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I enjoyed the movie, like I do most Gunn projects. Fun popcorn movie. More entertaining than Snyder's MOS. 8 of 10.

If there is one thing holding me back is that this Superman is as likable as Star Lord. Really good guy, flawed, but well-intentioned. More of a bro. As much as I liked & rooted for Star Lord, he never made me want to be a better person. Christopher Reeve's Superman did. The '78 Superman character exuded a wholesome ideal of a man I personally wished I could be.
Yeah, genres/sub-genres can dominate/saturate the industry in cycles. The movie market was once flooded for a significant period with say, Westerns, or slasher films, teenage/college sex comedies, muscled action pics, sci-fi adventures, superhero movies, etc.

I don't think the hero element will ever fade away for too long tho. Audiences will always gravitate towards people doing extraordinary things or possessing extraordinary powers, whether it's Greek/Roman gods, Superheroes, fastest-gun in the West, Jedi Knights, Vampires, soldiers with uncommon courage, etc.

But mediocre-to-poor movies will certainly cause fatigue & shorten a genre's endurance.
I'll never forget Josh Pearson making that crucial super-clutch 10th inning snag in left field in Game 1 vs Florida in '23...

...while also juxtaposing that to Arky's left fielder Charles Davalan mustering a brutal super-choke error on a Hernandez liner in the bottom of the 9th in '25.

Thank you, Josh...and Chuck.
How do you drown in a lake? There's no engulfing waves. There's no riptide currents. Had to be a non-swimmer drifting too far out & slipping off their floatation device, right? If so, his is completely preventable.

And even if you are dumb enough to never have learned how to swim and still irresponsibly float your raft/tube out too deep in a lake, and fall off, you can still bob. If you have any amount of air in your lungs, and point your nose to the sky, you'll bob like a cork to infinity.
If it's before the MLB Draft, I'm 100% certain Trump will say "He's gonna be so rich. He's gonna make a lot of money!!!" when talking about Kade Anderson.
I prefer to be optimistic. Will's protons, neutrons and electrons (that make up every atom & molecule of his body) are still orbiting to this day. His energy is still with us. Happy 13.8 Billionth Birthday, Will.
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3B Quentin Young - He has size, he is athletic and has power in the arm and bat. He has a huge upside and they are going to throw money his way. Rumor is that he is leaning going pro. Likely gone.


Yep, Perfect Game is reporting Quentin Young is having a Draft party with immediate & extended family. Sadly, he also invited PG & their cameras to capture the moment. That sounds gone pecan. (Btw, PG's latest mock had him going 40th overall to L.A. which is an hour away from his home. PG also had Fauske going #39 to the Yankees) :banghead: :banghead:
Perfect Game just did an MLB Mock Draft and LSU commits Jaden Fauske and Quentin Young were taken #39 (Yankees) and #40 (L.A.), respectively. PG said that they were invited to bring their cameras into Quentin’s home to cover Draft day with his immediate & extended family. That’s not comforting.

(FYI, Kade was selected #2 overall)


Sure, the state prosecutor is agreeable to the "life in prison; no death penalty" arrangement, but does the judge have to honor that?

Couldn't the judge still sentence him to death, like Kohberger did to four students?
Apparently, this trade was made lickety split.

re: New clip from Superman

Posted by LSUFreek on 6/27/25 at 6:24 pm
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I think adding the dog was silly. Not for the first movie out

I like that they are somewhat embracing the comics, with the dog (& even the red trunks again). The dog has never been introduced in the 7 feature-length Superman movies made so far. It's as good a time as any. And I have a feeling Krypto will surprise & steal the show in his limited parts.

Besides, we don't need another Superman origin story, cuz you won't beat 1978's Superman anyway, so jumping ahead to where Krypto already exists in this universe is alright by me. The '78 Superman was wholesome, campy, romantic and just plain fun. I'm getting similar vibes with this interpretation.

re: Car extended warranties

Posted by LSUFreek on 6/27/25 at 9:21 am
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If you do it go with the dealer.

