Bill James 2010 Projections - Part One: Hitters
by Grant on Oct 23, 2009 12:13 PM PDT
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It's always tricky to forecast hitting performances. Well, usually. Luckily for us, we follow the Giants. Take the league average hitter, decrease the rate stats by about 10%, lop off a bunch of extra base hits, and poof! Now you have Giants projections that work for almost every non-panda on the roster. Magic!
If you want science instead of magic, you can take a gander at the Bill James 2010 projections. Last year, these hitter projections were really, really optimistic. Either they've fixed that this year, or the Giants are even worse than we imagine. It's probably the latter, but I'm choosing to believe the former. After the jump, I have all of the 2010 hitter projections for the Giants. They aren't for children or people with heart conditions.
Note that these all come from this book, which you can also order directly from the publisher. The FEC or FDA or some crap is requiring that bloggers disclose any freebies they get for putting up post. So I'd like to disclose that I got a free book for putting up a post that I would have put up without a free book. I also got Bill James to appear at my daughter's first birthday party, but that was because I also paid him a nominal fee. Sure, laugh about it now, but you won't be laughing once I can rank a bunch of babies by "Slobber Created/24".
Going alphabetically, obviously. Burriss couldn't really hit last year, but that's okay because everyone expected that. Everyone. Me, you, my cats, Burriss's family members. Everyone except Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy, who were just tickled by Burriss's spring stats. I'm sure they have big plans for him this year, too.
Here he is: the second-best hitter on the 2010 Giants. But I'm sure that Mr. James didn't know that Garko struggled in his first 80 at-bats as a Giant. Maybe I should e-mail him. The revised prediction would be something like .250/.300/.300, I'm sure. Nothing is a better predictor of future success than a random sampling of 80 at-bats.
The book makes it clear that they err on the side of more playing time rather than less playing time, so on a team with miserable first base production, they're gambling that Guzman gets a shot. I'd rather have Guzman and Scott Barnes, but you knew that.
As a lefty option off the bench and a late-inning replacement for Garko, he has his place on the team. He shouldn't be a factor, though, if the Giants want to upgrade.
Maybe the dream really is over, though it should be noted that most of the Lewis love 'n' optimism on this site comes in the comments section. I've never really been a believer. As a fourth outfielder, he's pretty danged nice to have. Of course, on a team planning to start Eugenio Velez, he should probably start, but you knew that.
I'm not sure what's more depressing, the idea that Posey might not be a top-o'-the-order force right away, or the idea that he'd still be a clear offensive upgrade from the last guy, who also happened to be the cleanup hitter.
Hmm. Maybe James didn't know that Renteria was injured for most of the year. And these projections certainly don't include any Magic Mentor Points, a category in which Renteria led the league. So this projection is obviously junk science.
I can't believe this contract isn't going to work out. It just seemed so logical at the time. Everyone here was just crazy about the deal.
What's important is that all of those hits will be acquired professionally. I still want Sanchez back for his combination of defense and positional average offense, not to mention that he wouldn't cost a draft pick, but I'm terrified that he's going to get a three-year deal.
The ladies' man in the chess club. We don't know how you got here, but maybe there's something you can teach everyone around you.
Another year, another quasi-optimistic prediction for Nate. He's a heckuva fourth outfielder on a good team.
That's a pretty nice center fielder, once defense is taken into account. I mean, just because guys like this are floating around in the minors doesn't mean that it's a bad thing that Rowand is still due $36M. He ran into a wall, people.
And this is just the beginning. Usually phenoms have a little bit of an adjustment period. I mean, Willie Mays only hit .274/.356/.472 in his first full season. Mickey Mantle only hit .267/.349/.443. And those guys weren't fast like Velez. Well, maybe they were, and maybe they combined their speed with an advanced sense of how to run the bases, but VRRRRROOOOOM!, Velez will take the eyebrows right off your face! And he's totally a good hitter now.
Pending free agents:
Whoops. How did Eliezer sneak in there? What a strange mistake. No matter. We all know that the offense will sputter without key cog Bengie Molina.
Maybe he isn't an obvious upgrade over Renteria. I'd still take the chance that he is, though.
Gee, with a power surge like that, maybe he should move from the third spot in the lineup to cleanup hitter. Get it done, Boch.
Not in the team picture: Kevin Frandsen and John Bowker. I'm not sure why, but I'll just guess that Bowker's projection is something like .350/.450/.650.
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VVVVVRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM
"Snow woulda had it!!!"
Has decided to put all his "In this thing" energy to being in the Shark Tank and the Big House.
by beat_la_25 on Oct 25, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even on this team with this manager, I can’t imagine Rowand getting 575 at bats next year.
my cousin and i got noah lowry's autograph after he came out of a porta-potty. he was nice about it.
by hubert on Oct 23, 2009 12:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Projecting Molina triples…now that’s a different story.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Oct 23, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/Dean Wormer voice
Zero point zero.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 23, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neal before Zod!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 23, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Projecting PT is pretty hard to do.
Looks like Bill chose to guess that Guzman gets the LF job though.
"The questions are so stupid. I don't believe in rivalries. I don't believe in curses. Wake up the damn Bambino, maybe I'll drill him in the ass."
- Pedro Martinez, asked about the Curse of the Bambino
by achiappanza on Oct 27, 2009 3:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If that depressed you, and it’s too early for you to start drinking, you may want to hang out here for the afternoon.
/starts_drinking
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Oct 23, 2009 12:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Also, even though I really don’t care for the BJ projections, that Garko line is kinda heartening.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s really his numbers with Cleveland. Again, why didn’t he get more plate appearances?
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 23, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(with a .243 BABIP)
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the BJ projections
Tee hee.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heading in the right direction!
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 23, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
James just projected Panda, looked at the rest of the offense, shuddered, and slapped a .265/.330/.400 with 8 home runs for everybody else.
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by norcalnick on Oct 23, 2009 12:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
good call
my cousin and i got noah lowry's autograph after he came out of a porta-potty. he was nice about it.
by hubert on Oct 23, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The projections for Renteria, Velez, and Winn actually look kind of optimistic to me. Which is sad.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 12:30 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I also think it’s probably the equivalent of eating terrible food for 4 years and then getting a hot dog.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man, now I want a hot dog.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 23, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously
I would be THRILLED if Renteria put up a .718 OPS, especially if it really came with the league-average OBP.
by taliesin on Oct 23, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, and assuming he’s an average defender too.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t seen assumptions so large outside a Sir Mixalot video
by DrStankus on Oct 23, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s was average in ‘09. He’s always been close to average, give or take a few runs.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
give or take a few limbs, is what we should be thinking about
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I second that.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 23, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They all look optimistic to me.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The ladies’ man in the chess club. We don’t know how you got here, but maybe there’s something you can teach everyone around you.
Freakin’ brilliant! That is still making me smile even after reading the rest of the James projections.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 23, 2009 12:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It is funny
But I’m not sure I really want the other guys adopting Pablo’s approach at the plate. The greatest possible indictment of this team’s offense has to be the fact that Pablito led the club in walks. A guy who swings at half the pitches he sees led the team in walks.
by taliesin on Oct 23, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is the approach the team seems to want. The ’09 Giants did have over 2000 PA ( yes 2k) from hitter with over a 50 Swing%. I agree it is not what I want but the appearance the team wants this makes the absurdity level laughably high.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 23, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
this should also be noted:
the rest of the giants DO follow pablo’s approach (i.e. swing at shit) and suck at it
by sfoakbay on Oct 24, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
These have Molina’s OBP being 30 points higher than his BA. That’s happened once (right on the nose) in the last three years. The other two: +22 and +20.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 12:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
“Doesn’t cheat the game.”
“He plays the game the right way.
“Fisted inot right field!”
I am sure at least one of those 3 apply.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 23, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know if you were in this thread, but recently I worked out that Molina has half the walk rate of Vladimir Guerrero. And that’s career. Lately Molina’s rate has been even worse.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not too surprising. Vlad is hacker-ish but he’s always had average-to-above BB%’s. Molina just hacks and is unwilling to walk.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s just kind of sad when you have half the walk rate of perhaps the most iconic hacker of your generation.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is sad, but Vlad’s not as bad (at getting walks) as most assume. Career BB% of 8.9 which is slightly above-average. High of 13.8% in 2003 with the Expos. Consider this: In ’02 Vlad drew 84 walks in 709 plate appearances. Molina has 184 career walks in 4,743 career plate appearances.
