Craig H
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Hank is another character I'm totally confused about and he's another one where I wonder just how Gilligan wants the audience to view Hank. At times, I can't stand him, but I don't think I would want to see him get taken out. I just wish he'd let up a little bit. Then at other times, I think he can be a noble, upstanding guy.
We talk about this a bit in the BB thread... so there is some debate over what exactly Hank's role is in the overall story. He could be the hero to Walt's villain, or he could just be a tragic hero that (in the grand scheme of things) will fall prey to circumstance.
I don't know how you could be confused about how you are supposed to view Hank though. They built those brothers up all season long as badasses, and Hank took them both out without a gun.
He took one out by pinning him with his SUV against another car. The other one he shot multiple times, but he kept coming because the brothers bought the bullet proof vests earlier in the episode. Hank then took out the living brother with the hollow point bullet.
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Good God.
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I don't know what his exact situation is either, but a good friend of mine who does triathlons found out he had similar sounding issues. After he received treatment, he was able to go back to everything he did before.
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Zero Dark Thirty was fucking awesome. Goddamn, what a good movie.
I thought it was good, but The Hurt Locker is still the better Bigelow movie IMO. The movie has so much more tension and patience compared to Zero Dark Thirty. The scene in The Hurt Locker with Ralph Fiennes where they're ambushed and Renner and Mackie's faces become covered with sand is some brilliant, breathtaking stuff. Zero Dark Thirty turned into explosion porn pretty quickly, and I don't think Jessica Chastain was all that great as people hyped up. She only had one truly great moment and that was when she unzipped the bodybag. I thought Jason Clarke was the MVP of the movie.
I saw Elysium this weekend, and I have to admit I was a little disappointed like JT (see the Summer Blockbuster thread). Exterior shots of Elysium are basically only 5% of this movie with the rest being spent on exteriors of Earth (I guess Southern California) and interiors when on Elysium. Kruger was fucking money though. Without Kruger, I would have walked out 30 minutes in. The story just isn't that good and it's pretty implausible that you could simply reboot some shit to make everyone citizens of Elysium.
Oh yeah, Jason Clarke was great. I'd even say that Coach was better than Jessica Chastain and I wish he were in the movie even more. When Jason Clarke's character tells Maya that he's leaving, you can see just how much has been stripped away from him when he mentions that they killed his monkeys because those monkeys were the one innocent thing left in his life at that point, and they were killed as well.
I didn't think ZDT was explosion porn though, as there is a lot of time in between "action" sequences. The action sequences themselves aren't terribly long too. The first of which is the brief scene of the attack by the gunmen after Amar is stuffed into the box. After that is some more tail chasing until they show the aftermath of a bombing on TV. Then there's the Marriott bombing, and finally the 12/30/2010 bombing. If anything, I thought the movie was heavy on interviews, but the subject matter fascinates me so much that I didn't mind. I agree with you though, regarding The Hurt Locker. Of the two, I think that one is the better movie if only because the pacing is better and there aren't very many lulls. Plus, the way that movie ends is one of the most badass and haunting endings to a movie that I've seen.
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I just got done watching the episode where Hank has a run-in with the cartel hitmen in the parking lot. That episode and the one before it have confused me a little regarding Skyler. Now it seems like she wants the marriage to survive, but Walter appears to have closed that door and moved on. I think Skyler is finding out that cheaters never prosper...
YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Hank is another character I'm totally confused about and he's another one where I wonder just how Gilligan wants the audience to view Hank. At times, I can't stand him, but I don't think I would want to see him get taken out. I just wish he'd let up a little bit. Then at other times, I think he can be a noble, upstanding guy.
By the way, Jesse's description of "what happens next" to Walter was absolutely chilling, which was followed up really well with what happened later in the episode when he finally tells Walter how his life is worse since Walter came into his life. I think the only other thing I saw Aaron Paul in was Big Love, but my God, he can act his ass off.
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I could really love Chopped if they didn't show what felt like 5 episodes a night. I get majorly burned out on watching it because of the ridiculous editing that always seems to give away who is going to get chopped. At the same time, it's lead me to learning about winning strategies, like NEVER use the ice cream machine. Every time someone goes to use that, it never ends up well.
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Oh man. So let's see, I get to potentially see Kennedy get his lights put out by Machida AND there's the possibility that Lawler concusses MacDonald so bad I never have to see MacDonald again.
As for Struve, man, that sucks. I've always liked Struve and thought that sooner or later he would be able to get over the hump and challenge for the title, but like Melvin Guillard, he always gets tripped up right as he's on the cusp of earning a shot at the title. That said, I'd rather he get to live a good long life than be able to fight again. Send that man to the Cleveland Clinic.
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I don't like the Pirates, but I hate the Cardinals. I'm not pulling for either team though, as once again, much like I do for many lost Cubs seasons, I hope for the Braves or Indians to actually do something in the postseason. I like this Braves team much more than the ones from the previous two years. They're kicking ass in the regular season and they're built like a postseason contender. Regarding the Indians, I'm surprised they've hung on and are only a few games out of the Wild Card spot.
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I'm telling you all, Washington Griffins. Nice mythological creature mascot, no racism.
Cue the Peter Griffin jokes.
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Got to be a different Venom
A quick Google search says he didn't die, so that's a relief at least. Unless he's a scumbag and has done horrible things, in which case...
