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In other news, good thing Wan is sticking around.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 1, 2016 -> 09:57 PM) Edgar Wright knew about the shared universe, he was actually the first director in the MCU back in 2004 and is one it's original architects. Edgar Wright did not like how Marvel would not let him be Edgar Wright. He wanted to make an Edgar Wright film and Marvel wanted a Marvel movie. Marvel isn't known for letting their directors fully express themselves, it's like they have a sign on the door that says, 'No Auteurs.' That's why they like young, journeymen filmmakers. WB is the exact opposite. Man of Steel feels and looks like a collab between Nolan and Snyder. BvS feels and looks like a Zack Snyder movie. Suicide Squad is 100% David Ayer. Marvel is very producer driver and DC is all about the filmmaker. No one approach is better than the other, but it makes sense why a guy like Edgar Wright would leave Ant Man. I know Edgar Wright was the first one to come along, it's why Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne weren't in the Avengers. The problem is they wanted it to have certain things connecting it to the overall MCU that he didn't want to include. Branagh got to make his Shakesperean Thor, Favreau got to make Iron Man, Johnston got to make his serial film, Russos got to make their spy thriller, Shane Black got to make the exact same film with a new coat of paint like he usually does, etc. The only ones that got heavy interference were Age of Ultron and Iron Man 2. Meanwhile we just had the second filmmaker leave DCEU for creative differences. The thing is Marvel has someone running their show, while Snyder was given free reign to establish the tone of the entire DCEU with his film and serve as the de facto Feige. Edit: Forgot. James Gunn made the most James Gunn-ian film possible.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 1, 2016 -> 08:19 PM) Yep, that's Quintana I know Latos had a bad start, but come on, he's still pretty cool.

FanSided had a list of trades that all MLB teams should make. Sox: Avi, Leury and Danish for CarGo. I laughed when my friend read that one to me.

I doubt Edgar Wright wants this, because he didn't like that Ant-Man had to tie into the MCU. Right now it feels like the DCEU is going to be even more interconnected.

Using infinite mod powers, I shall allow this thread to continue, lest we all forget the humble beginnings from whence game threads game.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 10:06 PM) I'll find the link. But his column ripping the MU student president was awesome. Also he points out how MU as a university has been totally crippled by the inappropriate actions of Black Lives Matter on that campus a few months ago. For starters, read this one. Excellent. http://j.school/post/133025099640/crying-w...es-real-problem This second link is perfection. http://j.school/post/140818405005/concerne...-tacticsresults Here are some of the greatest paragraphs in written history Our best and brightest young people are being used and abused. Addicted to social media and popular culture, assimilated and enslaved mentally, they’ve bought the myth that anti-white is the new pro-black, that improving white people is the key to black progress. They want black lives to matter more to white people than they do to us. Any slight by a white person is a reason to whine, cry and demand government intervention. The Missouri football players and a group of their student peers created a $32-million budget shortfall over “hardships” and rude behavior so frivolous that they’re embarrassing to repeat because they point to a fragility that has never defined black folk. Mizzou’s freshman enrollment is down nearly 20 percent. The interim chancellor, Hank Foley, announced the school will slash its budget 5 percent across the board. There’s no money to pay for the programs and policies demanded by Concerned Students 1950, the Missouri group inspired by Black Lives Matter. The school’s brand has been significantly damaged. What was gained? A Spike Lee documentary? The resignation of a figurehead who will be replaced by another figurehead? Whatever was gained won’t be offset by the hardened hearts and feelings powering The Winter of Drumpf. The mainstream media, bloggers and Twitter activists who rode Black Lives Matter to relevancy won’t explain the ramifications of childish, emotional and in-your-face civil rights strategy. They’ll say eight years of Obama made America more comfortable with bigotry. They’ll never admit that black rioters, inspired by BLM, burning down a city controlled by a black mayor, black police chief, black attorney general and black city council ripened American voters for Drumpf. The propagandized code phrase “respectability politics” makes it easy for young people to dismiss the advice of elders and belittle the tactics that helped deliver us from slavery and Jim Crow and would serve us best in the fight against mass incarceration. What’s difficult to refute is the superiority of the victories won by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and our greatest generation. Whitlock does raise good points, except Baltimore wasn't burnt down. And I can't find what he wrote about Payton other than the fact that Payton being called a slur was trivial. You know what? f*** that.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 11:08 PM) Two Bears on this Top 5 list: https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2016/...-the-nfl-draft/ God, Pace sucks.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 08:46 PM) It's just frustrating. These are the types of series that could separate the Sox from the rest of the division in the standings and yet they always seem to lose them. This team desperately needs a day off. 0_o They swept Texas and Toronto and can still split this series.

