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  6. The Star Trek Thread!

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    22 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

    All those people who complained about the number of shuttles in Trek 09 owe JJ Abrams an apology.

    Why?  The Kelvin timeline is garbage.  The third movie was ok, but the other 2 were just bleh.

     

    I don't even recall the scene with all the shuttles.

  8. The Star Trek Thread!

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    I FINALLY finished the season.  Man that was good.  The only thing I didn't like was all the small shuttles.  Like...where did they all come from?  Their space dock isn't that big.

     

    But yeah, I NEED MORE PIKE AND SPOCK!  I want a series on this Enterprise with Pike at the helm.  That's the series I want the most.  Anson was so awesome as Pike.

  11. Upcoming Movies

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    9 hours ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

    Ffs

    Worst. Casting. Ever.

     

     

    I thought so too at first.  Then I looked at some more recent pictures of him and he has that Bruce Wayne look to him.  If he gets buffed up as well he'll probably look good.

     

    Robbert-Pattinson.jpg

     

    Although it is the DCEU so....you never know.  Hit and miss with them.

  12. Upcoming Movies

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    33 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

    "The Biggest Little Farm follows two dreamers and their beloved dog when they make a choice that takes them out of their tiny L.A. apartment and into the countryside to build one of the most diverse farms of its kind in complete coexistence with nature. The film chronicles their near decade-long attempt to create the utopia they seek, planting 10,000 orchard trees, hundreds of crops, and bringing in animals of every kind– including an unforgettable pig named Emma and her best friend, Greasy the rooster. When the farm’s ecosystem finally begins to reawaken, their plan to create perfect harmony takes a series of wild turns, and to survive they realize they'll have to reach a far greater understanding of the intricacies and wisdom of nature, and of life itself."

    Heard an interview with the farmers/documentarians this morning on NPR and it's an amazing story.  Beautifully shot as well.

     

     

    This looks great.

  17. Avengers: Endgame Spoiler Thread

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    39 minutes ago, JCon said:

    This could be the best news coming out of the whole thing. 

    Re-integrating Gamora in the GOTG will be great too. 

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    So, Spiderman's European Vacation takes place right after Infinity War. PP is just back after five years of being away, the whole world is adjusting to the new-new reality, and off the school goes on a trip to Europe? Hmmm. 

    Peter was doing a search for Gamora at the end of the movie.  So it looks like she took off.  So this iteration of Gamora isn't part of the group, so it looks like they'll be tracking her down in the next movie?

  18. Avengers: Endgame Spoiler Thread

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    It was good.  Overall I enjoyed Inifinity War more, but I did enjoy how they really delved into what was going on.

     

    • Lots of little "plotholes" like, why couldn't Stormbreaker just blow through Thanos like it did in Infinity War when he was blasting the whole power of the Infinity Gauntlet at it (could probably explain that away by him being out of shape). 
    • Why can Captain Marvel wipe out his ship, and at one point pretty much handle him without issues but at another point Thanos easily defends himself against her power. 
    • Why does Rocket's head look bigger then Thor's when he's talking to him on Asgard lol.  It's like Rocket grew a bit or something then shrank back down (this one is more of a joke).
    • The one thing that really bugged me was Steve staying in the past.  They said at the beginning that they can't really change the past.  Yet he stayed there and married Peggy.  So he basically made it that she never married that other guy and never had the other kids that she had with that guy.  So they did change the future.  Time travel...bleh.  Never really a fan of it because something always never makes sense.
    • And yes, the whole thing with Peter and his buddies with it being 5 years later.  I mean, yeah, half the population of the earth disappeared, so I guess it's possible.  I mean there's really only like, 5 of them.  Liz, MJ, Ned, Flash and Peter.  So it's believable.

    But overall it was really good.  Loved all the jokey moments that you guys pointed out.  The whole "who's leader" at the end had me rolling.  So I guess Thor will be in the next Guardians movie.

    I know what you all mean about Falcon being Cap.  Not sure how they'll handle that, unless they Super Soldier him up.  Not sure that would work in the story line though.

    So much to process.

