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QUOTE (SoxAce @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 07:55 AM) Yea that was bad. Also the actor who played Snoop Dogg looked and was nothing like him. Just terrible. Keith Stanfield is a really, really, insanely good actor. If you have Netflix, watch Short Term 12. There was a push for him to get nominated for Best Original Song but rap music gets a hard time from the oldies in Academy. For a 24 year old, he has a pretty good filmography.

The DSL team just threw a combined no hitter, led by Nelson Acosta, who threw 7IP, 6Ks and 0BBs.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 04:58 PM) I understand going for best available but, Puk is another lefty starting pitcher that will be close to the majors right when drafted. What are we going to do with all that talent if we were to get him I don't think he's a close as most people think he is, I would like to see better command from him. To answer your question, if the Sox were to draft him it wouldn't be a bad thing. You can never have too much pitching, especially left handed. The Sox could deal a guy at the MLB level (Probably Quintana) and bring more talent into the system. Look at the Cubs and their plethora of shortstops for example or the Mets and their arms....

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 03:40 PM) Nick Banks is my guy. Last year Fulmer was and we got him. 2 years ago, I was really torn between Rodon and Aiken. Hopefully Banks falls. Undersized and physically maxed out, corner outfielder? I'll pass. I really like AJ Puk alot and Alec Hansen, but as the article stated he's taking the summer off.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 08:38 AM) Making Sue Storm the adopted daughter of Dr. Storm...and changing the character of Johnny not only in terms of race but also temperament. He goes from Chris Evans/badass/chick magnet to more reminiscent of a less whiny Shia Lebouf. To me.... MBJ's Johnny Storm was very much still the Johnny Storm that people come to love through the comics. He was cocky, arrogant, hated authority and smart and was a bro to everyone on the team. It dosen't matter what the character's skin color is as long as those traits are there and even in that mess of a movie, those things were. And I would never go as far as saying Chris Evan's Johnny Storm as being the definitive intrepetation* of the character.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 03:39 PM) Then you have the whole racial dynamic just not hitting the right tone... Please elaborate on this.....

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 03:14 PM) All-American HS game on right now on MLB Network at Wrigley Field. Riley Pint pitching. I was there.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) He's essentially only missing 5 weeks of baseball. I think there's a good chance the Sox push him to Low A at the start of next season. Thanks for being rational

At Wrigley, the event is free. Who else is going?

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) Dang...will be a lot of pressure on him next year Not really he'll be 19

A Deadwood movie is in conversations between HBO and David Milch

The first page of a treatment to a pilot (1 hour drama format) that I just finished writing, now I'm going to throw it on the BlackList and see what happens.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:41 AM) The only reason it got the ratings it did was *because of* season 1. Season 2's ratings were dropping episode-by-episode (good bump for the finale though) as season 1 loyalists gradually gave up on it. Season 2 is the fourth most wastched season in HBO history, when the ratings for each episode where counted up. http://i.imgur.com/BDZvA1E.jpg?1 QUOTE (farmteam @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 06:38 PM) If the first season hadn't been so good the ratings would not have been nearly as high. I doubt that to the extent because it seems like youre forgetting the show gets A-List actors and they each bring their own audience.

QUOTE (The Gooch @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:39 AM) I feel like you are the Skip Bayless of t.v. watching. I feel like I am watching one of those afternoon ESPN shows where one of the hosts has to argue a ridiculous point for entertainment value. You can be my Rob Parker.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 05:54 PM) His (deleted) tweet on the night before the premiere was EXTREMELY ill-advised and stupid for his career going forward. You just have to take your lumps throughout the theater run and blast Fox when you are done with the red carpet. He's on the verge of being blacklisted

Josh Trank is lawyering up and is preparing to go to court against Fox.

Atlanta is not going to sign him, they plan to go way over in 2016 and have Maitan already locked up.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 10:48 AM) When are the LAD, Cubs, and SF no longer ble to sign because of going over their international limits? Next July 2nd? Next year and they'll probably get two despite the fact the CBA is going to expire after next year. Mlb will honor their punishment

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 11, 2015 -> 12:48 AM) Season 1 and 2 of TD are night and day. Oh my god.... that's the point. If you own a dictionary or an encyclopedia, look up the word anthology. Write it down ten times and tell me what it means

