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Again, correct, but the counter to that is: personally, I go to these things all the time. It's kind of same crowd. If I see they're showing Raiders of The Lost Ark for the nth time, I'm not going. It's when they pull out something new that I make the effort to go. And I normally make like one or two of these a month. I don't think practice will die off ASAP, it will just have to evolve. I would hope / assume that it will end up like some TCM Presents where theaters can have access to the back catalogue, but the corporation is deciding what film's being shown and at what time. So, you want the Sound of Music? You only get it on Mom's Day Weekend. But, like I said, WB pulling their catalogue is what's really scary cause not only do they own their own stuff, they have control of RKO, MGM, and UA's back catalogue. I would also push back at these companies saying that they TRIED vaulting these films behind a paywall with services like Filmstruck or Warner Archive, and ended up pulling those services for low subscriptions. So I don't get how they think this time will be any different. Just show the damn movies!

I agree this practice is bogus, and the wrong call. I hope Disney reverses it. That said, it wasn’t like Fox owned every movie ever made. Can’t show Die Hard? Show White Christmas or It’s A Wonderful Life. Can’t show Moulin Rouge? Show West Side Story. Can’t show Sound of Music? Show Step Mom. That’s why I think the decision is incredibly narrow minded. You’re not gonna stop the process. You’re just going to force The theaters to show different films. The real issue will be if Warner Bros. follow suit once HBO Max exists. That’s the real danger. That Disney is setting a precedent.

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omg how did you not direct link the best ones: Here is he talking about Dodger! And Stop!! Teasing!!1 MEEEEEEE!!!

I meant what I said as a compliment, by the way, backhanded as it was. So, to quote Tay Tay, “I think you need to calm down.” We all agree that she is Successful and has had a long career. Those are the facts. That said, song is perfect for an ALW musical: coming in like a dramatic bitch yet still managing to bore me. Definitely will net Taylor an Oscar Nom. Win... Idk. Elton’s Love Me Again from Rocketman is SUCH a banger.

I will say this... Taylor certainly knows how use her limited strengths.

Part A: 1. NO 2. NO 3. NO 4. NO 5. NO 6. YES 7. NO 8. YES 9. YES 10. YES 11. NO 12. YES 13. YES 14. YES 15. NOOPE. Part B: 1. 14,020,690 2. -45.7% 3. 14,780,500 Part 😄 2. Charlie's Angels 4. Playing With Fire 6. The Good Liar 8. Joker 10. Terminator 12. JoJo Rabbit

@Claire of Themyscira @DAJK @JJ-8 @Keanu @PanaMovie @Sheikh @Thanos Legion @ZeeSoh This is your weekly Thank You Five. I need your predictions in about four hours. And remember, my warning call: be more concerned with what you're doing than with what others are doing. If you've already sent in your predictions, for The Gene Kellys I have: and for The Fred Astaires I have:

Maybe it's cause your Thanos and everyone wants to be Tony Stark?

You tell me if you want it to be Public or Anon. That's it. Or whatever is better for the Story. The Current Tuck Shop Stands at: Tuck Shop Current Balance 19 @Thanos Legion 17 @Keanu 17 @ZeeSoh 16 @Sheikh 12 @PanaMovie 6 @DAJK 5 @Claire of Themyscira 1 @JJ-8

