Mark Vader
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Nice outfit.
Is she trying out for roller derby?
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Kind of reminds me of the uni's they wore during the Air Coryell/Dan Fouts era, except it was electric blue, not navy.
Glad that they went back to the gold lightning bolt, it looks a lot better than the white one.
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A movie about Dieter Dengler? About time. He was a legend to those of us who flew in unpleasant places in the war. They talked about him all the time in the various survival schools. I gotta see that movie. I learned a lot from him. Most important thing? Don't get shot down!
Looks like a good movie too. Christian Bale is becoming one of the top actors out there. I just recently saw The Prestige and I thought he and Hugh Jackman were excellent. We need more movies with these guys.
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dib Posted Mar 7 2007, 07:18 AM
QUOTE(formerlycollegeguy @ Mar 7 2007, 12:36 AM)
THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!
If they wanted to make a really good move about Thermopylae they should have used Steven Pressfields' "Gates of Fire"
I will go to see 300 but I'm afraid it's going to be "The 300 Spartans" meets the "Matrix"
Actually dib, there was a plan to make a movie based on the book Gates of Fire. After the success of Gladiator, I believe Warner Bros. bought the rights to the book, and they attracted interest from Michael Mann to direct.
However, it just never worked out, and they decided not to make it, so instead they went with 300.
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Travis Henry also returns to the Ralph again with Denver in '07. So we get 2 pissed off former RB's next year.
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I just got back from Vegas a couple of days ago, and a lot of people were telling me what a disaster the NBA All-Star Week was.
Oh the strip made billions of dollars off of it, but they said it was gangland the entire time.
About 1200 arrests, 20 shootings, and lots of rooms were left in shambles. Alot of customers were afraid to leave the casinos.
When stuff like this happens I just do'nt see Vegas with a major sports franchise.
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As long as he stays healthy is right, and probably why the Saints only signed him for one year.
Living in the Bay Area I've seen Johnson play a lot and I would have loved to see him as a Bill.
The only knock against Johnson is that he would be just like Jonas Jennings, in the fact that he gets hurt often.
We'll see how he does next season, and if the Saints will want to keep him long term.
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Hi all, I know i'm a little late again, but with free agency starting I've been distracted. Anyway, here's what we have to look forward too this month. With the Oscars behind us, the Spring Season arrives which will start to bring some bigger titles to tide us over before this year's monstrous Summer Season.
Leading the charge is the Warner Bros. graphic novel/historical movie "300". The WB studio has used non-stop marketing for weeks promoting this movie, which will also open in Imax theatres day-and-date with traditional cinemas. Starring Gerard Butler & Lena Headey, the story takes place in 480 B.C., as Spartan king Leonidas leads 300 of his warriors into the famous battle of Thermopylae with the Persian army. Since the success of 2000's Gladiator, historical epics have come back to movie theatres in a strong way. Visual epic battles have attracted many audiences with other films like Troy, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Studios have been wanting to make a movie based on this defining moment in history, and found it with Frank Miller's graphic novel. After Miller's success with 2005's Sin City, WB is hoping to find even bigger success with "300". The visual flare of the movie looks amazing, and other studios have taken notice, as no other movie will open wide the same weekend.
Warner Bros. also brings back a famous group of heroes, this time giving them the CGI treatment with "TMNT". The teenage mutant ninja turtles became very famous from the late 80's to early 90's, as two live action movies were made during the height of their popularity. Now the studio hopes to bring back that popularity in this fully animated movie. This movie is being treated as a sequel to the first two installments. In this movie, a disgruntled tech-industrialist's plan for world domination is brought up against a team of ninja-trained turtles who live in the sewers of Manhattan: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael. But first they have to get over the humiliation they suffered at the hands of their arch nemesis -- a defeat which caused the Turtles to grow apart.
The animation looks superb, and the script is apparently more edgy than the light hearted earlier films. Patrick Stewart, Mako, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ziyi Zhang, Chris Evans, & Laurence Fishburne lend their voices to the film.
Aiming for big laughs is the Will Ferrell, Jon Heder comedy, "Blades of Glory". Ferrell & Heder are two rival Olympic ice skaters who were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition in 2002. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.
The potential for big laughs is phenomonal.
Also looking for laughter are John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, & William H.Macy in "Wild Hogs". In this film, a quartet of middle-aged wannabe bikers look for adventure out on the open road, where they soon encounter a chapter of the Hell's Angels. Again more potential for big laughs.