That’s almost half of Molina’s career walks in a single season in just 15% of the same amount of playing time.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, I guess some of Vlad’s BB totals are padded by his IBBs, but still my point remains.
I hate Bengie Molina.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes.
Still in despair.
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by Zetsuboushita on Oct 24, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you had his back and knees you would be crazy to want a BB
Especially since the rest of the lineup plays station-to-station.
by hokysmksbw on Oct 24, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome back, Brian! Congrats on the extension.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Oct 24, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mind = Blown
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Oct 25, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And off-topic
Today is ANOTHER off-day in the playoffs? Geez, they’re really dragging this out, aren’t they?
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 12:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Seems to me the front page of Yahoo! Sports is picturing someone who just saw these projections as well:
He doesn’t know whether to be angry or cry.
by deuce deuce on Oct 23, 2009 12:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
In my mind he’s a pretty damn good coach by the way
by PiKAgiant on Oct 23, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn’t matter when you look that cool.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he looks even cooler with the aviators on
by PiKAgiant on Oct 23, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could probably be a better manager for the Giants than we currently have.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Oct 23, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s great on House.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Donovan McNabb?
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Oct 23, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“What is wrong with you?!?”
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 23, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve loved him since his stellar acting performance in “The Program”
by sayheybk on Oct 23, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He drove Driving Ms. Daisy very professionally.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
by cheno on Oct 23, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Am I the only Steeler fan in the McCoven?
www.leaguelineup.com/lbucks24
by NuschlerFace on Oct 23, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like them, but I’m not specifically a fan. I don’t care for Roethlesberger, but I think it’s admirable to see a franchise that really is run the right way (and doesn’t have many players I hate… like the Patriots).
That’s why when other 49ers fans were hating the Steelers because they were going to get to 6 SBs first, I was like, “Man, I wish our team was run like theirs. They deserve it.”
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 24, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
nope
my dad grew up in Pittsburgh, so he brought fandom into the house
Why do San Francisco teams insist on having terrible offenses? Frank Gore and Pablo Sandoval can't do it all.
by GiantPain on Oct 24, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
technically
i’m also a pirate fan.
Why do San Francisco teams insist on having terrible offenses? Frank Gore and Pablo Sandoval can't do it all.
by GiantPain on Oct 24, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL YOU
bright side: the pirates manager is not bruce bochy
whiteside downside: the giants manager is bruce bochy
by sfoakbay on Oct 24, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's actually been fairly easy
I’ve never been put in a situation where i’d have to root against the pirates in a meaningful game, because they’re so awful.
Why do San Francisco teams insist on having terrible offenses? Frank Gore and Pablo Sandoval can't do it all.
by GiantPain on Oct 24, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it’s actually been fairly easy
I’ve never been put in a situation wherei’d have to root againstI’ve been able to root for the pirates in a meaningful game, because they’re so awful.
Poor Pirates. They’ve always been a secondary favorite of mine, because I was on the Pirates in Little League and because I rooted so hard for them as a kid during those soul-crushing NLCS in the early 90s.
Schadendodgerfreude 2009!
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 24, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i just meant that they’ve never played the giants in a series where it mattered if the pirates lost or not
Why do San Francisco teams insist on having terrible offenses? Frank Gore and Pablo Sandoval can't do it all.
by GiantPain on Oct 24, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus the whole part about
Freddie Sanchez, Rajai Davis, John Vanderwall, Jason Schmidt, and Sir Barold Lamar Bonds.
by SnowLeopard on Oct 26, 2009 1:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
bring back Barry
moronic Giants Brass
by anthropocenTRICK on Oct 23, 2009 12:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
dirt cheap 20+ HRs and solid OBP, is that something you might be interested in?
by anthropocenTRICK on Oct 23, 2009 12:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
First, the reply button is useful.
Second, if they were going to do that, they’d have done it a long time ago.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes, excuse the n00bery, realized that after i posted. and yes, i realize that would have been done already. the injustice of that situatio n kept me up last night for some reason
by anthropocenTRICK on Oct 23, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Something I might be interested in
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Oct 23, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, what can I say? too many great memories of my teenage years associated with that man. now I’m just a bitter old man
by anthropocenTRICK on Oct 23, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i’m as serious as a heart attack, i can’t take another season of this offense
by anthropocenTRICK on Oct 23, 2009 12:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Might want to become a Yankees fan then.
by deuce deuce on Oct 23, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
VRRRRROOOOOM!, Velez will take the eyebrows right off your face!
LOL/sobs
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 12:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
With no eyebrows, make sure your hands are clean before facepalming.
You can't solve your problems with the same level of thinking that created the problems - Albert Einstein to Brian Sabean
by bgunn on Oct 23, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Warning: Post not approved for use by Owlcroft.
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 23, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
LOL Natto from the Rowand thread:
Re: Our lineup calls for aid!
I’m a Molina fan, but if he’s our cleanup hitter by the time Opening Day rolls by, I’ll get physically ill.
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by Natto on Dec 13, 2007 8:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Note that was opening day 2007 :(
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Calendars are new to me
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
May I recommend the Mayan one
Blehhh!
by Giant Homer on Oct 23, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I mean 08 but still.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wasn’t on MCC much that offseason, so I didn’t post there. My main memory of the Rowannd signing was seeing it and facepalming, and then later going on Facebook. The guy who ran some Giants fan group was so excited about it that he sent a message to all the group members with a subject something like, “Great News!” FAIL.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HEY GUYS, I’M A PHILLIES FAN BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE AARON ROWAND!
I remember a lot of those.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, god, I got a few of those.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, i wasnt here yet, but damn, i’m so emphatic for having a guy who crashes into walls for a ball! HELL YEA I"M ECCITED
by PiKAgiant on Oct 23, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You ungrateful fucks
You watch this video, then you come back and talk shit about aaron rowand
Why do San Francisco teams insist on having terrible offenses? Frank Gore and Pablo Sandoval can't do it all.
by GiantPain on Oct 23, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was a pretty great catch
And the Giants gave Rowan a pretty dumb contract.
These things are not mutually exclusive.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/ debates if worth the time to search up link to crushing pennant race triple play.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 23, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/watches video
/comes back to talk shit about Aaron Rowand
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, that was cool
Aaron Rowand is still not worth $12M a year.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Oct 23, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, I need to watch that game again.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it would be funny if this were just a link to him swinging over a slider
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The sad thing is, he probably cost his team runs by running into the wall. I suspect one non-catch would have been less important than the PT he missed because of it…
by Missing Barry on Oct 23, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I didn’t watch the video before I posted, I assumed you meant breaking his nose catch….my bad.
by Missing Barry on Oct 23, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, now that I watch that again, I’m pretty sure a lot of center fielders would make that catch.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Oct 24, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got those from everyone here. You what was funny though, is that none of them were upset he left.
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 23, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pertty sure it was just a whole fanbase playing a joke on us.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Paid like a chef, cooks like Wendy.
by hokysmksbw on Oct 24, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chili as a finger food?
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 25, 2009 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, it came with a finger once, right? So…finger food.
by kaliber on Oct 28, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My first thought when we made that signing:
“Now we have five center fielders, yay!”
My second thought:
“They totally signed him to be the exact PR opposite of Barry.”
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I did!
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whitesides gets no BJ love?
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 23, 2009 12:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
poor guy
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The gray hair doesn’t help him any. Needs Just for Men.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 23, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HE SHOULD USE JUST FOR MEN’S PUBES
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 23, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if the carpet matches the pubes.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 23, 2009 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"He doesn’t cheat the game."
"He plays the game the right way.
"Fisted into right field!"
…
I am sure at least one of those 3 applies here.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
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by daveinexile on Oct 23, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
whiteside cheats the game more than bengie
yet he plays more than posey. but benie plays more than both of them, and posey plays less than both of them
by sfoakbay on Oct 24, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I think maybe his tween daughters should pimp him out.
by taliesin on Oct 23, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well he is married.
what?
