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by PopeyeJones
Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:55 am
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Documentary thread?
Replies: 53
Views: 6657

Re: Documentary thread?

^^^^ All three of those are fucking great.

Not mentioned yet and in a similar vein is Who the *$&% Is Jackson Pollock?

On the art theme, best doc I've seen recently is Tim's Vermeer.
by PopeyeJones
Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:05 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 678
Views: 54352

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

I think varys plotted that whole shit. His mo is unclear atm but i feel like him and lil finger are gonna end up being the main two chess players moving all the pieces Not at all. He was heading back until he heard the horns, signaling something had happened, which explained why Tyrion took so long...
by PopeyeJones
Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:19 am
Forum: Electric Relaxation
Topic: Is purchasing a Chromecast worth it?
Replies: 34
Views: 4334

Re: Is purchasing a Chromecast worth it?

Yeah, have one but don't use it. VLC would change that though.
by PopeyeJones
Sun Jun 08, 2014 9:22 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Tom Cruise
Replies: 24
Views: 2751

Re: Tom Cruise

alpha wrote:Tom cruise has made a shit ton of movies I like. IDGAF that's he's a weirdo.
Yep.

This was oddly worth the read:

http://www.laweekly.com/2014-05-22/news ... lText=true
by PopeyeJones
Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:12 am
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Fargo (TV Series)
Replies: 181
Views: 10804

Re: Fargo (TV Series)

Not gonna compare this show to BB, but is it better than True Detective? PEACE Easily. I think it's just simply because it's incredibly hard to knock it out of the park for 10 hours when your story is really only based on two characters, whereas with Fargo they're populating an entire world with ch...
by PopeyeJones
Tue May 27, 2014 12:18 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Fargo (TV Series)
Replies: 181
Views: 10804

Re: Fargo (TV Series)

Nah, she's not dead. First cheap move this show has made, which in itself is impressive.

Heretical question: at what point do we need to have the conversation about if the show is better than the flick?
by PopeyeJones
Thu May 15, 2014 11:51 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Replies: 115
Views: 5925

Re: Brooklyn Nine Nine

^^ Yeah it does. Really unfortunate, and waste of a good cast if it ends up being as awful as that trailer.
by PopeyeJones
Thu May 15, 2014 11:35 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Shit you've never seen that might surprise people
Replies: 73
Views: 3920

Re: Shit you've never seen that might surprise people

^^^^ Good call.

The Shield is boring as fuck. I do remember the prostitute being sorta hot in that Hepatitis B kinda way.
by PopeyeJones
Thu May 15, 2014 11:25 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Shit you've never seen that might surprise people
Replies: 73
Views: 3920

Re: Shit you've never seen that might surprise people

^ Lock for the Dirt Dirt poll. My opinion on The Wire is ban-worthy? Nice. I gotchyou Smithee. Will :ropeswing: and Armond White the thread : 1) Watched a few Sopranos episodes and they were corny and boring as fuck. That shit was the NBC version of Parenthood with mafia cliches. Dumb fuck family d...
by PopeyeJones
Tue May 13, 2014 4:39 pm
Forum: My Two Cents
Topic: Intuition & Equalibrum
Replies: 116
Views: 15408

Re: Intuition & Equalibrum

How are sales, Tui? About what you were expecting? Better? Worse? way better than we ever expected. didn't really get to enjoy how fast pre-sales moved because i just got worried about shipping and taxes. didn't pay for any PR, or even try to pander to blogs or sites for posts. released it complete...
by PopeyeJones
Tue May 13, 2014 12:35 am
Forum: My Two Cents
Topic: Intuition & Equalibrum
Replies: 116
Views: 15408

Re: Intuition & Equalibrum

I was actually in the small minority that enjoyed GLM more than SAN and while this one may not be as "fun", I think it may be your best one yet. Excellent work. It's already starting to grow on me. :pause: Don't even think that was a minority opinion. It was just emp sucking up a shitload of air. S...
by PopeyeJones
Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:43 am
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Critics you respect, Critics you don't
Replies: 22
Views: 1747

Re: Critics you respect, Critics you don't

Emily Nussbaum is the only TV critic that I consistently expect to be good. Sepinwall is fucking great as a recap guy, but not really as a critic. As a film critic Wesley Morris is good more often than not.
by PopeyeJones
Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:37 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: The Americans (FX)
Replies: 105
Views: 4977

Re: The Americans (FX)

alpha wrote:But isn't sepinwall a troll tho? Either way psyched
Nah, Sep's not even remotely a troll. And even if he were, Emily Nussbaum (without question the best tv critic in the game right now, IMO) says the same thing.
by PopeyeJones
Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:34 am
Forum: Electric Relaxation
Topic: got htc phone. its my first smart phone. im lost as fuck
Replies: 18
Views: 2587

Re: got htc phone. its my first smart phone. im lost as fuck

For apps, I have a shitload I use occasionally and three I use all the fucking time: Doggcatcher Feedly Pocket (white on black ftw, just pull shit off longform.org, long reads.com, and thebrowser.com) For browsing I also prefer dolphin because of the swipe left for bookmarks and swipe right for nigh...
by PopeyeJones
Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:29 pm
Forum: My Two Cents
Topic: looks like this board is full of industry plants
Replies: 83
Views: 12194

Re: looks like this board is full of industry plants

Busta Ry wrote: When I was posting on the Hiero board in the late 90's he was doing his thing.

