Favre Mania Open Thread!!!!
by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 1:13 PM PST
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I spelled it wrong. Don't care. He just burned a timeout on the first play of the drive.
Broncos 12 Bengals 7: The story of the 2009 Seattle Seahawks.
Any bitching about the Hawks in this thread will result in your comment being deleted/hidden and you potentially warned/banned.
Comment better, people.
Why can't I bitch about the Atlanta Hawks here?
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And yes I agree with this idea.
Totally annoying. So ASeahawkFan was in the box?
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God damn Dominique Wilkins!
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
BrianL will be all
on some peeps
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They forgot El-ahrairah, for what use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?
by Wayward Llama on Nov 1, 2009 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
Okay at first glance I thought he just killed a penis
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I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking that
Impressive either way.
"Its not that I can't read and write, its just that I don't like to read and write."
-Charlie
Heh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHJ0v4RPfEs
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Either that or I get to cockpunch anyone bitches about the Seahawks.
I’m not quite sure what interpretation I should go with. .
This reminds me of another gif Scruffy posted once at LL.
Remember that one, Scruffy?
Searching for it now.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Wasn't going for shock.
Thats me failing.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
It's Great to be a Florida Gator!
They forgot El-ahrairah, for what use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?
by Wayward Llama on Nov 1, 2009 5:29 PM PST up reply actions
I was half expecting him to rip off his viking uni to reveal a packers uniform underneath
as the crowd goes nuts
Farve with a weird smile/grimace as he takes the field to boos
"Its not that I can't read and write, its just that I don't like to read and write."
-Charlie
The QB4 cam.
http://msn.foxsports.com/favre_cam
all they are doing is having a camera on Favre all game.
OMG Shoot me now.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
I saw that and spat my beer on myself.
Thank Brett not only have you lost of dignity now you’ve made me need to wash my shirt. Its on!
Yea, Montana wasn't a cocktaster.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
I know, the Chiefs and Niners were never big rivals
the way the Packers and Vikings have been.
I was just thinking about QB “greats” who finished their careers with another team, and whether they ever played their original team.
I’m sure the announcers will talk about this eventually. ;-)
It's a plot to sell more TV's in Wisconsin
there’s going to be a lot of smashed ones this weekend, as Packers fans get sick of seeing Favre in that uniform
I would quit on seattle if they did that
but return once Farve left for the retirement home, got a GUI, and started calling preseason games.
at least we haven't already retired #4
I’m still pissed about the way they shafted Largent in order to give Rice his last hurrah
It's not like Largent had a choice
They put him in the position of having to choose between being gracious or being a butthead. It wasn’t HIS idea to let Rice wear #80. The organization should have told Rice no and not put Largent on the spot.
As a Seahawk fan. I was offended
Rice’s time with us was nothing special. Largent’s was one of the highpoints of the franchise. Pushing him aside for Rice felt like they were saying that the Seahawks were always second-class.
I’d feel the same way if some player who’d played most of his career somewhere else came here and demanded to wear #12. I don’t care who he is, that number’s taken.
I actually felt the same way.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
If that ball had hit him in the nuts
it would have been the greatest TV moment of all time.
Rivers with epix fail. Throws it behind Jackson and it's picked off.
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SCrew it that's a good throw and a butterfingers play
Broncos 12 Bengals 7: The story of the 2009 Seattle Seahawks.
I just loathe Arizona
I would rather have the Niners win (because I’m from there) the division than Arizona.
Broncos 12 Bengals 7: The story of the 2009 Seattle Seahawks.
I'd rather have the Zona win than the Niners
because the Niner fans have been a lot more obnoxious this year and the Zona fans will just fade away after they win the division.
"Its not that I can't read and write, its just that I don't like to read and write."
-Charlie
that is true,
was just nice to see that with locklear back at some point we’d have some 1-2 depth
I think you missed mine
I think we should all wait a day or two before doing any kind of postmortem on today’s game
Some times good some times pancaked
Like on the Branch TD he got shoved silly. But I have no complaints.
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Losing does not bring out the best in Field Gulls
Teams lose. We complain. But why go after each other and talk mad shit?
Football might be just a tad too emotional.
With only one game a week. People get so excited for that one game and when the team falls it brings out the worst in people.
I probably instigated some of this considering I voiced by displeasure for ASeahawkFan
And I apologize for that.
But after reading the Ruskell thread on Saturday and then reading the comments today it’s like everyone thinks this team has no bright future.