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 23, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Panda will be cloer to 40 HRs than 24.
I’ll share other thoughts later if I have them.
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by Goofus on Oct 23, 2009 12:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I can’t tell if this is serious or not.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He missed chance to to pile on a Richard joke above. I don’t think our Goofus is feeeling well.
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by daveinexile on Oct 23, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Serious. Pablo averaged 5.5 HRs/month from June on. If he does that for a full season, he’ll hit 33.
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by Goofus on Oct 23, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, I’m not sure I consider 33 HRs “closer to 40” maybe closer to 30? That’s semantics though. I think Pablo is a 30 HR hitter in a really good year. I could see him settling into a good run of 20-25 HR seasons.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does this compute?
Difference between 33 and 24 = 9
Difference between 33 and 40 = 7
Plus, I think if his plate discipline continues to improve, he’ll see more good pitches where he can stay balanced and drive the ball. Pablo’s an amazing bad ball hitter, but it seems like most of his HRs came from balls in the stike zone.
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by Goofus on Oct 23, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kinda thought you were saying he was a 40 HR guy too.
30, I can buy that.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My projection for Sandoval
.472 / .694 / 1.026. 81 home runs.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My projection
1.000/.995/4.000
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by Viliphied on Oct 23, 2009 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure it is!
You can have an OBP lower than your AVG if you get more sacrifice flies/bunts than walks. Bengie Molina was in this category for quite a while early this season.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But wouldn’t that give you less than a 4.000 SLG?
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
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by cheno on Oct 23, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah, huh.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know this is common sense, but y brain isn’t working, so can you elaborate?
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by cheno on Oct 23, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SLG is total bases per AB’s.
Sacrifices don’t count as AB’s, so they don’t affect SLG.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, got it. Thought it was plate appearances.
But wait, would walks count still?
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by cheno on Oct 23, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Walks, like sacrifices, count as PA’s, but not as AB’s, which is why they affect OBP (non-outs per PA), but not AVG or SLG.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not in the team picture: Kevin Frandsen and John Bowker. I’m not sure why, but I’ll just guess that Bowker’s projection is something like .350/.450/.650.*
- = In AAA Fresno.
Also, am I being unreasonable for thinking that BJ was being down on Pablo for only having him at the same numbers he put up this season?
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by Speedforthewin on Oct 23, 2009 1:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I would take Pablo’s 2009 season every single year.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I was thinking it was good that BJ projected consistency, but I can’t help but want a little more. I feel guilty.
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by Speedforthewin on Oct 23, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sandoval’s 2009 was a +5 win season, that’s an All-Star year for any player. That’s pretty damn good.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not when Shane Victorino and Jayson Werth are in the league!
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sandoval’s first half OBP and SLG were both like 40 points higher than Ryan Howard’s, too.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The great thing is that Charlie Manuel gets to choose again next year!
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, imagine if Rollins has a good start… it could easily be Rollins, Utley, Howard, Werth, Victorino, Ibanez, and Lee
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 23, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was pretty impressed to find that Sandoval’s 2009 was a better than Will Clark’s rookie year, and better than Barry Bonds’s season at the same age.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well
Pablo had 40 lbs on both of them.
by DrStankus on Oct 23, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only 40!?
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not disagreeing. Chances are, if Pablo is consistently this good over the next 5 years, he will probably have a year where he goes absolutely nuts and puts up a 1.050 OPS with 40 bombs. and 10 steals. I’m just greedy thats all. Let’s clone Pablo.
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by Speedforthewin on Oct 23, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would take it, for sure, but it would be a little disappointing, considering he put up that line at age 23 and clearly improved over the course of the year, especially in terms of plate discipline. I would think a 1.000 OPS is a realistic expectation.
by taliesin on Oct 23, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think I can even call it a little disappointing. A +5 win season is something everyone should be really happy with every year. He’s still young but I don’t think it means he’s automatically due to get better.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not to say I don’t think he could do a 1.000 OPS year but he’s going to have some things break for him.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
like taking more walks.
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by Speedforthewin on Oct 23, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, and keeping his BABIP crazy high.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
which granted, for all we know his BABIP could be a repeatable skill.
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by Speedforthewin on Oct 23, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It very well could be. Hitters tend to have some influence over their BABIPs.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
However, It’s more likely (in my mind) that Buster and Pablo both put up .900+ OPS numbers than Pablo going over 1.000. But it could happen, as Panda is magical.
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by Speedforthewin on Oct 23, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously both Buster and Pablo will put up .900+ OPS.
Of course, Buster will be in Fresno doing so, but still…
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by tedfordfan on Oct 23, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the minors he had BABIP numbers roughly as good as his 2009, which suggests that he should be able to sustain a very high number. But his 2009 (.353) was very close to Ichiro’s career number (.359). I find it difficult to believe that he can keep that up, but .330 or even .340 would not surprise me.
by taliesin on Oct 23, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If his minor league BABIP was about what his major league BABIP was this year, shouldn’t it probably come down? That doesn’t translate at a 1:1 ratio.
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um, yeah. I was predicting it would come down some. But that he could sustain a very high number. .340 is still really good; it’s just worse than .353.
by taliesin on Oct 23, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
normally, yes. But we’re talking about a hitter who had a pretty consistent line from A San Jose all the way to the Majors in one year. There was no dropoff at each level like we would expect from any other hitter.
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by Speedforthewin on Oct 23, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fact that he was still a very good hitter does not mean that the defenses were of a consistent major league quality at every level.
Also, there was a dropoff between San Jose and Connecticut of about 100 points of OPS, including 20 points of BA.
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, basically minor league BABIP’s are inflated because the quality of the defense is a decent amount below MLB level.
by Missing Barry on Oct 23, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO WAY! CHEATER!
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm walking on air
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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by zenbitz on Oct 23, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
George isn't at home
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
please leave a message
at the beep
A hearty thank you to Rich Aurilia for all the good memories, and to the Niners for finally getting the uni's (mostly) right.
by wjackalope on Oct 23, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see what you did there!
Keep him away the farm help in Richmond!!
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by daveinexile on Oct 23, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And if he’s serious about his conditioning, he should be stronger down the stretch. There a couple points last season where he was running on fumes.
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by Goofus on Oct 23, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t wait to read the ST articles about Pablo when he comes into camp.
NOT AS FAT, BEST SHAPE OF LIFE!
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Zito, Rowand, Renteria, Fred Sanchez, signed Veteran Scrub Catcher will all have a pair of those.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 23, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's started working out already
aqua cycling
by seyheystretch on Oct 23, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s ok, Barry Bonds was notorious for not being in the team picture.
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by Goofus on Oct 23, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The important thing from these numbers
This lineup will be much much better with Sandoval AND Garko in the lineup.
Don’t move Pablo to 1st. I know you want to. Don’t.
Stop it.
Why do San Francisco teams insist on having terrible offenses? Frank Gore and Pablo Sandoval can't do it all.
by GiantPain on Oct 23, 2009 1:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The sheer number of BJ jokes and possible jokes in this thread may collapse the internet.
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by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 1:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know, If Deadspin didn’t collapse the internet 2 days ago, nothing will.
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by Speedforthewin on Oct 23, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And the whole Monica Lewinsky thing happened right when the Internet was exploding into the popular imagination.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
let's start this up again.
I’m not your buddy, guy.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOT UR PAL CHUM
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOT UR BRO COMPADRE
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
DONT CHANGE LANGUAGE, I"M NOT UR COMPADRE BITCH… :)
by PiKAgiant on Oct 23, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOT UR BITCH SIR
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOT UR DUDE BUCKEROO
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not your compadre, amigo
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by Goofus on Oct 23, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not your amigo, senor
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know
Looking up Barry Bonds’s Value section on Fangraphs is pretty mind-blowing. +113.9 hitting in 2002. +83.8 on 2003. +109.5 in 2004.
+83.88 WAS LIKE AN OFF YEAR.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 1:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha, Barry’s just amazing at what he did
by PiKAgiant on Oct 23, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
109!