Disney proved a couple years ago that they could do CGI without Pixar, by making Chicken Little. Now they will give it another go with "Meet the Robinsons". Based on the best-seller by Wiliam Joyce, a boy genius named Lewis has his latest invention stolen by the nefarious Bowler Hat Guy. Just when he's given up hope he'll ever retrieve his creation, he meets Wilbur Robinson, a curious young fellow from the future, who invites him to travel forward in time to meet his eccentric extended family. The animation looks great, but will this movie do repeat business?
Adam Sandler goes the drama route with "Reign Over Me". Co-starring Don Cheadle & Jada Pinkett Smith, this story follows Charlie Fineman(Sandler) who has'nt been the same since he lost his wife and daughters on 9/11. When he meets his old college buddy, Alan Johnson(Cheadle), he begins to rekindle their old friendship, which in turn helps him to deal with his loss.
In "Premonition" Sandra Bullock loses her husband(Julian McMahon) in a car accident. But, when her husband reappears the day after he died, she looks to rearrange events and prevent the tragedy from occurring.
Two San Francisco Chronicle employees (Jake Gyllenhaal & Mark Ruffalo) work alongside a homicide inspector (Robert Downey Jr.) to learn the identity of a serial killer terrorizing the Bay Area, in "Zodiac".
Chris Rock directs and stars in "I Think I Love My Wife". Richard Cooper(Rock) who's married to the ultimate career woman (Gina Torres) finds his will and morals tested when he meets a free-spirited younger lady (Kerry Washington).
In "Shooter" Mark Whalberg plays a marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president.
Early on in the Vietnam War, U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler is shot down and captured in Laos. Banding together with some of his fellow POWs, Dengler escapes and makes his way through the jungle in hopes of being rescued. Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, & Jeremy Davies star in "Rescue Dawn".
A God-fearing bluesman (Samuel L. Jackson) takes to a wild young woman (Christina Ricci) who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it, in "Black Snake Moan".
In "The Last Mimzy", A box of toys sent from the future is found by two siblings who develop special and terrifying new abilities soon after their discovery. Timothy Hutton, Rainn Wilson, & William Fichtner star.
Inspired by true events, at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation, coach Jim Ellis turns a group of troubled teens into one of the best swim teams in the country. Terrence Howard & Bernie Mac star.
In "Dead Silence", A young widower returns home in order to investigate his wife's murder, where he encounters the legend that has turned Raven's Fair into a ghost town.
In "Skinwalkers", A 12 year old boy is targeted by two werewolf packs in the midst of a brutal civil war. Some want him dead, others want him safe, and it's up to his mother to figure out why.
Finally, A group of National Guard trainees are attacked by those pesky mutants during a training mission in the New Mexico desert, in "The Hills Have Eyes 2".
Calendar with trailers
3/2
Black Snake Moan: http://www.moanmovie.com/
Zodiac: http://www.moanmovie.com/
Wild Hogs: http://wildhogs.movies.go.com/
3/9
300: http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/
3/16
Dead Silence: http://www.deadsilencemovie.net/
Premonition: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809420479/trailer
I Think I Love My Wife: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809697054/trailer
3/21
Shooter: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809733437/trailer
3/23
Pride: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809280946/trailer
Reign Over Me: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809424572/trailer
The Hills Have Eyes 2: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809752011/trailer
TMNT: http://tmnt.warnerbros.com/
The Last Mimzy: http://www.mimzy.com/
3/30
Blades of Glory: http://www.bladesofglorymovie.com/
Meet The Robinsons: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809417093/trailer
Skinwalkers: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809266194/trailer
That's all for now. See you later.
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I think that the Bills interviewing Dominic Rhodes is a waste of time. Mainly because Rhodes wants to be a starter, and he wo'nt be if he signs with the Bills.
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I thought Ellen's opening monologue was bland, but I laughed when she gave the script to Martin Scorcese & had Steven Spielberg take the picture of her and Clint Eastwood. I prefer the hosts when they just try to get the show moving and not over do it. Overall I thought Ellen did a fine job and I would'nt mind seeing her hosting the Oscars again. Still I like Billy Crystal the most, and Steve Martin was very good when he was there a couple of times. John Stewart & Chris Rock were big mistakes and should never be there again.
As far as who looked the best, I would have to say that Cate Blanchett was absolutely stunning. http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/photos/phot...id=73&pos=4
Also Emily Blunt was very beautiful in blue. http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/photos/phot...d=73&pos=14
I was thrilled the most when Alan Arkin won best supporting actor.