Sort of irritated me the way certain users nitpicked at everything.
We’ll be at peace next week though beating up on a Lions team.
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Honestly
Some people want to complain. I would just ignore them. If they say the game is over in the first, that’s just reflexive fandom. Ignore it. I used to get bent out of shape about it, but why bother? I think maybe people need more to look forward to than the Seahawks. Maybe I’m at peace because this loss was shitty, but my weekend was not.
I think its stopping them before they get to the "I told you so" stage.
Like saying the game is over after 6 minutes in the 1st quarter and then in the 4th quarter when we are down by 21 points that person will sometimes refer to their past comments and go “see I told you so”.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions
I'm dissappointed
but thought we saw some good play here and there and some promise in a few areas for the future
Man do I love JStew.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
Does no one want to watch Sproles on CBS?
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OMG
did anyone else see that hit laid down by GB’s punter?
I don't understand the cardinals
you have to know the panthers are only going to run. Delhommies’ arm is made of Pho noodles at this point.
And Jake has the mental makeup of Jamarcus Russell.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
yeah
I’d prefer a glass noodle metaphor.
"Its not that I can't read and write, its just that I don't like to read and write."
-Charlie
Sando said it best when he said Carolina should have gotten a gift receipt for the fat contract they gave Delhomme.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
#1 rush defense HA!
Carolina had 11-126 rushing in the first qtr.
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
Typical Aaron Rodgers play:
Play action, hold the ball, scramble right, get sacked. Happened at least three times so far this game.
Dude holds onto the ball forever
Coverage sack or just stupidity?
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-Charlie
I wonder how Duke is doing
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
what we need is a DE who looks like a serial killer
along the lines of Jared Allen
or a RB that does:
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
and the white tie with the white shirt
made fashion decision.
da Jets have a Tackle named D'Brickashaw
now that’s a name we need
how about a corner?
Reggie Corner
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer, Sam Bradford*.
We had a FB named Mack Strong
best football name Evah
by farmer cam on Nov 1, 2009 2:03 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I never have it on.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
I can't really explain it.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
At least he has the ring on the tip
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, that would totally be weird if the goblin cock wasn't pierced
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-Charlie
Wow, Vikings just blowing the Packers apart.
I’m quite surprised by this dominance.
Green Bay's defense has not looked good
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Favre hasn't really been killing the Packers, though.
Peterson and GB’s atrocious offensive line are doing more to kill the Packers than Favre.
Percy Harvin's huge return.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 2:16 PM PST up reply actions
Owen Daniels injured and out for the year
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Yeah how're we not talking about this?
I actually bought a Betancourt t-shirt.
I'd like the 49ers to have success before the Cards have double success
Broncos 12 Bengals 7: The story of the 2009 Seattle Seahawks.
That's what I mean.
Them getting blown out makes me a little happier.
I actually bought a Betancourt t-shirt.
Panthers 28 Cardinals 7
Something seems wrong here.
Broncos 12 Bengals 7: The story of the 2009 Seattle Seahawks.
Oh wait Delhomme is barely throwing
That explains everything.
Broncos 12 Bengals 7: The story of the 2009 Seattle Seahawks.
Does anyone still care about baseball?
In times like this, people want to someone getting hit, not getting hits.
If only we could sack those Wall Street bankers…
Warner was picked off again, apparently.
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I'm really curious as to how that happens
I thought the Cards’ rushing defense was definitely better than that.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
gratified to see both NY teams lose
go for the trifecta tonight
Is Fringe actually a decent show?
It’s always struck me as being X-Files lite.
I like it.
However, since you don’t know me or anything about me, I doubt that should really mean much.
I would say it has a fun overall plot, decent lead character development, and is fairly entertaining science fiction. If you like shows such as Lost, you should have a soft spot for Fringe.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 2:45 PM PST up reply actions
See I couldn't stand Lost
because it felt like the writers had put plot ideas on sticky-notes, pasted them to a wall, and threw darts at said sticky-notes to write an episode.
You're thinking of Family Guy
But yeah, if you don’t like Lost, Fringe might not be the show for you.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions
I think Lost started with a great pop/cult feel and compelling central story
but bad casting. It feels like a show scripted for three season that was successful and thus stretched to point of being awful.
That's strange.
Because the characters to me are the main reason I love the show so much. I think they’ve done a suberb job casting for the most part.
I actually bought a Betancourt t-shirt.
Oof
Did not find a single likable character right off the bat, but I got hooked on the island jive in the same way I liked Twin Peaks before it went to holy hell.