TRIBAL COUNCIL The Fred Astaires enter the Tribal Council area at the Old Pier 54, the intended final destination for the Titanic. They place their torches in sand buckets covered with James Cameron movie posters. Then take their seats in five old movie theater seats. @SLAM! and Cap wait. They take a seat in their director's cuts across from the campfire fueled by old celluloid film. CAP: So. [Cap holds the pause for a beat too long] What happened? What went wrong? @chasmmi: The Gene Kellys blew their whole bushel of Candy Apples -- CAP: No. They won by a whole 5.79% without the Apples. Frankly, they whipped your ass. CHAS: They all we did was make them waste their tuck shop coins. CAP: At the expense of losing a tribe member. CHAS: Are we losing a Tribe Member? Cap is ShockedMeme.Gif. She turns to SLAM!, who's looking at JJ-8. SLAM!: What do you have to say to that? @JJ-8: I'm a bit surprised. Chas and I go way back -- but he would murder his mother if it meant winning. CHAS: I would never hurt my mother. Father, maybe. But not my mother. SLAM: JJ8 and PanaMovie, do you think either of you should go home? @PanaMovie: I think I am a valued member of this Tribe. There are challenges we won because of me. But. I believe in merit. I did not submit predictions to the Immunity Challenge, and I will not vote. If you want me gone, I will be gone. Everyone starts at him. CAP: That's a lot of trust to put in these people. PANAMOVIE: It is the just thing to do. CAP: So who should go home? JJ8: Not me. @Claire of Themyscira: You performed the worst this week. Why wouldn't you send you home? JJ8: Cap said to start thinking about yourself and not the team. Maybe I'm useful to have around. @Sheikh: There is a long history in Survivor of the Strongest Member surrounding themselves with the weakest. But that normally comes when we get down to the Final Three or Four. SLAM!: We won't get to the Final with someone Results. So let's get onto it. CAP: First up, let's look at Chas' Scores. Before we do that. Does anyone have any Tuck Shop Items they wish to play? Everyone remains silent. Cap nods. She reveals Chas' Results: CAP: Now, we'll reveal JJ-8's Results. Before we do that. Does anyone have any Tuck Shop Items they wish to play? OFF-SCREEN VOICE: We Do! Everyone turns to see Kevin Feige and Martin Scorsese enter the Pier. CAP: Gentlemen, this is highly irregular. FEIGE: We're only the messengers. I have a gift for JJ8. He opens a box and pulls out a copy machine. FEIGE: It comes with the instructions from an Anonymous Player to use it for JJ8 on Chas. CAP: That is a copy machine. As per @Spaghetti's instructions in past Survivors, it will copy Chas' Base Score. SCORSESE: I also have a gift for JJ8. He opens a box and pulls out a Candy Apple. CAP: This is a blessed day. If that's all, good sirs, this is supposed to be a private meeting. Feige and Scorsese give JJ-8 a thumbs up as they leave almost as soon as they came. CAP: There will be no need to reveal JJ8's scores. He's +2% over Chas. Unless -- Chas raises. CHAS: I wish to use a Rotten Apple against JJ-8. Sheikh raises. SHEIKH: I wish to use a Rotten Apple against JJ-8. Claire raises. SCORSESE: Wait, we're back! I forgot! Scorsese comes running in with another Rotten Apple. SCORSESE: A gift from an admirer. To use against JJ-8. Scorsese runs back out. Everyone looks back and forth. What's going on? CAP: So three Rotten Apples and a Candy Apple nets a -4% against. Does anyone else wish to use a Tuck Shop Item? PanaMovie remains quiet. CAP: So the Final Total now sits at: SLAM!: Now, let us resolve the Disney+ Challenge. The Actuals came in as: SLAM!: Only JJ8 predicted all four options. JJ8, do you think that was wise? JJ8: Like Cap said: No Risk, No Reward. If I'm going out, I'm going out swinging. SLAM!: And now the Results: SLAM!: So The Final Total stands at: SLAM!: That means it all comes down to this. Time to read Sheikh's Results. Before we do, does anyone have any Tuck Shop Items they wish to play? Everyone remains silent. SLAM: The results are: SLAM!: On that note, it's time to vote. The tribe members go to the voting and confessional booth. Cap comes back with the voting vase. CAP: Now, before I reveal the votes, does anyone have any tuck shop items they wish to use? JJ8 stands. JJ8: I wish to use a recycle pad CAP: Against who? JJ8 turns back to his Tribe. JJ8: Chas. CAP: The vote stands at One Vote: Chas. Now, I'll read the rest of the votes. The decision is final. The person will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately. She opens the cover of the vase and pulls out the first vote: CAP: Another Tribal Council. Another wild night. I see some of you took my advice about looking out what's best for you, and not the team. I hope you keep that in mind with this Weekend's Challenge. If you think this is nuts, you haven't seen anything yet. SLAM & CAP: Good Luck!

