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Change of velocity may be jarring for the Sox for an inning or two

That works too

Squeeze

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 4, 2016 -> 09:34 PM) Kotsay working with the A's? He probably would've hit better than LaRoche this year He will me a manager in short order.

I like the Hill move for Oakland, you spend $6M on an once promising arm to see if he has any value left. One another note, why can't the Sox handle soft tossing lefties?

Like this move a lot more with out the opt out, this lottery ticket could pay off.

I am calling a 3-2 victory. Lawrie homers and Sale gets 13Ks

Here's the results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wTL...pHQxPM/htmlview

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 3, 2016 -> 06:46 PM) What's a community mock? Each person acts as a team and we have a mock draft. Like today, I was the Sox, Reds and Angels.

Did another community mock on Reddit today, the results are going to be posted soon.

http://minorleaguemadhouse.com/2016/04/01/...-fools-edition/

Eaton

With the exception past two years, Loney is a really good defensive player. I would take a chance on him.

BAseball America's first mock: http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/16554...he1a5lIXDU32.97

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 28, 2016 -> 09:21 PM) I would be psyched if we could get Boldt with the 49th pick. I wouldn't be that psyched, he was really being hyped up in 2013 and I don't know if he's lived up to the expectations. I might have to go back and look at his numbers.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 25, 2016 -> 12:44 PM) Transformers agree. No comment

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 25, 2016 -> 12:08 PM) I forgot how a big office means a movie is good. Of course it's going to make a crap load of money no matter what. It shows that audiences like the movie enough to see it multiple times, the fate the DCEU and Zack Snyder is in the hands of audience. It's projected to have a huge opening weekend but the real test is next weekend, to see if the movie has legs legs or not.

Saw it two more times and it got a standing ovation both times. Theaters were packed for the movie. BOMojo said a $200M opening weekend (I assume that's domestic) is in play, which means it'll break the record for a CBM. It's currently AOU with $192M. Audience members are seeming to love the film, so it looks like the bad reviews are having little impact.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 23, 2016 -> 02:17 PM) He defends or hypes everything Warner Bros related basically. I will admit that that's who I have more access to and where I want to be want to be stationed at but I don't like everything they do, I hate what's going on at HBO for example and they had a lot of bad movies last year. I do like both DC and Marvel comics, characters and films. I'm not blind by fan loyalty or fanboy rage. Again, I had problems with the movie and it could've done some things better but it's still a good movie (8.5/10) and deserves a fair shot. See it for yourselves and let me know what you think. It's hard talking about a movie that not everyone has seen. I had no intention of this turning into a flame war and I respect everyone's opinion here but what I'm getting at mostly is giving it a fair shot.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 23, 2016 -> 01:58 PM) I'm not really sure that CinemaScore is a true film grade of anything when I look at their recent reviews and Gods of Egypt has a B-, London has Fallen an A-, and the Revenant a B+. Seems kind of off to me You and I may disagree with some of the grades (the fact that London Has Fallen has an A- is mind boggling) but it reflects the opinion of the people who saw the movie. Studios use it to find out what the GA thinks of their movies. Box Office speculators use it to figure out the legs of the movie at the box office. It's something that I've been getting into and it's pretty complicated.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 23, 2016 -> 01:55 PM) So all these movie critics who are paid for this stuff are just conditioned to not like these movies? Amazing how the Marvel stuff was able to get around that after Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy conditioned everyone to want the darker movies. I also don't think anyone has ever said DC hasn't had good movies or that all of Marvel's stuff has been perfect but the way you defend some of the recent DC stuff is just bizarre. I'm not saying they're conditioned not to like them, I'm saying thats it's not what they're used to and comparing one to the other does no good and if you go to a DC flick expecting the Marvel experience (and vice versa) then of course you're going to dislike it. I defend it because I like it, what's bizzare about that? Anyway the first audience score is out and it's at 85%. There are more select screenings tonight (There's one in Vernon Hills, if you're interested and live near the area), so that will change by the end of the night. I do have problems with the current state of film criticism, it's seem like ever since Roger Ebert died people stopped judging movies for what they're and started judging them on what they're not. Coming from someone who puts zero stock in it. But that's for another thread.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 23, 2016 -> 01:41 PM) Sematnics, but JJ's Alias wasn't part of Marvel Knights. It was part of Marvel's MAX imprint, which was even more mature and adult than Knights. That's not JJ's Alias. The Max imprint was used mostly for one off stories. Jessica Jones/Alias was the only mainstay and she wasn't considered to be part of the larger Marvel universe by most people. My point still stands that because she was under the MAX branch, Alias' mature tone was forgiven.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 23, 2016 -> 01:24 PM) Nobody cares if these movies are lighthearted or dark it's just if they're good or bad. For the most part Marvel movies have been good and DC not so much, not much else to it. It's a matter of what people have become used to. People are used to the Marvel tone and formula, it has conditioned them. After BvS ended, at least 30 people stayed after the credits waiting for a post credits scene, when DC has repeatedly said they won't do that in their films. The Marvel films have conditioned them to do that. People are used to going to the theater to watch a CBM and having the Marvel experience. They've been releasing at least two movies a year since 2008 and have dominated the market with their films. And let's not act like DC hasn't had good movies. Superman 1+2, Batman, Batman Returns and Forever, The Dark Knight Trilogy. They had good movies. Yes they had missed but Marvel has had some too. Let's not forget that.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 23, 2016 -> 01:26 PM) For real. If you took the first four episodes of Daredevil Season 2 and edited them into a film, it'd be dark, gritty and really f***ing good. Because of their placement on Netflix, those shows aren't considered a part of the MCU when they are by GA members. I view the Netflix stuff as the MCU's Marvel Knights, if you don't know that was a branch of comics that were more mature and adult. Daredevil, Punisher and Jessica Jones were part of the MK branch and those comics were always forgiven for not being tonally similar to the rest of the Marvel universe. DC has books that were very light compared to everything else too. If Marvel released a DD film as dark as the show, it would bother and confuse people.