I think it helped for me
to get hooked by watching the DVDs for the first three seasons. It meant a lot less frustration with slow plot or character development.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:04 PM PST up reply actions
M Jones Drew 79 yard rushing TD
not his longest rushing touchdown of the DAY
I am as close to exhausted of football as I've been since XL
I love football, but housing fan meltdown when the team is bad is taxing.
If you love the game (or the team) it shouldn't matter what other people say about it
Hang in there, John.
It is tough when people type every reaction they have.
Especially when there’s more bad reactions than good.
I actually bought a Betancourt t-shirt.
It's a bad week.
This was pretty much the end of the season in a meaningful context. People are going to vent – especially the people who still thought that we could somehow stumble into the postseason.
Yeah, and I was yelling at the tv.
And there’s a difference between posting a reaction to a play and calling out every player, coach, and front office member on every play.
I actually bought a Betancourt t-shirt.
I love football all the same and the Seahawks even more
I am sure I will shrug this off. I am still learning how to run a community.
Use swearing
Always an effective method of conflict resolution
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
Just focus on doing what you do well
The “community” is just like the fans in the stands. Some people go to the games because they like being part of the crowd — for them, the coolest thing about winning is sharing the emotions of that crowd.
Other people are more interested in the game on the field than the one in the stands. I’ve always thought you were one of those, so I’m surprised to see you focusing on how the fans are reacting.
Frankly, the gameday threads are the worst part of this site
Your weekday analyses are what really makes it worth coming to.
The problem is its only the Hawks game threads.
These ones are fine.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:10 PM PST up reply actions
I think you should seriously consider ending the gameday "chats"
I mean, discussing what beers you’re drinking is getting kinda old. ;-)
Also what TV series or movies you’re watching (see below).
C’mon, this is supposed to be a Seahawks site!
Hey being part of a community is a privelage
remind people of that
The one where it looks like the player is kidnapping the kid?
I actually bought a Betancourt t-shirt.
Here is an open question
Seattle fans freaked the fuck out if Field Gulls is representative of the general fanbase. Teams that have already had a much worse Sunday than Seattle: Giants, Jets, Packers (most likely), Cardinals, Bill and Broncos. What was it about this game that inspired such anger?
I was only angry
At special teams. DeHaven is wildly inept. But I think people read into the preseason too much and expected the glory days to return just like that. I was expecting Dallas to win by more to be honest.
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I have to think Seahawk Addicts is going crazy
They have some horrible commenters there.
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The writing at SA is getting worse as well
Broncos 12 Bengals 7: The story of the 2009 Seattle Seahawks.
BillT's writing is pretty bad
"Its not that I can't read and write, its just that I don't like to read and write."
-Charlie
Steffes was pretty good when he was there
"Its not that I can't read and write, its just that I don't like to read and write."
-Charlie
I think partly it's a sense of entitlement.
We as a fanbase are pretty lucky. Our team enjoyed a really long window of success.
My thoughts as well.
Also I hate Bruce DeHaven.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
I also think it's a lack of perspective.
I’ve watched teams that had a core of talent significantly worse than this (2008 Seattle Mariners say hello). I can’t be all that upset because this team does have good players and the new schemes show promise. It’s not like we’re last season’s Detroit Lions or the Kansas City Royals.
We can see a path to success
Obviously we’d like that to be immediate, but at least there’s a path. It’d be way worse to be a Rams fan. Three years of total awful and no end in sight.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:11 PM PST up reply actions
That would have been a fun day
And by fun, I mean I would’ve shut myself away from humanity to stop from doing something I would regretted for the next 5-10 years.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:14 PM PST up reply actions
Combined with Miguel Batista
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:15 PM PST up reply actions
It would have been such a frustrating failure of talent evaluation
The worst move I can think of this past offseason was signing Colin Cole.
I think our Sunday was worse than Denver.
If Seattle was 6-0 I think more people could easily shake the loss off and realize we aren’t going 16-0.
I think it’s just frustration, the team was really good for a while and now it’s not. There was some reason to believe the team could compete this year, so expectations were somewhat high.
And they still have another smashmouth team in Pittsburgh next week
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Tough to say.
Just my opinion, but for me the Seahawks loss was more upseting than the Denver loss (If I was a Denver fan). I think I could shrug it off and realize the team is 6-1 and still in great position. I don’t think I was one of the bad ones in the thread so this is probably moot, but it’s really hard to accept that the Seahawks are bad.