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TIL that Venom is still wrestling.
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Add me to the group that doesn't get Divekick's appeal. When does Qwop wind up as a game you have to pay for?
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I think he should chitter and be subtitled.
I now want this because when I watch it at home, it will drive my dog crazy.
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Regarding M:tG, for those interested, spoilers have started for the upcoming Theros set and the artwork thus far is gorgeous. Oh, and there's an instant costing RG that destroys target artifact or enchantment and does 2 damage to that permanent's controller. That is stupid good.
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Walter is by no means an angel, but he didn't start his drug making venture for personal gain, he did it to make sure his family would be set once he was gone. I mean, the guy had $500k in a duffle bag and he wouldn't even spring for a new windshield, or hell, a new car, until he was pulled over.
As for Jesse's girlfriend, yeah, it's fucked up, but if she lives, Jesse never gets his head straight and probably winds up OD'ing and dying. The impression I've had since the start of the show is that Walter cares more about Jesse than their constant bickering would let on. Unfortunately, Jesse's life would cost the lives of so many others. However, Jesse is as much to blame for that happening.
My issue with Skyler goes beyond hating a flawed female character. First, to say she's flawed indicates she can be the cause for good things happening. Thus far, she's proven herself to be a resentful hypocrite whose contempt for Walter, and eye for Ted, go back much farther than her third trimester. She shows this when its revealed how far back she did her Marilyn Monroe take on Happy Birthday, and then she does it again in a really awkward moment. None of this even touches on how Skyler can look past illegally padding himself with millions, putting everyone in that company at risk, but Walter tries to make a quick buck making meth and raking in over $500k, and he's the fucking devil. Keep in mind that, at least where I'm at, Skyler is unaware of the reason behind the plane crash or letting that girl die, so all of that is periphery to the dynamic of their relationship.
And if it were Walter's best friend fucking up and being a dick, instead of Skyler, I would hate him just as much. Not sure why you're seemingly white knighting for that character.
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LOL
I did a search starting with "Skyler White is a" and the top results were:
"awful"
"ugly"
"so annoying"
"a hypocrite"
"an idiot"
Adding to the fun are the top 3 Facebook pages when searching for Skyler White:
"I Hate Skyler White"
"Fuck Skyler White"
"Kill Off Skyler Argo"
I'm now a happier person tonight.
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Ryan Dempster gets suspended for 5 games
That will give him plenty of napping opportunities.
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YES. 3 hours is too fucking long. As I fast forwarded thru on my DVR, I thought I skipped enough shit I'm not interested to be near the end of the show, only to find that I was only through 1 hour 40 minutes.At some point I fell asleep and skipped to near the end when I awoke because I didn't want to deal with it any more. It's plainly obvious that the writing staff is incapable of filling out 3 hours of Raw and the extra time gives them more of an opportunity to fuck up and makes other segments too long to just stretch time. How could USA's president still think 3 hours is a good idea?
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Sutter said he's had the idea for the last few years based on something that happened at that time. When the "shocking" and "controversial" buzz words were thrown out there though, a bunch of people jumped on the school shooting from earlier this year. Everyone ignores that first part about this being conceived 2 or 3 years ago. It could be a school shooting, but it's just as likely it's something else.
My guess is it's something related to Fast and Furious (the FBI program, not the movie) and some federal or border agents get waxed by dudes in the cartel. There was also the kamikaze style attack in Austin, the mass bombing and shooting in Norway, the gunman attack that involved Gabby Giffords, and all of the attacks by the Mexican drug cartels. Maybe someone in the Galindo cartel kidnaps an important figure in the show and beheads them.
Whatever it is though, it's supposed to be the lighting of the fuse that takes us all the way through to next season's series finale.
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Her father is the district attorney~!
(Sorry, couldn't resist)
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Fantasy Booking Alert: Bryan is #1 (through shenanigans, winning the Rumble is the only way to get a title match again), Cena makes his triumphant return at #30, they're the last two guys, Bryan eliminates Cena for the win, perhaps (depending on how Bryan draws during this time) setting up a Cena heel turn for once Bryan vanquishes the Corpvolution.
Bryan beats Triple H's Corpvolution.
Cena completes heel turn by cheating to beat Undertaker at Wrestlemania.
Claims he's the #1 contender on RAW and that he did something lil' Daniel Bryan will never do and that's beat Undertaker.
Bryan comes out says he has no honor. Flips Cena off and gives him a Stunner
FANTASY BOOKING NERD OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Addendum: The next day there is much grousing on the board over just how fast Bryan responded, that Cena acted too cute and looked like he didn't suffer any ill effects from beating Undertaker, somehow this is a way either guy is getting buried by HHH, and just weeks after complaining about faces not being protected enough, there are complaints that heels aren't protected enough.
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David DeJesus dealt to the Nats for a PTBNL, which literally makes no sense whatsoever for Washington.
As a follow up to this story, DDJ was subsequently placed on waivers by the Nationals. Theo or Jed had to have been calling in an old favor owed to them.
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There is already a great Mass Effect movie called Mass Effect and you can play it out on the PS3 or 360 and get a million times more entertainment out of that than anyone ever could watching some hackneyed attempt at portraying Shep's adventures on screen.
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I'm probably the biggest Ben Affleck fan on this board (I even really like Daredevil) and even I think this is fucking retarded. However, I've been surprised before.