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8/29/2011 6:40 PM




"The Adjustment Bureau" - maybe the most absurd movie I've seen in my life plot-wise.

Always love it when a movie hinges on completely chance meetings between two people on three separate occasions in New York City.




Fred_Barnett

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8/29/2011 7:27 PM




This is the one time I agree with you Olv.


Completely horrible




bartman

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8/29/2011 7:31 PM




freddie I bet you are anxious to see full rise of the planet of the apes in hopes of seeing a relative or two, that actually found employment, even if they be a ape.




Seth in 736

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8/29/2011 7:36 PM




theres plenty ways to get FB's goat without being overtly and sincerely racist.

Try it

Be creative.


Bring a hooded fuck doesnt play with anyone.

Sorry.





NotoriousEAG

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8/29/2011 7:42 PM




Was the apes movie any good?




Seth in 736

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8/29/2011 7:50 PM




it actually wasnt brutal

nothing like the original- totally dif. storyline.


the apes looked really well done.

The scene where they're taking on the Cops and rioting was very very realistic looking.





NotoriousEAG

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8/29/2011 9:07 PM




So anyone going to see Moneyball?




f-dallas

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8/29/2011 9:40 PM




Always love it when a movie hinges on completely chance meetings between two people on three separate occasions in New York City.

Least outrageous plot line in the movie.




KeithByars

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8/29/2011 9:49 PM




i was stuck inside this weekend with adjustment bureau, source code, and another horrible thriller. they really don't try anymore




NotoriousEAG

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8/29/2011 9:56 PM




I'd recommend Momeyball

It's a great heartwarming tale of how an underdog no one gave a chance to managed to scrap his way to one playoff series win in 12 years while becoming a hero to CPAs everywhere.




KeithByars

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8/29/2011 10:03 PM




i may be from abington, but i don't bite at everything




f-dallas

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8/30/2011 8:14 AM




i was stuck inside this weekend with adjustment bureau, source code, and another horrible thriller. they really don't try anymore

I didn't think Source Code was bad, but if you spend any time at all thinking about it, it's just absurd. The actual movie, though, I thought was entertaining.

Honestly, it made as much or sense scientifically as Inception, but I've been grading everything on a curve lately. It seems like there's not much out there significantly better than a rom-com starring Jenifer Aniston, sadly.




f-dallas

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8/30/2011 8:18 AM




I'd recommend Momeyball

It's a great heartwarming tale of how an underdog no one gave a chance to managed to scrap his way to one playoff series win in 12 years while becoming a hero to CPAs everywhere.


Joe Banner reviewed the movie on rottentomatoes.com and gave it 9 boners out of a possible 10 boners.

RAJ also reviewed it, but the entire article was just a picture of him of him arrogantly power-staring the reader.




KeithByars

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NotoriousEAG

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8/30/2011 8:34 AM




Which actor is going to play the underhand pitcher that the book spent an entire chapter on discussing underhanders as the most undervalued pitchers in baseball?




KeithByars

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8/30/2011 8:40 AM




ntf, honestly can't believe they're making out of this




f-dallas

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8/30/2011 8:47 AM




When Beane started factoring in DPAs, it changed the game, KB.




GlennGoBlue

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8/30/2011 9:03 AM




I'm not quite sure the point here. If someone is arguing that the concepts in Moneyball are not valid then they should consider Gradwork at Pitt and start reading Tim Wise.




NotoriousEAG

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8/30/2011 9:05 AM




They are valid to a point. They are not gospel.




f-dallas

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8/30/2011 9:21 AM




I named my first son VORP, fwiw.




GlennGoBlue

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8/30/2011 9:39 AM




So your point is that, stats used to make the A's a playoff club that could not win a World Series despite a small payroll, and used by a big market club (Red Sox) to win 2 World Series are "valid to a point but not gospel".


Ok, terrific. I am headed to math class with Professor_Barnett.




NotoriousEAG

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8/30/2011 9:43 AM




Wasn't that mostly steroids?

And didn't they sign Moneyball legends/bums JD Drew and Dice-K to huge contracts?




GlennGoBlue

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8/30/2011 9:57 AM




So your point is that a baseball stat is not an infallible measure of a players value and that players might actually decline or regress towards an unforeseen mean?




f-dallas

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8/30/2011 9:57 AM




Yeah, I'd say roids, mostly. They moneyballed Ortiz, Manny, Schilling, Pedro, and Beckett into a couple championships.




NotoriousEAG

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8/30/2011 10:40 AM




Total money ball.

How roided up was that A's squad too?

Coincidence that BALCO was right there in the neighborhood?




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