We came in not expecting to win this
The fact we were within 14-10 late in the half is amaing in itself.
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Oh yeah. I was happy with the play in the 1st half and even into the 3rd quarter.
I thought the team played hard and did some good things, but it’s always tough to lose.
Hangovers?
For me it seems people just want it to be next season – I’d rather watch a 4-12 Seahawks team then not have any football to watch.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
I'm going to miss football when the season's over
just like I already miss Mariners baseball.
open a new thread
Seahawks ’09 – Reasons to be Upbeat
I just don't know what it's about.
Was it a famous book? Today was the first time I had heard of it.
That was a hilarious part of the NFL day
Getting to open with a three minute preview of what looks like a terrible movie. My buddy watched it and remarked that he knew the plot now so why would he watch it?
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions
Because he would volunteer to be turned into an alien, I guess.
One must wonder how humanity has technology to transform someone into an alien but no heal spinal nerves.
I hadn't thought of that. Hilarious.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
It appears to me that they call the movie "Avatar" because his mind is controlling a labratory-grown alien body.
He’s not turned into an alien, but his mind and what he thinks and wants to do is projected in the other body; the avatar. At least that’s how I understood the preview. Yeah, you can say that if they can use someone’s mind in another body they should be able to fix a spine, but sometimes you have to suspend your disbelief. It looks entertaining, at least. A decent, if corny concept.
Because its the first movie to make 3D relevant
The flattened images on TV don’t do it justice. Everyone that has seen the “Sneak 26min preview” Has said its visually astonishing.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
The 3rd Matrix movie was visually astonishing
but it didn’t save the plot.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
The 3rd Matrix wasn't The Directorial Return of the Sci Fi greatness that is James Cameron
And this is a different level of visually astonishing – When it takes 24 hours to render one single frame of the movie.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I'll admit that the 3D part sounds pretty awesome.
To your earlier point, they should definitely be touting that more than the plot itself.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:19 PM PST up reply actions
I think the story is bigger then they can show in a trailer.
Its a completely new story straight from James Camerons head.
Considering the movie cost over 300 million to make – It could be a epic flop.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions
It's not the kind of movie you see for the plot.
It’s a visual freak out. Not my thing really, but I wouldn’t expect a strong plot.
But since its James Cameron
I believe there will be a good story in there.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
Seems rather obvious to me.
Paraplegic gets a chance to regain mobility by joining up with a military operation to displace the indigenous population of an alien planet for no reason than naked imperialism, inflitrates the alien race, realizes they’re not so bad and the military are the real bad guys, helps fight off the invasion, falling in love with one of the natives in the meantime.
Just saved everyone $12.
Also known as Dances with Wolves... IN SPACE
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:27 PM PST up reply actions
Except for the $12 I plan to spend on a graphical eye orgasm.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
Almost every movie has a very basic and predictable plot at its core.
It’s the details that usually make a movie good or bad, I’ve found. But the “hero’s journey” stencil is in pretty much every single movie of that genre.
This could just be because I don't see a whole lot of movies
But Avatar seems especially ham-handed in its plot development. Perhaps the trailer shouldn’t have given everything away, but the characters seem extremely one-dimensional. And I’m getting a very strong Starship Troopers-ish vibe from the military – like they’re taking over planets and engaging in xenocide for no reason but pure shiggles.
Not so new
The plot seems very similar to this short story:
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/10/james-cameron-stole-avatar-question-mark
Like Avatar, Call Me Joe centers on a paraplegic — Ed Anglesey — who telepathically connects with an artificially created life form in order to explore a harsh planet (in this case, Jupiter). Anglesey, like Avatar’s Jake Sully, revels in the freedom and strength of his artificial created body, battles predators on the surface of Jupiter, and gradually goes native as he spends more time connected to his artificial body.
Should the similarities between Avatar and Call Me Joe cause problems for Cameron, it wouldn’t be the first time. After The Terminator came out, writer Harlan Ellison sued the production company for plagiarizing two episodes he wrote for The Outer Limits. Even though Cameron took Ellison’s ideas in a very different and novel direction, the company settled with Ellison, who is now acknowledged in the film’s credits.
and this earlier animated movie:
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/08/avatar-and-delgo-sitting-in-a-tree
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-Charlie
Viks fumble kickoff
Packers need a TD this time though…
Good week of tape analysis
I look forward to that.
By my estimation, Dallas was Seattle’s second to last tough game left on their schedule. It will be interesting what people say when Seattle is 6-7.
