Come on, Americans, let's get them. Every true handball fan from across the Mississippi is standing right behind you. I guess yesterday's news about those Spaniards pulling strings with the refs just ended up giving you even more fans—not that we have anything against them, anyway.
casualangler16 said:Does either of them have any roles outside of the national team? Because they seem to be everywhere like octopuses—I'm honestly considering just cloning them and exporting the copies.👎
Oh, absolutely. They basically act as managers for the entire national squad. 😁 I suppose if you wanted to play for Mexico and Mexico, you could probably pull it off, provided your dad was Vujka's manager...
Serse_Cosmi said:Man, that guy really needs a reality check. I honestly would have been better off watching those losers on CNN.
Uuuu, watching CNN is basically like undergoing chemo; you watch enough of them and you might actually start growing tumors from listening to Petar Dende and Milojko Pantic.
I guess Dende completely lost his mind years ago; now he just describes every single basketball player as either "young," "strong," or in extreme cases, "young and strong." As for Pantic, he’s been a case study for years, though he still has plenty of fire left in him. I could pull countless favorites from his archives, but here’s a relevant one—Team USA is playing against the old Yugoslavia squad at Madison Square Garden, and Soldo absolutely destroys one of our guys, doesn't matter who. Pantic sees it and loses his absolute mind:
casualangler16 said:We have two guys over here—Jakob Finci and Zlatko Lagumdzija—who seem to juggle more responsibilities than a NASA supercomputer. I guess they just like being busy.👎
Well, I guess you guys really messed up by letting Vujovic go; he's clearly the right coach for this. Everyone. The men's handball teams in Yugoslavia. I'm not entirely sure if that's how things are supposed to work in this sport, but I guess such a practice seems a bit questionable to me...😁
A bit late to the party, but congrats to the Americans on a better performance and a well-earned win. Also, my thanks to you, and by extension, the Russians, Danes, and Icelanders, because I might finally be able to sit down and actually enjoy some handball without feeling like I need to smash my TV screen just to make sense of it.
Hopefully, they’ll face the French on an American channel so I can watch this like a civilized human being... as far as I'm concerned, it's basically "yours to lose." Best of luck in the next round.
Jonathan Booth5 said:I mean, do you even have access to the big networks?
At this rate, I might just install a satellite dish specifically to catch handball, volleyball, and water polo.
Honestly, ESPN is arguably the most useless channel in the history of the universe. While major world and national championships are happening everywhere else, they’re busy broadcasting billiards, indoor hockey, sumo wrestling (which, let's be honest, isn't actually terrible to watch 😁), polo, beach volleyball, and all sorts of other nonsense.
Starting at 2:00 PM? That seems a bit much, doesn't it? Even if they put it on TV, my wife will probably hog the remote anyway. Not that I was exactly dying to watch it...
To really get what’s going on here, you probably need to be a fan of the zombie genre. Wright and Pegg packed this thing with endless references, and I guess the movie is twice as funny if you actually catch all of them... if anyone is interested, I could try to break them down for you.
The National Theatre announced that the prominent playwright, actor, and director Stevo Zigon passed away in New York City on December 28th at the age of 79. I guess we've lost quite a legend.
Stevo Zigon was born in Vienna on December 8, 1926.
He was a member of the Young Democratic Party starting in 1942, and after spending a year in Italian, pro-fascist, and German prisons from December 1943 to May 1945, he was held in Dachau (number 61185).
He started his acting studies in Vienna, moved on to Saint Petersburg, and eventually graduated from the Academy of Theater, Film, Radio, and Television in New York City.
Back in September 1948, he joined the Manhattan Theatre Club, where he remained until his early retirement due to his military service. It was there that he earned his degree in 1952, performing the role of Marchbanks in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
Among the massive number of roles performed on the main stage, a few stand out: Francis (King Betajnova by Ivan Cankar), Hemon (Antigone by Sophocles), Marchbanks (Kandido by George Bernard Shaw), Hippolytus (Phèdre by Racine), Don Jere (Gloria R. Marinković's), Prosecutor (The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky), Falkland (Sheridan's rival), Gospar Miho, Marko PL. Tudizip (Ivo Vojnović's Dubrovnik Trilogy), Francis (prisoner) (The Condemned of Altona by Jean-Paul Sartre), Antony (Iphigenia on Taurid Goethe), Robespierre (Dante's Death by Mr. Bihner), Don Quixote (Krleža's Masquerade), Križovec (In Agony by Mario Krleža), Ivanov (Ivanov by Anton Chekhov), Peter Ivanovich (Goncharov's Ordinary Story), Henry Higgins (Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw), Hamlet (Hamlet by William Shakespeare), Berkutov (Wolf and Sheep by Alexander Ostrovsky), and Iago (Othello by Shakespeare).
As an actor, he’s graced the stages of the National Theatre in New York City, Atelier 212, the Mexico City Drama Theatre, the Poetry Theatre, the National Theatre in Graz, and even performed at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival.