Unfortunately I don't really enjoy the product all that much, but hey, maybe some do.
If anybody liked it he wouldn't have spent the last 15 years spamming messageboards. Really.
by PopeyeJones
Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:44 am
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: True Detective (HBO)
Replies: 889
Views: 54360

Re: True Detective (HBO)

Meta Rust Cohle wrote: For how many shows must the manchild fanboy head down the mythology k-hole before realizing that every time he is only digging deeper into his ultimate disappointment?
by PopeyeJones
Mon Feb 17, 2014 12:04 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: House of Cards - Season 2
Replies: 67
Views: 3390

Re: House of Cards - Season 2

^^^^ :cheers:
by PopeyeJones
Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:39 am
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: House of Cards - Season 2
Replies: 67
Views: 3390

Re: House of Cards - Season 2

^^^ sure is. Best actor on the show. Dude was even great in the overall shitty and short lived Law & Order: LA. The craziest part to me is how quickly they burn through plot on this show. It makes sense for a network show that's under threat of cancelation, but not for a Netflix original. I guess Ho...
by PopeyeJones
Mon Feb 17, 2014 11:07 am
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: House of Cards - Season 2
Replies: 67
Views: 3390

Re: House of Cards - Season 2

Six episodes in on S02. This is a really good shitty show. Like Dexter in its heyday.
by PopeyeJones
Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:11 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Best Stand Up Comedians 2013
Replies: 121
Views: 8159

Re: Best Stand Up Comedians 2013

ObeseJesus wrote:yeah mulaney s hilarious
This. He has a show on Fox next season (he's the main character and IIRC works for a gameshow host, played by Martin Short and his roommates are nasim pedrad and some other folks) that I'm really looking forward to.
by PopeyeJones
Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:01 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Nathan For You on Comedy Central
Replies: 21
Views: 1787

Re: Nathan For You on Comedy Central

:rofl:

Heard about dumb starbucks, but didn't even cross my mind it would be him.

Show is fucking hilarious. Too good.
by PopeyeJones
Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:12 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Pick your favorite PSH leading role
Replies: 15
Views: 873

Re: Pick your favorite PSH leading role

Haven't seen Pirate Radio, but DEVIL is the only one of these other movies that I thought was even above average. Not saying he was personally bad in 'em, but his track record of movies as a leading man kinda fucking sucks, despite him mostly doing good work in them. After the eulogizing hoo-ha I th...
by PopeyeJones
Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:28 pm
Forum: The Sports Bar
Topic: Warren Sapp versus Michael Strahan
Replies: 12
Views: 898

Re: Warren Sapp versus Michael Strahan

Sapp was the more well-rounded player, and the more consistently dominate player.

The crazy part is that John Randle was likely better than both of them, but nobody gives a shit because he was wasting away in MN for his whole career.
by PopeyeJones
Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:27 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Replies: 115
Views: 5925

Re: Brooklyn Nine Nine

yeah, you can tell they are trying to tone down Samberg's obnoxiousness though, and its a better show for it. Absolutely. Everything Mike Schur has been involved with is kinda atypical for standard network comedy in that the leads (Michael Scott, Leslie Knope, Jake Peralta) aren't just the straight...
by PopeyeJones
Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:12 pm
Forum: My Two Cents
Topic: Macklemore won all the Grammys
Replies: 339
Views: 27071

Re: Macklemore won all the Grammys

And now we know why Pete Rock talked over all the tracks. Sheesh. Caring about what one random group of clowns that in no way makes any attempt to reflect what posters on this site enjoy is really silly. I liked dude wining because if there's any value out of any of this, putting some sort of valid...
by PopeyeJones
Wed Jan 22, 2014 10:47 am
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: What Should I Binge Watch Next?
Replies: 49
Views: 3403

Re: What Should I Binge Watch Next?

The Wrong Mans is fucking great, Broadchurch really good too.
by PopeyeJones
Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:48 am
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Essential Books on Film/Film History
Replies: 28
Views: 3572

Re: Essential Books on Film/Film History

Larry2times wrote:Kid Stays In The Picture doc is a classic too, its basically the audiobook with pictures
True. IIRC Patton has an old bit about how fucking awesome the actual audio book for it is, and how it's really the only way to consume it.
by PopeyeJones
Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:59 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Essential Books on Film/Film History
Replies: 28
Views: 3572

Re: Essential Books on Film/Film History

Are you looking for serious "film history" stuff or entertaining "film industry" stuff?

If the latter, The Kid Stays in the Picture >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
by PopeyeJones
Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:57 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: Armond White's The Better-Than List for 2013
Replies: 20
Views: 1044

Re: Armond White's The Better-Than List for 2013

p&g being a 90s movie at heart. I don't completely agree with it (see below) but there is def something to it. there IS something in the movie reminiscent of the quirky 90s indy crime thrillers, spliced with Bay's relatively 'smaller' but already garish style pre-BB2 p&g feels more cynical and jade...
by PopeyeJones
Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:41 pm
Forum: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Topic: True Detective (HBO)
Replies: 889
Views: 54360

Re: True Detective (HBO)

I liked it a lot. A little slow but in that good kinda way that doesn't get boring. It feels like a movie. I'm curious what the long term plan for this show is. Has there been anything saying it's a one and done season or could the stretch it out to a full on series? Good shit. I haven't heard much...