Packers have to pick off a ball that goes that high.
Big mistake.
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Field Gulls page rank went up today for no reason I can figure
the last two weeks have been my laziest in months.
well let's see
Jones, Lee, Furgeson, Driver, Jennings….
Enough to make Kyle Boller look good.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:26 PM PST up reply actions
Chris Johnson with an insane 90 yard TD
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There have to be 400+ rushing yards combined by now
And the Titans are going to win.
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Aaron Rodgers is a great QB
I still think their organization made the right call.
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Suicide Watch
cancelled for the state of Wisconsin
The wind took it back over to Detroit.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
God I would hate to be a Lions fan
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:29 PM PST up reply actions
In all of sports
I can’t imagine anything worse than being a Kansas City Royals fan. They’re like the Lions to the 10th degree.
Agree.
When your most memorable moment as a team is one of your players going apeshit on an umpire, that’s rather sad.
It's not so much that
but rather the fact that the from the top down the organization is inept. Dayton is a GM that has no understanding of how modern baseball evaluation works, has clearly shown that, but despite that got a fat contract extension.
I'd at least say that they have history, like a championship
The Lions have been consistently mediocre, only saved by a few years of Barry Sanders greatness. For the life of me, I don’t understand why I have to watch them suck every Thanksgiving.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
Raiders would be pretty awful.
I can’t imagine have to cheer for Jamarcus Russell. At least with the Royals I’d have Greinke.
And now the Brad Childress Death Watch is warming up a bit
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Just as havner catches his second TD
The camera swithches to yet another shot of Favre launching another snot rocket.
The demise of the Broncos in '09 is our future. Pray hard.
by Nick Andron on Nov 1, 2009 3:30 PM PST via mobile reply actions
The Favre cam should be rendered in 3D
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions
Someone call James Cameron.
And at what time are we going to start playing MW2?
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions
I think my brother and I are getting it right at Thanksgiving.
No more racist dogs though. Unfortunate.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
Thanksgiving?
You’re waiting that long?
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:33 PM PST up reply actions
We'll see if I can wait that long.
It looks unbelievable.
MW2 looks like a really good option on a day where the Hawks get beat. Blow off some steam by killing terrorists.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
I might play some MW1 tonight.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
I've been playing it the last couple of weeks
Was pretty surprised at how many users there still are.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
Still a active game for sure.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
Remember all those mock drafts that had us taking him?
I’m rather excited about how that one didn’t happen.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions
Eric Weddle is the new Brian Russell. God this guy sucks.
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An argument could be made that the Packers special teams is losing this game for them right now.
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Percy Harvin is looking like a pretty successful gamble at this point.
Sure wish we could be using Burleson or Josh Wilson like that again this year.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:43 PM PST up reply actions
No reason Cedric Peerman couldn't be added to the roster and instantly improve our returns
This is going to sound horrendously arrogant, but sometimes I really do think I could run the team better.
I seriously doubt Rankin and his 4.56 speed is ever going to play in the NFL.
Guy ripped our D string secondary. That’s his big achievement.
I love how some UW people said he had 4.2 speed.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
It seems like our blocking could be improved first, not just the returner
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions
I haven't seen Wilson show his burst or Burleson show his moves.
Burly is fresh off ACL and Wilson needs to about kill himself to be an effective return man.
Probably from a player personnel standpoint for sure, but as far as handling the dollars and all the little things about being a GM, probably not.
There are a lot of obvious moves that fans are smart enough to make, and I figure there must be something more to it than the front office being ignorant of that player.
I think maybe because of their position we overestimate general managers
From my limited experience, they are no more geniuses than the head coach. And we as fans can sense that in the decisions they make, so we apply a mystique to the parts we don’t understand. If you think about it, there’s thousands of people who could handle the administrative aspect of being a general manager. Picking the players is what they do.
Matt Millen was a general manager.
I see your point.
It would be nice to see if a smart analyst such as yourself or Jeff over at LL could run a team and just hire a guy to do all the legal work and balance the books and such. But I don’t think it’s something we’ll ever see.
JaMarcus Russell just spent a 2nd timeout not getting the play off in time going for it on 4th and 7
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No pressure on this stiff and he converts
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Seneca didn't know to stop his route on that coverage.
But to your point, also if Hass had thrown that fade to Housh as well.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:44 PM PST up reply actions
The fact we're even drawing these plays up has me pumped for Knapp
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More stupid Favrophilia
“No one has ever played QB like Brett Favre … in Green Bay”
Um, OK, maybe not exactly like Favre, but there was this guy called Bart Starr. Ever heard of him?