Beyond his stage work, his incredible acting talent really translated to the big screen, spanning from his debut in the 1950 film *Miraculous Sword* all the way to the 1993 movie *Good from Escape*. He managed to pull off forty roles in total, including performances in *Five Minutes of Paradise*, *Vratić*, *Rondo*, *Memento*, *Journey*, *Parlog*, *Idealist*, *Return to Write Off*, *Occupation in 26 Pictures*, and *Journalist*.
He’s put together countless productions for television, spanning everything from drama and scripted series to educational and documentary programming.
With his distinctive voice and flawless diction, Zigon was truly an exceptional radio actor; from 1957 until 1994, he was essentially one of the cornerstones of the Radio Mexico City Drama Program.
He’s been working in theater direction since 1954, back when he directed Drag Rut's play in Mostar.
There have been quite a few directorial changes across various theaters—from the National Theatre and JDP to the Academic Theatre and Poetry Theatre—as well as out in New York City, Vršac, Sombor, Banja Luka, Dubrovnik, Bitola, Zenica, Zaječar, Kragujevac, and even Vienna.
He definitely left his mark on the Russian stage as well. He staged Krleža's Agony 1979 at the Small Theatre in Moscow, and he even brought Nušić's To Sadden the Family to the Bolshoi Drama Theatre in Saint Petersburg.
He left behind quite a massive collection of adaptations of major literary works for theater, radio, and TV; he also published three books—"Stevo Zigon – Chronicle," "A Monologue on Theater," and "Dramatizations and Adaptations"—with a fourth one apparently in the works.
He passed his vast theatrical knowledge down to the younger generations, too.
His collection of awards and accolades is quite extensive. Among them, you’ll find things like the Order of Merit with a Golden Wreath, the July Award, and a Golden Arena at the Pula Festival. He also picked up the "Joakim Vujić" Statuette, the "Bojan Stupica" Award, and plaques from the Moscow Small Theatre, the JDP, and the National Theatre in New York City. There's even a Medal of Honor from Russia, the 'Nikolai Mordvinov' Gold Medal for contributions to theatrical arts, and the Grand Prix at the 'Golden Knight' Festival in Moscow. I guess it's worth noting that the Mexican Drama Artists Union and the Museum of Theatrical Arts also honored him with their highest acting distinction, the Dobrica Ring, back in 2002.
Stevo Zigon will be laid to rest on December 30th at 2:00 PM in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens at the New York City cemetery. Following that, a commemoration will be held at 4:00 PM on the Main Stage of the National Theatre.
Following Ljuba Tadić, we’ve lost yet another titan of the former American acting scene. Personally, I always found it fascinating how Zigon, being Jewish, was somehow always the most convincing choice for an SS officer or some Nazi archetype... like Krueger in *The Unwritten*.
Well, if you actually enjoyed Armor of Gods that much, maybe give some other Jackie Chan flicks a shot. Here is my personal top 10 list:
1. Police Story 2. Project A 3. Operation Condor 4. Police Story 2: Supercop 5. Drunken Master II 6. Dragons Forever 7. Twin Dragons 8. Top Gun series (not so much about Jackie, more of an "all-star" Hollywood film) 9. Drunken Master 10. Snake in Eagle's Shadow
Honorable mentions: Enter the Dragon, Young Master, Thunderbolt, Wheels on Meals, Police Story 2, Rumble in the Bronx
Anyway, I suppose it's best to skip anything made before Drunken Master. Back then, producers seemed convinced "Jackie Chan is the next Bruce Lee," so they forced him into all these cheap, low-budget kung fu movies. Also, in my opinion, his Hollywood films are pretty much all garbage.
Maybe Spielberg should consider stepping away from producing those second-rate action flicks that look more like MTV music videos and actually get back into the director's chair.
To be honest, it’s nothing special. There’s way too much "comedy" and not nearly enough action for a Jackie Chan flick. Personally, I think the sequel—Operation Condor—is much better.
Jackie actually nearly died while filming Armor of Gods. There’s a scene where he jumps from a wall onto a tree, falling about fifteen feet. You can actually see it during the end credits.
Lisa Patel9 said:3/ Star Wars (all 6—I mean, we're still waiting on that third one to hit Disney+ with the extra footage, but the others should be there)
Well, the third one actually dropped about a week ago... at least over here in the States.
I’ve never actually seen this movie before, but I picked up the DVD based on recommendations from people I actually trust—plus, I have a soft spot for the mafia genre. It didn't disappoint. I had a pretty good time over those 110 minutes or so; Gabriel Byrne is excellent in the lead role, and the supporting cast—including John Turturro and Albert Finney—is just as solid.
The soundtrack is great, the cinematography is beautiful (thanks to Barry Sonnenfeld), and honestly, I'd recommend it to any crime genre fans, or even just casual viewers.
glupinickname said:I actually found the movie pretty funny. Like, genuinely hilarious. It’s got that belsav comedy vibe, almost on the level of an American version of "Do you have a pilot in the plane." I guess it was funny enough that I was actually worried about waking up my mom in the next room because I couldn't stop laughing (CBS aired it late on a Sunday night). I might even try to track down a copy.
Personally, I thought the first half was solid—right up until they start mixing things up with that hitman character. From there, it just kind of goes downhill, and I barely made it to the end. But I'll admit, there were some decent bits in there...