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Crazy Ivan said:
Exciting news for me is that Sherlock Holmes 3 is scheduled to be released in 2021, and Downey and Jude Law will be back. So maybe at least Downey is ready to move on from IronMan/Avengers.
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I had a little bit of a problem with Downey's interpretation of Sherlock. He kind of made Sherlock to be the kind of bumbling, almost spastic character which did not fit my own impression of him at all. I guess my own view of the Sherlock character is more along the lines of the way Basile Rathbone portrayed him.lol
 
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Kingston Vol said:
And it’s very unlikely Pruitt ever wins an SEC championship - or the division for that matter.
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Hey y’all, look at this scorching hot take from Kingston. Only seen year one from Pruitt with our garbage roster and has already doomed Pruitt to never even winning the division!!!!
 
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Pepe said:
I had a little bit of a problem with Downey's interpretation of Sherlock. He kind of made Sherlock to be the kind of bumbling, almost spastic character which did not fit my own impression of him at all. I guess my own view of the Sherlock character is more along the lines of the way Basile Rathbone portrayed him.lol
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he also made him pretty bad ass in the bare knuckle fight scene at the beginning of the first movie.
 
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BruinVol said:
What are the expenses?

Last I saw still think it’s fails when the investors stop putting more $ in the pot
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Article mentioned they pay 55k up to 120k for writers. Not sure what their department allocation looks like, but they do publicly list 402 employees. Let's just say 75k/year average for every employee. Then you have fringe benefits, often being as high as 30% of salary. Let's make it simple and go an even 100k total/employee. We're talking ~40m a year just in wages and that could be the low end. They currently have 600k subs at $65/year average. That's $39m in revenue at this moment. So already at a loss just "making payroll". Throw in costs of advertising, an office in San Francisco, legal retainer, etc and who knows what their annual losses are.

But at 1 million+ subs...maybe they hit black. They are highly scalable. What's nice with now reaching essentially every market they want to be in is they can begin to utilize economies of scale. They have been expanding so aggressively this whole time, it's not surprising they have went through various funding stages. Maybe now they can stabilize costs and reap the rewards.
 
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titansvolsfaninga said:
what do you think they were doing the rest of the battle? Ironing clothes on the side or cooking dinner for after battle supper? Pepper fought side by side with Tony. Wasp and Antman were right there together. Hell, Black Widow actually sacrificed herself. The strongest character on the field was Captain Marvel, but the weakest saved everyone. It was a good movie, and I shed tears. But to get upset about a woman fight scene, a gay character, or anything else in a fictional movie is asinine.
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Pepe said:
I had a little bit of a problem with Downey's interpretation of Sherlock. He kind of made Sherlock to be the kind of bumbling, almost spastic character which did not fit my own impression of him at all. I guess my own view of the Sherlock character is more along the lines of the way Basile Rathbone portrayed him.lol
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I also grew up with the Rathbone interpretation of Holmes and was dubious when Richie's version came out, but I am a big fan of Richie, Downey, and Law, and really enjoyed SH and SH: Game of Shadows. A big part of my enjoyment was how well done the visuals were of 1880s London. But I thought both movies were just good fun.
 
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Devo182 said:
Grown men carin waaay too much about superhero movies. don't@ me fanmen
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The amount of gatekeeping done in this thread is interesting.

Maybe we should stop trying to dictate the tastes of others? Really all it does is give off an air of insecurity.

Same with music, beer, food, entertainment choices, and pretty much everything. I'm not saying you can't say you dislike something, but why spend so much time condescending the preferences of others?
 
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Cactus Jack said:
I think the issue i take with it (which isn't much of an issue) is that it makes some weird point to have a "girl power" moment and make it uber obvious. imo this is the opposite of what feminism is trying to achieve. If you want women to be truly equals then they should be fighting side by side with the male characters. Women can look strong without having to have some weird "this is where we show women can be strong too" moment. which is what they did with that scene.
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To be fair, it's a visual art form. So you have to -show- things to the audience to achieve them.

"I want this character to be lonely." Well you show them somewhere alone. It's not that difficult, the reason these things are recycled and so often done over and over is that it works. Regardless of how many times you've seen that "girl power" moment it still conveys the information efficiently and quickly.

It was maybe 3-4 frames in the film, and here you are knowing exactly what they were going for with it. So it worked
 
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Just rewatched The Sandlot the other night with the kiddo.

Favorite baseball movies? A few of mine NOT IN ANY SPECIFIC ORDER

The Sandlot, A League of Their Own (#GirlPower), Major League, 42, Bad News Bears (original), Field of Dreams, Moneyball, Bull Durham

Also if you've not seen Everybody Wants Some it's a good watch, throwback to the 70s and that Dazed & Confused/Fast Times at Ridgemont style of movie
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Just rewatched The Sandlot the other night with the kiddo.

Favorite baseball movies? A few of mine NOT IN ANY SPECIFIC ORDER

The Sandlot, A League of Their Own (#GirlPower), Major League, 42, Bad News Bears (original), Field of Dreams, Moneyball, Bull Durham

Also if you've not seen Everybody Wants Some it's a good watch, throwback to the 70s and that Dazed & Confused/Fast Times at Ridgemont style of movie
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No "The Natural?" Your list is incomplete. Or you have a movie you really need to see.
 
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utkevdawg1 said:
No "The Natural?" Your list is incomplete. Or you have a movie you really need to see.
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Need to see. Not real sure how I've not watched it honestly. I think it's the only "best" that I've not watched, so I obviously can't have it in my favorites lol

Another one I haven't seen that has been recommended is called Sugar.
 
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MoCo_Vol said:
Just rewatched The Sandlot the other night with the kiddo.

Favorite baseball movies? A few of mine NOT IN ANY SPECIFIC ORDER

The Sandlot, A League of Their Own (#GirlPower), Major League, 42, Bad News Bears (original), Field of Dreams, Moneyball, Bull Durham

Also if you've not seen Everybody Wants Some it's a good watch, throwback to the 70s and that Dazed & Confused/Fast Times at Ridgemont style of movie
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Hardball > everything

 
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