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 10, 2015 -> 09:45 PM) Look, I know you study film and want to work in it but that show was mediocre at best this time around. If it wasn't for the first season then that show would've been cancelled. It's too bad but it was a tough act to follow. I hope that it doesn't sound like I am placing my opinion above others because what I do in school and for a living outside the forum, if it comes of that way it's certainly not my intention. And yet, I completely disagree with everything you said. If TDS2 were the show's first seasn it would've guaranteed a second season just based on the ratings alone. Recently the President of HBO said that they're waiting to open up negotiations with Nic Pizzolatto for a third season and more depending on him (he said during the first season that he is hoping for at least 5), Pizzolatto also has another show in development at the network and he has some high profile screenwriting gigs coming up. Nic Pizzolatto isn't going anywhere for a while, the same goes for True Detective. (I don't follow the points and ratings but S2 has been one of the network's highest rated programs, and is one of theit popular brands) Now, I've said this before and after seeing the whole season I feel vavalidated when I say TDS2> TDS1. I liked the plot and storyline better, the psychosphere was much improved this time in my opinion and the characters were amazing. I could go on but in short I think S2 is way better than 1. I would compare True Detective to what happens when a band puts a phenomenonal debut album (both critically and commercially) and in its aftermath the hype starts to build up amongst fans and the media and in the building of the hype, both parties either start to write the music in their heads or/want (demand) a rehash of the debut. And when the band puts out their (just as good if not better) sophomore album, people are judge it for what it's not instead by what it is. While I understand people may like or dislike certain things, some of the reviews for this season come off like the person who wrote the review either isn't paying attention to the storyline, has some kind of preconceived agenda (some of articles written by critics/bloggers who are affiliated with the alphabet groups are very infuriating, they (GLAAD) sound like they have old fashioned views on gay characters (I can rant about GLADD and some members of the MAC all day)), or they bash the show for not being the second season and while I disagree with that school of criticism, that would make more sense when you're critiquing a traditional serialized television show, that has no place when judging a self contained anthology series. When people asked me what I wanted from the second season of the show after the first season finale, I said that all I want for it is to be good. I think that's the only thing that you/we (the audience) can ask for when it comes to art, anything other than that and you're bound to be disappointed. As I said on reddit and at the viewing party, I wish more people would've watched this without preconceived notions and ideas, because they're missing out. For those that prematurely dropped the show, get away from it for a bit and start the season again (this time watch it in its entirety) and come to your own opinions and conclusions. I'll bet you'll be signing a different tune, if not you can say that I was wrong.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Aug 10, 2015 -> 03:54 PM) lol, yeah, like anyone would have been super upset if something from that finale had been spoiled for them. I assume that youre joking but in all seriousness, I actually want to work in the field and with that studio (WB) in particular and if I do something like violate an NDA and they find out and my chances with working with them are over.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 10, 2015 -> 03:47 PM) So you weren't allowed to tell us how dull it was? If multiple shootouts, raids and detective work is boring then yes that was the definition of bland

It feels good to talk about the season finale of True Detective, I saw it last week and signed a NDA.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 04:21 PM) The majority is too strong for me to even think about seeing F4. I need to check out The Gift. Reviews are through the roof. Edgerton is an underrated asset. But he did play an Egyptian.

I saw fantastic 4 last night and despite all the bad reviews the movie was actually quite entertaining. The first half hour of the movie is really good with how they introduce all the characters, but after that the movie falls off the rails. When you watch the movie and see all the continuity errors and the unwarranted tonal shift it's apparent that the movie was tampered with after Josh Trank turned in his cut. If Josh Trank had final cut, which I'm unaware of, he could sue Fox. There are tons of scenes missing and a lot of stuff from the trailers is not present in the film, like the chase scene with Reed in his car racing through the cornfield. I feel really bad for Josh Trank, I remember him talking about the movie soon after he was announced as the director and said that he wanted it to be like David Cronenberg body horror/Sci Fi films and that premise really excited me because the first 4 issues of the original book fit that description perfectly, where the characters are struggling to come to terms with their powers (I have a huge collection of FF comics, the John Byrne and Bryan Hitch stuff is really good). The first 30 minutes of the movie deliver that concept but it's not followed up. There was a lot of bad press surrounding this movie and I think that the vast majority of that was complete BS. I think that Fox is in such a panic to keep the rights that when Josh Trank turned in his sci-fi/body horror movie that Fox freaked out and tried to Frankenstein it into a conventional superhero movie. This movie had so much right going for it but Fox had to cut their nose to spite their face. If the rights do end up reverting back to Marvel, I hope they keep this cast and story going but that appears to be unlikely because the movie is tracking well.