I was puzzled by "An Inconvenient Truth" winning best original song. I guess politically themed songs outweigh songs that are actually entertaining.
Best speech IMO was by Ennio Marcone, when he received an honorary Oscar for his score work over the years. His most famous score has to be from "The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly". It was great to have Clint Eastwood there to translate for the audience.
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I saw that on the 9:00 replay. Waltrip's manager must have loaded that thing up with jet fuel because it was only sitting maybe 50 yards away. That bus was hauling when he got slammed. I don't know of any bus with that kind of acceleration.
Yeah, I noticed that too. We should all remember it's just a tv show, where apparently anything is possible.
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Word is that Plummer could be traded to the Texans and get reunited with Kubiak.
http://www.aolsportsblog.com/2007/02/10/co...mer-to-houston/
Personally I do'nt think David Carr is the problem.
Look at what the Texans have done to their team ever since they drafted Carr.
Every 1st round pick since they took Carr was a defensive player, if I remember correctly: Dunta Robinson, Jonathan Babin, & Mario Williams. I may have missed someone, but the point is, the Texans have done nothing to protect or help Carr. With all the high draft picks they have had they could'nt find a good OT to protect Carr?
Not drafting Reggie Bush was a joke as well.
A crappy O-Line and no running game is why Carr is not having success, and to put all the blame on him is misguided.
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"Humility" by Venus & Serena Williams
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Or a 49er.
God knows they have the cap space and desperately need a CB.
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the county just north of me is not only the one that put the "Intelligent Design" stickers in their textbooks, its also the same one that banned Harry Potter books from the school libraries because it turns children to witches and teaches them to worship the devil...
Did'nt people like that say Pokemon was evil, too? They also said the same thing back in the 80's about Dungeons & Dragons.
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Everytime I hear anything about the KKK, I think of the Chappelle skit "Clayton Bigsby" and how silly the Klansmen looked. Especially with Chappelle screaming "White Power" and "Woogie Boogie Ni****".
It's really sad that there is this kind of racism here in this country 40 years after Dr. King died.
It is sad. Whats even more amazing is how much racism there is in the whole world. It's an unfortunate part of life that will never go away.
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And quite unexpected! That being said, does this mean that Juliet has some Walt-like power where she can will things to happen? Too much of a coincidence. Either that, or that Portland dude and Ethan some how made it happen (though that's somewhat hard to believe). And why the interest in bringing her to the island...couldn't be for her fertility work...rather, could it be because she has some type of power?
I was not surprised that Juliet's ex got hit by the bus. In that scene when he walks out of the building, you can see the bus in the street. As soon as I saw it I knew he was going to get run over.
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9:38pm
1) Hannibal Rising. Thank goodness for this ad or I would never have known about this movie
2) This must be another one of those stupid careerbuilder.com survivor ads. Yup.
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I thought the correctile dysfunction was a clever ad.
The rock-paper-scissors was amusing, but not the best of the night.
Aside from the beard comb-over, the Sierra Mist commercials were weak.
The first Doritos commercial with the guy in the car and the woman walking down the road was hilarious.
I really liked the GM robot.
The mourning fans in the NFL commercial was great, but the first NFL commercial with Martha Stewart & Janet Reno?
The stray dog budweiser commercial was good.
The bud select commercial was cool with the football video game, but having Don Shula lose to Jay-Z is just plain wrong.
No exciting movie trailers.
Overall a weak year for the SB commercials.
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Hello all, I am sorry for not posting the movies of January, I was unable to preview the cinematic materpieces known as, "Catch & Release", "Stomp the Yard", "Freedom Writers", "Primeval", "Blood & Chocolate", "Arthur & The Invisibles", "Happily N'Ever After", "Alpha Dog", "Epic Movie", & "Smokin' Aces". Instead we head into February, and with the Oscar nominated films drawing very little interest, the studios are hoping for a big boost in the box office before we hit Spring.
Columbia has it's big money on it's comic book turned movie "Ghost Rider". Nicolas Cage plays Johnny Blaze a former stunt motorcyclist who makes a deal with the devil where his body becomes host to a vengeful spirit. Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, & Wes Bentley co-star. Despite the big budget, the movie looks like it will be heading towards the Daredevil route instead of the Spider-Man, X-Men route. Purists will not like the huge emphasis of the romantic story they are putting into this. Add in the fact that this movie went from being an August 2006 film to a February 2007 film is not a very good sign.
