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Well...I mean, at this point, I feel confident that Rollins is going to cash in at Wrestlemania and leave with the belt, just because he is so clearly ready for that spot and Reigns so obviously isn't and even Vince has to realize that after tonight...But it sucks that I'll have to sit through a shitty 30 minute Brock/Roman match to get there.

Not enough.

I've always held the belief that the "truest" ending of JUSTIFIED was Raylan dying in Harlan, because that's sort of what the series has always been about, the way your culture molds you into being a certain kind of person to satisfy its own needs - and the certain kind of person that Harlan made Raylan is pretty much destined to die by violence. That said, Elmore Leonard very rarely wrote stories with super-sad endings where the hero died, and even though he's not writing the show, Graham Yost has said numerous times they always ask themselves, What would Elmore do? So...he's probably not going to die. But I don't think Raylan gets the super happy ending either. Especially after seeing how dark they went in the premiere. So, being the big Leonard fan that I am, I started thinking about times he did go with a sad ending, and it hit me: the ending to his book CITY PRIMEVAL. The main character of that one, Raymond Cruz, is an obvious prototype for Raylan's anachronistic, Old West gunfighter stuck in modern times. (The main villain, Clement Mansell, was the basis for Darryl Crowe last season, so Yost is obviously familiar with the book.) I don't want to spoil the book for anybody, but I'll just say, that's what I think the ending of the show is now. If you've read it, you know what I'm talking about. Think back to Art's conversation with Raylan in the premiere where he lays out all the possible outcomes if Raylan forces a confrontation with Boyd (which, I mean, is obviously where this is going in the end, we all know that). There's another potential outcome, and it's the end of CITY PRIMEVAL.

Okay, so I got the exotic engram from Xur, but of course, it turned into a Hunter helmet. But I broke it down and now have my first exotic shard. So yay! Thanks for the tip on that. Gonna take a little while longer to make my mind up on Starfire Protocol. It makes sense to get if I'm using my voidwalker class, but I've been getting more attached to the sunsinger as I've been leveling it up. Being able to pull an Undertaker in PvP is quite awesome.

It was a good come back episode for FLASH, even thought I felt the much, much simpler solution to the situation was "Run really fast and knock their guns out of their hands!" ARROW wasn't quite as exciting, but I did appreciate that it slowed things down and actually took a moment to dwell on the ramifications of Oliver's death for the rest of the team. Though I'd like to see Roy get a little more shine out of this. Even with Olliver gone, he was still just the guy off to the side while the A players talked.

Yeah, I was meaning to ask if that was smart or a waste, too. Thanks. I think I've got about 35 motes, so I'll probably do that.

I've mainly been a voidwalker, that's what I use in PvP, and I just started working on sunsinger. The 2 grenades were a big draw for sunsinger, so if I can get that ability with this armor, that would be cool. But I do love me some melee, so maybe I should save for the off chance the Claws show up somewhere...

Okay, guys, I need to draw on your expertise here. I finally have enough currency and standing to buy some stuff, but I want to make sure I'm not just throwing money away since it's so hard to come by. Mainly, is Starfire Protocol (warlock chest armor Xur is selling this week) worthwhile? I mean, I don't presently even have any legendary chest armor, so going exotic would be an instant upgrade, obviously, but in the long run, am I going to regret spending precious strange coins on it?

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I feel like Blomkamp will be lucky to have a career after CHAPPIE. What a spectacular fall it's been from DISTRICT 9 to "making a movie starring Die Antwoord."

Okay, this is where I point out her name is spelled "AVA," because this thread is starting to confuse the hell out of me.

Yeah, I'm not feeling it so far. But Keep It 100 has at least been good for one solid laugh each night, especially when he asked Bill Burr to choose if his kids were white or black.

Too bad I don't know how to imbed Youtube videos. The opening scene of The Wire has never been more pertinent.

First time I ran up on someone with Gjallarhorn (before I knew what it was) in PvP, I was like, "Man, that is bullshit!"

Craig is the only person happy in this thread right now.

Well, I'd say that was handily the bleakest episode in the whole run of the series. And that was just the season premiere! I'd question how it could get much bleaker over the course of the final 12 episodes, but I already see we have Garrett Dillahunt in full Mr. Wolcott mode, so throat slashings are certain to follow.

I thought Seth Rogen actually made a cogent point comparing AMERICAN SNIPER to the film-within-a-film about Fredrick Zoller in INGLORIOUS BASTERDS.

On a related note: Katya would go on to write the score for GILMORE GIRLS.

Okay, so I'm watching DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE, thinking to myself that whoever was in charge of the casting did a great job filling the small parts with quality character actors with a lot of personality, and right about then, I notice John Doman (Rawls on THE WIRE, Falcone on GOTHAM, Home Depot voice) as the construction site guy who explains to McClain how the tunnel works.

Not cancelled. They just didn't pick up the back 9. NBC has said, as recently as yesterday, they're still weighing a 2nd season. Obviously not looking likely with this move, though.

Anybody watch the new 12 MONKEYS series on Syfy? I happened to stumble across the opening on Friday and watched about the first 30 minutes before I had to go, and it seemed...pretty solid. Maybe it fell apart in the last half after I quit watching, but it was definitely slicker than your average Syfy show. I mean, it seems like they've sanded off all the rough edges and weirdness of the Gilliam movie in favor of a more streamlined, action-oriented story, but I thought it was pretty decent as far as those things go. I feel like Pyro from the X-Men movies lacks the presence to really carry this thing in the Bruce Willis role, though.

So, I guess NBC changed CONSTANTINE's timeslot without telling anyone? I missed the last episode because when I turned to NBC at the usual time, Dateline or something was on. Turns out, it's on before GRIMM now. Um, okay. Did they promote that at all beforehand and I just missed it? Either way, not a great sign for season 2.

I thought both of these episodes were hilarious. The Ron and Tammy dynamic will never not be funny to me. I guess I didn't watch enough of last season, because Pratt's new matinee idol physique in character as Andy was incredibly jarring.

Don't you fucking dare.

With the way the show left things, I think they could very easily minimize Kiefer's presence without creating a major "It's not 24 without Jack!" backlash. Maybe they could take a mulligan on the Jack-captured-by-China storyline that they bungled years ago.