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also the number of RBIs Will Clark had in 1989 to lead the NL
The number keeps showing up in Giants history.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THE NUMBERS ARE THE KEY
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fun fact: these pictures are from different movies.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nick Cage is one of my favorite bad actors.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
every time someone says "Nick Cage"
I always read it as “Nick Cave” and get excited but then it never actually is.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 23, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except with that film he did make
I was like, why is Nick Cage making an Australian cowboy filOMG IT’S NICK CAVE
by bobnothing on Oct 24, 2009 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the australian cowboy flick was pretty good!
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 24, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NERD
BIRDY and RAISING ARIZONA were what Eighties cinema could have been more of.
VALLEY GIRL was OK, it had MILF.
by hokysmksbw on Oct 24, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Got a retarded movie script ready to be produced?
Call in the forehead.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think he has a big forehead!
/gets Nick Cage look alike comments
I R 5
by say hey nation on Oct 23, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WOAAAA did not know Cage had some Tattoos
by PiKAgiant on Oct 23, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve gotten Jon Heder look-a-like comments. You know, outside of character (I hope).
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fun fact is not as fun as previously advertised.
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know; by McC fun fact standards, this one was pretty fun.
Usually it’s something like this:
Fun fact: “Speedster” Eugenio Velez had 5 infield hits in 2009; Travis Ishikawa had 7.
by taliesin on Oct 23, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mind is now blown.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 23, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still don't understand
how this guy became an action movie star
A hearty thank you to Rich Aurilia for all the good memories, and to the Niners for finally getting the uni's (mostly) right.
by wjackalope on Oct 23, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
True fact
He was once considered for the lead role in The Wrestler.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This could have happened as wel...
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sadly this is happening
Goodbye childhood!
Nicolas Cage in Sorcerer’s Apprentice
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by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/shakes head
/sighs
Disney…
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another gap in my film-watching
I think the last Disney cartoon film I watched was The Little Mermaid.
I was never a fan, though, so this one is pretty much on purpose.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I thought I was selective in my film watching...
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’ve missed out on a lot.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure. But Disney was really never my thing. Even as a kid, I just wasn’t much of a fan.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you looking forward to the Princess and the Frog? I like that Disney’s trying to be kind of good again, and it’s about damn time they had a black Princess, but it still looks pretty weak to me.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 24, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It seems like their heart is in the right place, but they’re fucking it up anyway. (Finally, a black princess! And… she spends almost the entire movie as a frog!)
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by jponry on Oct 24, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They shoulda gone Yonkers.
Then the Princess would be Jewish-American.
Overdue.
by hokysmksbw on Oct 24, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m iffy on the story, but the animation looks fantastic, which is what I’ll be watching it for anyway. We need more traditionally animated flicks.
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by Natto on Oct 24, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn’t Pixar working on a traditional, 2-D? I don’t know how traditional… but 2-D, right?
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 24, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe so, but I don’t know much about it. Pixar does a really good job of keeping projects on the down low.
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by Natto on Oct 24, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know, looking the movies Disney made in the 90’s, I really wonder how they didn’t take more crap for their villains. Practically in every movie the villain is black and/or a gay stereotype.
The only exception I can think of is Beauty and the Beast, I guess, though I don’t really remember Garson.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
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by Cookyman on Oct 24, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beauty and the Beast was the last Disney cartoon I enjoyed. Gaston was more funny than scary to me, a predecessor to Shrek’s Prince Charming – the perfect hero type who turns out to be the bad (and kinda silly) guy.
What I remember coming out from Disney/Pixar:
2010 – Toy Story 3, Rapunzel (2D)
2011 – Newt, The Bear and the Bow (2D?)
2012 – Cars 2, King of the Elves (2D)
But I don’t think it’s been confirmed that The Bear and the Bow is 2D, just that it’s the first fairy tale from Pixar.
I think Rapunzel is a pretty weak fairy tale but some of the concept art that’s been released look promising.
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by esseffgeez on Oct 24, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cars 2 seems unnecessary.
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by Cookyman on Oct 24, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So did Cars 1.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 24, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Paul Newman was win. Otherwise, yes.
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by esseffgeez on Oct 24, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, it wasn’t Pixar’s best, but it was still better than a lot of other movies.
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by Natto on Oct 24, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s probably the only Pixar film I’ve never felt like watching again.
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by Cookyman on Oct 25, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
Aladdin and The Lion King were immediately after Beauty and the Beast, and they were both pretty awesome. I mean, I guess you could argue that Aladdin had some (ahem) cultural sensitivity issues- and it’s easy to forget that Robin Williams’ shtick wasn’t always irritating- but it’s a solid entry in the Disney canon.
But Hamlet-on-the-Veldt? Epic win all the way around.
(Though I did make an entire theatre packed with little kids burst into tears en masse with a cruel laugh timed just as Simba approaches Mufasa after the wildebeest stampede.)
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 24, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Robin Williams sank Aladdin for me and as for TLK, I thought it was really good but not as entertaining as BATB. Also, when it comes to animated films, I guess I’m partial to those with human leads. So for example, I liked The Incredibles more than Finding Nemo.
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by esseffgeez on Oct 24, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh... what?
Villains in Disney animated features
1990 The Rescuers Down Under – McLeach, an Australian poacher
1991 Beauty and the Beast - Gaston, French(?) white guy
1992 Aladdin – Jafar, Arabian wizard
1994 The Lion King – Scar, technically I suppose he’s of African descent
1995 Pocahontas – Gov. Ratcliffe, old white guy
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Archdeacon, old white guy
1997 Hercules – Hades
1998 Mulan – Shan Yu, a Hun
1999 Tarzan – Clayon, a white hunter
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by Natto on Oct 24, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By “the 90’s” I meant the Disny revival, which for me isTLM to Hercules/Mulan.
In The Little Mermaid, every character in the movie is white as snow, except for Ursula, who’s black (or dark blue, technically). Ariel and all her sisters are extremely feminine, while Ursula is fat and pretty much looks like a drag queen.
The Lion King: you seriously didn’t notice that Scar is the only black lion in the entire movie? He’s also skinny and effeminate, especially compared to Mufasa or Simba.
Obviously In Aladdin there aren’t any black people, but Jafar looks a lot more like an Arab stereotype than Aladdin, who just looks like a slightly tanned white guy.
And in Hercules Hades is again the only dark-skinned god.
Not every movie, but you get the point.
I also seem to remember that the Mongols (is that what they were? They call them Huns, but the real Huns lived in eastern Europe, so that doesn’t make any sense) in Mulan all looked like monsters, but I don’t remember the movie well enough. I also completely forgot about Pocahontas, probably because I don’t like it.
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by Cookyman on Oct 25, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t deny that Disney has done some questionable things, but I think you’re kind of reaching there.
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by Natto on Oct 25, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think if you’re going to take issue with The Lion King, he first place you’d look is the Hyenas.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 25, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I don’t really seem to equate this to black
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Maybe Hispanic but not black
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by say hey nation on Oct 26, 2009 7:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not necessarily “black” as in Afro-American. Just dark skinned.
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by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good = Light / Bad = Dark is also a fairly classical “good vs. bad” trope.
Come to the dark side.
There’s darkness in his soul.
He’s lurking in the shadows.
It’s not specifically a racially motivated thing. In a completely non-skin-colory way, people do have a predisposition (whether natural or nurtural) to see the darkness as scary and the light as comforting.
In a racially charged environment, that classicism does become a legitimate problem. But I do think that in some – even most – cases, it’s simply playing to traditional archetypes of good and bad. Dark and light. Etc.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
First of all, generally what you’re may be true. Or at least it sounds true. There’s also a logical reason to believe it – human are daytime animals, and can barely function when it’s dark, so darkness scares the crap out of us. But here’s the thing – you tried to show that it’s not racially motivated, but all the examples you gave to prove it come from the part of the world that is controlled by white people. This also happens to be the part you and I live in, so it’s not like I’m trying to criticize you, but if you want to see the bigger picture, you’ll have to take a few more steps back.