QUOTE (Tony @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 08:39 PM) Barkevius Mingo. Hingle McCringleberry?

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 08:31 PM) Yes, I could execute Pace's plan better than Pace has. Here's how: 1. Stay at 11, grab the best OT prospect since Joe Thomas. 2. Trade 4th and 2nd to move up and grab Noah Spence I guess I wouldnt be able to dominate the 4th round the way Pace plans to, but at least the Bears could sleep well knowing they wouldnt have to worry about the LT position until the 2030's.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 08:26 PM) Dude a computer could do a better job than Pace has done. He f***ed up dealing away a 4th to jump New York for a mediocre player, then overcompensated in the 2nd to get that 4th back and watched the Packers (of all teams!) get his guy. Pace is a clown. Yes, but that didn't answer the question.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 07:26 PM) Tonight is what happens you allow losers to play like s*** over and over and stick around. The culture of this team changed last night, and by not getting rid of Danks immediately they may never get back what they had. Every spot on the 25 man matters... Holy s*** they lost one game.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 02:41 PM) ugh don't remind me... Kevin White has done nothing for the Bears as a #7 overall pick. He's a bust until further notice, and we don't know how much the Bears knew or didn't know about his shin because they are such an untrustworthy organization. He can still turn it around, he's about the same age Floyd is, but we all can sense where that one is headed. As for Floyd, he's a rail thin player that won't be able to stand up to NFL OL unless he gets on those sweet, sweet NFL roids for a year. At which point he'll be 25 and have only 2 or 3 years left at his physical peak. Not that I think it will matter, the guy couldn't produce in college despite being older than most of his competition. Oh wait nvn that's the coaches fault my bad. lol

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 12:13 PM) He's not stupid. Also the Sox literally have no need for him. At best, DH but how much does AJ even have in the tank?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 10:25 AM) Where is this coming from anyways? Just Stephen A. Smith? Or is there actual reason to tie him to PEDs. Whispers amongst other players in the league is what kicked it off. Also, I feel baseball fans as a whole are a jaded "Fool me on, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." situation.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 29, 2016 -> 12:04 PM) Anyone who is saying that Danks didn't deserve that contract is full of hindsight. The worst is the people that keep pretending like signing Danks was flipping Buehrle the middle finger.

I feel like there are people who think Danks didn't deserve his contract and it makes me sad. I would love to see Danks figure out a new pitch or anything to get back on track. Hopefully they DL him and he can tinker.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 06:52 PM) Hawk specifically says anybody accusing Arrieta of using is a disgrace to the game. Hope you're all happy. I can't accuse him, but I'm suspicious. His pitches all gained significant miles per hour. This isn't like Cliff Lee, whose stuff stayed the same speed, or R.A. Dickey who learned to control a knuckler better.

Dee Gordon suspended 80 games for PEDs.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 10:26 PM) https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/725876907225546752 https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/725877656093335556 https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/725883008415203328 These do make me feel a bit sad. Danks could have been an All-Star if not for the out-of-nowhere injury.

Early lead, good.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 04:07 PM) Lets see what the cubs do in may. Schedule is much tougher. I'd love if they got demolished in interleague play.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 09:52 AM) Lots of "freebies" on Frebis Night....the minor league marketing people have to figure out a way to work that one in. Or they could give away frisbees autographed by Shingo Takatsu. Or "freebase" cocaine off those frisbees, if that's the pronunciation. ...?

QUOTE (Dunt @ Apr 28, 2016 -> 03:45 PM) 3.47 mph on 4 seam 3.3 mph on sinker 5.75 mph on changeup 6.75 mph on slider 5.72 mph on curveball Lol! Seems legit. Goddamn near 7 miles on a slider. Pilates my ass.