Week 3 - Yes

Hard Pass on Prince Eric. No Timmy OR Evans. What's even the point?

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I WAS LIKE DA FUQ IZ THIIIIS? I decided to channel my inner self, and I went with Ursula. After re-watching the little mermaid live, I’m like I feel like she’s the most sympathetic character in that whole thing.

How did they know that was the first thing I watched last night? 😂

I have legit not seen Rob Marshall’s 1999 Annie In any other form than a shitty VHS rip in YEARS. Watching it right now in HD 😭😭😭😭😭😭 It’s SOOOOOO GOOD

TUCK SHOP TOTAL & INFO TRIBAL COUNCIL INFO WEEKEND CHALLENGE #14 PREDICT THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND GROSSES: Charlie's Angels Doctor Sleep Ford v Ferrari The Good Liar Last Christmas Midway Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Waves Predictions Due by Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 11:59PM PST / 2:59AM EST / 6:59AM GMT / 3:59PM KST.

The Fred Astaires, in their Top Hats, scroll down to boat launch where Captain Wondyful and @SLAM! wait. From the other direction enter The Gene Kellys, in their Sou'westers. SLAM!: First things first; Sheikh, we'll take back that Immunity Idol from you. Sheikh hands it over. @Sheikh: Only temporarily. It'll come right back. @Thanos Legion: I doubt that. CAP: Haven't even heard the Challenge still predicting the win? THANOS: Last week was a fluke. CONFESSIONAL: THANOS: After list week's fiasco, I am not longer allowing my Children to make decisions. @ZeeSoh: Thanos didn't see the humor of last week's Challenge results, and has decided to [ZeeSoh does air quotes] "Take Over" the leadership role. THANOS: They've all agreed my rule will be law. @DAJK: Okay, Boomer. THANOS: Everything this week will go according to plan. DAJK: [to off-screen producer] Technically, he's an Eternal Purple Space Being but he just feels like a Boomer, right? SLAM!: The Fred Astaires, what do you have to say to Thanos? You've beaten them two weeks in a row! Thanos Legion opens his mouth to correct SLAM! about how one time was only by .01% and the next due to someone not finishing. SLAM! puts his hand up. It's the Fred Astaires time now! @JJ-8: I have to say I'm thrilled to be playing with Chas. [He tosses his arm around Chas]. @chasmmi: Yeah. Yeah. Same. @Claire of Themyscira: I feel confident I can take them all down! SLAM!: I? As in just you? CLAIRE: If that's what it comes to. @PanaMovie: It won't! Sheikh's back. Sheikh looks over to Keanu and then away. SHEIKH: Last week was a wake up call. I'm ready to see this through to the end. CAP: What about you, Keanu? You're being quiet. @Keanu: Focused. Let's just get on with it. Cap nods. Let's just get on with it: CAP: For this week's challenge we're going all the way back to the first Immunity Challenge on Survivor. In your teams, you will grab two row boats and launch them from Hernshead. You have to work together to string the Christmas Lights across the lake. First team to get all of their lights strung, and turn them on, wins Immunity. DAJK: Should we be doing this over open water? SLAM!: John Cena and the FDNY vetoed the OG idea of using open flames, so, unfortunately, yes. CAP: They'll be three pit-stops where you can load up on more Christmas lights. SLAM!: First team to Loeb's Boathouse gets lunch with a very special guest -- CHAS: I don't think Marty's special if he's shown up three times already -- PANAMOVIE: He wasn't out drinking with us -- CHAS: He was. You just drank so much you forgot -- SLAM!: AHEM! - With a very special guest and wins Immunity. Losing team goes to Tribal Council, where another person will be voted out of the game. CAP: Get Ready! SLAM!: Get Set! SLAM! & CAP: Survivors, GO! Both teams rush to Hernsheads rocks where they find their row boats, and: CONFESSIONAL: CHAS: I thought I was evil running the Summer and Winter Games, but, My Gawd. That's diabolical. KEANU: Why? Why would anyone do that? DAJK: It has to be at least five feet tall. They all look upon: The Gene Kellys stare at their mound for a moment. ZeeSoh fishes into his pocket and pulls out a candy apple. He tosses it on the mound. The pile magically unwinds and sorts itself into organized circles. CONFESSIONAL: ZEESOH: Yeah. No way. Easiest three coins I've spent all game. The Gene Kellys grab their piles, run toward their boats -- Thanos & Keanu in one, DAJK & ZeeSoh in the other -- and began rowing across the lake. JJ-8, upon seeing this, pulls out his own candy apple. The Fred Astaires hustle to get to their boats and get across the lake. JJ-8 & PanaMovie in one boat, Claire, Chas, and & Sheikh in another. Both teams work to string up the lights on the checkpoints. The Gene Kellys reach The Lake Viewing Area first. They stop a huge box with a small red button. Thanos runs out and presses it. His team's first leg of lights light up. The box opens and out falls more tangled Christmas Lights. This time it's Keanu who pulls out a candy apple and tosses it on the mound of lights. The Fred Astaires arrive to watch the Gene Kellys pulling back out onto the lake in their rowboats. Claire presses the run button, and PanaMovie tosses a candy apple on the mound. They gather their neat supplies and run back to the lake. The Gene Kellys seem to fall into a rhythm. ZeeSoh rows the boat as Thanos, who stands, make sure the lights stay out of the water. DAJK rows his boat, and