I’m not an expert on the subject, but as far as I know, it’s only in the European-Western (and White) world that blackness is so clearly associated with evil. Just a quick Wiki search found:
- For the Maasai people, who live in Kenya and Tanzania, blackness symbolizes life and prosperity (because it’s associated with rain clouds).
- For Native Americans, blackness symbolized the life-giving soil.
- In Japanese culture, blackness is associated with honor (and white symbolizes death).
- Black is associated with mourning in Chinese culture, but some think it was adapted from Western culture.
So it’s hardly a universal thing.
Is it a coincidence that the whiter people on the planet, who generally saw themselves as superior to other, darker people, created a society in which white so clearly symbolized good and black clearly symbolized evil? Maybe. I really don’t know. But I’m just trying to show that saying that something is a “cultural issue, not a racial one” can be problematic, because culture and race clearly have huge effects on one another.
Now, obviously I’m not criticizing Disney for not shattering the walls of the Western World. In the Western World, black does symbolize evil. But, to me, there is a difference between having the villain wear black or live in a black castle, and giving him or her dark skin, because I think it has a different effect on kids’ minds. To emphasize, I’m NOT claiming that the people who did this were racist or anything, just that it’s dangerous to consistently give villains dark skin, both because it can offend people, and because I believe these movies all affect kids in some way or another (that’s why we give the movies morals, after all – it’s a way to educate kids. A fun way, but still).
P.S. After Natto’s comment I realized that what I saw as consistency was partially the result of my selective memory (it seems that I only liked the movies with dark-skinned villains – maybe I’m racist). Still I claim that there is a general pattern – either there aren’t any dark characters, or there are some and they are the villains. Interestingly, the two clear exceptions – Pocahontas and THoND, are the only two that directly referenced the character’s race (Pocahontas is Native American, Esmeralda is Romani), which does fit with what you’re saying – it’s not a dark skin color as an indicator of race (though I think I still have issues with Jafar), but rather as a general indicator of evil. But like I said, it’s hard to separate one from the other. And even if you can, that doesn’t mean an 8 y-o can.
Hope I made myself clear.
Long post is long again.
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by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But we are talking about our culture so Howie is right.
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by say hey nation on Oct 26, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw Survivor Africa
Night/darkness is scary in Africa…that’s when you can get eaten by lions!
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by Goofus on Oct 26, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I don’t want to say that the light/darkness thing isn’t a problem. I just think that the problem shouldn’t be assumed to be coded into every instance of the use.
The Lion King, though I haven’t seen it in a long time, is an interesting case of race stuff, and I was surprised that you went to Scar instead of somewhere else. To my mind, Scar is just a character who is designed to look evil, and the easiest way for Disney to do that is to play to a classic design.
But, as I said, the Hyenas have been mentioned to me as a lousy portrayal of a black stereotype (though it surprises me that Whoopi Goldberg would have anything to do with THAT… so I won’t push it further without seeing the movie again… and wow, Cheech voiced one of them? Man, I really have to see it again).
On the other hand, Mufasa was voiced by James Earl Jones, a black man. Rafiki is probably the clearest case of using a racial type in the movie, but he’s used in a more or less positive way.
Scar, on the other hand, is one of the few characters who has a name that is actually an English word. He’s voiced by a British actor. I mean, if Disney was aware of what they were doing racially, then they sure did go out of their way to Anglicize Scar as opposed to the rest of the characters.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I’m not saying they necessarily aware of what they were doing racially. Like I said, when race was referenced directly, it was different. The movies are made for kids, and they want the kids to be able to be scared of the villain. The do it by giving him a scary name, or a scary voice, or a scary look, which, in the time period I’m talking about, often included a dark skin. And by doing that, they were part of a cycle – dark skin is scary, so kids’ movies have villains with dark skin, so kids think that dark skin is scary, etc.
Notice that I didn’t claim that Disney is racist – I specifically mentioned that it’s not what I’m saying. My original comment was that I’m surprising they weren’t criticized for it. Maybe they were and I don’t know, or maybe they noticed the pattern themselves, because they completely stopped with it when they started making 3-D movies, or even a bit before.
The reason I “went to Scar” is that the Hyenas aren’t relevant to my point. There is much to be written about racial motives in Disney’s movies, or in kids’ movies in general, but I’m talking about a very specific thing – a dark skinned villain in a world of light-skinned heroes.
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by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s white that’s the color of mourning in Chinese culture, not black.
I do think there probably is some propensity to associate black with evil and white with good, because if you’re a primitive hunter-gatherer, night time can be pretty scary, as opposed to the safety of light and the utility of fire. But then, why do we call white people white and black people black? Neither actually is.
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(But I’ve never seen The Lion King, so.)
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by jcb9 on Oct 26, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, obviously that’s true (I mentioned it way up there), but a dark color doesn’t have to symbolize. I was trying to show that different cultures associate it with different things, and, as far a I know, only in the Western culture darkness is so clearly associated only with bad things.
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by Cookyman on Oct 27, 2009 6:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
a dark color doesn’t have to symbolize
Symbolize night time, that is.
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by Cookyman on Oct 27, 2009 6:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s more English than black.
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by Natto on Oct 26, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Lion King
Scar – Jeremy Irons (white)
Mufasa – James Earl Jones (black)
Oh, the irony!
What about Star Wars? Darth Vader was a white man inside a black costume, but voiced-over by a black man.
I think you’ll give yourself a headache over-analyzing this stuff.
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by Goofus on Oct 26, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
An 8 y-o who watches Lion King doesn’t know that. What he does know is that there are a million good lions in the movie and they’re all light-skinned (light-furred?), while there is only one evil lion, and he happens to also be the only dark-skinned one.
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by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 24, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO ONE IS A FANTASTIC VILLAIN LIKE GASTON!
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by jponry on Oct 24, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t really like the direction Disney is headed with their fairytales movies. Disney shouldn’t try to parody their own formula (the movie with the princess who comes to the real world and the Princess and the Frog are both examples of this).
They should just make good movies again.
Also, why the heck is the Princess and the Frog taking place in Louisiana? Also, also, Shrek’s already done the switcharoo theme (oh, it was the princess who turned into a frog, how novel). Also also also, I agree with jponry; finally a black princess…and they turn her into a frog.
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by thehavenot on Oct 24, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we should see the movie before we judge it.
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by Natto on Oct 24, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not judging the movie
I’m judging the trend Disney has been going through.
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by thehavenot on Oct 24, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I disagree with you
Enchanted (the movie to which you were referring) was a great movie and was more of an homage to past “princess” movies than a straight parody. It was a breath of fresh air for Disney. And Princess and the Frog looks as much like a classic Disney animated flick as their previous ones. I’ve been very critical of Disney for a while, but I have to admit they’ve improved in some areas in the past few years, the revival of 2D animation being one of them.
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by Natto on Oct 24, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did love Enchanted, even though some of its message was a bit problematic.
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by jponry on Oct 24, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another true fact
Tim Burton cast him in his doomed Superman project.
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m glad that didn’t happen.
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by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
EYS
Also that he didn’t get this role:
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Movies I have liked that starred Nicholas Cage
1) Adaptation
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Rock
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked The Weather Man.
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by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t seen any of these three.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You haven’t seen The Rock?!
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can take a ferry there, I hear.
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would’ve thought Leaving Las Vegas would be the one people would be surprised by.
But no. I like movies fine, but I’m not a film buff, so there are huge numbers of movies everyone’s seen and I haven’t.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought of The Rock first because of the connection to SF.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right.
Which leads me to another thing: I’ve never been to Alcatraz. That’s like the one big San Francisco tourist trap I’ve never done.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve only gone once, and that was for a 3rd grade field trip.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alcatraz will always hold a special place for me as the place our AP US History class wasted money in our budget.
Our teacher (it was his first year doing AP) came into the class one day and said “I just noticed we have a bunch of money in the AP budget we can use for a field trip or something. You guys want to go to Alcatraz?”
We did nothing academic related and is was more of a trip to San Fran that included Alcatraz. It was awesome.
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by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s worth seeing once. Not as much of a tourist trap as some of the other “attractions” on Fisherman’s Wharf.