  23. Around the League: 2019 Off Season

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    12 hours ago, Jpan85 said:

    Speaking of Riders fans look at this real creep 

     

    What the actual ****.  That was just gross and creepy as hell.  I hope he cold cocked the guy as soon as the camera's were off.  What kind of mental retardation makes you think that is ok or even funny.  Oh sorry, I forgot...Saskatchewan.

     

    Actually, I think that's actor Boyd Banks that's harassing him.  Although it's still creepy as ****.

  24. QB situation Winnipeg

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    16 hours ago, Doublezero said:

    What's ridiculous about it? Here, decide for yourself. Is he favouring his knee? Does he look lean and mean like a QB machine? https://www.bluebombers.com/2019/01/25/matt-nichols-visits-brandon-wheat-kings/

    Anyhow, like I said, I don't care if he looks like Wilkie as long as he plays lights out. :)

     

    Yeah, I watched both video's very closely looking especially at his face.  He does not look fatter or pudgier, his face looks exactly the same.  Except that in the training video his beard is heavier and the light shines in his face more.  Shadows matter.

    Also, there is no limp.  When he was walking onto the carpet on the ice it looked more like he was trying to keep his balance then anything else because you're walking onto carpet on ice which will move a bit under your feet.  But I saw no limp at all.

  25. Upcoming Movies

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    15 hours ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

    OK, time for the Oscar picks, since I will be out of range for the next week starting tomorrow. Tough year to call the Best Picture winner as no frontrunner has emerged. And I was lucky enough to get free movies all year, so I saw 6 of the 8 contenders (basically saw a movie a week - best contest win ever!)

    Best Picture
    Black Panther
    BlacKkKlansman
    Bohemian Rhapsody
    The Favourite
    Green Book
    Roma
    A Star Is Born
    Vice

    My pick: Green Book - wide open category here. Panther was fun and a "cultural phenomenon" supposedly, but a comic book super hero movie won't win, even if (or especially if) it is more about proving how diverse Hollywood is and honouring a "black" film to dispel the "Oscars so white" label. BlacKkKlansman would be a better choice if Hollywood wants to go that way - a very relevant and timely view of race relations 30 years ago and still today that doesn't pull punches, but feels even-handed even in Spike Lee's hands. I think it deserves to win but it has no buzz. Bohemian Rhapsody was my favorite of this list, and would be deserving, but Hollywood doesn't like to give the big award to populist fare anymore to prove it is highbrow, so no win here (again would love to see it win - the last 20 minutes was the best piece of film all year to my eyes). Didn't see The Favorite, but it has little buzz. Roma is the one other film with a chance to win, and it is by all accounts a better film than Green Book, and this is the other one I didn't see. Just can't imagine Hollywood voting in a streaming service Netflix film as Best Picture, even if that is the inevitable future of the industry. A Star is Born was the one that should have swept the awards when it came out, but it has fallen off the map since it was basically shut out at the Golden Globes. And Vice is almost too clever and at the same time "beat you over the head" Liberal for its own good (they even make a joke about that at the end) and is more an acting and writing showcase than a complete picture. Green Book was pleasant enough, but a little thin in my books, but it has survived the backlash and is a nice clean race relations film (think Driving Miss Daisy) that strives not to offend, honours the stoic black figure who transforms but is also saved by the white protagonist savior, so it is the safe choice. It's not what I would vote for, but the one I think will win.

    Best Actor
    Christian Bale (Vice)
    Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
    Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)
    Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
    Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

    My pick: Rami Malek - pretty much a slam dunk at this point, and well deserved (seen the movie 5 times, his performance is more impressive each time out), although Christian Bale's D-I-c-k Cheney is a very impressive if less showy piece of acting.

    Best Actress
    Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
    Glenn Close (The Wife)
    Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
    Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
    Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

    My pick: Glenn Close -  she has been campaigning hard and seems to have stolen the momentum from Olivia Colman, and after a record 7 nominations with zero wins (and being denied for Fatal Attraction) this is the lifetime achievement award of the night.

    Best Supporting Actor
    Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
    Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
    Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
    Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
    Sam Rockwell (Vice)

    My pick: Mahershala Ali - big upset if he doesn't continue his winning streak, despite some quiet late support for Elliott and Grant.