Let's remember that RT is not the film's grade but the percentage of people who would recommend it others. The closest thing to the film's grade would be the CinemaScore which is a survey of audience members. This is something that I have never seen before in regards to the difference between IMBD and RT%. Critics have been very mixed but audience members love it and if I'm WB that's all I'm worrying about. A lot of the reviews that I've read are comparing the film to the Marvel brand and formula rather than critiquing the film, which is totally unfair. DC and Marvel are two totally different things. Marvel has always been the more fun and lighthearted of the two companies and DC, always always been the more serious of the two companies especially since Crisis. Zack Stentz, who's a screenwriter and producer, he worked on Thor and XMen First Class amongst other things, tweeted last night that he feels like a lot of reviews have been written in advance by people who hate the 'DC Approach' and Zack Snyder. Its funny how in 2008, after the release of The Dark Knight everyone thinks CBMs should be dark, mature and serious, and now in 2016 everyone thinks CBMs should be fun, lighthearted and comical. There's not a correct way for a movie to be, the fact that DC and Marvel films are so different in terms of style and tone is a really good thing for the longevity of the genre. If every was like Marvel or DC, people would get sick of CBMs pretty quickly. Ive been following movie productions online since after I saw the first Spider Man film. I've never seen so many 'think pieces' judging a movie before it hits theaters. There's definitely a hangover from the reaction of Man of Steel and its ending. It's kinda funny that Man of Steel came out three years ago and people still write about it as if it just came out. With that being said, it would take a tremendous disaster at the Box Office for Warner Bros. to remove Zack Snyder off Justice Leauge (Part 1 and 2) and the DCEU. Warners had a historically tough year at the BO last year and are more concerned about the numbers at the BO rather than critical reception. If this movie fails at the BO, there could be a major shakeup at the studio. Keep in mind that BvS is the highest selling pre-sale CBM in the history of Fandago and that its opening worldwide on the 25th on like 4,000 screens worldwide. It's projected opening is very strong and it's at 31% first choice amongst the general audience, which is amazing considering that blockbusters like this are usually around 23% first choice rating. JL starts shooting on April 11th, if the movie fails WB is going to have to move quickly. George Miller is a producer, so that's something to keep an eye on if they remove Zack Snyder, which looks unlikely.