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by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw it on an episode of “Full House”. That is more then enough for me.
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by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really? Was it just an exterior shot or was CT actually part of the story?
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
IIRC just an exterior shot.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m kind of frighetened that you know this and you’re not even the one who brought it up.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember being happy that they filmed on location in SF for that/those episode(s). but was then disappointed when they never actually took advantage of it.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fair enough.
My sister used to watch that show in syndication every day. Drove me nuts.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Nash Bridges was the only show in recent years to film on location in SF.
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trauma is a new one.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NBC
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Masquerade” It’s Halloween in San Francisco and chaos erupts at a party, keeping our first responders busy.
I think I’ll just see the reality version of this.
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It won’t be in Castro!
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bah
I hear Dogpatch is the new Castro
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw them filming the Halloween episode of Trauma. They turned the Crunch on Polk Street into the Castro theater. The Pilot Episode was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.
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by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They turned the Crunch on Polk Street into the Castro theater.
What, why? They couldn’t film in the Castro?
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They don’t have the big crazy party in Castro anymore anyway.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The pilot wasn’t great. I think the shows have been getting better though. Often times, the pilots are MUCH different than what the series actually is
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by heimy25 on Oct 23, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is actually a rule of mine, to not judge a show by the pilot.
I have no idea why they didn’t shoot in the Castro.
I actually know a girl who is in the Halloween episode, that’s why I was watching in the first place.
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by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I work on Trauma, so if there is any bias thats why. I started working after that episode filmed, so don’t have answers to that. Many times there are logistics that need to be worked out that makes certain locations better than others
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by heimy25 on Oct 23, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now I feel bad. Sorry dude.
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by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No no no I don’t care. I don’t have anything to do with the creative side or anything. Its not really my favorite show to watch either. I just hope that the ratings get better so the show continues..otherwise lots of us will be out of work
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by heimy25 on Oct 23, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What do you do on the show?
/nosey
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by bgunn on Oct 24, 2009 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I read on sfgate that there’s going to be a new one.
True Nash Bridges story: when I was working in Downtown Oakland, I was leaving for my lunch break and saw a bunch of people gathered around the front window looking down on Broadway. A robbery was in progress at the jewelry store across the street. Four masked men ran out of the store like nobody’s business, scurried into a car, and skidded off around the corner.
A minute later, the same car pulled back in. I was all kinds of WTF.
Then I noticed the cameras. Turns out it was a scene for Nash Bridges.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
I can see how that would have been hella confusing.
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There was going to be another one, called “Parenthood” but it sounds like they will be filming that one up in Vancouver. I could totally be thinking of a different show though.
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by heimy25 on Oct 23, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“That’s So Raven” is supposed to take place in San Francisco, but you never see any signs of it.
…
MY LITTLE COUSINS WATCH IT, OK?!
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that’s a lie, they always have a bunch of stock footage of the golden gate bridge and sutro tower and fisherman’s wharf when the scene changes!!!!
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by jponry on Oct 23, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I totally pass by all those landmarks everyday while riding on the cable car!
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, SF hasn’t been too welcoming for stuff to be filmed there. So, many places are using other places (like Canada) and still saying the shows are supposed to be in SF
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by heimy25 on Oct 23, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Disney Channel is probably just cheap.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well not just them though. Parenthood is an NBC show
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by heimy25 on Oct 23, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just think of the old WB comedy starring Robert Townsend.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just like Sliders.
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I quite like Coit Tower.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For the view, amirite?
I’ll go someday. I’ve always wanted to take the stairs up Telegraph Hill but whenever I’m in the area, I get lazy and put it off.
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The murals at ground level are cool, too.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, a lot of people haven’t seen LLV. I had to watch it for a film class. It’s pretty good although I don’t think it was much of a stretch for Nick Cage to play his character.
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just remember it getting a lot of hype when it came out.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hooker buying: Check
Suicidal: Check
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by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember thinking it was well acted, but didn’t actually have a plot.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lost in Translation, Before Sunrise…I like movies with ambiguity.
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about movies with Nic Cage?
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good lord! How’d we go this far in a Nicolas Cage thread without anybody mentioning Raising Arizona?
Or Moonstruck for that matter (“I’m not a freaking monument to justice! I lost my hand!”)
My Bucardo is better than yours.
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by Roger on Oct 24, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How’d we go this far in a Nicolas Cage thread without anybody mentioning Raising Arizona?
lol
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by groug on Oct 24, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some movies that everyone in the world is shocked I haven't seen and someday I'll get around to it I guess
- The Godfather movies
- Citizen Kane
- Casablanca
- Most classic old films, actually
- Any movie starring Brad Pitt. Seriously. I haven’t seen any of them.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only of these I’ve seen is the The Godfather. You should watch it.
Brad Pitt…let’s see, does Burn After Reading count? Otherwise, I don’t think so.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
12 Monkeys
Fight Club is worth a go.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
12 Monkeys is overrated.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe in a Derek Jeter way.
Pitt’s not a great actor, but he’s in some good movies. I liked Seven a lot as well.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate Bruce Willis.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not a huge fan, but he’s not a deal breaker.
The Fifth Element, for example. (Which is overrated but still plenty good).
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by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s one of those movies I’ll stay on if I’m flipping channels almost every time.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fight Club is one of those things that was so hyped that I got sick of it before I had a chance to see it, so now I don’t want to.
I feel the same way about the Harry Potter books.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’ve never seen True Romance?
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by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, I also saw 12 Monkeys. And Ocean’s 11. And Troy.
Brad Pitt: not a good actor.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pitt
is awesome in Inglourious Bastards. Especailly when he is speaking “Italian”.
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by zenbitz on Oct 23, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Burn After Reading was pretty good. The movie reminded me a lot of James Coburn stuff in the ’60’s (The President’s Psychiatrist, The Flinn movies)
A River Runs Through It as well but I wonder how it would play to a urban or suburban crowd.
Legends of the Fall was passable. His character in this one was a variant on his character on A River Runs Through It. Otherwise the best thing I can say about Brad Pitt is I earn extra get out of jail points with She Who Must Be Obeyed when he is on.
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by daveinexile on Oct 24, 2009 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t seen Casablanca or the last two Godfather movies. I’ve seen way more Brad Pitt movies than I need to.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you not like the first Gofather?
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was OK.
I just haven’t gotten around to seeing the others.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those aren’t too bad outside of the last one. Dude, how have you NOT seen a BP movie?
FWIW, I’ve never seen any of The Matrix movies.
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw the first Matrix movie and thought it was okay but really overrated. I saw the second and thought it was horrible. I refused to see the third.
I also don’t like action movies very much, so there’s that.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think anyone liked the second or third.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know people who did.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crazy.
Do they also wear hats on their feet and a shoe on their head?
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, they think the trilogy is a brilliant exploration of existentialism…or something.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NEO IS JESUS!
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh great. Then I really am never watching those movies.
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Casablanca is awesome.
“what nationality are you?”
“alcoholic”.
Citizen Kane was groundbreaking, but I don’t think it has aged well.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“I wouldn’t bring up Paris, it’s poor salesmanship.”
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 23, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Casablanca is my favorite movie
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by jponry on Oct 23, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, I don’t think I’ve seen any Hitchcock films except for Vertigo.
The Shawshank Redemption is one of my wife’s favorite movies, but I’ve never seen it all the way through. I have seen bits and pieces here and there while she’s watched it. And early in our relationship we watched it together, but, uh, we made out through the entire movie. So I really only saw the first few minutes. Heh.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never saw a Hitchcock film.
Never saw a Tarantino film.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think I’ve seen any Tarantino films either, now that you mention it.
Wait, I think he wrote Natural Born Killers. I’ve seen that. And he had a cameo in Desperado. But films he’s directed, I don’t think so.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want to see Pulp Fiction, though, because my friend swears it’s the bestest film ever.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I had to pick one, I would see Reservoir Dogs.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite scene of all time is from Pulp Fiction.
Here for who want to see it again, though if you haven’t seen the movie, I suggest you don’t watch the clip.