Jim Carrey unveils his dark side in "The Number 23". This story is about a man who becomes obsessed with a book that appears to be based on his life, though it concludes with a tragedy that has yet to occur in the present.
Virginia Madsen co-stars. What worked for Robin Williams in One Hour Photo & Insomnia, may just work for Carrey here.
After a Golden Globe win and an Oscar Nomination for Dreamgirls, Eddie Murphy heads back to comedy with "Norbit". Norbit is a mild-mannered guy (Murphy) who is engaged to a monstrous woman ( also Murphy), but meets the woman of his dreams (Thandie Newton), and schemes to find a way to be with her. Murphy has had success in playing multiple roles before, but will the audience find his performances funny or offensive?
Hugh Grant is a washed-up singer & Drew Barrymore is a talented lyricist. Together they bring together the right song for a teen dream band, and some romance for themselves as well, in "Music & Lyrics".
Silver N Red's leading lady Mandy Moore, Diane Keaton, Lauren Graham, & Piper Perabo star in "Because I Said So". Keaton plays the meddling mother who enlists her two daughters ( Graham & Perabo) to find the perfect man for the baby of the family (Moore).
From the "Did we need another movie in this series?" department comes "Hannibal Rising". The stor of how young Hannibal Lecter came to be.
Based on a true story, Aspiring FBI agent Eric O'Neill ( Ryan Phillippe) is handpicked by a senior agent ( Chris Cooper) to work alongside him, only to discover his mentor might be the country's greatest security risk, in "Breach".
An astronaut (Billy Bob Thornton) who opts to retire in order to save his family farm begins to tinker on a rocket in his barn, in "The Astronaut Farmer".
In "Black Snake Moan", A God-fearing bluesman (Samuel L. Jackson) takes to a wild young woman (Christina Ricci) who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.
Two new friends create an imaginary land in order to deal with their real-world problems, in the fantasy "Bridge to Terabithia".
In "Reno 911!: Miami", The Washoe County Sheriff's Department of Reno, Nevada is summoned to Miami Beach after a terrorist plot disrupts the city's national police convention.
A family makes a big mistake when they move from Chicago to a haunted Sunflower farm in North Dakota, in "The Messengers".
Calendar with trailers.
2/2
Because I Said So: http://www.becauseisaidsomovie.com/main.htm
The Messengers: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/themessengers/
2/9
Hannibal Rising: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809716945/trailer
Norbit: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809426318/trailer
2/14
Music & Lyrics: http://musicandlyrics.warnerbros.com/
2/16
Bridge to Terabithia: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/terabithia/
Breach: http://www.breachmovie.net/
Ghost Rider: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/ghostrider/index.html
2/23
The Number 23: http://www.number23movie.com/
The Astronaut Farmer: http://theastronautfarmermovie.warnerbros.com/
Black Snake Moan: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809233868/trailer
Reno 911!:Miami : http://www.reno911movie.com/
That's all for now. Head out to those multiplexes everyone, it's a long time until we see another Bills game.
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Bruce Smith will be a 1st timer. Is he eligible next year?
Andre Reed will get in but will have to wait a couple more years.
Kent Hull deserves it, but might have to wait awhile.
Steve Tasker deserves it, but until they let Ray Guy in, no special teamer will make it.
The one man who deserves to get in most of all is Ralph Wilson.
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i'm surprised Tags didn't make it
Congratulations Thurman.
I too am surprised that Tags did'nt get in. I guess the NFL Network crew was right, all it takes are a few disgruntled media who have a grudge against the man to not allow him in.
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When is the regular season schedule released? Seems to me it was sometime in April this past year?
You are correct.
They usually plan the schedule during the Spring meetings, so look for the schedule to be announced about 2 or 3 weeks before the Draft.
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Sorry if this was already posted somewhere.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...eoid=1779228335
GO SEE 300!!!
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Saw it today. It was definitely entertaining.
I do not know much about the battle of Thermopylae(sp), but I am quite sure that this was not an exact historical acount of what happened, but I was'nt expecting that.
After all this movie is based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller.
Acting was decent, storyline was basic, visuals were amazing. Glad I saw it on the big screen.
This movie was made for the crowds of people who get bored when a movie has 1 minute of dialogue.
A reason why historical epics like The Alamo, Alexander, & Kingdom of Heaven failed at the box office.
An enjoyable movie, but not a great one.