    Best Supporting Actress
    Amy Adams (Vice)
    Marina de Tavira (Roma)
    Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
    Emma Stone (The Favourite)
    Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

    My pick: Regina King - has won pretty much every award so far, so another near certainty here. Amy Adams is turning into the next Kate Winslet or Glenn Close for nominations without a win, but this is not the performance to break her losing streak

    Best Directing
    Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
    Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)
    Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
    Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
    Adam McKay (Vice)

    My pick: Alfonso Cuaron - everyone agrees his personal homage to family (which he also wrote, produced, and did the cinematography for) is the out-and-out best storytelling of the year, so he bests Spike Lee here.

    Best Adapted Screenplay
    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
    BlacKkKlansman
    Can You Ever Forgive Me?
    If Beale Street Could Talk
    A Star Is Born

    My pick: BlacKkKlansman - Since they won't give him Best Director, here is the Academy's chance to honour Spike Lee. Potential for the best (or more likely most political) acceptance speech of the night. And Beale Street would be another option to showcase the African-American viewpoint of life in the US right now, so it might come through. Outside of a Best Picture upset win for A Star Is Born, this is Bradley Cooper's best shot at an Oscar, so if they don't want him to go 0/3 (and since they snubbed him as a director), this would be the category to throw him a bone.

    Best Original Screenplay
    The Favourite
    First Reformed
    Green Book
    Roma
    Vice

    My pick: Green Book - if this film is going to win Best Picture, it would be very surprising to see it not win here too. The irony is the family of Dr. Sheldon disputes the accuracy of the screenplay, so that could put into question the legitimacy of the adaptation. Plus the writer made a pro-Trump tweet about Muslims cheering on 9/11, which did not sit well with the Muslim actor Ali. Retracted, but with sensitivities so high, could face a backlash. If The Favorite takes this award, watch for Roma to win Best Picture. And Vice could sneak through if there is a split vote since it was a pretty clever satire.

    Best Animated Film
    Incredibles 2
    Isle of Dogs
    Mirai
    Ralph Breaks the Internet
    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    My pick: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - one of the surest bets of the night if the awards season so far is any indicator. My son thought it was very cool, and the best animated movie he saw this year, even more than Incredibles 2.

    Best Cinematography
    Cold War
    The Favourite
    Never Look Away
    Roma
    A Star Is Born

    My pick: Roma - dark horse is Cold War, another foreign language film from Poland, but again Cuaron's work is the most celebrated this year.

    Best Costume Design
    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
    Black Panther
    The Favourite
    Mary Poppins Returns
    Mary Queen of Scots

    My pick: The Favorite - period dramas usually win this category, and it was better received than Mary Queen of Scots. Upset potential for Black Panther if the Academy wants to give it an outside the box award in a category that isn't a technical award like sound of visual effects (which it didn't even get nominated for).

    Best Documentary Feature
    Free Solo
    Hale County This Morning, This Evening
    Minding the Gap
    Of Fathers and Sons
    RBG

    My pick: RBG - come on, this is Liberal Hollywood gold, picking the Supreme Court hero (and kind of a middle finger to Trump and his boy Kavanagh), even though Free Solo was supposedly a better film. Think An Inconvenient Truth redux, plus she just got back on the bench last week, so she is relevant right now.

    Best Documentary Short Subject
    Black Sheep
    End Game
    Lifeboat
    A Night at the Garden
    Period. End of Sentence.

    My pick: As Bill Murray used to say on SNL when he picked the Oscar winners during the fake news "Hey, who cares?" Pure guess here based on reading another predictor's work, but I'll say Period. End of Sentence wins out over the favoured Black Sheep. It is a lighter happier piece, so it works in a short doc form, whereas a feature length doc handles the more serious stuff.

    Best Film Editing
    BlacKkKlansman
    Bohemian Rhapsody
    The Favourite
    Green Book
    Vice

    My pick: If Green Book is to win Best Picture, this might ne an undercard category they give it a momentum building win to, and some experts think Vice might get some love here, but I think the concert scenes and how they were shot, especially the Live Aid sequence, gives Bohemian Rhapsody the win, if the Bryan Singer toxicity doesn't extend to the film editor's work.

    Best Foreign-Language Film
    Capernaum
    Cold War
    Never Look Away
    Roma
    Shoplifters

    My pick: Logic says if Roma is a co-favorite for Best Picture, it should win here. But some feel that if it does win the big prize, then they will reward Cold War here as a consolation prize. Go with logic. Roma wins.