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McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
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by baetown415 on Oct 23, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of my favorite movie lines is in this flick. “Why am I the one on brain detail?” I don’t see how anyone who has a been good at a job they didn’t really like can’t help but get this line.
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 24, 2009 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have never seen a movie scored by John Williams.
"El once, chico. Eleven."
by Juan Primo on Oct 23, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s actually way weirder.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m lying.
"El once, chico. Eleven."
by Juan Primo on Oct 23, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That makes more sense.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which reminds me: Jaws is a terrible movie, and Spielberg is a mediocre movie maker.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here’s another: I’ve never seen Jaws. Or any Rocky movies. Or any Rambo movies.
I’ve only seen one Terminator movie, and I can’t remember if it was the first or the second.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Arnold was the bad guy, it was the first one.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I recently rewatched T2, and the SFX still hold up. It’s awesome.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just the right mixture of puppets, CGI and good ol’ fashion explosions and stunts.
Now the theme song is going to be stuck in my head until I watch it.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BAM BAM BUMBUM BAM
BAM BAM BUMBUM BAM
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was like 17 years ago, and I was watching at my friend’s house, and he was way more into it than I was, so I really don’t remember.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve never seen the first Terminator.
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by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I only saw Godfather and Godfather II in the last 5 years.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They are on my Netflix que (along with many other classics) ready for my first viewing.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s just my opinion but I thought they were really good ;-)
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by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never seen Rocky or Rambo either.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here’s another: I’ve never seen Jaws. Or any Rocky movies. Or any Rambo movies.
Me either.
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get away from me, you weirdos.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jaws sucks. It really does. It’s like Star Wars – everybody know it’s not a very good movie, but no one has the guts to say.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus on the other hand…
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s on my Netflix instant que, I’m pretty excited.
by xanthan on Oct 23, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Jaws was legitimately good.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
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by cheno on Oct 23, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO YOU DIDN’T YOU’RE JUST AFRAID TO ADMIT IT
IT’S OK
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t see it in like 10 years, so who know. But that’s what I remember thinking when I watched it.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL Cookeyman is angry…
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by baetown415 on Oct 23, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But not sad!
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The evolution of Cookyman!
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
GET THAT VORP AND WHIP SH!T OUTTA HERE!!!
by baetown415 on Oct 23, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still think he’s sad. That signature is a cry for help.
Cookyman, everything will be alright.
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Oct 23, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
there’s nothing wrong with the first two Star Wars movies.
I haven’t seen Jaws.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Greatest fight scene was in Episode I though
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by baetown415 on Oct 23, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The first two are OK. The third has some embarrassing parts. The prequels are completely unwatchable.
Also coughracistcough.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
see, here I thought you were being a contrarian, but that’s exactly what most people think.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know, I think most people consider the first two more than OK.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think most people think the first two are escapist fun, and decently well made at that. After that, things start to get undefendable.
People who really like The Matrix really consider it a work of art, though.
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by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
DON'T YOU SEE??!
THERE IS NO SPOON!!!
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MY SPOON IS TOO BIG
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by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MY ANUS IS BLEEDING!
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know anyone who likes the Matrix that much.
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:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Consider yourself lucky. There was a lot of self-important blather about how Deep and Meaningful they were.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
people need to read more
I mean, jeez, you throw a little plato out there with some special effects and everyone thinks it’s the deepest thing ever thought.
by DrStankus on Oct 23, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s kind of a mish-mash of Plato, gnosticism, Philip K. Dick, special effects, and big dumb action, I thought.
My mother’s defense of the films had to do with existentialism, but I don’t remember why.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and I don't really have an issue with the movie
it was fun. And hey, I don’t mind a little philosophy in pop art.
I just mind the people that go away from that thinking that they’ve learned some big huge thing.
I have the same problem with people who are all about Freakanomics.
by DrStankus on Oct 23, 2009 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
years ago I use to be happy thinking “Hey more people might check out Phillip K Dick!” then i would ussaly see the resault and say “Meh.”
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 24, 2009 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure when they publish the txt msg formatted version of The Republic it will be widely read.
by Merope on Oct 23, 2009 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then I really am a contrarian, because I think Return of the Jedi is the best Star Wars movie.
by taliesin on Oct 24, 2009 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I used to think that when I was a kid. Now I think the movie goes pretty much downhill after Han was rescued.
If you can get 3:2 on a headline of "Giants Pitcher Assaults General Manager" at some point this year, take it.
by esseffgeez on Oct 24, 2009 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting Fact
Harrison Ford wanted Han to die at the end of Empire.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 24, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not because he didn’t like the character. He just didn’t think there was any story left to tell with Han.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 24, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plot-wise maybe but Han provided the comic relief the trilogy needed so I’m glad that didn’t happen. Also, Harrison Ford was cool.
I wish he’d walked away from Indy 4, though…
If you can get 3:2 on a headline of "Giants Pitcher Assaults General Manager" at some point this year, take it.
by esseffgeez on Oct 24, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, the Ewoks were pretty lame but hey, at least that part was shot in Muir Woods
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you saying that the prequels are racist, or the Star Wars films in general?
I’ve only seen The Phantom Menace from the new ones, but Jar Jar Binks, yeah.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Natto is pretty racist.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not as much as me
I’m against all humans who aren’t me.
by DrStankus on Oct 23, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh come on!
Lando Calrissian is a positive black male role model.
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 23, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…in the field of science fiction/fantasy.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, so you’ve seen Chasing Amy but not the Godfather, Reservoir Dogs, or Casablanca.
???
"It's too late now."
by ResDog on Oct 23, 2009 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh
What can I say – I saw Clerks when I was a bitter, disgruntled teenager in Central Jersey. I have a soft spot for Kevin Smith.
It’s not that I don’t watch movies at all – I do! It’s just very random and patchy. I’ve seen Chasing Amy but not Casablanca. I’ve seen almost all of Paul Thomas Anderson’s films, but none of Quentin Tarantino. I’ve seen Crooklyn but not Do The Right Thing. etc.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is true.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s just because he’s Chinese, and Chinese people are better than anyone else.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watto is the one who isn’t racist.
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that’s a very subtle Wario/Mario joke.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've never bought the prequels are racist stuff
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by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like I said, I’ve only seen the first one, but Jar Jar Binks was a pretty straight caricature as I recall.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
Adopted Giant: the probably soon to be ditched but still awesome Fred Lewis
by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude was an alien. I know, I know. Representation and all that.
Still, dude was an alien. An annoying alien.
He was all about making the kiddies laugh.
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by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You seriously didn’t have a problem with Watto?
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 24, 2009 2:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is actually the first time I’ve heard the Watto-as-racist idea.
I had heard Jar Jar (all the time). I had heard the Neimoidians. But this is the first time anyone has said that Watto was racist…
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by thehavenot on Oct 24, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watto always struck me as astonishingly anti-semitic. But by the time he showed up, I had already decided I was watching a horrifying abortion of a once-beloved franchise, so perhaps I was predisposed to think the worst of every aspect of it.
Schadendodgerfreude 2009! (CHECK)
Schadenyankeefreude 2009! (______)
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 24, 2009 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watto#Controversy
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by Cookyman on Oct 25, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
just curious
do any of you read Darths and Droids? (www.darthsanddroids.com)
It’s fantastic. They’ve made Jar-Jar likeable.
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by Viliphied on Oct 25, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From what I’ve seen, Jaws kinda reminds me of that Baywatch episode where Jill got eaten by a gray rubber sock puppet
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now you're just being a contrarian
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by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I support Jaws’ message. Sahrks are terrifying. Assassins of the sea. Mindless killing machines. Blow them all up, I say.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ANTI-SHARK PROPAGANDA
SHARKS ARE OUR FRIENDS, PEOPLE
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You just wait until they team up with the elephants. Just crushing and chomping everything in their way.
by chilibean_3 on Oct 23, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
GO GET ’EM COASt GUARD BRASS!
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
by cheno on Oct 23, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jaws is not a terrible movie
But I might agree with you about Spielberg.
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What’s so bad about Jaws? I think its great. It isn’t art, but its a lot of fun.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Oct 23, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course it's art
Even horrible movies are art. Bad art. But art nonetheless.
