketball Thread:

I concur with your prognostications. The Celtics will have the edge on the Bucks because I'll take Irving and experience. Same with the 76ers, but because the Raptors have looked beastly on defense and can rotate two very good, experienced centers in and out of the line-up.

Yeah and they look really deep. Plus if you have to pick a guy to take big shots in close games Kyrie is right there - he's a weird flat-earther and all but he's got ice in his veins and he's so good at improvising... he can tear apart a well constructed defense. His offensive game basically has no weaknesses.

Giannis is just as unstoppable, mind you, but he depends on the supporting cast. And as good as Lopez and Middleton have looked this year they aren't nearly as experienced as Horford, Brogdon is still injured and Brown/Tatum can go off.

After that, I'll take the Raptors over the Celtics. Leonard is clearly well-rested, and the Raptors have proved they can win without Lowry pulling off a dominant game..

The Raptors have a great squad this year. Deep, with Siakam really emerging as a future All-Star on a really cheap contract. They have several guys who can spread the floor and several former All-Defensive or even DPY players in Kawhi, Green, Gasol. Basically they have no weaknesses defensively, they don't need to hide anyone. It's only their offense that concerns me against the Warriors if it goes that far since Lowry isn't there, Siakam is young and untried and Green was never meant to be a scoring machine.

But frankly the Warriors are overpowered, nevermind their current issues putting the Clippers away.

The East is such a contested conference this year. It's pretty exciting now that LeBron is gone.

Who do you guys have in the two matchups? Bucks versus the Celtics - both having swept through round 1 - and Sixers versus the Raptors?

Personally I'm going with the Celtics narrowingly defeating the Bucks in a 7 game series, and Raptors pulling a more comfortable 4-2.

@Auspice Yeah. Folks be really really careful around the internet until you get to watch major releases like that because people are complete assholes.

Needless to say spoilers on MSB will be nuked from orbit. If you need to create a thread to discuss it please do so but leave no doubt from the title and in the first few posts themselves that it can spoil things.

In other words use common sense and be considerate. We're all nerds here.