    Best Makeup and Hairstyling
    Border
    Mary Queen of Scots
    Vice

    My pick: Since he won't win Best Actor, the Academy will give the make-up award to Vice for transforming Christian Bale into D-I-c-k Cheney doppelganger

    Best Original Score
    Black Panther
    BlacKkKlansman
    If Beale Street Could Talk
    Isle of Dogs
    Mary Poppins Returns

    My pick: One would think a musical based on a Disney film like Mary Poppins has the edge, and Beale Street needs more recognition and would deserve a win here, but Black Panther won the Grammy (not always the best indicator) and gives the film some cred beyond its ground-breaking nomination, so give it to Black Panther

    Best Original Song
    “All the Stars” (Black Panther)
    “I’ll Fight” (RBG)
    “The Place Where Lost Things Go” (Mary Poppins Returns)
    “Shallow” (A Star Is Born)
    “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs)

    My pick: I am in Vegas this weekend (Go Jets!), so if I want a sure bet on anything in the world in the next 7 days, I should lay money on Shallow. The best way to recognize Lady Gaga's performance in the film, and the film itself, which has been otherwise snubbed. Surest pick of the night.

    Best Production Design
    Black Panther
    The Favourite
    First Man
    Mary Poppins Returns
    Roma

    My pick: Another category where period pieces dominate when they get nominated, so go with The Favorite. If Black Panther wins here, it could pave the way for a Best Picture upset.

    Best Animated Short Film
    Animal Behaviour
    Bao
    Late Afternoon
    One Small Step
    Weekends

    My pick: It was cute and heartwarming, made by Pixar, and actually was seen on many thousands of movie screens in the theatre as the lead in for The Incredibles 2, so from sheer exposure and the brand name behind it, give it to Bao.

    Best Live-Action Short Film
    Detainment
    Fauve
    Marguerite
    Mother
    Skin

    My pick: I dunno. Marguerite?

    Best Sound Editing
    Black Panther
    Bohemian Rhapsody
    First Man
    A Quiet Place
    Roma

    My pick: So for anyone who, like me, has little understanding of what the difference is between sound editing and mixing - editing is basically creating all the sound for a film other than dialogue (apparently 98% of the sound on a film in done after the fact and not live, so it has to be re-synched in a studio after). The editor re-creates ambient noise like wind, footsteps, background crowds to give but 3 examples, and puts them all in. The editor decides WHAT you hear, or don't hear for that matter. The mixer then decides HOW you hear it, what to make louder or softer, including an overlapping film score, to make it seamless in the overall picture. You're welcome. The two favorites in both categories are First Man and Bohemian Rhapsody, so it makes sense to split the awards between these two films. Since the editor creates sounds, even those that don't exist in real life, the more daring non-traditional sounds that are found in sci-fi often win, so give this one to First Man for it's creation of space flight. Sneaky dark horse would be A Quiet Place, where the absence of sound was just as important.

    Best Sound Mixing
    Black Panther
    Bohemian Rhapsody
    First Man
    Roma
    A Star Is Born

    My Pick: A film with music as its centrepiece seems a logical choice for sound mixing, and since it captured both scenes in the recording studio and live concerts (with actual shots of the sound mixers doing their thing in the film), and is about a band that pioneered influential recordings and experimental sounds in their music, the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody should win here. Plus, I gave the other award to First Man and said I'd split the two awards between that and this film, so there. If A Star Is Born is to have any chance of re-igniting its Oscar mojo, a win here would be a harbinger of that.

    Best Visual Effects
    Avengers: Infinity War
    Christopher Robin
    First Man
    Ready Player One
    Solo: A Star Wars Story

    My pick: The Oscars likes the splashy, impossible-to-conceive-in-the-human-world type of effects, so First Man is too subtle despite being one of the most realistic views of what space flight would be like. And Christopher Robin is effects in an actor's world, rather than actors in a CGI effects world. Of the 3 remaining films, go with the biggest blockbuster. Avengers deserves something given what is has brought to the cinematic universe.

    Voila. First one who types TLDR gets a middle finger from me, lol. At least not as long as the ceremony itself, I just saved you 3.5 hours on Sunday.

    YAWWWN.....

     

    ....tldr

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