Posts by Raymond Palmer8

Just watched the movie and... I'm torn.
The acting is top-tier—Morgan Freeman basically can't act a bad scene if he tried, and Matt Damon is solid too.
Story is alright, though you pretty much see how it ends right from the jump.
Nelson Mandela (like someone already mentioned) just doesn't talk like a regular person. Every single line is some deep philosophy—even when he’s talking to his daughter, the maid... or the security guards...
Then, toward the end, there are these super cheesy, cliché, over-the-top reconciliation scenes: the cops with the Black kid, a white guy (dressed like he's straight out of an old segregation era movie) hugging a Black guard, and then those two hands—one white and one Black—holding up the trophy... personally, I thought showing everyone cheering for the football team was plenty enough—but hey, Clint Eastwood is an American after all. 🙂

Overall, it's a decent watch, but nothing mind-blowing. If this weren't about the legendary Nelson Mandela and was just some made-up character, it would've been a totally mediocre flick.

Just grabbed "s".2010.DvdRip.Xvid {1337x}-Noir—anyone know where I can hunt down some subtitles?

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dustyskipper77 said:Alonso totally crushed it—showing Massa who's boss right at the start, and then outsmarting that kid Vettel during the race too.

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Wait, what race are you even talking about? I watched the whole thing and didn't see any "outsmarting" happening. All I saw was Alonso choking on Red Bull's exhaust fumes until his engine gave up. Then suddenly "Lonso" breezes past some slow car... and that's apparently the sign he's become a mature driver... wow.
I guess his training sessions just involve kneeling in some little chapel praying to a saint that everyone ahead of him dies from exhaust poisoning, huh...

hollowgull5 said:Can someone pick out a driver from this race who actually showed some real grit? 😕

Duh, it's Vettel.
He proved he’s got championship stuff in him—crushed qualifying, drove a flawless race, and then even with a busted car, he kept the pace up just to scrape whatever points were left.
Feel bad for little Vettel though—just zero luck.

Schumacher—to quote Lauda—is gonna need a few races to "find his rhythm" (if he ever does), so we won't really know how much gas is left in the tank for him for another two or three rounds.

Btw, the US broadcaster had me cracking up right before the start when they claimed "this might be one of the most exciting F1 seasons ever"—like, yeah, sure.
Also, regardless of how important the points are, I think it was honestly pretty tacky seeing those Ferrari and McLaren guys celebrating while overtaking a broken-down car. It just made them look weak.

Watched it last night... one word—garbage.

coastalridge64 said:And we still complain about how much American English is going downhill. 🤣

lol, sure. so you just don't Google stuff, don't print anything out, don't browse—or maybe you don't go off-topic like I am right now, huh?

mod, sorry for the off-topic post.

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oh, yeah, we totally screwed over the Poles back then. anyone else remember that?

Forex said:man, then Balic should just be the head coach🤣

nah.
the thing is—the US national team did pretty well under him—but he’s definitely not the key player here. if anything, he might actually be the weakest link.
honestly, someone else would probably crush it even more with this roster.
my curse is having to watch games on foreign networks—you know, the ones with actual pros, former coaches, and legends on the commentary team. they don't hold back when talking about any coach, period.
well, they haven't blinked once—they've even laughed at our coach's nonsensical calls... so, you read the local forums, check the papers, add my own take (which is obviously the most important one), and there it is: Lino's just a clown. a likable one, sure, but still...

Jeremy Phillips54 said:An ad for Germany 🤣

That ad is right where it belongs.

Anyway—last time we took down the French (not talking about local matchups, but that last big European tournament if I recall correctly)—the vibe was just like this game against Poland: basically killing the tempo in the first half and then cranking up the pace in the second while keeping a rock-solid defense. We pulled it off without needing a ton of goals.
They could totally do it again—it's not like those guys are invincible.

hell yeah!
we absolutely crushed the Poles. tomorrow there's nothing left to do but:

Vori could've easily taken another two or three steps before actually making that move...

anyway, things are looking pretty tough out there—super intense...
we're gonna need to get a bit more creative—no more surprises or messing around with the defense. even Balić can't carry this whole thing on his own—he definitely needs some backup...

rustyraven4 said:she's way too old at 22 to start any kind of sport. 😳

maybe for the pros, but for amateur stuff—it's never too late...

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Jose Booth48 said:Wait, are we still stuck on water polo? 😁

Cue the stick, the balls, the holes... pretty sure we're talking about billiards here 😁

Man, I didn't even realize "that" had turned into an actual sport now—funny stuff... even if it's just the first time.
Gonna hop over to ESPN right now to see if there's a live stream for some tournament going on 😁

But hey, maybe she's got a point... "that" is pretty much the only sport I haven't retired from yet 🤣

looks like the guys are really digging in now🙂
everyone's playing—honestly, that’s what I love to see.

Hvidt isn't even half the player he used to be. Fingers crossed it stays that way.

I mean, it’s not really fair to single them out—but Mirko and Buntić were absolutely killing it today 👍👍👍

rustyraven4 said:+2 for us 🙂

It’s about time our guys tied things up in the 53rd—then we’re down by one again in the 55th, and honestly, it’s just a total grind until the 59th minute when we grab a lead with only 25 seconds left. Then we have to endure a frantic Danish siege—they've got an extra man and no goalie—but they fumble the ball, our keeper grabs it, and he nails a full-court shot into their empty net right at the buzzer.
Too bad I missed the whole thing because I was busy getting resuscitated in the hallway for five minutes straight... but whatever, we're moving on to the semifinals.

Sean Gonzalez95 said:Honestly, I'm low-key terrified of Poland... if they play too well and get way too cocky now

Nah, they actually beat the French in the honey match before this😁

So what, we just need to win the dance to make the semifinals?
Man... cough... gold is basically ours at this point...

I'm actually dying laughing...

vividbadger182 said:They just couldn't pull it off 🙂

🙂 but honestly—the whole point was that things literally couldn't get any worse 😁

The Spaniards are totally unrecognizable right now—and honestly, the Poles could've definitely squeezed even more out of this slump the Spaniards are in. Expect the Spaniards to step it up in the second half 😁