LouisianaLonghorn

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Read article, those actually are their proper names.

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It’s the “teens” again.

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He-Man wasn't my thing as a kid, I was a Ninja Turtles kid, but I probably would have seen this in theatres if the trailer wasn't so bad. I love going to the theatre but I just couldn't bring myself to go with how cheesy it looked. Will definitely watch on streaming though.

I have a buddy who compared Jared Leto's Skeletor to Frisky Dingo's Killface, which is high praise for me. Ironically, another incredibly underrated show that didn't get a third season because of viewership but now has a cult following.

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It really does deserve to be seen on the big screen. It's big, bright, colorful, and loud. It's a cartoon come to life, which is exactly what it should be. Travis Knight has a strong love for the source material and you can tell. He didn't try to ground the characters in reality. The characters' silly names like He-Man, Ram Man, Mekaneck, Trap Jaw, Fisto, etc. are all names that Adam created for them as a child. You never know their real names, except for Duncan (Man-at-Arms) and Teela.

As much hate as Jared Leto gets, I thought he nailed Skeletor. He had an impeccable British accent, and instilled just enough humor to keep the character true to his cartoon persona. I thought he maintained a nice balance of menace and fun, while never crossing the line to make the character campy. The scene where Skeleton infiltrates Adam's mind to torment him with images of insecurity were very funny. Rumor is that Jared Leto was not happy that he had about 15 minutes of screen time cut for the final version. It apparently showed that Skeletor is really King Randor's older brother, Prince Keldor, which would help explain why he covets the throne of Eternia so badly. As a fan of the old cartoon series, I'd have liked to see that.

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I heard one reviewer say they forgot to give Evil Lynn a personality, and she is just ends up being Skeletor's "Yes Man"

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Yes and no. If you compare her role in this movie to Meg Foster's version in the 1987 film, then I suppose so. The 1987 film gave her more to do and even suggested that there was a possible romantic relationship between her and Skeletor. This movie didn't go that route at all. She assisted Skeletor and fought Teela during the final showdown, but that was about it. As others have said, he basically bullied her and she deserted him at the end, until the post-credits scene.

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Gymnastics is at least close and better in many people's opinions

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I love the LSU ladies, but when I saw how biased the judging was at the national championship meet, it really pissed me off. It's the reason why I never watch figure skating except at the Olympics.

When Talarico was asked to list something other than his family that makes him happy, he replied “trans kids.”

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South Carolina is higher than I would have thought

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USCe fans are very loyal. They routinely pack Williams-Brice stadium even though their football program isn’t having a great season.

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Also, which has built the program to be way better than when they inherited it. LSU was well established, Arkansas was not.
Since the COVID year, Ones SEC win percentage is around 680 the other is around 525…..

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This is my biggest reason for wanting to not renew Torina when her contract is up. If you look at the trajectory of the program, we seem to be trending down, or at the very best, we're stagnating. Back in the day, LSU dominated SEC softball. Glenn Moore and Yvette Girouard built us into an SEC powerhouse. To LSU's credit, we tried to poach Bama's coach when Yvette G. retired, but he screwed us and we had to scramble for a replacement, eventually settling on Beth Torina. She did very well at first, but little by little, other SEC schools started to catch up and eventually pass us. First it was Florida, then Bama, then Tennessee, then even Auburn did it for a while. Now Arkansas and Moo State are right there with us. In sports, it's all about what what you done for me lately, and Beth hasn't done a whole hell of a lot. I say give her to the end of her current contract and see where we are. If her next couple of recruiting classes are as great as her supporters claim, then we should see an improvement. If we don't, then make the change. With Texas and OU as in-conference foes now, it's only going to get tougher to get to the WCWS.

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They miss the wcws

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In her defense, her chances were better with Gasso than with Beth. Moo State is one of the hottest teams in the country right now.

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Just keep her until her contract runs out. It’s not that big of a deal.

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This. No bonuses or extensions. Cut her loose when her contract is up.

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Miss St hasn’t surpassed LSU, they have never hosted a regional and they have passed us? Nah!! What does Miss St have that we don’t ? A elite pitching coach with 2 pitchers better than anything we got. They hit far far below what we do!

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Ok Beth. Whatever you say.

They're one win away from knocking off OU on the road. Moo State's been mentioned as a program on the rise. I didn't see LSU anywhere in that discussion. My point is that Beth has had both elite pitching and strong hitting at the same time and still came away with nothing.

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We are a mediocre team with a mediocre coach who couldn’t win the big one when she had the studs pitching and hitting in 15/16.

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This should tell you all you need to know about Torina. She couldn't win a title of any kind (regular season title or SEC tourney title) with a loaded roster for 3 years. She won't win anything. Just cut her loose when her contract expires.