Rogers has eyes in the back of his head
good at evading the Rush
What a great run by Rodgers.
It looked like the defense kept expecting him to just run out of bounds.
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He just ran by the one corner
Minnesotas defense has serious lazy lapses.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
I fell in love with Jennings when I took a gamble on him in 2007 for my fantasy team.
Made me pay more attention to him. He’s a joy to watch.
Warner intercepted again!
He is definitely having one of those games.
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Russell has 3 WRs to throw to
2 ran into each other. Russell is sacked.
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Why does Arizona suck so much at home?
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Because their fans are awful
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions
That was dumb.
Try a hook-and-ladder on 4th and 20 and he doesn’t even secure the ball before lateralling.
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Except for Boise State
You have to admit that was pretty cool.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions
It wasn't much of an effort to pick up 4th and 20, for sure.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
The Raiders depress me that they are allowed to be a professional team
There should be relegation in football with Cleveland being relegated to the CFL or something
Green Bay finally gets some pressure. Nice hold.
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Arizona's already used 2 timeouts early in the 4th quarter
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Of course they're also within 10 now.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
That was a pretty weak roughing the passer penalty
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Man this has a storybook ending to it...that Vikings fans will hate
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There's still plenty of time for the Vikes.
But I hope this is the drive that makes Green Bay fans forget about Favre
McCoy might even be more accurate as well.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Have you watched Zack Robinson at all?
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
I only watched him once.
He struck me as the same type of player that McCoy is.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions
Healthy Bradford or McCoy?
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
I can't say that anymore
Shoot, I loved what Sanchez showed in college, but just not enough seasons for me to be sure. McCoy looks really safe suddenly.
Definitely. But not an issue for the WC.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe if he added 30 poounds to his body frame
I think he’s one NFL sack away from being broken in half
surprising because his arms look like twigs on TV.
Maybe he just needs to grow a beard like Rodgers to look tough
I was kind of hoping Romo would collapse and become available
And the Hawks trade one of our 1st rounders for him.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
I don't think he is over rated at all.
If anything I think he gets to much unwarranted flack.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 4:10 PM PST up reply actions
But like you were saying above, he doesn't really have a mind for football.
He’s definitely talented, but it seems to me that too often he makes baffling decisions. Sometimes he made the baffling decision in TO’s direction and it worked out. It’s not that he’s not good, but I just don’t see him as the star everyone says he is.
He's a star because of his story and his market
I try to ignore that. Romo the quarterback has a lot quality traits. He may make more mistakes in clutch situations, but I doubt that is predicative. I do not think Romo is hugely intelligent and McCoy seems, well, more intelligent than Romo.
See I think they gave Brees a bionic arm
when they supposedly just repaired it. As the years go by they’ve added upgrades
Because you can't even when you try.
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 4:02 PM PST up reply actions
Shoot. Let the Suicide Watch begin anew.
Why let Adrian Peterson run free like that? Really?
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Matthews is someone the Combine made
eat your heart out haters. Walter Jones killed the Combine too.
ANOTHER Kurt Warner turnover.
He is really throwing this one away for the Cards.
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Burn your last timeout? ARGH STUPID CLOCK MANAGEMENT!
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They have no timeouts. They would need a miracle.
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I would like to drink a delicious milkshake flavored with his tears.
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
Green Bay's third down defense reminds me of another team I watched today
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Sure did!
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 4:09 PM PST up reply actions
Missed field goal and missed 2 pts...dagger
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Thom Brennaman that's embarrassing. Flag on the play compared to Jennings being down?
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God our division is awful
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 4:14 PM PST up reply actions
That's just not right.
But who do the Niners play two weeks from now?
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I think they have the Titans next week, then the Bears.
They could win both of those, but I see 1-1, which would put them at 4-5.
Not against the Vince Young Titans!
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by Scruffy Lefty on Nov 1, 2009 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
REBIRTH
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 4:16 PM PST up reply actions
Arizona will probably beat Chicago
But nothing is certain.
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They should.
Just think that the Bears’ secondary blows goat nuts.
Oh well I’m a Bears fan next week.
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I thought they would beat Carolina
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions
You can take one in between pitches
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by crushedoptimist on Nov 1, 2009 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
That sounds like a typical Weaver game
I’m sure he’d be doing the same thing behind our line.
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