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Then he'd have been a kind of skinny crappy actor. Losing weight didn't give Jonah Hill magic acting skills. Anyway, I'm watching ESCAPE PLAN, and I'm only 30 minutes in, but so far it's a shockingly decent action flick. And Jim Caviezel is surprisingly OK.

I think if you're gonna add a stipulation, it should be "nickname" stip. Like, if I win this next match, I get to choose your nickname for your next two fights. You've gotta get the UFC to update their website and the announcers have to use it and everything. Then we could have Tim "Daffodil" Kennedy.

Since I'm not familiar with any of their other albums, I can't really speak to how this one differs. (This also makes me realize that I may have overestimated how much I like this album, since it hasn't led me to seek out their other stuff). I tracked down SINGLES after hearing Future Islands on the radio--I think it was Q--and being taken in by how seemingly genuine the guys involved were. And that's something that comes across in the live performances: Herring's "act" doesn't come across as affectation, but earnestness. That strikes me as rare, at least in pop music. As someone has mentioned, Future Islands is also kinda remarkable because of how vocally (and lyrically) driven it is. Herring has an incredibly expressive voice, and not only is his regular singing voice unique, his falsetto and death-metal growl are pretty nifty. He really commands all of your attention. Which is probably for the best, because the backing music is so thin it really harms my enjoyment of the album. The drums, in particular, are crap; I don't play drums, but give me a couple of lessons and I could play drums for Future Islands. I mean, I know the music is "easy listening" (or "adult contemporary"), and I don't need them to be the Melvins or anything, but I think that they could use a much fuller sound.

BO 1. Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1) 2. Tomorrowland (May 22) 3. Jurassic World (Jun 12) 4. Terminator: Genisys (Jul 1) 5. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Jul 31) 6. Minions (Jul 10) 7. Inside Out (Jun 19) 8. Ted 2 (Jun 26) 9. Magic Mike XXL (Jul 1) 10. Ant-Man (Jul 17) 11. Fantastic Four (Aug 7) 12. Pixels (Jul 24) 13. Mad Max: Fury Road (May 15) 14. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Aug 14) 15. Straight Outta Compton (Aug 14) TIEBREAKER: Straight Outta Compton 42,356,000 RT 1. Tomorrowland (May 22) 2. Magic Mike XXL (Jul 1) 3. Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1) 4. Inside Out (Jun 19) 5. Aloha (May 29) 6. Straight Outta Compton (Aug 14) 7. Minions (Jul 10) 8. Terminator: Genisys (Jul 1) 9. Trainwreck (Jul 17) 10. Pixels (Jul 24) 11. Spy (Jun 5) 12. Hot Pursuit (May 8) 13. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Aug 14) 14. Mad Max: Fury Road (May 15) 15. Ted 2 (Jun 26)

I think Farley benefits a lot from nostalgia. He was at his peak when a lot of us were the right age for that humour. I rewatched TOMMY BOY not that long ago, and oh man, it's not that good.

Oh come on now. When that shit was fresh the classic rock station was playing Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and they were comparatively not as old as "Enter Sandman" and "Losing My Religion" are now.

If there's a Netflix Punisher, it better be Jeffery Dean Morgan.

Has anyone ever watched Guts World Pro Wrestling? I'm intrigued. Just by the name, though.

The guy from TV's MOONLIGHTING will never be a credible action film star.

Gonna catch FURIOUS 7 tonight, without having seen any of the previous entries in the series. I assume that'll be fine. Cars and explosions and shit. EDIT: well that was probably the dumbest film I've ever seen. Also, I was not prepared for the amount of butts.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xy3ex7_genichiro-tenryu-vs-yoshiaki-fujiwara-war-11-27-97_sport Tenryu vs Fujiwara!! Who is grumpier!?!

Sure, I'm in.

I thought capable but uninteresting fighters went to WSOF. Bellator is supposed to go after big name has-beens.

A tv show of FARGO? That'll suck.

So can I update my ballot?

Has anyone watched MARCO POLO one Netflix? We watched the first episode when it popped up, kinda didn't care for it, but though the premise was interesting. Anyone stick it out?

Done. The question about how productive I usually feel was depressing.

Started watching Resurrection of the Daleks. Can't comment on the quality of the story, but goddamn it's one of the best looking classic Who episodes I've seen. The daleks are fantastic villains and almost impossible to use well.

Ben Mendelsohn is king-sized in that show. Everyone's good, but three episodes in and he's doing the heavy lifting.

Congrats!

Is Scorsese/DiCaprio our version of Ford/Wayne? They're certainly better collaborators than Depp/Burton, and while it might not be Scorsese's best work, it's probably DiCaprio's. I'm not sure Soderbergh/Clooney can compete. Maybe this needs its own thread...

I didn't like SLEEPY HOLLOW. Not even Casper Van Dien could save it. Depp/Burton are like the anti-Ford/Wayne or Kurosawa/Mifune. They bring out the worst in each other.

Watched BATMAN RETURNS for the first time since I was, I dunno, 12 I think. It's just awful.

Basically I could have shuffled around most of my list and still have been pretty happy with it. My number one (St. Vincent) was thus ranked because of the fact that I've still got it on my phone and still listen to it weekly, rather than any more sophisticated form of measure.

Thanks for doing this, even if the input just wasn't there. There are a few albums that didn't make the cut that I'm going to track down. How many people who submitted really got into music in the 90s? Just wondering.