Keanu feeds Thanos the lights. They even manage to round the corner to the Bow Bridge with ease. The same can't be said for The Fred Astaires! JJ8 and PanaMovie can't seem to row their boat! They're just going around in a circle! CLAIRE: [screaming back at them] Use Another Apple! JJ8: We don't have any more! PANAMOVIE: Go on without us! CLAIRE: I only SAY I can carry this team alone. We ALL have to finish! SHEIKH: THINK ROW-ROW-ROW-YOUR BOAT, guys! JJ8: What? CHAS: Paddle two times on the left, and once on the right to change directions! CLAIRE: ROW, ROW, on the left, ROW YOU BOAT, on the right! JJ8 & PANAMOVIE: Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Row, Row, Row Your Boat! JJ8 and PanaMovie end up straighten themselves out of the circle -- only to end up going back to the starting point. Chas runs to turn around to go get them. Claire turns back to look for The Gene Kellys. CLAIRE: DAMN IT, they're almost at the Bridge! The Gene Kellys row to the Bridge. DAJK climbs a ladder to the top of the bridge. He hits the red button. The second leg of lights light up, and more tangled Christmas Lights fall out. He takes out his Candy Apple and tosses it on the pile. It self organizes, and he quickly works to give all the lights to their teammates. Once first, he climbs back down the ladder. They all take off for the third checkpoint. Meanwhile, Chas, Claire, and Sheikh have FINALLY gotten to JJ8 and PanaMovie. Sheikh tells PanaMovie to swap boats. Now. The Fred Astaires row off in the correct direction. The only chatter is Claire asking for "Another Strain". The Gene Kellys keep up their assembly line, making quick work. In no time they're at the Bethesda Foundation. ZeeSoh, Keanu, and DAJK wait for Thanos to push the red button and retrieve the lights. He does so, lighting up the third leg on the course. Thanos takes out a candy apple and tosses it on the pile of lights. Nothing Happens. Thanos picks up his apple and sniffs it. It doesn't smell right. It smells... rotten. Cap comes around the Foundation into view. CAP: Oh, dear; Thanos, it appears someone has switched out your candy apple for a rotten apple. They'll be no Bonus for you. The Gene Kellys are going to have to untangle those by hand. The Fred Astaires have FINALLY reached the Bridge and light up their second leg of the course. They hear a crash. PANAMOVIE: Was that Thanos? They peer over to the Foundation to see Thanos enraged. JJ8: Maybe he'll live up to their team's namesake and break his ankle cause he's so mad. CHAS: What? JJ8: Gene Kelly broke his ankle during a backyard volleyball game because he was so mad he lost. CHAS: Why do you know that? JJ8: Cap was InfoDumping About How He's the Greatest Hollywood Actor Of All Time while wasted last week. CHAS: Greater than Chris Evans? JJ8: Yeah? CHAS: She was wasted. CLAIRE: BOYS!! JJ8 and Chas turn back to see her covered in Christmas Lights. Right! Focus! They get back to untangling them! Back at the Foundation, DAJK, Keanu, and ZeeSoh have hopped out to untangle the Christmas lights as Thanos paces. THANOS: Who did this? KEANU: Great lunch topic! Untangle lights now! THANOS: They will rue the day! ZEESOH: Rue later! We have a huge lead. I don't want to lose it! Do your part! THANOS: We would have no need to worry if someone had not attempted to sabotage me. DAJK: They did. There are no attempts. Just as you are not attempting to do your part now! Thanos narrows his eyes at DAJK. He leans down to pick up a few untangled bunches and lugs them off to the boats. By the time The Gene Kellys have untangled all of their lights, and gotten into their boats, The Fred Astaires finally got Claire untangled from the lights. CLAIRE: No, no, no. PANAMOVIE: Crap! Let's just toss everything in the boats and try to untangle it as we go! JJ8: That's a terrible idea! SHEIKH: It's all we have! We can't give up now! They all get into their boats and try to make it to the Foundation. But it's no use. The Gene Kellys easily reach all of their checkpoints with the lights. The four tribal members reach the rock formation. They climb up with their last strain of lights. All of four of them hit the GIANT red button -- and light up their last leg of Christmas Lights. Cap, SLAM, and Kevin Feige watch from the Boat House patio. CAP: [In a booming voice] The Gene Kellys Win IMMUNITY! The Fred Astaires, you're done. Row on in! The Gene Kellys make their way over from the rocks to the patio for lunch. Kevin Feige gives Thanos the Immunity Popcorn. FEIGE: I'm excited about lunch with you all! THANOS: As am I. But how can he be, when he has other things on his mind? THE RESULTS AFTERMATH: SLAM! and Cap gather all the Survivor around after The Gene Kellys Luncheon. CAP: A cautionary tale. Next week's going to be another big, game-changing week. We'll reveal the full details with the results, but two things. One, it might be time to stop thinking about this as a team game and time to start thinking about making some big, individual moves. SLAM!: Two, The Copy Machine is NOT ALLOWED to be used for next week's Weekend Challenge. You can use it during the Tribal Immunity Challenge, but NOT doing the Weekend Challenge. CAP: The Fred Astaires, you will face Tribal Council. You can vote for anyone but Claire, who receives Immunity. Details for your Immunity Challenge and the Weekend Challenge will be in the following post. SLAM & CAP: Good Luck!