Just know that the multiple thousands you spend on a dealer extended warranty will go up in smoke in an instant if you have regular maintenance done at any place other than your dealership or a dealership-approved shop. Your maintenance options are severely restricted. Say bye-bye to those time-saving 5 min oil changes or DYI repairs...or say bye-bye that $6k+ extended warranty.
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being able to say what you want to say and how much that person means to you is truly something special,

Very true. I lost both of my brothers in a car crash back in '97. They didn't pass away in their sleep or in their bed. They didn't go without trauma. They didn't go peacefully. I never got to visit. I never got to say I love you and whatever else I would have wanted to say.

Losing a loved one, no matter how they go, will still sting, because the loss is final & permanent. But having the opportunity to say whatever you want/need to say, can be a beautiful experience and will accelerate closure in the long run.
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Finds the closest empty seat to the field

I never noticed him until the 2019/Burrow championship year. He was always peacocking when the camera scanned the student section. I always thought "Damn, he looks old to be a student." But rationalized that students can be of any age.

How did he get student section seats? Or was he just out of his seat & in the aisle near them?

re: About that “Super fan”…

Posted by LSUFreek on 6/24/25 at 10:19 am
As a Saints fan, who's had season tickets off-&-on over the past 4 decades, I have developed an intense hatred for attention-whoring Super Fans.

Looks interesting for broadcasts with all these eclectic characters, but if you ever have to sit behind, say, The Whistle Monster (who wears a mammoth view-obstructing whistle as a hat and/or will stand-up & whistle at ear-piercing levels for 75% of the game) it will lead you to murderous thoughts.
HYPE: I hadn't seen CC before we played them. But all I heard was that they basically had "no weaknesses". Previews said they were a confident Cinderella on a record-setting win-streak, had great pitching, great defense, timely bats & aggressive base-running. They said CC manufactures walks by leaning into pitches. They said they were not HR-hitters, but that wouldn't matter in a big park anyway. The catcher Bodine & pitcher Morrison were supposed to be the stars. Sounded challenging.

REALITY: Turns out, they were just assholes, not confident, and now, on a two-game losing-streak. One Ace was formidable, the other was shite. Their SS is about the only one that made any decent defensive plays. Their bats stranded too many runners. IIRC, they only stole two bases in two games, and had a crucial fail at a 3rd. LSU, ironically, was the one that was ruled to have leaned into a pitch. CC actually got the only two HRs of the series. Bodine did not impress with his glove or bat, and Morrison, again, was shite. They were not even as challenging as Little Rock.
The multitrack vocals/acapella for God Only Knows is divine:

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Paul McCartney‘s kids said that McCartney would play “God Only Knows“ over and over again in their house. He listened to it incessantly. He once said that it’s the one song that he really wishes he would’ve written.

Was coming to say this. And Brian had his brother Carl sing lead on it. After Carl died, the Beach Boys would occasionally ask Christopher Cross to fill in for Carl.
It's a mixed bag.

The first 100 Days+ had so much winning, my head was spinning. It was glorious. Homan/Deportations, DOGE discoveries, knee-bending tariffs, systemic wokeism dismantled, Vance/Rubio star-emergence, Leavitt/Miller press demolitions, downsizing useless staff & departments, etc..

But no arrests from systemic waste/fraud/abuse, no arrests from Epstein/Maxwell files, no bills addressing voter fraud/ballot harvesting, no congressional bills/action like decreasing congressional term limits or permanent limits to SC seats.

All the great stuff so far, in theory, could be erased/undone with a pen-stroke by the next leftist administration.
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Looks like Knox and Bella are left handed .

I think their iphone camera is using a reverse/mirror image for the stream. Joyner is, in actuality, left-handed and Bella & Grace are right-handed. Plus, notice the LSU & SEC letters on the court are backwards.