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by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By art I meant “worthy of endless academic study”.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Oct 23, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a pretty narrow definition of art
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by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I concede that. I probably chose my words poorly.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Oct 23, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hitchcock is great. Tarantino is more miss than hit.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Oct 23, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With Quentin I’d argue the opposite, his good list is Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, Jackie Brown and Inglorious Basterds. Kill Bill 1&2 are good and not on the level, and Death Proof was basically just a b movie. I’d say Death Proof is the only really miss movie, but it has its moments
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Oct 23, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is just bizarre to me. I haven’t seen a lot of movies, but North by Northwest, Psycho, Rear Window, Pulp Fiction, and Reservoir Dogs are all easily among the best I’ve seen. What are you watching?
by taliesin on Oct 24, 2009 12:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Casablanca is a fantastic movie
The others, whatever. Don’t even bother with Citizen Kane. Talk about over-rated.
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by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hating Citizen Kane seems to be pretty popular these days. Why? It has a great, deep story and is technically brilliant.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Oct 23, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suspect that watching Citizen Kane would be a pretty bizarre experience for me at this point, since I’ve never seen it, but The Simpsons has parodied almost every scene in it.
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I was too harsh with my comment about Citizen Kane. Sometimes my reactions to certain things are more reactions to how other people feel about that thing. It’s my contrarian nature. I was really bad about it as a teenager. I have mostly gotten over it but every so often it comes out again.
I just don’t think it’s anywhere near the best movie ever (as some have dubbed it). It’s a decent movie. But I like several other older movies better.
Like I said, I was too harsh. There’s no reason not to see it.
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by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do sympathize with the people who are sick of the “OMG BEST MOVIE EVAR” meme. It is still probably an overrated film.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
by rotorueter on Oct 23, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As far as technical filmmaking goes, I don’t know if there’s a better film.
Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.
Bob Howry's #1 (and only) fan!!!
The Merkin Valdez of McCovey Chronicles!!!!!!
by cheno on Oct 23, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's probably one of the reasons why, I don't appreciate it as much as some others do
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by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve never seen it.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 24, 2009 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But.. But
It’s like the Citizen Kane of movies!
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 24, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where does that quote even come from? I’ve probably heard it in the original, but I’ve heard it from so many other places that I have no idea anymore.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 24, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you're Gay
Casablanca makes no sense and has no internal rhythm starting out as a cartoonish musical then morphing into a cheesy Bette Davis soap opera and finally crashing down as a lame spy-chase thriller.
Cornballz.
by hokysmksbw on Oct 24, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So if I’m straight, Casablanca makes sense? Or did you mean it only fails to makes sense to Tyson and/or Rudy?
Schadendodgerfreude 2009!
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 24, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you are Gay, then...
Casablanca is a fantastic movie
The others, whatever. Don’t even bother with Citizen Kane. Talk about over-rated.
The baseball Satanist
by thehavenot on Oct 23, 2009 6:58 PM PDT
by hokysmksbw on Oct 26, 2009 2:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wut?
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 24, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don’t ignore his comments yet?
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 25, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
pfft…I started ignoring hokysmksbw before you even knew who he was.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 25, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lights going out and a kick in the balls?
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
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by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m just very defensive over Casablanca.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 26, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
jponry: gay.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
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by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He didn’t specify gender.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
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by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And by he I mean hokysmksbw, just so we’re clear.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 26, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
0_0
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Oct 26, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn no Pitt movies? Quite possibly my favorite actor. Inglorious Basterds is definitely worth a watch, same with Se7en, True Romance, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, and my personal favorite The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Pitt takes a lot of heat for being more good looking than is acceptable, but he is a very good actor
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Oct 23, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is sad
Only because I assume that during this time you have been watching other, lesser movies. Please watch Godfather 1 and 2, Casablanca, Maltese Falcon, and The Big Sleep without delay.
I don’t watch movies, normally, but some, like these, really are better than any other conceivable use of your time.
In re Brad Pitt, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, Seven, and of course (minor role) True Romance are all good movies, but I wouldn’t necessarily go out of my way to see any of them. Well, maybe 12 Monkeys.
by taliesin on Oct 24, 2009 12:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
godfather
you basically HAVE to watch it. of you don’t, i find you crazy, stupid, and a dodgers fan
no thanks to classic old films though
by sfoakbay on Oct 24, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s almost 40 years old – pretty close to being considered a classic old film.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 24, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve just never found the gangster genre that interesting. I’m sure I’ll see it some day, though.
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by jcb9 on Oct 24, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Al Pachino can make any film interesting. Well, except for most of his films from the past 30 years. But man, when he’s good, he’s good.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 24, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heat:
An epically overrated mess.
Schadendodgerfreude 2009!
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 24, 2009 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
he’s more Aaron Rowand than Torii Hunter, if you take my meaning.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d like to see a Fangraph comparing Cage and Travolta.
by esseffgeez on Oct 23, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve never seen any of his crappy action films, only Leaving Las Vegas and The Weather Man (though I’ve seen clips of The Wicker Man, and I think I’m a big fan).
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that film is a latter day Manos: the Hands of Fate.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/runs up hill
/wearing bear costume
/punches woman in face
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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 23, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
those moments are so much more fun than a purposefully bad movie.
“Did anyone stop to check whether or not THIS IS COMPLETELY FUCKING INSANE?!”
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/carjacks bike
GROUGTHINK ALERT
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
Some random movie about a cop who wins the lottery or something.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It Could Happen To You!
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. I love the moral of these types of movies:
Money is not the key to happiness – love is. Find a person to love, and you’ll be happy. Also, do that, and you’ll get a shitload of money.
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then remove Rich from the picture. Wait this is sounding a bit like Cohen Brothers film, aint it?
Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.
by daveinexile on Oct 24, 2009 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ah i see you are directly above me with the same sentiment, this is awkward
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Oct 23, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love him in Raising Arizona, never liked him in anything else…
Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?
by TexasRanger on Oct 23, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha, this movie was extra funny to me because his concern about his daughter’s camel toe is a significant part of the plot
I wanted to adopt, but all the good looking babies were taken
by joeytothelimit on Oct 23, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
raising arizona
A hearty thank you to Rich Aurilia for all the good memories, and to the Niners for finally getting the uni's (mostly) right.
by wjackalope on Oct 23, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Raising Arizona.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t seen this either!
Actually, looking him up on IMDb, the only things I can remember seeing him in are Adaptation and City of Angels (which was awful). So that’s not really fair.
He always struck me as the blandest actor on the planet, though.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s got a lot of really awful movies and a lot of really good ones.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s not bland though, he’s either over the top terrible or brilliant.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was really bland in City of Angels.
That whole movie was really bland, though. And the big emotional climax was hiLOLarious.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that surprises me. I haven’t seen that movie but it seems like a perfect opportunity for him to be completely insane.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
face/off?
"Being a McCoven is like being a member of the Green party. It’s powerlessness is part of the appeal." - oldjacket
by scout6 on Oct 23, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
that’s one of those
Zandelee is another.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He mostly just stands around looking somber because he’s an angel and stuff.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s my memory, anyway. It’s been like 10 years.
"Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?" - sfgiants.com commenter or online porn ad? You be the judge!
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by jcb9 on Oct 23, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THE GERMAN ORIGINAL
is one of the five best movies of all time imo
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 23, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Elitist.
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by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh come on
It’s not like it’s in Spanish.
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will never get why Spanish is elitist.
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by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol wilriv
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
(I think)
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was someone who called Jon Miller elitist for sprinkling Spanish into his broadcasts. It might have been wil.
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by Natto on Oct 23, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it was someone else and then wilriv agreed.
Wilriv was involved somehow.
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by groug on Oct 23, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it was Headhunter Rollins.
wil backed him up.
that meme is my contribution to this site.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 23, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now I’m wondering if I’ve ever started a meme…
HA HA HA LOOK AT ME I'M ALL HAPPY AND STUFF NO REALLY CAN WE STOP WITH THE COOKYMAN IS SAD JOKES?
:-) :-) :-)
by Cookyman on Oct 23, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs