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1 minute ago, The Unknown Poster said:Spoiler
Tyrion could be key to both the survival of the Lannisters (and Sansa since she is/was his wife) and Daenerys return to the throne.
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2 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:
Agreed on most counts. I really like jamie and really dislike Cercei. They've done a good job of making her sympathetic but its hard to root for them...well hard to root for her. But I want to see Jamie kick all kinds of ass. Aside from shoving that kid out of a window in Season 1, he seems pretty honorable.
How do you see it ending? Assuming they come to a conclusion eventually with someone taking the throne and peace reigning...who is the king/queen? I always assumed Jon Snow.
SpoilerThey've done Jamie almost exactly as they have in the books and I agree, he's definitely turned into someone you want to root for (the Bran thing aside). He's even more likeable at this point in the books (IMO).
As for the end, I don't see Jon living. Martin has said he anticipates a bittersweet ending so I picture Jon being the key to victory over the white walkers but losing his life in the process. Daenerys takes her spot on the Iron Throne with her dragons at her side kicking off a new Targaryen dynasty.
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I enjoyed it. I'll use the spoiler function for specifics in case people haven't seen it yet, but I liked the fact that it answered questions left from last season (not all of them though!) and opened the door for new ones.
SpoilerHighlights for me were:
1) Brianne & Sansa finally hooking up (with Theon & Podricks help). Could cause lots of trouble for the Bolton's if they can get to some kind of safety.
2) The end scene was a great display of the power the Red Woman has (could have done without the 400 year old naked woman before bed though!).
Lowlights:
1) The Jamie/Cercei scene didn't do much for me. Not sure why, just didn't. I think I expected more emotion/anger, especially from Cercei.
2) Doran Martells death. A huge diversion from the books that I'm not a fan of. There's a whole angle that is being completely skipped/redone that I'm looking forward to in the books. I also think that they wasted Dr. Bashir's talents in such a small role!
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2 more added before mini-camp kicks off today:
Aundrey Walker (OL) - 6'6, 315lbs out of USC, spent 2015 on the Dolphins PR
Kris Adams (WR) - 6'3, 200lbs from UTEP, spent time with the Bears, Colts & Giants since 2011.
http://www.bluebombers.com/2016/04/25/bombers-add-two-prior-to-offensive-mini-camp/
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It's not a claim that Holm was leading, it's a fact. You can see the actual score cards showing that the judges gave Holm rounds 1, 3 & 4. Tate won the 2nd round 10-8 on all 3 cards meaning the score was 38-37 Holm going into the 5th.
http://m.sherdog.com/blog/Picture-Miesha-TateHolly-Holm-Scorecard-from-UFC-196-101383
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8 hours ago, Jacquie said:
Where you able to get on RiderFans? I've tried using 2 different browsers and have gotten warning messages about it being a deceptive site (Google) or a web forgery (Firefox). Weird.
I get the same thing. If you click on the details button, it should give you the option to continue "visit this unsafe site".
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9 hours ago, Dragon37 said:
Rousey fought Holm's game. If she had fought a Rousey game Holm wouldn't have gone to round two. Tate didn't charge like a sloppy bull and Holm wasn't rounded enough to outlast her.
It doesn't matter at all who put who down the simple fact is McGregor has no ground game. McGregor was able to survive the smaller Mendes ground game but he wasn't going to outlast Diaz. McGregor is not Should not fight higher than lightweight he is just not big enough.
You mean like when Rousey took her down in round 1 and went for her signature armbar that Holm escaped?
Holm was 30 seconds away from a clear unanimous decision win against Tate, tell me again how she was vastly outclassed?
McGregor does have a ground game (go back & watch rounds 2 & 3 against Max Holloway), it's just not his forte and isn't anywhere near Nate's level (not many people in those division are). I do agree that he shouldn't be fighting higher than 155 though (Nate shouldn't either), those guys are just too big.
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12 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:
Samoa Joe wins NXT title tonight from Finn Balour at a live event tonight.
Next stop for balor is Raw.
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14 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:
I think if you read GCN's posts, you'd see the exact problem. It's well laid out. Too much management, not enough worker bees. It's really not hard to understand. It's no different than when a friend of mine was brought in to clean up Saskoil after years of NDP mismanagement. There were layers upon layers of vice presidents, with entire staffs, that were literally just pushing papers up and down, and adding zero value. After doing an analysis there were millions of dollars of costs identified that were adding no value whatsoever to the corporation. Everything was streamlined and hundreds of redundant employees (NDP cronies) were ****-canned. And Saskoil finally began turning a profit.
I get that you want to protect the NDP from looking too bad here, but it's a losing battle. There is just too much evidence.
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3 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:
Swordfish quite a guilty pleasure. Also interesting Winnipeg connection to that movie. The 360 explosion scene was done here I believe.
Frantic Films is a Winnipeg company that did that scene. They did quite a number of big movies (Superman Returns, X-Men 2 & 3 amongst others) but I believe that part of their company was bought out.
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12 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:
I still remember Halle Berry getting like $250k for 5 seconds of unspectacular boob in swordfish. but there's a demand for it. As you mention if you have the physique, you should probably be comfortable in your own skin. As an actor/actress, I would see it as opening a lot more doors for future roles. It doesnt discredit your abilities, but if your willing to go all in for a role, alot of people pay to see it, and want to work with it. I would say Sharon stone is a good example. despite being in Total recall, I would say Basic Instinct really set her career on fire for a good long time. people still took her seriously after the fact
Yep, they take her so seriously that she has since been nominated for Worst Actress at the Razzies 4 times since then. You mention her name and the 1st thing that comes to everyone's mind is the interview scene in Basic Instinct. She has done good work since then (Casino most notably) but it's not what she's known for.
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2 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:
Unspectacular? Whaaa
You'll have to forgive him, TF suffered multiple head traumas when he was younger so he now lives in a different reality from the rest of us.
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1 minute ago, Goalie said:
Wonder of that's true cuz she'd probably only have been 15 or 16 no?
Early twenties I would guess. She went to university in Tampa (where Brutus is from) and graduated when she was 22, she got into wrestling when she was 25.
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8 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
I don't see her being named though, like I said it was lots of speculation. Maybe she did, maybe she didn't but the general consensus was that it was Shae refusing do do nude scenes, which makes sense considering she did a brief one in the first season and nothing else. Remember this is the actress with a past in dirty movies who did get some actual acting acclaim overseas. Would make sense she wanted to focus on her acting ability rather than the past.
I linked that article because TUP said it was season one & that article shows that it was season 3.
It's true that the GOT refusal hasn't been confirmed as coming from her but Clarke has mentioned the same sentiment in other interviews. She turned down 50 Shades of Grey because she didn't want to be known as an actress who always gets naked.
“I’d done nudity before and was concerned with being labeled for doing it again.”
http://winteriscoming.net/2015/03/27/emilia-clarke-talks-game-of-thrones-a-list-and-nudity/
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Just now, Taynted_Fayth said:
and yet Lena Headey (Cersei) was willing to go full on bush and lopped off hair. guess we know who was starving for more screen time lol
Nope, body double with her face digitally added.
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She did refuse to do more nude scenes after season 3. According to one of her co-stars, she wants to be known for her acting not her breasts (which given her acting skills might have been a bad choice).
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So Conor finally made a real statement - basically he's not retired but he's tired of promoting the **** out of his fights (which he has done at an unprecedented rate) while trying to prepare for a fight. He feels he's earned the right to let the other fighters on the card do most of the promo stuff like he has done in the past.
You can read the full statement here: https://www.facebook.com/thenotoriousmma/posts/1260441947357435
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4 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:
They're cutting cabinet positions. My wife works for the province under Children and Youth Opportunities. She's keeping her job, but it's being moved and that department is disappearing. Not officially, but it's about a 99% certainty.
Yep, my wife's department is being merged with another one as well. The names of some departments will be changing as well (like shortening Tourism, Culture, Heritage, Sport and Consumer Protection into something not so ridiculously long!)
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Shaw was wonky for a bit in the evening in Transcona but it didn't last long.
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5 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said:
Mcgregor apparently made $1mill guaranteed to fight diaz at UFC 196 that was apparently historic as the most anyones ever gotten as a guaranteed purse in UFC history but that doesnt included his PPV bonuses, sponserships bonuses or fight night bonuses from the UFC;
I wonder if the 10 mill is what hes asking as the guaranteed purse, before all the other money. I could see why UFC would say no, that's a pretty big jump especially coming off a loss
He expected to make over $10 million for that fight after all was said and done. I haven't heard what he got in the end for it but maybe the UFC wasn't as generous that time around? The UFC is trying to make UFC 200 the biggest card in their history so he wants to get paid accordingly.
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16 minutes ago, Brandon said:
I thought most of the top stars make a % cut from PPVs also? Not to mention the under the table money they get to avoid the tax man....
Not all top guys get a ppv % - a guy like Dominick Cruz, for example, is a champion but he fights on more Fight Night cards than he does PPV so that wouldn't work so well for him.
The locker room bonus & PPV share is what brought Conor up to $8 million against Aldo. His base pay for the fight was only 500k (he got an extra 50k for performance of the night & another 40k from Reebok).
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On 4/19/2016 at 9:00 AM, The Unknown Poster said:
Im quite torn. If the options are Toronto or Edmonton, I really dont know who I'd prefer.
Edmonton (who I hope trades the pick & Nail for some immediate help)... the T.O. media circle jerk over Matthews for the next year would be horrid.
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10 minutes ago, Brandon said:
Wasn't only Brock and GSP getting 10 million per fight? He's popular but not THAT popular yet....
Other than Ronda, Conor is the only fighter they have that brings in big numbers for the UFC. 2015 was their 3rd best year ever (in terms of PPV sales) with those 2 leading the way by far so he's definitely up there. He also made $8 million for the Aldo fight so he's not far off as it is.
Brock & GSP also made a ton of sponsorship money, which is something Conor can't because of the Reebok deal. Ronda makes more in endorsements/movies than Conor so he might be saying ok, since I can't/don't make that "bonus" money, my base pay needs to come up to equal things out a bit.
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There's more to it than that apparently. He asked for the money but then also refused to come to Vegas to shoot promo stuff for the fight. I don't normally side with the UFC in their contract issues with fighters but Conor can't have it both ways.
He deserves the money since he pulls in huge numbers for them but his name alone doesn't sell the fights, it's the promoting/hyping he does that makes people tune in, so if he's not willing to do that, he's not going to get that kind of money.
Bombers mini camp in Wpg Apr 25-27 open to public
in Blue Bomber Discussion
Posted · Edited by bigg jay
I know it's just mini-camp but I really hope this isn't a replay of last season.