@chasmmi @Claire of Themyscira @DAJK @JJ-8 @Keanu @PanaMovie @Sheikh @Thanos Legion @ZeeSoh I am in the middle of Gingerbread Hell, so the episode will be up much later tonight, maybe even first thing tomorrow. Just so everyone has 24 hours to see this, the Immunity Challenge for the losing team will be: Predict The Tuesday Grosses For: - Midway - Doctor Sleep - Playing With Fire - Last Christmas - Joker These five are NOT optional. And... do you want to gamble? In Honor the Launch of Disney+, here's a chance at Plus for your scores. Predict Tuesday Gross For - Maleficent - The Lion King - Toy Story 4 - JoJo Rabbit. If you come within the following accuracy of the prediction, you get this amount added (or subtracted) to your total scores: Within 1% = +1.5% Within 5% = +1% Within 10% = +0.50% Within 20% = -0.50% Within 25% = -1% Out of 25% = -1.5% So you could possibly add +6% or -6% to your score. Big risk, big reward. You can predict all four, or you can predict only one, or something in between. They are due at the regular time of Tuesday 11:59PM PST / 2:59AM EST. You also need to submit your vote for Tribal Council when you submit your predictions.

Show count for what? Frozen show count for Thursday is way down at Lincoln Square. The no Dolbys is a big red siren. It is normal at Cinemagic. For Star Wars is is basically where TLK and AEG are at both locations.