Classic Conversation Thread

[cannastop]

3 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:

 

It’s within their collection but they rotate through some titles on a month-by-month basis so I’m not sure if it’s on steaming at the moment. 

Damn. Maybe Disney+ will show them the errors of their ways. 👀

[DAR]

 

[filmlover]

Quibi sounds like the obvious choice for streaming service that'll find itself potentially facing the chopping block first. Will eat crow if proven otherwise.

[Cap]

Oh god. It gets worse:

 

 

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, captainwondyful said:

Oh god. It gets worse:

 

 

This whole entire saga:

 

[cannastop]

1 hour ago, DAR said:

 

But what about night versus day games? 👀

[cannastop]

17 hours ago, cannastop said:

Can't wait to see which two writers will be honored by the Nobel Committee in October.

 

My ranking of people I would bet on. Total intuition:

1. Adunis (most likely)
2. Milan Kundera (good candidate. Jerusalem Prize)
3. Peter Carey (a good candidate)
4. Thomas Keneally (Maybe? Famous book made into acclaimed Spielberg movie)
5. Don Delillo (maybe? Jerusalem Prize winner)
6. Haruki Murakami (maybe? Jerusalem Prize winner. Franz Kafka Prize Winner)
7. A. S. Byatt (good choice)
8. Louise Erdrich (good choice)
9. John Banville (Franz Kafka Prize winner)
10. Hans Magnus Enzensberger (Poems For People Who Don't Read Poems. 👀)
11. Adam Zagajewski (maybe)
12. Antonio Muñoz Molina (Jerusalem Prize winner)
13. Karl Ove Knausgaard (Scandinavian and a Jerusalem prize winner)
14. António Lobo Antunes (Jerusalem Prize Winner)
15. Margaret Atwood (but they also gave it to a Canadian recently. Franz Kafka Prize winner)
16. Joyce Carol Oates (Jerusalem Prize winner)
17. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (maybe, I don't really know)
18. Ayi Kwei Armah (all I know is that western critics know about his work)
19. Salman Rushdie (Controversy!)
20. Cormac McCarthy (probably not)
21. Thomas Pynchon (probably not)
22. Stephen King (man I don't even know)
23. Kevin Hart ( 👀)

 

edit: this post was edited extensively.

I think any two of these people could win.

 

Spoiler

Kevin Hart is also the name of an Australian poet.

 

Edited September 18, 2019 by cannastop

[JB33]

NHL preseason is upon us!

 

Who are our resident NHL fans again? @Porthos I know you said you were following the Sharks in the playoffs but you're not necessarily a fan. I remember also coming across a Colorado fan here I think.

[cannastop]

All I know about the NHL is Wayne Gretzky and that Atlanta used to have a team.

 

And there was a strike once.

Edited September 18, 2019 by cannastop

[Porthos]

1 minute ago, JB33 said:

NHL preseason is upon us!

 

Who are our resident NHL fans again? @Porthos I know you said you were following the Sharks in the playoffs but you're not necessarily a fan. I remember also coming across a Colorado fan here I think.

Casually remember to check things out every few weeks during the regular season might be the better way to put it.

[Porthos]

 

Win. 👍

 

(the mere suggestion of this idea is getting obliterated on Twitter and elsewhere)

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, Porthos said:

Win. 👍

 

(the mere suggestion of this idea is getting obliterated on Twitter and elsewhere)

I just hope they get ruined by trying to copy Disney.

[cannastop]

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[cannastop]

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[cookie]

12 hours ago, Eric! said:

It’s an upcoming streaming service created by Jeffrey Katzenberg. It’s “gimmick” is that it’s mobile-only, and instead of 22-minute or 44-minute episodes, they are all cut up into bite-sized, 10 minutes or less.

 

I hate every word there too

LMAO everything about that sounds terrible.

[cannastop]

12 hours ago, Eric! said:

It’s an upcoming streaming service created by Jeffrey Katzenberg. It’s “gimmick” is that it’s mobile-only, and instead of 22-minute or 44-minute episodes, they are all cut up into bite-sized, 10 minutes or less.

 

I hate every word there too

man what an asshole.

[Avatree]

Here in the UK we have a lot of streaming services and you may be surprised at how many of them manage to find their own success.

 

Competing against Netflix and Amazon Prime, Now TV, BFI Player, Disneylife, and mubi have all been successful.

Although if the big new US ones are given budgets to match netflix and the like, then they will implode.

 

 

Oh and also it should go without saying that a princess bride remake is an awful idea.

 

Edited September 18, 2019 by Avatree

[filmlover]

I just wanna know who the "very famous people whose names I won't use" are.

[filmlover]

@captainwondyful you bought your tickets yet?

 

 

 

[CoolioD1]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I just wanna know who the "very famous people whose names I won't use" are.

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